IT'S THE LAST SPRING TRAINING GAME OF THE YEAR TODAY At least that will interrupt my show. Opening Day is Friday so I've got a short show then too, but then the Home Opener is a week from Friday so make your plans to stop by the corner of 20th and Blake to see me and Ross from 9am to noon!
THE SIDE HUSTLE IS LIVE! And you need to watch it here and join our Facebook group here to keep up and weigh in on our daily questions. Our first episode was much better than I thought a first episode was going to be.
GOOD BILLS VS BAD BILLS IN COLORADO And I'm sure you won't be shocked at all to find out that the Bad Bills outweigh the good bills by quite a lot, and most of the good bills are being killed on a party line vote. Kevin Lundberg does a great job keeping us up to date here.
BEFORE YOU POP THAT STATIN I would urge you to take a look at this column by a guy who goes by the name A Midwestern Doctor. He is NOT a fan of pharmaceutical companies and writes extensively about the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex (I think I just made that up) we've created. In it he does over study after study that show the benefits of statins to be SO SMALL and the side effects SO COMMON that the continued prescription writing for these drugs is a total scam. I would urge you, if you're already on a statin, to take this column to your doctor for a conversation. Doctors get a vast majority of their information about drugs from the same drug companies who are selling them.
COP SHOPS EVERYWHERE ARE UNDERMANNED And it's amazing how you can turn people off a profession by taking to the streets and assuming all of them are racist murderers. Now the chickens have come home to roost and departments all over the country are running at staffing levels far below where they need to be. Read it here, but today I'm going to try and find out what Denver PD's staffing looks like for comparison.
AN INTOLERANT MAN IS CHARGED FOR ASSAULTING A WOMAN AT A DURANGO GYM And you can read about the story here, but there is a follow up as the cranky old bastard who assaulted Bernie Lake is now facing some misdemeanor charges. This story really brought out of the worst in Durango for sure. The way the Left has just gone ALL IN on attacking, vandalizing and even murder is profoundly disturbing. Not surprising, but disturbing as they seem to be completely unable to see their own hypocrisy. Remember when they were against firebombing abortion clinics where baby's lives were ended? Now they love firebombing car dealerships where the most American made car in the country is sold. They are so certain of their moral superiority they see nothing wrong with violence when they don't get their way. Of course they clapped while this old man attacked a woman working out. Of course they did.
CANADA SAYS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE BRINGING GUNS AND DRUGS And if this were being said by Trump, which is was, it is racist. But when a Canadian former Border Patrol agent says it, it's not. Read it here. He's not wrong, by the way. He also said he expects a "tsunami" of illegals to flood over the border because of Trump's hardline policies. I'm fine with that, as I remember this:
Sure he's out as PM, but this set the tone, didn't it? We'll see how this works out for Canada.
HOW AURORA IS ATTACKING THE TdA PROBLEM This is a good interview with Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain about the mess he walked into when he took the job in Aurora from police 'leadership" that was in active denial of the growing gang problem. Read it here.
WHEN SPEECH IS COMPELLED BY GOVERNMENT IN DUMB WAYS Jon Caldara writes here about a new law that would require gas pumps to have a warning that says “Combustion of this product releases greenhouse gases known by the state of Colorado to be linked to global heating and significant health impacts.” Of course they would have to put a warning label on everything in the store that is delivered by truck, which is...well...all of them. Jon makes the appropriate amount of fun of it here.
COLORADO DEMOCRATS OFFENDED BY THE BILL OF RIGHTS Why are Colorado Democrat legislators such soft pansy asses? That is the only thing I can take away from this story of a Republican member of the House of Representatives being told to cover up a sticker on his laptop because it offended them. What did the awful sticker say? From the Fox News story:
"It said ‘shall not be infringed’ and signed ‘2-A’ and that was considered offensive, which I understand would be offensive to this bill," he continued.
They made him cover it up on his computer. To be clear, this means that Democrats in the Colorado House are offended by the Bill of Rights. This is where we are now.
DIA IS THE #2 WALKING DISTANCE AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY This is the least surprising story of the day. Which airport was first? That would Dallas Fort-Worth, which if you've ever been there you are also not surprised. We walk an average of 1.14 miles to get to our gates at our airport!
DEMOCRATS ARE LOSING YOUNG PEOPLE And are doing so at an astounding rate. New polling data shows this:
According to AP VoteCast analysis, President Trump won 47 percent of the 18-29 demographic in the 2024 election, up from 36 percent in 2020. AtlasIntel's February polling shows his approval rating in this age group has improved by nearly 23 percentage points since January.
According to this story, not only did Trump win white men age 18, he also won non-white men age 18. This is stunningly bad news for Democrats, who commiserate about it in this article:
Finally, Shor provides some definitive evidence that Democratic messaging about Trump’s anti-democratic characteristics fell on rocky ground. By an astonishing 78 percent to 18 percent margin, voters said “delivering change that improves Americans’ lives” was more important than “preserving America’s institutions.” This finding suggests that in 2024, and right now, Democrats should exploit Trump’s broken promises about the economy and other practical concerns instead of focusing on how Trump has broken those promises.
So what are Democrats doing right now? Trying to protect those "institutions" that young people proved they don't care about by voting for Trump. They know the bill is coming due and they are going to have to pay it.
GO WOKE, GO BROKE: NIKE EDITION Remember when Nike hired former NFL quarterback for an ad campaign and conservatives were like, Bye Nike, and lefties applauded the move and said that Nike would GAIN customers because of their "brave" stance. Welp, we have the results and the conservatives were right....again. Nike is now in a freefall. Sales have dropped 9% which represents about $1.16 BILLION loss.
ESG INVESTING IS DEAD IN THE US And this column from the crew at Unleashing Prosperity breaks down how the stupid investment funds, whose main goal was virtue signaling for investors, are being dumped for better returns elsewhere.
ABOUT THE CROWD CLAIMS AT THE BERNIE AOC RALLY The numbers were big, but not nearly as big as Bernie and AOC said later. A data nerd named Tony Seruga broke down the numbers using GPS data from devices and the crowd was all the usual suspects.
It was still a big crowd so maybe they are taking a page from Trump's playbook and just exaggerating for their own egos.
THE BEDEVILING DETAILS OF THE KHALIL CASE Free speech absolutist Alan Dershowitz has a very good column on the Mahmoud Khalil case here. As a guy who has defended the free speech rights of truly deplorable Americans I have to say he's given me a lot to think about on this one. I still think that until one is a US Citizen, you do NOT enjoy the full spectrum of free speech protections, though I am wavering on that point daily. I try to live my life as a free speech absolutist, but this is giving me fits.
RIP MIA LOVE The trailblazing black Congresswoman from Utah has passed away at the age of 49 after a battle with cancer. Read about her legacy here.
CAN JONATHAN MAJORS REHAB HIS WAY BACK INTO MARVEL? This video seems like it to me, we'll see if the Marvel universe responds.
WHEN COLLEGE STUDENTS FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE CHANTING Because they have no idea.
A REAL HOUSE OF MARVEL This would make a great short term rental! Watch below or click here.
IS THIS A SIX POINT SHOT? Steph Curry gets it done, even from off the court. Watch below or click here.
WORK LIFE BALANCE IS FOR WORKING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S DREAM This is a great interview with musician and music producer Will. I. Am. about how much he works to get ahead.
GUYS WHO AVOID PROSTATE CHECKS ARE MORE LIKELY TO DIE Of mostly curable prostate cancer. Read more here and go get yourself checked!
HONDA CUTS A DEAL WITH TOYOTA TO AVOID TARIFFS As Toyota's battery plant is in North Carolina, which is tariff free. Now the two longtime competitors are working together to deliver tariff free batteries for Honda cars.
I AM ANTI THIS KIND OF TODDLER TRICKERY I get it, kids don't want to eat vegetables, but this doesn't accomplish anything in the long run. Watch below or click here.