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This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous response to FCC-boss-turned-cable-lobbyist Mike Powell and his comments about how Gigi Sohn should be recused because of her consumer protection work:

Wouldn't Powell's logic also require that anyone who has ever worked in the telecom industry would need to recuse themselves from any telecom decisions made by the FCC? After all, if you can't be objective if you've worked against telecom companies, then you can't be objective if you've worked for them either.

In second place, it's another anonymous comment, this time in response to the Tenth Circuit ruling that ordering a student to stop talking about an instructor violates the First Amendment:

Accreditation boards take the ability for students to provide feedback about instructors and course design into account when reviewing educational institutions. If the students can't provide feedback, positive or negative, then courses can be adjusted in response to the student experience.

The other angle at play here is that it seems like the student didn't request an ADA accommodation, but even then, that doesn't make the instructor's response to her sitting on the floor valid. The admin should have told the student how to file for an accomodation to prevent that issue in the future. Could have saved the college a lawsuit.

For editor's choice on the insightful side, we start out with a comment from TFG in a conversation that emerged on our post about Washington Sate Governor Inslee wanting to jail politicians who lie, about the alternative notion of requiring IQ tests for politicians:

Found what looks to be a pretty good article on the subject:

https://theconversation.com/the-iq-test-wars-why-screening-for-intelligence-is-still-so-con troversial-81428

In addition to what Stephen said, it's worth noting that the inventor of the tests, considered them inadequate:

The first of these tests was developed by French psychologist Alfred Binet, who was commissioned by the French government to identify students who would face the most difficulty in school. The resulting 1905 Binet-Simon Scale became the basis for modern IQ testing. Ironically, Binet actually thought that IQ tests were inadequate measures for intelligence, pointing to the test’s inability to properly measure creativity or emotional intelligence.

That bolded section is hugely important. What's termed "emotional intelligence" here includes, I believe, emotional maturity and empathy, which is definitely something that leaders should have.

Also note that IQ tests were designed around testing large populations, finding a median, and identifying those that are in need of assistance in a school setting. The original purpose of them was a way to find and come alongside individuals who were being left to fall through the cracks of an educational system.

Applying that willy nilly to a bunch of other things, and especially using it as a gatekeeping mechanism, seems flawed to me.

(One of the good things to come out of IQ tests was their use in an economic impact study to drive home how leaded gasoline was a horrible idea in demonstrating the effect of lead poisoning on the learning abilities of children - which is arguably in keeping with the original intent of the tests.)

Next, it's That One Guy with a comment about the NYPD's ongoing failure to change or improve in any way:

'You refuse to comply? Your budget just shrank by 10 million.'

So long as the city keeps asking the NYPD to change while continuing to pay them the organization has no reason to change or give a damn what the city might bluster about. Either start cutting funding until they comply or drop the pretense that the city has any interest in keeping the NYPD in check.

Over on the funny side, our first place winner is an anonymous response to a commenter who wove a little fiction about Trump being "killed by a booby-trapped copy of the Constitution":

That's got to be something you simply dreamed up. Like Trump would touch a copy of the constitution...

In second place, it's Jojo, with a comment about Governor Inslee's proposal:

Inslee: “I’m going to arrest every politician that lies. [Proceeds to throw himself into jail.]

For editor's choice on the funny side, we start out with a comment from Designerfx about our mention of the way politicians "hang all sorts of gifts" on bills:

I think you missed the r in grifts

Finally, it's Pixelation with a comment about how John Deere must be feeling about the agricultural right to repair bill:

I wonder if they received a Deere John letter?

That's all for this week, folks!

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GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College has a variety of events planned in February to honor Black History Month and two get underway this week. A full calendar list is below. The 2022 Lewis and Clark Community College event schedule has been designed to keep in line with the campus’ COVID-19 policy. All events are free and open to the public, except for the Soul Food Dinner, which is for L&C students. 2/9 – D.C. Cooper on Public Speaking: 11 a.m.-noon, Reid Memorial Library. Communications expert D.C. Cooper will highlight information on the value and importance of becoming proficient in public speaking. Participants will learn how to develop skills to become more confident and competent when speaking in a formal and informal setting. 2/10 – Alton Mayor David Goins Talk: 11 a.m. - noon, Reid Memorial Library. Alton Mayor David Goins will discuss his decades-long career in law enforcement and his most recent accomplishment as the top city official

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ST. LOUIS — A teenager who was driving a stolen vehicle has been charged in a fatal crash that occurred last summer. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 17-year-old Vincent Wallace of St. Louis County was charged last week with second-degree murder and several other charges in connection with the crash that killed 53-year-old Derrick [...]

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MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. - The Maryland Heights Police Department confirms that at least 20 vehicles were broken into in the Ranken Jordan East Parking Lot overnight. The east parking lot is the closest lot to the building. Police say that most of the vehicles had windows smashed. There is no word on if there is [...]

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MADISON COUNTY - There's something for almost everyone in a fast-moving new book on Madison County history that is loaded with facts and anecdotes. Writer Tom Emery of Carlinville is releasing The Madison County History Reader, a collection of over sixty of his articles on a wide array of subjects relating to the history, people, and places of Madison County. The reader is different than any other book on county history, and looks at many fascinating aspects of the past in this area. Many leading towns in the county are covered in some fashion in the book, which is 170 pages long and fully illustrated. Topics include the origins of the county, pioneer experiences in Madison’s earliest days, as well as the Civil War era and some of the remarkable women the county has produced. Other topics include the world wars, education, natural disasters, sports, celebrities, and early holidays. Emery’s work is familiar to area readers, as his articles regularly appear across Madison

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COLLINSVILLE - It's quite an accomplishment for any athlete in any sport in his or her first year to qualify for a sectional tournament in an IHSA state series, and in the case of Alton senior bowler Taylor Greco, it's a very big accomplishment indeed. Greco, in her first year of bowling for the Redbirds, qualified for the sectional tournament at Mt. Vernon with a six-game score of 785 at the regional tournament at Camelot Bowl in Collinsville Feb. 5. She is the only Alton bowler to qualify for the sectional, with teammate Regan Spinks going through as the first alternate. Greco is one of the Auto Butler Female Athletes Of The Month. In an interview conducted after the fourth game of her six-game series, Greco felt she was bowling very well despite some tough sledding along the way. "A few rough patches, but other than that, I'm doing pretty good," Greco said. "I think all of us are." At the time of the interview, both Greco and the Redbirds were in contention for both a top ten individua

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Attorney general in a tweet says Jones ‘insults victims.’ A Jones aide said the mayor explained in the Facebook exchange last month that she had no role in the release of the man charged in the case.