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Sunday, July 31, 2022

Authentic Map of New Mexico

H/T Ralph Griffin — Friday, July 29, 2022 at 1:32 PM MST

Thursday, July 28, 2022

[LPNM] Submission for Libertarian NM Lt. Gov. Candidate Name

From: Karen Bedonie
To: Chris Luchini, Efren Gallardo
CC: Crystal Meiwes, Elizabeth Honcee, Elisheva Levin, Mike Blessing, Angela McArdle, Caryn Ann Harlos
Date: Thursday, July 28th, 2022 at 8:45 PM [MST]

Greetings Mr. Luchini,

Recognizing the new situation of the vacancy of Lt. Governor (L), pursuant NMSA 1978, Section 1-8-8(A), in respect to the January 31, 2022 Secretary of State Declaration date requirement, my campaign for Governor respectfully submits Efren Gallardo, Jr. for Lt. Governor (L). After careful consideration, we know that the urban corridors of Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Las Cruces are the greatest concentration of this election and will need a perfect strategic candidate to tip the win. We also know that roughly 60% of the New Mexico voting base is of Spanish speaking descent. Among all other qualities and requirements our campaign sought after, we are happy to affirm our choice. We graciously support Efren Gallardo Jr. for Lt. Governor to join the Bedonie Campaign for Governor on the Libertarian ticket. The Mr. Gallardo is a New Mexico Spanish speaking Native and a highly respected professional in the major urban settings of Albuquerque / Las Cruces. Mr. Gallardo has huge family ties across the state and will be a major asset in the current time crunch and he is the only candidate that we recommend. He is a registered Libertarian and will bring a very positive and powerful light to the campaign and to the party. Below is his contact information.

Once his candidacy is official, we can have our campaign(s) move to add his name to our statewide support. Our campaign is heating up and time is of the essence. We truly feel we have the greatest opportunity in this election with Mr. Gallardo. Please feel free to contact the campaign at [Phone number REDACTED — MWB]. Mrs. Crystal Meiwes will kindly direct your inquiry to me in my many rural infrastructural-communication challenges. We look forward to hearing from you and receiving Mr. Gallardo's candidacy submission to the SOS. God bless.

LT. GOVERNOR CANDIDATE:
EFREN GALLARDO JR.
[Contact information REDACTED — MWB]

Yours in Freedom and Liberty,
Karen E. Bedonie
Candidate for New Mexico Governor

www.bedonietough.com
www.karenbedonie.com

Sunday, July 17, 2022

[LPNM] Libertarian Party of New Mexico "Constitutional Convention" for Tuesday, 12 July 2022 [Online via Google Meet and YouTube]

Comments posted to the Google Meet chatroom (now deleted?) —

Patty Malowney 6:15 PM
https://youtu.be/quVmOF_jRrQ

Nate Banks 6:16 PM
https://youtu.be/quVmOF_jRrQ

Chris Luchini 6:26 PM
https://youtu.be/R5MZwVLfD6A

Helen Milenski 6:46 PM
Youtube is buffering about 50% of the time and the sound is not clear.

Bob Finch 6:47 PM
I moved to phone for audio.....that helped tremendously !

Burly Cain 6:51 PM
Sound is clear on my end.

Patty Malowney 6:55 PM
I don't think the youtube is streaming now.

Helen Milenski 6:56 PM
It is still streaming, but the Youtube is buffering so much that it can't run more than a few seconds at a time.
It is running far behind the current moment.

Patty Malowney 6:57 PM
ok ty

Bob Finch 7:11 PM
I have to take a call....so please excuse me ...Im sorry about this. Thanks for all that I got to participate in tonight. VERY best regards - Bob Finch

Burly Cain 7:22 PM
There are a few people who may want to have that phone number in the chat around the livestream.

Helen Milenski 7:23 PM
How can we validate them as voting members?

Mike Blessing 7:24 PM
I posted the dial-in number and PIN to the comments of the YouTube a minute ago.

Web Master 7:25 PM
Join the meeting: https://meet.google.com/wtx-bczr-mjm

Dial in (audio only): ‪(US) +1 443-606-2420‬ PIN: ‪417 451 796#‬

Fred Snoy 7:28 PM
whose phone number ends in 61?

Ranota Banks 7:29 PM
Elizabeth Honce

Helen Milenski 7:31 PM
I am recording the youtube commentary.

Ranota Banks 7:33 PM
I'm not seeing the commentary.

Helen Milenski 7:34 PM
It is in the chat.
I can post here.
If you would like.
It is kind of inflammatory and derrogatory.
I believe one person used the work Ratfuckery.

Helen Milenski 7:36 PM

Michael Tomac
So I'm guessing being a monthly dues paying member for 2+ years at double the annualized rate is insufficient to be a part of this meeting?

Ryan Brown
it isn't strong feeling about what is going on. it is ratfuckery

rebecca
How is this stream so bad? I thought after the March debacle with the AV the head of the party would get his sh*t together.

socialismo52
Lol. This some bullshit. This is what you call manufactured consent

Nathan Shocklee
Trying to join using the google meet link with no luck

rebecca
What the heck man? This is embarrassing.

socialismo52
No one can hear the other members.

Frank Martin
only the chair can be heard

Devin Rivera
we can't hear anyone but Chris.

rebecca
♀ wonder what he’s saying?

Frank Martin
Chris' computer is buffering about 50% of the time, so his voice is cut off.

Frank Martin
could this meeting be run any worse if they were trying?

Frank Martin
also Chris' screen is all blurry, cannot read the text... buffering problem is worse now

rebecca
Give them time. . .they haven’t insulted anyone yet

socialismo52
Just confirmed Tom is here. Insults coming, but we won't be able to hear

rebecca
#blessed (no nipples)

Matthew Lucas
Can’t wait until all this is for nothing, again

Nathan Shocklee
I paid months ago and am not part of this convention despite mak

Helen Milenski 7:37 PM
Elisheva Levin
I am a life member denied access although I sat in the waiting room being told I’d be let in as soon as somebody let us in.

Frank Martin
For the record, 33 minutes in, and still: only the chair can be heard, his screen is blurry, and frequent buffering makes the proceedings unintelligible.

Frank Martin
If you want to hold something as important as a constitutional convention, you MUST have the technology work.

Elisheva Levin
The Party needs to do this right. Give people enough notice, get a better platform—such as Zoom. Pay for good tech. This is the ultimate shit show.

Devin Rivera
Micheal Tomac has been dues paying for two years and was denied access to this convention

Frank Martin
Yeah, I'd say a constitutional convention rates a Zoom account. Let's go ahead and splurge🤑

Elisheva Levin
I can hear about every third of a sentence.

Elisheva Levin
I have just been told by the chair that he is not responsible. I think the party needs a whole new team. This convention should be live. All members should be able to attend.

Frank Martin
This is to report on the manner in which the LPNM constitutional convention of 12 July 22 was conducted:

Frank Martin
60 minutes into the event: only the chair can be heard, his screen is blurry, and very frequent buffering on his end makes the proceedings unintelligible.

Frank Martin
These problems are such that I believe the convention should be invalidated.

Frank Martin
I know there were qualifying caucus delegates who were not seated because of technical problems, and even those who were could not participate effectively.

Helen Milenski 7:38 PM

Cory Tallman
I wasn't aware New Mexico was stuck on dial up

Frank Martin

Helen Milenski 7:38 PM

Cory Tallman

Helen Milenski 7:47 PM
Dial in (audio only): ‪(US) +1 443-606-2420‬ PIN: ‪417 451 796#‬

Burly Cain 7:47 PM
Join the meeting: https://meet.google.com/wtx-bczr-mjm

Dial in (audio only): ‪(US) +1 443-606-2420‬ PIN: ‪417 451 796#‬

Patty Malowney 7:47 PM
Dial in (audio only): ‪(US) +1 443-606-2420‬ PIN: ‪417 451 796#‬

Fred Snoy 7:50 PM

who is socialismo 52

Fred Snoy 7:52 PM
whose phone ends in 33? I need it for roll call please

Ranota Banks 8:11 PM
Language, not status

Valoree Althoff 8:43 PM
American Institute of Parliamentarians Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure
AIPSC

Valoree Althoff 8:46 PM
So the parliamentarian credential you would be searching for in a parliamentarian is a Certified Parliamentarian or Certified Professional Parliamentarian with the American Institute of Parliamentarian.

Comments posted to the second YouTube livestream (and don't forget the hot-mike part at about the 46-minute point!) —

Michael Tomac So I'm guessing being a monthly dues paying member for 2+ years at double the annualized rate is insufficient to be a part of this meeting?

rebecca How is this stream so bad? I thought after the March debacle with the AV the head of the party would get his sh*t together.

Nathan Shocklee Trying to join using the google meet link with no luck

rebecca What the heck man? This is embarrassing.

socialismo52 No one can hear the other members.

Frank Martin only the chair can be heard

Devin Rivera we can't hear anyone but Chris.

rebecca ♀ wonder what he’s saying?

Frank Martin Chris' computer is buffering about 50% of the time, so his voice is cut off.

Frank Martin could this meeting be run any worse if they were trying?

Frank Martin also Chris' screen is all blurry, cannot read the text... buffering problem is worse now

rebecca Give them time...they haven’t insulted anyone yet

socialismo52 Just confirmed Tom is here. Insults coming, but we won't be able to hear

Matthew Lucas Can’t wait until all this is for nothing, again

Nathan Shocklee I paid months ago and am not part of this convention despite making multiple requests

Elisheva Levin I am a life member denied access although I sat in the waiting room being told I’d be let in as soon as somebody let us in.

Frank Martin For the record, 33 minutes in, and still: only the chair can be heard, his screen is blurry, and frequent buffering makes the proceedings unintelligible.

Frank Martin If you want to hold something as important as a constitutional convention, you MUST have the technology work.

Elisheva Levin The Party needs to do this right. Give people enough notice, get a better platform—such as Zoom. Pay for good tech. This is the ultimate shit show.

Devin Rivera Micheal Tomac has been dues paying for two years and was denied access to this convention

Frank Martin Yeah, I'd say a constitutional convention rates a Zoom account. Let's go ahead and splurge🤑

Elisheva Levin I can hear about every third of a sentence.

Elisheva Levin I have just been told by the chair that he is not responsible. I think the party needs a whole new team. This convention should be live. All members should be able to attend.

Frank Martin This is to report on the manner in which the LPNM constitutional convention of 12 July 22 was conducted:

Frank Martin 60 minutes into the event: only the chair can be heard, his screen is blurry, and very frequent buffering on his end makes the proceedings unintelligible.

Frank Martin These problems are such that I believe the convention should be invalidated.

Frank Martin I know there were qualifying caucus delegates who were not seated because of technical problems, and even those who were could not participate effectively.

Cory Tallman I wasn't aware New Mexico was stuck on dial up

Frank Martin

Frank Martin I wish I could be a fly on the wall when Chris watches this video...

Ranota Banks The normal tech used for this is inaccessible due to an accident between Los Alamos and his home. This was explained earlier.

Elisheva Levin Then you cancel the meeting

Elisheva Levin Preferably until after the campaigns are done. There are candidates to support right now.

Elisheva Levin You can figure out how to make the party less and less accessible later.

Ranota Banks These are all ongoing discussions that have been happening for several months. A phone number to call in is about to be posted to the description.

Ranota Banks If you need help using the phone number, please reach out.

Elisheva Levin Lady, you need to end this now and start again after elections.

Chris Luchini Dial in (audio only): (US) +1 443-606-2420 PIN: 417 451 796#

Drake Lundstrom Was notice given on the website for the convention?

Helen Milenski No We have till 9pm

Ranota Banks Yes, Drak.

Matthew Lucas Didn’t work in Delaware, Didn’t Work in Massachusetts… so now Idaho, Michigan and New Mexico are gonna try, and it’s not gonna work again

Chris Luchini Phone is only for votin members

LPNM Webmaster @Drake Lundstrom Yes, it was posted to the website

Michael Tomac "2. NOTICE. The Secretary shall notify each caucus member of the dates, time, and public place of state conventions" When were we informed about the meeting?

Drake Lundstrom Can you send me a link to where it was posted on the website?

Helen Milenski If you are a member please call in and indentify yourself for record.

socialismo52 Put me in the screen cap!

Michael Tomac I have been a monthly dues paying member for 2+ years, but according to what the Chair said I am not eligible to vote right?

rebecca An accident making the the tech unusable is unacceptable. A good leader has back ups in place especially considering the mess of the AV system at the March convention.

socialismo52 Take your shirt off, Tom!

rebecca Agreed

Frank Martin Rebecca, is Chris' screen blurry for you? I cannot read anything on it except that he needs to update his browser.

rebecca I can’t read anything! It’s just comical at this point.

Frank Martin Thanks, i just wanted to be sure it wasn't just my computer.

rebecca Assuming

Drake Lundstrom If you watch the feed at a delay, it is not as blurry

Drake Lundstrom The executive conference call has as good audio as the main stream

Burly Cain The audio is very good for us here.

Drake Lundstrom The problem is that we can only hear Chris.

Frank Martin And that, only half the time...

Frank Martin Worst meeting ever. I actually feel sorry for him.

Drake Lundstrom Watching on a delay (I am a few minutes behind) his audio is fine. I think that part is a buffering issue

Frank Martin How do you watch on a delay?

Cory Tallman Continuing this with this many issues seems like a disservice to the LPNM

Drake Lundstrom Slide the time marker back. I started watching late and wanted to watch from the beginning

Frank Martin Thanks Drake

Drake Lundstrom I finally caught up! (I have been watching at 2x to catch up) and now the audio is completely falling apart

Panda Are people there having the same problems?

Drake Lundstrom Probably not, YouTube encoders run separately from the meeting

Frank Martin This meeting sure is rolling right along, how can anyone keep up?

socialismo52 plz clap

rebecca 😂

Drake Lundstrom The biggest YouTube issue isn’t the buffering, it is that we can only hear Chris’s audio. Can someone tell him that literally no one else’s audio is being recorded?

Frank Martin ?

Frank Martin I delayed the playback but still have buffering issues.

rebecca how does one recruit new members when this is what they see?

Frank Martin Its a puzzle! Its a riddle! Its a... constitutional convention agenda item!

LPNM Webmaster The call is now being recorded

LPNM Webmaster (the Google Meet call)

rebecca What minutes did the recoding start please?

FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

NOTES

Reposted —
1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs — Bastyon / Bitchute here and here / Diaspora* / Ello / Facebook / Gab / Gettr / gorf.pub / Liberty.me / Minds / Odysee here and here / Rumble here and here / Spreely / Tribel / Truth Social / Twitter / VK / Wimkin / Wordpress / YouTube here and here
2. Absurdist Discordian Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page / Wimkin page
3. Albuquerque Liberty Forum — Facebook page / Spreely page
4. Discordian Absurdist Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
5. Egg McMuffin for President — Facebook page
6. New Mexico Dissent and Expose — Facebook page / Spreely page
7. New Mexico Libertarians — Facebook group / Facebook page / Minds group / Spreely group / Spreely page / Wimkin group / Wimkin page
8. Resist Marxism New Mexico — Facebook page
9. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page / Spreely page
10. The Weekly Sedition — Bitchute here and here / Diaspora* / Facebook / Gab / Gettr / gorf.pub / Minds / Odysee here and here / Rumble here and here / Spreely / Tribel / Truth Social / Twitter / Wimkin / Wordpress / YouTube here and here
11. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
12. Vote the Air — Facebook page
13. Vote the Air NM — Facebook page
14. Wood Chipper — Facebook page

Monday, April 4, 2022

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 one seems to have been injured or killed as a result of shots fired.

Meanwhile, there have been several firearm-related homicides (involving shots fired at the victims) at other locations around Albuquerque — in the Downtown area, for example.

"Rbj Benjamin" posted a comment —

Where’s our concealed carriers when you need them?

To which I replied —

Concealed carry is not permitted on the property, per Coronado Center policy.

Blame Coronado for this one with their "No weapons allowed on site" policy, not concealed-carriers for their "failure" to be first responders to this incident.

And then there's my follow-up comment —

So when Ross and Morales were allegedly pistol-whipping the Fuddruckers employees, should that be considered "gun violence" (firearm(s) were involved) or "blunt-object violence" (no shots were fired at that time) ?

ONCE AGAIN, we see just how "effective" this sort of "No weapons allowed" policy is (it is NOT effective, for those too dense to understand sarcasm) in stopping firearm-related crime.

As for the "gun free" status of Coronado (and Winrock, Cottonwood, etc.), if someone is injured or killed by a criminal there, and that injury or death could have been prevented had the victim been armed, I hope the victim or their survivor(s) sue the property owners into non-existence.

Something not yet brought up: Ross and Morales are both under the age of 21. This means their mere possession of handguns was a federal offense. ANOTHER failure of the victim disarmament statutes.

Apparently, I made a mistake — per 18 U.S.C. § 922(x)(2)^[2], Ross was legal in possessing a handgun.

Still, Ross' alleged pistol-whipping of the Fuddruckers staff was definitely NOT legal, and would probably constitute battery, if not aggravated battery —

30-3-4. Battery.

Battery is the unlawful, intentional touching or application of force to the person of another, when done in a rude, insolent or angry manner.

Whoever commits battery is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

30-3-5. Aggravated battery.
Aggravated battery consists of the unlawful touching or application of force to the person of another with intent to injure that person or another.

Whoever commits aggravated battery, inflicting an injury to the person which is not likely to cause death or great bodily harm, but does cause painful temporary disfigurement or temporary loss or impairment of the functions of any member or organ of the body, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Whoever commits aggravated battery inflicting great bodily harm or does so with a deadly weapon or does so in any manner whereby great bodily harm or death can be inflicted is guilty of a third degree felony.

What's the takeaway here?

The lessons to be learned from this incident are as follows:

FIRST, victim disarmament edicts, whether they are in the form of public-sector statutes and regulations, or a private-sector "NO WEAPONS ALLOWED" policy, don't do much of anything to deter violent criminals from committing crimes.

If anything, they do the exact opposite — they make it easier for the criminals to victimize others.

Think of them as a sort of "workplace safety" code for the bad guys, making what are supposed to be "safe spaces" for shoppers and tourists into a happy hunting ground for the crooks.

As the saying goes, "When seconds count, the cops are minutes away."

But . . . but . . . what about the "NO WEAPONS ALLOWED" sign? Surely, those intent on committing assault, battery, robbery, burglary, and possibly murder will see that sign, and then leave their guns in the car, right?

Well, you see, the criminal element always seems to find that massive loophole in all of the various victim-disarmament schemes called "breaking the law."

If they're willing to kill you over pocket change, what makes you think that they're going to obey your hoplophobic prohibitionary edicts?

As the saying goes, "When seconds count, the cops are minutes away."

And the reality of it all is this: You are your own best defender. Sure, you can contract the task out to someone else, but that person wants to go home to their family, too. That person will put their own personal safety above yours, if it comes down to it.

FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

Albuquerque Journal — Five teens accused of beating at Coronado Center, by Matthew Reisen, Journal Staff Writer by Matthew Reisen, Journal Staff Writer
Published: Friday, April 1st, 2022 at 10:05 PM, Updated: Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 at 12:05 AM
Facebook — Saturday, April 2, 2022 at 7:31 AM MST
Retrieved Friday, 1 April 2022 and Monday, 4 April 2022
H/T United States Concealed Carry Association [USCCA] — Federal Minimum Age to Purchase and Possess Handguns. Retrieved Monday, 4 April 2022

NOTES

Published at The Libertarian Enterprise [TLE] — Number 1,151: Sunday, 10 April 2022
Approximate reading level — 12.9
Reposted —
1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs — Bastyon / Diaspora* / Ello / Facebook / Gab / Gettr / gorf.pub / gorf.space / Liberty.me / Minds / Retalk / Spreely / Twitter / VK / Wimkin / Wordpress
2. Absurdist Discordian Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page / Wimkin page
3. Albuquerque Liberty Forum — Facebook page / Spreely page
4. Discordian Absurdist Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
5. Egg McMuffin for President — Facebook page
6. KCUF Media — Facebook / Spreely
7. Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus — Facebook page / Spreely page
8. New Mexico Dissent and Expose — Facebook page / Spreely page
9. New Mexico Libertarians — Facebook group / Facebook page / Minds group / Spreely group / Spreely page / Wimkin group / Wimkin page
10. "No One Wants to Take Your Guns" — Facebook page / Wimkin page
11. Resist Marxism New Mexico — Facebook page
12. Stupor Bowl Sundae Feetball Shoot — Facebook page / Spreely page
13. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page / Spreely page
14. The Weekly Sedition — Diaspora* / Facebook / Gab / Gettr / gorf.pub / gorf.space / Minds / Spreely / Twitter / Wimkin / WordPress
15. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
16. Vote the Air — Facebook page
17. Wood Chipper — Facebook page

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

What is "Spaceport America" but a Political Classhole Slush-Fund?

Facebook always yields instances of the Political Classholes getting caught with their pants down and their hands in the cookie jar —

Peter St. Cyr
Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 10:32 AM

An Independent audit confirms serious operational and management problems at Spaceport America. I repeatedly told embattled Director Dan Hicks he could not write his own public records law. This facility was constructed with taxpayer money and needs to be transparent to avoid these kinds of problems in the future. Click to read the report here: https://osa-app.org/uploads/2020/66dacc30-9870-49f4-874a-f4b26d09aaa6/Spaceport Authority - Investigation of Complaint Final Report.pdf

And what exactly has been launched from "Spaceport America" besides a few suborbital flights?

Wasn't Virgin Galactic the "anchor tenant" for whom Reichsgovernor Richardson built this particular elephante blanco?

From SpaceNews — Virgin Galactic declares Spaceport America ready for SpaceShipTwo, by Jeff Foust, 15 August 2019 —

Virgin Galactic didn't give a date for when it expects SpaceShipTwo to arrive at the spaceport — WhiteKnightTwo will return to Mojave to fly it to New Mexico — but that when it arrives the company will start with a couple of glide flights to test those upgraded flight controls and to get familiar with the airspace.

Once those are done, "we'll be ready for rocket-powered flights," he said. While there is no set number of powered test flights planned before SpaceShipTwo is ready for commercial operations, Moses noted there are currently eight hybrid rocket motors stockpiled at the spaceport.

Two other SpaceShipTwo vehicles are under construction in Mojave. Moses said the first of those two should be ready to begin flight tests in 2020.

At this rate, will Virgin Galactic be ready to launch anything by 2120?

Considering Virgin Galactic's pre-COVID glacial pace of operations where "Spaceport America" is concerned, on top of the Beer Bug-inspired shutdown mania, it's probably safe to say that 2020 is a write-off at this point.

But there's always 2021, right?

Go ahead and feel free to make that bet.

But hey, at least "Spaceport America" has a nice new lounge that Governess Chipmunk can use to host one of her COVID-non-compliant parties —

For what it's worth, that State Auditor's report that St. Cyr linked to above is great fun, if you get your kicks by reading about some of the ways that the Political Classholes have fun at our expense.

NOTES

Reposted —
1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs — Blogspot / Diaspora* / Facebook page / Flote / Gab / Gorf Social / Liberty.me / Minds / Pocketnet / Spreely page / Twitter / VK / Wimkin page / Wordpress / YouMe Social
2. Absurdist Discordian Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page / Wimkin page
3. Albuquerque Liberty Forum — Facebook page / Spreely page
4. Discordian Absurdist Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
5. Egg McMuffin for President — Facebook page
6. KCUF Media — Facebook page / Spreely page
7. New Mexico Dissent and Expose — Facebook page / Spreely page
8. New Mexico Libertarians — Facebook group / Facebook page / Minds group / Spreely group / Spreely page / Wimkin group / Wimkin page
9. Resist Marxism New Mexico — Facebook page
10. Split the State New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
11. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page / Spreely page
12. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
13. Vote the Air — Facebook page
14. Vote the Air NM — Facebook page
15. Wood Chipper — Facebook page

Sunday, September 20, 2020

Messing About with Article II, Section 6

A few weeks ago, Albuquerque City Councilor Diane Gibson has gotten herself some no-charge campaign advertising, courtesy of the lamestream snoozemedia ^[1], on account of her calling for a State-level Constitutional Amendment to change Article II, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of New Mexico from its current text:

No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes, but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons. No municipality or county shall regulate, in any way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms.

— to something that gives municipal and county governments more leeway to enact victim disarmament statutes:

No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes, but nothing herein shall be held to permit the carrying of concealed weapons.

Considering that the sorts of victim disarmament statutes desired by Gibson and her hoplophobe cronies only disarm those who need to own and carry weapons the most — the five-foot, hundred-pound woman who's being stalked by her crazed six-foot, two-hundred-pound ex-boyfriend — and don't actually disarm the criminal and terrorist types one bit, those of us who support and exercise the individual, civil, Constitutional, human right to own and carry weapons for ".... for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes ...." would prefer that IF Article II, Section 6 must be amended, that it should read like this afterwards:

No law shall abridge the right of the citizen to keep and bear arms for security and defense, for lawful hunting and recreational use and for other lawful purposes. No municipality or county shall regulate, in any way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms.

FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

Albuquerque Journal — New vote sought on firearm provision

KRQE News — Albuquerque city councilors seek new vote on firearms provision

NOTES

Submitted to the Albuquerque Journal — Tuesday, 18 August 2020 at 8:57 AM
Reposted —
1. Personal blogs and micro-blogs — Diaspora* / Facebook page / Flote / Gab / Gorf Social / Liberty.me / Minds / Pocketnet / Spreely page / Twitter / VK / Wordpress / YouMe Social
2. Absurdist Discordian Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
3. A Bias Toward Liberty — Facebook group
4. Albuquerque Liberty Forum — Facebook page / Spreely page
5. Discordian Absurdist Party of New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
6. Freedom Rally Point New Mexico — Facebook group
7. Gun Owners of New Mexico — Facebook group
8. KCUF Media — Facebook page / Spreely page
9. Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus — Facebook page / Spreely page
10. New Mexico Dissent and Expose — Facebook page / Spreely page
11. New Mexico Gun Rights — Facebook group
12. New Mexico Lest We Forget (voters remorse) — Facebook group
13. New Mexico Libertarians — Facebook group / Facebook page / Minds group / Spreely group / Spreely page
14. Resist Marxism New Mexico — Facebook page
15. Sons and Daughters of Liberty New Mexico — Facebook group
16. Split the State New Mexico — Facebook page / Spreely page
17. Stupor Bowl Sundae Feetball Shoot — Facebook page / Spreely page
18. The Old Drunken Old Irrvelivents — Facebook page / Spreely page
19. The Weekly Sedition — Facebook page / Spreely page / Twitter / Wordpress
20. Vote Dumpster Fire — Facebook page
21. Vote the Air — Facebook page
22. Vote the Air NM — Facebook page
23. Wood Chipper — Facebook page

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Saturday, July 18, 2020

We The People Rally at 1 Civic Plaza [Thursday, 16 July 2020 at Albuquerque, New Mexico]

On Thursday, 16 July 2020, I went to the Protest For Freedom — New Mexico rally sponsored by We The People Of New Mexico at 1 Civic Plaza, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Details and pictures follow. All pictures are by myself, unless otherwise noted.

At least 1 x New Mexico State Police [NMSP] officer was patrolling around Civic Plaza in a marked unit (doing laps?).

Several uniformed Albuquerque Police Department [APD] officers were present, watching the event from near the east entrance of the City Hall building

Couy Griffin and the Cowboys for Trump [C4T] "color guard" rode around Civic Plaza on horseback for at least one lap.

Several New Mexico Civil Guard [NMCG] personnel were present on stage, as well as in the crowd.

A camera operator from KRQE 13 News was present and set up his equipment about 15 feet from the center front of the stage steps.

A partial list of speakers follows (apologies if I missed anyone) —

Louie Sanchez, owner of Calibers, was the second speaker (I didn't get any good pictures of the first, an African-American gym owner) and spoke about the Second Amendment.

Hailey Bradford (sp?)

Local pastor Steve Smothermon led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Greg Baca, Republican State Senator from District 29

Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin, head of Cowboys for Trump [C4T]

David C. Chavez started his speech with the beginning of "Eye of the Tiger".

The officially-booked speakers concluded the We The People program at 6:45 PM. The stage was handed off to others for the next 15 minutes —

Audrey Trujillo (no pictures available)

Scott Chandler, Republican candidate for House District 32 (no pictures available)

Sergeant Major Hawkins of the NM Civil Guard said that he's running for Bernalillo County Sheriff in 2022 (he's got my vote at this point). He also talked about the Lujan connetion to slavery — Don Pedro Leon Lujan was arrested by the Utah militia in 1851 for slave trading.

Dinah Vargas, Republican candidate for House District 10

Mary Ingham, Republican candidate for NM Senate District 14 (no pictures available)

Stephen Cecco, Republican candidate for New Mexico House District 19 ^[1].

Mike Cordova, current LPNM Bernalillo County Chair, made contact with me towards the end as I was taking notes — he said Elisheva Levin mentioned me to him.

The crowd started dispersing at 7 PM after the event's end was announced from the podium.

NOTES FROM THE EVENT:

There was a visible law enforcement presence from at least two agencies — APD and NMSP. During the 90 minutes that I was on the scene, I observed NO altercations between law enforcement and ANYONE — attendees, counter-protestors, the NM Civil Guard personnel, ANYONE. So maybe all cops aren't evil? Better to simply deal with them as you deal with everyone else — as individuals.
Whatever counter-protest group(s) that were there weren't violent at all, and didn't seem to have much of a presence. (I didn't see any, but the article in the Albuquerque Journal said that there were some there, so whatever.)
It started raining (slight drizzle, actually — nothing more) at about 6:19 PM, and stopped by 6:50 PM.
All of the speakers stuck to the general message of "Michelle Lujan Grisham is abusing her powers as Governor" — that's a good thing. No one went off on conspiracy theories, or called for government to be made more intrusive, more expensive or more powerful.
I didn't see piles of trash of the sort found after lefty-fascists events (water bottles, fast-food drink cups, aluminum cans, snack wrappers and bags, etc.) left on the ground after the event.
The Facebook page set up for the event advised attendees to bring their own water. I would suggest that for future events, vendors such as food trucks be invited, and that arrangements made for restroom access (there didn't seem to be any for this event).

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Saturday, July 4, 2020

"No one wants to take your guns," v. July 3, 2020

From the Albuquerque Journal, Friday, 3 July 2020, p. A11 OP-ED ("SPEAK UP!")

KUDOS TO the Santa Fe County Commission for passing on the purchase of AR-15 weapons for the Santa Fe sheriff's department SWAT officers. . . . Instead of just waiting, as Sheriff Mendoza seems inclined to do because of "the current climate in the nation," I recommend the funds be redirected to a buyback and destruction of this type of weapon from civilians who have no legitimate need for them. AW

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020

[ABQ Journal] Re: "Hitting the Brakes" ("Speak Up!" submission)

“NM's oil and gas industry is on the edge of a shutdown"

Well, the lefty-fascist economics deniers HAVE stated their desire to make NM "carbon-free" :

https://tinyurl.com/dpnm-luddites-2020

Meanwhile, NM Democrats see the petrochemical industry as an endless cornucopia when they want cash for their "free everything for everyone" plans.

In response to "Hitting the brakes", by Kevin Robinson-Avila, Journal Staff Writer (Wednesday, 8 April 2020)

Submitted on Wednesday, 8 April 2020 [Facebook post by Albuquerque Journal]

As printed (Albuquerque Journal, Monday, 13 April 2020, p. A9 "Speak Up!")

“NM'S OIL and gas industry is on the
edge of a shutdown" Well, the ... eco-
nomics deniers have stated their desire
to make NM "carbon-free" ... Meanwhile,
NM Democrats see the petrochemical
industry as an endless cornucopia when
they want cash for their "free everything
for everyone" plans. MB

Monday, March 30, 2020

DingleBerry Express Shuts Down!

Recently, KOB News reported that the DingleBerry Express^[1] has shut down, at least temporarily, due to COVID-19 hysteria —

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The City of Albuquerque continues to adjust services to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

"It's very serious and important that we all as a community work on some of this," Mayor Tim Keller said

Public transportation will begin operating on a Saturday schedule, starting March 28.

The mayor also announced Albuquerque Rapid Transit (ART) service would be suspended on March 28.

"The ART route, that whole thing will stop this weekend," Mayor Keller said.

Never mind that the DingleBerry Express (some call it "Albuquerque Rapid Transit" or "ART") isn't anything more than an overpriced remaking of the Central Avenue "Rapid Ride."

If you look at video clips and photographs of the DingleBerry Express busses, you can see "766 RED LINE" and "777 GREEN LINE" on the top of the buses' front ends. Just like on the "Rapid Ride" that preceded the DingleBerry Express.

In fact, the "Rapid Ride" "Blue Line" (Route 790) still exists, and still uses the same sort of buses that the "Red Line" and "Green Line" used before the DingleBerry Express was created.

The best case that we can expect from this is that the ad hoc demolition derby along Central Ave will be put on something resembling a hiatus until at least Easter weekend (Friday, 10 April 2020), as that's when the Governor's "shelter in place" order is supposed to expire.

"The local 66 route will continue. That's a part of the Saturday operating schedule."

So Albuquerque's Number One rolling bad neighborhood and disease vector continues its operation. Just wonderful.

As for city parks, Mayor Keller said they will be open but playgrounds will be off limits.

"The state is asking people not to go to parks, there is an exception I believe for exercise," Keller said. "We are officially closing all our playgrounds."

The mayor said the Albuquerque Police Department can enforce the governor's stay-at-home order.

That last line there is what separates Albuquerque's First Crook Tim Keller from his freelance comrades.

Mind you, this schtick of Keller and Lujan-Grisham isn't new in any sense. It's the same attitude displayed by French King Louis XIV when he said "L'etat, c'est moi" ["I am The State," in other words, "My every utterance is law."] and had the phrase Ultima Ratio Regum ["the final argument of kings"] cast onto the barrels of the cannon fielded by the Armée royale française — "Do what I tell you, or my guys will point this cannon at your home and light it off."

FOR FURTHER REFERENCE

DingleBerry Express — Facebook page, Spreely page

Saturday, August 17, 2013

Walking with Richard Berry? Nope!

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Walking with Richard Berry? Nope!
Date: Friday, 16 Aug 2013 23:10:23 -0600
From: Mike Blessing
To: my public email archive, The Weekly Sedition @ Yahoo!
CC: Paul Heh for Mayor Campaign, Eye on Albuquerque, Patriot Minute, pat.frisch@cumulus.com
BCC: [43 individuals]

-------- Original Message --------
Date: Friday, 16 Aug 2013 18:57:58 -0400 (EDT)

"Intellectual freedom cannot exist without political freedom; political freedom cannot exist without economic freedom; a free mind and a free market are corollaries." – Ayn Rand

Except when a person draws conclusions that would lead them to courses of action other supporting candidates pushed by the McCleskey Clique. Like staying home, or supporting other candidates who seem to be more supportive of things like free-market economics, individual rights, Constitutionally-limited government and public-sector fiscal restraint.

Then that person is simply told "shut up and do as you're told – what you do want, a Democrat in office?!"

In the online environment, that missive is often misspelled, with many exclamation points added at the end:

"shut up n do as ur told – wat do u want, a Democrat in office!!!!!!"

2. August 17, Saturday. 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon. Walk with Mayor Richard Berry. Meet at the _____________ Ranch Community Park, _____ Universe NW – a little north of ________ Blvd NW on Universe. Look for the Berry for Mayor Signs. For a map, access http://mapq.st/xxxxxxx.

First of all, Berry is a Keynesian – he supports big spending public works projects as a way to reward his buddies in the construction industry who donate to his political coffers. I cite the APS West Side Stadium and the proposed 50-mile bike path around the city as examples of his big-spending tendencies. Back in 2011, he pitched these with an op-ed piece in the Albuquerque Journal :

Mayor Urging 'Yes' Vote on Tuesday for Bonds

Here's another bit about a previous version of "ABQ the PLAN" – or perhaps to be resurrected as "ABQ the PLAN II," to be served up to us in 2014 after Berry's re-election?

Sports Complex, Bike Trail, Boardwalk And White-Water Park Would Go to Voters

Yeah, that's what we need – a white-water park. So while We The Private Citizens are directed to limit our water usage, considering that we live in a desert, it's OK for the public sector to throw the stuff around willy-nilly?

Remember the 50-mile bike path around the city? Yeah, that's an absolute necessity.

Mayor Seeks Proposals To Complete 50-Mile Bike Loop

Remember the Paseo Project? Originally, the price tag was 46 million, now it's up to 93 million. I know inflation is getting worse, but this is ridiculous.

City Seeks $46 Million for Paseo, I-25 Project – Thursday, 8 December 2011

Paseo project wins fed approvals – Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Design team is chosen for Paseo/I-25 – Monday, 5 August 2013

So Berry comes across as Obama with an "R" after his name. But he's got that magic Big R, so he MUST the proper guy to support, correct?

Walking Albuquerque's Westside neighborhoods with the Mayor will be State Senator Sander Rue, State Representatives Tom Anderson, Paul Pacheco and Monica Youngblood, City Councilor Dan Lewis, and Bernalillo County Commissioner Lonnie Talbert.

Paul Pacheco and Monica Youngblood were two of the eight Republicans who chose to kick gun owners around like a soccer ball when they supported HB77 in the last Legislative session.

As with Richard Berry, they deserve to lose their re-election bids.

Better an up-front enemy than a back-stabber professing friendship.

_______________________________________________________________________
Mike Blessing / Phone – 505-249-1248
Creator, Host and Publisher, The Weekly Sedition

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Freedom is the answer – what's the question?

"Government is the disease that masquerades as its own cure."
– Robert LeFevre

"If you wanna live long on your own terms
You gotta be willing to crash and burn"
– Motley Crue, "Primal Scream"

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