Kenny Be’s Nuggets of Goodness: Chauncey Billups
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Showing 37291 - 37312 of 50592Thank goodness this isn’t the booking photo of a current Rockies player
There was a lot of blab a few years back about the Colorado Rockies looking to sign Christian ballplayers. And while that may not thrill assorted atheists, pagans and druids, not to mention Pedro Cerrano, the voodoo-doll worshipping character played by Dennis Haysbert in Major League, it’s been good news…
OMG! Douglas County teens face horrors of sexting
I am back from the front lines of the kiddie porn wars with some shocking news: The prosperous, sprawling suburbs of Douglas County conceal a steamy underbelly of underage sexual exhibitionism. Youth are being exploited right and left. Usually by each other. Sexting — the insidious, technologically inevitable, highly adolescent,…
Jon Caldara doesn’t like being ignored, Mr. Ritter
Late Thursday afternoon, the Independence Institute, a right-leaning think tank, published an article revealing that only one of Governor Bill Ritter’s cabinet members had filed a conflict-of-interest report despite an executive order requiring that everyone do so — a Todd Shepherd-penned piece that led directly to Ritter issuing a new…
Everything’s suspicious in John Elway-narrated terrorism video
Recognizing the 8 Signs of Terrorism, a new video released yesterday by the Center for Empowered Living & Learning (CELL) in conjunction with the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference is an eight-minute plunge (well, six-and-a-half, with about ninety seconds’ worth of credits) into a world where average-looking white…
Marine Lance Hering accepts plea for disappearing act
Marine Lance Hering so didn’t want to return to duty back in 2006 that he and a friend, Steve Powers, cooked up an elaborate story about his disappearance after injury in a Eldorado Canyon climbing accident. The tale and its aftermath (including his arrest in Washington state several months later),…
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What’s scarier: swine flu or the vaccine to prevent it?
Plenty of parents are terrified to vaccinate their children these days, fearing side effects that are worse than what the vaccine was intended to prevent in the first place. Such concerns are magnified in the case of H1N1, aka the swine flu. After all, as noted in Joel Warner’s blog…
After botched Colorado Rockies prediction, Rick Reilly pledges to “tongue bathe” Denver capitol building
Back in April, no one expected the Colorado Rockies to make the playoffs — least of all ESPN columnist Rick Reilly, who declared on KOA radio that he would “tongue bathe the Capitol dome if the Rockies make the playoffs.” Yes, Reilly promised to lick the Colorado state capitol dome…
The Obama administration: a Colorado College cabal?
Every presidency has its own biases about the kind of education that makes for good leaders. JFK stacked the deck with Harvard grads; Bush I and Bush II leaned toward Yalies, of course. Snobbery, Eastern elitism, Ivy Leaguism–it’s been expected of the White House since the days of Woodrow Wilson,…
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Dino Costa goes national — Siriusly
Westword profile subject Dino Costa places first among controversial radio sports yakkers in Denver — and probably in the same position when it comes to the person his colleagues would most like to see flop. No wonder so few tears fell after he parted under much-debated circumstances from the now-defunct…
Denver Blogs: Even more reasons to believe this Rocktober
Another week, another five days of cruising the local blogosphere for decent reading. Today’s edition: Purple Row makes an excellent observation: Not only did the Rockies threaten to win the division, but that division was much less sucky than predicted this season. Fellow 45-and-unders: Dick Lamm, the former Governor, is…
How the Rockies can beat the Phillies: Sit Franklin Morales
Today’s Denver Post quotes relief pitcher Franklin Morales as saying he’s “ready” for the Philadelphia Phillies — and the use of quotes in the headline suggests some appropriate editorializing on the part of the Post sports staff. On Saturday night, Morales was horrendous while inadvertently helping the L.A. Dodgers secure…
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Headed West owner on the saving of his hookah mural
Just because the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled against the City of Englewood in its effort to get rid of an Alice In Wonderland-inspired mural featuring a hookah-puffing insect doesn’t mean Headed West owner Mike Mahaney, the man who commissioned it in the first place, can rest easy. “The city…
Kenny Be’s Yard Arteology: Landscape Broncotechture
The study of neighbors through their lawn ornaments… Figure 36. North Denver: Welcome to the Broncomania District There are days when it seems that every resident in the city of Denver only owns four different shirts — one for each of the town’s professional sports teams — and they choose…
Attorney General Eric Holder: Aurora a central front in war on terror
Most of Attorney General Eric Holder’s prepared remarks to the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Conference today are of the attaboy variety: At one point, he says, “I have come to Denver today with one simple message from Washington: ‘We got your back.'” But there are also plenty…
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Top ten reasons I’m eating crow about the Broncos
Yeah, I predicted that the Broncos would win four games this season — out of sixteen, not out of four. I couldn’t be more thrilled to be eating crow after yesterday’s game. My top ten reasons why: 10. When the Cowboys took an early 10-0 lead, I expected the Broncos…
Over the Weekend: Pretty Lights and pretty people
Pretty Lights lit up the Ogden on Saturday, and you can read about it on the Backbeat blog. As far as we can tell, everyone who wasn’t there was spread throughout the city, looking prettier than us and trying drink Denver dry. (Or fighting breast cancer!) See their efforts at…
Renegade graffiti crew makes Capitol Hill hate peace
Give peace a chance? Not in much of Capitol Hill today. Over the weekend, a graffiti practitioner and/or crew with, presumably, a keen sense of irony, tossed up hastily scrawled peace signs on businesses, government buildings and even some private residences, much to the chagrin of those whose property was…
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Anti-abortion zealots think Race For the Cure’s about them
Each year, the positivity of Race For the Cure, the subject of a huge slideshow today (complete with a shot of a friendly furry!), is disrupted by anti-abortion protesters, who scream at walkers as if they’re all guilty of committing womb homicide. Their hook: They claim that abortions increase the…
Furries race for the cure, too!
Yesterday, the Race for the Cure took over the area near the Pepsi Center, with the total participants estimated at well over 50,000. The Race may be growing more commercial as time goes by, but it remains one of the most positive community events in Denver each year — and…
Your guide to recognizing terrorism: John Elway
Today, the hoi polloi of American law enforcement — Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske and Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli — will be in Denver to address the International Association of…
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Gambling with Homer: Breaking even in Rocktober
Homer Duggins is the biggest sports fan in Denver and Westword’s gambling, uh, “expert.” Read his dispatches every Friday in the Latest Word sports section. What an incredible week it was for Denver sports! Good thing it’s chilly now too, because it get really hot wearing my Sakic jersey on…