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I had a less-than-satisfying sexual experience last night. It was too hot. Climate change.
My dog dug up a favored rose bush. Obviously it was seeking water and nutrition. Climate change.
A potential client turned down our services in favor of another law firm. Climate change. Obviously.
It’s going to lead to some issues. For one, the number of athletes actually going to be paid will be very, very small relative to the D1 athlete population. For two, I can see a lot of the non-revenue sports falling by the wayside, given that football revenue and men’s basketball revenue support those programs. You’ll have impressionable young men think more and more of themselves as pro athletes and less as students, which will wreak havoc with the 99%+ of the athletes who won’t make lifetime earnings as athletes.
So in the future, I strongly suspect that there will be a lawsuit (if there hasn’t already been) which will accuse colleges of not doing enough to ensure that athletes take their academic opportunity seriously, and that the demands of their sports infringe upon their academic potential.
Paraphrased from a Goodwin partner’s Facebook response:
The Court summed up its opinion in 5 lines, which reads, “when a prosecutor makes an unconditional promise of non-prosecution, and when the defendant relies upon that guarantee to the detriment of his constitutional right not to testify, the principle of fundamental fairness that undergirds due process of law in our criminal justice system demands that the promise be enforced.”This was not a finding that Cosby “didn’t do it.” Rather, the Court’s opinion was that the DA unequivocally told the world (including Bill Cosby) that he would not prosecute so that Cosby could not exercise his Fifth Amendment rights and be sued in a civil action. And Cosby then testified about all the creepy stuff he did. In four separate depositions. And when he tried to refuse to answer, a court required him to answer the questions.This does not mean Cosby stays free from the longer term. All it means is that his depositions can’t be used in whatever subsequent trial may come.So what is the outcome? Cosby cannot be prosecuted for this one crime because the DA promised he wouldn’t be prosecuted for the crime. As to everyone else, Cosby is still fair game and could be prosecuted so long as there are not other procedural defects.P.S. The DA who made this promise was one of the lawyers for Trump in the second impeachment case.Signs of the times. Of course he wants his trophy back. Everyone who does something wrong wants NOT just to be absolved, but to redefine the heinous act as virtuous.
https://www.precisionvaccinations.com/childhood-vaccination-programs-should-be-exempt-political-bias
12% of anti-Vaxxers are liberal, 10% are conservative say multiple studies…
Turns out that migration of bat viruses to humans is actually quite rare.
And here’s more. Big money in Woke speaking. Ta Nehesi Coates earned $41,500 from Ohio State for a one hour lecture. He also got 1st class airfare, great hotel, per diem, private transportation and they sell his shitty books, an indoor pool whenever possible, specified brand energy bars, two cold waters and a partridge in a pear tree, I suppose…
In my very youngest days, I caught the tail end of white privilege when it actually was a privilege (of sorts) and not a political slogan. The guy I worked for was unrepentently racist, able-ist, and all the other “ists.” While he clearly had room to benefit, he wouldn’t have understood, much less agreed with any of the points. And now, I’m forced to listen to b.s., though my entire career my teams have been 90%+ non-white, non-hetero, female, etc.
I was mandated to do a layoff in 2000, 8 of my 40 were let go. HR called me and asked “Why aren’t there any straight white men on your layoff list?”
I replied “Because I am the only straight white man out of the 40 in my group.”
Oh. Didn’t even get an apology, but why would I?
Kamala Harris gave the speech at the Naval Academy last Friday. It was as tone-deaf as you could imagine. There are excerpts from both Mike Pence’s and Biden’s commencement address to the Naval Academy. You’ll note the huge difference.
Kamala Harris’ Navy | Washington Examiner
BTW, Harris didn’t apologize for her tweet, though she did later tweet her support for the military.
The facts are these: the voting game was substantially altered across the country. The election turned out the way it did, completely within the rules. no investigation is likely to turn up anything different. The question is whether the rules were altered in good faith. The question is whether the game was rigged. The pandemic, while real, deadly, and scary for a sub segment of society, was a political tool. It was the proverbial crisis that politicians wouldn’t let go to waste. The Trump model of governance, while nasty and embarrassing, was working. The Dems know this and actually were gifted a crisis big enough to remodel politics in months. It’s a fascinating story if anybody wants to look at it for what it is. Screw Antifa.
All true. Trump’s economy was roaring. He had a number of successes politically and internationally that the Dems could never have; e.g., get certain Arab countries to foreswear attacking Israel, quarter after quarter of shrinking unemployment and increasing, record entrepreneurial starts for all genders and races.
BTW, all that’s gone. Mideast crisis. Check. Immigration/border crisis. Check and double check. International failure after international failure, check and triple check. And best of all, soaring inflation, vanishing jobs, China on the rocketing rise and a soggy job market. Checkmate.
Peace, jobs, prosperity, and a constantly tightening money supply (people have already forgotten that trump’s market and economic successes came while the fed tightened 7 consecutive times IIRC).
Well, you nailed it. And let’s not forget that Obama enjoyed interest rates that were literally as low as they could go for seven of his eight years in office, then they were raised 1/4th of a point in his last year.
Oh, and by the way…the staff at Wuhan’s Virology lab sought out help at a hospital during the autumn of 2019, before the outbreak. Seems they had COVID-like symptoms.
Makes for interesting reading.
I’m genuinely glad they retained the 11 varsity sports. I think athletics is a terrific add to a world class university. I’m shocked and appalled that they considered the reduction in the first place. They made the right choice, maybe for the wrong reasons and with the wrong process, but all’s well until…next time.
