Impartial_Observer

FISA warrants are serious things in my opinion. This isn't police going down the local judge getting a warrant to search a guy's house who's selling weed to his friends. Can anyone tell us how many votes were changed due to foreign meddling in the 2016 election? The basis for the FISA warrants was the Steele dossier which was acquired by a former British spy from Russian sources and paid for indirectly by the HRC campaign. I have no doubt our elections have been influenced for many years by many actors foreign and domestic. Not much different than the way I'm certain we have been meddling in elections around the world. If you feel so inclined I would suggest you take a listen to Joe Rogan's Podcast with Matt Taibbi, a writer with Rolling Stone. Far from a conservative voice, but the podcast gives a nice glimpse into the 2016 election and why journalist, at least in his circle were not surprised about the outcome. I would argue our own press is more culpable in influencing the outcome of our elections than anyone. Take ANY event nationwide, and you can easily predict the spin that any given news source is going to play on their newscast. Furthermore both parties are certainly responsible for rigging the game in their favor. There's a reason why third party candidates can't get any traction, it's a duopoly, it's a business, it's Coke vs. Pepsi, Apple vs. Google, Boeing vs. Airbus, etc. I'm not OK with our elections being tampered with and I'm far from a Trump groupie or apologist. But as has been pointed out, all of this tampering even with surveillance of the Trump camp, it happened under BHO's watch. See duopoly above.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/12/09/ig-report-review-fbis-fisa-warrant-russia-probe-released/1499906001/

When talking about government, deciding between conspiracy and incompetence I usually side with incompetence. But 17 instances of incompetence when it comes to the FISA warrant is a bit hard to swallow. Particularly when you listen to Comey describe the consummate professionals at the FBI. Some might argue the FBI is the standard by which corruption is judged.

I say we start in November!

The Virginia thing appears to be getting interesting. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/10/gov-ralph-northam-register-your-ar-15-with-government-or-hand-it-over/?fbclid=IwAR2wGdNJIybc-wWFUNlketJqpZWO-5o6VgwMuMVwA65hZY21EVNWe9c1EZc

Facts.....priceless.

Can you honestly post the drivel you've posted in this thread thinking either party has the moral high ground? Say for the sake of argument that Trump strong armed the Ukrainians into investigating Biden, you can sit there with a straight face and tell us that this is the first time anything of the sort has happened with any president prior? The bottom line is we had newly elected members of congress talking about impeachment the day they were sworn in. This has ALWAYS been the goal and once power was gained in the house in the 18 midterms the opportunity presented itself. This impeachment was always a foregone conclusion. This is and has always been a coup d' etat. The D's as I see it are doing everything in their power to insure four more years. As an aside, the D's have set the bar incredibly low with regards to impeachment, sadly the R's are just as stupid, and I'd be willing to bet the next D president will face the same crap. This is the new normal, a completely dysfunctional Washington.

Not the most timely of things for Dem Senators running for prez.....

I can't read the article, is he sticking around in any capacity in the athletic department?

According to Gerry Dick of Inside Indiana Business, poor management and employees will have no problem finding jobs in a white hit trucking industry.

I just finished season two of Jack Ryan, I believe Venezuela's situation has been fixed.

Another interesting tidbit from Virginia. FTA: https://nationalistreview.net/2019/12/05/virginia-sheriff-promises-to-deputize-thousands-if-necessary-to-protect-their-right-to-own-firearms/?fbclid=IwAR3b64pjNciykTf0Por9i4R6YC6skeBLSB0H-2IfQBabBo04RrDTxiOxBNE

Not really a meme, but funny.

If both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue were to fall into a giant sink hole, would anyone care?

I just listened to Joe Rogan's podcast with Tulsi Gabbard. I came away being even more impressed with her than ever. She makes an incredible amount of sense on foreign policy and even some domestic policy. She got a free pass on most of the divisive domestic stuff, I was a little disappointed with Joe Rogan as it wasn't discussed. Which is odd given Rogan's marathon podcasts. After checking out her website and based on what little I've seen on the debates, I don't think I could vote for her, but she seems one of the least bat shit crazies on the stage. She is not currently qualified for the December debate, which is a shame, hopefully she makes the show. The more I see of Mayor Pete, the less I think. He's a spineless pandering politician who's life is dictated by polls. I never thought I would see this come to fruition:

The softball certification clinics, required every other year for tournament applicants, focus pretty much soley on 3 man mechanics. I would assume baseball does something similar. I usually attend a certification clinic every year, it has been my observation at the clinics I attend the vast majority of the guys/gals at these clinics will never work beyond the sectional level, and could probably benefit more from throwing some 2 man stuff in the mix. Add into the mix the number of guys/gals who just umpire for beer and cigarette money who don't apply for a tournament so don't attend anything, much less a certification clinic, and it's not hard to understand why you hear the stories you hear regarding officiating in the bat and ball sports. When I was coaching I only hired what I deemed competent officials at home. It just makes your life much easier, in most cases they were state finals officials. But when we traveled, especially south, we often times got really bad officials. I never felt like we got homered, I just felt like they were in many cases incompetent. Many times I questioned whether or not they even had a softball license. They're not hard to spot, you see them when they're walking to the field and their partner is pointing locations of the field while he's talking to him. Poor rules knowledge, you might be amazed what I managed to talk umpires into. ***Note to coaches*** it pays to know the rules and know when the official doesn't.

I didn't realize he was an old SCC guy. I'm just trying to wrap my head around the fact he's older than you.

I hesitate to use the term "civil war", however something is brewing. More evidence: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dozens-of-virginia-counties-pass-second-amendment-sanctuary-resolutions

Rust belt cities.

This is suppose to be a completely new program. The merger will create a "new" Elkhart High School. Grades 10-12 will attend the old Memorial building. Central will house the freshman center. I guess the question would be is this a continuation of the "old" Elkhart High School? The schools split in 1972.

I'm assuming the week 3 game is an issue because of the new HHC schedule. Will this continue to be a revolving door or is there a long term game out there in the future?