Random Shots for Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook [ here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here ] and Spreely [ here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here ] —

   Elisheva Hannah Levin
   Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 4:32 PM

   My late FIL would have said our governor barks and chases cars. He lived in a much more direct, less politically correct time.

   I read this article with disbelief. Michelle Wuhan Grisham has threatened to remove mayors from office if they do not follow her public health order. She does not have the power to do that, so the threat must be that she is going to work against their reelections. That will go over like a lead balloon. Her nagging, lecturing, and admonishing New Mexicans as if our concerns for our livelihoods are childish and unimportant next to her political ambitions has already lost her a great deal of respect among New Mexicans. An emergency does not erase the Bill of Rights. Nor does it empower governors to take away our businesses without compensation. In fact, a government official cannot take our property without just compensation. That’s in the bill of rights.

   Perhaps MWG does not understand what a governor is. A governor is a piece in a machine that controls the pace of its working. For example, a timing belt in an automobile. It must work with the other machine parts to ensure a smooth ride. When a governor goes full tyrant, it can tear the machine apart, destroying its function. To protect the machine, the owners must remove the faulty governor and replace it with one that works in harmony with other parts of the machine. This is what we need to do in New Mexico. And the sooner the better.

   The purpose of government is not to make us safe. That is our job. The purpose of government is to keep us free. Adults do not need lectures from a governor who has assumed the role of dictator, and treats her bosses as if they were her recalcitrant children.

   We need a revolution. Look to your sheriffs to protect your rights, New Mexico. And tell your county officials what you expect them to do in the face of MWG’s temperamental tyranny. Stand for your rights.

   https://krqe.com/health/coronavirus-new-mexico/mayors-across-new-mexico-response-to-gov-lujan-grishams-op-ed/

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Time’s Tapestry, Book Three: Navigator by Stephen Baxter
2. Tubi — Paradox Alice
3. Time — America Really Does Have a Space Force. We Went Inside to See What It Does by W. J. Hennigan
4. BBC News from the British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] — Genetic impact of African slave trade revealed in DNA study
5. KRQE News — Coronavirus New Mexico: Mayors across New Mexico respond to Gov. Lujan Grisham’s op-ed by Corey King
6. Overlord DVD by “Dicktor Van Doomcock” — Star Wars Leaks | Disney Debates Three Plans to Save Star Wars [YouTube]
7. Garand Thumb by Mike Jones — LWRC SMG 45/Striker 45, serious issues [YouTube]
8. What Da Math by Anton Petrov — 37 Enormous Strangely Shaped Volcanoes Found on Venus [YouTube]
9. DUST — Sci-Fi Comedy Short Film: “Macrocosm” (UNCENSORED) | DUST [YouTube]
10. The Daily Wire — Over 100 Police Agencies Pull Out Of Agreements To Guard DNC Convention by Ryan Saavedra
11. Nerdrotic by Gary Buechler — The Rise of Skywalker CANCELED at Marvel [YouTube]
12. Hazegrayart — The Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar Spaceplane Launching on a Titan IIIC concept [YouTube]
13. Dark Skies — Hitler’s Amerika Bomber – How Germany Almost Reached America [YouTube]
14. The Hu — The HU – Wolf Totem (Official Music Video) [YouTube]
15. Better Noise Music [BNM] —
    1. The HU – Shoog Shoog (Official Lyric Video) [YouTube]
    2. The HU – Wolf Totem feat. Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach (Official Video from The Retaliators) [YouTube]