ROCKIES EAT THE SHOW AT 12:30 But I've got lots of stuff to keep you busy in the blog.
A NEW TWIST ON DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR I wonder why they didn't just bring the suicide bomb belts and little machine guns to hand out to the kiddos.
But I'm sure it's fine. I wonder how they treat drag queens in Gaza? Based on this I'm guessing not well. My favorite part of that Wiki page is where gay Palestinians are seeking and being granted asylum in Israel to avoid persecution. Good times.
COLORADO BREWERIES KICK BOOTY AT THE WORLD CUP And maybe you want to try some of these concoctions that won Gold and Silver metals.
RANCHERS CAN'T KILL THE WOLVES KILLING THEIR LIVESTOCK The wolves, which were imported even though they had a history of depredation already, which the state said would not happen, are free to continue their killing spree because Parks and Wildlife thinks they are denning and getting ready to welcome cubs. So it's a big fat no to taking them out now. We'll see what happens in the near future.
ABOUT GETTING MORE COPS ON THE STREETS IN DENVER That money is now gone, given to the migrants who say six months free rent isn't enough. This editorial lays out how the cuts to public safety are going to prevent DPD from getting up to full staffing but I'm sure it will be fine. Crime isn't a big issue, right?
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE AN ADULT CHILD WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS This is a heartbreaking story of a family trying to keep their very mentally ill daughter in some sort of institutional setting so she doesn't die on the streets. If you've ever wondered about "where is their family" when you see someone obviously disconnected from reality on the streets it will give you a better understanding of how little families can do in this situation.
DOUGLAS COUNTY TEAMS UP OFFICIALLY FOR AURORA'S HOMELESS CLEARING CENTER And they are contracted officially to spend money to be able to send people to the facility where people living on the streets can find shelter and help all in one place. I'm happy about this because I think this plan is the way to get people back into the lives they deserve instead of lives they can barely tolerate.
DENVER HEALTH IS RAMPING UP SYPHILIS TESTING I mentioned the story a few days ago that syphilis was on the rise in Colorado, and that can mean big problems including stillbirths for pregnant women. Now Denver Health has announced they are upping their testing for pregnant women in an effort to stem the tide. They also said that the sharp rise is mostly in men who have sex with men who then spread it to the women in their lives. Read more here.
THE BLACKOUT COSTS HOW MUCH? What was the economic impact of Xcel's decision to turn off power to limit their fire liability? The Independence Institute did a deep dive.
GDP WAS AN ANEMIC 1.6% And though the first quarter is usually slower than the rest of the year this is well below what was expected. More bad news, inflation was up to 3.4%, meaning interest rates are not going to come down anytime soon. Read it all here. I am beginning to worry we are headed for a recession after all.
THE UK CAN'T SELL ELECTRIC CARS EITHER And many dealerships who face stiff fines if EVs don't make a large enough percentage of their sales are having fire sales trying to unload them. Read this:
How are they doing? Not very well, it seems. In the first three months of 2024, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) electric cars accounted for only 15.5 per cent of the market – virtually unchanged from the same period in 2023. Moreover, the target is not going to stay at 22 per cent. In 2025 it will rise to 28 per cent, then in stages to 80 per cent by 2030 and 100 per cent by 2035. Unless electric car sales pick up dramatically in the next few months, manufacturers are going to find themselves with an enormous bill at the end of the year. The situation is worse for many carmakers than the above figures suggest because some carmakers, like Tesla, are already electric-only. That means that the sales being achieved by others must be well below 15 per cent.
It wasn’t supposed to turn out this way. Analysts were not expecting manufacturers to miss the 22 per cent target. Just last December, S&P forecast that sales of electric cars would surge by 41 per cent in Europe in 2024, and by 66 per cent in the US. In Europe, it was believed, EVs would be accounting for 22 per cent of the market across 2024.
It's almost like government demanding that consumers buy something they don't want to buy doesn't work or something. Expect similar stories to appear here soon.
JOE BIDEN READS THE TELEPROMPTER DIRECTIONS AGAIN But I'm sure it's fine. Everything is fine when this guy has the nuclear codes.
CDC ADMITS THAT THE COVID VACCINE DOES VERY LITTLE FOR KIDS But they are still stupidly recommending kids, who stand almost a zero chance of having real issues with covid, still get the worthless vaccine. Ignore them. The CDC just released data that shows that it takes just FOUR months before the vaccine is pretty much worthless for kids.
OUR FERTILITY RATES ARE AT RECORD LOWS And we have to fix this if we don't want to see a population decline, which is death for our economic and political system. You think Social Security is broke now, wait until there are fewer young people to pay for it. We will then import people from all over the world to make up the difference as they are doing in Europe, with similar results I'm guessing. Fertility rates are currently at the lowest level since the 1930s.
HARVEY WEINSTEIN'S RAPE CONVICTION IS OVERTURNED But he's not free just yet. His conviction in New York was overturned because the prosecutor had women who were not part of the charges testify about his awful behavior which the New York Supreme Court found to be extremely prejudicial. The DA can retry him but he remains in prison for now. For now.
FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON WARNS EUROPE TO GET IT TOGETHER OR DIE And he is sounding the alarm about Europe remaining (he says becoming but really they already are) a vassal state to the US. He wants Europe to work together more on its own defense and use the EU to be more of a force in the world. Funny that it's France leading the charge on this.
HOW TO BUILD MOTIVATION WITH HUBERMAN LABS
PROGRESSIVES LOVE/HATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING This is hilarious.
WHAT DOES FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA MEAN TO PROTESTERS? Konstantin Kisik went and asked the question of protesters waving their signs. He doesn't curse but the protesters do. Shocker.