More than half-a-dozen activists did a Robin Hooding yesterday in downtown Keene and had a very entertaining encounter with newer parking enforcer, Jane. In it she calls me a cult leader and other activists my “minions” as well as reluctantly admitting that she took the job because she was hard up.
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5KDwm3HvLM
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2KGGY5bt8g
More videos from yesterday may be coming. Stay tuned here.
Recently published was a new Ridleo chronicling a history of arrests of Russell Kanning in New Hampshire. Russell is partly responsible for the reputation of Keene area activists as civil disobedients, as he had originally moved to that area of the state as he made waves over a number of victimless offenses.
Kat and Russell in Keene, NH
The video also features footage from Michael Fisher’s illegal manicuring event from 2005 in Concord. The headline-generating fingernail beautification by a Free State Project participant is referred to by Ridley as a “textbook act of civil disobedience”.
Russell currently faces federal chalking-related charges in Waco, Texas. Though he also had chalking charges from Concord, New Hampshire, Kat Kanning reports that the NH charges were dropped because, “[the] NH court said they thought he could be prosecuted adequately in TX, so they dismissed their charges.” Authorities may have prevented Russell’s legal adventures from taking him back to NH also because he would attract more supporters while in the Shire.
The former Governor may not have been a libertarian, but by putting his personal reputation and seal of approval on RSA 519:23-a, he gave the libertarian community in New Hampshire a huge win.
519:23-a – Right of Accused
In all criminal proceedings the court shall permit the defense to inform the jury of its right to judge the facts and the application of the law in relation to the facts in controversy.
History has shown that nullification has helped end chattel slavery, alcohol prohibition, and Jim Crow… and jury nullification is now the law-of-the-land in the Granite State.
Thank you for that one, Governor Lynch.
This blogger hopes you find a pleasantly lowered blood-pressure as you leave public office. đ
January 22nd is the release date for the Director’s Cut DVD of Derrick J’s Victimless Crime Spree! Pre-Orders are available now from AMAZON at just $8.99! You can get it with Free Super Saver Shipping if your order totals $25 or more, and if you just order the DVD, the S&H fee is only $2.98.
Don’t let the low price fool you into thinking this is some chintzy bargain bin, movie-only DVD – we packed a bunch of special features and hours of bonus content into the disc! We didn’t skimp on costs. We chose a dual-layer disc to ensure the movie’s presentation was high quality and that we had plenty of room for bonuses. It was our goal to offer this to you at the lowest possible price, and we’ve succeeded. Right now it is available at just $8.99 and qualifies for Free Super Saver Shipping! You can place your pre-order here. At that price you can afford more than one to give to your friends and family as gifts!
Special Features:
Question and Answer Session from the Real-Life Premiere with Derrick J, and Producers Ian Freeman and Beau Davis.
Solo Commentary Track with Derrick J
Commentary Track with Derrick J and the Producers
Movie Trailers
Bonus Content:
Hours of Full-Length Activist Videos
“Chronic Carols” Songsheets
Printable Activist Outreach Material
We’re really proud of this DVD. It’s full of great content at a killer price and allows you to add “Derrick J’s Victimless Crime Spree” to your real-life collection. Oh, and if you haven’t – look close at the bottom message on our DVD’s back cover. We’re grateful to be working with a DVD distributor cool enough to replace the usual copyright WARNING with our THANK YOU, which reads as follows:
THANK YOU: for buying a copy of this movie. Feel free to screen it for your friends and family or even copy it for them. We’re confident that if they enjoy it, they are likely to buy a copy for themselves or a loved one, so as to inspire future productions like this.
Yesterday was the inauguration ceremony at the state house and a number of other scheduled festive events to ring in the new administrations. After doing some promotional chalkings around the perimeter of the building, I headed inside and met with other independent media personalities visiting town from Keene. When we discovered a line outside of the governor’s office, we were struck with the urge to file in.
A staffer noticed our rolling videocameras and informed us that the line was for a photograph with governor Maggie Hassan, but that she would not have time to dedicate to a videotaped interview. Darryl, Kate, and James decided to find other items to film, while I perused the posters featuring the event’s corporate sponsors, which included everything from New Hampshire businesses to pharmaceutical multinationals.
It was a very rushed encounter, as most happenings with lines tend to be. I quickly asked after handing off my rolling camera and being flashed by still cameras, “Will you be doing anything to decrease New Hampshire’s dependence on the United States federal government?”
“Uh, well, I think that’s something we’ll all talk about, thanks.”
I picked up a cheesecake item and walked to the house chamber to listen to a colorful choir. Outside of the office, the line to see the new state president grew. In the lobby, chocolate bears were being distributed. It was a statist synthesis of Christmas and Easter, and there was free stuff to go around.
