Jay Flaunts His Ignorance. The podcast.

Jay Hannah
Jay Flaunts His Ignorance. The podcast.

Hi. My name is Jay Hannah. I’m a computer nerd with too many hobbies currently living in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. I’ve been listening to podcasts since before iTunes knew what they were. Big fan. I’ve had lots of interesting conversations with people about their jobs, projects, hobbies, politics, religion, and other topics that may or may not be safe for polite company. In January 2015 I bought a cool microphone. Let’s see if anybody will go “on the record” with me. And if anyone wants to listen. :)

  1. NOV 25

    Backyard 7: Trump Derangement Syndrome w/ Chris Hoover

    Chris and Jay are driving to the gun range, Jay is pretty sure he’s suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. backyard7.mp3 (50m 23MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117. Consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil, guache, etc) artist, guitarist, and singer.

  2. NOV 9

    Stray Pointers S2:E17 Discussing Perl w/ Jim Lawless

    A special episode from a much better podcast! Subscribe to Stray Pointers today! jf_sp_217.mp3 (39m 14MB) Jim Lawless writes: Jay Hannah joins the show to discuss his long-time use of the Perl programming language. We also discuss Jay’s prominence in several Omaha-based programming groups including the Omaha chapter of the Perl Mongers.

  3. OCT 2

    46 Modern Monetary Theory w/ James E Keenan

    A billion years ago, James and Jay worked together programming Perl. James was passing through town, was kind enough to offer himself up for recording a podcast episode. Turns out, James has been teaching Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) for years. Several episodes of this podcast include Jay spouting nonsense about MMT, now we have an expert! 046.mp3 (1h 47m 51MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117. Consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) Thanks to Webberized! A great podcasting studio in Omaha Nebraska! To Learn More About Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), Jim recommends: Book: The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy (2020) by Stephanie Kelton Mailing List: The Modern-Monetary-Theory Google Group Bibliography: ActivistMMT James Keenan writes a Substack blog, “Political Economy Watch” Other links mentioned in the episode: 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil, guache, etc) artist, guitarist, and singer. NYC Deficit Owls (Modern Monetary Theory/MMT) AppliedMMT Podcast w/ Adam Rice The New School For Social Research - Political economy and capitalism. Including tracks: Marxist economics and post-Keynesian economics. Adam Smith David Ricardo Hyman Minsky L. Randall Wray Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems, Second Edition UMKC Department of Economics Henry George School of Social Science Green New Deal Wynne Godley Marginal utility Heterodox economics Edward J. Nell Mathew Forstater The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry by William K. Black Chautauqua movement R.E.A.S.O.N.: Rationalists, Empiricists And Skeptics Of Nebraska Warren Mosler Bill Mitchell Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry in the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth… The Remedy by Henry George Lawrence Summers Neoclassical economics Microeconomics John Maynard Keynes How to Pay for the War The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money YouTube: War Bonds Commercial with Bette Davis in 1943 How to Pay for the Green New Deal Corvée labor Hut tax “Trump checks” timeline: 2017-01: Trump becomes President. 2020-03: Round 1: $1,200 per income tax filer, $500 per child (CARES Act) 2020-12: Round 2: $600 per income tax filer, $600 per child (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021) 2021-01: Biden becomes President. 2021-03: Round 3: $1,400 per income tax filer, $1,400 per child (American Rescue Plan Act)

  4. JUL 29

    45 Reading SCOTUS is easy!(tm) w/ Chris Hoover

    The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) released a verdict in Trump v. United States on July 1, 2024. Jay and Chris both listened to a bunch of podcasts about that decision. Chris asked Jay if he had read the opinion. Jay had not. “It’s easy!” Chris said. Jay sighed, and tried. And then we spent over an hour trying to read the darn thing and arguing about it being easy to read. Join us, won’t you? 045.mp3 (1h 11m 33MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117. Consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) Thanks to Chris for doing 99% of the audio editing for this episode!! 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil, guache, etc) artist, guitarist, and singer. 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: Strict Scrutiny: A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Term 5-4 podcast: Garland v. Cargill The Tom Woods Show: Ep. 2512 Supreme Court Overturns Evil System; Evil Bastards Cry Foul More timeline notes: At ~1:03 we mention that Anwar Nasser Abdulla al-Awlaki (Arabic: أنور العولقي, romanized: Anwar al-‘Awlaqī) was an American-Yemeni lecturer and jihadist who was killed in 2011 in Yemen by a U.S. government drone strike ordered by President Barack Obama. Al-Awlaki became the first U.S. citizen to be targeted and killed by a drone strike from the U.S. government. 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.

  5. MAR 4

    44 Enforced Homelessness w/ Chris Hoover

    On February 25 2024, Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire at the gate of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC “as an act of protest against the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.” 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. 044.mp3 (39m 17MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117. Consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) 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 homelessness, even back when I was growing up in a conservative community. I have come to believe in the importance of solidarity politics and I view the enforcement of homelessness as a major front in the class war which must be challenged for all our sakes. I view helping my houseless neighbors as a moral obligation, a matter of social justice, and a matter of good politics. If I don’t stand with those more marginalized than me today then who will be left to stand with me tomorrow. I view enforced homelessness as a societal failing and a crime against humanity. I believe that no one deserves to be deprived of basic human necessities. I believe that homelessness as an involuntary condition must be abolished.” 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil, guache, etc) artist, guitarist, and singer.

  6. 10/15/2023

    43 Mass Shootings vs. Individual Rights w/ Chris Hoover

    Sick of listening to Chris and Jay talk about guns yet? No? Great! Here’s another swing at it. Chris and Jay were going back and forth via text, Jay drug Chris back onto the podcast to try to talk through their differences. Too long won’t listen: Jay thinks the level of societal gun violence should drive gun policies, including removing millions of guns from society. Chris thinks he has an individual right to his guns, irrespective of societal mayhem (or not). 043.mp3 (1h 1m 25MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117. Consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil, guache, etc) artist, guitarist, and singer. 33m: Ted Cruz’s claim that sexual assaults rate ‘went up significantly’ after Australian gun control laws 48m: Sam Harris: Making Sense podcast episode #335 — A Postmortem on My Response to Covid at 47m, Sam gives his airplane analogy, which he says he’s used many times in many contexts.

  7. 08/30/2023

    42 Nebraska Permitless Carry w/ Melody Vaccaro

    Melody Vaccaro, executive director of Nebraskans Against Gun Violence and Jay talk about Nebraska LB77: “Provide for carrying of concealed handguns without a permit, change provisions relating to concealed weapons, and prohibit certain regulation of weapons by cities, villages, and counties.” 042.mp3 (1h 15m 31MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117. If you like the show, consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) 1m: 2023 Nebraskans Against Gun Violence (NAGV): Great job Omaha Metro (we’re kidding) 2m: 2017 NAGV: How the NRA Punked Nebraska’s District 13 3m: 2023 Nebraska LB77 Final Vote 31m: 2011 Millard South High School shooting 32m: 2023 Fifth grader brought loaded gun to Lincoln school, LPS says 34m: 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting 40m: 2023 Omaha Target store shooting 1h 13m: Seeing Red Nebraska Podcast Editing note: Melody: Can you change the title from constitutional carry to permitless carry or gun law changes or whatever else? Const. carry is actually a propaganda slogan used to spread the idea that gun laws are not allowed by order of the constitution, which is very much untrue. Jay: Yup, back at a computer in 30m, thanks.

  8. 06/09/2023

    41 The Troubles w/ Jim + Sharon Hannah

    We went to Scotland and Ireland! American tourists talking religion and politics. 041.mp3 (58m 26MB) If you’d like to call into the show, you can leave a voicemail at +1-402-577-0117. If you like the show, consider giving us $1 a month on Patreon so we can waste your money instead of our own. :) 0m: Musical intro by Skytrekg! Click to follow him on Twitch! An amazing traditional (oil, guache, etc) artist, guitarist, and singer. 1m: Clan Hannay Society reunion and full trip itinerary 10m: The Legend of the Giant’s Causeway 31m: Noel Large 33m: Integrated education in Northern Ireland 42m: The Dirty War by Martin Dillon 52m: Frederick Douglass in Ireland and Britain

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Hi. My name is Jay Hannah. I’m a computer nerd with too many hobbies currently living in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. I’ve been listening to podcasts since before iTunes knew what they were. Big fan. I’ve had lots of interesting conversations with people about their jobs, projects, hobbies, politics, religion, and other topics that may or may not be safe for polite company. In January 2015 I bought a cool microphone. Let’s see if anybody will go “on the record” with me. And if anyone wants to listen. :)

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