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Overkill, Exhorder, Heathen and SunLord at the Sunshine Theater on Sunday, 16 July 2023

Picture from the Overkill Facebook page — Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 8:00 AM MST

H/T the Sunshine Theater Facebook page — Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 8:29 AM MST

Overkill, Exhorder, Heathen, and SunLord at the Sunshine Theater [120 Central SW, Albuquerque, […]

[FLPNM] LNC Meeting in Albuquerque (10-13 March 2023)

Over the weekend of Friday-Monday, 10-13 March 2023, the Libertarian National Committee [LNC] held one of its face-to-face meetings at the Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Albuquerque Midtown [2020 Menaul NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico].

On Saturday, 11 March 2023, the meeting started around 9:00 AM MST.

Present for the […]

Second Snow of the 2022-2023 Winter

  

Unlike 9 February, this time it stuck around.

“Gun Debate 2022” ? Nothing of the Sort!

Photograph by Mike Blessing — Friday, 8 July 2022 at 9:50 PM MST

The op-ed page for for Thursday, July 7, 2022 [A11] titled “Gun Debate 2022” was nothing of the sort, in that there was NOTHING from the side supporting the individual right to own and carry weapons.

One-sided Shootout at Coronado Mall!

More “gun violence” at an Albuquerque mall on Thursday, 31 March 2022, as reported by the Albuquerque Journal, and reposted by the Journal to Facebook[1] —

Five teens accused of beating at Coronado Center, by Matthew Reisen, Journal Staff Writer by Matthew Reisen, Journal Staff Writer

At least this time, no […]

4th Snow of this Winter, 3rd Snow of February 2022

Usually, we don’t get much snow in Albuquerque — once or twice a year, one or two inches per time, and that’s it./

Still, when we do, it tends to shut down the city for about 12 hours.

This winter (first half of 2022), we have had THREE (3) such “blizzards” […]

Third Snow of 2021 / 2022 Winter

  

  

  

  

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Snow Again in Albuquerque

We in Albuquerque had a good bit of snow (and rain, hail, lightning and thunder last night!) over night and early this morning —

  

  

  

  

  

For all of the snow-related headaches, we only got about an inch of snow through it all —

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First Snow of the 2020 / 2021 Winter

Albuquerque’s first snow day of the 2020 / 2021 winter season is upon us, about 60 days before the official start of winter (21 December) —

The one thing I absolutely hate about snow is driving through it.

It seems as though every idiot, imbecile, […]

[Letter to ABQ City Council] Please OPPOSE O-19-82 AND O-19-83

From: Mike Blessing To: Councilor Lan Sena <lansena@cabq.gov>, Councilor Isaac Benton <ibenton@cabq.gov>, Councilor Klarissa Peña <kpena@cabq.gov>, Councilor Brook Bassan <bbassan@cabq.gov>, Councilor Cynthia Borrego <cynthiaborrego@cabq.gov>, Councilor Pat Davis <patdavis@cabq.gov>, Councilor Diane Gibson <dgibson@cabq.gov>, Councilor Trudy Jones <trudyjones@cabq.gov>, Councilor Don Harris <dharris@cabq.gov> CC: Policy Analyst Diane Dolan <ddolan@cabq.gov>, Policy Analyst Rachael Hernandez <rmhernandez@cabq.gov>, Policy Analyst Susan […]