Listen to this: SROs in Denver Schools
I had forgotten that I had interviewed Denver School Resource Officer Francisco Alba about the value of SROs to schools...one day before the Denver School Board removed those very SROs from those very schools. This is well worth your time.
I repeat: Yes, Tay, you're absolutely right, you did it:
Just One Thing: More Denver School Board Horribles
Read this and try not to scream: Student accused of attempted murder placed in DPS school | 9news.com
I have learned that shortly after the Denver School Board ordered the removal of School Resource Officers (police officers whose duty post is at a school) from Denver Public Schools, an order came down from somewhere high up in the district (probably the School Board) that if any student were looking to make a complaint about a potential crime at school, the student should be sent home so that any complaint would then not show up on statistics of crimes reported at school, making the schools look like they'd gotten safer after the removal of the SROs.
What's happening to Denver Public Schools specifically and Denver generally is what happens when guilt-ridden liberals vote for ignorant, inexperienced, incompetent social justice warriors instead of those who might effectively operate government, which can include liberals...just not idiots. Denver MUST rid itself of the current school board, especially the racist grifter Auon'Tai "Tay" Anderson and Xóchitl Gaytán who strikes me as just a different sort of racist grifter. In case you're not sure about the latter assertion, I point you to the fact that Gaytán decided to begin the press conference at which they were discussing returning police officers to some Denver schools after a student at East High School shot two administrators and then killed himself, after which we learned that he was attending under a "safety plan" that required him to be checked for weapons daily because he'd already been convicted of a firearms crime and expelled from another school. Seems like an important topic, right? But this is what Sochi said it's "important to acknowledge":
Just One Thing: Powdered Beer
There’s a lot of serious stuff going on right now. Americans being attacked in Syria, potential indictment of Donald Trump, bank failures, and more. So I’m going to start this week with a topic that at first seems much less serious, but who knows, could eventually be the biggest of all: A German brewery associated with a monastery, many of which have VERY long histories in the art of brewing, has said that they’ve invented powdered beer. While the first one is alcohol-free, they say they expect to be able to make a powder that when you add water will turn into carbonated beer with alcohol. I have no idea if this is doable but if it is, imagine the savings in transportation costs alone, and in the ability of smaller breweries that normally serve only local markets to allow beer lovers around the world to try their product. I’ll drink to that!
https://newatlas.com/lifestyle/powdered-beer
Powdered beer could be alcohol's biggest innovation in decades | Fortune
Today's Guests
John Suthers is the mayor of Colorado Springs (for a little while longer). He's furious with Governor Polis and other Denver Democrats who want to strip much of residential land-use policy and zoning from the very "local control" that Jared Polis talks about valuing so much.
“Apparently, we’re too stupid”: Colorado mayors blast Gov. Jared Polis-backed plan to regulate local zoning codes (Original at Denver Post)
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With a looming indictment of former President Trump that many (most?) people are describing as wildly political, and with a hugely important mayoral election in Chicago on the same day as Denver's mayoral election, who better to discuss both topics than former Illinois Congressman and Governor (and felon, convicted of fraud, whose sentence was commuted by President Trump), Rod Blagojevich?
Blago joins the show at 10 AM.
A bunch of related links:
From August 2001:
Who is Rod Blagojevich and what was he convicted of? | CNN Politics
Trump potential indictments
Andrew Cuomo blasts Manhattan DA Bragg's Trump probe: 'I think it's all politics' | Fox News
Trump's lawyers seek to throw out Georgia grand jury report on election meddling (msn.com)
Chicago mayor’s race (Next Tuesday, 4/4)
Race dominates final days of the mayoral election in deeply segregated Chicago (msn.com)
Sen Dick Durbin endorses Paul Vallas: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/durbin-endorses-vallas-for-chicago-mayor/
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Other Stuff
Denver Int'l Airport CEO withdraws as Biden's nominee to head FAA. I think it became clear to everyone that the guy simply doesn't have the knowledge or experience for that job. One wonders whether he's the right guy to run DIA.
BREAKING: FAA Nominee Phil Washington Withdraws His Nomination – RedState
Exclusive: Biden nominee to head FAA withdraws after Republican criticism | Reuters
Biden's FAA nominee bows out, after senators waver - POLITICO
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Democrats invoke rule to end "filibuster" in Colorado State Senate to pass gun laws, especially one egregious law (SB 168) clearly designed to end the firearms business in Colorado, or even beyond Colorado.
Democrats are fully in charge. Apparently Coloradans are about to get the government they deserve (and maybe want?)
House Democrats shuts down Republicans' filibuster | Legislature | coloradopolitics.com
Colorado Democrats pass guns bills in acrimonious session | Legislature | coloradopolitics.com
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This is unbelievable: Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online | The Seattle Times
And as long as we're talking about Twitter, has Musk really "lost" this much already? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-musk-suffers-a-huge-loss/ar-AA195SSE
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Gordon Moore passed away on Friday: Gordon E. Moore, 1929-2023 - WSJ
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Israel is in turmoil with street protests against judicial reforms.
I suspect the reforms might go slightly too far (but I'm not expert enough to have high confidence in that assertion.) What I do know is that the political left in Israel and in the US is using the merest suggestion of reforms to characterize Prime Minister Netanyahu as some sort of fascist dictator. In reality, the Supreme Court in Israel arguably does things it simply does not, and should not, have the authority to do. Furthermore, it's not ridiculous for there to be some political influence on the selection of judges (as there is in the US). The current system is not really apolitical; it just tends to lean left which is partly why the left is so angry about potential changes.
Israel’s Netanyahu Fires Defense Minister as Pressure Against Judicial Overhaul Mounts
It's a VERY complex issue: Transforming the courts: Potential changes to Israel's judiciary - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)
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In case you thought it was just one or two fringe loons, think again: New York Poised to Ban Gas Stoves in New Buildings as Part of All-Electric Mandate (WSJ.com) Poll shows most state respondents oppose idea, though lawmakers plan a phased-in approach
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This is a super-weird story: Death of Peter Thiel Romantic Partner Investigated as Suicide (theintercept.com)
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Read the paragraph that begins with "A juvenile allegedly shot at..." Youth violence: Aurora interim police chief: 'Juvenile crime is a huge issue' | FOX31 Denver (kdvr.com)
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Hero of 'Hotel Rwanda' to be released after controversial terrorism sentence commuted - UPI.com
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