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Where a Hispanic Catholic, and a Computer Geek write about Gun Rights, Self Defense and whatever else we can think about.

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Where Bloomberg’s money went and what bought him.

Nov 5, 2014 Miguel.GFZ 15 comments

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent millions dollars from his personal fortune on Tuesdays election, backing candidates through personal donations and his Independence USA political action committee.

How’d he do? About 50/50. Here’s a rundown.

via Wins and Losses for Bloomberg Candidates and Causes on Tuesday – NY Daily News.

Pure numbers he ran 50/50 indeed. Second Amendment issues, lost. and bad. Udall & Hagan were supposed to be easy things.  Nunn was expected to be tight but it ended up being a massacre.  Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy was another one supposed to win easy but didn’t and eeked out a 2% advantage. Colorado’s Hickenlooper will go to recount since he is under the 0.5%.

And this one is golden:

Senate Majority PAC: Loss.
Bloomberg gave $2.5 million Senate Majority PAC, a super PAC run by former staffers to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The group works to help Democrats keep their Senate majority. They lost their majority.
He had two solid wins in initiatives:
Supported Washington State’s Measure 594 for statewide background checks on the sales of guns: Win. The ballot initiative passed.
Supported Berkeley, Ca. Soda Tax initiative: Win. He couldn’t ban Big Gulps in New York, but a Bloomberg backed tax on sugary soda passed in liberal Berkley, Calif
And this one…well, I guess they were having one too many appletinis at Everytown?
Bloomberg’s anti-gun group, Everytown for Gun Safety, ignoring losses by Hagan and Udall, also claimed a partial victory in the defeat of Democratic Sen. Mark Pyror (D-Ark.) , who drew attacks from the group last year for opposing the Senate background check bill.
“Senator Pryor has learned the hard way that courting the gun lobby doesn’t always buy its support,” the group said. “Even though Senator Pryor voted in lockstep with the NRA to oppose background checks, they spent more than $2.9 million this cycle to oppose his re-election.
Mark Pryor was beaten by Republican Tom Cotton who has a A Rating by the NRA-PVF. So basically they traded one pro-gun for another pro gun and helped move the Senate into Republican hands.  Good job!
In my opinion, Bloomberg did not get a decent return for his money. He has plenty though and he can spend as he sees fit so it is not wise to dismiss him.
We’ll just out-vote him.
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Moms Demand on Voting Day. (UPDATED x 2)

Nov 4, 2014 Miguel.GFZ 6 comments

I have been checking the Moms Demand Facebook main page and some of the other local chapters like Florida and New York. So far I only found this picture regarding who had voted among them…and I think it is posed.

Moms Demand Vote

And I found in my Facebook timeline a bunch of our side that voted.

Moms Demand Vote 1 Moms Demand Vote 2 Moms Demand Vote 3 Moms Demand Vote 4 Moms Demand Vote 5 Moms Demand Vote 6

Because Grassroots spreads and Astroturf is dead inside.

UPDATE: Everytown is now asking to show the I VOTED Stickers. Somehow I don’t think the one in the pic is a sticker given at the polling place:

Gunsense voter sticker 2

Gunsense voter sticker

Maybe in California or NYC?

Update 2: Moms and Everytown are finally having some pictures come in.  Unfortunately not as many as they’d probably wish.

Florida Carry alone has more.

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Inside the mind of the CSGV Media Intern.

Nov 4, 2014 Miguel.GFZ 2 comments

Caught this in Facebook:

CSGV Totem

 

That left me scratching my head. Was my concept of totem different than the regular one? According to Webster:

to·tem

noun \ˈtō-təm\

: something (such as an animal or plant) that is the symbol for a family, tribe, etc., especially among Native Americans

: a usually carved or painted figure that represents such a symbol

: a person or thing that represents an idea

And I can see that, specially in the fan of a brand/model/caliber sub-groups of gun owners. We also consider the possession of firearms as a symbol of freedom and independence., but again, a symbol.

So where the heck this totemic power thing comes from? Google being my alleged friend has the answer. From the World of Warcraft Wiki:

Totemic Power is the 6 part set bonus of The Earthshatterer tier 3 Shaman raid set. It gives the Shaman a ~10% chance to imbue the target with a buff when casting Healing Wave or Lesser Healing Wave.

Those of you into the gaming thing may understand what the hell is that about. I have no earthly (or lunar) idea. The only thing I can surmise is that the CSGV Intern is heavy into online life of that particular game.

And thanks to my advanced Google-Fu, I was able to find video of the CSGV intern:

CSGV Intern

 

Another Gun Control mystery solved!

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Michael Bloomberg manages to tick off the Hippies at Berkeley.

Nov 3, 2014 Miguel.GFZ 3 comments

While some arrogant individuals in Berkeley proclaim a war on random beverages with sugar in them, I bet they would love a pantry stocked with organic juice and green tea if a huge earthquake struck our town. Michael Bloomberg is one of the funders of Measure D as some sort of vendetta because his soda initiatives failed in NYC.

via Remove Your Soda Tax Goggles: Berkeley is not Mike Bloomberg’s Sugar Baby. Category: Public Comment from The Berkeley Daily Planet.

Jesus Mike! Don’t mess with their organic Dr. Pepper!