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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Who?

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Who is really running the Governor's office?  Susana Martinez or the spin chiefs of the radical right wing GOP.  It is the spinners for...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

Misc

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The Albuquerque Journal has done it it again with a skewed headline saying New Mexico is the number one dependent of the federal government...
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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Stick

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Is the news that New Mexico generated 16,000 new jobs last year a good thing?  Well, it is better than a stick in the eye, but it is hardly...
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Friday, March 27, 2015

Misc.

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City Councillor Dan Lewis got on my case on the peculiar story about an APD officer who succumbed to a heart attack on Thursday.  I had mad...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Misc.

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One of New Mexico's longest tenure journalists is retiring and it is sad to see.  John Roberston of the Journal, a fair minded report...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Misc.

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We are trying something new in our household.  We will now only get the Sunday editions of the Journal and New York Times and read the digi...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Commissioners on the Precipice

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Bernalillo County Commissioners have done a outrageously poor job of managing in the last few years.  They just raised our taxes because th...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Empty Chair.....

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Should we shame Governor Susana Martinez for her lack of leadership skills?  Yes, we should. Did she ever try to hammer out some compromis...
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Weep

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Friday, March 20, 2015

Wages of Humanity

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Download this little gem of a short novella by Cixin Liu , an incredible Chinese SCIFI author.  It will give you one spin on the evils of t...
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Thursday, March 19, 2015

Left Early

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Our friend Maragete Bagshaw, daughter of Helen Hardin and Cradoc Bashaw died today a the age of 50.  The well known painter lived eight y...
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End of Days

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As the End of Days approaches for the NM State Legislative session, things always get silly and ridiculous but usually work themselves ou...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Misc.

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Albuquerque Mayor Berry has come up with $2 million dollars to throw at six nonprofit organizations to help deal with homeless problems.  T...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Gasp

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Damn the Juniper Pollen! A friend said he once shot a wild turkey that had been eating Juniper berries.  When they cooked it they cou...
Saturday, March 14, 2015

That UNM Regent Thing

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What are the qualifications for a prospective University Regent in New Mexico?  So far as I can tell the only qualification is that you a...
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ABQ Journal vs. Solar

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The Saturday edition of the Albuquerque Journal has once again enabled the fossil fuel funded whack jobs to say that Solar renewable energy...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Misc.

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Apparently the stupidity  of right wing male political leaders isn't just confined to the good ole USA.  The Canadian Prime Minister is...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Misc.

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One wonders who controls the New Mexico State Legislature.  My opinion is that the one percenters and the religious fundamentalists get to ...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

ISMs

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I can't begin to fathom the paranoia that a High School Senior Class has caused by naming the theme for their prom.....Prom..unism.  Th...
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Monday, March 09, 2015

Misc.

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The new State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn is making a lot of amateurish blunders as he tries to grease the skids for friends and family. ...
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Jim Baca
Jim Baca has a strong record of visionary service to New Mexico. He retired as the State of New Mexico's Natural Resource Trustee 1n 2010. He has served as Mayor of the City of Albuquerque, as well as two prior terms as New Mexico’s elected State Land Commissioner. He served as the Director of the National Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior in the first Clinton Administration. Jim Baca also has served on the Boards of numerous non profit organizations including The Wilderness Society, the Wyss Foundation, and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Baca has run a successful public affairs consulting practice when not serving in public office. He spends his retirement playing golf, attending board meetings, and generally doing what ever he wants to do.
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