Just One Thing: This looks really bad for Jena Griswold
(though actual security is likely not impacted)
.Jena Griswold presides over one failure after another as Secretary of State. Let's hope that this is the latest nail in the coffin for her political aspirations.
Let’s put it plainly: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is a partisan hack who has been in charge while her office has had one failure after another including, famously, TWICE sending voter registration materials to non-citizens. However, yesterday’s news was so damning that even 9News’s Kyle Clark, a guy with a reputation for preferring Democrats, asked Griswold if she would resign. The news? Her office publicly posted a spreadsheet that contained in hidden tabs, that were easily unhidden by a viewer, password information for the state’s voting machines. To be clear, you’d need physical access to the machines to use the passwords and getting to them would be like a scene from Mission Impossible and there’s no evidence that anyone got the passwords, much less attempted to use them. Still, this is dramatic news and another failure under Griswold.
This is REALLY BAD. The last thing this election needs is more reason for people to wonder about its security and integrity.
Colorado Secretary of State site showed partial passwords for voting systems
Colorado Secretary of State posted voting system passwords online | 9news.com
Includes demands by state GOP: Colorado GOP: Hundreds of voting system passwords were publicly shared by secretary of state's office - Rocky Mountain Voice
A little more here including why we shouldn't be worried about this news even though it looks really bad: Yes, older voting machines have Wi-Fi cards in them. Here's why election workers say that's not cause for concern
When a Dem has lost Kyle Clark, that's saying something:
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Today's Guests
Comedian Derrick Stroup joins me in studio. Derrick is playing at Comedy Works Downtown at Larimer Square Fri: 7:30 and 9:45 PM and Sat: 7:00 and 9:15 PM.
Derrick Stroup | Live in Denver | Comedy Works
This is rather interesting for a comedian originally from the South, currently living in Denver, and moving to...
Eric Rinard is the Republican candidate for CU Regent and I urge you to vote for him.
Ganahl: Rinard the right choice for University of Colorado regent at-large - Rocky Mountain Voice
I saw a brief interview with his liberal opponent and that guy thinks it's important to make the campus "carbon neutral". Ugh.
A brief summary of a debate between the two: CU Regent candidates debate in student-led event
Bruce Mehlman is one of the most interesting and insightful political analysts in America and much in demand as a speaker and consultant so we're very lucky to have him less than a week before the election. I encourage you to subscribe to his free Substack notes. Bruce Mehlman's Age of Disruption | Substack
Here's his most recent "Six-Chart Sunday" Six-Chart Sunday (#40) – The Five Questions
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Other Stuff
I keep forgetting to mention this on the air but I definitely will today. After all, about a dozen listeners who know the depths (or heights) of my nerdiness emailed this story to me! World's largest prime number discovered – and it's a doozy
As they say, "big if true": Whistleblower: James Comey had FBI 'honey pot' spies infiltrate Trump's 2016 campaign - Washington Times
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Every year I think to myself, “I love autumn but it only seems to last about 3 days.” Colorado weather: What to expect for storm bringing rain, snow and freezing temperatures on Oct. 30, 2024 | FOX31 Denver
An actress I always enjoyed watching...Teri Garr, RIP
(She's the blogcast "thumbnail" picture today.)
Teri Garr, of 'Tootsie,' dies at 79 | AP News
SEE THE END OF THE BLOG for a video of Teri Garr on the David Letterman Show
I caught some of Kamala Harris's speech from near the White House last night. It was MUCH better than anything she's done lately and maybe the best speech she's given. It had the right balance of positivity and going after Trump but without all the badgering the audience with cries of "he's a fascist." If she'd been doing this all along she'd probably be ahead in swing states right now (but just by a little.) None of that analysis is to suggest that her speech would have me considering voting for her. I would never consider it. That said, if I really thought she were that person I'd be very slightly less afraid of her than I am but bottom line is that her views on tax policy and energy policy make her unacceptable. And I simply don't trust anything coming out of her mouth. I'm afraid of a Trump presidency in very different ways though my underlying reason for not voting for him is Jan 6, which was disqualifying and irredeemable.
Harris in speech from Ellipses in D.C. calls Trump "obsessed with revenge"
Of course, Team Trump has a very different view from mine: Trump Campaign Statement on Kamala Harris' Backward-Looking Closing Argument
I’m looking forward to checking this out: Denver Central Library to fully reopen following years-long renovations closure
I hope they find Jelly Bear! 'Disappeared into thin air': Colorado family offers $200 for return of beloved teddy bear
I'm so not-in-touch with the cannabis/marijuana market that when I saw the headline "Green Dragon to close" on TV yesterday I thought it was an old bar. Still, this seems interesting as a business story: Green Dragon closing 17 dispensaries, grow facility in Colorado
Green Dragon files WARN notices in Colorado, Florida: CEO says business is done
What a gift to Trump, right up there with Hillary's "deplorables", and a great way to take the pressure off Team Trump about the moronic Puerto Rico "joke" by insult-comic Tony Hinchcliffe who should never have been considered as a speaker at a presidential rally a week before an election. Waaaaaay too big a risk. Biden suggests Trump supporters are 'garbage' after comic's insult of Puerto Rico | AP News
Biden tries to clarify
Trump responds:
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I think this asshat switched agencies before the 2020 law came into force that requires law enforcement agencies to check a database of fired officers and to write a letter explaining why they're hiring someone who was fired for cause. People like this must never be in law enforcement. Edgewater police officer who berated, threatened suspects resigns | 9news.com
Taylor Farms is already going to be losing a LOT of money. It's unclear if McDonalds has any liability. But at least the former and hopefully both companies should step up RIGHT NOW and promise this family that they will not have to pay ANY medical bills related to this: After McDonald's Quarter Pounders teen fights kidney failure | 9news.com
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has something to say about the job security of the new leader of Hezbollah:
Could this matter? Yes, it could. Supreme Court Declines to Order RFK Jr.’s Removal from Ballot in Michigan and Wisconsin | National Review
The energy policies of the EU generally and Germany specifically are causing massive harm: WSJ: Volkswagen Hits the Net-Zero Wall
Leftist economics: Force people to buy products they don't want from manufacturers who can't produce them cost-effectively and then make sure that no other country can offer better vehicles at lower prices. These discussions always forget what's good for the consumers who should really be the focus of policy; instead, especially in Europe with its overly powerful trade unions, the focus is always on keeping uncompetitive workers employed. EU slaps tariffs on Chinese EVs, risking Beijing backlash | Reuters
Today's Video
Teri Garr passed away at the age of 79. She always seemed like a nice person and never failed on the screen.