Friday, December 28, 2012

victory (horoscope)

for tomorrow:

"Why be so modest when the whole world is singing your praises? Okay, maybe not the whole world -- but a significant enough group of people for you to feel like it's the world that's responding. This is a wonderful time for you, when people are finally paying attention to all the good stuff you're doing and recognizing what a good person you are. So accept their applause and take another bow -- you deserve it. Things are going to start happening now. Get ready to make some tough decisions and be busy!"

i am ready!!

conspiracy talk now fact (as forecast)

like the real id, public-private partnerships are no longer just conspiracy talk ...
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(conspiracy talk) ...

PPP
January 15, 2011

“Public-Private Partnerships – when private industry provides public services for profit. The original taxes for the services remain in place, but a duplicative “service for FEE” structure is added. It is FASCISM, and it should NOT be considered as a solution to the State’s budget woes. It promotes monopolies and destroyes small business. If the stakeholder is not a shareholder, he has no voice.”
https://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/ppp
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(conspiracy talk) ...

Pete Domenici
March 19, 2011

"It's like losing a war to Hitler. And they say in advance: what would it be if you lost a war to Hitler? Well I don't know. We didn't.  We never lost one. But you want to try? To most of them they say: No. But looks like they want to try on this one." (Pete Domenici)
https://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/pete-domenici
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(conspiracy talk) ...

November 29, 2011
http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2011/11/newspaper-criticizes-abq-racino-lease-process/comment-page-1/#comment-22232

Public-Private Partnership to Boost New Mexico Jobs
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE:
Until June 30, 2011

“SANTA FE, N.M. —The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) and the Galvin
Electricity Initiative signed on to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that creates a public-private partnership to maximize the economic benefits of the New Mexico Smart Grid Initiative and other activities related to electrical grid modernization. The agreement covers specific activities, including assessments of technical progress, policy analyses and public education and outreach.

“New Mexico is establishing this cooperative partnership with the Galvin Electricity Initiative because we believe the pursuit of smart grid will create jobs for both current and future generations of New Mexicans,” EDD’s Secretary Jon Barela said. ”
http://www.galvinpower.org/media/releases/public-private-partnership-boost-ne
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(conspiracy talk) ...

erikhawkes
January 17, 2012 • 8:05 am

Listening for “Public-Private-Partnership.” (New Mexico State of State Address 2012)
https://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/ppp
https://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/political-translation
https://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/april-15-2011-our-economy-is-not-recovering
http://www.nmpolitics.net/index/2012/01/watch-the-state-of-the-state-address-here/comment-page1/#comment-23102
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(conspiracy talk) ...

How PPP's Really Work
June 27, 2012

https://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/how-ppps-really-work
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(conspiracy talk) ...

return on investment (ppp)
December 20, 2012

"whenever government (or media coverage about government) uses the term ROI, they are preparing you for public-private partnerships ... (they are building the public lexicon) ... only under fascism does government partner with business to make money off the public (i.e. return on investment)."
http://adventuresofagreenhorn.blogspot.com/2012/12/return-on-investment-ppp.html
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conspiracy talk now fact (as forecast) ...

[local news story]
NM to lose jobs in face of fiscal cliff
December 28, 2012

"There's ways you can look at new ways of partnering, new ways of doing business," said Casey DeRaad of the Phillips Technological Institute, a networking agency for public-private partnerships in the defense industry."

"We need to be prepared for that, and this New Century Jobs Agenda gets us prepared," Barela.
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2880166.shtml?cat=500
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like the real id, public-private partnerships are no longer just conspiracy talk.

http://adventuresofagreenhorn.blogspot.com/2012/12/conspiracy-theorist.html
http://adventuresofagreenhorn.blogspot.com/2012/12/three-manufactured-themes-we-all-know.html

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

the boxing gloves (another manufactured theme)

on november 29, 2012 mitt romney visited the white house oval office for a private luncheon with newly re-elected president obama ...

the universal photo of this meeting shows mitt romney standing in front of the president's desk (on the left), shaking hands with president obama (on the right) ...

every news network focused on two boxing gloves in the far background ...

not one person pointed out that romney and obama were standing in the wrong places ...

obama should have been in front of the presidential desk ... not romney ...

i believe the boxing gloves are another "manufactured theme" ... sequel to the empty chair ... where it was the throat-slash gesture from clint eastwood that was important, not the empty chair prop where the imagined president (obama) was sitting.

in this case, if you didn't already know who won the election, you'd think it was president mitt romney.

again, not one person pointed this out ... that cannot be an accident ...

it was concealed by a manufactured theme.


http://adventuresofagreenhorn.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-finger.html
http://adventuresofagreenhorn.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-finger-part-2.html
http://adventuresofagreenhorn.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-finger-part-3-bird.html






Saturday, December 22, 2012

with a horoscope like that

with a horoscope like that ... i won't be doing anything risky today or tomorrow ...

horoscope for next week:

The legal system has a role in your day on Monday, though most likely it's not like something out of a cop drama. You may just need to deal with City Hall, which is considerably easier to handle. Throw around big ideas in the middle of the week, especially around the workplace but anywhere you get to interact with peers. Once you've got a good-sized list of options, use your time on Thursday and Friday to really think each one through and come up with the best one. You should know you've made the right choice by the end of the weekend, and should be quite happy as a result.

we'll see about the rest of it.

... or monday! ... i won't be doing anything risky today, tomorrow, or monday ...

whew ... they almost got me.

engine of the world

i am seeing economic regions as circles with spokes ... maybe there are three of them, maybe many more ... now take one circle and stretch it to form a line ... on that line is ranked every country (the spokes) within that economic region ... on this particular line the countries are ranked from least freedom to most freedom ... from left to right... least freedom to most freedom ... ok, now imagine all the circles being lists of countries ... now all those circles with all those spokes really are spirals and where they touch each other, they roll ... and that is the motion of history ... as one country moves left or right within a list, within a region ... and where a region perhaps spirals down, or another spirals up ...

i think it may be possible to create that map of ... what, the engine of the world? which direction is your spiral spinning? where is your country within the list? what defines the region? a currency? an army?

can large regions shatter into many smaller regions? ... like when currency collapse occurs.

i imagine so.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

cow doing a farmer's blow

i saw this big, black, mama cow use the front bumper of this truck to blow her nose today ... first closing the left nostril and blowing, blowing, blowing ... and then switching to close the right nostril and blowing, blowing, blowing ...

then she just looked at me, like ... what?

since i started counting everyone everyday, they don't even move when i walk past them ...

the other day, this little one just stretched, farted, looked at me, and then went back to sleep.

-1F (first morning below zero)

this morning was the first morning below zero ... -1F ... breaking the ice at the drinking tank usually takes 30 minutes ... today it took 45 ... (i usually break the ice at 8 am and the cows come in around 9) ... by 8, it had already warmed up to 20F and i  actually got too hot wearing all my winter gear ... snow boots, snow bib, snow coat, insulated gloves, and a furry sheepskin hat that velcros under your chin ... i was sweating ...

i called for papa cat last night, and then again this morning ... i kept thinking ... if it gets dangerously cold, he will come in the house regardless of my presence ... but he did not ... he is still out there under the floor boards of the small barn in the corral ...

i hauled some water this afternoon ... tomorrow i'm getting wood ... today's high was mid 40s ... tomorrow should be about the same ... and not so cold in the morning.

another old-timer's phrase (20dec12)

... "wilder than a shithouse rat" ... yes-sir ...

return on investment (ppp)

[local news story] 'New Mexico True' campaign has 3-to-1 return
"The New Mexico Tourism Department said their latest campaign has tripled its return on their investment."
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2872756.shtml?cat=500
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no ...
it is at best 3.6-to-2.5 return
it is at worst 3.6-to-3.7 return
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a state tourism department's marketing campaign cannot generate return on investment because there was no investment ... the department purchased a marketing campaign ... it was an expenditure ... the investment is in the tourism department itself ... the investment is the department's budget.
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"Back in April, they hired a Texas firm to do the work on the "New Mexico True" campaign.  It cost around $1.2 million dollars and the Department says they have seen $3.6 million dollars returned in state and local taxes."

"Monique Jacobson from the Tourism Department is asking the State to double its budget for next year to $5 million dollars."

budget = 2.5 mil
campaign = 1.2 mil
$3.6 mil returned in state and local taxes.
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the only question is whether or not the 1.2 mil cost of the campaign was included within the department's budget ...

if it is, then they made 1.1 mil on investment of 2.5 mil:
ROI (nm tourism dept) = (3.6-2.5)/2.5 = .44
... they made 44 cents on every dollar invested ... not 3 dollars on every dollar invested as the article claims.

if it is not, then:
ROI (nm tourism dept) = (3.6-3.7)/3.7 = -.03
... which is negative ... meaning, they did not bring in enough taxes to cover the department's cost to the state.
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return on investment = (gain from investment - cost of investment) / cost of investment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_on_investment
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The purpose of the "return on investment" metric is to measure per period rates of return on dollars invested in an economic entity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_on_investment
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whenever government (or media coverage about government) uses the term ROI, they are preparing you for public-private partnerships ... (they are building the public lexicon) ... only under fascism does government partner with business to make money off the public (ie. return on investment).
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Public-Private Partnerships – when private industry provides public services for profit. The original taxes for the services remain in place, but a duplicative “service for FEE” structure is added. It is FASCISM, and it should NOT be considered as a solution to the State’s budget woes. It promotes monopolies and destroys small business. If the stakeholder is not a shareholder, he has no voice.
https://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/ppp
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under the us constitution, the government derives its powers from the consent of the governed ... it does not say government above the people ... we are not subjects or slaves ...

specifically, it says:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

the power structure is bottom up, not top down.
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... "It's like losing a war to Hitler. And they say in advance: what would it be if you lost
a war to Hitler? Well I don't know. We didn't.  We never lost one. But you want to try? To
most of them they say: No. But looks like they want to try on this one." (Pete Domenici)
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2005349.shtml?cat=10106
Eye on New Mexico - March 6, 2011
https://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/pete-domenici

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

the morning sacrifice

"Now, we hear a terrified eyewitness calling for help while staring down the barrel of a gun." ... (excerpt from lead story on local news website).

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2871566.shtml?cat=500

wow ... i see you all salivating now ...

this is not news worthy ... this is the morning sacrifice ... start covering stories that affect everybody ... public-private partnerships ... the real id act ... a cashless society ... the emergence of a full blown police state.

bush started it ... obama is going to finish it.

the Today show (nbc morning show) used to hold their morning sacrifice at approximately 8:20 every morning ... see if you can spot the air time for the morning sacrifice on your preferred channel.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

obstacles to survival (unlicensed)

unlicensed alcohol sale
unlicensed tobacco sale
unlicensed firearms sale

unlicensed food sale
unlicensed drug sale
unlicensed milk sale

unlicensed wood sale
unlicensed game sale
unlicensed water sale

unlicensed gasoline sale
unlicensed propane sale
unlicensed electricity sale

unlicensed burn

unlicensed labor

Thursday, December 13, 2012

winter coat for 10 cents

i just scored a winter coat for ten cents ... well, the winter coat itself cost 10 cents ... throw in some gas and a few incidentals and it cost 20 dollars ... but still, excellent coat for 20 dollars ... polar star ... it's not the super high end line that google images pulls up ... but perfect for me.

according to wunderground there is an 80 percent chance of snow both tonight and tomorrow here at the ranch ...

the timing could not have been better ... last week i got the winter boots and lined work gloves ... then today i got the winter coat ...

so the test for my winter clothes will be tomorrow morning ... there is a good chance that i will be breaking the ice at the drinking tank while in the snow ...

do people use ski pants when it gets much below zero? ... it's not forecast to do that tonight, but it might be something to consider getting for later ... something i could put on over jeans ... or some wool socks ... hmmm ... or a face mask ...

can you imagine it being so cold that you need a face mask? ... i did that -25 F in the east mountains a couple years back ... there, it lasted for one day ... here, i am told, it was -25 F for two weeks.

i think i will also go find where papa cat is sleeping and see what i can do to make him a warm bed and to protect him from coyotes ... i already hear those bastards howling.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

180 proof cherry

[a friend] loaned me a dvd the other day ... "the last one" (2008) with popcorn sutton ...

Summary:
"Filmed in the mountains of North Carolina, The Last One is a journey deep into Southern Appalachia, and Appalachian culture, as seen through the lens of a mason jar. Lifelong moonshiner Popcorn Sutton returns to the southern highlands in his treasured A-Model Ford to seek a suitable location to run one final batch of traditional bootleg whiskey. Through the laborious process of clearing a site, building a furnace, brewing corn mash and distilling high proof moonshine, Sutton reveals the craft of traditional distillation as practiced by his forbears and reveals a lifetime of memories in the trade. Written by Neal Hutcheson" 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1334253/

i especially liked the part about gaging the proof of the whiskey by the size of the bubbles ... these old-timers would take a half gallon growler full of moonshine, tilt it sideways, shake it, and then watch the size and action of the bubbles ... they would then cut it with water until the bubbles were the desired size ... they were aiming for 100 proof ... while straight from the still is 180 proof ...

i was mentioning some of these highlights from the movie to a local old-timer here ... he confirmed the bubble link to alcohol proof ... he said the smaller the bubbles, the higher the proof ... he didn't know anything about a blue tint for the 180 proof stuff ... he said it was mostly just white ...

well ... it turns out that through connections it is possible to get some of that 180 proof home brew around here ... i was told that it just takes eating one cherry that has been soaked in the 180 proof alcohol to get you drunk ... i will hunt down a 180 proof cherry and report my findings.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Augustin Plains Ranch (public-private partnership)

private ownership of the public water supply is very bad ... where's the news media coverage of all this? they've not said a word about this proposed project being a public-private partnership.

silence!
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"Augustin Plains Ranch has put forward a proposal for a water project to withdraw 54,000 acre feet per year from under the Augustin Plains, transport it to Socorro by pipeline, then north to the Albuquerque area."

Mountain Mail Thursday November 29, 2012 Vol. 32, No. 11. (pg 16)
Town Hall Meeting, Magdalena Senior Center (tuesday, 11dec12, 6pm-8pm)
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New Mexico Environmental Law Center, Bruce Frederick represents those opposed to the project.

“... we will continue to work to protect New Mexico’s most precious resource from those who
wish to monopolize it.” (Frederick)

"The state engineer denied Augustin Plains Ranch’s application for several reasons,
including that the application omitted basic critical details required by law — how, when,
where and in what quantities the corporation intended to use water."

http://www.dchieftain.com/2012/11/21/court-denies-augustin-plains-ranch-appeal-2
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below are the answers to the state engineer's questions (how, when, where and in what quantities the corporation intended to use water)

"Augustin Plains Ranch has put forward a proposal for a water project to withdraw 54,000 acre feet (quantity) per year (when) from under the Augustin Plains (origination; where), transport it to Socorro by pipeline (how), then north to the Albuquerque area (destination; where)."

so those are not the reasons for the denied application ...

the real reason for the denied application is that this project is structured as a public-private partnership and the laws necessary to make the project legal and viable are still being written ... water is publicly owned ... and to grant the right to 54,000 acre feet of water per year to one ranch owner so that he can then pump it to the albuquerque area and sell it at a profit requires some fancy language ... (every other rancher is entitled to 3 acre feet per year) ... (one acre foot ~ 326,000 gallons).

if you can't open this link:
http://www.nmlegis.gov/LCS/handouts/Augustin-Plains-Ranch-Water-FINAL-3-25-11.pdf

try this one:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:_Ls_sDdEI-YJ:www.nmlegis.gov/LCS/handouts/Augustin-Plains-Ranch-Water-FINAL-3-25-11.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi9uGvrU6iKcinVcB3ianuYR_n1ijsTukV7WRXIyskOin1ZSynedH1T75K2YoWIoSwYaaYK41OkSW2aqZAtu3Ry1LBL5Ir3Ol6skvELW7SfZyYoEmhnNMk4gHXo7eek6s2bVWFF&sig=AHIEtbT1mhJ9EpbShgza3cpCbpZL4AXwSw

imagine owning a neighboring ranch on the augustin plains ... your well at 300 ft ... there's at 3000 ft ... all 37 of them ... extracting 2000 gallons of water per minute from each well ... filling a 54 inch pipeline running to socorro ... imagine that ... how long before the water table drops and your well goes dry?
they claim never ... can you believe that?

Public-Private Partnerships – when private industry provides public services for profit. The original taxes for the services remain in place, but a duplicative “service for FEE” structure is added. It is FASCISM, and it should NOT be considered as a solution to the State’s budget woes. It promotes monopolies and destroys small business. If the stakeholder is not a shareholder, he has no voice.
https://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/ppp
https://sites.google.com/site/erikhawkes/Home/how-ppps-really-work

the city of albuquerque (pop. 552k) consumes 100,000 acre feet of water annually ... this project proposes to extract  54,000 acre feet of water annually (for 300 years) ... and to sell it to you at a profit ...

they tried this in argentina ... once the ppp began charging people for collecting water in cisterns on their rooftops, that's when the trouble really started.

[a friend] adds ... See the san luis valley colorado water war over the last 25 years as an example of people over privitization. Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting over.

Monday, December 10, 2012

first cold night 2012 and papa cat

last night was the first cold night ... 3 F ... though you wouldn't know it inside ... yeah baby ... it took a little bit of chopping this morning (with the ax) on the drinking tank.

i am a little concerned about papa cat ... he is an orange tabby that lives out by the corral in one of the side houses ... i have been putting out crunchies in a bowl on the picnic table ... and he has fattened right up ... but otherwise he stays to himself and runs when he sees me.

last winter i stayed out here for a month or so ... during that time papa cat and mama cat were sleeping together in one cat bed in the freezer room ... the same room where mama cat and the kittens now stay ... however, papa cat has been banished or something, because he is never around.

mama cat and the four kittens went out to play at dusk again today ... it really is amazing how they stay together when they go outside ... they have a really tight family.

i wonder if papa cat will be allowed in the house when it gets below 0 F? ... i wonder if mama cat will allow it? ... i don't have a problem with it ... i might even feel better about it.

[the neighbor/relation bro] said that it is normally much colder, much earlier in the year ... he said that this was a late start ... but that it should just get colder from here on.

well, if so ... so be it ... the delay worked perfectly for me.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

take what you can get (take it all)

i went wood cutting yesterday with [a friend] ... we were cutting cedar and i was collecting the entire tree ... even the small branches that others leave behind ... he asked me if i was going to burn those smaller pieces and i said yes ... i told him that a couple of years ago i was staying at [another buddy's place] and we burned old construction debris ... so even these smaller branches of cedar were cherry in my eye.

i remember ... [that bro back then] found the wood on craigslist ... it was free to whomever would remove it ... and it was everything from two by fours to plywood ... we packed it all ... took it to his place and piled it up in the backyard based on cleanliness ... the wood without nails goes in one pile ... the other stuff over there ... and of course you start with the clean and work your way down.

we had a metal garbage can that we would fill up from the wood piles in the backyard and then take in the house to burn ... it would be blowing snow ... and you'd be back there with the sledge hammer breaking two by fours and stuffing them into the garbage can ... wind blowing ... hurrying to just get the can full so that you can get back in the house ... it was pretty rugged, but, hell, we managed ... and it was warm once the fire was going ... and more importantly it was free.

i didn't go into all this detail while we were cutting wood yesterday ... the construction debris term was enough for [the friend] ... when he heard that he simply said ... i guess you take what you can get.

so now i am in a warm house and i have a stack of cedar logs on the front porch ... and a pile of smaller cedar branches five feet further ... and i can burn those smaller pieces during the day while i am up and at the computer ... and i can burn the thicker pieces at night when i want more time to sleep and less work to tend the fire.

2 old-timers phrases

"bug eyed as a bullfrog in a hail storm" ... (new to me) ...
"useless as tits on a boar hog" ... (in case i forgot to write it down) ...

be sure to use these phrases locally ... hahaha

Saturday, December 8, 2012

another shopping disappointment

wednesday i went to [the big city] with [the neighbor/relation to the rancher] ... he and the family raise prize winning long-horn cattle and cut wood to heat their house ... he had his allergies tested ... they told him he is allergic to trees and beef ...  he told them to [expletive] off ... hahah

i returned that hiking backpack i got a couple of months ago ... once i started looking at it to describe on the blog i realized that it had a false bottom in it ... it couldn't support any weight (though i bought it for the end of the world and said so then) ... so i got a pair of sorel winter snow boots instead ... maybe just in time for winter too ... i see that tomorrow morning it is supposed to be 3F.

i also purchased a liner for my elk hunter sleeping bag ... the bag itself is very warm and it will meet my needs at the ranch ... but it is probably too bulky to pack ... the liner is supposed to keep your bag clean by enabling you to wash just the liner ... however ... once again, i was disappointed ... the liner does not zip to the bag like a liner to a jacket would ... it is just another bag to put inside the sleeping bag ... and it does not have a slit on the side so you are more restricted than just the sleeping bag itself ... of course, you were not able to see these details until after the purchase and you opened the packaging ... i doubt i will ever use this liner ... though i will probably not take it back ... lesson learned ... i will stop buying anything that i do not fully investigate first ... everything is a con ... believe it.

Friday, December 7, 2012

hope for the future

i was talking with [a new bro] the other day ... i was simply explaining the dark patch ahead ... and he actually said ... that he hopes he is dead ... before that happens ...

it took me by surprise because he is a young, strong, upstanding, country, christian ... with a family ... and i was like, what? really? ... then the bad guys win ...

... you gotta fight the bad guys.

animal control (part 2)

Bernalillo County makes changes to animal law

"County residents no longer can keep their dogs on a "cable trolley" and must get a
microchip implant for their dogs and cats."

"Matt Pepper of the Bernalillo County Animal Care Services says animal control officers
actively will be enforcing the ordinance."

http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2858991.shtml?cat=500
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Think about that:

Actively enforcing an ordinance which mandates microchiping for all dogs and cats.

Knock knock ... i am with animal control and i am here to scan your animal ... no valid id means citation.

(knock knock ... who's there ... animal control ... animal control who? ... animal control your ass if you don't show me some id ... for the dog and the cat ... )
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animal control - no valid id (chip)

1."to protect and serve for the animals" [animal control officer (ppp?) ]
2. no license on record for animal (state)
3. [informant program (partnership)] to report any animal violations please call ...
4. warrantless entry (violation of fourth amendment)
5. scans animal for id chip
  •  valid id (chip) -    proof of license (taxes paid)
  •  no valid id (chip) - no proof of license - citation
a growth industry ...
another ppp?

american fascism.
privatizing your enslavement.
one database at a time.

http://adventuresofagreenhorn.blogspot.com/2012/12/animal-control-no-valid-id-chip.html
http://adventuresofagreenhorn.blogspot.com/2012/12/conspiracy-theorist.html

Thursday, December 6, 2012

conspiracy theorist

[local news station] did a story about the state drivers license no longer being acceptable identification for boarding an airlines beginning in january ... the real id act is the reason ... their story aired at the beginning of december ... they should have been investigating and reporting the real id act for the past 7 years.

  • "The REAL ID Act of 2005, Pub.L. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302, enacted May 11, 2005, was an Act of Congress that modified U.S. federal law pertaining to security, authentication, and issuance procedures standards for the state driver's licenses and identification (ID) cards, as well as various immigration issues pertaining to terrorism."
  • "The law set forth certain requirements for state driver's licenses and ID cards to be accepted by the federal government for "official purposes", as defined by the Secretary of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Homeland Security has currently defined "official purposes" as presenting state driver's licenses and identification cards for boarding commercially operated airline flights and entering federal buildings and nuclear power plants."
  • "As of April 2, 2008, all 50 states have either applied for extensions of the original May 11, 2008 compliance deadline or received unsolicited extensions."
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REAL_ID_Act

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i then sent this sarcastic email to [local news station]:

to [them],

talking about the real id act means you are a conspiracy theorist ... next you'll be talking about the national defense authorization act of 2012.

[me]
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[me]---

     I wasn't even working on Monday.  How can I be a conspiracy theorist?

[news anchor]
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[news anchor],

The only news that matters today is all labeled conspiracy theories ... which should by itself prove the point.

If you counted all the webcams at every traffic intersection state wide, how many are there and who monitors them? FBI fusion centers or somebody else? yet another public-private partnership? PPPs are straight fascism ... in which the state sells a monopoly to a private company and then provides the muscle to collect. Why is there no questioning of authority today? Instead there is only blind obedience. Tell [this reporter] and [that reporter] to investigate meaningful topics. Those tattle-tale investigations of theirs resemble the 8th grade.

Where are the FEMA camps?

[me]
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i'll let you know if this conversation goes anywhere ... i figured, if you can't bring them to the discussion with logic and reason, then hook them with their own guilty conscience ... when one person says to another: "you are a conspiracy theorist," in a derogatory manner ... it is actually a reflection of themselves ... what they mean is ... yes you are right ... no i will not agree ... instead i will go along with the powers that be ...

be careful with that person, because they are willingly ignoring the truth ... they are either scared into compliance or have always been a bully and like power trips.

what we need to do is switch today's negative connotation of "conspiracy theorist" to a strong positive meaning ... like, wear a baseball hat that proclaims "Conspiracy Theorist" proudly on the front ... (maybe sell them) ... what would happen if suddenly you saw thousands of people wearing black baseball hats with big white letters saying "Conspiracy Theorist" on them?

start a fad?

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

phishing scam

i got a text message on my phone early this morning, saying:

Fr: zpwtbtgbicsqsy@bestbuycashcard.net,
Thanks for being a member of Best Buy. You have been chosen for a Complimentary Gift Card! Your Code is: t357 http://www.bestbuycashcard.net Dec 4, 4:44 am

it looks professional ... however, the last time i was at best buy was two years ago ... and i am suspicious about everything ...

so i searched best buy cash card ... and google suggested best buy cash card scam ... and i found a discussion board ...

one individual said: "Just got a scam text from 4253813590 saying to go to some site and enter code 6655 to get my $1000 best buy gift card. I'm on the DNC [do not call] registry as well." ...

another said: "it's a definite scam to steal personal info....don't be a schmuck lol." ...

how many people go to the url in the text message rather than running a search?

i knew [a friend of a friend] three years ago who fell victim to the “Fake Check” scam described in the link below ... it took me 20 seconds to run the search and find this link but it was too late ... she had already gone to her bank, withdrawn the money, and lost $5000.
http://info.pch.com/consumer-information/fraud-protection

the scary thing is ... one day the scam will be too good and fool everybody ... like dylan says ... steal a little and they throw you in jail .. steal a lot and they make you king.

i am thinking about the federal reserve, a fiat currency, fees for checking ... a digital wallet ...
and i have concluded ...
that they are not on your side ...
any of them.

Monday, December 3, 2012

first time water hauling

my water hauling days have begun ... today i hauled three loads of water to the ranch ... about 1500 gallons total ... it takes about one hour round-trip per load ... or three hours total, today ... and that should last us 5 days ... say, until saturday or sunday.

i think this was my first time towing a trailer too ... jeez, so many firsts.

here's how it works ... you have two hoses ... one hose goes from the water source to the pump and the other hose goes from the pump to the tank on the trailer ... the pump sucks from the bottom and pushes from the top ... so when you are filling the tank on the trailer, the order is: water source to hose to bottom of pump (sucking) and then hose from the top (pushing) into the tank on the trailer ... when you get to your destination and want to unload the water from the tank on the trailer to the tank at the property, the order is (reversed): tank to hose to bottom of pump (sucking) and then hose from top (pushing) into the storage tank at the property ... each time you suck or push you have to switch the two hoses around so that you are either filling the tank on the trailer or unloading it ... its only two connections, no big deal ... (you do have to close the valve to the tank on the trailer when it is full before you disconnect or switch the hoses.)

oh, and you have to make sure that you prime the pump with water before sucking ... just fill it with water from the top before connecting the hose ... and be sure to drain the pump after you are done (drain plug underneath) so that water does not freeze inside the pump and break it.

there are people who make a living hauling water for retail sale in this state.

the dying television

i think the television just died ... the first tv that was out here used to take about 3 hours to warm up ... so i'd turn it on at 3am and by 6am i could watch the news ... that got old fast, and cost a lot of electricity ... so [the rancher's wife] gave me another tv to bring out here ... but then something happened to the digital receiver ... and i could only get one channel ...

i found that if i dropped the receiver box a bunch of times and let it kind of rattle around that the tv would first display a "weak signal" message and then flick on ... but you still couldn't change the channel ...

well, now this morning, the installation guide is displayed on the screen and the ok button will not work on the remote ... so, i am stuck with no way to click next page to progress the installation ... hahahha ...

the dying television.

(grooving to dylan ... street legal ... new pony)

Sunday, December 2, 2012

little horse (native phrase)

in college i drank natural light ... kegs and cases at parties ... then i went to europe and drank skunk beer like heineken and grolsch ... later in life i discovered micro-brews ... and finally i returned to the occasional domestic ... specifically little horse.

alamo navajo say:

budweiser: big horse
bud light: little horse

though i doubt budweiser wants to use that in any marketing campaign since alcohol is illegal on the reservation.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

animal control - no valid id (chip)

animal control patrol (pets.tv hd nbc)
seaaca (southeast area animal control authority; south east los angeles)

[animal control officer]
young girl cop ... badge, belt, uniform

scans animal for id chip
"to protect and serve for the animals"

law enforcement
"proof of current vet care or citation"
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seaaca (southeast area animal control authority)
http://www.seaaca.org/

"... to improve the service level rendered by private and public animal welfare agencies."
http://www.seaaca.org/about-us/history-of-seaaca

"•Enforcement of city and state laws pertaining to the proper care and treatment of animals."
http://www.seaaca.org/about-us/city-licensing

Is seaaca a public-private partnership? It sure looks like it.
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santa fe county animal control

having a valid pet license …
… will reduce fines if your pet is picked up.

license fees:
altered animal - $8 per year
un-altered animal - $100 per year
http://www.sfhumanesociety.org/detail.cfm?PageID=40
http://www.santafecountynm.gov/sheriff/animal_control
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1."to protect and serve for the animals" [animal control officer (ppp?) ]
2. no license on record for animal (state)
3. [informant program (partnership)] to report any animal violations please call ...
4. warrantless entry (violation of fourth amendment)
5. scans animal for id chip
  • valid id (chip) -    proof of license (taxes paid)
  • no valid id (chip) - no proof of license - citation
a growth industry ...
another ppp?

american fascism.
privatizing your enslavement.
one database at a time.

jbi (just be it)

"don't dream it, be it" (dr. frank-n-furter; rocky horror picture show)

you want to be the best artist, analyst, creator, liberator? ... just be it.
you want to do whatever the best, be the best whatever ... just be it.

don't fake it, just be yourself ... without fear... forget everybody else ...
know your peers ... know the subject ... speak clearly and boldly.

they may still not understand you ... that is not in your control ...
the pressure is off ...
it is only you now.

cedar firewood on the front porch

ha-ha ... i've now got cedar firewood on the front porch ...

i went cutting yesterday with [a friend] and his wife and youngest boy ... they led in their truck, i followed in ours (on loan from the rancher's brother) ... i think i heard something about it being [X] miles or so from here ... i didn't think to check the odometer ... i was told the gages didn't work in that old chevy ... and blindly went along with it.

i remembered:
extra 5 gallons of gasoline
extra car battery
jumper cables

i forgot:
truck water
drinking water

(you are always preparing for the worst out here.)

where we were was really in the middle of nowhere ... considering, that the ranch is itself in the middle of nowhere ... it could have well been the 1800's with bandits and marauders hiding behind the nearest rock outcropping ... if there had been, nobody would have been there to help us ... though i am wising up and now carry a pistol nearly all the time.

i think yesterday was the second time in my life using a chainsaw ... the first time was for just one day last year at another local ranch ... i'm sure that i'll get much more practice in the months ahead.

[the friend] taught me that with cedar, you want to do as much cutting as possible with the tree/branch standing ... that way you don't have to work to keep the limb off the ground while you are piecing it ... since hitting the ground/soil/rocks with the chain dulls the chain and is a big no-no ... (it sure makes it a lot more work when you are holding the saw out in-front of you or above your head.)

[the friend] and his wife and kid also scouted for elk ... they showed me the tracks, scat, bedding ... one trail was so warn it looked like a highway ... elk scat looks like large milk duds ... a bunch of them poured on to the ground ... and if it is soft, and smushes between your thumb and index finger, then it is fresh and current.

it's no list, but i can now identify scat from: coyote, elk, cow, horse, goat.
... and i need to learn: deer, antelope, wolf, bear, mountain lion.

[the friend's] wife said that there are also now hybrid coyotes out here ... the result of coyotes breding with domestic dogs ... they are larger than normal coyotes ... more like a wolf ... and i think she said that they are especially aggressive.