CO-04 (Special Election)
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(R) Greg Lopez
(R) Trisha Calvarese
90%
10%
President (To Win Colorado)
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(D) Joe Biden*
(R) Donald Trump
80%
20%↓
CO-01 (Denver)
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(D) Diana DeGette*
90%
CO-02 (Boulder-ish)
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(D) Joe Neguse*
90%
CO-03 (West & Southern CO)
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(D) Adam Frisch
(R) Jeff Hurd
(R) Ron Hanks
40%
30%
20%
CO-04 (Northeast-ish Colorado)
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(R) Lauren Boebert
(R) Deborah Flora
(R) J. Sonnenberg
30%↑
15%↑
10%↓
CO-05 (Colorado Springs)
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(R) Dave Williams
(R) Jeff Crank
50%↓
50%↑
CO-06 (Aurora)
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(D) Jason Crow*
90%
CO-07 (Jefferson County)
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(D) Brittany Pettersen
85%↑
CO-08 (Northern Colo.)
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(D) Yadira Caraveo
(R) Gabe Evans
(R) Janak Joshi
60%↑
35%↓
30%↑
State Senate Majority
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DEMOCRATS
REPUBLICANS
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State House Majority
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REPUBLICANS
95%
5%
August 09, 2021 05:58 AM UTC
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Just now catching up on the Sunday shows. I know Republicans understand how dumb the public is.
But do they also believe we have no memory? Vaccines and distancing work, but individual choice and individual responsibility mean freedom.
So Americans have to choose between freedom or public health.
Wash your hands.
Get vaccinated – even if you had it.
Wear a mask – even if no one tells you to.
Remain distanced.
Denver police and others claiming that the individuals should be trusted to make their own choice should resign their jobs if their “choice” is to risk public health.
Be part of the solution, or admit you do not care that you are part of the problem.
Today is Nagasaki Day
Mike has a good opinion piece in The Colorado Sun. I’m in the camp of respect the damage Mitch can do as he wields his minority
rulepower, but stop being scared of him.Littwin: Why would McConnell give Biden a victory on infrastructure? If you’re not suspicious, you’re not paying attention
Dr. Jason Johnson has an insightful take on the Ohio primary race: it wasn’t a progressive vs establishment proxy race – Shontel Brown won because she was a better candidate.
For me, Jason Johnson is one of the best outside speakers who appears on the evening shows on MSNBC. I like his approach, and his work ethic in knowing his stuff.
Yesterday was a momentous day for yours truly. I climbed Longs Peak, as a day hike, on August 8, 1988, or 8-8-88. Started at 3:15 AM from the Longs Peak Ranger Station and returned at 5:15 PM. Did 16 miles round trip and 4,800′ of vertical gain. Drove home and “rested at my desk,” at work the next day.
It was a perfect weather day. I recall it as a Monday and there still were 40 people on the mountain. I’m not sure I’d want to try Longs now on any day. Too many people, who don’t know what they’re doing, kicking rocks down.
Give it a couple of years. Once people realize that all that outdoor activity involves work and getting hot, sweaty, and sore, they’ll slow down and go back to weekends in Las Vegas with Mai Tais by the pool. Backcountry crowds will thin out and you’ll get great deals on lightly used outdoor gear.
In the meantime, climb a 13er and travel the road even less well travelled.
Thanks, ajb. But, I’ve got more outdoor gear that I will ever need. It’s a mountaineering version of “he or she who dies with the most toys wins.”
In the meantime, I’m now in the Kaiser queue for a knee replacement in November (they’re scheduling 3 months out); and will get the actual date next month. Maybe more 13ers next year.
Maybe you should take up boating? Then you can wear out other joints. 🙂
I was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis just before turning 28 and I turn 72 next month. So, I've been an equal opportunity wearing-out-the-joints type of guy for decades.
My wife is also getting knee surgery from Kaiser this November.
Good luck to her. I've had several friends get knees done and all have been very happy with the results.
In addition, I would worry about the AQI right now. We had been checking and it was worse in the mountains than along the front range this past weekend.
I climbed a 13er after the Hayman Fire in 2002, and have vivid memories of climbing through and eventually looking down on a stratified layer of fairly dark smoke. Smarter people might have turned back at that point.
Statement from Colorado Secretary of State’s Office Regarding Official Order to Mesa County
DENVER, Colo- Today, the Colorado Secretary of State’s office issued an Order in response to a potential chain-of-custody and security protocol breach for Mesa County’s voting system components.
Several items were published online that constituted a breach in the security protocols for Mesa County voting system components. The posted images depict the BIOS passwords specific to the individual hardware stations of Mesa County’s voting system. The public disclosure of the BIOS passwords for one or more components of Mesa County’s voting system alone constitutes a serious breach of voting system security protocols, as well as a violation of Election Rule 20.6.1. This breach in security protocol has not created an imminent direct security risk to Colorado’s elections, and did not occur during an election.
It is likely from the content of the social media postings that this sensitive information was collected during the limited access trusted build installation in Mesa County on May 25, 2021. The collection and dissemination of this information during the trusted build installation violated security protocols and Department of State rules governing the process.
In response to this breach in protocols, the Secretary of State’s office has sent an Order requesting inspection of election equipment and other relevant materials to the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder. Depending on the outcome of the investigation, these violations may result in the decertification of the voting systems in Mesa County.
Pity there couldn't be decertification of those in charge of the flawed process. The machines were not at fault and the taxpayers of Mesa county ought not have to pay for new machines.
Who knows? Lauren Boebert may blame it on the Chinese Communist Party.
There was an effort to recall Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters early in her term of office, the required 90 days after the start of her term. Unfortunately, it coincided with the initial pandemic shutdown so it fell short of the required number of signatures.
I hope there's a repeat attempt.
Will this involve the Cyber Ninjas?
https://www.thebulwark.com/voting-machine-tampering-is-coming-from-inside-the-maga-house/
Voting Machine Tampering Is Coming From Inside The MAGA House
Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters May Have Committed The Very Crime She Accused The Left Of Committing
Well, there is precedent for this Republican “inside the house” stuff. Remember when the lady who got in on an Einstein visa had a cyber-bullying initiative for about three hot minutes?
The IPCC report is clear: nothing short of transforming society will avert catastrophe
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/09/ipcc-report-transforming-society-avert-catastrophe-net-zero
All serious media conclude essentially the same.
https://youtu.be/0cbi-Sff2eY
If you have the stomach for it, Reppy le PewPew did a 3 part interview with Dinesh D’Souza, a long time right wing propagandist.
Everything she says can be understood in terms of projection: authoritarianism, partisanship, blame for January 6 are all Democrat’s or Pelosi’s fault.
Just like an Olympic participant will always be referred to formally as Olympian <name>, shouldn't Dinesh always be referred to as Trump-pardoned Dinesh D'Souza?