Consider it a sign. Heading up U.S. Highway 85 to Greeley, the signs are hard to miss. Huge, militant pink and black letters urge you to R.E.S.I.S.T., and they’re plastered on ominous-looking billboards with pictures of teenagers. At first glance, it looks like the latest Army recruitment slogan. But alas,…
John Andrews. A little housekeeping is required regarding our primary-eve blog about Denver Post blogger and former state senator John Andrews’ attack on Rima Sinclair, a Republican candidate for State House District 6, who lost in a big way to rival Joshua Sharf. Sinclair phoned yesterday to inform me that…
Bob Palmer. Of late, Democratic National Convention-related reports have dominated the home pages at area television stations’ websites. But at this writing, another story has risen to the fore at Channel 4, Channel 7 and Channel 9 — the death of veteran Denver-area television anchor Bob Palmer at age 77…
The body politic. Forget Jennifer Lopez, Rosario Dawson and all those other so-called stars reportedly heading our way for the Democratic National Convention. A real celebrity is on her way: Amber Lee Ettinger, better known as the Obama Girl. Via e-mail, Jackie Brook, Ettinger’s publicist, reveals that her client is…
Olivia Liang. It’s easy for locals to get cynical about the forthcoming Democratic National Convention, what with the Obama speech ticketing controversy, revelations about protester holding cells and so on. But there are plenty of people heading to Denver with high hopes for making the world a better place –…
Anyone got some worms? In “GOP Plans Full Slate of Events During DNC,” the Rocky Mountain News reports about anti-Dem activities being planned by area conservative heavyweights during the Democratic National Convention — something Dick Wadhams, head of the state’s Republican party, promised way back in September 2007, at the…
Which song will electrify the crowd next Thursday? In a little more than a week, 75,000 lucky ticket-holders will head for Invesco Field, ready to usher in a new era of photos for their Facebook pages. They’ll walk through the closed (and possibly burning) streets of Denver, arriving hours early…
Henry Cejudo on Channel 9. Colorado wrestler Henry Cejudo is big news in these parts, landing on page one of the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News after coming out of nowhere to win an Olympic gold medal in the 121-pound weight class. But NBC viewers have seen precious…
State of confusion. In it’s continuing effort to fill pages with nonsensical items about the Democratic National Convention, the Rocky Mountain News published “Obama Speech Forecast Still a Little Foggy,” in which National Weather Service forecaster Mike Baker confirmed that Barack Obama’s August 28 Invesco Field at Mile High acceptance…
Oh Henry? Here were the choices for Denver Broncos fans who wanted to buy a jersey at a fifth-level souvenir shop at Invesco Field at Mile High last Saturday during a pre-season game against the Dallas Cowboys: Jay Cutler; Rod Smith; Javon Walker; John Lynch. And here’s the problem. Three…
Another amusing/terrifying item I noticed in the amusing/terrifying Denver Auditor’s report I read after my amusing/terrifying experience getting chased by a black truck after taking unauthorized photos of Gitmo on the Platte: there’s a secret tunnel that leads outside the (once) secret DNC protester prison. It’ll be just like that…
Feel like Ralphing? Blog, blog, blog. Demver pits Barack Obama against the Denver Broncos and debuts an extended Q&A with Ralph Nader, who’s a presidential candidate again in 2008. It could be his year! Meanwhile, Backbeat Online offers up a live review of To Be Eaten and Dead Child. They’re…
Sorry — Hillary’s already spoken for at the DNC. So you didn’t get a ticket to Barack Obama’s acceptance speech? You had one other chance to attend — by connecting with Hillary Clinton, who was offering choice seats at the Invesco Field at Mile High spectacle and her own DNC…
Tom Morello. There are lots of events scheduled for Democratic National Convention week that could turn into clusterfucks — but nothing seems likelier to degenerate into chaos than the ticket distribution for Rage Against the Machine’s August 27 show at the Denver Colesium. Interested parties can sign up for a…
Don’t terminate that joint, Ahnold. Lucky Jared Jacang Maher. The Westword reporter’s copy of the Denver Post included the photo seen here, which makes it seem for all the world as if California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is toking up a storm while speaking at an August 18 press conference. Adding…
Pepsi may get the glory during the Democratic National Convention when the Pepsi Center takes center stage, but Coke will be cleaning up The Can. Last week, Coca-Cola became the “Official Recycling Provider” for the DNC – which means the company will send its employees to Denver with stolen grocery…
Timothy Thomason. As noted in this August 18 blog, the Denver City Council planned to tackle the question of whether or not to approve a $150,000 payment to Timothy Thomason, a cancer patient who wasn’t given prescribed pain medication after winding up in city jail circa August 2006. At the…
The Denver Broncos took on the Dallas Cowboys at Invesco Field on Saturday. It was the second of four pre-season games. Not that it matters, but the Broncos won. More than 60,000 people were there (in spite of the rain), which is good for a game that doesn’t count. But…
Remember when they used to advertise products on TV? Unless my calendar is lying to me, it’s August 19, a full eleven weeks before election day — and yet the barrage of political advertisements is in early November form. During the 5:30-6 a.m. segment of Channel 4’s morning-news broadcast, I…
Can you hear that horn a-blowin’? The front-page headline of the August 19 Rocky Mountain News reads, “Last Minute Makeover: Crews swarm park to finish full-blown face-lift before DNC” — and inside, the latest edition of writer James Meadow’s seemingly endless “Civic Center Blues” series, which has spent weeks outlining…
Vote for vintage Dodge-Lydick paraphernalia. Six-time Prohibition Party presidential candidate and Lakewood resident Earl Dodge, 74, died last fall before he could run for a seventh nomination. And in a strange twist of fate, Dodge’s would-be running mate, Texas insurance adjuster Howard Lydick, has also died. Dodge, who ran a…
As Ralph Nader continues his fifth campaign for the presidency, he joins an elite club of independent mainstays—Gus Hall for the U.S. Communist Party (4 runs), Howard Phillips for the Constitution Party (3 runs), Norman Thomas for the Socialist Party (6 runs). Nader’s message, like his rumpled suits, has changed…
