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We The People Rally at 1 Civic Plaza [Thursday, 16 July 2020 at Albuquerque, New Mexico]

On Thursday, 16 July 2020, I went to the Protest For Freedom — New Mexico rally sponsored by We The People Of New Mexico at 1 Civic Plaza, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Details and pictures follow. All pictures are by myself, unless otherwise noted.

At least 1 x New Mexico State Police [NMSP] officer was patrolling around Civic Plaza in a marked unit (doing laps?).

Several uniformed Albuquerque Police Department [APD] officers were present, watching the event from near the east entrance of the City Hall building

Couy Griffin and the Cowboys for Trump [C4T] “color guard” rode around Civic Plaza on horseback for at least one lap.

Several New Mexico Civil Guard [NMCG] personnel were present on stage, as well as in the crowd.

A camera operator from KRQE 13 News was present and set up his equipment about 15 feet from the center front of the stage steps.

A partial list of speakers follows (apologies if I missed anyone) —

Louie Sanchez, owner of Calibers, was the second speaker (I didn’t get any good pictures of the first, an African-American gym owner) and spoke about the Second Amendment.

Hailey Bradford (sp?)

Local pastor Steve Smothermon led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Greg Baca, Republican State Senator from District 29

Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin, head of Cowboys for Trump [C4T]

David C. Chavez started his speech with the beginning of “Eye of the Tiger”.

The officially-booked speakers concluded the We The People program at 6:45 PM. The stage was handed off to others for the next 15 minutes —

Audrey Trujillo (no pictures available)

Scott Chandler, Republican candidate for House District 32 (no pictures available)

Sergeant Major Hawkins of the NM Civil Guard said that he’s running for Bernalillo County Sheriff in 2022 (he’s got my vote at this point). He also talked about the Lujan connetion to slavery — Don Pedro Leon Lujan was arrested by the Utah militia in 1851 for slave trading.

Dinah Vargas, Republican candidate for House District 10

Mary Ingham, Republican candidate for NM Senate District 14 (no pictures available)

Stephen Cecco, Republican candidate for New Mexico House District 19 [1].

Mike Cordova, current LPNM Bernalillo County Chair, made contact with me towards the end as I was taking notes — he said Elisheva Levin mentioned me to him.

The crowd started dispersing at 7 PM after the event’s end was announced from the podium.

NOTES FROM THE EVENT:

  1. There was a visible law enforcement presence from at least two agencies — APD and NMSP. During the 90 minutes that I was on the scene, I observed NO altercations between law enforcement and ANYONE — attendees, counter-protestors, the NM Civil Guard personnel, ANYONE. So maybe all cops aren’t evil? Better to simply deal with them as you deal with everyone else — as individuals.
  2. Whatever counter-protest group(s) that were there weren’t violent at all, and didn’t seem to have much of a presence. (I didn’t see any, but the article in the Albuquerque Journal said that there were some there, so whatever.)
  3. It started raining (slight drizzle, actually — nothing more) at about 6:19 PM, and stopped by 6:50 PM.
  4. All of the speakers stuck to the general message of “Michelle Lujan Grisham is abusing her powers as Governor” — that’s a good thing. No one went off on conspiracy theories, or called for government to be made more intrusive, more expensive or more powerful.
  5. I didn’t see piles of trash of the sort found after lefty-fascists events (water bottles, fast-food drink cups, aluminum cans, snack wrappers and bags, etc.) left on the ground after the event.
  6. The Facebook page set up for the event advised attendees to bring their own water. I would suggest that for future events, vendors such as food trucks be invited, and that arrangements made for restroom access (there didn’t seem to be any for this event).

NOTES

  1. Mark Curtis is the Libertarian nominee for NM House, District 19. Mark is a good guy.
  2. Reposted –
    1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs – Blogspot / Diaspora* / Facebook / Friendica / Liberty.me / Minds / Twitter / VK

Random Shots for Friday, 17 July 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    “Is there anything I can do short of deleting this identity that will stop people from associating me with cyberpunk?”

    This current profile and the associated content?

    Probably not, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

    “It isn’t helping me integrate into respectable or even middle tier society.”

    What exactly is your definition of “respectable,” and how does it differ from your current circle(s)?

    Personally speaking, I gave up on trying to fit in with the suit-and-tie cocktail party crowd years ago.

  2. Posted to Facebook

    Nope. Just for you to live on your own terms, instead of someone else’s.

  3. Posted to Facebook

    If you’re really wanting to fit in with the suit-and-tie cocktail party crowd, seriously consider large-scale tattoo removal, and lose any non-earring piercings that you have, because aside from rock stars, they don’t appreciate that sort of thing much. Conformity is the key there.

    And be on the lookout for those wanting you to empty your bank account into theirs. That scene is their natural habitat.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Albuquerque JournalMask gathering by Ryan Boetel, Journal Staff Writer
  2. KRQE NewsNew Mexico: New Mexico Civil Guard plans to run members in state sheriff’s races
  3. AC / DCBack in Black
  4. Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker
  5. WHY I LOVE THE NEW MEXICO CIVIL GUARD

Random Shots for Thursday, 16 July 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    Please welcome Bryan Davis to the group!

  2. Posted to Facebook

    Please welcome alan Sappington to the group!

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Bearing ArmsShe Vowed To Protect The 2A. Now’s She’s Hired A Veteran Gun Control Activist. by Cam Edwards
  2. Helloween
    1. Keeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005 / 2006
    2. Straight Out of Hell
  3. AC / DCBack in Black
  4. The Washington PostThe Americas: They lost the Civil War and fled to Brazil. Their descendants refuse to take down the Confederate flag. by Terrence McCoy

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

  1. Went to the Protest For Freedom — New Mexico rally by We The People Of New Mexico at 1 Civic Plaza, Albuquerque, New Mexicoreview here

Random Shots for Wednesday, 15 July 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    Please welcome Michelle Warner to the group!

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. The Hu
    1. The HU – Wolf Totem (Official Music Video) [YouTube]
    2. The HU – Yuve Yuve Yu (Official Music Video) [YouTube]
  2. Pluto TVGene Roddenberry’s Andromeda
  3. HelloweenKeeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005 / 2006

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

  1. Met up with The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents for the first time since this COVID-19 nonsense started.

Skiffy Books I’ve Read by Women Before 1997

For me, a partial list:

Margaret Wander Bonanno

Diane Carey

Carmen Carter

Jeanne Cavelos

Karen Rose Cercone

C. J. Cherryh

Carolyn Clowes

Sonni Cooper

Melissa Crandall

A.C. Crispin

Myrna Culbreath

Kathryn Drennan

Diane Duane

Julia Ecklar

Barbara Hambly

Laurell K. Hamilton

Janet Kagan

Judy Klass

Dana Kramer-Rolls

Majliss Larson

Jean Lorrah

Sondra Marshak

Anne McCaffery

Vonda N. McIntyre

Barbara Paul

Selina Rosen

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Pamela Sargent

Melissa Scott

Josepha Sherman

Kathleen Sky

Melinda Snodgrass

Susan Shwartz

Laurie S. Sutton

Jeri Taylor

Lois Tilton

Della Van Hise

Susan Wright

H/T Frank Ney — Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 10:51 PM


NOTES

  1. Reposted –
    1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs – Diaspora* / Facebook page / Flote / Friendica / Gab / Minds / Spreely page / Twitter / VK
    2. Bubonicon Puppies — Facebook page / Spreely page
    3. KCUF Media – Facebook page / Spreely page

Random Shots for Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. The Joe Rogan Experience [JRE] from Joe RoganJoe Rogan Experience # 1419 – Daryl Davis [YouTube]
  2. HelloweenKeeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005 / 2006
  3. Pluto TVGene Roddenberry’s Andromeda

Random Shots for Monday, 13 July 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    Subway has been on the hoplophobe-coddling victim disarmer bandwagon for a while now.

    I couldn’t find anything either way about Jimmy Johns or Firehouse Subs, but it seems the hoplophobes went targeted Jersey Mike’s after one of their stores allowed a customer to open carry inside the place:

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Jersey+Mike’s+guns

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Gun Free Zone [GFZ] — ‘I am not a cop, I will (expletive) shoot you. I’m a Democrat. I can shoot you because Democrats get away with everything.’ by “Miguel.GFZ”
  2. Miguel G — “I’m a Democrat. I can shoot you because Democrats get away with everything.” [YouTube]
  3. ReasonThat Time the Libertarian Party Debated the Private Ownership of Nuclear Weapons by Jesse Walker
  4. HelloweenKeeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005 / 2006
  5. The Joe Rogan Experience [JRE] from Joe RoganJoe Rogan Experience #1492 – Jocko Willink [YouTube]
  6. KOB NewsDistrict attorney files lawsuit against NM Civil Guard by Ryan Laughlin
  7. Jocko Podcast from Jocko WillinkJocko Motivation “GOOD” (From Jocko Podcast) [YouTube]
  8. Garand Thumb by Mike Jones — The Marine Corps’ New Service Pistol, SIG M18 [YouTube]

Random Shots for Sunday, 12 July 2010

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Time’s Tapestry, Book Two: Conqueror by Stephen Baxter
  2. LP Chair Nick Sarwark Farewell 7/11/20 [YouTube] from Carol Moore
  3. HelloweenKeeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005 / 2006
  4. Garand Thumb by Mike Jones — The Desert Eagle .50 AE [YouTube]
  5. Timcast by Tim PoolTrump REFUSED Emergency Request To Pay For Leftist Rioters Damage, Democrats Leadership Backfires [YouTube]
  6. Nerdrotic by Gary Buechler / Overlord DVD by “Dicktor Van Doomcock”Star Trek Lower Decks REACTION! Disney Star Wars DECEPTION! [YouTube]
  7. GQThe Political Education of Killer Mike by Donovan X. Ramsey
  8. National Public Radio [NPR] — Goats and Soda: The Kung Fu Nuns Of Kathmandu by Windsor Johnston

Random Shots for Saturday, 11 July 2010

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    Anthony Garcia —

    If you’re happy and you know it, shake your chains
    If you’re happy and you know it, shake your chains
    If you’re happy and you know it and you really wanna show it, shake your chains
    If you’re happy and you know it, shake your chains

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Time’s Tapestry, Book Two: Conqueror by Stephen Baxter
  2. Overlord DVD by “Dicktor Van Doomcock”Star Wars Leak | Kennedy’s Plans for Knights of the Old Republic Thwarted? [YouTube]
  3. Nerdrotic by Gary Buechler — Disney Star Wars LEAKS: Lucasfilm’s Atmosphere of FEAR and CONTROL [YouTube]
  4. HelloweenKeeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005 / 2006
  5. YoungRippa59 by Eric JulyWeirdos LOVE black versions of classically white characters [YouTube]
  6. Colion NoirSig Sauer M18 – Is The Army’s New Handgun Good Enough for YOU? | First Mag [YouTube]
  7. What Da Math by Anton Petrov — Biggest Extinction Event in History Is Linked to Burning Coal [YouTube]
  8. What IfWhat If the Sun Dimmed Down? [YouTube]
  9. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
    1. Media & Anti’s Painfully Silent Double Standard on Armed Black Protestors by David Codrea
    2. What Should We Do When Government Bureaucrats Kill? by Rob Morse
    3. Anyone Wondering Why Violent Crime Is Off The Chart? by John Farnam
    4. Making of the 3D Printed Semi-Auto FGC-9 Carbine, Manual & Video Review by Dean Weingarten
  10. Covert CabalIran’s Ballistic Missile Capabilities [YouTube]
  11. Cerifiably IngameThe Andromeda Galaxy in Star Trek [YouTube]
  12. 100 Deadly Skills by Clint Emerson — HOW TO SURVIVE SOCIAL UNREST AND VIOLENT PROTESTS [YouTube]
  13. styropyro2020 World’s most powerful CW handheld laser [YouTube]
  14. Midnight’s EdgeDid Reshoots lead to MULTIPLE “Snyder Cuts” of STAR WARS Episode IX; even one with Matt Smith? [YouTube]

Random Shots for Friday, 10 July 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook
    1. Can’t go wrong with The Pholosopher or Tom Woods.
    2. I’m working on resurrecting The Weekly Sedition, which was a public-access TV show I ran from 1997 to 2011, as a podcast, YouTube channel, radio show, TV show, or whatever. If I can do it on multiple venues or media and monetize it, I will.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Colion Noir
    1. Everything In My Outdoor Gun Range Bag [YouTube]
    2. The Truth About ‘If You ARM ALL Black People It Will Bring About More Gun Control’ [YouTube]
  2. Garand Thumb by Mike Jones —
    1. Are red dots on pistols worth it? (With Modern Samurai Project) [YouTube]
    2. Seattle security guard who disarmed two rioters speaks out
  3. The Vintage Space by Amy Shira Teitel Space Exploration is All Politics [YouTube]
  4. HelloweenKeeper of the Seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005 / 2006
  5. KRQE NewsState now hiring for team to crack down on health order compliance
  6. Dark FootageReal Life Landspeeder Footage – The Alekseyev SM 1 [YouTube]
  7. YoungRippa59 by Eric JulyExpect Goofy Characters That Nobody Asked For In The MCU [YouTube]
  8. What Da Math by Anton Petrov — Turns Out, Galactic Jets Are Very Long Particle Accelerators! [YouTube]
  9. Covert CabalImportance of Training, Experience, and Maintenance [YouTube]