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12:57 pm, Apr 17, 2005
The irrepressible Wonkette, guest hosted by writer Greg Beato, provides its annual list of the world's 25 least influential people. One Coloradan makes the list: Professor Ward Churchill. [hat tip to Colorado blog Makes Me Ralph]
12:55 pm, Apr 17, 2005
John Farrell, writing for the Denver Post, says if Republicans would join Joel Hefley in repealing the new ethics rules and restoring the Ethics Committee to a functioning unit, DeLay might save his hide.
The most important of the new rules changed the number of votes required to trigger an ethics inquiry. The ethics panel is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats. Under the old rules...
7:26 am, Apr 16, 2005
The national media is trumpeting news that Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo thinks Tom DeLay should resign his leadership post. But did he really say that?
"I don't think we should try to oust him," he said in an interview Thursday at the Capitol. "Right now, I would not encourage him to leave. If he chose to resign as majority leader until these matters are resolved, that's probably not the...
6:11 pm, Apr 15, 2005
Denver's Heartbeat barely had a pulse at the beginning of the local band showcase they filmed last night at the Gothic. Good thing it picked up toward the end; it was touch and go there for a bit.
The monthly program is filmed on the second Thursday of each month at the Gothic Theatre, and later airs on DCTV, a community-access cable channel. Each month the producers pick three local bands to...
6:09 pm, Apr 15, 2005
Former U.S. Sen. Hank Brown will be appointed Acting President of CU while the search continues for a permanent replacement:Brown, 65, is president and chief executive of the Daniels Fund, a charitable foundation started by cable magnate Bill Daniels. A Republican, Brown served five terms in the U.S. House and one term in the U.S. Senate, leaving Congress in 1997. He was president of the...
10:06 am, Apr 15, 2005
Operation FALCON is being trumpeted as a hugely successful law enforcement project that swooped down and nabbed 10,000 fugitives across the country this week. Sixty-three alleged fugitives from Colorado were arrested as part of the sweep. 9 News got to ride along with the cops. But wasn't it all a big publicity stunt? The LA Times reports:In an operation that was equal parts police work,...
10:05 am, Apr 15, 2005
If you haven't seen the newest version of BigMediaBlog giant Nick Denton's (Wonkette, Gawker, Gizmodo ) new tabloid weblog, Sploid, take a look. Colorado had one of lead stories yesterday with the Rocky Mountain News' coverage of "the Motel from Hell." An accused drug kingpin lived in Room 34, cooking powder cocaine into crack and ordering his henchmen to beat up people who crossed him. A...
10:04 am, Apr 15, 2005
In a triumph on par with Revenge of the Nerds, the Playground Rejects kicked The Popular Kids squarely in the ass last night.
Of course I'm talking DORK kickball, where the "athletes" in question are often more concerned about not knocking over a beer can than scoring a home run. Still. We won 8-4. We were proud. So we went for a little carousing at the Whiskey Bar.
Turns out that last...
1:44 pm, Apr 14, 2005
Accused Capitol Hill rapist Brent J. Brents was ordered to stand trial in Arapahoe county yesterday on charges that he molested an eight year old boy. This is the case where due to either miscommunications between or negligence by law enforcement personnel, an arrest warrant for Brents was never signed. Had the warrant been signed and executed, Brents would not have been at large and there...
5:47 am, Apr 14, 2005
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