Just One Thing: Remind yourself what good writing FEELS like
The Cactus (americanliterature.com) (by O'Henry, posthumously released in a 1917 compilation called Waifs and Strays)
Today's Guests
Jessica Kirson is playing at Comedy Works South at the Landmark Friday night and Saturday night at 7:15 PM and 9:45 PM. At last check, the Saturday early show is sold-out: Jessica Kirson | Live in Denver | Comedy Works
(See video below for some of her non-dirty humor, though she has lots of dirty humor in her live show and in other videos)
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State Rep Lisa Frizell (HD45, Castle Rock) serves on the Colorado State House Business Administration and Labor Committee which killed the terrible House Bill 1118 yesterday. That's the bill that brought out a full-court press from the Restaurant Association and ended up in a 2-8 loss for the bill in committee even though there are 7 Democrats on the Committee. It's a rare bit of good news from this terrible legislature.
The actual bill: Fair Workweek Employment Standards | Colorado General Assembly
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Kelly Caufield is Executive Director of the Common Sense Institute. She joins us to talk about CSI's new analysis about homelessness in Denver.
Homelessness in Denver | Common Sense Institute (commonsenseinstituteco.org)
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Paul Mauro is an attorney and retired NYPD Inspector. He's the proprietor of The Ops Desk website and Substack and reports on police, criminal justice, and intelligence issues. He's a Fox News contributor and you might have seen him on America's Newsroom with Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer just this morning.
We'll discuss the conviction (and maybe the sentencing) of Alec Murdaugh. (See much more in links below)
The Ops Desk | Paul | Substack
Murdaugh Guilty - by Paul - The Ops Desk (substack.com)
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Other Stuff
Alex Murdaugh convicted: As one person put it on Twitter, "man who murdered his family convicted of murdering his family". When news hit that there was a verdict after only 3 hours of deliberation, it was obvious what it was going to be. Unanimous not-guilty was impossible and hung jury would have required far more time. https://apnews.com/article/alex-murdaugh-murder-trial-7db9faf0ad165899385c52bf990c54cd
One interesting side note: Just before the jury began deliberating, a juror was removed and replaced after the judge ruled that she had impermissibly discussed the case with friends outside the courtroom. One wonders if she might have been a vote to acquit. Now one wonders if she'll ever tell the public what she would have done. The defense seemed more upset than the prosecution about her removal though it's hard to tell if that's more a matter of disliking the process or if they thought she might be leaning towards not guilty rather than guilty: Juror in Alex Murdaugh double murder trial removed for "offering her opinion on evidence" ahead of deliberations - CBS News
Today he will receive his sentence: Alex Murdaugh to be sentenced Friday in murder of wife, son | Fox News
I don't know if Murdaugh had a choice...things seemed already to be going against him by the time he took the stand: Alex Murdaugh taking stand was 'fatal,' South Carolina AG says | Fox News
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Biden's veto decisions:
Biden says he will not veto a bill that will stop Washington, DC from reducing criminal penalties for crimes like carjacking. Given what's going on the world, it strikes one as utterly insane that DC would want to do that, but such is the "progressive" left: Overruling the District of Crazy II (WSJ)
Great take on that decision from Jim Geraghty: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/joe-biden-the-district-of-columbia-should-make-its-own-decisions-except-for-this-one
But, being a true economoron and hater of savers and investors, Biden will veto a resolution that would overturn a terrible administration rule imposing ESG on investing. Biden’s First Veto Is Revealing (WSJ) He says he’ll block a bipartisan resolution that protects worker savings from political ESG investing.
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Let's hope he's right: Russian Billionaire Deripaska Makes Rare Critique: Warns Russia Could Run Out Of Money Next Year (Forbes)
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This bums me out. And as we speculated on the show yesterday, much of the decision was driven by the industry change to make movies available on streaming much faster than in the past: Elvis Cinemas has closed its three Denver theaters for good (denverpost.com)
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Ugly for homeowners, and not translating into good news for home buyers because rates are so high, the mortgage market has also collapsed even as home prices are (in some markets) falling: https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-markets-482773a7-4cdf-450c-a8c6-867e7fb2a7b0.html?chunk=4&utm_term=emshare#story4
More from Redfin: https://www.redfin.com/news/housing-market-update-home-sale-prices-fall-first-time
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I owe you this from a couple days ago: A Conservative Red Line in the Culture - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
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Yesterday was National Old Stuff Day…What Something Old In Your House You Refuse To Throw Away?
email me at ross@koadenver.com and let me know
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Today's Videos
Perfect for a "Name That Tune" Friday...
Can somebody please explain this to me?
I don't know why this is so funny but it is