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Random Shots for Monday, 13 November 2017

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Del Rey Books [Ballantine] — Saga of Cuckoo: Farthest Star by Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson
  2. Star Trek: Discovery
  3. The Orville
  4. BBC America — Star Trek: Voyager
  5. Marvel Comics — Star Wars
  6. Sammy Hagar — Marching to Mars
  7. Three Rivers Press [Crown Publishers, Inc.] — Fingerprints of the Gods by Graham Hancock
  8. Albuquerque JournalBoard finds Keller violated ethics code by Martin Salazar, Journal Staff Writer

Random Shots for Sunday, 12 November 2017

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    “Muh Patriarchy!”

  2. Posted to Facebook

    Meanwhile, the Johnsonist-Weldists keep implying that watering down the message to almost nothing will bring in that 100,000 people as voters, activists and donors.

    I’ve been waiting 20-plus years for this to actually happen, and haven’t seen it yet. How much longer should I wait?

    In the mean time, I’m wondering if it’s worthwhile to jump to an American affiliate of Freedom Party International:

    http://freedomparty.org

  3. Posted to Facebook

    Why then is the “Fair Tax” being pushed instead of opposition to all taxation as a matter of principle?

  4. Posted to Facebook

    To label Weld as anything other than a Democrat wannabe is a waste of keystrokes, mouse clicks and bandwidth.

  5. Posted to Facebook

    Wasn’t Bill the original Weldist (the 2016 Libertarian Party vice-presidential nominee) working to get Chris Sununu elected when he donated 400 bucks to Sununu’s gubernatorial campaign in September 2016?

    How much did Weld donate to the Libertarian candidate in that race?

  6. Posted to Facebook

    The problem here is that you’re expecting rationality, consistency and attention to detail from the same production shop that offered garbage episodes such as “Kill the Moon” and “Trees” for public consumption.

  7. Posted to Facebook

    For what it’s worth, I spent a good bit of my teenage years with Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven.

    So how do we *know* for sure that the “First Doctor” is indeed THE First Doctor?

    All we have to go on here is what’s been broadcast, webcast, whatever, by the BBC (and PBS, “Syfy,” etc. here in the Colonies).

    Still, wasn’t the Doc supposed to be limited to twelve regenerations?

    “First Doctor” (William Hartnell) — count is 1.
    “Second Doctor” (Patrick Troughton) — count is 2.
    “Third Doctor” (Jon Pertwee) — count is 3.
    “Fourth Doctor” (Tom Baker) — count is 4.
    “Fifth Doctor” (Peter Davison) — count is 5.
    “Sixth Doctor” (Colin Baker) — count is 6.
    “Seventh Doctor” (Sylvester McCoy) — count is 7.
    “Eighth Doctor” (Paul McGann) — count is 8.
    “Ninth Doctor” (Christopher Eccleston) — count is 9.
    “Tenth Doctor” (David Tennant) — count is 10.
    “Eleventh Doctor” (Matt Smith) — count is 11.
    “War Doctor” (John Hurt) — count is 12.
    “Twelfth Doctor” (Peter Capaldi) — count is 13.
    “Thirteenth Doctor” (Jodie Whittaker) — count is 14.

  8. Posted to Diaspora*, Ello, Facebook [ here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here ], Gab, Minds, and Twitter

    https://fee.org/articles/five-digital-services-that-are-freeing-the-world-and-why/

  9. Posted to Facebook

    What ever happened to evidence being rendered irrelevant because of the seriousness of the charges — the line used by Anita Hill’s supporters against Clarence Thomas?

    Or does that only apply to conservatives and libertarians?

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Sammy Hagar — Marching to Mars
  2. Del Rey Books [Ballantine] — Saga of Cuckoo: Farthest Star by Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson
  3. The Foundation for Economic Education [FEE] — Five Digital Services that are Freeing the World, and Why by Jeffrey A. Tucker
  4. TruthFeedBREAKING: George Takei Responds to Sexual Assault Accusations by Eren Moreno
  5. The Libertarian EnterpriseNumber 948, 12 November 2017

Random Shots for Saturday, 11 November 2017

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Tyr Anasazi – I Will Never Surrender!
  2. Andromeda (2000): Where Are They Now?
  3. Tyr “Where there is life, there is hope”
  4. Del Rey Books [Ballantine] — Saga of Cuckoo: Farthest Star by Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson
  5. Judas Priest — Metalogy
  6. Sirius Entertainment — Empty Zone Vol.1 – Under Dead Television Skies
  7. Marvel Comics — Star Wars
  8. Sammy Hagar — Marching to Mars

What Would Tyr Do?

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Random Shots for Friday, 10 November 2017

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    I heard the BRRRT back around 1992-1993 at Ft. Indiantown Gap when I was in the Army Reserve — we were sitting about 5-10 yards off a road — the other side of the road was the impact area into which the rounds from their live-fire gun runs would end up.

    That was when I was living in Abington, PA — my house was under the approach path for NAS Willow Grove (now Horsham Air Field), so we would have A-10s, A-4s and C-130s going by overhead on a semi-regular basis.

  2. Posted to Facebook

    Worse than Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, or Faith No More?

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. The Cassandra Project by Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick
  2. The KakistocracyDo Look Down by “Porter”
  3. Sputnik InternationalQuark Fusion Eight Times More Powerful Than Nuclear Fusion
  4. The Washington PostWhat happened when a Muslim ran for local office in Virginia by Atif M. Qarni
  5. Evanescence — The Open Door
  6. M2 VoiceMichelle Obama’s Doctor Goes On Record: ‘I Know What I Saw’
  7. news.com.au [Australia] — Country on the brink of collapse by Lauren McMah
  8. The Root from Gizmodo Media Group — Why Is Society Intent on Erasing Black People in Fantasy and Sci-fi’s Imaginary Worlds? by Ashley Nkadi
  9. The Atlantic
    1. The Middle East Is Nearing an Explosion by Robert Malley
    2. What Happens If China Makes First Contact? by Ross Andersen
  10. Del Rey Books [Ballantine] — Saga of Cuckoo: Farthest Star by Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson
  11. The New York TimesBrooklyn Jury Finds 5Pointz Developer Illegally Destroyed Graffiti by Alan Feuer
  12. Judas Priest — Metalogy

Random Shots for Thursday, 9 November 2017

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Marvel Comics — Star Wars
  2. Avon Periodicals — Attack on Planet Mars
  3. Judas Priest — Live in London
  4. The Cassandra Project by Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick
  5. The Sportsman Channel — Davidson’s Gallery of Guns
  6. BBC America — Star Trek: Voyager
  7. Comic Book Legal Defense Fund [CBLDF] — CBLDF Defender
  8. Avatar Press — Rawbone
  9. Evanescence — The Open Door

Random Shots for Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Judas Priest — Live in London
  2. Marvel Comics — Star Wars
  3. nmpolitics.net — Progressive-backed candidates win every race in Las Cruces by Heath Haussamen
  4. The Cassandra Project by Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick
  5. BBC America — Star Trek: The Next Generation
  6. KUPT 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
    1. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    2. Star Trek: Enterprise
  7. The Libertarian EnterpriseNumber 947, 5 November 2017
  8. KRTN 15.1 TV [Albuquerque, New Mexico affiliate of Memorable Entertainment Television (MeTV)] — The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)

Random Shots for Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Today in history

COMMENTS I’VE POSTED

  1. Posted to Facebook

    Wesley Crusher’s alter ego acting out (or up) again?

    Let me guess — he’s OK with people at the church being killed because they “were Trump voters,” but “we need to ban all guns,” too ?

  2. Posted to Facebook

    Here’s where “he” tries to explain it all away:

    https://facebook.com/itsalsowilwheaton/posts/353118425135259

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. The Cassandra Project by Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick
  2. The Sportsman Channel —
    1. The Gunfather
    2. Handguns & Defensive Weapons
  3. Science Channel —
    1. Secret Space Escapes
    2. The Planets
  4. Evanescence — Fallen
  5. The Foundation for Economic Education [FEE] — Could It Be that Both Parties Are Doomed? by Jonah Goldberg
  6. Internet Citizen from Mozilla — 10 Fascinating Things We Learned When We Asked The World ‘How Connected Are You?’
  7. Marvel Comics — Star Wars
  8. Judas Priest — Live in London

Random Shots for Monday, 6 November 2017

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. Star Trek: Discovery
  2. The Cassandra Project by Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick
  3. The EconomistThe World If: A world of free movement would be $78 trillion richer
  4. BBC America — Star Trek: Voyager
  5. The Sportsman Channel —
    1. Guns & Ammo TV
    2. GunVenture
  6. Evanescence — Fallen
  7. PC Magazine from Ziff Davis — Netflix vs. Hulu: Streaming Service Showdown by Eric Griffith
  8. KUPI 29 TV [Heroes & Icons (H&I) affiliate for Albuquerque, New Mexico] —
    1. Star Trek: Voyager
    2. Star Trek: Enterprise

Random Shots for Sunday, 5 November 2017

Today in history

LISTENING / READING / WATCHING

  1. The Cassandra Project by Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick
  2. Terminal Lance by Maximilian Uriarte —
    1. #387 “Guide On”
    2. #451 “Bricks Life III”
  3. Tales From SYL Ranch by William Stone III — We Hold Your Life In Our Hands
  4. Breitbart News
    1. ANTIFAIL: Low Turnouts At Nationwide ‘Refuse Fascism’ Protests by Allum Bokhari
    2. Hollywood’s Accused Harassers, Molesters, Rapists – The Rap Sheet, 67 So Far by John Nolte
    3. Chris Matthews: Dems Have to Nominate Someone for 2020 Who Hasn’t Discarded the White Working Class by Trent Baker
  5. Albuquerque Business First [ABF] from American City Business Journals [ACBJ] — ABQ entertainment staple closes by Shelby Perea
  6. comicbook.com [CB] from Pop Culture Media — Did ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Secretly Introduce Another ‘Original Series’ Character? by Jamie Lovett
  7. DC Comics, Vertigo Comics — V for Vendetta
  8. V for Vendetta