Sigh….work drama. The Symphony at the 4th of July. It’s been a crazy few weeks. Now as soon as I get fired from the day gig I can breathe normally. Luckily that’s not far off. In the meantime amuse yourself here. I did:
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Patrick Ruffini has a new feature up at The Next Right (should be a daily read for you). This new feature, Earmark Alert, keeps up with “the most outrageous earmark news from across the country.” Appropriately enough, he starts out with a “doozy.”
…the #3 Democrat in the House caught red handed earmarking to $6.2 million to his nephew, and groups that employ his daughter and sister-in-law.
At least the Democrats are consistent.
UPDATE: link added, sorry.
Royal Navy veteran, woken by screams from his next door neighbor and her baby, and the sound of men shouting. It’s 2:30 in the morning.
He called police and strapped on the false leg he has worn since his leg was amputated in March 2004 while he was still serving with the Royal Navy.
Aware he was probably outnumbered, he picked up the telescopic truncheon and put it in his back pocket. Mr Beerling then hurried downstairs and went outside where he said his neighbour was being harassed by two men.
He tried to calm the men down while he waited for police. Officers later arrested both suspects and charged them with affray.
What’s happens to our good samaritan? He gets arrested for carrying an “offensive” weapon. Did I mention that it was in his pocket (he never needed it, apparently)? How about that it was rusted shut and wouldn’t open? Yeah, thanks for nothing.
The People’s Republic of Boulder, CO now has decided how big you may build your home.
After years of discussion and debate, the county commissioners unanimously passed new regulations Thursday meant to preserve the rural character of unincorporated Boulder County by limiting house sizes.
The new rules, which will go into effect Aug. 8, will force anyone who wants to build a house larger than 6,000 square feet — including basements, garages and storage areas — to purchase extra “development credits” from smaller houses or vacant lots to do so. The idea is to offset huge homes with more modest houses and open land.
Because in Boulder, the government always knows best.
The real story, and original reporting….
In April, the Denver Post ran three front-page articles by reporter Michael Riley attacking former Congressman and current Senate candidate Bob Schaffer for a fact-finding trip Schaffer took to the Northern Marianas Islands (“CNMI”) in 1999.
The type of misleading information and partisan rhetoric used in those “news” stories demands response, not only to the facts of the case but also to the likely source of Mr. Riley’s information.
In April, Denver Post reporter Michael Riley ran a series of front-page articles Senate candidate Bob Schaffer for a fact-finding trip Schaffer took to the Northern Marianas Islands. Colorado blogger Rossputin takes a closer look at Riley’s reporting - the facts (both real and reported), Riley’s sources and motivation.
This first installment (of what looks to be 8 total installments) is an absolute must read for anyone interested in Colorado politics, Denver Post reporting, or “just” the truth about this issue.
Ummm…..cake please. For all the Eddie Izzard fans, click more.
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At least, you do if you’ve graduated from this high school in Cleveland, Ohio.
Hmm…what to talk about. Or blog about, as the case may be. Can’t think of anything. Is there any news happening I should be aware of?
I’m kidding, of course. I’m actually in Tampa this week with the city of Aurora for the All America City Award competition, singlehandedly providing the music for the city’s delegation. That would be just fine if I played a harmonic instrument instead of trumpet (somebody asked if that was a musical instrument they could hear through the conference room door during rehearsal. One of the city councilmen said, “No. No musical instruments - that’s a trumpet). So blogging is light this week, but at least for a good reason.
Now that both major political parties have selected their candidates - or had said candidates thrust upon them, depending on how you see it - the real political season has begun. The Rocky Mountain Alliance has plenty of news on all things political. Check ‘em out.
So found one traveler departing London.
Go through security, get pulled to the side. I’m wearing a French Connection Transformers t-shirt. Bloke starts joking with me is that Megatron. Then he explains that since Megatron is holding a gun, I’m not allowed to fly. WTF? It’s a 40 foot tall cartoon robot with a gun as an arm. There is no way this shirt is offensive in any way, and what I’m going to use the shirt to pretend I have a gun?
So goes state-controlled airport security. Now the US airport security is controlled by - guess who? - a government agency. Feel better?
At least he wasn’t wearing a scary necklace.
The state convention was last week. Several Rocky Mountain Alliance (2.0) bloggers were there and live-blogged the event. Night Twister has a good round up, too. Check out both.
Also, over at Schaffer v Udall Ben has the full video of Bob Schaffer accepting GOP Nomination for U.S. Senate.
A police community support officer ordered two Christian preachers to stop handing out gospel leaflets in a predominantly Muslim area of Birmingham.
Sure, that’s bad. This is worse:
A police community support officer (PCSO) interrupted the conversation and began questioning the ministers about their beliefs.
They said when the officer realised they were American, although both have lived in Britain for many years, he launched a tirade against President Bush and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
and
West Midlands Police, who refused to apologise, said the incident had been “fully investigated” and the officer would be given training in understanding hate crime and communication.
Well, as long as the offending officers submits to extra training then I guess everything is fine.
Think about this. In a situation created by the British government’s inability to keep a handle on immigration, and their willingness to submit to Sharia law, here we see how the official government entity handles (what should be) an innocent situation - badly. Their response to getting caught out? Bad.
Bad.
What do you call someone who builds the regulations that govern some online school programs, then uses these same regulations to sue an online school and the state board of education? Here in Colorado, we call them “legislators.”
Last week Face the State brought the story that Michael Poore, the assistant superintendent for Colorado Springs School District 11 and chairman of Colorado’s Online Learning Advisory Board, faces a conflict when it comes to his district’s legal action against Hope Online Learning Academy and the Colorado State Board of Education. Hope has had problems in the past but not any that have been specifically manufactured out of thin air. Where would the Colorado Springs School District learn such underhanded tricks? Oh yeah - the Colorado State Legislature.
Rocky Mountain Alliance blogger Joshua Sharf has submitted his required signatures to get onto the August 12 primary ballot. His team of 25 volunteers did a great job of rounding up more than enough signatures (958) to get onto the ballot.
It’s all in how you see things, no? How do you suppose this Grand Junction newspaper reporter views his own political world?
“So, do you think you’ve got this thing pretty much wrapped up?”
From the Denver Post this was the question put to Mark Udall Tuesday during Udall’s Western Slope tour. To be fair, Udall didn’t take the bait and instead replied that he’s in it to the end.
Tell me this isn’t cool. You can’t. This is cool. Especially the telescopes.
