School Shootings

 

Aaron Cohen – Gideon – School Shootings

IMO, he is on the right track.

Gideon

That said, we need to be careful what we wish for. Once implemented, this program can be used in many ways by statists to track conservatives. Hopefully, he is building safeguards to prevent this.

Puzzling

Looking at stats, my ‘audience’ has recently tripled. Are government agencies suddenly including me in their sweeps? Will this help me get a pallet next to the stove in the re-education camp?

 I wonder, given some of the comments received, that I’m included in some algorithm sweep. My rule is no censorship unless the comment is anonymous. If someone doesn’t have the guts to put their name to a comment, it gets deleted.

 My last post now has more views then I get in a month.

I do admire bloggers who can post on one topic and make it interesting. Not me - sorry readers.

Wolves

Wolves were introduced because of a ballot initiative. A recent ballot initiative to remove them failed to gather enough signatures.

Initiative

Google search.

While maps showing voter outcomes for the original 2020 wolf reintroduction initiative exist, no map of the signers for the recent failed ballot initiative has been published. The petition drive failed to gather the necessary signatures to appear on the 2026 ballot, and the names of signers are not publicly available. 

 Other voices.

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 The official position.

CPW

The most current map CPW has released on tracking collars. Of interest, the expansion eastward into Gilpin, Boulder, and now Jefferson counties. Denver, soon?

Wolf Map

Middle of the Road

A 1960’s cartoon I wish I kept showed a man in a chair reading a newspaper and speaking to his wife. “The more my thinking turns to  the left, the more I find in common the right. I think I’m becoming a middle of the road extremist”.

 Starting in my twenties I was vehemently opposed to Nixon, Reagan, evangelicals, etc. For awhile I was a Democrat Precinct Committeeman.  Starting the late 1990’s my views started shifting.

 I loathed Clinton and his less than lovely bride. When the Lightbringer appointed Eric Holder Attorney General I was done with the Democrats.

 Examining my attitude over the years I find two constants. First, rooting for the underdogs; fighting a system that keeps them down. Second, wanting the government to keep the fuck out of my life.

 Contradictory? Oh, well.

Small Towns and Speeders

A town of fewer than 700 people writes over 2,000 speeding tickets a year. I applaud! I drive through many small towns, and I’m always slowing down. Not to avoid a ticket, but out of respect for the people who live there. Kids being kids, loose pets and/or livestock, the occasional pedestrian and people entering from side streets are a fact of life.

Speed Trap

 This town is on the route to Yellowstone which gets a lot of traffic in the summer. Sorry, tourist, do the speed limit! You are not “special”.

 There are speed trap towns, like Campo, CO. My response is to never spend any money in them.

(P)regressive Gearing up for Midterms

Colorado’s 8^th Congressional District is the newest, having formed after the last census. The first elected Representative is a Democrat. She lost the 2^nd election to a Republican. I’m in the 8^th.

Two to three times a month I’m receiving in the mail slick campaign advertisements. One was from Black Lives Matters. Recently I received one from, Climate Power Education Fund. Of interest, their address is 815 Black Lives Matter Plz NW, D.C.

 The Theme is Trump’ Tax Bill and names our current Congressman as a Trump accomplices.

 At least five Democrats have announced they will be running for the seat.

 Last election some reports peg spending at $50 million or more. 70% of the Democrat’s donations were from out of state and 67% of the Republican’s donations were from out of state.

 All this money and effort for one puissant Congressional seat makes me wonder how many more seats are getting this kind of attention and where is the money coming from?

PDJT

Of all the slings and arrows directed towards him, the one most puzzling is corruption. He will be the first President since Harry Truman to leave office poorer than when he came in.

 As always, YMMV