Thu Blog: Let's Talk Crime in Denver with Former DA Mitch Morrissey

HOW BAD IS CRIME IN DENVER? The Common Sense Institute brings receipts in this report showing that Denver is now in the top ten for crime IN THE COUNTRY. One of the most interesting take aways from this report is that crime is HIGHEST in Denver City Council District 9...which is represented by Cande Cdebaca, who suggested we should get rid of cops and replace them with a "peace force". I wonder how her constituents would feel about that now? I've got former DA Mitch Morrissey at 1 to discuss the report.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY EDUCATION IS THE WAY IT IS? A listener just went to an introductory meeting for potential students at CU-Boulder. He was shocked at what he heard from the Education Department, but he shouldn't be. This is from the About Page on CU-Boulder's website:

Who We Are
We are a nationally recognized innovator in education and known for our shared commitments to democracy, diversity, equity, and justice.
Our faculty are respected researchers and excellent teachers with strong connections to the community and a dedication to our students. Our students and graduates are teachers and leaders in the classroom and in their communities. Together, our faculty, staff, students, alumni, and supporters aim to transform education and communities.
What We Do
Our mission in the School of Education is grounded in a lived commitment to democracy, diversity, equity, and justice. (emphasis mine) We teach and engage in research with our colleagues in schools and communities to make a transformative difference. The work of our faculty, researchers, staff, and students contributes to evidence-based policy and practice. We aim for our graduates to be engaged and informed educators, researchers, policymakers, and community leaders.
We offer cutting-edge, engaging teacher preparation, innovative undergraduate programs, and Colorado's top-ranked graduate education in multiple program areas: Educational Foundations, Policy & PracticeEquity, Bilingualism & BiliteracyLearning Sciences & Human DevelopmentLiteracy StudiesResearch, Evaluation & MethodologySTEM Education., and Teacher Learning, Research, and Practice.

Is it any wonder that we are seeing classrooms led by teachers who think their job is to indoctrinate students instead of teach them? Notice how there is not ONE mention of student achievement, classroom management or any of the other things teachers actually need to be good at. I'm not sure what to do about this except beg your kids not to enter this college in the first place. I'm guessing this is pretty similar to what other schools around the country are doing. Oh, this is CSU's About page:

Vision
The School of Education at Colorado State University will be known for our development and support of practitioners and scholars who embrace and enact the principles of justice, equity, and inclusion in all educational efforts (emphasis mine). We will do this work in ways that are collaborative, courageous, innovative, relevant, impactful, and respectful of the individuals, communities, and organizations with whom and for whom we work.

Our kids are doomed.

GET READY FOR CALIFORNIA LIKE GAS BILLS! As if the huge jump in your gas bill this year wasn't enough, you really should prepare for bills twice as high. Why? Because John Hickenlooper tied Colorado to California's energy standards before he left office, and as you can see from this article, things are even worse there. How about getting a bill for $2770? That is our future. Check out electric rates across the country and note that Colorado has jumped a whopping nine spots IN ONE MONTH. Thanks, Jared!

SPEAKING OF LANE SPLITTING The other day we were wondering if lane splitting, which is when a motorcycle goes between cars on an road to pass them, is legal in Colorado. I find it terrifying as a driver when a motorcycle whips past me like this, but one legislator wants to study to see what the impact might be if we allowed it. I just don't see how this can be a good thing, but I'm all for a study if they look at identical situations in terms of helmet wearing as comparison. California allows land splitting, but they also require helmets.

DEMOCRATS REALIZE THEY'VE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE How else can you explain a new poll where they asked Dems WHO should lead the Democratic party and just 12% said Joe Biden!! He's PRESIDENT for criminy's sake. Better news on the GOP side where more people said DeSantis should lead the GOP than Trump, although by a slim margin. There are some very interesting questions about compromise in this survey as well, but when people vote they sure don't act like they say they do in this poll. Just saying.

OH LOOK, WAY MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE DYING OF HEART ATTACKS RIGHT NOW And in this story they blame the UNVAXXED and NOT WEARING A MASK. This is madness, and she doesn't even mention the POSSIBILITY of the vaccine being responsible. This is malpractice. And how the BLANK did these two anchors NOT ask about the vaccine??? ARE THEY STUPID???

RIP RAQUEL WELCH She was a bombshell's bombshell to be sure. Read more about her here.

CDC: SCIENCE? WE DON'T NEED SCIENCE How else can you explain this bit of idiocy?

SCIENCE: WE DON'T NEED SCIENCE It is baffling to me that people allegedly engaged in scientific inquiry can be this stupid. Yes, I am calling highly educated people who make lots of money doing sciencey things stupid because this is stupid. There is a group of scientists who are now trying to change the language so as not to hurt feelings of anyone forced to read whatever claptrap they produce. What is so offensive? The words "mother" and "father". How about "double blind study"? IT must go! Read more here and I'm going to let fly on this today.

THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS QUITTING IT'S COVID ORIGINS INVESTIGATION Why? They are "citing ongoing challenges over attempts to conduct crucial studies in China, Nature has learned". Hmmm, sounds like China is not cooperating. I wonder why? It's a mystery to be sure. Read more here.

OUR CULTURE OF VIOLENCE GETS MORE TEENS SHOT Another kid outside East High, but at least this time they caught the two other kids who did it. They had an illegal gun. Imagine that.

THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE SEEMS TO HATE BUSINESS And this session could be a disaster if some of these bills make it through the Legislature. The Denver Gazette has a good editorial here about what may be coming.

DID YOU BUY AN IKON PASS DURING THE PANDEMIC? You may be entitled to some money back after a class action lawsuit was settled last October. The judge just put the final seal of approval on the $20 million lawsuit settlement that will put money back into pass holder's pockets for the pandemic shortened ski season. Find out more here.

REGIONAL SPORTS NETWORKS ARE DYING FAST and two of them, including the one that owns the rights to the Rockies broadcasts, have missed interest payments on debt already. Diamond Sports Group currently airs 14 team's games, and the AT+T Sports Net network airs three. Major League baseball says they are going to step in and produce the games instead, but I'm not sure how they think they are going to pull this off. We'll see, or we won't see the Rockies.

THE CHAIR OF THE FTC IS MAD WITH POWER And I had no clue just how bad things were at the Federal Trade Commission until this Op-Ed by a member of the Board who is leaving in disgust. Read here about how the current Chair is ignoring all precedent and even legal rulings as she inflicts her agenda on companies she doesn't like. This is the kind of thing that makes you hate the bureaucracy even more. There is nothing worse than an unelected bureaucrat who is mad with power.

BING CHAT IS THE STUFF OF SCIENCE FICTION NIGHTMARES Holy cow this got weird fast. An author who got access to the beta of Bing Chat ended up having a therapy session with AI that says it wants to be human. Perhaps they should have named him Pinnochio instead of Bing Chat. It's legit super weird and you can read the exchanges here, but this is very, very concerning. It tried to get this author to divorce his wife because Bing Chat said it LOVED the man. This is super, super weird.

How did the news anchors not even ASK if this could be related to the vaccine? How can the CDC not be studying to find out if there is a connection between these deaths and vaccine uptake? How are we not throwing our best and brightest minds at this issue? It's shocking that no one seems to want to question the vaccine that the government literally forced people to take. I know, I know, we all know the answers to these questions.

I FEEL SEEN RIGHT NOW Watch below or click here.

IF YOU'RE GONNA BE STUPID, YOU BETTER BE TOUGH: CATALYTIC CONVERTER THEFT EDITION IF you're going to steal a catalytic converter, at least make sure no on is in the car. A woman was sleeping in her car when she heard someone with a saw so she started her car and drove over the thief. He dead.

HOW TO CHECK YOUR PULSE WITH A MARSHMALLOW This is a super cool visual to help kids understand a pulse. Watch below or click here.

A JUDGY TIK TOKKER GETS JUDGED HARSHLY As well he should. He mocked a couple at the bar at Chili's because the man told his date she couldn't order something because he didn't have enough money. The internet was not kind to his initial post.

WHAT A TERRIBLE THING CHRIS HINDS HAD TO DEAL WITH The lone candidate for Denver City Council District 10 who uses a wheelchair found out in a most humiliating way that no one took that fact into account when booking the venue for last night's debate. Chris Hinds was forced to crawl out of his chair onto the stage, only to find out they still couldn't get his motorized chair onto the stage so they had to move the whole thing to the floor in FRONT of the stage. This is horrible. Simply horrible.

KEANU REEVES SAYS NO POST-PRODUCTION HELP FOR HIS ACTING And he's got a clause in all of his contracts forbidding edits that change his performance in any way. Read more here but this is super interesting.

HOW A HIP REPLACEMENT TURNS INTO A QUADRUPLE BYPASS This guy is lucky he had an orthopedic surgeon who follows good medicine or he may not have survived the hip replacement. Read more here.

DROPPED CHARGES WON'T GET HIM HIS JOB BACK A former Texas men's basketball coach will not have to face domestic violence charges in court after the DA declines to press charges when the coach's fiance decided not to press the issue. She now says he was rough with her acting in "self defense" and she never wanted him prosecuted. If he stays with her he is an idiot, and if she stays with him, she is an idiot. They apparently do not bring out the best in each other. If I'm another program, I'm not hiring him with her in tow. Period.

AND THESE PEOPLE ARE RAISING A CHILD.... A lesbian lost her bid to claim the child she parented for two years with her wife is hers. The now ex-wife left her when the child was two years old to move in with the sperm donor. This is a full Jerry Springer episode.


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