Ugly Inflation News
Republicans must be hoping that Joe Biden keeps campaigning on "Bidenomics." I wonder who thinks that's a good plan?
Inflation comes in at its highest in 14 months: Consumer Price Index Summary - 2023 M08 Results (bls.gov)
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Just One Thing: Even Dems won't back her
When the governor of New Mexico announced that she was ordering a so-called public health exception to her state’s citizens’ rights to open carry and concealed carry of firearms, Elon Musk called it “next-level illegal.” Even anti-gun activist David Hogg said there’s no public health exception to Constitutional rights. And yesterday, the attorney general of the state, also a Democrat, informed the governor in that he will not defend the governor in lawsuits against the order because “I do not believe the Emergency Order will have any meaningful impact on public safety but, more importantly I do not believe it passes constitutional muster.” He also challenged the governor’s claim that gun violence qualifies as a public health emergency. I’m unused to Democrats strongly defending the Constitution, and especially the Second Amendment. So this news is exceedingly welcome.
(See the AG's letter below, and then a letter from a handful of NM legislators to the governor)
One More Thing: Make sure everyone (who votes in Colorado) knows
Colorado’s Back-Door Tax Hike - WSJ
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Today's Guest
John Kelly is vice president of editorial for Dictionary.com
Here's the headline: DICTIONARY.COM ADDS MORE THAN 3,000 NEW, UPDATED AND REVISED WORDS TO THE WORLD'S PREMIER CATALOG OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE including Information pollution, jawn, decision fatigue, jolabokaflod, grandfamily, NIL, algo, amalgagender and nepo baby.
New Words Drop! These Words Got Added To Dictionary.com In Fall 2023
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Other Stuff
Axios calls it "McCarthy vs McCarthy". House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, less than two weeks ago (11 days to be precise), said that there would not be a House impeachment inquiry (which is NOT the same as impeachment but is potentially a step down that path) without a vote of the House. He said there would not be such an inquiry "through a declaration by one person." Apparently something has changed because on Tuesday, McCarthy did just that: authorized the beginning of an inquiry to be headed up by the chairmen of three House committees.
How Kevin McCarthy's unilateral impeachment inquiry could backfire (axios.com)
Kevin McCarthy Announces Impeachment Inquiry Into Joe Biden (reason.com)
McCarthy's fairly short explanation is quite good. That said, no Democrat has any curiosity about any possible wrongdoing by Joe Biden. That said, while there is some evidence that Biden may have profited from his son's grift, there evidence is circumstantial at this point. For that reason, a handful of Republican members of the House who represent districts won by Biden have said they won't vote for an inquiry. And Ken Buck of Colorado's very Republican-leaning 4th Congressional District, himself a former prosecutor, says he doesn't support it either because he hasn't seen enough evidence and he thinks the inquiry is bad politics.
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I was at a fascinating event on Monday night (September 11th) commemorating the 22nd anniversary of that terrible day. The evening was put on by the CELL, a small but fascinating museum in Denver dedicated to understanding and combatting terrorism. The guest speakers, beyond politicians who gave introductory remarks, were former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Stavridis, former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and well respected national security journalist Peter Bergen who moderated the discussion. Much was discussed but I want to mention just one thing here: Both Stavridis and Rice are aggressively against the new deal with Iran whereby the US and Iran will swap 5 prisoners each (which seems reasonable, all else being equal) but the US will also release a sanctions freeze on $6 billion of Iranian funds being held in Korea. The money will be transferred to Qatar and the Qataris are supposed to ensure that Iran only spends the money for "humanitarian" needs. But of course to the extent that Iran is already spending money for such needs, they can just replace that money with this money and use the original funds as they so often do: to fund terrorists. I don't know what it is about Obama and Biden but they sure seem enthusiastic about giving money to arguably the most active enemy of the United States.
Iran identifies 5 prisoners it wants under swap deal struck with Biden administration | Fox News
In an interview with NBC News, the president of Iran said that the country will spend the money "wherever we need it." He added, “Humanitarian means whatever the Iranian people needs, so this money will be budgeted for those needs, and the needs of the Iranian people will be decided and determined by the Iranian government.” Iranian president says Tehran will spend the $6 billion released in prisoner exchange ‘wherever we need it’ (nbcnews.com)
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I like Aaron Rogers and I sure hate to see this. I do wonder if his career is over. It might depend on whether Zach Wilson, who was the 2nd overall pick in the draft a few years ago but hasn't exactly impressed since then, does well over the course of this season.
Jets turn to Zach Wilson at quarterback in wake of Aaron Rodgers' injury (msn.com)
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How about the reason that Apple is ditching the lightning connectors for USB-C? (Hint: is that really a proper role for government?)
iPhone 15 and 15 Pro First Look: Why a Tiny USB-C Port Is a Huge Deal - WSJ
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I wonder if this data was skewed significantly by COVID given that the research was done partly during the time when COVID caused a massive number of people to rethink their employment situations:
1 big thing: The truth about promotions (Axios.com) https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-markets-938ab657-d424-4a9d-b462-34c1b6631123.html?chunk=0&utm_term=twsocialshare#story0
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Three in Denver, one in Boulder, one in Aspen: 5 Colorado restaurants receive Michelin Guide stars for first time (coloradosun.com)
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I like “right on red” but I can imagine it being hazardous at some of the busiest (for pedestrian activity) intersections: Denver could ban right turns on red - Axios Denver
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Bad managers create bad employees. In law enforcement, that’s a particular problem for the rest of us: Las Animas sheriff fires two deputies who tasered handcuffed man during traffic stop | Colorado Public Radio (cpr.org)
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Will anybody under the age of 60 and without serious other health conditions do this? CDC Recommends Updated COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall/Winter Virus Season | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC
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