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Dave Logan talks about his years on KOA: (20+) Video | Facebook
A lovely story to start your morning
I rarely post stuff like this, but a thread I saw on X/Twitter this morning nearly brought me to tears. Gotta read the whole thread. I hope you can click on the one post I put here and then scroll down through the rest. Not sure you can if you're not logged into Twitter/X.
Just One Thing: Not who he said he was
A few days ago, CNN’s great war correspondent Clarissa Ward went into a prison at Syrian air force intelligence headquarters and released a prisoner who gave a name and town and said that he had been arrested three months ago, presumably as a political prisoner, and had no idea that the Assad government was overthrown. It turns out that the guy was a great actor. Now he may or may not have been in prison for three months but he has now been identified as a member of Syrian Air Force Intelligence who, per reports, “was known for running the Air Force Intelligence Directorate’s checkpoints in the city and has a reputation for extortion and harassment.” CNN wants everyone to know, and it’s true, that a Syrian rebel, not CNN, freed the prisoner. But still…wow.
I note that a LOT of people claimed that CNN staged the whole thing, which I didn't and don't believe. Still, the story is clearly not what they thought it was.
CNN Says Man Who Identified Himself As Syrian Prisoner Was In Fact An Intelligence Officer - Update
Here's the original report:
Today's Guests
Darrell Watson is a member of the Denver City Council and a sponsor of the city's ban on flavored tobacco and nicotine products.
Yesterday, the Denver City Council, on an 11-1 vote (with Kevin Flynn the only "no") passed a pointless ban on flavored tobacco and nicotine products. Yes, it includes pretty much any flavored tobacco or nicotine product you want to name other than hookah-pipe tobacco (because cultural diversity, or something.) It's stupid because it's doomed to 1) not achieve it's stated goal while 2) costing Denver jobs and sales tax revenue.
Denver City Council bans sale of flavored tobacco products - Axios Denver
Denver council approves ban on sale of flavored tobacco products | 9news.com
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Rachel Greszler is a Senior Research Fellow in Workforce and Public Finance at the Heritage Foundation
Rachel Greszler, author at DailySignal.com
Topic: I wish I understood why any Republican is going along with this: Senate tees up $200 billion Social Security giveaway to public sector workers
Lame-Duck Bill Would Actually Worsen Social Security's Problems
Typical Couple Will Lose $25,000 of Social Security from WEP/GPO Repeal-2024-12-12
A couple thoughts from Romina Boccia at Cato about Social Security:
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I don't have much to say but I feel that I should say something: Another school shooting. More senseless death. This time, unusually, by a girl albeit one who apparently identified as "non-binary" and who, per initial reporting, wanted all men dead. Where does that kind of brainwashing come from? Could she have picked up (even more) hatred from the idiot "womyn" who are shaving their heads after the election of Donald Trump? It's remarkable to consider, but the radical left, which once fought a war on boys and men (which the left mostly won), is now destroying women too.
Wisconsin school shooting: 15-year-old female student identified as shooter | AP News
Samantha Rupnow Discord account, BrainedOut manifesto: hatred of men
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Trump's interesting choice for Surgeon General: How Childhood Tragedy Shaped the Doctor Trump Picked for Surgeon General - The New York Times
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I hate the actual time change but I think the effect is useful. Very tough call. Remember, the one time this was tried nationally in the US in recent generations, it was so unpopular that it was overturned fairly quickly. That said, Arizona, Hawaii, and part of Indiana do not observe Daylight Saving Time: Ending Daylight Saving Time permanently: What would it look in Denver? | 9news.com
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Good: Trump will fight Biden remote work deal; union vows to fight back | Fox Business
(We covered this issue last week and you know that my view is the same as Trump's and Musk's)
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As I mentioned on the show recently, TikTok would try to delay enforcement of the law requiring the parent company to sell TikTok to non-Chinese owners or else shut down in the US, and in particular they'd try to delay until Donald Trump took office and hope that somehow he could prevent enforcement. Theoretically he can't unless the Supreme Court overturns the law itself. BTW, it's not a coincidence that the law is scheduled to take effect the day before Trump's inauguration (though at the time the law was passed, they didn't know who would win the election.)
TikTok CEO meets with Trump ahead of January ban - CBS News
TikTok asks the Supreme Court for an emergency order to block a US ban unless it's sold | AP News
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Wages going up for some; costs going up for all: Minimum wage to increase in Colorado on Jan. 1 | FOX31 Denver
Denver's sidewalk fees will begin Jan. 1: Here's what residents need to know
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Probably not gonna work: Japan’s births just fell to a new record low. Tokyo hopes a dating app can turn that around | CNN
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Private parking meters on Denver street(s)? Some Cherry Creek meters come with hefty tickets, and they're not from the city | 9news.com
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Way too early, but anyway: Healthier Colorado poll for 2026 democratic governor race | Elections | coloradopolitics.com
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Can the Washington Post be saved? WashPost's top editor prospects flee after hearing business strategy
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Two ways of spinning the same story: DOJ watchdog says FBI had 26 confidential sources in DC for Jan. 6 riot -- but no evidence of undercover agents
No undercover FBI agents were at the January 6 US Capitol riot, watchdog reports | CNN Politics
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Assad was possibly the biggest single drug dealer in the world: Assad’s Fall Upends the Middle East’s Captagon Drug Empire - WSJ
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I have to say I thought this was already the law. And also, lots of people crushing Amy for announcing this just hours after another school shooting:
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I like transparency! Starbucks CEO says better pricing transparency necessary for mobile app | Fox Business
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John Ondrasik aka Five for Fighting offers some thoughts on Canada's worthless Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Maggie's video about the first year of Argentina's libertarian president, Javier Milei