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Haley's Comment: DU’s World Juniors

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:59:22 -0500

Last week DU defensemen Patrick Wiercioch (Canada) and Matt Donovan (USA) were named to the final tryout camps for their World Junior Championship squads, and Pios signee Jason Zucker, a forward who will be a freshman next fall, will attend the Grand Forks-based camp with Donovan. Zucker leads the U.S. [...]

Haley's Comment: Child-porn sentencing: 5 letters

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:05:21 -0500

Re: “Child-porn sentences too severe, judges say,” Nov. 29 news story. I would like to comment on the misguided statements of federal judges who want to seek reduced sentences for individuals “who view child pornography [and] have never molested a child or posed a risk to the community.” Excuse me? These individuals [...]

Not My Tribe: Leave it to pirates to run honest bourse

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:19:53 -0500

With investment bankers trying to weasel another broker’s percentage from a carbon-credit trading system, comes a living example of rudimentary venture capitalism. In Haradheere, Somalia, there’s a stock market for pirates, by comparison, something benefiting all participants.

The pirate’s market is no middleman’s monopoly. It [...]

ColoradoPols.com: Michael Bennet Interview

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:13:14 -0500

The Senate moves with all due deliberation. The federal government changes direction slowly. Sometimes this is good, sometimes it is bad, oftentimes it is frustrating. But our government was designed to change slowly and in this the founding fathers were very effective.

Michael Bennet is a Senator. And the thing that [...]

Liberal and Loving It: Michael Bennet Interview

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:03:07 -0500

Michael Bennet is a Senator. And the thing [...]

Nature Blog: Of Body-dumping, Euphemism, and the Forest Service

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:19:00 -0500

The always-alert reporter who covers this area for the Pueblo Chieftain was the first to report the discovery of a corpse not far from where I live.

M. and I had been hiking and locating a geocache right at that spot just two days after the body [...]

Notes From a Grumpy Old Man: Hamas Investment Scam, Iran Really Wants 20 Enrichment Sites, Pray the Gay Away

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:59:00 -0500

Charles Blow
Dana Milbank

"Last year, blacks dared to dream anew, envisioning a future in which Obama’s election would be the catalyst for an era of prosperity and more racial harmony. Now that the election’s afterglow has nearly faded, the hysteria of hope is being ground" [...]

SquareState.net: Why I made the move I did

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:21:44 -0500

There has been a lot of speculation about why I did what I did last Monday night. A lot of the narrative says that I was "sworn in early" or that I "denied my predecessor her vote." However, I wanted to let you know the legal back story that illustrates [...]

Haley's Comment: From Columbus: Ken Hitchcock on Joe Sacco

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:07:35 -0500

COLUMBUS — After the Blue Jackets’ morning skate Saturday, I asked Columbus coach Ken Hitchcock what he remembered about Joe Sacco as a player. The Avalanche coach played for Hitchcock at Philadelphia for 34 games 2003-04, in his final season in the NHL. “Joe was a very sincere person, a very [...]

Colorado Confederatarian: Dim-o-crat Rule in Colorader: a virtyal "culture of corruption"

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:52:11 -0500

I been follerin' th' story of th' prosecution/persecution of patriotic ICE agent Cory Voorhis by th' Ritter administration 'n his band-a Dim-o-crats in th' Denver district attorney's orifice, 'n now that he has been acquitted, th' related one 'bout th' nominashun of Stephanie Villfuerte t' be Colorader's next Fed'rul Attorney.

Denver tawk show [...]

SquareState.net: Team Obama vs Team Obama - Romanoff vs Bennet

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:41:14 -0500

Interesting development in the Colorado Senate Primary Race involving Michael Bennet and Andrew Romanoff.
While Bennet has hired former Colorado Obama Organizer Craig Hughes it seems Romanoff has gotten some Obama mojo going as well.
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_1...

U.S. Senate hopeful Andrew Romanoff may so far have led a quiet campaign, but [...]

2008 Democratic Convention Watch: Snowy Saturday Afternoon Open Thread

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500

As I write this, the snow hasn't yet started to fall. By the time this posts, theoretically, it will be snowing. First midlantic snow of the season. There's been a lot of hype about it, which is normally inversely proportional to the amount of snow that falls.

My afternoon is [...]

Not My Tribe: Anniversaries can have meaning

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:01:56 -0500

They’re trotting out the geezers to remember Pearl Harbor, like the Maine and the Alamo before it –but not the USS Liberty, or Salvator Allende’s 9-11. Since they show no reticence beating memorialized horses, I’ll commemorate a real tragic anniversary. John Brown was hanged December 2, 1859, one hundred and [...]

SquareState.net: Saturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol. 5.42

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:57:29 -0500

Good morning, and whaddaya mean it's December already? Welcome to Saturday Morning Garden Blogging.

After our unseasonably warm Thanksgiving, Denver went into December with ccccold! On Tuesday night cold front rolled in, and Tuesday's low and Wednesday's high were the same: 21?. Thursday, the high was 17?, and lows have [...]

Not My Tribe: Anthropomorphism, the Chinese Pandas and the El Paso County Zoo

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:29:02 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Not THIS El Paso County, El Paso, Texas. They never had a panda, even in the freewheeling times before Zoos took on a true scientific mission nobody would have been dumb enough to give a panda to that pathetic joke of a zoo. We did have an Asian Elephant, and [...]

Bob Beauprez | Line of Sight: A Glimmer of Hope

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:13:46 -0500

Yesterday’s jobs report finally offered a little bit of good news. Now if Washington can resist “fixing it” any more. For your weekend reading we commend two on-point editorials. The first from the Wall Street Journal contains this sage piece of advice:

The real message of the November report is [...]

2008 Democratic Convention Watch: Vaccines and Politics

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:00:00 -0500

Watch the video:

So there you have it, people were fired from CHOP for their refusal on religious grounds from taking the seasonal flu vaccine.

Interesting from several perspectives. First, what rights do employers have when their employees won't follow the rules? It's not just a vaccine, it's the taxi drivers [...]

ColoradoPols.com: Weekend Open Thread

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 06:03:00 -0500

"I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic."

--Abigail Adams
' [...]

Peoples Press Collective: Challenges to Campus Concealed-Carry Bans at CU, CSU will likely end up before Colorado Supreme Court

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:56:26 -0500

Friday’s vote by the CSU System Board to institute a “weapons control policy” on campus - essentially, implementing a ban on legal concealed carry of firearms by licensed permit-holders - joins a similar ban by the University of Colorado Board of Regents as policies virtually certain to be legally [...]

2008 Democratic Convention Watch: It's Time to Call Your Senators

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:45:54 -0500

Yes, I know it's Saturday. Please call today, leave a message, and then call both Senate offices back on Monday to make sure they recorded your answer. Follow-up with e-mails and TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

From PNHP:

Yesterday Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont introduced an amendment to the Senate leadership's health bill [...]

Haley's Comment: Snack with Santa at the Children’s Museum of Denver

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:53:28 -0500

The tree is decorated, the treats are delicious and the holiday cheer is all around, as the Children’s Museum of Denver prepares to host Santa Claus, flying straight from the North Pole! Looking for something ... [...]

Not My Tribe: Can art rehabilitate a parking meter?

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:47:42 -0500

It’s become another art medium in itself. Like oil, watercolor, and macaroni sprayed gold, we now have painted industrial objects. I’ve seen fiberglass cows, pigs, and elk cast to provide uniform canvases for ensemble-scale kitsch. Colorado Springs is probably not the first municipality to [...]

Peoples Press Collective: Who wants this healthcare “reform”?

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:05:34 -0500

For today’s reading, may I refer you to my Human Events article from Thursday, “Who Wants This Healthcare ‘Reform’?” in which I discuss not only that question but also the issue of whether it is OK for such massive legislation to be passed on a party-line vote.

Please see “Who [...]

2008 Democratic Convention Watch: Max Baucus and the Other Woman

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:45:44 -0500

When Max Baucus and his wife announced they were going to get a divorce this past spring, I didn't think anything of it - people get divorced all the time.

Turns out that since the summer of 2008, he's been involved with Melodee Hanes, who ran his state office. He had [...]

Haley's Comment: Product Review: BornFit Women’s Activewear – The Elyse Jacket

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:01:45 -0500

I recently had a chance** to try out the BornFit Fitness Elyse Jacket. Details from their product page: This brand new BornFit women’s fitness jacket is cute enough to wear out shopping, but functional for your ... [...]

Not My Tribe: Prosecutors will be Violated.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:49:34 -0500

Republicans are making much of the notion of Senator Baucus being romantically involved with a woman nominated as a U.S. Attorney. As opposed to the more accepted-by-Right-Wing-Freaks method of being Financially Involved (Taking bribes for appointments)
Can’t say there’s anything actually dishonest about giving your girlfriend a job…. (Joke to [...]

Not My Tribe: Big Bad Martial Artist Seagal needed help to Taze somebody

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:43:02 -0500

Actually put it on TV too. I’d think somebody would be shamed by having to have 5 fellow PIGS hold somebody down while you torture him with a Tazer. But then, Cops don’t think in Normal terms.

The show is called “Lawman”. Apparently we’ll be treated to this for several weeks, [...]