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Random Shots for Monday, 18 December 2017

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook here and here

    Anyone reading this on Diaspora* ?

    I’m there, too — https://dia.so/mikewb1971

  2. Posted to Facebook

    Think of it as evolution in action.

  3. Posted to Facebook here and here

    #befree #livefree #letlifelive #whatsyourexcuse #geterdone

    Nas Daily added a new episode.
    Saturday, December 9, 2017 at 12:00am

    This blew my mind away.

    If you want to get in touch with Mpho or support him in anyway, please contact him at his South African number:
    +27 (0) 794117949

    or share this so he gets heard more.

    He deserves more attention. That thing he built is awesome! Sadly, he makes only $14 a day from tourist donations…and his entire family is unemployed.

    Thank you Anis and Mohammed from Red Chilli Deals for taking me around all day to explore, you rock!

    LIKE Nas Daily on Facebook and Instagram!
    Music: Waves by Joakim Karud!

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Drew DeVault’s Blog by Drew DeVault —
    1. Firefox is on a slippery slope
    2. A history of emergent intelligence
  2. Mozilla, Firefox, Looking Glass, and you by Jeaye Wilkerson
  3. Eniday from Eni — Could the Permian Basin save US oil industry? by Chris Dalby
  4. Del Rey Books [Ballantine] — Saga of Cuckoo: Wall Around a Star by Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson
  5. Netflix — Daredevil
  6. abqreport.com — Keller in Deep Crap; City Budget Deficit Now Pegged at $40 million by Pete Dinelli
  7. SalonSorry, NRA: The U.S. was actually founded on gun control by Ed Asner and Ed Weinberger
  8. Simple Justice by Scott H. Greenfield —
    1. The Banned Words That Weren’t
    2. Kozinski Resigns, And The Fools Rejoice (Update)
  9. The Liberty ReviewA Tolerant Society Is One That Won’t Make You Bake the Cake by Judith Kim
  10. Castalia House — The Last Jedi is Star Wars for People Who HATE Star Wars by Jasyn Jones
  11. Target Books — Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment by Ian Marter

Facebook, the new “cocaine”

H/T “Passagier 451” at https://diasp.org/posts/8395264


Random Shots for Sunday, 17 December 2017

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    “THANK A TAXPAYER FOR YOUR HANDOUT”

  2. Posted to Facebook

    Once again Baldy is using tax FRNs to file BS paperwork for the DNC.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Lacuna Coil — Karmacode
  2. The Washington PostHead of Pentagon’s secret ‘UFO’ office sought to make evidence public by Joby Warrick
  3. The New York TimesThe Shift: The Alt-Right Created a Parallel Internet. It’s an Unholy Mess. by Kevin Roose
  4. National Geographic Channel — StarTalk
  5. Acorn TV — The Amazing World of Gravity

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

  1. Posted to Facebook, Quora and Twitter

    Q: Are these stupid questions regarding gun control asked by idiots or are they the work of highly intelligent people that know the ensuing dialog will do nothing but further prove the points for gun ownership?

    A:Yes.

    If not the second category listed in the question, definitely the first.

    Anyway, hoplophobes and victim disarmers, suck it up and love it, because we all know you really want to, and just don’t want to admit it.


Random Shots for Saturday, 16 December 2017

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    I saw the first Captain America flick (the one with Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull, where they have the final fight in the cavernous cockpit of the America Bomber*), and wasn’t impressed with 3D technology.

    * Imagine that fight taking place in the front seating part of an RV. That’s about how much space there is in the cockpit of a real-world bomber or airliner.

  2. Posted to Facebook

    Alcohol, treachery, sex.

    Interesting portents for me.

    Or am I simply seeing what I want to see?

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Lacuna Coil — Karmacode
  2. Marvel Comics —
    1. Deadpool vs. The Punisher
    2. Marvel Universe vs. The Punisher
    3. Star Wars (1979-1986)
  3. Del Rey Books [Ballantine] — Saga of Cuckoo: Wall Around a Star by Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson
  4. The Liberty PunditJOHN KASICH FOR PRESIDENT – 2020: The Chaos Candidate by “rlmddm”
  5. The Daily WireFLOODGATES OPEN: Congress ‘To Be Rocked’ In Next 72 Hours; Over A Dozen Resignations Coming, Says Reporter by Ryan Saavedra
  6. space.com — SpaceX to Launch Its Most Reused Rocket Yet Today: Watch It Live by Hanneke Weitering
  7. Titan Comics — Quarry’s War
  8. Weird Wild WorldHere’s a 73-year-old sword-fighting grandma.

Random Shots for Friday, 15 December 2017

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Deadpool
  2. Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November / December 2017 — pp. 106-108: The Alternate View: “Dark Matter Gets Darker: WIMPs or Axions?” by John G. Cramer
  3. Forgotten Weapons by Ian McCollum —
    1. British EM-2: The Best Cold War Battle Rifle that Never Was
    2. Shooting the EM-2 in .280 British
  4. Metallica — . . . And Justice for All
  5. Lacuna Coil — Karmacode

Random Shots for Thursday, 14 December 2017

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Death Star Destroys Enterprise (Special Edition) — IGN Original
  2. Star Wars: TIE Fighter
  3. Star Trek: Deception
  4. Del Rey Books [Ballantine] — Saga of Cuckoo: Wall Around a Star by Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson
  5. Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November / December 2017 — pp. 28-34: “Fatal Starlight,” by Paul Fisher, Ph.D.
  6. KISS — Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
  7. Lacuna Coil —
    1. Lacuna Coil
    2. Comalies
    3. Karmacode
  8. Netflix — Daredevil
  9. The Orville
  10. The Derelict: a Star Trek Fan Production
  11. Deadpool

Random Shots for Wednesday, 13 December 2017

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Target Books — Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters by Malcolm Hulke
  2. Iron Maiden — A Matter of Life and Death
  3. KISS — Smashes, Thrashes & Hits
  4. Netflix — Daredevil

Random Shots for Tuesday, 12 December 2017

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Target Books —
    1. Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken by Terrance Dicks
    2. Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters by Malcolm Hulke
  2. The Free Thought ProjectPolice State Worshiping Cop Apologists Celebrate Death of Daniel Shaver on Facebook by “Matt Agorist”
  3. Firearms Policy Coalition [FPC] — Is it time to close the ‘Hollywood Gun Show Loophole’?
  4. A Pius Geek by Declan Finn — Politics Kills Mercedes Grabowski (August Ames)
  5. New RepublicThe Brutal Origins of Gun Rights by Patrick Blanchfield
  6. The Liberty Block7 Reforms That Would Fix Police by Elliot (Alu) Axelman
  7. Very Smart Brothas [VSB] at The RootThe Video of the Man Saving the Rabbit From the Fire Captures Everything Wrong With Whiteness in 30 Seconds by Damon Young
  8. guns.com —
    1. Mass AG: Reciprocity may be ‘next deadly loophole in our nation’s gun laws’ by Chris Eger
    2. HK Parts owner sentenced to 4 years in prison for gun, tax crimes by Daniel Terrill
  9. Iron Maiden —
    1. Dance of Death
    2. A Matter of Life and Death
  10. Netflix — Daredevil

Random Shots for Monday, 11 December 2017

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    Should a gay baker be forced to bake a cake for members of the Westboro Baptist Church, and put “GOD HATES FAGS” in icing across the top?

    If you answer “Yes,” that’s not a libertarian response, but at least you’re being consistent.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. CussFreeLiberty.org
  2. Iron Maiden — Dance of Death
  3. Liberty Park PressMeet the Six Dems Who Voted For CCW Reciprocity by Dave Workman
  4. Russia Today [RT] — Bulgaria discovers it has enough bitcoins to pay off fifth of its debt by Stoyan Nenov
  5. NMEQuentin Tarantino’s vision for an R-rated Star Trek movie has been approved by Nick Reilly
  6. nmpolitics.net — Our government needs a dramatic redesign by Heath Haussamen
  7. The Santa Fe New MexicanAubrey Dunn Jr.: Politician without a party by Andrew Oxford
  8. Forward Observer [FO] by Samuel Culper — [VIDEO] Metal band releases pro-Antifa music video promoting political violence
  9. SYFY Wire by “SyFy” — (UPDATED) John Boyega may have no hope of attending the Star Wars: The Last Jedi premiere by Bruan Silliman
  10. Target Books — Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken by Terrance Dicks

Random Shots for Sunday, 10 December 2017

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook and Twitter

    APD action at SW corner of 7th and Gold SW — 7th blocked, multiple units, etc.

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Iron Maiden — Dance of Death

NOTES FROM LIFE, ETC.

  1. Didn’t get much of anything done today, besides backing up files to a new 2 TB external hard drive.