Random Shots for Thursday, 5 January 2023

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Slack —

   Means pocketed something like 8,000 in donations from LPNM members, then gave it to Mike Castro (formerly of the NM Green Party), who was running the “Neighborhood Party,” which morphed into the “Independent Coalition Party.” Castro then converted that 8k from Federal Reserve Notes into pot and then smoked it. In 2003 Castro told me “Russell Means gave us your $8,000, so you might as well come over to us and take advantage of it.” In 2004, the State Party Secretary of the “Independent Coalition Party” basically said, “This is bullshit, Castro is a con artist, I’m out.”

2. Posted to Slack —

   Russell Means didn’t arrive on the LPNM scene until June 2001, when Joe Knight brought him in as a gubernatorial candidate.

3. Posted to Slack —

   June 2001 was the State Convention in Farmington, where Russell sought (and received) an early nomination to be the 2002 gubernatorial candidate.

   FYI — Means croaked of throat cancer in 2007 on the Pine Ridge Reservation. This after he tried to open a liquor store on the reservation border, with the stated intent of using the profits from that liquor store to fund some sort of alcohol treatment program.

4. Posted to Twitter —

   Whatever, Meathead.

   

5. Posted to Slack —

   Russell Means was supposed to be the 2002 gubernatorial candidate. When he bailed out on us for the “Neighborhood Party,” the top of the slate was empty.

6. Posted to Slack —

   *To the best of my knowledge,* Means never appeared on a ballot in New Mexico.

   I think that at one point, he ran for tribal office on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and came in fifth or sixth place.

7. Posted to Facebook —

   Speaker’s dozen?

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. KOAT News — Proposed House Bill calls for speed cameras on New Mexico highways [YouTube]
2. Active Self Protection [ASP] — Officer Makes Difficult 75-Foot Shot to Protect Partner | Active Self Protection [YouTube]
3. Tips and Hacks — Insane Way to Open Any Lock Without a Key! Amazing Tricks with Matches, That Work Extremely Well [YouTube]
4. Found And Explained — Insane Flying Wing Jet Fighter To Save Germany – Horten Ho 229 Nazi UFO [YouTube]
5. Guns & Gadgets by Jared Yanis — WHAT?! The 2nd Amendment Is A Curse!?! [YouTube]
6. Heroes & Icons (H&I) — Star Trek: Enterprise

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. I walked 33,164 steps today.