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The biggest frustration in my life right now is belly fat. Diet and exercise are fine, I’m stronger, but the weight doesn’t go away.

A theme on Facebook and YouTube currently is a “fatty liver” and stored cortisol in the liver. Remedies are offered, for a price.

Every year when I visit the VA to prove I’m still alive, they run fifty tests on me.  Living in a building with retired nurses, I ask their opinion. The only concerns they see is slightly elevated glucose. At my age that isn’t a big deal.

The liver function tests are dead normal. My morning diet includes flax seed, chia seeds, and walnuts; all are recommended for a healthy liver.

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Denver’s Major.

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By many measures, Denver is a crime ridden failing city. Solution? Showcase you are doing something by going after a trivial problem with zero chance of winning. Blue city playbook

Way back Machine

Recently we old farts were talking about the gas crisis 55 mph speed limit. At the time I was working for a prefab/modular builder in Ogden, UT. My primary responsibility was a sales representative for a territory including Wyoming, Western Colorado, Southern Utah and Eastern Nevada. I would average eight quality face to face calls per week. When 55 mph came in that dropped to five per week. That was the start of a nearly ten year kick in the nation’s financial nuts. My income didn’t drop but my time at home with my family was greatly diminished. 

Do you care to speculate how much the 100 kilometer speed limit in Canada is costing them?

Who is old enough to have owned a Fuzzbuster?

 Car Story

My fair advantage at the car lot. (yes, I’m an asshole)

Fresh inventory arrives and there is a gem! You have one or two hot prospects for that car but so do other salesmen.

Technique  #1.  “Lose” the keys.

Technique #2.   Bury it in the storage area so deep it is hard to find. Or, do both #1 and #2.

Technique #3.    The pro move. Loosen a spark plug wire just enough to make the engine run rough. Being older than dirt, my selling days were when there were still distributor caps which I preferred. Slipping something loose in the fuel injection system was an option.

Technique #4.   Keep a selection of blown fuses to install as needed. Most starter systems take a 30 amp. Works best when the car is buried out back.

Confess. “Folks, every salesperson on this lot are trying to sell this car and I wanted it to be here for you. Don’t worry about the misfire. Let’s take it for a test drive and it will be running perfectly before we get back”.

The downside to these methods was the occasional intense conversations with others after the customer drove off with the happy tag in the rear window. Salesmen and/or managers would make ugly accusations. Who me?

As always, YMMV

 

Snapy Click Bait Title

 

The Blue State Way

Submit, Proletariat

Here is another way for heavy handed blue state functionaries to put a boot to the neck of the productive citizen, being shared state to state.

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Key line;

The bill also created another appointed bureaucracy via the “statewide recycling advisory board.”

School Resource Officer?

On the surface, this seems like a good idea. Is it practical?

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 Wolves

The sad saga of wolf introduction in Colorado continues.

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Tone Deaf or Up Yours?

Emperor Polis paid homage to Colorado’s 150 year statehood with a Howdy Doody getup. Is he so politically tone deaf he didn’t realize he pissed off every conservative in Colorado? Or, is it his way of saving fuck you, you rural hicks? Either way term limits are showing him the door. Expect to see him try for the Donkey President nomination.

Handsome Grandson

He looks as mischievous as his late father. 5^th generation soldier (National  Guard).

Car Story

Kind of, sort of.

First. This

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Maybell, CO the first weekend of May is the Sombrero horse drive. 

You are a trucker with an oversizedload. You are eastbound on US 40 on Sunday. The road is virtually empty, as you had planned. You hit Maybell and you are in the middle of 200-500 horses moving up the road. You wait a minimum of one hour. On the plus side you are at the volunteer fire department and they are selling homemade burritos.

As always, YMMV

Here Kitty Kitty

 

Mountain Lion Encounter

LL’s recent VM post about a maundering lion sparked a memory of my encounter in a very unlikely place.  Near Brighton, CO is Barr Lake State Park. The water is owned by farmers and the lake is often drawn down to a puddle. Around the lake is an eight mile hiking trail.

Much of the trail is an elevated walkway. It is very much in an urban area.

Circa 2008 I was hiking the trail and was on a long elevated section with no exits when I heard something running in my direction. My thought was a dog. Around the corner 20’ away was a mountain lion running at full speed. I had nowhere to go. The lion went past me brushing my legs while giving me a quick look. The lion didn’t slow and continued up the elevated walkway.

It took a few moments to regain my composure. My intended direction was in the direction the lion came from. Deciding I didn’t want to find out what caused the lion to run, I reversed course and followed the lion. At the first opportunity I got off the walkway and followed the canal back to my car.

You second guess yourself after an event. I was armed but didn’t think to draw my revolver. I could have jumped off the walkway into the muck below. What I did was stand stock still.

California High Speed Rail – Hold My Beer

There is a vocal persistent group that wants high speed rail along the Front Range.

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If there was a profit to be made, the Union Pacific or BNSF would already offer passenger service. If we must have it, pay the railroads to provide it. They own the rails already and have a modicum of expertise in making trains run on time.

Oh no, WSF, that would curtail cushy jobs for the well connected Gender Studies elites who are reliable Democrat activists and voters.

Data Centers

The ad Microsoft is running in Wyoming.

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Bullshit at World Cup Level

According the U.S. News & World Report, Colorado is rated #1 in the nation for education. What is their criteria? Wokeism and New World Order?

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My guess is Colorado schools have lower standards, allowing for more participation trophies, than other states.

Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy

Taken 7/27/2026 at 711 O Street, Greeley CO

They were returning home to Cheyenne after a long trip back East. I picked this spot because the engine would be working hard climbing a grade. Instead, they were stopped for about 30 minutes.

 The UP has a reputation for squeezing every dime to make a nickel. There is rolling stock to be moved and a caboose to be moved to storage. Why not use the steamer? After all, it is going to Cheyenne anyway.

This handsome gentleman is my good friend Santa Clause, aka Paul Schindeldecker.  He is a professional Santa Clause during the season.

Painful Listening II

My neighbor is back. Toes amputated, IC for three days as his heart isn’t strong, and now has been diagnosed with MRSA.

Another resident’s son is a lay minister. Tonight he spent about an hour with my neighbor.

My neighbor has a Spyder. I advised him to get out and ride it as much as possible. Having to focus on the machine will break the cycle of brooding. Jesse, you must keep moving!

Many of us have seen a person just give up and wait to die. Problem is, death’s schedule is so unpredictable you may wallow in misery for years. In the days ahead he will have his neighbors support. We can hope that will left his spirits and he will fight on.

Thank You. I won’t be able to attend 

They will likely welcome all who show upMORE

Car Story

A retired long haul trucker, chronic drunk with cognitive decline resident of our senior apartment building, owns a Green 1999 Ford F-150. Currently not drivable due to a bad transmission, local church members are fixing it for him. Misplaced compassion, IMO.

The man is manipulator. The truck isn’t licensed, isn’t insured and likely won’t be when returned to him. When it was running he had two or three minor accidents. He escaped consequences by leaving the scene. He was using counterfeit temporary tags. I understand you can buy these on line but have never looked into it.  I doubt he is smart enough to do it himself so is getting help from someone.

Several residents, including myself, are prepared to call the local police the moment we see him driving off the property. Are we vigilantes?

As always, YMMV

Colorado, How Blue Can You Be?

 

Colorado’s Next Governor

With the Republican primary winner being shunned by the GOP’s ‘little’ shots, Whizzer will win. What will Colorado look like in four more years?

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There is one kicker; the (P)regressive ‘little’ shots endorsed his opponent, Senator Do Nothing, in the primary. Will they now kiss and make up?

Snide observation. In the many of his campaign photos online, the crowds are caucasian

Modeling Tyranny

Since time immortal, farmers and herders have managed their efforts around local needs and conditions. That opposes the new world order – one world tyranny. Modeling is a blueprint for control; climate modeling being the most obvious

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Settled science, nothing to see here folks, move along. The scientific community has never rigged a model to achieve a pre-determined outcome.

In this vein, the Democrat candidate for Congress in my district has a past that raises eyebrows among even leftist outlets.

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TABOR (Taxpayers Bill of Rights)

Unique to the Colorado Constitution, this has throttled the (P)regressive Californication of Colorado ambitions since the state went blue. This is their newest attack. Surprise! It is for the children.

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The Pustule on Journalism’s Ass

A local writer beloved by the radical left, who checks all the (P)regressive boxes, especially “I said it; it is a fact”, has an opinion piece that is worth reading, once. IMO, he clearly shows the stinking thinking that prevails in much of our population.

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Interesting, Emperor Polis, architect of “The Blueprint”, is denouncing Democrat Socialism.

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Cleaning his stable for a running at the 2028 Presidential nomination?

 Painful Listening

A neighbor is living with serious health issues. An amputee (one leg below the knee), bad heart, diabetes, and facing a partial amputations of his remaining leg, his doctor has advised him to get his affairs in order. Like me, he was a Combat Engineer. He needs a listener, and I listen.  I have no solutions for him beyond referring him to resources. As an example, a local attorney I trust. This attorney does criminal law but I trust him to make a referral to someone competent who can help him get his affairs in order. The Veterans Administration is another resource. What he does is up to him. I know he is considering suicide. His choice, I won’t interfere.  

No Waiting List for Fraud

People I personally know are sitting on waiting lists to receive even minor home care. Hang the bastards.

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Creeping Correct Thinking

OccultBlackMetalZine can be found on this blog’s side bar. This is written by a son. His interest is off the deep end dark metal. He regularly gets berated for putting up offensive material. I don’t understand the genre but I visit his blog/zine once in awhile.

Evidently he is an influencer and receives music from all over the world to review. He suspects AI is behind  much of the negative comments. While the negativity and criticism bothers him, he isn’t about to change.

There is a point here. Who out in the big world even gives a shit what one man has been writing about for years? The genre that interests him is, in the grand scheme of thing, not even a rounding error.

Wolves

The wolf re-introduction is seeing some success. The survival of wolves born in Colorado seems higher than wolves introduced from elsewhere.

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Good or bad?

Car Story

Floor Check

Most car dealers are subject to inventory checks, commonly called floor checks. Many times the inventory is “floored”, i.e. financed and the lender wants to make sure what they have financed is physically present.

For many years as part of my overall management duties, I conducted floor checks. When I did a floor check, I physically put my hand on every vehicle on the list. Then I went to the general manager’s office asking about discrepancies.

These meeting often produced drama. You would have the haughty, I’m too important to be questioned, entitled manager. You would have the manager who thought he/she could bluff me. Rarely, one would offer a bribe. A few even believed I could be intimidated. You are going to kick my ass? None of that worked. My report would determine whether or not they remained in their position.

“Oh, it is at the (detail, tire, body) shop”

“OK, what is the address so I can see it?”

Our Grand Junction store always seemed to have cars unaccounted for.

 “OK, I’m going to lunch. When I get back, I need to see the car”.

On my return the car would be parked out back. In the waiting room would be some young pissed off female hard belly.

Did I inform the owner and/or General Manager (the only two people who I answered to)? Usually, not. If they asked me, sure.

NOTE: Picture is for illustration but we often had 120+ vehicles in stock. All needed to be counted regardless of weather.

As always, YMMV

 

 

Laugh, Smile?

 

Low Humor

Heartland mixed marriages. Bride comes from a farm family that runs John Deere. The Groom comes from a farm family that runs Case-New Holland. Later their daughter marries into a farm family running Massey Ferguson.

Meanwhile, in Yellowstone.

And Cheyenne Frontier Days.

(I’ll go to my room now)

Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey Circus Train

Last run ever, 2017, headed to Denver. The locomotive is UP 3985 “Challenger” 4-6-6-4 on the last run it made. After that, the UP used a 4-8-4 “Northern” #844 until bringing back the Big Boy, currently on tour in the eastern states. The #844 is still operational though seldom used. It was the very last steam engine delivered to the Union Pacific and never retired.

Yes, I have a minor interest in steam engines.

Car Insurance

Colorado consistently has high car insurance rates (5^th highest in the country). The cost means more uninsured motorists (many are undocumented immigrants), perhaps a third on the roads daily, and the associated cost of accidents they are involved in. The following article is long and technical. My superficial take? The current system provides a lot of opportunities for attorneys, government functionaries and asset recovery companies (repo men). YMMV

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How Blue States Work

Nothing to see here folks, move on! 

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For perspective, the adult population of Colorado is approximately 4.7 million. Assuming all are taxpayers, this one nonprofit received approximately $1.40 from each taxpayer.

 From Google AI.

An estimated 2,111 nonprofits in Colorado receive federal, state, or local government grants. This figure is based on IRS Form 990 filings that track government grant funding. Overall, approximately 34,251 registered nonprofits operate in Colorado, meaning about 77.4% of the organizations that file detailed tax returns report receiving some form of taxpayer-funded government grants.

Immigrants

Legal immigrants historically were screened for health problems. The Biden mobs were not. 

The consequences are part of this article.

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Tuberculosis was a scourge in the 19th and early 20^th Century. Many came west hoping the clean air and dry climate would help. Notable examples include Ed Johnson who represented Colorado in the US Senate and as Governor.  Eventually, TB became a rare disease in the USA. Not the rest of the world as this article highlights.

 The facility in question is a Federal operated property. Just what power Colorado law has is a question for lawyers? What is apparent to this former Adams County resident is the deep blue functionaries aren’t going to pass up a chance to “fight ICE”.

Side note. 7/16 employees were trying to enter the facility to work. Protestors were blocking them. A protestor was shot and an employee was arrested. FAFO

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Car Story

This is from the way back machine.

“Sorry officer, you didn’t see the boot on your undercover car as you tore off in ‘hot pursuit’?”

Days after graduating from high school in 1961, I did what hundreds of rural young people did; I moved to Denver for opportunities. I wanted more than cutting brush in the summer for the Forest Service and plowing snow in the winter for the County. I arrived in time to witness the Denver Police Department scandal.

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This was just part of the corruption; perhaps a minor part. The Sheriff’s Department was involved at some level.

I came to know Deputy C----, who drove around in a station wagon immobilizing cars of drivers with unpaid tickets. To my knowledge, he never arrested anyone nor let himself become involved in any other police work. Execute the President in front of him? Shrug, but he would boot an ambulance parked in a red zone.

His second activity was dealing marijuana out of his official car. That was an open secret other cops must have known.

Back to the top. The undercover officers would use impounded cars.

Deputy C--- spotted a car on his list, booted the car, and drove off. When the officer came back to the car and attempted to drive off, hilarity ensued.

Later I learned in Paris they called the immobilizer, “the Denver Boot”.

For clarity, I never used nor was involved with drugs. They were around me but I stayed at arm’s length.

I worked a lot of different jobs, sometimes as many as three at a time. One was working security at professional wrestling shows, Denver Bears (AAA baseball) and Denver Bronco games for a Denver policeman’s side business. While he personally wasn’t corrupt, he knew what was going on and helped us steer clear of entanglements.

For a time I worked nights part time running a parking lot across from a hotel with a nightclub in the basement. Several hookers worked out of the hotel.  He strongly urged me to drop the job. Nothing dramatic to report but who knows what a dumb country boy might have been sucked into keeping that particular job.

The Denver Police Department was corrupt from day one, 1859. Does the Department still have an element of corruption? Does a bear………

As always, YMMV