[FRIAM] Way off topic

[Frank Wimberly]

What red cards?
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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505

505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 8:10 PM Tom Johnson <jtjohnson555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Steve:
> Do all your friends and neighbors have the Red Cards no matter their
> status? In fact, probably all of us should be carrying them.
> T.
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> Tom Johnson
> Inst. for Analytic Journalism
> Santa Fe, New Mexico
> 505-577-6482
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> On Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 9:54 AM steve smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:
>
>> I moved to my property just before GW came to power in 2001.  I live 100m
>> from the Rio Grande (between Pojoaque and Los Alamos) which was the ancient
>> border of the Republic of Texas...  I felt I could always "run for the
>> border" if I had to.
>>
>> I understand that 85 individuals have been rounded up in NM by ICE.   I
>> think overall and per-capita that is a small number as these things go.  I
>> have not had the courage to try to reach any of the several people I know
>> whose immigration status is ambiguous...   I don't think they need any
>> extra attention right now.   My two closest acquaintances from that world
>> obtained permanent resident status after roughly 20 years of effort
>> (including birthing two children) various status and a lot of cash (roughly
>> $20k each in lawyers fees).   They are not first or second line at-risk but
>> maybe third or fourth, given that we already see (Kahlil Mahmoud, etc.)
>> others being rounded up and bounced without due process.
>>
>> The governor seems pretty adamant about trying to stand up against this
>> kind of nonsense but her political capital is somewhat at-risk as well with
>> big money oil&gas (and other industrial development) interests trying to
>> under mine all Democrats in the state.
>>
>> I drove through the Nambe Tesla sales/service lot again today... no
>> evidence of any vandalism in spite of the location being very exposed by
>> many measures and a lot of traffic right next door with the Nambe Pueblo
>> Visitor center and filling station.   I didn't count or identify vehicles
>> on the lot, but it looked like the same 6 cybertrucks and at least a dozen
>> more 3, Y, X models....   there is a "back line" of chargers (smaller than
>> conventional superchargers?) with 1 cybertruck and several other passenger
>> cars plugged in, a few empty slots.   I assume these are open for general
>> public Tesla owners, but are maybe only there to support the Sales/Service
>> effort?
>>
>> Given the kinds of antagonism MAGA has levied against native
>> populations/nations I would expect a widespread resistance rising against
>> Trump, et-al.   I saw a short clip indicating that the Ogalala tribe in OK
>> called up their war-chief and effectively declared War on DOGE in response
>> to their BIA offices/funding being closed out.
>>
>> Are you (REC) living in/near Las Cruces these days (years)?
>> On 3/22/25 1:53 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
>>
>> He’d land some big planes and drive some tanks around and then get bored
>> and forget about it.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on
>> behalf of Roger Critchlow <rec at elf.org> <rec at elf.org>
>> *Date: *Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
>> *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
>> <Friam at redfish.com> <Friam at redfish.com>
>> *Subject: *[FRIAM] Way off topic
>>
>> I wonder if Trump is planning to declare New Mexico a failed govt and
>> attempt a federal takeover.  Militarized the southern border.  Mass
>> shooting in Las Cruces shows inability to maintain law and order.  It's a
>> sh*thole state that never voted for him.  It's a small state in population
>> isolated from Democratic strongholds.
>>
>>
>>
>> Whether he succeeds or not doesn't really matter to him, it's the joy of
>> bullying and the screams of the bullied that turn him on.
>>
>>
>>
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