Bob Neinast
@ahcuah.bsky.social
Barefoot Physics.
These days mostly fooling around investigating some of the math regarding the Newark Earthworks (q.v.) near Columbus, OH.
These days mostly fooling around investigating some of the math regarding the Newark Earthworks (q.v.) near Columbus, OH.
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all.”
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that's all.”
Rob has gone to eheaven.
December 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Rob has gone to eheaven.
It is NOT a good thing for a real headline to be indistinguishable from a NY Times Pitchbot headline.
December 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It is NOT a good thing for a real headline to be indistinguishable from a NY Times Pitchbot headline.
Yes, take care of yourself.
Possibly for a future Politics Talk: It's all about the racism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Possibly for a future Politics Talk: It's all about the racism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘It’s not a coincidence’: journalists of color on being laid off amid Trump’s anti-DEI push
Black and brown former employees from CBS, NBC and Teen Vogue talk about the effects of being let go
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yes, take care of yourself.
Possibly for a future Politics Talk: It's all about the racism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Possibly for a future Politics Talk: It's all about the racism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Seriously? They complain about immigrants for 20+ years, have kicked out so many, and it's the immigrants fault?
Are the immigrants the ones getting the measles, or just the inferior (/s) white folks?
Are the immigrants the ones getting the measles, or just the inferior (/s) white folks?
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Seriously? They complain about immigrants for 20+ years, have kicked out so many, and it's the immigrants fault?
Are the immigrants the ones getting the measles, or just the inferior (/s) white folks?
Are the immigrants the ones getting the measles, or just the inferior (/s) white folks?
And, like many States, have a separately-elected and independent Atty Gen. Maybe elected every 2 years (or if 4 years, between the Prez elections).
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
And, like many States, have a separately-elected and independent Atty Gen. Maybe elected every 2 years (or if 4 years, between the Prez elections).
I just googled it. It WAS the Black Death (arriving in Sicily).
December 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I just googled it. It WAS the Black Death (arriving in Sicily).
Maybe I don't understand Citizens United, but didn't it mainly say political spending is political speech under the 1st Amendment? Are States now allowed to violate the 1st Amendment specially for corporations? (Or won't the current USSC say that?)
December 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Maybe I don't understand Citizens United, but didn't it mainly say political spending is political speech under the 1st Amendment? Are States now allowed to violate the 1st Amendment specially for corporations? (Or won't the current USSC say that?)
Nice use of the singular tense ("This is" instead of "These are") there. Because they are a singular entity, a singular pair: a Brenda-and-Linda.
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Nice use of the singular tense ("This is" instead of "These are") there. Because they are a singular entity, a singular pair: a Brenda-and-Linda.
Summary: strict scrutinly was legally properly applied, and the exceptions to the sprinkler ruled forced the outcome.
(PS. The Ohio Atty Gen supported the church and correctly supplied Humphrey v. Lane as controlling.)
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(PS. The Ohio Atty Gen supported the church and correctly supplied Humphrey v. Lane as controlling.)
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December 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Summary: strict scrutinly was legally properly applied, and the exceptions to the sprinkler ruled forced the outcome.
(PS. The Ohio Atty Gen supported the church and correctly supplied Humphrey v. Lane as controlling.)
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(PS. The Ohio Atty Gen supported the church and correctly supplied Humphrey v. Lane as controlling.)
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The fact that the sprinkler "rule" is not consistently enforced in non-religious situations doomed the fire marshall. Heck, the 2nd floor of that very same building had residential units without sprinklers because they were grandfathered in.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The fact that the sprinkler "rule" is not consistently enforced in non-religious situations doomed the fire marshall. Heck, the 2nd floor of that very same building had residential units without sprinklers because they were grandfathered in.
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I'm sorry, but in reading the decision (and many of the briefs), this decision looks legally correct to me, based upon the Ohio Constitution (which provides fairly strong religious protections).
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December 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I'm sorry, but in reading the decision (and many of the briefs), this decision looks legally correct to me, based upon the Ohio Constitution (which provides fairly strong religious protections).
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I had to look it up. "Fort" is short for fourteen. (I knew what fortnight meant, just not how the "fort" part applied.)
December 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I had to look it up. "Fort" is short for fourteen. (I knew what fortnight meant, just not how the "fort" part applied.)
Yeah, that's semi-weekly. Hence the confusion Jess mentioned.
December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yeah, that's semi-weekly. Hence the confusion Jess mentioned.
Yes, we get that it is a joke (obviously the car cannot be moving to take that picture). But it's never a bad idea to remind people of the better way to do things (or maybe even introduce them to it).
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Yes, we get that it is a joke (obviously the car cannot be moving to take that picture). But it's never a bad idea to remind people of the better way to do things (or maybe even introduce them to it).
That looks exactly like the one we have for our dog. And then it attaches to the seat belt buckle.
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
That looks exactly like the one we have for our dog. And then it attaches to the seat belt buckle.
No Kings! No Queens either.
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
No Kings! No Queens either.
And the gov't's logic is peculiar: Since that amendment was written specifically to protect freed slaves, that's all it covers despite the deliberately broad language.
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
And the gov't's logic is peculiar: Since that amendment was written specifically to protect freed slaves, that's all it covers despite the deliberately broad language.
And if now Virginia changes their law, that'll be (per USSC) too late. Somehow, Texas just managed to fit their gerrymander into the sweet spot for doing so.
December 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And if now Virginia changes their law, that'll be (per USSC) too late. Somehow, Texas just managed to fit their gerrymander into the sweet spot for doing so.
Now do Admiral Holsey (the one who resigned at about that time). Do you think he will also be called and asked about what he was told, and why he resigned? And if he is, what are your thoughts on what he would say?
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Now do Admiral Holsey (the one who resigned at about that time). Do you think he will also be called and asked about what he was told, and why he resigned? And if he is, what are your thoughts on what he would say?
Can they still try to recover through individual (or maybe class) civil actions? (Yeah, a pain in the butt to do so, though.)
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Can they still try to recover through individual (or maybe class) civil actions? (Yeah, a pain in the butt to do so, though.)
It is said that you can sue a person for slander only for lying about a specific individual, not a whole group.
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It is said that you can sue a person for slander only for lying about a specific individual, not a whole group.
My apologies if you are already aware of this, but Heather Cox Richardson has talked/written a fair bit about the "cowboy myth", which is related to (and counter to) what Kirk was saying. Here's a link down the rabbithole:
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
How Trump's politics emerged from American cowboy culture | CBC Radio
The U.S. crisis today is the result of a 40-year-old Republican ideology, historian Heather Cox Richardson calls "cowboy individualism." A symbol of the true American man, works on his own, anti-gover...
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My apologies if you are already aware of this, but Heather Cox Richardson has talked/written a fair bit about the "cowboy myth", which is related to (and counter to) what Kirk was saying. Here's a link down the rabbithole:
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...