HOW ABOUT A SPOOKY CAR WASH? I think this is a really fun idea if you're the sort who likes a jump scare while in your car. We're talking to Emilie Baratta from Gleam Car Wash about their Haunted Car Wash today at 1. Find out more by clicking here!
I WONDER IF DENVER WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN RULES TO "EVICT"? I told you about how the City of Denver bought the building owned by the Denver Post for a ridiculous sum of money. Now the biggest tennant, the Denver Post, has stopped paying the rent. When I did this story earlier this week I was confused about DP Media Networks being in the building because we've been told operations moved out of downtown years ago. So now I find out that the City of Denver knew that too. And they STILL bought the building saying that the rent payments would cover the cost of the building and this is why government sucks at owning stuff. Apparently it never occurred to them that the hedge fund managers who bought the Post would try to get out of the lease agreement for space they were no longer using. Any real estate investor would have seen this coming. But the City of Denver bought the building anyway, and I'm not saying it was to insure soft coverage of the Mayor's office, but you decide that for yourself. Now the City is trying to go after the almost $2million in rent and late fees. You know what would be awesome? If the City had to follow the rules for residential landlords to "evict" the tenants who aren't paying. That would be the most excellent karma ever. The real kicker here is the city has ZERO leverage. Alden Capital doesn't give a crap if they ding their credit, they are already out of the building because they moved a long time ago so there is literally ZERO reason for them to pay. Denver City Councilor Flor Alvidrez said it best, in the Denver Gazette:
She posted on her Facebook page on Tuesday afternoon: “This deal was never a good deal.”
“The City knew this risk existed, and now accountability has to be front and center,” she added. “I’m digging into how this deal was made, what safeguards were (or weren’t) in place, and how we protect taxpayers going forward. I won’t let this get swept under the rug. One of the reasons I voted no on this is because (the) council never got all the information.”
It's not often she and I agree so wholeheartedly but we do here. The Mayor owns this. Period. This story is another reason to VOTE NO on the VIBRANT DENVER Bond. These people suck at spending your money wisely, don't give them more of it.
MAYOR MIKE EXTENDS THE FLOCK CAMERA CONTRACT And boy howdy are those who love illegal immigrants mad. The issue is whether or not FLOCK shares the information from their license plate reading technology with the Feds, which would allow them to find illegal immigrants more easily. The Mayor says that he has made sure that won't happen, but he unilaterally extended the contract and some on the council are steaming mad. Hundreds of mostly white liberals showed up to protest the technology but we know how that went.
COLORADO IS BLOCKING INFO ABOUT UNACCOMPANIED MINORS HERE ILLEGALLY And the State of Colorado's laws preventing the sharing of information with ICE are preventing ICE from checking on the unaccompanied minors here. This long article from the Denver Post says Governor Jared Polis is TRYING to comply and he's using some creative ways to do it, but why can't the State of Colorado go check themselves? We already know thousands of kids were trafficking during the Biden administration, shouldn't SOMEONE go check on them? The state is being sued to prevent the release of records and once again you have the left fighting for criminals. They never get tired of that fight. The next time some lefty asks "what about the CHILLLLLDRRREN" I'm going to point to this story. These kids may be fine. They be living here while being forced to provide sexual services against their will. We don't know because Colorado Democrats would rather work to protect criminals.
WE ARE RACING TO INSOLVENCY We spent a TRILLION dollars we don't have in about one month in the United States. Our debt is now compounding so fast it's inevitable that we are headed for a serious debt crisis if we don't do SOMETHING big to stop this and neither party seems willing to do anything. The Democrats have literally shut down the government to make sure early retirees don't have to use their OWN money to pay for their health insurance. The Republicans are trying to pass what they laughingly call a "clean" Continuing Resolution that continues a vast majority of the spending we saw during the Biden Administration. Read this for more, but this is why empires fall. Read this part:
Michael Peterson, chair and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said in a statement that “reaching $38 trillion in debt during a government shutdown is the latest troubling sign that lawmakers are not meeting their basic fiscal duties."
“Along with increasing debt, you get higher interest costs, which are now the fastest growing part of the budget," Peterson added. “We spent $4 trillion on interest over the last decade, but will spend $14 trillion in the next ten years. Interest costs crowd out important public and private investments in our future, harming the economy for every American.”
rising interest costs.
The U.S. hit $34 trillion in debt in January 2024, $35 trillion in July 2024 and $36 trillion in November 2024. (emphasis mine)
Does this look remotely sustainable to you?
WHY SPENDING MATTERS This column is one I could write myself but I try not to freak people out more than I have to because I don't think there is a single thing we can do until there is a full blown crisis. Why debt matters is here.
XCEL SHIFTS PEAK ENERGY USE TIMES TO CAPTURE MORE OF YOUR MONEY Xcel is charging customers more for energy when they need it the most: 5pm to 9pm weekdays. This is a big shift from the 3p to 7p time frame they used before and will capture pretty much everyone who works a normal schedule. This part of the story made me guffaw:
The time-of-use change is designed to be revenue neutral, meaning customers' overall bills should not increase if they adjust their energy consumption patterns.
What does that mean? Also from the story:
The biggest energy consumers that should be avoided during peak hours include air conditioning, heating systems, EV chargers and washer-dryers.
You probably don't use any of those in the evening, do you? Rates for Peak times are about three times what they are during Off Peak hours. You've been warned.
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE NO ON THE DENVER BALLOT INITIATIVES I could write about it but this column says what I think. Vote NO on both of them.
ABOUT GROCERY PRICES I mentioned yesterday that a lot of my staples at the grocery store dropped in price, but I must be special because the Denver 7 Smart Shopper says only Walmart lowered their prices last week.
PARKER'S CHRISTMAS PARADE IS GONE THIS YEAR And I have to say it was the cutest parade you ever saw. Tons of miniature horses pulling little wagons, it was just a great piece of Americana. The Downtown Business Association says it's just too much for them to handle and are looking for other partners to bring it back in the future. We'll see, but this makes me kinda sad. There will be a holiday market instead.
BIDEN'S FEMA MISTREATED TRUMP SUPPORTERS And a new report shows that it wasn't an "isolated incident" as the Biden admin tried to say when it was discovered that FEMA workers were told to skip over homes with Trump signs in the yard after Hurricane Milton struck Florida. The report shows that the discrimination wasn't limited to this storm either:
The DHS report doesn’t describe a huge number of instances, but does list examples of FEMA workers from various relief efforts taking down political information well before the incident that actually made the news. FEMA’s actions were “not limited to the Hurricane Milton disaster relief efforts in 2024,” and in fact, “FEMA impermissibly collected prohibited information at least dating back to the Hurricane Ida disaster in September 2021.”
Some examples cited: October, 2021: “Homeowner had sign stated… this is Trump country.” September, 2021: “A lot of political flags, posters, etc. ‘Fuck Joe Biden,’ ‘MAGA 2024,’ ‘Joe Biden Sucks’ ‘Trump 2024’ We do not recommend anyone visiting this location.” November 2024: ‘There was a political flyer so I didn’t leave a FEMA brochure.” Neither Criswell nor Washington responded to requests for comment.
It has to do with vague instructions for FEMA workers that allowed them to skip a home if they felt "uncomfortable" which is insane. Can you imagine if you had a white FEMA worker who skipped black homes because they felt "uncomfortable"? Read the whole thing here.
YOU'RE BEING LIED TO ABOUT ICE And you REALLY need to read this, it's mind blowing.
THIS WOMAN WAS A REAL TOOL And was arrested for wearing a giant penis costume at a NO Kings rally.
THE TRANS AND NON BINARY FAD IS IN DECLINE And I've got the guy who created a firestorm about it on Friday. Read it here, but apparently it's not cool to mutilate yourself anymore. Good.
ARE YOU WATCHING THE MELTDOWN ON SOCIAL MEDIA OVER SNAP BENEFITS? It's really been incredible because you simply won't believe the level of entitlement on display right now. Just look at some of these:
But it's not all wrong, some idiots are taking to social media to brag about defrauding the government.
Lest you think that it's just black folks, here you go.
But at least they can afford healthy food with EBT, right? Not so fast.
If all of this isn't a reason to reform and undo so much of this I don't know what it. We've got entire classes of people who not only can't support themselves, but feel entitled to OUR money so they don't have to work.
SORRY GUYS BUT BIG BOOBS ARE OUT And just like other stuff fashion comes and goes and now boob jobs are much smaller than they used to be.
IT'S THE OLDEST TRAP IN THE WORLD And now Russia and China are honey trapping geeks who work on state secrets in order to get access. It's a good plan, how many of these guys have never had a hot woman give them the time of day?
A MARKET CORRECTION MAY BE COMING And I hope it's not as horrible at Dot Bomb or the Great Recession but we've got a pantload of overvalued stocks driving the market to unsustainable highs. Read more here.
WHY EXERCISE DOESN'T HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT At least like you think it should. The Exercise Paradox is explained here.
CAN WE MOVE ON FROM THE BAD BUNNY NONSENSE? Aside from some grumbling on social media no one I know gives a crap about Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl. For me, he's another Kendrick Lamar, I don't know anything about him or his music and Roger Goodell says they aren't reconsidering him so let's move on.
THROWBACKS EXTEND TO THE FIELD THIS WEEK
YES, MADISON IS HOT I got a ridiculous number of dudes asking if she was hot. Judge for yourself.
THE SPHERE IS ALL DOLLED UP FOR HALLOWEEN Watch below or click here.
THE BRONCO THROWBACK UNIS ARE FRESH Watch below or click here.
LOVE IS BLIND FANS ARE SUPER MAD AT THE DENVER SEASON Watch below or click here.
I'LL PASS ON THE CHICKEN SMOOTHIE And yes, this is an actual chicken smoothie. Why anyone would do this is beyond me. Watch below or click here.
AND NOW, SOME MURMURATION TUTTING What is that? This. Watch below or click here.