Unanimous decision:

The Supreme Court on Monday said Colorado can’t use an anti-insurrectionist provision of the Constitution to kick Donald Trump off the ballot, leaving it up to voters to decide whether the former president should be returned to the White House after trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

In a unanimous decision, the court reversed the Colorado Supreme Court’s December decision that Trump is disqualified from running for president by a Constitutional amendment enacted after the Civil War to keep insurrectionists from holding office.


In an unsigned opinion, the justices said the Constitution makes Congress, not the states, responsible for enforcing that provision of the Constitution.




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“We conclude that states may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office,” the justices said. “But states have no power under the constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency.”

In addition to Colorado, Maine’s secretary of state had also declared Trump ineligible, a decision that – like the one in Colorado − was put on hold until the Supreme Court weighed in. And a judge in Illinois likewise has said Trump should be removed from the state's ballot.

There has never been a bigger slam dunk than that. How can you scream about a cease fire and genocide and NOT consider the attacks on 10/7 to not be those made by terrorists? Not to mention the hostages they took from another country during an invasion of it. Insanity.

Gov. Kim Reynolds has made restructuring Iowa’s Area Education Agencies a top priority this legislative session.

But a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll finds that most Iowans have a favorable opinion of AEAs, which provide special education services and a range of other programming and resources to districts across Iowa.

Asked about their feelings toward Iowa’s Area Education Agencies, known as AEAs, 56% of Iowans have a favorable view, compared with just 20% who hold an unfavorable opinion of the agencies.

Twenty-four percent say they aren’t sure.

The 56% favorable rating for AEAs is higher than for any elected official tested in the poll. And at least 50% of all partisan groups give AEAs a positive rating: 63% of Democrats, 59% of independents and 50% of Republicans.

AEAs also earn 50% favorability or higher across Iowa’s four congressional districts, as well as every income bracket and all age groups.


Among Iowans with children younger than 18, the agencies receive a 59% favorable rating, and 68% of adults with a college degree view the AEAs favorably.

It’s the first Iowa Poll to ask Iowans their opinions on the AEAs. The findings suggest that Reynolds’ call for a massive overhaul may be out of step with how most Iowans feel about the agencies.

Her chin goes out there a LONG ways.

That being said, I hope she stays in this until the convention.

It’s the full on butt wagging from side to side that signals happiness. Other wags can mean other things.
Unfortunately you have to go to a podcast to find out the proper way to pet your dog, or the two kinds of walks to give your dog.

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There was a small argument on football board earlier today whether Kirk is a Republican or not. For some reason I thought that the McCafferys were big Obama supporters back in the day.

Not that it matters either way I just thought it was interesting lol

One of my first thoughts was John Johnson. He was on a high scoring run and gun team which leads to more shots made, assist opportunites, and rebounds. He was a great shooter, tall at 6' 6'" or a bit taller.

So I looked up his stats and in his 49 game Iowa career he avgd 23.9 pts a game and 10.4 rebounds a game. So he averaged a double double, which was never even a phrase back then.

But they didnt keep assist stats. Bummer. I looked up assists and the NCAA kept them in 50-51 but then didnt anymore until 83-84.

I will hazard a guess that JJ would have had a triple double while playing with Iowa scoring 30-40 plus baskets a game while averging about 100 pts a game without a 3 pt shot.

Who else might have done it for the men?

Some points of order.

1. Mods are heavy handed and have historically seemed to ignore multiple reports of posters here senselessly attacking me and repeatedly breaking forum rules. @GOHOX69 @Joes Place @jawatkins @SolarHawk @Dr. Spaceman & others. Where are their bans?

2. Never attacked anyone’s kid. People saying that can GFThemselves.
3. Good day for America when a bunch of dipshit liberals can get bamboozled by a hardcore conservative. Didn’t think you guys would fall for it but here we are.
4. Certain someone conveniently leaves out the fact he has attacked multiple other posters including myself in the past.

Carry on. 🖕🏻

It is great to be an Iowa Wrestling fan.

Go Hawks!

Watching Caitlin Clark: 'I'm no Swiftie, but I'm pretty sure I witnessed the basketball equivalent.'​

Few college basketball players have commanded the celebrity status Caitlin Clark enjoys. Her performance to break Lynette Woodard's record proved why her reputation is earned.​

A sporting event was held at Williams Arena on Wednesday night, but to call it a basketball game would be like calling the iPhone a technological advancement or the Caribbean Sea a body of water.

This was an experience. A phenomenon. A circus.

I'm no Swiftie, but I'm pretty sure I witnessed the basketball equivalent.

The Caitlin Clark Show blew into town, and it was impossible to take your eyes off the gunslinger wearing green sneakers.

Fans packed the old Barn to the rafters and the greatest scorer in women's college basketball history painted them a masterpiece.

She swished a three-pointer on the game's first possession.

Then she made another one. And another one. And another one.

Clark made her first five shot attempts, four from three-point range, all deep, igniting a roar from fans wearing Iowa's colors and those who came just to witness the spectacle.

She threw pinpoint passes that got teammates layups and grabbed enough rebounds to post a triple-double. But shooting is her specialty, and she makes shooting a basketball look so effortless with rainbow three-pointers that touch nothing but net.

Her eighth and final three-pointer of the night made history. The basket gave Clark 33 points, eclipsing the scoring mark of 3,649 points set by trailblazer Lynette Woodard.

The NCAA recognized Washington's Kelsey Plum as the all-time Division I scoring leader because the organization didn't govern women's basketball during Woodard's college career at Kansas.

Woodard played under the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), meaning her stats were not deemed official by the NCAA, which is nonsense. Her scoring record did not deserve an asterisk. She scored more points than any Division I player in history until Wednesday night.

Now Clark stands alone.

In a touch of serendipity, Woodard played on the Williams Arena court 43 years ago in her final college season when the Jayhawks faced the Gophers in the AIAW tournament in front of a crowd announced at 2,500. The Gophers held Woodard to 10 points that night.

Linda Roberts, a standout for that Gophers team, took a moment Wednesday morning to marvel and appreciate the ground gained between then and now.

"Nowadays, young ladies have an opportunity to watch Caitlin Clark on TV," Roberts said. "Before, we weren't able to do that. And we were lucky to have maybe 300 people in the audience. And now it's sold out."

The Clark Effect is practically immeasurable. It's one thing to see it from afar, on TV, and something entirely different and real to experience it in person.

Williams Arena has hosted two women's games in program history that had an announced sellout crowd of 14,625: Lindsay Whalen's first game as head coach, and Wednesday night.

The Barn was filled from the front row to the top row in the 200 section at tipoff, with the asking price for some tickets exceeding $1,000 on the secondary market.

Fans lined up outside the arena in frigid temperatures three hours before the game, even though the only general admission seating was in the student section.

The crowd was so massive that Tom McGinnis, a senior administrator in the athletic department, grabbed a ticket scanner to help the entry process.

When doors opened at 6:30 p.m., fans raced to gather around the tunnel above Iowa's locker room, in anticipation of Clark emerging for early warmups. Young girls carrying signs and wearing No. 22 shirts screamed as Clark came into view.

Fans and media alike held up phones to capture her every move during warmups. One can only imagine the pressure Clark must feel every time she takes the court. It's not enough to play well —spectators come expecting something special.

On cue, she delivered a special performance that has become routine for her. This supernova in women's basketball radiated so brightly on the court that the other nine players running around had merely bit parts.

When the show was over, and Clark was the undisputed scoring champ in women's basketball history as Iowa cruised to a 108-60 win, fans lingered for more. Hundreds surrounded Iowa's tunnel as Clark did a TV interview.

After signing autographs and hearing another roar of cheers, Clark made her way across the court, down the stairs and was out of sight.

The memory she provided won't fade any time soon.

Multiple infections and more severe symptoms shown to decrease IQ and increase chance of dementia....

https://theconversation.com/mountin...ng-with-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-224216

Below is a series of texts from a buddy who is a real estate developer in the c area. I continue to be shocked at how serious people are seriously concerned about urban safety. The Jarvis story (he’s a known quantity) is particularly stunning.



I went to a meeting last night with “DC Leaders” to discuss the proposed crime bill that is coming up for a vote on Tuesday. The bill is lead by councilwoman Pinto who was surprisingly lucid.

Net net, if they don’t pass it, DC is dead and you should not ever cross the river without a gun. I was sitting next to the owner of Cava and he said they are closing all of their locations in the District because they can’t keep their employees safe. As I was leaving (PWC’s office) everyone was saying “look out for carjackers”.

A few tidbits I learned:

1). In DC it is illegal for a cop to physically restrain someone they are arresting (how else do you handcuff someone?!?). If they do, the officer is automatically placed on “disciplinary notice.” In court the first question the judge asks is “is the arresting officer on disciplinary notice”? If yes, the case is dismissed.

2). Cops must wear body cameras and they must always be on. Before writing up an incident report or an arrest report they are prohibited from watching the footage. Then if there is any discrepancy between the footage and what is written, the case is automatically dismissed.

3). DC does not hold anyone overnight for anything other than violent crimes where someone is injured. Therefore if a cop bothers going through the hassle and danger of arresting anyone the perp is immediately released.

4). Most of the crimes are committed by juvenile offenders. If a juvenile is arrested for pretty much anything short of murder they are given a choice of trial or a pre-trial diversion which is basically a life skills course on how to not be a criminal. Naturally most choose the diversion. If the perp subsequently does not show up for the diversion there is no penalty and no further action taken. There is no limit to how many times you can choose the diversion path.

Shockingly DC is down over 500 cops since 2020. But not down on spending. They are giving lots of overtime which the current police like since they don’t have to do anything.

Supposedly these gems and many more are what is being rethought in the bill that is up for a vote on Tuesday….

I was shocked.

Best moment was when Ernie Jarvis (black real estate broker) said he was a fifth generation DC person. His mom was a 5 term councilwoman. His grandfather (something Drew) has both a bridge and elementary school named after him. He then said that 4 of his team had been carjacked, one shot. DC needs a hammer. You can’t fight force with weakness (great line). He said he finally made the unthinkable decision and moved his family out of the city.

The moderator then said he sounded like a republican congressman.

Ernie’s reply…”beats getting carjacked”.

CSB, we’ve been in Tucson for a few days doing some hiking and the left hand turn situation is maddening. A bunch of major intersections have no left turns allowed, you go past a block and then make a protected u-turn. This is called a Michigan left for some reason. Supposedly it’s safer. It doesn’t seem safe. It seems like a lot of people will attempt to turn left anyway, or you get smoked at the u-turn by someone running the light from the opposite direction.
Any other odd traffic patterns you’d care to discuss?

Hypothetically speaking, if some stranger attacked you in an alley and tried to forcefully rape you in the butt, but you were able to over power him and turned it around and raped him in the butt instead, would that be illegal? And let's assume it is, if you were arrested for it and it went to trial, do you think a jury would convict somebody under those circumstances?

This site says they are locked in.

WINDY and DRY...and FAST..not a good outlook for playing early season golf at The Wave. I got plenty of golf balls, though. Wish me luck.

Everyone I know that has a pair loves these shoes. I got a pair of them as a gift. Now I’m hobbling around with a sprained ankle because of them. I will be only wearing Nike and Red Wings from now on.

As it stands, it looks like getting the 6 offers the best path for a deep run for the Hawks.

Obviously some things could still happen to change some of the matchups, but as the 6, this is what we would face, as it stands right now:

Winner of 11 Penn State vs 14 Michigan

Winner of 2nd Rd matchup faces 3 Northwestern. A Northwestern team that is banged up and ready to just get to the NCAA Tournament.

Then a Semifinals match with potentially 2 Illinois, or others depending on upsets.

Teams to avoid: Ohio State (do not want), Purdue (obviously), Wisconsin (because f*** Wisconsin, that's why)


Yeah?.....