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B.L.U.F. Three letter acronyms, the Bluebook, and Indigo Book. Abbreviations and more. (1200 words, mostly cut and paste tables) Lawyers are verbose yet hate making things easy to read. They will use Latin when English will do just as well. They will abbreviate words in non-standard ways, they will make use of lingo and terms…

B.L.U.F.What do all of those citations mean, and why is it important? (1900 words) There are two types of items that can possibly be cited in a legal “brief”. Those are the opinion or ruling of the court, and things submitted to the docket of a case. With “real” legal briefs and opinions, they never(?)…

The Original With a swing: With a more modern dance sequence And, in some ways, the most impressive. A senior high school marching band: They do this song while marching parade routes. This just happens to be well mic’ed and on a stage.

CNN: Feinstein’s body, accompanied by Pelosi, arrives in California on plane from president’s military fleet One of the things that makes the United States different, and better, than most other countries is that all officials and members of the military take an oath to the Constitution of the United States. They do not take a…

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It has been an exciting week out on the West Coast. In California, they got a win in the magazine ban. There are some really crazy things happening at the Ninth Circuit, which I’ll cover tomorrow. Up in Washington state, a different judge decided that she just didn’t know if magazines were arms protected by…

In case you all haven’t figured it out, I’m not a rich person. The only reason I have nice stuff is that I’m old and have slowly accumulated this stuff/junk. A few years ago, I purchased a replacement EDC light. Prior to this, I was using a Mini MagLite. The type that took two AA…

In keeping with NYC v the rest of the country. I’ve been to NYC a couple of times. My senior class went to see a Broadway play. It was something worth doing. Never again. The Hotel we stayed in was expensive and felt cheap and run down. The next time I had to deal with…

(1200 words) I’ve seen a number of posts here and elsewhere regarding med kits, get home bags, EDC packs, and the like. I have several similar pouches: blowout kit, booboo/OTC med pack, and food items. I’d like to see a post on how you handle perishables. Many of the items in my kit are rarely…

Friday was the first time I’ve driven further than the end of my driveway with a trailer. I had to take my lady to fetch said trailer. It was under a pile of garbage that smelled as bad as you think. Took it home, got it loaded, well, my lady got it loaded, I was…