12 Sunday May 2024
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This afternoon, in west central Missouri:
Red-bellied Woodpecker. Melanerpes carolinus.
Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600.
F 6.3, 1/320, ISO 400, 600 mm.
Red-bellied Woodpecker. Melanerpes carolinus.
Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600.
F 6.3, 1/500, ISO 400, 600 mm.
Red-bellied Woodpecker. Melanerpes carolinus.
Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600.
F 6.3, 1/640, ISO 400, 552 mm.
Red-bellied Woodpecker. Melanerpes carolinus.
Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600.
F 6.3, 1/640, ISO 400, 500 mm.
11 Saturday May 2024
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4th Congressional District, delegate selection, Democratic National Convention, missouri, Missouri Democratic Party, Warsaw
This past week Missouri Democrats elected national delegates at congressional district meetings across Missouri for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. On Thursday evening 4th Congressional District Democrats gathered in Warsaw, Missouri to elect four national delegates, two women and two men, for Joe Biden.
Before the speeches by prospective national delegates, scheduled to start shortly after 7:00 p.m., the location had been open for several hours for an activist training session and county and ward delegate registration. Only elected county and ward delegates in the 24-county congressional district can vote for the allocated national delegates. In the period before 7:00 p.m. declared national delegate candidates visited with the county and ward delegates, soliciting their votes.
After 7:00 p.m. registration for the elected county and ward delegates closed. The doors to the location were locked – I’m assuming figuratively. Observers and media remained, but were not eligible to vote.
After a brief description of the procedure national delegate candidates were invited up to the microphone in turn to present short speeches soliciting support for their candidacy.
Eligible county and ward delegates then voted and submitted their written ballots. The ballots were counted and the elected national delegates were announced.
No one at the meeting was paid to do this. Some of the county and ward delegates and national delegate candidates have been long-time party activists. Some for decades. Other participants were new to the process. All shared a commitment to the Democratic process. All, everyday people.
Previously:
4th Congressional District Democratic Party Meeting – Delegate Selection – Warsaw, Missouri – May 9, 2024 (May 9, 2024)
11 Saturday May 2024
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Last night, east of Henrietta, Missouri [- 39.228696, -93.876340]:
Canon 5D III, 1.8 50 mm (“nifty fifty”)
F 1.8, 15 seconds, ISO 400, 50 mm.
Unprocessed.
Canon 5D III, 1.8 50 mm (“nifty fifty”)
F 1.8, 15 seconds, ISO 400, 50 mm.
Unprocessed.
At 9:30 p.m. we looked at each other and said, “Let’s go.” Grabbed a camera and a tripod and drove north (toward more rural areas, with less light pollution). Started out at a state recreation area parking lot. Thought we may have seen something. We continued further north on MO 13.
Arrived at a spot north of the Missouri river on a county highway pullout, east of MO 13 and east of Henrietta, Missouri. Spent a while looking at the glow in the sky and taking the long exposure images.
Eventually we ended up 50 miles north of where we started. Turned around and drove back home. It took us three hours.
You can see the stars through the Aurora (zoom in).
Note the faint aircraft track (left):
Canon 5D III, 1.8 50 mm (“nifty fifty”)
F 1.8, 20 seconds, ISO 400, 50 mm.
Unprocessed.
From our first stop at Maple Leaf Lake Recreation Area [38.993367, -93.784648]:
Canon 5D III, 1.8 50 mm (“nifty fifty”)
F 1.8, 10 seconds, ISO 800, 50 mm.
Unprocessed.
Canon 5D III, 1.8 50 mm (“nifty fifty”)
F 1.8, 10 seconds, ISO 800, 50 mm.
Unprocessed.
Canon 5D III, 1.8 50 mm (“nifty fifty”)
F 1.8, 10 seconds, ISO 800, 50 mm.
Unprocessed.
Coronal Mass Ejection (May 10, 2024)
10 Friday May 2024
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Today:
NASA Watch @NASAWatch
** URGENT NOAA Scale: G4 – Severe **#SpaceWeather Message Code: ALTK08
Serial Number: 31
Issue Time: 2024 May 10 1744 UTC
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 8, 9-
Threshold Reached: 2024 May 10 1739 UTC
Synoptic Period: 1500-1800 UTC
Active Warning: Yes
NOAA Scale: G4 – Severe
[….]
12:54 PM · May 10, 2024″
SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
SEVERE GEOMAGNETIC STORM STILL LIKELY
The Sun, this afternoon, from west central Missouri:
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2X III.
F 11, 1/4000, ISO 200, 400 mm.
Canon 5D III, 2.8 70-200 mm, 2X III.
F 11, 1/3200, ISO 200, 400 mm.
09 Thursday May 2024
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A store front in Warsaw, Missouri:
Nothing else quite like it.
09 Thursday May 2024
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4th Congressional District, delegate selection, Democratic National Convention, missouri, Missouri Democratic Party, Warsaw
This week Missouri Democrats are electing national delegates at congressional district meetings across Missouri for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. This evening 4th Congressional District Democrats are gathering in Warsaw, Missouri.
Signing in:
Democratic Party candidates for office use the opportunity to speak with party activists:
Another candidate for office:
By the end of the evening two women and two men, in accordance with party rules, from the 4th Congressional District will be elected as national delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
08 Wednesday May 2024
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08 Wednesday May 2024
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Eagle Pass, HB 2016, Mike Parson, missouri, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri National Guard, performative bullshit, Texas
Mike Parson (r) [2022 file photo}.
Performative bullshit from Mike Parson (r):
On Wednesday, May 8, Governor Mike Parson will travel to the Southern Border near Eagle Pass, Texas, to receive an update on Missouri personnel deployed to the border in support of Operation Lone Star. Governor Parson will also sign HB 2016, the supplemental appropriations bill that funds the deployment, into law while at the border.
Governor Parson will be joined by Missouri National Guard Adjutant General Levon Cumpton and Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Victor Escalon. Governor Parson and General Cumpton will be available for media questions following the bill signing.
[….]
Definitely not on the Missouri River:
28.750810, -100.506955
Near Eagle Pass, Texas. [satellite image]
The bill:
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 2016 [pdf]
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY2016H.02T 2024
AN ACT
To appropriate money for supplemental purposes for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the several departments and offices of state government and the several divisions and programs thereof, and to transfer money among certain funds, to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri for the fiscal period ending June 30, 2024.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
[….]
Section 16.010. To the Governor
For expenses incident to emergency duties performed by the National Guard when ordered out by the governor
From General Revenue Fund (0101) ……………………………………………………………….$2,000,000[….]
[emphasis added]
Your tax dollars at work.
07 Tuesday May 2024
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This evening in west central Missouri:
Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis.
Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600 mm.
F 6.3, 1/200, ISO 400, 600 mm.
Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis.
Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600 mm.
F 6.3, 1/200, ISO 400, 600 mm.
Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis.
Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600 mm.
F 6.3, 1/200, ISO 400, 600 mm.
Cardinal. Cardinalis cardinalis.
Canon 5D III, Tamron 150-600 mm.
F 6.3, 1/200, ISO 400, 600 mm.
07 Tuesday May 2024
Posted in campaign finance
Tags
abortion, ACLU, campaign finance, initiative, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, 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.
The signed petitions were presented Friday morning at the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center in Jefferson City.
Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C232407 05/07/2024 Missourians for Constitutional Freedom American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. 125 Broad St New York NY 10004 5/7/2023 $6,723.00
[emphasis added]
In-kind.
Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City – June 2, 2019.
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)
Sign the Petition (April 15, 2024)
Signing the petition in Lexington, Missouri (April 23, 2024)
Campaign Finance: on several levels (April 27, 2024)
Signing the Petition in Raymore, Missouri (April 28, 2024)
Campaign Finance: guess what’s next (April 29, 2024)
This morning in Jefferson City, Missouri – delivering the signed petitions (May 3, 2024)
This morning in Jefferson City, Missouri – delivering the signed petitions – part 2 (May 3, 2024)
This morning in Jefferson City, Missouri – rally for abortion rights at the Capitol (May 3, 2024)
Abortion Rights Rally in Jefferson City – May 3, 2024 – Press Gaggle (May 4, 2023)
Abortion Rights Rally in Jefferson City – May 3, 2024 – Tori Schafer, ACLU Missouri (May 5, 2024)
Abortion Rights Rally in Jefferson City – May 3, 2024 – Kennedy Moore, Abortion Action Missouri (May 5, 2024)
