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Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook here and here —

   Issue 1,179 of L. Neil Smith’s THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE is now up

   L. Neil Smith’s THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE

   — An International Journal of Opinion —

   Issue 1,179, October 23, 2022

   https://ncc-1776.org/

   THIS ISSUE’S MOTTO: For history does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

   THE WEEKLY CARTOON: There are two kinds of people. Avoid both.

   A Request for Help

   You have probably deduced by now that our longtime friend is Jim Davidson. See his article on the status of his case, [Due Process of Law] (https://ncc-1776.org/tle2022/tle1176-20221002-05.html). Subsequent to publishing that, Jim learned that he must raise $5,000 for a retainer before October 20 to obtain legal representation, or risks having the case proceed without counsel and with no possibility of further delay. Jim offers a free copy of his new book in consideration of donations of $25 or more. The rule of law demands the presumption of innocence until evidence removing reasonable doubt is presented by the complainant.

   Jim has been released from jail after selling his car to post bond. He would prefer to retain a lawyer rather than depend on the tender mercies of a public defender. He has identified a lawyer he would like to retain, who wants $5,000 as an initial retainer. Costs are estimated as follows:

   $5,000 for basic discovery, pleading, etc.
   3,000 for motions, including to suppress evidence
   5,000 for trial should any charges proceed to trial

   Jim maintains his innocence with respect to the charges, and while the Libertarian Enterprise will not comment on the particulars of the situation, we do believe that everyone is owed a fair trial and the ability to retain a lawyer, with whom one is able to communicate in confidentiality. To that end, we have set up a GiveSendGo page. Jim, and we, would be extremely grateful for any help our readers would be able to kindly provide.

   Jim offers a free copy of his new book in consideration of donations of $25 or more.

   https://givesendgo.com/G3DA3

   Donations will show up as “Rule of Law”, and will be directed to an account in Cathy’s name which will then be provided to the chosen counsel.

   Thank you

   Yours in Liberty,

   Rylla and Cathy Smith
   Co-Publishers, L. Neil Smith’s The Libertarian Enterprise

   ARTICLES

   0. The Editor’s Notes, by Charles Curley

   1. Letters to the Editor, from Albert Perez

   2. Rule of Flaw, by L. Neil Smith

   3. Still M.A.D. After All These Years? by L. Reichard White

   4. Why Are Student Test Scores Plunging? Look at Politicized Education, by Lance Izumi and Wenyuan Wu

   5. A Learning Experience, by Sean Gangol

2. Posted to Slack —

   Correction to my previous comment in this thread:

   Elisheva Levin is a resident of New Mexico.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Memorable Entertainment Television (MeTV) — Lost in Space (1965-1968)
2. Covert Cabal — Whether Tanks Are Obsolete [YouTube]
3. BBC News from the British Broadcasting Corporation [BBC] — Asia > China: China congress: How one man on a bridge marred Xi Jinping’s big moment by Tessa Wong
4. Taiwan ON ALERT! China’s Xi Jinping Just Seized ABSOLUTE Power & Immediately Issues Cryptic Threat! [YouTube] from Lisa Haven
5. Garand Thumb by Mike Jones — The US Military’s New Smart Optic that Aims For You. The XM-157 [YouTube]
6. Oni Press — Wasteland
7. KRQE News — Former Albuquerque mayoral candidate charged with driving drunk by Jordan Honeycutt
8. Heroes & Icons (H&I) —
   1. Star Trek: Voyager
   2. Star Trek: Enterprise

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. Met with two other “Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents” [Facebook, Spreely] at the Great China Restaurant [3325 San Mateo NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110] — we discussed the current [sad] state of affairs of both of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico and the LPNM Mises Caucus, and possible corrective measures.

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LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Dark Space — The Space Cannon that was Actually Fired in Orbit [YouTube]
2. Hazegrayart — Lenticular Reentry Vehicle a Nuclear Warhead Delivery System [YouTube]
3. Dark Tech — Chrome F-22 Raptor [YouTube]
4. Colion Noir — The Problem With The Gun Community [YouTube]
5. Armed Scholar by Anthony Miranda — Ground Breaking Supreme Court Carry Decision Openly Defied By New York!!! [YouTube]
6. Project Veritas — How many journalists need to be raided before we accept that our Constitution is being TRAMPLED on? [YouTube]
7. KRQE News — Albuquerque woman stole more than $8K in plants from multiple Albertson’s stores over a year and a half [YouTube]
8. Dark Documentaries — Su-27 Fighter Headbutts a B-52 Bomber [Facebook]
9. Heroes & Icons (H&I) — Star Trek: Enterprise
10. Newsweek — Why This European City Was Built Entirely Underground by Mathew Cohen

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. I walked 26,247 steps today.

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COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Slack —

   I was publisher of the newsletter from 2003 to 2013. Publication was sporadic from 2009 to 2013, due to the LPNM almost getting wiped out from the Woodruff lawsuits.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Inverse — Entertainment: Get It Done – 30 Years Later, Star Trek is About to Prove Its Worst Captain Wasn’t That Bad by Ryan Britt
2. China Uncensored — Xi Jinping Losing Grip, But Promises “Security” | China’s 20th Party Congress [YouTube]
3. Binkov’s Battlegrounds — How close were we to nuclear war? [YouTube]
4. KOAT News — Albuquerque Water Main Break [YouTube]
5. The Angry Astronaut by Jordan Wright — Did a recent tragedy at SpaceX lead Elon Musk to reconsider his safety philosophy? [YouTube]
6. Rob Zombie — ROB ZOMBIE – Shake Your Ass – Smoke Your Grass (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) [YouTube]
7. Adult Swim [as] — Love Your Feller Man | Squidbillies | Adult Swim [YouTube]
8. Heroes & Icons (H&I) — Star Trek: Enterprise

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. I walked 33,143 steps today.

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COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook —

   

   Sci-Fi Unchained
   Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 6:34 PM MST

2. Posted to Facebook —

   

3. Posted to Facebook —

   What Hasbro blew off was the rest of the Hawk missile system

   CWAR: Continuous Wave Acquisition Radars
   HIPIR: HIgh Power Illuminator doppler Radar
   FDC: Fire Direction Center
   MEP-816: Generators 60KW (400 Hz) each.
   M-390: Missile transport pallets with 36 missiles
   M-501: Missile loading tractors.

4. Posted to Slack —

   I’m planning on voting for Bedonie unless she does something unforgivably stupid, in which case I will either write my own name in if there’s a write-in spot available (done that before), or cast a blank and vote the air.

5. Posted to Diaspora* —

   She’s better on the right to own and carry weapons and MLG’s Beer Bug shutdowns than Ronchetti, from what I’ve seen (he’s got two-parargraph boilerplate statements on his website, but not much else).

   As for abortion, I am sick and tired of hearing about it. I for one would really prefer it to simply go away as an issue of any political importance.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. KRQE News — New video shows arrest of suspected killer of Giovanni’s Pizzeria owner, which should have kept him [YouTube]
2. KOAT News — ‘We support each other’: New Mexico Crusaders for Justice opening up first sub-chapter [YouTube]
3. guns.com — News > Hunting: Bill Would Add Hundreds of Free Public Shooting Ranges by Chris Eger
4. Oni Press — Wasteland
5. Heroes & Icons (H&I) — Star Trek: Enterprise
6. GateWorld —
7. Hot Take: Amazon Should Greenlight Three New Stargate Projects by Darren Sumner

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. Went to the Bernalillo County / Sandoval County Libertarian Party of New Mexico Meetup at the Boxing Bear Brewing Co. Corrales Taproom [10200 Coors NW, ABQ, NM] tonight. Met up with some old friends, met some new people, Karen Bedonie, for example.
2. I walked 2,918 steps today.

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LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Dark Tech — The Microwave Plasma Jet Engine that Could Change Everything [YouTube]
2. The Angry Astronaut by Jordan Wright — ULA / Blue Origin UPDATE! New launch window for Vulcan, AND Skyrora suffers a setback! [YouTube]
3. Armed Scholar by Anthony Miranda and Anthony Sylva — Supreme Court Decision Brings An End To CA “Assault Weapon” Ban In Two Weeks!?! [YouTube]
4. China Uncensored — Is Xi Jinping the Next Mao Zedong? [YouTube]
5. The Daily Resister — Joseph Cary Stanford – Offensive Littering & Criminal Mischief – North Bend, OR – 10/11/2022 [YouTube]

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. I walked 32,233 steps today.