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Random Shots for Friday, 31 January 2020

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COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Facebook —
https://youtu.be/TEOe_-zmwYc

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

Albuquerque Journal — New Mexico Libertarians keep major party status by Dan Boyd, Journal Capitol Bureau Chief
AmmoLand Shooting Sports News —
1. Qualified NRA Director Candidates Must Acknowledge Greatest Threat by David Codrea
2. Why I Chose to ‘WalkAway’ from the Democratic Party by Tammy LaPorte, Hartford, Connecticut through Arbalest Quarrel
3. Giffords Flack Accusing 2A Defenders of Lying Shows Much about His Own Truthfulness by David Codrea
4. ATF Careerist Turned Giffords Spokesflack Proposes Evisceration of 2nd Amendment by David Codrea
What Da Math by Anton Petrov — M87 Black Hole Jets Move 7x Speed of Light, But How? [YouTube]
Colion Noir — NFL bans pro 2A ad but Approves Michael Bloomberg’s $10 Million Super Bowl Gun Control Ad [YouTube]
Metallica —
1. Load
2. ReLoad
The Commonwealth: The Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1 — The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton

Random Shots for Thursday, 30 January 2020

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

Hyperdrive
The Commonwealth: The Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1 — The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton
Tenth Amendment Center [TAC] — Scott County Arkansas Passes Ordinance Declaring a “Bill of Rights Sanctuary” by Mike Maharrey
Bearing Arms — What Would It Take To Recall Governor Ralph Northam? by Cam Edwards
YoungRippa59 by Eric July — Marvel Boy Wants You To Know His Pronouns | Guardians of the Galaxy #1
Metallica —
1. Metallica (“The Black Album”)
2. Load

Eric July Calls Out Marvel for Writing Laziness

Eric July, frontman for Backwordz, recently called out the Marvel “bullpen” for laziness and sloppiness with their endless rebooting^[1] of their characters and storylines —

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21oNRhBJRfA&w=560&h=315]

I agree with Mr. July 1000 percent, and have said so several times in the past.

To date, the ONLY reboot that significantly improved upon the source material was Ronald D. Moore’s 2003 remake of the Battlestar Galactica franchise.

Compare and contrast Marvel’s incessant rebooting with Star Trek in 1986.

Gene Roddenberry wanted to bring the franchise back to television, but couldn’t afford the salaries that William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and DeForest Kelley could command. Rather than casting new actors in the established roles, he created a new slate of previously unknow characters, and thus Star Trek: The Next Generation was born.

Star Trek: The Original Series lasted three years (1966-1969) in its original run, while The Next Generation (1987-1994), Deep Space Nine (1993-1999), and Voyager (1995-2001) ran for seven seasons each, followed by Enterprise (2001-2005), which ran for four seasons.

Thus, I think it’s fair to say that while rebooting your franchise may seem like the thing to do at the moment, not doing so may give your franchise a longer, richer life.

FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

Reboot (fiction) — Infogalactic article, Wikipedia article

NOTES

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3. KCUF Media Facebook page

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Random Shots for Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Facebook here and here —
And the DingleBerry Express’ body count starts at 1 . . .

https://abqjournal.com/1414406/person-struck-killed-in-university-area-crash.html
Posted to Facebook [ here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here ], and Spreely [ here, here, here, and here ] —
https://americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/guess_the_state_democratrun_fiasco_edition.html
Posted to Spreely —
Split the State NM also has a Facebook page —

https://facebook.com/Split.the.State.NM/
Posted to Facebook —
Split the State NM also has a Spreely page —

https://spreely.com/page/splitthestatenm
Posted to Facebook —
Good question. Can’t say that Arizona would be wrong to reject bits of New Mexico.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

The Commonwealth: The Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1 — The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton
KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
Albuquerque Journal — Woman struck, killed by ART bus in University-area crash by Matthew Reisen, Journal Staff Writer
American Thinker — Guess the State: Democrat-Run Fiasco Edition by Charles W. Sullivan

Random Shots for Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Facebook —
Will the sheriffs interpose themselves and their deputies between NMSP and any of us should NMSP attempt to carry out any red-flag raids?

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

The Commonwealth: The Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1 — The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton
KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
National Review — The Corner: The Death of Cable News in One Clip by Charles C. W. Cooke
Timcast by Tim Pool — Feminists PANIC Over Women Abandoning Feminism Because Men Won’t Date Feminists [YouTube]
The Guardian — Inside the 21st-Century British Criminal Underworld by Duncan Campbell

Random Shots for Monday, 27 January 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Facebook —
Here’s an idea: parents take actual responsibility for their kids’ education by home schooling them instead of schluffing them off onto the rest of the population.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

Metallica — Metallica (“The Black Album”)
The Commonwealth: The Chronicle of the Fallers, Book 1 — The Abyss Beyond Dreams by Peter F. Hamilton
Concealed Nation [CN] — [VIDEO] Vice Reporter Points Gun At Cameraman And Pulls Trigger During ‘Smart Gun’ Piece To Show How They Will Stop ‘Accidental’ Shootings by Brandon Curtis
What Da Math by Anton Petrov — Changes I Would Make to the Solar System – xkcd Tribute [YouTube]
The New York Times — Opinion: Why Democrats Still Have to Appeal to the Center, but Republicans Don’t by Ezra Klein
KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —

Random Shots for Sunday, 26 January 2020

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Facebook —
Zbiggie was a State Department weenie in the Carter Administration, if I recall correctly.

His daughter Mila, last I heard, was Joe Scarborough’s co-nitwit on MSNBC (?).
Posted to Facebook —
I will not act to prevent Sheriff Landwhale from packing her stuff and going BACK to KKKalifornia so she can be with her fellow hoplophobes and victim disarmers.

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