Today's Guests
Casey Norman is Litigation Counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance. We'll discuss their lawsuit challenging the ability of the National Park Service to make their own laws and enforce penalties based on those laws.
NCLA’s 100th Case Challenges Agency’s Illegal Criminalization of BASE Jumping in National Parks
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Greg (not using his last name) is a Regional Director for a broker in the compounding industry. He heard me talking about the FDA's ruling that there is no longer a shortage of the main ingredients in Ozempic and Wegovy and therefore compounding pharmacies won't be allowed to make cheaper versions of those drugs starting in about two months. Greg believes the pharmacies will keep making the "copycat" medicines.
Copycat Ozempic makers brace for crackdown
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Phil Spesshardt is Director of the CO Div of Unemployment Insurance. We'll talk about how unemployment works for fired federal workers, especially in the context of the federal government not contributing to the state unemployment system.
Are fired federal workers eligible for Colorado unemployment?
IF YOU ARE A RECENTLY LAID-OFF FEDERAL WORKER (or are worried you might become one) YOU CAN GET MORE INFO HERE: Resources for Federal Workers | Department of Labor & Employment
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Other Stuff:
Some Colorado Republicans are on a political suicide mission: Lundberg: Challenging the open primary system in Colorado - Rocky Mountain Voice
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Speaking of a (business) death sentence: Denver liquor store loses license over crime problems | 9news.com
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Excellent: Columbia University affiliate expels students for class disruption, pro-Palestinian protest
Note that they're not expelled for what they said but rather for interrupting a class in order to express their hateful message. It's FAR past time for Columbia to protect the educations of the young people who pay crazy amounts of money to be there. Remarkable that these two students were in their last semesters before graduating...and now they're gone. That should provide some disincentive for future disruptions, whether by raging anti-Semites or anyone else.
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Barnard has more moral clarity than a Republican administration?!? Shameful: US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics
I can imagine that Trump could be baited into something like this and if he starts down this road it will cause a truly massive rift between the US and Europe. Putin Dangles Rare Earths Deals for U.S. in Russia and Occupied Ukraine – DNyuz (original at NY Times)
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Most people won't be fooled, but I've been getting a LOT of these scam texts about unpaid tolls. For me, they almost always come from overseas phone numbers: CDOT warns of Express Lane toll scam | FOX21 News Colorado
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Denver's gonna get a little louder, a little earlier: Denver's poised to get louder under new noise rules - Axios Denver
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It's shocking and disgusting that any state isn't "right-to-work." How can it be the case in a free country that paying money to a union you don't support could be a condition of having a job? For what it's worth, I expect Gov Polis to veto this disastrous bill: Colorado May Kill Its Union Choice Law - WSJ
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Some of these things are items I planned to get to yesterday but didn't:
This guy's lucky he wasn't in a death penalty state. And this is just he latest example of why I'd rarely support the death penalty.
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The amount of money the Biden administration was wasting on "green energy" boondoggles is insane. The question remains whether Trump can legally stop the spending. By far the best thing would be for Congress to pass a "recission" bill undoing the spending authorizations for so many of these crazy projects.
$3.2B in funding frozen for Colorado rural electric co-ops, Tri-State
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Read this and weep (or scream): How to Get Rid of a Tenured Professor - by Roger Pielke Jr.
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Follow-up from last week: Colorado nonprofit allowed to continue helping immigrant children
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These people are lucky (and the world is unlucky) that the Israeli jets didn't take them out. Temptingly target-rich environment: Tens of thousands shout 'Death to Israel' at Nasrallah funeral, as Israeli jets fly overhead | The Times of Israel
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Look on the bright side of all those COVID deaths: Social Security given $205 billion boost due to COVID deaths
Here's the research paper: Microsoft Word - NBER paper final.docx
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Oh there's so much to love here:
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Find these people, recover the dogs, and cut off one finger on each thief's hand: Pet store asks for public's help in locating stolen puppy | Crime & Justice | denvergazette.com
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This is kinda nuts: Father trying to change daughter’s name from ‘Unakite Thirteen Hotel’
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Today's Video
Thanks to listener Greg for sending this lovely story