Nemo Me Impune Lacessit

Random Shots for Friday, 20 January 2023

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Facebook —
In the name of integrity, Raul Torrez needs to resign from the Office of the Attorney General and actually get hired by Bloomberg or Soros.
Posted to Twitter —
The Congress has been raiding the “trust fund” for decades, from “both sides of the aisle.” What changed recently?
Posted to Twitter —
If Greta is really that concerned about CO2 emissions, plenty of European grocery stores have plastic bags available for her to lead by example and stop exhaling the stuff.
Posted to Twitter —
Biden and his ilk have been persecuting gun owners and trying to criminalize civilian firearms ownership for decades at this point.
Posted to Facebook —
I just skimmed the feed a minute ago, and only found the one post mentioning Simon Cowell (blocked and reported that one). Everything else was related to Trek. Maybe I missed it all?

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NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

I walked 28,801 steps today.

Random Shots for Thursday, 19 January 2023

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Twitter —
“AR” originally stood for “ArmaLite Rifle” (Armalite was the original producer of the AR-10 and AR-15), but now that there’s around 25 million AR-15-type rifles in U.S. civilian hands, it should stand for “America’s Rifle.”

And Geraldo really should stick to Al Capone’s vault.
Posted to Twitter —
Waiting for the court system to throw your “bump stock” ban in the trash where it belongs.

Suck it up and love it, because you know you want to.
Posted to Facebook —
I’ve been impressed lately by the Thomas Court, particularly with NYSR&PA v. Bruen.

Roberts rendered himself irrelevant when he wrote in the NFIB v. Sebelius (sp?) decision “Obamacare is Constitutional because it’s a tax” after Obama burned up the airwaves a good bit saying Obamacare was NOT a tax.
Posted to Twitter —
Better late than never I guess.
Posted to Twitter —
Then fold all of federal law enforcement into the US Marshals, make the FBI the Marshals’ *investigative* arm, and pink-slip the people who don’t go along.
Posted to Facebook —
“AR” originally stood for “Armalite Rifle,” as Armalite was the original manufacturer producing the AR-10 and the AR-15.

Fast-forward about sixty years, there are about 25 million AR-15 and AR-10 type rifles in private hands in the United States.

Thus, “AR” should now stand for “America’s Rifle.”

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I walked 25,043 steps today.

Random Shots for Wednesday, 18 January 2023

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Facebook —
Gun control is stance, grip, breathing, sight picture and alignment, trigger operation, knowing when to shoot, being aware of your target and what’s around and beyond the target — the four safety rules.

Statutes and regulations that violate the individual, civil, natural, human right to own and carry weapons are more properly labeled “victim disarmament,” as that’s who will most likely be disarmed by such statutes and regulations.
Posted to Facebook —
Raul Torrez has been on the Bloomberg / Soros payroll the whole time he was Bernalillo County District Attorney, and has continued that version of graft and pay-to-play to the Office of the Attorney General.
Posted to Facebook —
How many non-Democrats are willing to cut them slack for whatever reasons?
Posted to Facebook —
That’s a Carl Gustav-type 84mm recoilless rifle, not an M72-series 66mm LAW.

Unregistered ownership of either the M72 or the Carl Gustav is the birthright of every human being, as part of being a sapient being.
Posted to Facebook here and here —
[FLPNM] Call to 2023 Convention

The annual convention of the Free Libertarian Party of New Mexico (FLPNM) will convene on Saturday, March 4th, 2023 at 10:00am at:

Cabela’s
Community Room
5151 Lang NE
Albuquerque NM 87109

The venue will open at 9:00am, with registration of delegates beginning at 9:20. The Convention will convene promptly at 10:00, so you should plan to be there no later than 9:30am to register.

The convention is free to the public, but voting at the convention is limited to members in good standing of the FLPNM. Per our Bylaws, the requirements for membership in the FLPNM are:

Payment of $25 annual dues.
Your signature on our Non-initiation of Force statement.
Your contact information and agreement to allow us to contact you about Party business.
You must certify that you are a legal resident of New Mexico.

In order to vote at the convention, the deadline to fulfill these requirements is February 2nd, 2023. You can complete all of these at our website:

https://flpnm.org/sign-up/

Members meeting the requirements above are requested to attend the convention and vote. The business to be considered is:

Election of the State Central Committee, including all directors, Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer
Election of the Judicial Committee (5 positions)
Amendments to the Bylaws
Non-partisan Race Opportunities
Fundraising
The delegates in Convention may conduct other such business as is proper under the FLPNM Bylaws by amending the Convention agenda.

We plan to have morning coffee and pizza for lunch at no charge for members.

Additional events, which may require a ticket purchase, are being planned.

For inquiries regarding delegate credentials, email tosecretary@flpnm.org. For other questions, please contact us at secretary@flpnm.org or membership.director@flpnm.org.

We look forward to seeing you!

Sincerely, Rudolph Kohn, Secretary, Free Libertarian Party of New Mexico
Posted to Twitter —
Send him back to Al Capone’s vault.
Posted to Twitter —
Tell us something we don’t already know, Joy.
Posted to Twitter —
Meathead’s alter ego seems to be the gift that just keeps on giving where quoting tweets is concerned.

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NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

I walked 31,174 steps today.

Random Shots for Tuesday, 17 January 2023

Today in history

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FLPNM meet-and-greet at the Frontier Restaurant [2400 Central SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico]
I walked 2,054 steps today.

[Facebook] “Your Post Goes Against Community Standards”

I woke up on the morning of Sunday, 15 January 2023 to find a rather curious message on my phone from Facebook —

Here’s the full text of the “offending” post:

19 April — ATF is America’s Schutzstaffel

H/T GhostGuns.com — Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 6:28 PM MST

Naturally, we can’t forget Mike McNulty’s Waco: The Rules of Engagement[1] —

https://youtu.be/5iT5Gx6eaRA

— and McNulty’s follow-up film, Waco: A New Revelation[2] —

https://youtu.be/APHzw9LThNI

Today we remember that the Clinton Administration was so concerned about child welfare that they were willing to kill 27 kids by asphyxiation, incineration, and automatic-weapons fire to get at three adults accused of tax and paperwork violations.

FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

[1] Waco: The Rules of Engagement —

Bing — https://bing.com/search?q=Waco%3A+The+Rules+of+Engagement

DuckDuckGo — https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Waco%3A+The+Rules+of+Engagement

Google — https://google.com/search?q=Waco%3A+The+Rules+of+Engagement

IMDb — https://imdb.com/title/tt0120472/

Infogalactic — https://infogalactic.com/info/Waco:_The_Rules_of_Engagement

Presearch — https://engine.presearch.org/search?q=Waco%3A+The+Rules+of+Engagement

Searx — http://searx.thegpm.org/?q=Waco%3A%20The%20Rules%20of%20Engagement

Startpage — https://startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=Waco%3A+The+Rules+of+Engagement

Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco:_The_Rules_of_Engagement

[2] Waco: A New Revelation —

Bing — https://bing.com/search?q=Waco%3A+A+New+Revelation

DuckDuckGo — https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Waco%3A+A+New+Revelation

Google — https://google.com/search?q=Waco%3A+A+New+Revelation

IMDb — https://imdb.com/title/tt0259731/

Infogalactic — https://infogalactic.com/info/Waco:_A_New_Revelation

Presearch — https://engine.presearch.org/search?q=Waco%3A+A+New+Revelation

Searx — http://searx.thegpm.org/?q=Waco%3A%20A%20New%20Revelation

Startpage — https://startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=Waco%3A+A+New+Revelation

https://wp.me/p12LUf-kG

I find it rather curious that the Facebook admins waited almost 9 months to take action on this “issue.”

Random Shots for Monday, 16 January 2023

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Slack —
Since I’m guessing there was no notice published in a newspaper of general circulation before 3 January 2023, I recommend making this meeting a simple meet-and-greet, come-sign-the-affiliate-petition kind of event. We can do the actual affiliate-creation event at the February meetup (I can place the notice in the ABQ Journal on Tuesday, 24 January).
Posted to Slack —
I’ll publish the notice for 21 February — if we don’t need it, I’m out about 50 bucks. If I do it and we do need it, we’re covered. If I don’t do it and we do need it . . . .
Posted to Facebook —
Instead of the State of New Mexico creating more legalized vote-buying scams and calling them “mental health care,” why doesn’t the State charter a 501-c-3 type non-profit for that cause, and forbid that organization from lobbying the Legislature for ANYTHING, and also forbid that organization from accepting tax FRNs from ANY source?
Posted to Twitter —
Either that, or he got recalled to Zeta Reticuli to be replaced by another lizard-person.

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I walked 30,646 steps today.

Random Shots for Sunday, 15 January 2023

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Facebook here and here —
Issue 1,190 (1 15, 2023) of L. Neil Smith’s THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE is now up

L. Neil Smith’s THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE

— An International Journal of Opinion —

Issue 1,190, January 15, 2023

https://ncc-1776.org/

THIS ISSUE’S MOTTO: By shameful default, libertarians have become America’s last and only reliable stewards of the Bill of Rights. — L. Neil Smith

THE WEEKLY CARTOON: What part of libertarianism bothers you? The part where you have to make decisions about your own life? Or the part where you don’t get to make my decisions for me?

ARTICLES

0. The Editor’s Notes, by Charles Curley

1. Letters to the Editor, from Jeff Fullerton, Albert Perez

2. The Amateur Critic, by L. Neil Smith

3. Advice From 13 Successful Education Entrepreneurs on How to Take the Plunge Into Non-Traditional Schooling, by Kerry McDonald

4. Spotlighting Gen LaGreca, by Sean Gangol

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

TrekMovie.com — Interview: John Billingsley On The Joy Of Phlox, Sexuality on ‘Star Trek: Enterprise,’ And Why The Show Won’t Be Back by Laurie Ulster
The Western Journal [WJ] — Activists Claim Cops Murdered BLM Co-Founder’s Cousin, Then the Body Cam Footage Comes Out by Elizabeth Stauffer
China Uncensored — WARGAMES: China’s Bloody Invasion of Taiwan [YouTube]
KRQE News — 1 charged after APD SWAT response Friday night [YouTube]
Heroes & Icons (H&I) —
Active Self Protection [ASP] — Albuquerque Officer Shows Courage and Cool Marksmanship | Active Self Protection [YouTube]
Albuquerque Journal — Man killed by APD yelled, ‘I have a gun’ by Ryan Boetel, Journal Staff Writer

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

Had a very late (~ 1400 / 2 PM MST) breakfast at The Daily Grind [4360-A Cutler Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM] — ∅14.28 was the bill^[1].
I ordered a Build Your Own Omelet with ham, bacon, sausage, green chile, onions, and cheese. It came with home fries (potato cubes) and toast (I ordered the “Rustic,” which seemed to be rye bread).

I would recommend The Daily Grind to friends and family.
After brunch at The Daily Grind, I went next door to Calibers [4340 Cutler Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM], looking for a replacement holster for my Glock 17, and possibly trading in my G17 for something with mounting rails for a light or laser, and able to accept a red-dot sight.
I walked 5,062 steps today.

Random Shots for Saturday, 14 January 2023

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

Posted to Twitter —
Where exactly in the U.S. Constitution is federal funding for school lunches, health care, etc. authorized? Where in Article I, Section 8?
Posted to Twitter —
I wasn’t aware that “Social Security” and Medicare were actually explosive devices instead of bloated, deficit-raising, legalized vote-buying scams, but whatever.

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Had a brief chance encounter with Maggie Shepard (of the LP Mises Caucus, FLPNM, etc.) on the sales floor of the store today.
Picked up a #1 seafood boil combo (1 lb crawfish, 1 lb shrimp, 1/2 lb sausage, 2 x red potatoes, 2 x corn on the cob (~ 1/3 of an ear each) for a late dinner at the Cottonwood Storming Crab [10041 Coors NW in Albuquerque] — ∅33.39 was the bill^[1].
Everything was delicious, and they give you enough for two meals. Still, getting the meat out of the crawfish was a pain (no crawfish next time!), it was a bit pricey (∅33.39 for the package, and they give it to you in a plastic bag — no styrofoam to-go boxes — almost like you’re taking out the trash.
I walked 29,483 steps today.

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