The second Republican officially enters the presidential race
Just One Thing
The recent shootdowns of "objects" over the US and Canada remind me a little -- I don't want to overstate it -- of the repeated sightings of swarms of drones (mostly) over eastern Colorado 3 years ago. Now, I always thought they were military but also left room that they could have been from some sort of wacky Google project. At this point I do wonder what the things were that the US military has shot down in recent days. Were they American or foreign? Were the military or academic or corporate? Will we ever find out for sure?
Mysterious drones over Colorado: What we know, what we don't | 9news.com
Colorado drone mystery sightings finally might be solved | Military | gazette.com
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Today's Guests
Chris Wright is CEO of Liberty Energy:
Energy CEO Fights Climate Science. And LinkedIn. North Face, Too. (WSJ.com) Liberty Energy boss Chris Wright rails against what he says is an alarmist call for a transition away from fossil fuels
YOU'VE GOT TO CHECK OUT CHRIS' RECENT VIDEO AT THE END OF THIS BLOGCAST
The Colorado Business Roundtable is hosting this event next Thursday 2/23 in DTC/Greenwood Village...info and tickets available at the website: Profits and Purpose: What's Next for ESG - Colorado Business Roundtable (cobrt.com)
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Robert Bryce is one of the nation's leading experts on our power grid, power generation, and electrification.
Robert Bryce - Author | Journalist | Public Speaker
So many people talk about electrifying cars and almost everything else but nobody talks about what infrastructure - beyond the power generation itself - would be needed. Robert Bryce says that it’s impossible soon and improbable later.
https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/out-of-transmission
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Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) gets called to the principal's office a lot. As the daughter of an Army brigadier general and the first woman ever to graduate from the Citadel's Corps of Cadets, she's nobody's pushover which is why she's so outspoken (but in a far more rational way than some of the other outspoken women in the Republican caucus in the House...I won't use any names.)
Nancy Mace - The Citadel - Charleston, SC
Nancy has wisely refused to follow the crowd at key moments: Coalition of 7 conservative House Republicans says they won’t challenge election results | The Hill
Nancy Mace wants Republicans to ‘being a**holes to women’ | The Independent
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace keeps getting “called to the principal’s office” (msn.com)
Nancy roasted just about everybody in a speech at the Washington Press Club Foundation, including taking a bunch of shots at Lauren Boebert as well as other Republicans and lots of Democrats. Now not every joke was very funny but they were mostly courageous...and, yes, there is an "F-bomb".
Other Stuff
I, like any other normal human, utterly hate these stories, but it must be mentioned: Michigan State University shooting kills 3, injures 5: Suspected shooter dead (axios.com)
All of the dead are/were students.
The thing that always comes into my head with things like this, and that differentiates them from a war or other organized fighting, is that the dead (other than the criminal) had no idea that they were even in harm's way. They were going about their lives, learning, talking with friends, drinking coffee, having fun, thinking about a future that they would not get to see. It's so so sad.
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I talked about this on yesterday's show, wondering if it was so stupid that even the Democrat leaders of the CO State House of Representatives would send it to a "kill committee" for the public execution it so richly deserves. The answer is "no." It passed the committee 9-4 a few days ago and, I'm told, passed second reading in the House on Monday, meaning it's quite likely to pass the House. I have no idea what will happen in the Senate or whether Gov Polis would sign it.
In short, it would allow a county to prohibit the discharge of firearms in unincorporated areas of a county ON PRIVATE PROPERTY as long as there are at least 30 "dwellings" per square mile in the area. This, my friends, is utterly insane. It's an obvious violation of Second Amendment rights but I don't know if it would ever get to federal court if it passes.
County Authority To Prohibit Firearms Discharge | Colorado General Assembly
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The sooner the better: Club Q, site of mass shooting, set to reopen fall of 2023 | KRDO
Club Q to reopen in fall with enhanced security, tribute to victims (coloradosun.com)
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The same way that the government stole the prior Social Security surplus, they're also stealing from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to mask the cost of prior spending: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=29692
Biden to sell 26 million barrels more from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve | Fox Business
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Big "news" about space aliens visiting earth: Aliens Report No Intelligent Life On Earth After Landing In Portland | Babylon Bee
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Stuff I owe you from yesterday...more than usual because I added two guests on short notice...
Denver Public School challenges:
Denver school closures: DPS enrollment decline was years in the making (denverpost.com)
This is a MASSIVE issue in Israel: Israel president floats judicial compromise to prevent 'constitutional collapse' | Reuters
I hate hate hate some of these fees but it's unclear what the proper role of government is here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/mon1ey/other/biden-wants-to-ban-junk-fees-here-s-what-that-means/ar-AA17evfD
This kinda speaks for itself: Colorado housing: Should the state wade into local land decisions? (coloradosun.com)
Wanna buy a house? Dan Snyder might be willing to sell you the Redskins, er...the Commanders, too, if you buy his modest residence:
11900 River Rd, Rockville, MD 20854 | MLS #MDMC2081780 | Zillow
Would be fun to go check these out in person, whether or not you need to actually use them:
Looking for relief? Here are Denver's best bizarre restrooms - Denverite, the Denver site!
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A friend of mine who is a very successful commodity trader thinks this story is right: Low cattle inventory could lead to rise in beef prices | FOX31 Denver (kdvr.com)
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I'd really like to know why we're using missiles instead of bullets: US military's first shot at unknown octagonal object over Lake Huron missed, officials say | Fox News
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Today's Videos
This video is 11 years old but it's still remarkable and perhaps kinda gross though I don't think it keeps me from wanting to eat a hot dog. That said, I only eat kosher beef hotdogs (not because I keep kosher but because I suspect they're of much higher quality) so I'm hoping the process to make those is less gross.
Don't let the article below overhype reactions. It's mostly a clickbait website that will make one comment sound like it represents a trend of thousands of people. But still it's funny/gross enough to check out.