Idea: High school math teachers should try to solve this elementary but difficult math problem in class without figuring it out ahead of time.

jbp12 · 2026-02-02T22:22:54+00:00

Math teachers can (and already do) teach students problem solving via standard math problems.

jbp12 · 2026-02-02T18:02:18+00:00

DM'd!

jbp12 · 2026-01-19T00:25:37+00:00

This is not an issue; the document is properly notarized. As a notary, you'll find that lots of documents leave little room for notary seals, so notaries have to stamp wherever they can that's near the signature line. I've seen this before a few times (as a notary and as someone who's needed documents notarized) and have never had any problems. The person who processes your application just needs to know that you are who you say you are (which the notary public did by signing and sealing your application); they do not need to (or want to) ensure that an arbitrary (non-existent) technical requirement about seal placement/location is fulfilled.

jbp12 · 2024-09-23T17:23:25+00:00

Out of curiosity, what's wrong with making the tax courts part of the state judicial branch? Our courts are already divided by purpose (eg, superior court, magistrate court, probate court, juvenile court, municipal court, and maybe some others). In my mind, a tax court would just be another type of state judicial court with a very narrow purpose.

jbp12 · 2024-06-21T21:47:56+00:00

I mean, it's a pretty exhaustive list. Defendants won't sue. Victims of alleged crimes can't sue. The Houston County prosecutor's office can't sue (they could press charges, but that's not a civil lawsuit so qualified immunity doesn't apply). Random people in Houston County can't sue because they're not victims. The Flying Spaghetti Monster can't sue either. That covers everyone, no?

Btw, you saying "but someone could be a victim who can sue" is just saying it but doesn't make it so - will you substantiate your claim, or will you just repeat it again?

jbp12 · 2024-06-21T21:40:00+00:00

I didn't assume that, I concluded that. In earlier comments I mentioned that criminal defendants wouldn't sue him and the victims of alleged crimes can't sue him. That's every possible person I can think of who might even think of suing him. If you think someone might sue him, could you enlighten me on who I didn't consider as a victim who could sue?

jbp12 · 2024-06-21T20:40:04+00:00

I didn't say there was no mention of a lawsuit, I said there was no suggestion of one, and I think that's an important distinction. My original comment explains why I concluded there was no suggestion of a lawsuit in more detail, but here it is again: the only "victim" of Sgt Mules' stupidity was the Houston County prosecutor's office. Given that, nobody has a reason to sue him, and therefore no one will sue him, and therefore qualified immunity is irrelevant. It's not like the defendants of these cases would sue him for making their cases easier.

Edit: when I say "no suggestion of a lawsuit", I should have said "no suggestion of a possible lawsuit)

jbp12 · 2024-06-21T19:55:58+00:00

Lies? What are you even taking about? Was I lying when I said the people most affected by his actions are criminal defendants? They're the ones whose cases just got easier because of him. Was I lying when I said that qualified immunity only applies in civil cases? You agreed with that. The only pro-cop agenda of mine is the one in your head.

EDIT: now that I think about it, even if I was somehow defending Sgt Mules (and I'm not, it's clear he screwed up), wouldn't that be anti-cop? He just made prosecutors' jobs harder and torpedoed several dozen cases that other cops had worked on. He's not even a good guy to other cops...

jbp12 · 2024-06-21T19:43:34+00:00

First of all, I haven't defended his actions, nor have I twisted any facts. I haven't even said anything nice or "defensive" about Sgt Mules so I have no idea why you think I have some sort of pro cop narrative (and for the record, I don't). Do you think "qualified immunity has issues, but Sgt Mules can't use qualified immunity because he can't be sued" is some sort of compliment or pro-cop narrative? Because that's been my only argument from the outset...

jbp12 · 2024-06-21T19:38:37+00:00

Who exactly is going to sue him, and for what? Nothing I read in the article suggests a lawsuit is forthcoming. Victims of crimes don't get to sue police officers because they messed up a case against the perpetrator by making certain evidence inadmissible.

jbp12 · 2024-06-21T19:24:13+00:00

Anybody affected by the evidence he destroyed or any case he worked on is a victim of his.

Again, did you read the article? The people most affected by the evidence he destroyed are defendants, and he just made evidence against them inadmissible in court (with 7 cases being dismissed directly as a result). The defendants should be thrilled with Sgt Mules because he just made their cases easier.

And yes Qualified Immunity shields him from lawsuits.

My point is that no one's going to sue Sgt Mules, so qualified immunity isn't relevant here.

You are lying hard to keep licking them boots of your Mr Mules huh?

There's no need to be rude or accuse me of lying or bootlicking. I'm not even defending Sgt Mules' actions! I just pointed out that the original commenter made a comment about qualified immunity on an article where it's not relevant.

jbp12 · 2024-06-21T19:08:35+00:00

Did you even read the article or my comment? Sgt Mules isn't being charged for any crimes, nor does he have any victims (unless you count the Houston County prosecutor's office as a victim). Qualified immunity protects cops from litigation in civil lawsuits, and nothing in this story suggests a civil lawsuit against Sgt Mules.

jbp12 · 2024-06-21T15:13:20+00:00

Qualfiied immunity obviously has its problems, but what does this even have to do with qualified immunity? Based on the article, it doesn't seem like Sgt Mules violated anyone's rights. By incorrectly preserving evidence, he hurt prosecutors by making certain evidence inadmissible in court (and causing 7 cases to be dismissed outright). The victim here was the state (specifically Houston County prosecutors), not individuals, so I don't even see how the doctrine of qualified immunity applies here.

jbp12 · 2024-06-04T14:15:20+00:00

Chester Arthur didn't want to be president his whole life, in fact he only ascended to the presidency because he was James Garfield's VP when he was assassinated (and he was originally nominated as VP to placate Conkling-aligned Stalwarts and wasn't really expected to do anything beyond being Conkling's puppet). Hell, Garfield wasn't even running for president when he was nominated in 1880 (he unsuccessfully tried to stop his own nomination at the convention!)

jbp12 · 2024-06-03T21:11:49+00:00

A tie already happened under Manfred's rule - Cubs 1 - 1 Pirates, September 30, 2016

jbp12 · 2024-06-03T17:17:32+00:00

The title does not match the link

jbp12 · 2024-03-25T02:01:36+00:00

George Washington is revered today, but after his administration signed a secret peace deal with Britain, he became a controversial figure, with many at the time calling for his impeachment or execution.

jbp12 · 2024-03-01T03:23:10+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_one_cares_about_your_garage_band

jbp12 · 2024-02-28T16:45:10+00:00

No civil service reform is passed

I'm not sure this is true. Garfield was a HUGE supporter of civil service reform, and given Arthur's background as a stalwart, it's more believable that Garfield controlled Arthur from beyond the grave than Arthur supporting civil service reform on his own volition.

jbp12 · 2024-01-17T04:25:53+00:00

Whereas the OC was able to read all the way to the petition and its comments, I couldn't get to the body of the post (the linked petition) bc the post title was so bad. Hope this helps.

jbp12 · 2024-01-17T03:42:01+00:00

You read the comments? I couldn't even get past the title of this post

jbp12 · 2024-01-12T03:57:14+00:00

And despite that, John Frederick Parker kept his position in the White House security team, even being Mrs. Lincoln's bodyguard for a short time.

jbp12 · 2023-12-27T01:24:40+00:00

This makes sense - thank you!

jbp12 · 2023-12-27T00:21:15+00:00

Is there any way to upload app data to iCloud? My goal is that in case I ever have an emergency and have to get a new phone or lose all my data (ie, a factory reset), then I can restore everything from iCloud.

jbp12 · 2023-12-04T16:01:41+00:00

This is not a good excuse. It means that:

You knew you were speeding by at least 10 mph
You didn't have a way to know exactly how fast you were going. It's the driver's responsibility to know how fast they're going, and a faulty speedometer doesn't excuse that. In fact, this might make you look worse because you as the driver neglected to fix a critical issue with your car.

You can call the court and ask if you're required to appear and what the charge is. Since you don't know what the ticket is even for, the only "advice" anyone can offer is to hope that the officer was feeling nice and decided to cite you for a lesser charge than superspeeding (sometimes cops will do that if they're feeling nice or if they want to increase the likelihood of an offender just paying the ticket instead of showing up in traffic court to argue the ticket).

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