Nemo Me Impune Lacessit

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COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook —

   The kids with pistols in their hands are keeping those pistols pointed in a safe direction and seem to be keeping their fingers off the triggers.

2. Posted to Facebook —

   What part of Article II, Section 6 of the NM State Constitution is Tim Keller unwilling to understand?

   No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes, but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. No municipality or county shall regulate, in any way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms. (As amended November 2, 1971 and November 2, 1986.)

   If Keller is a true believer in these sorts of victim disarmament policies, then why doesn’t he reassign his APD protective detail to street patrol, or one of the detective squads?

   Why doesn’t Keller rely on nothing more than his cell phone and a T-shirt saying “NO GUNS ALLOWED AROUND ME” for his personal defense?

   https://kob.com/albuquerque-news/apd-shares-new-enforcement-process-for-firearm-ban-at-civic-plaza-/5812941/

3. Posted to Facebook —

   The topless one with the orange pants really needs to be on the lookout for the flenser.

4. Posted to Facebook —

   Even IF Governess Chipmunk AKA the Maximum Loony Grifter DOES release their numbers, how do we know they’re not cooking the books? Who is reviewing the data collection and processing?

5. Posted to Facebook —

   I’m OK with the existing name — it’s simple and descriptive. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

6. Posted to Facebook —

   I’d like to print up some signs to go with the original signage — “ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK.”

7. Posted to Facebook —

   14 / 20

8. Posted to Facebook —

   “The Constitution specifies the date of the presidential election as well as the inauguration.”

   Where exactly in the Constitution is it specified? (I couldn’t find it, but maybe some “educated,” “scientific” Democrat can find it.)

   Article, Section, and clause, please?

   https://archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Time’s Tapestry, Book Three: Navigator by Stephen Baxter
2. KOB News —
   1. APD shares new enforcement process for firearm ban at Civic Plaza by Christina Rodriguez
   2. Albuquerque launches protest coordination service
3. The Bronx Casket Co. — Hellectric
4. US of Z by “Monsieur Z” — What If America Lost The Revolutionary War? | Alternate History [YouTube]
5. Military Arms Channel (MAC) — Ultimate NFA Nut Kicker? PSA AKV9 with Fostech Echo [YouTube]
6. Colion Noir — Austin, TX Mayor Says Take Guns Off the Streets after shooting during BLM protest [YouTube]
7. DUST — Sci-Fi Short Film “Pulsar” | DUST [YouTube]
8. Grid 88 — US Navy Seals VS Russian Spetsnaz [YouTube]
9. PilotPhotog — F16XL The Fighter That Should Have Been Built [YouTube]
10. Covert Cabal — Future Gen Fighter – 6th Generation [YouTube]
11. US Defense Information — Bye, Bye F-22 Raptor : A New Fighter Jet of U.S Air force is Coming to Replace It [YouTube]
12. Garand Thumb by Mike Jones — PSA AKV 9mm (cheap 9mm AK!) [YouTube]
13. Timcast IRL by Tim Pool — Liberal YouTuber Announces She Is LEAVING The Left Because The Left Has Gone Too Insane [YouTube]
14. YoungRippa59 by Eric July — Fauci hesitates when asked “should the government limit the protesting?” [YouTube]
15. Rolls-Royce — Rolls-Royce | Tempest – Powering the next generation [YouTube]
16. Life on board an O’Neill Cylinder [YouTube] by Isaac Arthur
17. Insane Reality — India Built A Powerful Aircraft The World Is Afraid Of [YouTube]
18. Trek Central — Discovery SEASON 3 Release Date! | Star Trek News [YouTube]
19. Honest Outlaw — Extar Ep9 9mm Pistol Review: The Best Budget Pistol [YouTube]
20. Elon Musk Talks About Aliens [YouTube] by “Leonard”
21. Патриот Своей Страны [ Patriot of his country] — Presentation of the new ultra-fast us helicopter Sikorsky S-97 Raider [YouTube]
22. Taofledermaus — The BEST 12ga. Shotgun Slug – you never heard of! [YouTube]
23. I Need More Space by T.J. Cooney — How Perseverance will Kickstart SpaceX’s Starship Mars Plan [YouTube]

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COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook —

   This article might as well have been written by Bloomberg’s astroturf “Everytown” outfit, considering that Klein uses quite a few of that organization’s talking points:

   “I totally agree with City Councilor Sena, ACLU Director Simonson and Mayor Keller. I only wish they would show up at the next protest and ‘peacefully and lovingly’ tell those people in these pictures to put their guns away. These are armed protesters in Seattle and Louisville, Kentucky. Albuquerque doesn’t want their weapons of war on our streets.”

   “Take another look at the weapons these militia members are carrying. I am sure most of them have armor piercing bullets that will shred a police car, fire truck or ambulance.”

   “When you hear media accounts of how violent America’s police are, as compared to the United Kingdom and other first world countries, you must recognize that in America most people have weapons of war under their beds. In those other countries these weapons are prohibited.”

   “Of the 1,000 people who are killed yearly by American officers, the majority are armed with firearms, and many are armed with these weapons of war.”

   “Until we can make America a utopia of love, flowers, and ice cream shops, we must recognize that America has a love affair with guns, a lot of them military grade. These guns are in the hands of some very violent young men.”

2. Posted to Facebook —

   Agreed, Mr. Krangle — gun control is being safe, proficient and judicious in using your firearm.

   What the “gun control” (now “gun safety” or “gun reform” as they call themselves at present) advocates are after is more properly called *victim disarmament,* as the only people who will really be disarmed are those who need firearms for self-defense the most — the 5’0″ 100-pound woman who’s being stalked by her crazed 6’0″ 200-pound ex-boyfriend. But since she didn’t make out that check for 10 grand to the DNC-affiliated super-PAC, who cares about her, right?

3. Posted to Facebook —

   Completely bailing from Facebook might not be the best move at present, as some members won’t make the transition to the new platform.

   Last night’s temporary disappearance of the group looks to have been some sort of technical glitch.

   I suggest setting up similar groups on other platforms for when the Facebook admins do decide to crack down on its presence here, so that there is an alternate already in place and ready to go. Also, the group might pick up new people who want nothing to do with Facebook, but are otherwise compatible with the group.

4. Posted to Facebook —

   Creating backups on multiple platforms is the same sort of thing that I’ve done with New Mexico Libertarians:

   http://facebook.com/groups/nmlibertarians/

   https://facebook.com/nm.libertarians/

   https://mewe.com/group/5e54a927ea5c7207154effe8

   https://minds.com/groups/profile/734272957005701120/

   http://spreely.com/group/nmlibertarians

   http://spreely.com/page/nmlibertarians

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. ABQ Report — Idiot city councilors: this is what cops are facing on the streets – weapons of war by Dan Klein
2. The Hu —
   1. The HU – Wolf Totem (Official Music Video) [YouTube]
   2. The HU – Yuve Yuve Yu (Official Music Video) [YouTube]
3. Better Noise Music [BNM] —
   1. The HU – Wolf Totem feat. Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach (Official Video from The Retaliators) [YouTube]
   2. The HU – Shoog Shoog (Official Lyric Video) [YouTube]
4. Time’s Tapestry, Book Three: Navigator by Stephen Baxter
5. Electronic Frontier Foundation [EFF] — A Legislative Path to an Interoperable Internet by Bennett Cyphers and Cory Doctorow
6. IDW Publishing — The Kill Lock
7. Money and more by Norbert Häring — The totalitarian surveillance fantasy Known Traveller will soon become reality for Eurostar-travellers
8. Midnight’s Edge — STAR WARS Sequel Trilogy could be ERASED since DISNEY are on the BRINK of DISASTER (New Leaks!) [YouTube]
9. Grid 88 — F-15E Strike Eagle vs SU-35 Flanker – Which would win? [YouTube]
10. What Da Math by Anton Petrov — Unknown Glowing Radio Circles Known as ORCs Just Discovered [YouTube]
11. Garand Thumb by Mike Jones — Geissele URGI: The new Army Special Forces Rifle. [YouTube]

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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]

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COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook —

   “so if the state robs and steals from you, is it ok to liberate the same value of the theft from any government property available for the taking.”

   If you dress yourself up such that the federal gunslinger types mistake you as one of their own, sign out an M240 LMG or MP-5 SMG from their arms room, then walk it out to your car and disappear it into your rainy decade stash, more power to you.

   Helping the “anti-fascist” Antithugs burn down buildings? Not so much — you’re on your own there, as far as I’m concerned.

2. Posted to Facebook —

   For the record, Heinlein wasn’t fond of labels. He preferred to deal with people as individuals, and to be addressed as an individual, if I recall correctly.

   I don’t worry too much about what to call myself, or what others call me.

   I’ve been called a “Nazi,” a “Communist,” a “faggot,” and a “homophobe” at various points in my life.

   I do reserve the right to have fun with such labels, sneers, slander, and libel.

3. Posted to Facebook —

   OK, gotta ask — who is the manufacturer, and where did you get these?

4. Posted to Facebook —

   My prediction?

   Coming to Central Ave between 10th St and Louisiana, at least. Also UNM between Central and the SUB, and around the SUB. Maybe some action at other spots.

   NONE of it will be “sustainable” like the CHAZ / CHOP / CHAZOP goofballs in Seattle — if it lasts for more than a week, I’ll be surprised.

5. Posted to Facebook and Spreely —

   This was way too good not to screen-capture and share —

   https://tinyurl.com/2020-07-26-dbrin ^[1]

   

6. Posted to here here —

   I found this comment by David Brin on one of Michael Flynn’s posts — this is way, way, way too good not to screen-capture and share (URL is here) —

   https://tinyurl.com/2020-07-26-dbrin ^[1]

   

7. Posted to Facebook —

   Position: David Brin claims that the political “left” “CONTAINS” a few whackjobs, while the political “right” “CONSISTS” of nothing but whackjobs. Thus, whenever Brin claims to be seeking “common ground” with those holding opposing viewpoints, he’s not being sincere, and should not be taken seriously.

   Evidence in support —

   [1] https://tinyurl.com/2020-07-26-dbrin ^[1]

   [2]
    

8. Posted to Facebook —

   This is “the” David Brin as in the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning skiffy author.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. The New Mexico Political Report — Libertartian candidate files suit against NM Secretary of State Toulouse Oliver by Andy Lyman
2. KRQE News — Protesters at Roundhouse will not leave until governor is removed
3. Vulture — The Rise of the Netflix Hit by Bilge Ebiri
4. Issues & Insights [I & I] — Portland Goes To Hell: The Death Of An American City
5. The New Republic [TNR] — The Whiners Who Earn $200,000 and Complain They’re Broke by Bruce Bartlett

NOTES

1. Original URL — https://facebook.com/michael.flynn.56884/posts/10223644839610348?comment_id=10223645920837378

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LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Black Sabbath — Dehumanizer