Mon Blogcast: Go Broncos!; Climate nonsense; Drug boat strikes; Condom tax

My new CSI report on cost of living in Denver

I'm honored to be the Mike A Leprino Free Enterprise Fellow at the fantastic (and non-partisan) Common Sense Institute. My latest report should be of interest to many KOA listeners...even if you don't live in Denver: Denver Metro Household Budget Pressure

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Coming soon to a TV near you

The new Netflix documentary, "Elway", will be available starting December 22. I'm TRYING to get John for an interview one day soon to talk about it.

Netflix announces ‘Elway’ documentary streaming date - Denver Gazette

Netflix documentary introduces a whole new John Elway to Denver - Denver Gazette

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Speaking of "on TV"

This is quite an interesting interview. One does wonder whether this represents a weakening of Trump's grip on MAGA or if it's just MTG getting tossed out of Trumpworld with no real impact on the larger MAGA movement. I'm not close enough to MAGA to have a strong opinion but my suspicion is that Trump has disappointed much of MAGA. Doesn't mean they're abandoning him, though. But will they turn out for Republican candidates, even those endorsed by Trump, in 2026 and in 2028?

For the record, I think MTG makes a couple of legit points here...and she's still a blight on Congress and I can't wait for her to be gone though I wonder if that district in north Georgia will elect someone who's any better. She's absolutely right that much congressional support of President Trump is due to fear of a nasty social media post by him. How about her idiotic comment that Trump was "serving Israel's interests" by killing Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian general who, through his support of Iran's terrorist proxies, was responsible for the deaths of many Americans.

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Just One Thing: Questioning the drug boat strikes doesn't make one pro-cartel

Here's my latest Substack. Please read and subscribe: Questioning the "drug boat" strikes is not supporting drugs or cartels

Here's the beginning of my note:

I suspect that most Americans believe that:

The president can declare any group whom he perceives as harming United States interests as “terrorists”

People trafficking drugs into the United States are as dangerous as the people we usually think of as terrorists and therefore obviously worthy of that designation

The act of trafficking drugs which we know are likely to hurt and kill Americans is similar enough to an overt armed attack on the US that it deserves a similar response from the US government

Any member of such a “terrorist” group can legitimately be the target of a lethal military strike, at any time or place, no matter what

Based on some combination of the above, the US strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific are justified and legal

I also suspect that none of these things is true, perhaps other than the first half of the second bullet point: those trafficking certain drugs are part of the cause of harm to Americans (though we should also be clear that they are satisfying demand already coming from Americans.)

Again, please read and subscribe: Questioning the "drug boat" strikes is not supporting drugs or cartels

This is included in my Substack but expresses how I feel some days lately: I Love Drug Traffickers: In Defense of Not Blowing Up Literally Everything | National Review

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Today's Guests

As I write this on Sunday afternoon, I don't yet know which members of our KOA Broncos broadcast team will be on the show but we're aiming to have Rick Lewis (in studio), Susie Wargin, and Dave Logan join us. Dave's Cherry Creek High School football team just won the 5A championship for the 15h time with a blowout 56-28 win over second seed Ralston Valley. It's Dave's 13th championship -- with four different schools -- a state record.

5A Football: Cherry Creek Wins Back-To-Back Titles for 15th State Championship - Colorado High School Activities Association

Cherry Creek football dynasty rolls on as Bruins blast Ralston Valley in Class 5A championship

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Barb Paton & Erin Porteous join us in studio. Barb is the founder of "Thoughtful Pinch" and wife of Denver Broncos General Manager George Paton, and Erin is CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver

BGCMD Holiday Huddle

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Other Stuff

This isn't gonna be an easy problem to solve, sort of a chicken-and-egg problem: RTD grapples with illicit drugs and the use of buses and trains as shelters

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If you suffer from SAD (where you get sad in the winter due to the lack of daylight): How Nordic countries embrace the long dark winter and beat the blues | AP News

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Remarkable: Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators | Trump administration | The Guardian

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This seems pretty petty and, dare I say it, even a little racist: Trump administration alters national parks' free-entry days, cutting MLK Day and Juneteenth

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It looks like the 30-year-old Brian Cole Jr, who happens to be black, believed Trump's lies about a stolen election. As to why that would cause him to want to plant bombs at both the RNC and DNC remains unclear.

What we know about suspected DC pipe bomber Brian Cole Jr

Dan Bongino is still a clown: The Boring Truth Emerges About the J6 Pipebomber, Displacing Exciting Lies | National Review

Dan Bongino brushes off questions around past pipe bomb cover up claims

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Climate study retracted but alarmists will never stop their grift: A Huge Retraction, the Usual Playbook, and Reason for Optimism

Authors retract Nature paper projecting high costs of climate change – Retraction Watch

Climate Change Study Predicting Dire Economic Damage Is Retracted - WSJ

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Seems like both a life saver and a cost saver: Denver Homeless Get Life-Saving Meds From Drug Vending Machines

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Fine, but not nearly the win that the conservative districts are claiming. The big fight (with the state) remains. CHSAA enters settlement with schools over transgender athletes | 9news.com

In Colorado transgender athlete lawsuit, CHSAA and districts settle, case continues with state | KUNC

Colorado Springs Districts Settle With CHSAA Over Transgender Participation, Locker Room Use | Athletic Business

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China imposes tax on condoms for the first time in 13 years. They are trying anything to get people to more kids: China to tax condoms for first time in 30 years as demographic crisis deepens | Euronews

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Insanity: Elite Colleges Have an Extra-Time-on-Tests Problem - The Atlantic

School students: accommodations for kids with anxiety only 'short-term' solution, professor says

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From the "What else can go wrong" files: Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum says | Paris | The Guardian

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I would have expected a lower number: The age our bodies reach a ‘tipping point’ and stop bouncing back | New York Post

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So many parts of what this guy did and does are insane: Exclusive | World record holder swims 29 miles around Manhattan in handcuffs | New York Post

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There are idiots everywhere but who would donate to a GoFundMe for her? Cinnabon employee fired after calling Somali couple the N-word in viral video | New York Post

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Of course it is a Christmas movie: Macaulay Culkin Booed by Audience After Sharing His Hot Take on a Christmas Classic

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I like her attitude: Exclusive | Carissa Codel trolls haters by reading viewer comments in her broadcaster voice: 'Fe fi foe yum' | New York Post

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Today's Video

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