Despite this week’s Westword cover story detailing Sonia Sotomayor’s clear judicial bias against “numchuck sticks,” the Senate still voted to confirm the wise-Latina-loving nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 6. (Apparently the powerful pro-nunchaku lobby was too busy watching ass-kicking Bruce Lee clips on YouTube to mount serious…
Another fascinating look at the healthcare “debate,” this one reportedly from a Patients First rally in Pueblo, in which a speaker claims that proposed legislation would authorize “end-of-life orders” he likens to the atrocities of Pol Pot and Hitler. Does that mean federal stimulus dollars will be going to build…
Remember the Personhood Amendment? Promoted as the brainchild of then-21-year-old Kristi Burton, the subject of a Westword profile, the measure would have established that a human’s life begins at the moment of fertilization — and despite a big effort on its behalf by abortion foes, it was easily defeated in…
Sonia Sotomayor, whose ruling about nunchucks is part of this week’s Jared Jacang Maher feature article about Thornton cop Kevin Orcutt’s police-oriented nunchaku design, hasn’t been officially confirmed as a Supreme Court justice at this writing; Senate president Harry Reid has called for a vote at 1 p.m. mountain time…
Our Monday Denver Blogs post linked a Colorado Pols item about Bob Beauprez, who lost to Bill Ritter in a 2006 gubernatorial bid, and now seems eager to take on Senator Michael Bennet in 2010. A Politico article Colorado Pols references finds Big Bob denigrating the chances that either Aurora…
In July, at the end of a marathon twelve-plus hour hearing attended by hundreds, the state health board rejected contentious new restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries, including one that may have limited them to five patients each. But that doesn’t mean questions and controversies surrounding the state’s booming medical marijuana…
Give us this day our daily blog. And send links. Broncos training camp opens. (Mile High Report) And the Rockies make a move, right under the trade deadline, for some left-handed relief. (Purple Row) Another Jared Polis link? Why not. (Square State)…
House Democrats are playing nice again, and moving closer to finding compromise on a stripped down version of the president’s health-care plan. And wouldn’t you know it, just days after irking upperclassmen with his very-un-freshman-like stance on the bill, Rep. Jared Polis (D-A Big Pile of Money) showed up on…
We’re giving away three links every day. All you have to do is send them to us. The challenger for John Salazar’s House seat isn’t exactly rolling in dough at this point. (Colorado Independent) Corruption for a good cause in Longmont? (Face the State) Brekenridge might not even need to…
UPDATE: HuffPo is also looking for an editor in Los Angeles, LAWeekly.com reports. Rahm Emanuel’s daughter is said to be considering the job, but is “worried it might conflict with ballet practice.” ORIGINAL POST: On the off chance you were worried the Huffington Post would abandon its storied brand of…
Your daily recommended dose of blog. Send us links. Is Jared Polis a crony for his rich friends? (Colorado Pols) Or simply trying to help small businesses? (Square State) Tax-cutting petitions circulating. (Face the State)…
Politico reports this morning that the battle over President Obama’s health care-reform bill will be waged, and won, during the upcoming August recess. And Republicans is already identifying Colorado Democrats it believes it can persuade to stiff-arm the president come vote time. From Politico’s piece: “There’s a reason why they…
Get your blogs here. We catch ’em fresh daily. Send us links. Fort Collins will be the proud owner of Colorado’s second Smart Grid. (Square State) I don’t want to ruin the ending, but they painted photoshopped your name on the field, and Dan Hawkins recorded voice will call you…
When Michael Bennet was just a baby/his mama told him, son/always be a good boy/don’t ever play with guns. But that (weird, re-imagined-by-me Johnny Cash lyric) didn’t stop him from voting for them. Now he and fellow Sen. Mark Udall are in trouble — at least with the press –…
Join us every afternoon for a tall glass of ice cold blog. Bring links. A day after blowing a late-game lead to the D-Backs, the Rockies trade for some bullpen help in the form of Rafael Betancourt. (Purple Row) Just because we’re not paying them for four days doesn’t mean…
Get used to the words flashing on your TV screen and bouncing from your radio speakers: “Pay as you go.” And we’re not talking cell phones or Craigslist escorts (they do that, don’t they?) President Obama’s proposed “pay-as-you-go” plan — wherein every expenditure (except for lots of them) must be…
OK, so CNN.com’s Freshman Year — the internet reality show starring Colorado Congressman Jared Polis — isn’t likely an accurate representation of how Polis spends his time. And he does allegedly visit an Aurora detention center in the most recent episode (although we don’t see it, and I’m convinced he…
Our daily stroll through the garden of blog. Send us tips. Square State calls the Post lazy. (Square State) And Colorado Pols calls them Marie Antoinette. (Colorado Pols) Denver Stiffs doesn’t call them anything. They do provide a mid-summer state of the Nuggets overview in the wake of yesterday’s Malik…
Mayor John Hickenlooper may be starring in his own documentary series, but if this morning’s Denver Post is any indication, he’s soon going to be starring in his own political thriller, in which he somehow tries to trim $120 million from the city’s budget without decimating services, putting more people…
Consider us your Denver blog sherpas. Have a link you want us to share with the group? Send it here. Somehow I don’t think Rockuly will catch on. Regardless, Denver wins, San Francisco loses, and the wild card is ours. For today, anyway. (Rockies Review) Colorado gets part of its…
After 12-plus hours of testimony, the state health board on Monday rejected a key restriction on medical marijuana dispensaries — a rule that would have limited them to five patients each. You have to imagine this was the most attention ever heaped on the health board, which played host to…
Our daily ticket to blog-land. Got something for us? Send it here. The Pew Center released a report on corrections. Colorado’s correctional population ranks 15th among states. (Square State) The NL West is the second best division in baseball. That sound you hear is ESPN trying to figure out who…
