Author: Chris Johnson
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Interpreting at The Fort at No 4
Friday was my first day of interpreting at The Fort at No 4. Volunteering can be just about anything helpful to The Fort, interpreting means attempting to bring The Fort back to life. The first thing is that you are supposed to be wearing garb. I don’t have good garb. I’m embarrassed, but it is…
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Friday Feedback
Second Amendment Cases Seeking Cert Yes, there are cases seeking cert. No, there has been no real movement. Yes, they are still there. What does it mean? I don’t know. Mark Smith suggests that Snope being conferenced 16 times is a good thing. Certain controversial cases have been conferenced this many times, or more. If…
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One step forward …
Tuesday I picked Ally up at The Fort at No 4. On the way home, we stopped to do some banking and pick up some groceries. As we were walking to the bank I said, “Oh, it is closed.” “Why?” “Because it’s Sunday.” “Huh?” I then got home and posted “Tuesday Tunes” to show up…
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Tuesday Tunes
The Fort at No 4 held the annual Rendezvous last weekend. Ally had a blast. She came back with new moccasins that she is raving about. As an interpreter for the Fort, she baked bread in the beehive oven, then sold it to the encampment, this is very much in period. That went over so…
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Another Win, DOGE v. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the applicants and the response filed thereto, IT IS ORDERED that the April 15, 2025, and May 20, 2025 orders of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, case No. 25-cv-511, are hereby stayed pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court.…
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Math Is Hard
My oldest son is on the spectrum. He has a job but does not have a license. He still lives with his mother, my ex-wife. When he was in middle school, I attended an IEP (individual education plan). This is where we lay out what accommodations he needs and how best to get him educated.…
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Erasing History
Have you read the Constitution? Do you know what it says? The fourth article reads, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of our youth to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” That isn’t what you read? This is from an image in the Library…
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This Nation’s Historical Tradition of …
Trump v. Wilcox on application for stay was granted. It was a 6-3 opinion. The usual suspects were on the wrong side of history, again. Justice Kagan wrote the dissent. For 90 years, Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, 295 U. S. 602 (1935), has stood as a precedent of this Court. And not just any…
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Hearing Protection Act
I am NOT a good source of information about the HPA. I’m not even sure the “A” stands for “Act”. That said, repeating what I’ve read and heard from people I respect and follow: The HPA removes suppressors from the NFA. This means they are no longer regulated under the NFA. No tax stamps, no…
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Friday Feedback
NPC Talking Points I am old. I remember how the world came together to punish South Africa for its extreme racist behavior. After years, South Africa turned the page and recognized that blacks were people to be valued. I watched as South Africa seemed to be a success story. An African country that was pulled…