Dad was born in 1947, raised in southeast Iowa.

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Dad in my genealogy data.

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Mom was born in 1947 in Texas when grandpa got back from WWII.

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Mom in my genealogy data.

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The meaning of life? Some say it’s 42. Mom says “wholeness.”

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Chris and Jay are driving to the gun range, Jay is pretty sure he’s suffering

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A special episode from a much better podcast!

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Jim Lawless writes: Jay Hannah joins the show to discuss his long-time use of the Perl programming language.

A billion years ago, James and Jay worked together programming Perl.

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Thanks to Webberized! A great podcasting studio in Omaha Nebraska!

To Learn More About Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), Jim recommends:

Other links mentioned in the episode:

“Trump checks” timeline:

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) released a verdict in

Chris asked Jay if he had read the opinion. Jay had not. “It’s easy!” Chris

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Thanks to Chris for doing 99% of the audio editing for this episode!!

At ~15m Jay rants about hating this episode of this podcast: Advisory Opinions: Is ‘Text, History, and Tradition’ Alive and Well? Jay’s text rant in Discord:

My 2¢: This is a 90m podcast for legal scholars who have already deeply studied SCOTUS decisions (this year and historical), and want to hear Inside Baseball opinions about extremely subtle details, trends.

If you’re looking for lawyers to explain / summarize cases, or tell you why they matter, this isn’t the podcast for you. This podcast renders no opinions about whether any of the decisions were good or bad in any way.

If you want broad stroke ruminations on decades of variations of interpretations of originalism you’ll love this episode.

At the 30m mark I thought they were going to state an opinion:

The far left is saying Trump can shoot anybody now, and the far right is saying YAY Trump can shoot anybody now!

… but nope. Even with that teed up, they didn’t explain, comment, or express any opinion about whether any of that is good or bad or accurate. They say both are wrong. But don’t explain what is correct. They spent zero time explaining or discussing the insane societal implications. How do you not react at all when SCOTUS dissenting opinions are screaming that the sky is falling? You just go back to keeping score of which judges are on what side? Without explaining the sides? Or having any opinion on the sides? wtf? I was very frustrated listening to this.

I appreciate lawyers telling me why (in their opinion) a decision does nothing, or why the dissenting / majority opinion is wrong. I’m flabbergasted this podcast completely ignores those being diametrically opposed. Like the decisions do nothing / don’t matter. Like they’re just punching a clock at a nothing-matters factory.

Podcasts Jay did appreciate, on the same topic:

More timeline notes:

At ~1:03 we mention that

SEC vs. Jarkesy et al. Decided June 27, 2024. Chris thinks this is the only SCOTUS opinion so far this year that matters, is surprised that the liberals aren’t supporting it.

On February 25 2024, Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire at the gate of the

Aaron wrote “I view enforced homelessness as a societal failing and a crime against humanity.”

Chris asked “we enforce homelessness?” Jay tries to convince Chris that we do.

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The full article: Memories of Aaron Bushnell: As Recounted by His Friends

Excerpt from that article: “I’ve always been bothered by the reality of

I view enforced homelessness as a societal failing and a crime against

Sick of listening to Chris and Jay talk about guns yet? No? Great!

Too long won’t listen: Jay thinks the level of societal gun violence should

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Melody Vaccaro, executive director of

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Editing note:

Melody: Can you change the title from constitutional carry to permitless carry

Jay: Yup, back at a computer in 30m, thanks.