What's the frequency, Colorado?

[seebs]

was that the one who exposed himself to minors or was that a different person she was at some point involved with

[LarsMac]

Larry Zimmer, the longtime voice of Colorado football and basketball games, has died at 88

https://apnews.com/article/larry-zim...11d70b3eba0920

[Stephen Maturin]

Originally Posted by seebs

was that the one who exposed himself to minors or was that a different person she was at some point involved with

Yep, Jayson Boebert was indeed the public willie-waver, and Lauren was one of the young 'uns to whom he exposed himself.


Tale as old as time

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"Buckwheat Dick" Holtorf, state legislator and prominent passenger in the GOP clown car in Congressional District 4, took the podium last week to talk about how the demise of Roe v. Wade and progeny was a great thing, then started blabbering about how a woman he impregnated back in the day wanted to have an abortion and he gave her money. He didn't pay for an abortion mind you! He just "did what any honorable man who respects women would do and I supported her." Yeah, well, that clears that up.

Meanwhile:

I want to thank Rep. Holtorf for the courage to share how reproductive freedom has helped the women in his life. Thank you for sharing your story of supporting a girlfriend when she chose abortion and even paying for it.

~ Re. Lorena Garcia

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Elsewhere in Lolerado

[Stephen Maturin]

INDXcoin was offered to Denver-area Christians through the Kingdom Wealth Exchange, an online cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by the Regalados.

Rubes gonna rube.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Things not looking good for Carpetboebert.

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by Kamilah Hauptmann

Things not looking good for Carpetboebert.

Yeah, I've been following a couple of local papers' coverage of her, and she has not been well received.

The only problem I see is that she still has time to bail out on this district and go back where she came from and get on the ballot again, there.

[LarsMac]

Once again, Colorado, it's that time of the year.

Frozen Dead Guy Days are back!

Estes Park may be a much better - Well, Bigger - venue than Netherland, but I dunno.

It's kinda like moving Mardi Gras from New Orleans to New York.

[Stephen Maturin]

Frozen Dead Guy Days somewhere other than Nederland? Well, that does it. The America I knew is gone entirely.

[Pan Narrans]

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

Frozen Dead Guy Days somewhere other than Nederland? Well, that does it. The America I knew is gone entirely.

Ever since the Stanley family sold off the Hotel, and the new owners embraced the false story about the hotel and its part in the movie, Estes Park has somehow morphed into a new collective identity.

I'm not sure I like it, But, it's not just Estes. I think the whole state has become some other creation. Even Paradox has become a tourist trap.

[Stephen Maturin]

GOP Rep. Ken Buck has graduated from "I'm not running for reelection" to "Fuck it, I'm outta here come next Friday." June 25, the date on which the Republicans will pick their nominee to serve in the 119th Congress, will also serve as the date for the special election to decide who finishes Buck's current term.

Lauren Boebert is beside herself with inarticulately expressed rage.

[LarsMac]

Originally Posted by Stephen Maturin

GOP Rep. Ken Buck has graduated from "I'm not running for reelection" to "Fuck it, I'm outta here come next Friday." June 25, the date on which the Republicans will pick their nominee to serve in the 119th Congress, will also serve as the date for the special election to decide who finishes Buck's current term.

Lauren Boebert is beside herself with inarticulately expressed rage.

It seems like all the old line GOP folks are abandoning Ship before the election.
It is not going to be pretty.

Though,...

“Everywhere I go in Colorado I hear that people are not happy with Trump and they’re not happy with Biden,” Buck said. “I think we need to change our electoral laws here and I have a passion for that and I am going to lead and I am going to find the right organization to join and I’m going to start working on that issue. We have to have better candidates — up and down the ballot.” - Buck

Is there another party in the works?

[seebs]

Owners of a Colorado funeral home where 190 decaying bodies were found are charged with COVID fraud

[LarsMac]

In other Colorado news,
Boebert leads the field for 4th district
Silly me. I thought folks around here were smarter than that.

[erimir]

I wouldn't be optimistic given how safe the district is, but if anyone can lose it for the GOP, it's Boeboe.

[LarsMac]

And in other news of the Mile High State,
The article seems to be behind a "Paywall", of sorts.
Well you can read it for free, but you have to give up some info.
Referencing the two women who, last year headed up into the High country to "Live off the land" and were found dead in their campsite after a rather harsh Winter. Note, in that country any Winter is harsh.



New details emerge about Colorado family that died trying to live off the grid by John Frank, Axios Denver

In the days before his family moved to live off the grid in the Colorado wilderness, 13-year-old Talon Vance told his online gaming friends goodbye.

"NOOO COME BACK," the username Fluffy wrote. "Please I will give anything for you to come back," another responded.

The 13-year-old who loved video games and computers transcribed the messages over 24 pages in a journal before his family left Colorado Springs for the remote Gold Creek campground outside Gunnison — a move prompted by his mother's conspiratorial fears about global elites and the pandemic.

Why it matters: The journal, found near Vance's body months later, offers a glimpse into the teenager's story, one of the lesser-known parts of a tragic story that drew worldwide attention, writes Colorado author Ted Conover in the latest Outside magazine.

Importantly, his writings show how his mother planned to rely on the dark-eyed, homeschooled teenager to survive in the wild, despite having only rudimentary skills like knot tying.

Catch up quick: Rebecca Vance, Talon's mother, and his aunt, Christine, left their home in August 2022, refusing help and declining to share their destination with family, saying only they wanted to live off the grid. They landed in the woods outside the campground at 9,900 feet, where winter came early and ran cold.

No one knew where they disappeared until their bodies were found in July 2023 by a hiker who described the scene as an old squatter's settlement with "a mummy" lying in the middle. Two more bodies were found inside a tent.
The first public notice disclosed the discovery of "heavily decomposed bodies" at a remote campsite, and an autopsy released in August listed the cause of death as malnutrition and hypothermia.

The big picture: The conspiracy element and a real-life scenario imitating reality TV's survival shows added interest in their plight.

Rebecca, who went by Becky, believed online lies about the "Great Reset," a plot by elites to rule the world, and parroted falsehoods that vaccines and medicines implanted biosensors to control you, as detailed in a recent New York Magazine story.
Her final text to an acquaintance read: "They really want to merge man with machine, and I refuse to let them do that to me or my son … I don't know when all of this will happen, but I think it's important for people to get out while they still can."

The latest: In interviews with family, friends and investigators, the recent reports show just how unprepared they were to live unsupported outdoors. They brought an "$80 Walmart tent," as investigators put it, and sleeping bags but no insulated mattresses.

Instead of weapons to hunt, they had a lone fishing pole and dozens of seed packets for vegetables that are difficult to grow at that elevation and season.

Becky encouraged Talon to learn wilderness skills, such as knot tying and shelter building. His journal included descriptions for a clove hitch, bowline, Japanese square lashing, and timber hitch, Outside reported. "Side note: I did the trucker's hitch first try!!" Talon wrote.

The intrigue: In hindsight, family members realized that they didn't plan to return, giving away their cat and mementos, such as the urn with their mother's ashes, before they left.

They survived on canned and packaged food and from sporadic trips to town, but on Nov. 25 their car was reported abandoned and towed by the U.S. Forest Service, leaving them stranded.
Just miles from the campground, there are houses. But they didn't go for help.

What they're saying: Talon likely died first and the sisters moved his body to the middle of camp so they didn't sleep with it in the tent, investigators believe. His corpse weighed 40 pounds.

His mother probably died next. She was found inside the tent lying on top of a sleeping bag with a wooden cross and survival whistler around her neck, New York reported. His aunt was found curled up inside a blue sleeping bag.

The bottom line: Talon's journal also recounted his love of his mother and their close relationship, Outside reported. She appeared to be a good parent, apart from the decision to move to the woods. So investigators rule his death an "accident" and not a homicide.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Rugged individualism, folks.

[Crumb]

That poor kid.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

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[Stephen Maturin]

@ slobberin' shitizen fake license plate. This sort of "I double dog dare you to pull me over" shit often bespeaks a YouTube channel in need of views.

[LarsMac]

I could be wrong, but ,...
I'm thinking that pic was not taken in Colorado.

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

I found it on r/idiotsincars. Origins definitely unknown.

[Stephen Maturin]

As reported upthread, GOP Rep. Ken Buck resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives effective March 22. He represented CO-4, a deep red district covering most of Eastern Colorado.

The clown show GOP primary to determine who gets seat for the next two years will be held on June 25, side-by-side with the special election to determine who gets to serve out the remainder of Buck's current term, which runs until the next Congress commences in January 2025.

The overwhelming majority of wingnuts vying for a full term (including alcohol/vaping/public sex enthusiast Lauren Boebert) are not running in the special election. The special election is between a doomed Democrat and Greg Lopez, a failed GOP gubernatorial candidate in 2022. Ol' Greg is best known for corruption as Colorado Director of the Small Business Administration, drunk driving, and beating up his pregnant wife. Greg's defense to the latter incident was that it's all good because the cops took both of them to jail.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Party of Only the Best People.

[LarsMac]

Joe Collier, long time Broncos Offensive Coordinator and creator of the "Orange Crush" Defense