Random Shots for Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook —

   Consider splitting the state.

   Let’s face it — as a political subdivision of the United States, New Mexico is a failed state.

   Give the east half to Texas, the west half to Arizona, and be done with it.

2. Posted to Facebook here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here —

   The thieves should have left a note on the front door, something like this —

   “Thank you for sharing your jewelry with us. We will not be taking everything.”

   Thank you, Tim Keller and your lefty-fascist friends on the City Council and County Commission.

   Where would Albuquerque be without moments like this?

   https://kob.com/albuquerque-news/thieves-steal-30000-worth-of-jewelry-from-nob-hill-shop/5353346/

3. Posted to Facebook —

   Steven Barnes
   Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 2:11 PM

   Fans have precisely the same right to demand an author write that an author has to demand fans purchase what they have written.

4. Posted to Facebook —

   Hence my “Ha Ha” emoticon.

5. Posted to Facebook —

   Officially-sanctioned criminal activity (“taxation,” eminent domain,” revenue-focused “traffic enforcement” and “code enforcement,” etc.) sets the example for the freelancers, as in the article linked to in the original post.

6. Posted to Facebook —

   How many were conscripted, exactly?

7. Posted to Facebook here and here —

   I called “bullshit” on Slick Willard back in 2012.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Emancipation, Book 1.0: Dalida by G. P. Eliot ^[1]
2. Overkill — White Devil Armory
3. The New American [TNA] from the John Birch Society [JBS] — Swiss Referendum Requires Voters to Decide Between Guns or Globalism by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
4. KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
   1. Star Trek
   2. Star Trek: The Next Generation
   3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
   4. Star Trek: Voyager
   5. Star Trek: Enterprise
5. KOB 4 TV News — Thieves steal $30,000 worth of jewelry from Nob Hill shop by Kassi Nelson
6. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News —
   1. Lawyers for Hawaii Gun Carry Lawsuit File Supreme Court Brief in New York Case by David Codrea
   2. We Need To Fight Red Flag Laws Head On, Not Hide by Philip Van Cleave
   3. Media: All We Want is “Good Little Victims” by John Farnam
   4. Arizona Repeals Decades old Ban on Nunchakus (Nunchucks) by Dean Weingarten
7. The Foundation for Economic Education [FEE] — The US Is 5 Years Away from a National Debt Death Spiral. Here’s Why by Craig Eyermann
8. The Hollywood Reporter [THR] — George R.R. Martin’s ‘Nightflyers’ Brings ‘Game of Thrones’ World-Building Skills Into Space by Josh Wigler
9. phys.org — Bristol academic cracks Voynich code, solving century-old mystery of medieval text

NOTES

1. “G.P.” = Graham Peter