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September 16, 2024 08:07 AM UTC

Monday Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

“Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.”

–Mark Twain

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  1. I finally caught up with some reading, and found an interview I don’t think has been mentioned here:

    Colorado Matters, CPR: District Attorney talks the long and strange case of Tina Peters

    Straightforward review of the case from Dan Rubenstein’s perspective.  But there was some “news” to me:

    Rubinstein: Right. And I keep getting asked questions about other people I might want to charge, and I still do have within the statute of limitations, the ability to charge Sherrona Bishop and Conan James Hayes. I’m really hoping that the federal authorities file some charges against them, and I know they have some restrictions with election times, and so hopefully we’ll have an answer soon as to whether or not there’s going to be federal charges. But I keep getting asked the question, “am I going to pursue more charges?” And I think the cost to this community has been so great as far as all the different things we’ve gone through: the regular newspaper stories about it, how others around the country view Mesa County. 

    I mean, this is a fantastic, beautiful, county that has great mountain biking and wine industry and amazing university and all these great things that we want to champion and …

    Warner: And presumably safe elections?

    Rubinstein: Right? And this is what we’re known for. I think it’s time to move on.

    1. That’s insane.

      They think not protecting their citizens from these election mess morons will help people relate western Colorado with tourism? 

      Delusional faith in the Republican party

      Do your job and charge them!

    2. Rubinstein was one of the smart Republicans ( They DO exist, however rare.) to read the writing on the wall early on and see where this was heading. He may have had a hand in informing the ones who bailed early…like Bishop, Boebert, Foster, Pugliese and others in the Mesa County Republican party leadership.

      If he doesn’t indict the “unindicted co-conspirators” in this matter, he will have more ‘splaining’ to do. With the sunset of the Rowland Dynasty,  things may just be changing around here. 

      Tina needs to see the awful sword of justice, but I don’t think she should die in prison. She is in her late sixties, nearing 70. Ten years would not be a life sentence, and seems appropriate. Her continuing lack of contrition and pugnacious behavior toward the court doesn’t engender much sympathy. A decade of sitting it out might help her re-evaluate her POV. Or not.

        1. Yep…just like that. 

          Dear Tina suffers from her religion. Somehow, she became convinced that she is a chosen one. It is common among the MAGAchurch folks. I grew up watching Evangelical Christian preachers who used their public piety for all manner of self service.

          There are two Christianities. One is exclusive in nature and is guided by the Old Testament and its laws and strictures. The laws of Moses. That Christianity is home to haters and hypocrites and is the turf patrolled by Prosperity Jesus.

          The other Christianity eschews hatred and retribution. It is a church that follows the actual reported words of Jesus.

          It isn't hard to tell them apart.

  2. In recent days, our dear Elon has used his $44 billion brain fart platform to say he would put a baby into Taylor Swift, and to make what he claimed was a funny about why nobody's tried to assassinate the sitting President and Vice President. Hahahahahahahahahahaha!

    1. I guess there's a thing on Twitter where push-back responses end with "it's not rocket science, Sissy SpaceX". Who thought it would be a good idea to let Sissy control 60% of the communication satellites in space? 

      1. Wasn't it called "SkyNet" in the Terminator movies? And I am pretty sure the mycelium of " the Borg " is already at work in basements around the world.

        "We have seen the future…and it is us.".

                                                        Pogo

    2. He deleted the assassination Tweet. Musk should get bounced from every corporation he works for. If this was a Democrat calling for Trump's assassination Republicans would demand nothing less.

      1. I'm with you, JB. There are assassination jokes that random weirdos with small followings make, and then there are those from guys like Musk that get read by millions, and if even a tiny percentage of readers are unhinged enough to take the plain text seriously……I do inappropriate humor with the best (worst) of them, but it boggles my brain that a guy like him wouldn't know better in the first place.

  3. Trump's already working to spray his Trump-stink on another market — Crypto.  With his reverse-Midas Touch, even his Wall Street backers are questioning whether to vote for him afterall.

    Donald Trump's family is preparing to launch a new crypto project on Monday evening, and while many digital-asset boosters are cheering the venture as further evidence of the former president's dedication to crypto, several supporters worry it could backfire.
     

    Nic Carter, a crypto-focused venture capitalist at Castle Island Ventures, told MarketWatch that as a Trump supporter, he is worried the project will be a failure.

    "My primary concern is that, as a Trump supporter, this will be a reputational fiasco if this launches in a stillborn way, or worse gets hacked by North Korea," Carter said.

    A Bloomberg report indicated that the Trump family is working with Chase Herro, who was affiliated with the Dough Finance decentralized protocol and that World Liberty will be based on a revision of the Dough protocol.

    The protocol will have its own token called WLFI and insiders will keep 70% of the stock, with the founding team set to receive a portion of the proceeds of the sale of the other 30%, according to a white paper obtained by CoinDesk.

    Bloomberg reported that Dough Finance, now inactive, only attracted $3.2 million in total activity before being hacked in July for $2 million.

    Fred Kreuger, a California-based bitcoin investor with a large following on social media told MarketWatch that the launch of the project "makes it really hard for me" to consider voting for Trump, even after donating money to the campaign and supporting Trump throughout the current cycle.

    "A lot of us feel like for him to come out and say I'm launching my own coin and keeping 70% of it right before an election is kind of not what we signed up for," Kreuger said.

    Man, if you lose Freddy Kreuger, you know you're in trouble 😉

     

    1. In other Trump business news today…

      Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.4:00 PM EDT Mon. Sep 16, 2024

      • At close…..: 17.28 -0.69 (-3.84%)
      • Prev. Close 17.97
      • 52 Wk. Low 14.32
      • 52 Wk. High 79.38

      In the past 6 months, the stock has gone down from $35.58.

       

  4. One of the best US investors of the past 60 years was Peter Lynch, the lead manager for the Fidelity Magellan Fund. Lynch made millions for people who followed him as the large majority of his stock picks did very well. Lynch, now retired, had a saying: "if I don't understand it, I don't buy it." I doubt Lynch would be buying anything "crypto."

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