Random Shots for Friday, 15 September 2017

Today in history

Comments I’ve posted

1. Posted to Facebook —

   Mark Hinkle and I were there at the New Mexico Roundhouse on 28 December 2011 when Gary Johnson jumped ship from the GOP to the LP.

   If I had known what he would say and do in 2016, especially bringing in that piece of soggy dogshit Weld, I would have told him to take a hike.

   http://tomwoods.com/ep-906-judd-weiss-john-mcafees-vp-pick-on-what-really-happened-behind-the-scenes-and-its-not-pretty/

   Maybe it’s time for Boston Tea Party v. 2018.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party_(political_party)

   Or how about an American affiliate of Freedom Party International?

   http://freedomparty.org

2. Posted to Facebook —

   I for one won’t be surprised if she invokes the Second Amendment as a defense.

   “What’s mine is mine, what’s yours is negotiable (and ultimately mine),” and such.

3. nmpolitics.net – Re: Realtors and developers give big money to ABQ mayoral candidates —

   From the article —

   “Professor Timothy Krebs, a political scientist who specializes in the study of urban politics at the University of New Mexico, said it’s not unusual to see the development community spend such significant money on a mayoral race. That’s because city officials routinely make decisions about zoning and infrastructure that have a direct effect on the profitability of their companies, he said.”

   If you truly want to limit the inflow of money into politics, especially “dark money,” then limit government’s power over and intrusiveness into the private sector.

   Copied to Facebook here and here

Listening / Reading / Watching

1. Breitbart News — Study: Flagging Stories as ‘Fake News’ Ineffective; People No Longer Trust Media by Nate Church
2. nmpolitics.net —
   1. Farewell to an extraordinary border journalist by Kent Paterson
   2. Realtors and developers give big money to ABQ mayoral candidates by “Marjorie Childress, New Mexico In Depth”
3. Las Cruces Sun-News — NM CAFé board resigns amid internal turmoil
4. NBC News — Trump Signs Congressional Resolution Condemning White Supremacists by Phil Helsel
5. ALERT FROM MY BRIGADIER GENERAL FRIEND GREG Z (RETIRED) LETTER TO MY READERS CONCERNING EMERGING CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA:PLEASE TAKE THIS VIRAL! by Steve Quayle
6. Albuquerque Journal — Council candidate McKenney faced assault charge in Maryland by Olivier Uyttebrouck
7. Helloween — Straight Out of Hell
8. AC / DC — Back in Black