Is the Biden Woke Crimes Ending?

 

Trucking

This guy nails it. Biden + woke + corruption = highway fatalities

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Simplistic Current Car Sales Methods

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For grumpy old retired iron movers like me, this is why you better do all your own research because the likelihood of the person across from you knows anything about what they are selling are nil.

Late 1990’s had a couple come in wanting to buy an F-150 with a 5.8 V-8, manual transmission, to pull a travel trailer. They had a folder full of information and “knew what they wanted”. I started asking questions? How much did the trailer weigh? Whipped out the brochure and showed me. Pointed out that was dry weight, water alone added 8+ lbs. per gallon, etc. They left, very unhappy. Next weekend they were back. Seems they had talked to people who had RVs. They left with a F-250 extra cab, automatic transmission, and a 7.5 V-8. At the time Ford rated the automatic tow capacity higher than a manual. P.S. We didn’t cheap sell the truck.

XCEL

By misfortune, my electricity provider. Apart for first class boots on the ground, otherwise the ongoing target of my ire.

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The Xcel board is well insulated from the public and in thrall with “green energy”, DEI, and other (P)regressive crap instead of focusing on providing electricity. They find kindred spirits within Colorado boards and agencies.

 

I pay $60 to $90 monthly for a 600 sq ft apartment with gas heat and gas water heater. My gas bill runs around $15 monthly.

Question relating to AI Centers? Why should we home consumers be forced to subsidize them?

Blue to Green – It Is the Colorado Way

A long article by a pot stirrer detailing how the state wants to tax packaging material used by businesses.

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Excerpt.

 It gets worse, however. Guess who's running the show? It's yet another unelected board contracting with a nonprofit. More of Polis' and other Democrats cronies reaching into the lives of citizens and tinkering in the state economy.

 The article ends with a sane quote.

 "Weld County Commissioner Scott James, who was opposed to the plan in the beginning said nothing has changed his mind. 'We don’t need it,' James said. 'It’s just more grist for the green-grift mill. We are creating economies where no economies exist in the name of environmental absolution. People are done with it. It’s going to cost producers more, and companies will not absorb that cost. If we really want to make things more affordable, then we need to stop doing things like this.'"

 In other Colorado news,  Colorado is #3 nationally in bicycle thefts.

As always, YMMV

ADDENDUM: My last post has triple the number of views the blog gets. Must be a good clickbait headline. I hope folks weren't too disappointed.

Your State Will Be Blue

 

The Blueprint

How Colorado went from a solid Red State to forever Blue. Most of this is behind pay walls or for sale on Amazon, etc. A brief account from the Rocky Mountain Minute.

 In the early 2000s four ultra wealthy progressives, Jared Polis, Tim Gill, Rutt Bridges, and Pat Stryker, launched a plan called The Blueprint. Their goal was to flip Colorado from red to blue and lock it down for good. They did not just focus on big elections. They targeted small local races, poured millions into “nonpartisan” nonprofits that were actually Democrat recruitment machines, and built a web of think tanks, activist groups, and friendly media outlets to control the narrative year round.

 Jared Polis, our current term limited Emperor, has his sights set on the Presidency.

 This blueprint is being replicated, allegedly, in many other states. Will it continue to work? In Colorado’s last election the (P)regressives spend a lot of money trying to elect county Sheriffs and failed.

 They have more success with District Attorneys.

 More “Settled Science” B.S.???

Always the cynic, these studies often lead to conclusions the researchers want to reach. 

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 Democrat Dog and Pony Show – ICE Edition

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 Repo Man

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You can run but you can’t hide forever. A smart lawyer kept his Mercedes in a controlled access garage in downtown Denver. He lived in a gated community with security guards. One evening he and his spouse parked in a shopping center garage. Ten minutes later the Mercedes was on the way to the dealer’s locked back lot. Got paid a thousand for that snatch.

 A Charger we owned

We had a 1973, same color and roof treatment, for a few years. Other than replacing the OEM voltage regulator with one that lasted, we had few problems. Only had a 318 c.i.d motor but that was enough.

As always, YMMV

The Good Neighbor He Didn't Need To Be

 

Zane White – Moffat County, CO A decent human being

Although we share the same last name, we are not related. He owns the property giving access to the White Family Cemetery. This past week a wild fire swept the 320 acre homestead. Before it got close, he sprayed the cemetery area with fire retardant!

40°24’31.05”N    108°23’19.09”W

Over the years, revisions to US Highway 40 removed direct access to the homestead. Not only has Zane allowed access through his property, he has graded the road into the cemetery and has loaned his backhoe to dig graves.

Zane lost some dry land wheat fields. His house and buildings were spared because he sprayed them with fire retardant.

All of Western Colorado is dry with many fires burning. Always looking for a bright spot, a decent winter will make for great grass next year on the homestead.

 This fire started near Elk Springs. There was a report of an 18 wheeler dragging a chain producing sparks that may be the cause.

 Wolves

Again, radical judges and environazis are trying to force what voters will surely reject, should it make the ballot.

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The Hollywood solution?

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They could try Taylor Swift c/ds.

Dead Colorado Wolf in Wyoming? Few details. Suspicious minds think her four legs didn’t trot her across state lines.

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Any damn fool could see this coming. For far too many ‘educated’ people, feelings beat history and facts.

As dogma in general offends me, I will listen to other points of view. Someone who has spent 30+ years working with wolves in Yellowstone maybe has worthwhile information to share.

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 Wolves can’t read. How are they to know where a state line is?

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PDJT strikes again, and many people will rejoice

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But, but, the environazis cry, “The glaciers will melt”, or some other nonsense”.

Biden’s guests

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DIA + Nuclear Power Uproar

Seems the airport is looking into a small nuclear reactor to power the airport. Lots of pro and con viewpoints. Buried in the details is $1.25 million in airport money for a study! More ways for unelected busy bodies to piss away money while funneling the money to favored recipients, IMO.

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 In-N-Out Burgers

A few have opened in Colorado inclsing one eight miles from me. While I rarely do fast food, yesterday I stopped there. Long lines but a short wait. That place has it together. Price is about $2.00 less than the competitors and, IMO, a better tasting burger.

As always, YMMV

 

 

Things that Go Kaboom

 

 Armageddon on Demand - Upgraded

 An ambitious plan to upgrade the Minuteman III missiles in silos scatter around Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado and the impact on the people in the region.

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Pity Kimball, NE population 2,200.

The article mentions as many as 3,200 workers to be housed in Kimball. A pleasant, old oil/agriculture town with many vacant storefront buildings, it has long had a dark side of drug problems. The residents have kept the place from total disrepair. The streets are in decent shape, the park is neat and well kept, there is a small hospital, and the streets are plowed in the winter.

 Travel tip. The Nebraska State Patrol lurks under I-80 at Highway 71.

From the folks who brought you wolves

They now want to introduce wolverines. They have identified three areas they believe will support a wolverine population. I have my doubts that, long term, wolverines can find enough food to keep from starving. The occasional individual, sure, and they do wander in from time to time. Many years ago I saw one near Steamboat Springs. A pack, or several packs; doubtful.

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Gag Me

Plant based eggs? Why?

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Environazi Victim

The arrogant bastards made mandates forcing hasty engineer solutions by the manufacturers. The people needing trucks to make a living turned to desperate measures. This family owned business responded to customer needs and the patriarch got hammered by our government.

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 Notably, nobody in our government suffered any consequences for forcing disastrous mandates on people that left them no legal choice to survive.

 As always, YMMV