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Random Shots for Sunday, 13 September 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    The . . . person . . . pictured above is free, of course, to bathe “himself” in silver nitrate solution once a week.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Six Days by Brendan DuBois
  2. The Washington PostEducation: To keep bus drivers on the payroll, Fairfax County Public Schools directs some to drive empty buses along old routes by Hannah Natanson
  3. Europe ComicsSaga Valta
  4. KUPT 29.1 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
  5. drive: the scifi comic by Dave KellettTuesday, 3 January 2017Tuesday, 31 January 2017
  6. The Libertarian Enterprise [TLE] — Number 1,084: Sunday, 13 September 2020
  7. Comet TV [1]Battlestar Galactica (2003 version)

NOTES

  1. Schedule for Comet TV

Random Shots for Saturday, 12 September 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    I ponied up 20 FRN, what’s stopping everyone else?!

    https://facebook.com/donate/1673302866172349/10164488801685601/

  2. Posted to Facebook

    I’ve never been anything resembling enthusiastic for these modern-day spectacles.

    Panem et circenses, all of it.

  3. Posted to Facebook

    We now also have a Spreely page!

    https://spreely.com/page/stupor-bowl-sundae-feetbal-shoot

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Comet TV [1]
    1. Stargate SG-1
    2. Sliders
  2. Time’s Tapestry, Book Four: Weaver by Stephen Baxter
  3. KTEL 15.1 TV [MeTV affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] — Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
  4. New York PostUS Marshals bust man accused of filming himself sexually assaulting a baby by Vincent Barone
  5. The Libertarian Enterprise [TLE] — Number 1,083: Sunday, 6 September 2020
  6. Overlord DVD by “Dicktor Van Doomcock”Star Wars Disaster | Daisy Ridley Reveals Sequel Trilogy Had No Plan [YouTube]

NOTES

  1. Schedule for Comet TV

Random Shots for Friday, 11 September 2020

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Time’s Tapestry, Book Four: Weaver by Stephen Baxter
  2. Comet TV [1]
    1. Sliders
    2. Quantum Leap
    3. Battlestar Galactica (2003 version)
    4. Stargate SG-1
  3. KUPT 29.1 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. AWA StudiosRed Border

NOTES

  1. Schedule for Comet TV

Random Shots for Thursday, 10 September 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    Allow every team a small pick-up truck and sniper / spotter team.

    https://mikewb1971.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/snipers-of-the-nfl/

  2. Posted to Facebook

    I’ve found a few good deals here — it’s definitely worth checking out.

    https://dl.wish.com/VtNeV

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Comet TV [1]
    1. Stargate SG-1
    2. The Outer Limits (1995-2002)
    3. Sliders
    4. Quantum Leap
    5. Battlestar Galactica (2003 version)
  2. Time’s Tapestry, Book Four: Weaver by Stephen Baxter
  3. The New York Times [NYT] — Forget TikTok. China’s Powerhouse App Is WeChat, and Its Power Is Sweeping. by Paul Mozur
  4. Errors of Enchantment from the Rio Grande Foundation [RGF] — Analyzing the NM GOP’s “Fair Deal” by Paul Gessing
  5. New York PostScientists can’t explain puzzling lack of coronavirus outbreaks in Africa by Chris Smith, BGR
  6. ABQ ReportGeier is gone as ABQ police chief. Crybaby Medina to take over for a while by Dennis Domrzalski
  7. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
    1. SandM Ammunition Now Using Shell Shock Technologies’ NAS3 Casings by Laura Burgess
    2. New ‘Republicans & Independents for Biden’ Group Led by Same Old GOP Gun-Grabbers by David Codrea
  8. Albuquerque JournalDrug bust leads to gun store theft suspect by Matthew Reisen, Journal Staff Writer
  9. ReasonBust the Police Unions by Peter Suderman
  10. KUPT 29.1 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  11. Ars TechnicaPeople slept on comfy grass beds 200,000 years ago by Kiona N. Smith

NOTES

  1. Schedule for Comet TV

Random Shots for Wednesday, 9 September 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    We now have a page on Spreely — go check it out!

    https://spreely.com/page/old-drunken-old-irrvelivents

  2. Posted to Spreely

    We have a page on Facebook, too — check it out!

    https://facebook.com/The.Old.Drunken.Old.Irrvelivents/

  3. Posted to Facebook

    Please welcome Valentino Garcia to the group!

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Time’s Tapestry, Book Four: Weaver by Stephen Baxter
  2. KUPT 29.1 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
    1. JAG
    2. Star Trek
    3. Star Trek: The Next Generation
    4. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  3. NewsweekTrump Retweets Video of BLM Protesters Accosting Black Manager at McDonald’s by Meghan Roos
  4. Warner Bros. Pictures — Dune Official Trailer [YouTube]
  5. PJ MediaNews & Politics: The Left Preps for Civil War: ‘The Potential for Violent Conflict Is High’ by Rick Moran
  6. The AtlanticFamily: How the Pandemic Has Changed Us Already by Joe Pinsker
  7. FirefoldCat5 vs Cat6 Cables: What are the Differences?
  8. Cables And KitsWhat is a Cat8 Ethernet Cable and How is it Different?
  9. Cable Matters — What is Cat7 – and why you don’t need it.
  10. Comet TV [1]
    1. Battlestar Galactica (2003 version)
    2. Stargate SG-1

NOTES

  1. Schedule for Comet TV

Random Shots for Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    If you put your head down the hole, you can get something resembling a a full-sense immersion VR version of the Biden-Harris message.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Dokken
    1. Hell to Pay
    2. Back in the Streets
  2. Image ComicsThe Warning
  3. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
    1. Antifa Member Accused of Killing Trump Supporter Killed In Police Shootout by John Crump
    2. Lawsuit against Seller and Gun Maker Demands Intolerance and Discrimination by David Codrea
    3. SAF and Defense Distributed win Fifth Circuit case on First Amendment and 3D by Dean Weingarten
  4. KRQE NewsLocal News: Several celebrities take New Mexico Safe Promise by Stephanie Chavez
  5. Entropy — Forsaken
  6. Comet TV [1]Battlestar Galactica (2003 version)

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

  1. Went to dinner with The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents at the Village Inn on San Mateo (6300 San Mateo NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico)

NOTES

  1. Schedule for Comet TV

Random Shots for Monday, 7 September 2020

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Time’s Tapestry, Book Four: Weaver by Stephen Baxter
  2. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd: Commando# 5315: Ironhide, # 5316: Secret of the Sands, # 5317: Catalina Sunrise, # 5318: Rescue!

Random Shots for Sunday, 6 September 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    Please welcome Thomas Christopher Cruise to the group!

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Time’s Tapestry, Book Four: Weaver by Stephen Baxter
  2. US Politics and NewsLike It or Not, Civil War 2.0 Has Begun in America
  3. The David Ross ShowCotton Eye Antifa [YouTube]
  4. KUPT 29.1 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. ViceThe Little Cards That Tell Police ‘Let’s Forget This Ever Happened’ by Katie Way
  6. VoxCan anything change Americans’ minds about Donald Trump? by Ezra Klein

Random Shots for Saturday, 5 September 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    Why can’t the Republican-majority Senate simply kill federal funding for Planned Parenthood (and PBS!) in committee?

  2. Posted to Facebook

    Don’t want to get run over by traffic during your protest?

    Simple answer — keep your protest march on the sidewalks.

  3. Posted to Facebook

    “If everyone would quit watching this circus for a year it would correct itself.”

    My personal “boycott” of the NFL has been going on for 40 years, and I have ZERO intentions of ending it anytime soon.

    https://mikewb1971.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/snipers-of-the-nfl/

    #panemetcircenses

  4. Posted to Facebook

    From the yellow pop-up that covers the bottom 25% of the article page after it’s done loading into the browser —

    “The Sasquatch Sun produces news satire for the sunny Pacific Northwest. The articles you read on this site are mythical works of fiction and are not real news stories.”

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Time’s Tapestry, Book Four: Weaver by Stephen Baxter
  2. The Foundation for Economic Education [FEE] — Zhuang Zhou: The Chinese Philosopher Who Explained Spontaneous Order 2,000 Years Before Adam Smith by Jon Miltimore
  3. The Sasquatch SunTed Wheeler Flees Portland, Moves To Idaho, Buys A Glock
  4. KUPT 29.1 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
    1. Combat!
    2. The Rat Patrol
  5. Midnight’s Edge John Boyega Throws Star Wars The Last Jedi, Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson under the Bus [YouTube]
  6. Nerdrotic by Gary Buechler — Nancy Pelosi BUSTED in San Francisco Salon as My Wife Shuts Her’s Down [YouTube]
  7. HazegrayartThe MAKS Spaceplane: Multipurpose aerospace system (Russian: МАКС) [YouTube]
  8. Colion NoirKyle Rittenhouse – Let’s talk facts in the Kenosha Wisconsin shooting from a Lawyer’s standpoint [YouTube]
  9. Tim PoolTrump Dropped His 2nd Term Agenda And Any Sane Person Would Agree With It, I Now Plan To Vote Trump [YouTube]
  10. TownhallThe Walls Are Closing: Biden Asked China to Help Make Him President [YouTube] by Bronson Stocking

Random Shots for Friday, 4 September 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    Please welcome Matt Cash to the group!

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Time’s Tapestry, Book Four: Weaver by Stephen Baxter
  2. AfterShock ComicsYou Are Obsolete
  3. Errors of Enchantment from the Rio Grande Foundation [RGF] — ACT NOW!: ABQ City Council to consider anti-gun measures at meeting on September 9 by Paul Gessing
  4. Neon Nettle [NN] — Rapper Lord Jamar: ‘George Soros Controls Black Lives Matter – It’s NOT Our Movement’ by Jay Greenberg
  5. Comet []
    1. Sliders
    2. Battlestar Galactica (2003 version)
    3. Stargate SG-1
  6. KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
    1. Star Trek: The Next Generation
    2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  7. Dynamite EntertainmentXena, Volume 1: Contest of Pantheons

NOTES

  1. Schedule for Comet TV