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9:11 pm, May 24, 2005
If you are going to be in Denver Wednesday and support marijuana reform, head over to the Rialto Cafe on the 16th St. Mall (934 Sixteenth Street) at 6:30 pm. On Wednesday, May 25, Marijuana Policy Project Executive Director Rob Kampia is hosting a fundraiser at the Rialto Cafe. The money raised at this event will stay in Colorado and help fund a signature drive to place a marijuana initiative...
6:51 pm, May 24, 2005
In a major victory for Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette, the stem cell research measure passed the House of Representatives today, despite a threat by President Bush to veto the bill. Background can be found at this post from yesterday.
The vote was 238-194. Under the terms of the bill,
[research funding would extend to] embryonic stem cell lines that were nonexistent in 2001, when...
6:49 pm, May 24, 2005
Just when I think I'm getting good and jaded about all things involving both socializing and alcohol, someone comes along and puts me right back in my place.
I have never heard of hashing before. Until recently, when my shocked neighbor gave me a truly disdainful "Reeeeeally?" and looked down his nose at me and my obviously uninitiated liver. I clearly dropped a notch or two in his opinion...
1:22 pm, May 23, 2005
Lately, whenever I get an invite to the opening of a new bar, I tend to expect the worst. (Another day, another theme bar.) That way, if the results are disappointing, I won't feel cheated. And if by chance the place is actually cool, I end up pleasantly surprised.
I was definitely a bit surprised on Friday at the opening of Spy Bar at the Denver Pavilions. I had expected either another...
6:52 am, May 23, 2005
Colorado Congresswoman Diana DeGette is the chief architect and co-sponsor of the stem cell research bill pending before Congress. Against all odds, it is scheduled for a hearing in the House of Representatives Tuesday, and likely to pass. President Bush has said he will veto the bill.
But that doesn't reduce DeGette's accomplishment. It is highly unusual for a Democratic sponsored bill to be...
6:51 am, May 23, 2005
Colorado's senators have been front and center on the "nuclear option" and filibuster battle heading for a showdown in Congress.
Sen. Ken Salazar has been a chief spokesman for a compromise, offering to allow an up-or-down-vote on all of President Bush's nominees in exchange for the Republicans agreeing to keep the right to filibuster alive for the duration of the 109th Congress.
Sen. Wayne...
2:21 pm, May 22, 2005
Here are posts from Monday, May 16 to Sunday, May 22 Air Force Investigation: Is it a Whitewash? "Don't Privatize My Freedom" Campaign Launches Local Media Investigation Leads to Recruiting Station Closures Hickenlooper Defends City's Immigrant Policy Got Game? Salazar Fighting for Filibuster Compromise Best Bets for the Week of May 18-May 25 FBI Spy Files Update Debate Continues Over Churchill'...
10:56 pm, May 21, 2005
The task force investigating claims of religious intolerance at the Air Force Academy finished its week-long investigation with three curious omissions.Mikey Weinstein, an academy graduate who has a son at the academy, said Saturday the only contact he has had with the task force was a phone call asking him to stop criticizing it. Weinstein, who is Jewish, has said his son has been called a "...
7:02 am, May 21, 2005
Two months after the Denver Three were ejected from President Bush's social security event in Denver, the "Don't Privatize My Freedom� campaign officially has launched. From the campaign's press release, received by e-mail:
The campaign will increase awareness of the White House pattern of removing citizens from town hall forums based solely on viewpoint, and will demand answers from the...
6:59 am, May 21, 2005
Denver's CBS 4 investigative reporter Rick Salinger uncovered some dirty doings at a local army recruiting station not long ago. We wrote about it here. The Army now has decided to close 1,700 recruiting stations around the country for the day.Army officials are currently investigating several complaints of improprieties, including a case of two Colorado recruiters who stand accused of telling...
