Just One Thing: Tina Peters gets what she deserves
Yesterday, former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to 9 years of incarceration. I’m very very happy. Tina Peters violated her oath of office and the public trust in pursuit of a ridiculous myth of a stolen election. She allowed outsiders dangers and illegal access to Mesa County voting systems. She lied and enlisted others in her criminal behavior. It’s past time for the “stolen election” crowd to realize they’ve been lied to and, more importantly, that those who seek to sow mistrust in our elections with no basis in fact and a goal of helping one bad candidate win, deserve criticism and, in some cases, punishment. The judge called Peters a “charlatan” and said “Prison is where we send those folks who are a danger to all of us”, by which he meant Peters. It’s a good day for Colorado.
Former clerk Peters sentenced to 9 years of incarceration | Breaking | gjsentinel.com
Dock workers suspend strike
Somebody must have told their mobbed-up union boss that if they kept the strike going, they'd cause Donald Trump to get elected.
Dockworkers strike suspended, the union says - ABC News (go.com)
Fortunately...because morons were hoarding toilet paper which is made in America and not at risk from a dock workers strike.
This is scary, and I'm not easily scared
I’m not generally worried about technological advances but this combination of tech is kinda frightening: Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Used To Dox Strangers In Public, Thanks To AI And Facial Recognition (forbes.com)
This document, in addition to talking about the tech, has some helpful info on trying to protect yourself including removal from facial databases: I-XRAY - Google Docs
Today's Guests
Jimmy Sengenberger is an investigative reporter for the Denver Gazette and frequently heard as a fill-in host on KHOW and KOA. He traveled to Grand Junction yesterday to attend the Tina Peters sentencing hearing and will tell us about her utter lunacy.
Mike Murphy is Senior VP and Chief of Staff at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. We're going to nerd out a little about the federal budget and why I believe it's the single most important domestic issue and whether either candidate is anything other than a disaster. Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (crfb.org)
Brian Schardt is cofounder of the AutoPilot app which allows people to automatically buy and sell stocks based on filed reports of holdings of politicians and big investors. Thus, he also created "The Pelosi Tracker" which seems to do better than the S&P 500...by a lot. [I (Ross) am NOT a client or customer or shareholder of AutoPilot nor do I have any other connection of any sort to the app nor to Mr. Schardt.]
What Is Autopilot: The Investment App That Tracks Politicians? October Edition (forbes.com)
Other Stuff
I do think there's something to stoicism: How To Defeat Anger: 4 Secrets From The Ancients - Barking Up The Wrong Tree (bakadesuyo.com)
Speaking of anger: Natural Grocers in Capitol Hill to close soon | FOX31 Denver (kdvr.com)
This doesn't surprise me: Money Buys Happiness, Even if You’re Already Rich - WSJ
Cherry Creek Arts Festival wins again! Denver festival named the best event in the world (msn.com)
Melania Trump comes out 100% pro-choice. Asked about it on Fox News, former President Trump said he has always told Melania to "write what you believe." (This is an offshoot of her new memoir.)
This is getting a lot of attention in the past 24 hours. It's really hard to think of a worse cabinet secretary than Mayorkas:
Seriously, who wants this promotion? Israel targets potential Hezbollah successor in Beirut airstrike (axios.com)
Be aware of this if you're driving west on I-70 out of Denver, through the mountains: I-70 traffic holds at Floyd Hill to disrupt traffic for months - Axios Denver
Dumbest story of the day: Photo shows U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler wearing blackface at college Halloween party in 2006 | AP News Seriously, who the heck cares?
Congratulations to Janet Damon, and I hope you're teaching the kids that not every solution to every problem has to involve more government: Denver teacher named 2025 Colorado Teacher of the Year | FOX31 (kdvr.com)
Janet Damon of Denver’s DELTA H.S. wins 2025 Colorado Teacher of the Year - Chalkbeat
How many times is Joe Biden going to disappoint some student-loan borrowers by promising them money stolen from you and your children? Biden's student loan cancellation is put on hold again | AP News
This guy is so dumb that I can't believe he's not Florida Man: Man accused of sneaking shotgun shell filled with methamphetamine into Philadelphia Int'l Airport - 6abc Philadelphia
I like these stories, though I always feel just slightly bad for the person who sold a valuable thing for a pittance: Emily Carr painting bought in New York for $50 could fetch $200K at auction | Globalnews.ca
Today's Videos
Moodeng is fabulous
People think this is cool. I think it's moronic: Man Buys Taylor Swift's Autographed Guitar at Auction, Then Destroys It (tmz.com)
A terrible story...with a happy ending!
Yazidi woman rescued from Gaza after decade in captivity (bbc.com)
Yazidi woman freed from Gaza in US-led operation after decade in captivity | Reuters