5 Crowns

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5 Crowns is a fun card game for 2 or more players. It’s similar to Rummy, with some notable exceptions: there are 5 suits, no aces or deuces–but there are jokers, additional rotating wild cards and 11 rounds!

The object of the game is to be the player with the lowest score at the end of the 11th round. After shuffling both decks together (each deck has 58 cards each), the game begins by dealing 3 cards to each player. Each round, the number of cards dealt increases by one. In the second round deal 4 cards, in the third round deal 5 cards and so on until the last round when each player is dealt 13 cards. Similarly, the rotating wild cards are based on the number of cards dealt that round. So, when 3 cards are dealt, the 3s are wild, when 4 cards are dealt, the 4s are wild and so on until the last round when the Kings go wild.

Place the remaining cards in the center of the table to make the draw pile and flip over the top card to start the discard pile. Start your turn by drawing a card from the draw pile OR picking up the top card from the discard pile. You can only take the top card. Keep all of your books and/or runs in your hand until you are able to go out. Complete your turn by discarding one card.

Going Out: Start your turn as normal, then lay down your entire hand in books and/or runs on the table in front of you before discarding your last card. You can only use the number of cards you were dealt to make your books and/or runs. You must have one card left to discard. Your discard can be a playable card.

Books

A book consists of three or more cards of the same value regardless of suit. For example:

Any card in a book can be replaced by a wild card. For example, if 8s are wild, a book could be:

You can have as many wild cards in a book as you wish and they can be adjacent to each other.

Runs

A run consists of a sequence of three or more consecutive cards of the same suit. For example:

Any card in a run can be replaced by a wild card. For example, if 7s are wild, a run could be:

You can have as many wild cards in a run as you wish and they can be adjacent to each other.

Once a player has gone out, all other players have one more turn. Start your last turn as normal, but lay down any books and/or runs you can before discarding. All unused cards will count toward your score. You are not allowed to play on another player’s books and/or runs. The cards used in books and/or runs are not scored. Players add up only their unused cards. The scorekeeper records and tallies the scores. Card Values: Each number card is worth its face value, Jacks are 11 points, Queens are 12, Kings are 13, Jokers are 50 and the current wild cards are 20 points. Play continues until the 11th round when each player is dealt 13 cards and the Kings go wild.

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  1. judicial watch files lawsut on behalf of a Minnsota taxpayer against the blatant racial discrimination in the teacher’s union contract…
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    The Judicial Watch lawsuit states:

    Among other things, the contract provides preferences, protections, and privileges for MPS teachers of certain races and ethnicities under a section entitled “ARTICLE 15. PROTECTIONS FOR EDUCATORS OF COLOR.” There is no similar provision covering educators who are not “of color.”

    Under the contract, teachers of color are exempt from Defendant MPS’s seniority-based layoffs and reassignments, which means, when layoffs or reassignments occur, the next senior teacher who is not “of color” would be laid off or reassigned. In addition, the contract mandates that Defendants reinstate teachers of color over more senior teachers who are not “of color.”

    Upon information and belief, prior to the contract, teachers were laid off or reassigned in order of seniority, with the least senior teachers laid off or reassigned first, without regard to race or ethnicity. Similarly, teachers were reinstated in order of seniority, with the more senior teachers reinstated first, without regard to race or ethnicity.

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    Article 15’s preferences, protections, and privileges for certain public-school teachers on the basis of race and ethnicity violates Minnesota’s Equal Protection Guarantee, which states that “no member of this state shall be disenfranchised or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land or the judgment of his peers.” Minn. Const. art. 1, § 2. The Equal Protection Guarantee is analyzed under the same principles and mandate as the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

    The lawsuit asks the court to enter a judgement that will declare that all actions taken to implement the racial and ethnic preference provisions of Article 15 of the contract to be illegal. They are also asking that the court declare it illegal to use any taxpayer dollars to implement these provisions of the contract, and the defendants be prohibited from taking any actions to implement these racial and ethnic provisions.

    “It is incredible that in this day and age a school system would engage in blatant racial discrimination in employing teachers,” stated Judicial Watch Tom Fitton. “The courts can’t move soon enough to shut down this extreme leftist attack on the bedrock constitutional principle that no one can be denied equal treatment under law on account of race.”

    Judicial Watch is being assisted in the lawsuit by Daniel N. Rosen of Rosen LLC in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    https://www.judicialwatch.org/lawsuit-over-discriminatory-contract/

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  3. I can’t possibly explain how GREAT it felt to finally get my PPT paid once and for all! And they will send me the form to file for the Homestead Exemption next year, which I can then fill in and take it to them with proof of my SS. I also picked up the hot knife I need to finish my feeder/planter, as well as a small drill that isn’t so heavy and fits my hand much better. WM had the identical hot knife as Harbor Freight ($19.95) for $49.95!!!! So much for shopping at an “American” company!!!! Bastids!!!

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  4. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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