Nemo Me Impune Lacessit

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook [ here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here ], and Spreely [ here, here, here, here, and here ] —

   What was LPKY’s plan to keep non-Libertarians from voting?

   Arvin Vohra
   Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 12:25 PM

   An Open Letter to the Libertarian Party of Kentucky:

   For decades, we have fought for fair and open debates. We’ve decried rigged debate criteria and exclusion. What I learned today about the upcoming debate on Saturday made me embarrassed to be part of this party.

   Adam Kokesh won two qualifying debate rounds in the LPKY debate. He won more qualifying rounds than any other candidate. He was the top vote getter in two debates, the first of which pitted him against almost a dozen other candidates. And yet, that wasn’t enough to get him into the final debate.

   In comparison, government school overfunder and medicaid expansion supporter Justin Amash won zero qualifying rounds. He is, of course, welcome in the debate.

   The bizarre criteria used by LPKY was raw votes, not winning qualifying rounds. This approach makes no mathematical sense; the raw number of votes is heavily affected by the popularity of others in the debate; a more well known contestant will increase the total number of votes for everyone. For example, if Adam was in a debate against Donald Trump, he would probably get millions of votes, even if he only got 1% of the vote. (For the record, I believe Adam would demolish Trump in a debate). On the other hand, if Adam debated Jacob Hornberger and got 99% of the vote, he would only get a few hundred votes.

   To make things even more unfair, the vote windows were radically different in different debates. In the debate that pushed Jim Gray to the finals, people had hours to vote. In the debate in which Adam and I were the top vote getters, people had only minutes.

   I didn’t attend the first debate with Judge Jim Gray. And yet, I was able to vote in that debate hours later. Larry Sharpe and others promoted voting for that debate, so that supporters and detractors of Judge Gray both had plenty of opportunity to vote. This drove up vote totals for everyone in that debate.

   Compare that to first debate in which Adam and I were the top vote getters. During that debate, I had my cell phone off. After the debate, I turned it back on, hoping to be able to shamelessly vote for myself. But by the time I had turned it on and gotten to the voting page, the polls were already closed.

   Whatever the intention, LPKY’s criteria have made things easy for Amash. The debate right now puts him against a fellow government school supporter (Jim Gray) and a professional lunatic (Vermin Supreme). People like Adam Kokesh, who could actually hold Amash to a tough standard, have been kept out by the most singularly bizarre debate qualifying system I’ve ever heard of.

   When the principled voluntarists is held to a higher standard, beats those standards, and is then kept out of the final debate, it makes me wonder if the system is rigged. When I see the strangest criteria in history, it makes me a bit more certain.

   When the statist supporter of overfunding government schools and expanded medicaid is allowed in the final debate, despite having been in zero qualifying debates, I become absolutely certain of it.

   LPKY: Let Adam Debate.

   In Liberty,
   Arvin Vohra
   Candidate for President

2. Posted to Facebook —

   More like the eventual winner might not be representative of the LPKY’s membership.

   But hey, “diversity” and “inclusiveness,” right?

3. Posted to Facebook —

   How does this guy not have standing to sue the Maximum Loony Grandstander for damages?

4. Posted to Facebook —

   More like the goal posts are mounted on tank chassis so they can drive them all over the place.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Comet ^[1] — Stargate SG-1
2. Wired — How the US Forced China to Quit Stealing—Using a Chinese Spy by Garrett M. Graff
3. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News — Bankrolled Anti-Gun Propaganda Aims to Turn Texas Blue with Boost from Demographics by David Codrea
4. Love, Death + Robots
5. Intelligence Deployment — Zero Point Classified Anti Gravity Craft UFO Full Documentary by James Allen R I P [YouTube]
6. KRQE News — Health order prevents Albuquerque man from surgery, causing him more pain by Jeannie Nguyen
7. Vice — Hysteria: Inside America’s Largest Right Wing Militia

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. Spent today putting Mom’s affairs in order and cleaning the house. Still coming to terms with Mom passing .

NOTES

1. Schedule for Comet TV

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook —

   Please welcome John Peterson to the group!

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Babylon “6” warship of the dead [YouTube] by “LightWave Guru”
2. W.A.S.P. —
   1. The Last Command
   2. Inside the Electric Circus
3. KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
4. Comet ^[1] — Battlestar Galactica (2003 version)
5. The Atlantic — A Republic, If We Can Keep It by Adam J. White
6. Science Channel — Black Files Declassified

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. Still putting Mom’s affairs in order and cleaning the house. Still coming to terms with Mom passing away.

NOTES

1. Schedule for Comet TV

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook —

   Please welcome Ranota Banks to the group!

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. [New York] Daily News — Video shows shocking moment man is fatally shot by two masked bandits aiming pistols with silencers by Elizabeth Keogh and Wes Parnell
2. The Amazing Lucas — No PARTIES in Chicago [YouTube]
3. KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
   1. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
   2. Star Trek: Voyager
4. Comet ^[1] —
   1. Battlestar Galactica (2003 version)
   2. Stargate SG-1

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. Still cleaning house and putting Mom’s affairs in order, wondering when Loony Lockdown Wuhan Lujan is going to realize that there’s no cash flow at all for her and her fellow Demoncrap Political Classholes with the 90% of the New Mexico economy on standby, waiting for to “authorize” starting up again.

NOTES

1. Schedule for Comet TV

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

1. Posted to Facebook here and here —

   Arvin Vohra
   Friday, May 1, 2020 at 3:44 PM

   The Libertarian Party isn’t like other parties, because, as many great leaders have pointed out, we are an “ism”. There is such a thing as Libertarianism. It has a definition. It has an independent meaning.

   We can fight for Libertarianism. Or we can fail to. But we can’t redefine it. We don’t have that power.

   Our platform can reflect Libertarianism. Or it can fail to. But our platform cannot change what Libertarianism is.

   Libertarianism rejects government schools, and government funded schools. There is no exception to that. Minarchism, anarchism, classical liberalism, and voluntarism all reject government schools. The Libertarian Party can represent that. Or it can fail to. But the Libertarian Party, all the delegates, the entire LNC, even by unanimous vote, cannot change that every form of Libertarianism rejects government schools.

   The Republican Party platform isn’t restricted by any external philosophy. Their platform has no external standard to achieve or fall short of. The “Republican” view on any political position is anything the GOP wants it to be.

   But the Libertarian view is not just anything the LP wants it to be. We can fight for Libertarianism. Or we can fail to.

   Since 2008, we have failed to. Our presidential nominees have said more anti-Libertarian things than Libertarian things. Gary Johnson wanted to cut government spending by $0. His “Fair Tax” was revenue neutral. He refused to talk about ending the Drug War or abolishing government schools. But he was very clear that Libertarians supposedly support a “social safety net”. Bill Weld was all set to remove gun rights without due process, saying that anyone on a watch list shouldn’t have the right to buy guns.

   Justin Amash is yet another in that line. He playacts at Libertarianism for every minor issue. But he has voted to increase government school spending, and never said anything public about abolishing them.

   If we want someone who will increase government school funding and also hates Trump, there is an entire party for that: www.Democrats.org.

   But if you want to fight to end the welfare state and the income tax: www.VoteVohra.com.

   Respectfully,

   Arvin Vohra
   Candidate for President

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. Libertarian Party of the United States [LPUSA] —Libertarian Party of Kentucky hosts a Presidential Debate! [YouTube]
2. The Firearm Blog [TFB] — TFBTV: 7 Reasons Why a Steyr AUG is Better than an AR-15 (or M16) [YouTube]
3. Paramount Network — Bar Rescue
4. KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] — Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
5. Vice — Dark Side of the Ring
6. Comet ^[1] — Stargate SG-1

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. Spent a good bit of today putting Mom’s affairs in order and cleaning the house.

NOTES

1. Schedule for Comet TV

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

1. KRQE News — Gov. Lujan Grisham announces relaxing some restrictions for businesses
2. W.A.S.P. — The Last Command
3. Comet ^[1] — Space: 1999
4. KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
   1. Star Trek: The Next Generation
   2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
   3. Star Trek: Voyager
   4. Star Trek: Enterprise
5. FXX — Archer

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

1. Spent most of today putting Mom’s affairs in order and cleaning the house (especially the kitchen and associated dished). Still coming to terms with this.

NOTES

1. Schedule for Comet TV