Insurrectionist is as insurrectionist does
15 Monday Apr 2024
Posted in Josh Hawley, US Senate
15 Monday Apr 2024
Posted in Josh Hawley, US Senate
15 Monday Apr 2024
Posted in Uncategorized
Organizers and activists in Missouri have been gathering signatures for an initiative to place women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion on the ballot. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom is the conduit for the petition drive.
Volunteers in west central Missouri today:
Get it done.
Previously:
Chutzpah (Kansas) (August 4, 2022)
Campaign Finance: Not too sure about that (January 16, 2024)
Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – women’s rights initiative petition for 2024 ballot (January 18, 2024)
Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)
Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)
Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)
Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)
Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)
Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)
Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)
Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)
Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)
Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)
Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)
Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)
Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)
Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)
Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)
Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)
Hartzell Gray – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)
Campaign Finance: the world in which they want you to exist (February 9, 2024)
Signing, Everywhere, All at Once (February 10, 2024)
Campaign Finance: definitely a global impact (February 16, 2024)
Campaign Finance: forward (February 21, 2024)
Campaign Finance: still more (February 23, 2024)
Campaign Finance: more forward (February 26, 2024)
Campaign Finance: keep it coming in (March 5, 2024)
Signing the Petition – Sedalia, Missouri – March 17, 2024 (March 17, 2024)
Campaign Finance: there’ll be more (March 20, 2024)
Signing the Petition – Warrensburg, Missouri – April 5, 2024 (April 5, 20204)
Campaign Finance: sign the petition (April 10, 2024)
14 Sunday Apr 2024
Posted in campaign finance
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Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
A233059 04/13/2024 Osage River Gaming and Convention RIS, Inc. 12 Allen Road Eldon MO 65026 4/12/2024 $200,000.00
[emphasis added]
They must really want this.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: it’s a gamble (January 4, 2024)
Campaign Finance: a penny for your thoughts (February 2, 2024)
Campaign Finance: What are the odds? (March 25, 2024)
11 Thursday Apr 2024
Posted in meta
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Arkansas, meta, Moon, Russellville, solar eclipse, Sun, total eclipse, totality
Our eclipse adventure on April 8th resulted in around 750 images, of which 650 to 700 are of the sun/moon/eclipse. The images in totality number just under a hundred from one camera. I’ve been slowly going through the images, some of which were shot in bursts.
This wasn’t our first rodeo. Still, there’s a lot to cram into four minutes and a lot which can go wrong. I estimate I only got 20% of my planned shots.
This may be the one.
Previously:
Everybody talks about the weather, nobody does anything about it (March 28, 2024)
So, there was this total solar eclipse on Monday (April 9, 2024)
Total Solar Eclipse – Russellville, Arkansas – April 8, 2024 (April 9, 2024)
Science. Everything is exactly right here. (April 9, 2024)
10 Wednesday Apr 2024
Posted in campaign finance
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abortion, campaign finance, initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Petition, women's health care, women's reproductive health
Organizers and activists in Missouri have been gathering signatures for an initiative to place women’s reproductive rights, women’s health care, and access to abortion on the ballot. Missourians for Constitutional Freedom is the conduit for the petition drive.
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C232407 04/09/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Abortion Action Missouri Foundation 1210 S. Vandeventer St Louis MO 63110 4/9/2024 $10,591.98
C232407 04/09/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri 906 Olive St Suite 1130 St Louis MO 63101 4/9/2024 $400,000.00
C232407 04/09/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Missouri Jobs with Justice Voter Action 2725 Clifton Ave St Louis MO 63139 4/9/2024 $27,500.00
[emphasis added]
If you haven’t already signed, find a petition carrier/location. Go sign it.
Previously:
Chutzpah (Kansas) (August 4, 2022)
Campaign Finance: Not too sure about that (January 16, 2024)
Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – women’s rights initiative petition for 2024 ballot (January 18, 2024)
Campaign Finance: Remember Kansas? Missouri is next. (January 19, 2024)
Campaign Finance: own it (January 19, 2024)
Campaign Finance: We’re not in Kansas anymore (January 19, 2024)
Mark Alford (r) – failure to read the womb, again (January 21, 2024)
Campaign Finance: More (January 22, 2024)
Campaign Finance: and more (January 23, 2024)
Campaign Finance: It does, but not in the way you think. (January 23, 2024)
Campaign Finance: and even more (January 26, 2024)
Campaign Finance: “No one expects the anti-choice imposition” (January 26, 2024)
Campaign Finance: this is the beginning, not the end (February 1, 2024)
Campaign Finance: keep it coming (February 4, 2024)
Campaign Finance: philanthropy (February 6, 2024)
Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – volunteer training, petition signing, rally – Kansas City, Missouri – February 6, 2024 (February 6, 2023)
Rev. Holly McKissick – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)
Rabbi Doug Alpert – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 7, 2024)
Dr. Iman Alsaden – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)
Hartzell Gray – Missourians for Constitutional Freedom – Kansas City – February 6, 2024 (February 8, 2024)
Campaign Finance: the world in which they want you to exist (February 9, 2024)
Signing, Everywhere, All at Once (February 10, 2024)
Campaign Finance: definitely a global impact (February 16, 2024)
Campaign Finance: forward (February 21, 2024)
Campaign Finance: still more (February 23, 2024)
Campaign Finance: more forward (February 26, 2024)
Campaign Finance: keep it coming in (March 5, 2024)
Signing the Petition – Sedalia, Missouri – March 17, 2024 (March 17, 2024)
Campaign Finance: there’ll be more (March 20, 2024)
Signing the Petition – Warrensburg, Missouri – April 5, 2024 (April 5, 20204)
09 Tuesday Apr 2024
Posted in Uncategorized
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Our eclipse adventure on Monday resulted in around 750 images, of which 650 to 700 are of the sun/moon/eclipse. I’ve been slowly going through the images, some shot in bursts.
I like this one.
This image reminds me of the “lizard brain” reaction I had in seeing totality during the 2017 eclipse – maybe a mix of fear, awe, and “somethin’ ain’t exactly right here.”
Science. Everything is exactly right here.
Previously:
Everybody talks about the weather, nobody does anything about it (March 28, 2024)
So, there was this total solar eclipse on Monday (April 9, 2024)
Total Solar Eclipse – Russellville, Arkansas – April 8, 2024 (April 9, 2024)
09 Tuesday Apr 2024
Posted in Uncategorized
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After the experience of the 2017 Great American Eclipse experience, with totality twenty or so miles from home, we knew we had to try to observe and photograph it in 2024. The discussions and planning to some foresight and luck.
Arkansas, and eventually, Russellville became our target destination. I had silly thoughts that if the cloud cover and weather weren’t good there we could make a run to any nearby location with better skies in the hours before the eclipse started. We didn’t need to do so, but traffic is a thing.
We booked rooms in Branson, Missouri for the day before the eclipse, with the intent of leaving by 3:30 a.m. to arrive in Russellville early in the morning. The reality was that we left at 4:00 a.m. and arrived at our observation site by 7:00 a.m. Apparently the drive on Arkansas Highway 7 is supposed to be quite scenic. We have no idea, because it was pitch black when we drove it.
Friends in our company had found our site, a plant nursery on the west side of Russellville. Our hosts limited their guests to twenty-five vehicles. And they treated us very well. There is such a thing as Arkansas Nice.
By 7:30 a.m. I had picked out a spot for our group, using a compass app to check for any obstruction of the view.
The early morning National Weather Service cloud cover forecast was quite good. The reality was better. Perfectly clear at the start of the eclipse.
While we were setting up and during the partial phase of the eclipse we’d get visits and questions from others at the site about our equipment and where we were from. We’d invite them to watch us as we took photos during the partial phase.

Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
NiSi Neutral Density Filter ND100000(5.0) 16.6 stops UV/IR Cut
F11.0, 1/8000, ISO 200, 400 mm.

Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
NiSi Neutral Density Filter ND100000(5.0) 16.6 stops UV/IR Cut
F 8.0, 1/8000, ISO 200, 400 mm.

Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
NiSi Neutral Density Filter ND100000(5.0) 16.6 stops UV/IR Cut
F 8.0, 1/8000, ISO 200, 400 mm.

Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2x III.
NiSi Neutral Density Filter ND100000(5.0) 16.6 stops UV/IR Cut
F 11.0, 1/3200, ISO 200, 400 mm.

Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600 mm, 1.4x.
SolarLite Film,/Silver-Black Polymer Film (580-630 nm)
F 10.0, 1/80, ISO 400, 840 mm.

Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600 mm, 1.4x.
SolarLite Film,/Silver-Black Polymer Film (580-630 nm)
F 10.0, 1/80, ISO 400, 840 mm.

Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600 mm, 1.4x.
SolarLite Film,/Silver-Black Polymer Film (580-630 nm)
F 11.0, 1/60, ISO 320, 840 mm.
Totality was a whole ‘nother thing. Despite months of practice and check lists of settings it was impossible to run two cameras (I was going to try three). It was four minutes and ten seconds of hectic. I figure I only got 20 percent of what I intended to get. It was a lot of fun trying to get there.
Previously:
Everybody talks about the weather, nobody does anything about it (March 28, 2024)
So, there was this total solar eclipse on Monday (April 9, 2024)
09 Tuesday Apr 2024
Posted in Uncategorized
07 Sunday Apr 2024
Posted in campaign finance
You think?
Thursday at the Missouri Ethics Commission
242679 04/04/2024 Winning for Missouri Education DK Crown Holdings, Inc 222 Berkeley Street 5th Floor Boston MA 02116 4/3/2024 $500,000.00
[emphasis added]
Yesterday at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C242679 04/06/2024 Winning for Missouri Education Betfair Interactive US, LLC 101 Hudson St Jersey City NJ 07302 4/5/2024 $1,625,000.00
[emphasis added]
That is so heartwarming.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: What are the odds? (January 11, 2024)
Campaign Finance: it’s gambling (January 23, 2024)
Campaign Finance: bet on it (March 5, 2024)
Campaign Finance: just another large bet (March 16, 2024)
06 Saturday Apr 2024
Posted in Uncategorized