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Kneeling Down to Stand Up: Right Or Fight?

We all know about the Nike x Kaepernick ad. It has exploded all over the internet and reignited the debate. For some, it was shocking, but to others, it was a true sign of heroism: when Colin Kaepernick kneeled, was he right, or should we fight? It’s Hibba, your weekly debating blogger. I want to apologize for skipping a few weeks. That cursed auto-publish decided not to work! I usually don’t choose such sensitive topics, but in this case, I feel like it’s important I say something. And, I’m sorry to say it, but Mr.Kaepernick was right. First of all, to debunk some crazy myth Roy Moore threw out in the open: It is SO NOT illegal to kneel/sit during the anthem. Colin had every right to kneel and still has. It's against the law, you know that?" Moore said to TIME. "It was an act of Congress that every man stand and put their hand over their heart. That's the law."  Roy, but you are a bit off! He is indicating 36 U.S. Code § 301, which is all about what...

The Penny Debate: Retire it or Keep it?

People say that finding a penny will give you good luck. I say that finding pennies is annoying. Where am I supposed to put the ninety million pennies I find in my couch? WHERE? Hello everybody, it is Hibba, your weekly debating blogger. Today’s topic is: Should the U.S keep the penny, or retire it? As you might have guessed, I am no fan of the penny. You might think that if there is no penny, we will have higher prices.This is nothing but a myth. This is  actually based off an inaccurate study, which showed that when people would round to the nearest nickel, they would always round to the higher price, rather than to the lower price. This supposedly hurt the economy And this study, no surprisingly, was funded by the Zinc lobby. And for those who do not know, 97.5 percent of the penny is made of ZINC. Don’t try to be slick Zinc lobby…. In a newer study done by Robert Whaples, an economics professor from Wake Forest University, used data from about 200,000 transa...