I DO HAVE SOME GOOD STUFF TODAY And it is in the form of a wonderful woman in Lakewood with a dream of allowing people to get on stage and do something they've never done before. I will talk to Brit Stueven at 1pm today about her upcoming event at the Lakewood Cultural Center on Wednesday, January 28th called Not Til Now. What is it? A storytelling and comedy event where people finally do what they’ve always wanted — share a story, try stand-up, or create on stage — for the very first time. Find out more and buy your tickets here! Find the Not Til Now website here.
HOW TO ENTER OUR THEME SONG CONTEST! As you may know, the Mandy Connell Song is an AI created song and we'd like to replace it with a human version. Here are the rules to our contest:
- There is no prize. The "prize" is you get to hear your version of our theme song multiple times a day. You and anyone who played on the song will need to sign a release saying we can use it forever with no compensation to you.
- You can request that the song and lyrics be sent you via email by sending an email to Arod@iheartmedia.com with the Subject line: Send the Mandy Theme
- Submit your entirely human created version to Arod@iheartmedia.com with the Subject Line: Mandy Theme Contest
- That's it. We will wrap this up by December 31st. We will have the winner in to record in Studio C after the first of the year.
DON'T FORGET TO NOMINATE YOUR HERO In KOA's A Heroes Thank You! Find out here how to nominate a service member, or veteran, or first responder for a $2500 prize just for serving.
THERE IS A GOP GOVERNOR'S DEBATE IN JANUARY And yours truly will be one of the moderators, along with my pal Ryan Schuiling from next door at KHOW (moving to morning drive in January!) It will have the top FIVE candidates, even though SIX were invited. Only Victor Marx said no, first citing an out of town fundraiser and then just passing when the offer was made to move the event to a weekend that could accommodate his schedule. I am less and less interested in Victor Marx as a candidate. Get your free tickets to the event in Greeley on January 10th at 1:30 by clicking here, but don't wait, they are going fast. Thanks to Steve Wells for making this happen, and Sheriff Steve Reams for setting it up. Ryan pops in at 1:30 to chat about the drama behind the invites with me.
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LET PEOPLE CHANT "KILL THE JEWS" Another horrible murderous scene unfolded in Australia where a father and son duo from Pakistan opened fire on Jews who had the nerve to celebrate Hannukah. This is after Australian tolerantly let savage Palestinian supporters chant "Kill The Jews" while CELEBRATING the attacks of October 7th just a few days after. Ayan Hirsi Ali writes about it how this is the logical end result when you tolerate the intolerant and lose your moral compass. From her column:
Weeks before he was murdered, Rabbi Eli Schlanger wrote directly to Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, urging him to take a firm stand. He warned the prime minister against abandoning Israel or the Jewish people. He wrote as a rabbi shaped by history, reminding the prime minister that Jews have been driven from their land again and again by leaders later remembered with contempt. Australia’s leader, he said, still had a choice—to stand on the side of integrity and justice: “As a rabbi in Sydney, I beg you not to betray the Jewish people and not to betray God Himself.” In September, Albanese announced Australia’s formal recognition of a Palestinian state. Read now, Rabbi Schlanger’s letter feels less like advocacy and more like a warning that went unheeded.
What do we do from here? How do we stop college students chanting "Globalize the Intifada" while protecting free speech and not setting the stage for an attack like this in the United States? I full believe we are days, months, or short years away from things like this becoming an everyday event. Especially when so many have walked across the southern border unfettered, unchecked, and free to attack our people and our way of life. Too many Muslims are not here to take advantage of the American dream, but to subjugate it to theirs. Jews in Australia have been sounding the alarm about the rise in their country for years, and this column is written by a woman who has been among those voices. Read this part:
Similarly, one of the earliest signs of the globalized intifada that was to end the postwar holiday from Jewish history took place here in Australia on October 9, 2023. An angry protest mob burned an Israeli flag and some chanted “Fuck the Jews” in front of the Sydney Opera House.
By now all of the city’s iconic places have been tarnished with antisemitism. A march of about 100,000 people for Gaza across the Sydney Harbor Bridge in August featured, among other insults, a placard of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. Two prominent members of the country’s ruling Labor party who walked in front of the sign at the so-called “March for Humanity” later insisted they hadn’t noticed it. A week later the government announced it would recognize the state of Palestine without meaningful preconditions.
They aren't just words when they incite violence, and just because someone you don't know took you up on your clarion call to murder people because of their religion doesn't mean you are innocent. When does protest become incitement? It seems like now. When will the accusations of genocide finally point in the right direction? I look forward to Muslim leadership beginning the process of ex communicating such hate out of their faith. I will be here, waiting.
PERHAPS WE NEED TO BAN PEOPLE FROM IMMIGRATING FROM COUNTRIES WHO HATE US I mean, this seems logical but I'm sure there ARE people there who want to leave those places BECAUSE they are so oppressive. But why don't we recognize that when a country below shows complete intolerance to religions other than Islam, there may be a problem. Which countries is Christianity banned or severely restricted would be a great starting point:
Chat made this chart and I can't fix the headers but the first column is the Country, the second is where Christianity is banned, the third is where it is Severely Restricted, the last is notes.
CountryOfficially Illegal ChurchesSevere RestrictionsNotes
Saudi Arabia
✅ Yes
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No public churches; private worship only for foreigners. (Wikipedia)
Afghanistan
❌ (but practically banned)
✅ Yes
Converts face extreme penalties; worship must be secret. (World Population Review)
Somalia
❌ (practically)
✅ Yes
No functioning public churches. (Global Christian Relief)
Libya
❌ (practically)
✅ Yes
Churches closed post-conflict. (Global Christian Relief)
Yemen
❌ (practically)
✅ Yes
Conversion illegal; worship dangerous. (Open Doors US)
Iran
❌
✅ Yes
Recognized minority churches exist; proselytism banned. (Open Doors Hong Kong)
Brunei
❌
✅ Yes
Faith sharing prohibited. (International Christian Concern)
Pakistan
❌ (for converts)
✅ Yes
Proselytizing to Muslims illegal. (International Christian Concern)
Algeria
❌
⚠️ Restricted
Closures & prosecutions reported. (Wikipedia)
Turkmenistan
❌ (unregistered)
⚠️ Restricted
Highly controlled registration. (Wikipedia)
WHY THIS WILL STILL KEEP HAPPENING In response to this attack, a British MP reminds people that diversity is our strength. Except when that "diversity" is completely counter to Western ideals, but she skips over that part.
ISIS KILLS AMERICANS IN SYRIA And I bet you may not have even known Americans were IN Syria but here we are. Now Trump has vowed revenge and I'm fine with that until it ends up with more boots on the ground in Syria.
AND STUDENTS SHOT AT BROWN UNIVERSITY two students were killed and nine injured in a shooting at Brown University. No suspect has been arrested.
ROB REINER AND HIS WIFE ARE MURDERED And at this point I'm honestly thinking I want to go back to bed. Rumor in LA is that Reiner and his wife, who were discovered by firefighters with wounds consistent with stab wounds, were possibly murdered BY THEIR SON. WHAT THE ACTUAL YOU KNOW WHAT??? What is happening in this world???
THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS, THANKS TO THE BRONCOS Whose play against the Packers yesterday will hopefully shut up the haters. Read about the great win here! Bo's mom was right, and he gave all the high fives on the way off the field.
But it's the end of an abysmal season for the Kansas City Chiefs (not sorry) because Patrick Mahomes tore his ACL. Micah Parson went down in the game with us with what looks to be a torn ligament as well. It was a tough week in the NFL for injuries, you can read more here.
METRO STATE IS A BASTION OF LEFT WING CLAPTRAP And this is just pathetic and sad. Any college should have the goal of helping their graduates succeed in the workplace and life. Metro State is taking the opposite approach when it comes to teaching English. They have determined Standard American English, you know, the spoken glue that holds society together in a cohesive way, is racist. Of course they did. Of course. You have to read the rest of this, it's absurd. I can't believe people pay for this nonsense.
THE DOJ IS SUING JENNA GRISWOLD For not turning over voter records. Griswold, who released a bunch of passwords that gave lots of sensitive voter information potentially, huffily said she would not comply. We'll see if the Feds come back with a federal warrant. I hope they do.
GOVERNMENT IS DESTROYING OUR BUSINESS CLIMATE In Colorado, businesses used to thrive. Now, not so much. In this ongoing series from the Denver Gazette they are examining the ways our business climate has changed. This piece on the overregulation of our state is eye opening and EASY TO FIX. This part jumped out at me:
Some industries have seen much more regulation in the past several years, such as personal services and “pipeline transportation,” the study said, which saw a 100% increase in regulations between 2020 and 2023. The report added that there are nearly 200,000 regulations in the state, and coupled with the federal rules, about 1.3 million total for businesses to follow.
In Colorado, almost 45% of those rules can be classified as duplicative or redundant, according to the chamber’s report. The chamber said that every 10% increase in regulations leads to an estimated loss of 36,000 jobs and 9,000 firms statewide. Regulations slow economic growth by at least 2% annually, the chamber added. Industries with the most “excessive” regulations included non-oil and gas mining at 65%, utilities at 65%, printing and related support at 71%, health and personal care stores at 85% and nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing at 87%.
It's easy to fix with leadership that realizes that businesses react accordingly to new regulations. They don't grow, or they leave, or they pack it in entirely.
SO HOW WILL OUR TOP INDUSTRIES FARE NEXT YEAR? There is a lot of uncertainty going forward but this breakdown is overall net positive and I hope it's right. Read it here.
POLIS STACKS PARKS AND WILDLIFE WITH KOOKS AND WACKOS And the last sane man on the Commission just resigned. What the heck is going on with this Board? Parks and Wildlife should be the LEAST political board ever and yet Jared Polis, whose husband Marlin is very involved with wackadoodle animal rights activism, keeps appointing people who HATE the people most likely to USE the park system to the board. Read more here.
DICK WADHAMS IS HERE FOR THE HICK CHALLENGER Oh, he's not supporting State Senator Julie Gonzales, who is running against Hickenlooper in the Democratic primary from his Left, he's just here to remind us of how useless Hick has been as a US Senator. He's not wrong. It is interesting to find out the machinations Hick pulled out get Gonzales to quit before she got started. This could be fun to watch, and it's not beyond the realm of possibility that Gonzalez could pull this off in today's environment. I bet she would come on my show.
WE ALL NEED THIS STORY TODAY I think CBS's Steve Hartman has the best job EVER. He gets to tell stories like this one.
WE ARE THE OVERDOGS yes, we are Bo Nix.
THE CHRISTMAS SEE SAWS ARE CUTE And you can see them in downtown Denver. Watch below or click here.
I'VE SEEN STRANGER THINGS...IN LOVELAND This is cool. A family went all out with their Stranger Things Christmas display. Watch below or click here.
I HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THIS DELUDED DOCTOR Who makes his money telling people they can change gender?
Here is the answer:
REVIEW OF ONE WEEK OLD BABY This is fantastic.
BUT THIS BABY SINGS THUNDERSTRUCK I'm not sure who has time to make stuff like this but I'm glad they do.
I HOPE HE SUFFERED GREATLY FOR THIS PRANK Watch below or click here.
THIS FAMILY IS INSANE And I refuse to believe that multiple people made these as some sort of wrapping competition. Watch below or click here.
90S BULLIES ARE OUT OF WORK Watch below or click here.
WATCHING THE NFL HAS GOTTEN STUPID Chuck and I were just talking about this! Watch below or click here.