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Colorado State Open Thread, 8/21/2017, Eclipse edition
Hey! Who turned out the lights?I’m writing this from Missouri, where I’ve dragged my wife to come see the eclipse from the home base of my sister. The opening picture is the sun taken by my camera...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 8/28/2017
I don’t have much to discuss today — still on the job hunt, and contemplating just where I’m willing to work just to get benefits. I was hoping for an interview today. If you’re reading this, it...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 9/4/2017
Hope you all had a good Labor Day today, with an opportunity to thank a laborer who has made your day special. I don’t have anything in particular to discuss. The smoke over Denver was particularly...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 9/18/2017, Denver area Meetups
The next event I’m planning is one for Smileycreek and Paradise50 who will be in town the last weekend of September into October. They suggested a meet-up at a coffeeshop or restaurant either before...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread 9/25/17 - Meetup 10/1 Sunday morning
This coming Sunday morning, 10/1, World-renowned Kossacks Smileycreek and Paradise50 will be in town for a variety of reasons, including meeting local Denver progressives. We plan on meeting for...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 10/2/2017
So much sorrow and sympathy to the people at that concert in Las Vegas last night. My mother’s family lived in Las Vegas (and one or two still do) and she graduated from Las Vegas High School in the...
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Colorado State Open Thread, 10/9/2017. Hello, old man Winter!
Today the weather took a decided turn in the direction of winter along the Front Range. The weather forecasters have been predicting this storm front for about a week and they got it right. Yesterday...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread 10/16/17 - Denver Hospice Labor Unrest
This will be one of the shorter diaries, because I am not supposed to be posting tonight (outpatient surgery this AM so I should be resting and getting over the drugs, so I’m cautioned to stay away...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 10/23/2017
Just returned yesterday from the memorial service for my father. It, along with the placing of the gravestone for my father and mother, was held in Kansas on Saturday. It has been a very different...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 10/30/2017
Halloween Eve, with an election coming up next week. Anybody doing anything special?I’m going to first highlight a Community Spotlight diary from local Kossack erunyauve about the vote and the...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 11/6/2017, Election Eve
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View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 11/13/2017
First, I’d like to invite you to Caffeinating Liberally this coming Saturday morning the 18th at Common Grounds Coffeeshop, 44th and Vallejo in Denver, from 9AM to about noon. We’ll have a table...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 11/20/2017
As the northern world slides into darkness earlier and earlier every evening (more so if you’re in Washington, DC), the state of Colorado is not immune to the Trumpster’s effects. My mood has been...
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Colorado State Open Thread, November 27, 2017
Is everyone enjoying Cyber Monday? Remember, it’s your patriotic duty to keep this economic engine moving. As “W” said, he wants us to go shopping.Mike Coffman, the Republican from CO-6, will be...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, December 4, 2017
Good cold evening, Colorado. Two issues in the news pertaining to Colorado today were diaried on the front page. I’ll just briefly mention them, and then throw the thread open for whatever is firing...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, December 25, 2017
I promised at least placeholder Open Thread postings for today and next Monday for New Year’s Day. I hope you were able to entertain yourselves during my two week absence in South Carolina. I went to...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, January 1, 2018
Welcome to 2018! I hope you all had fun yesterday evening, whether you stayed awake for the midnight celebrations or you got to sleep before the completely artificial change in the way people measure...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 1/8/18
Just a few notes on this Monday in January:Today was the last day to register as a Democrat in order to caucus on Tuesday, March 6th. You must also be registered to vote in the precinct you want to...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 1/15/2017
Good evening and welcome to the post. I hope you have had a good Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior’s birthday and continue to do so through the evening. There have been several diaries posting his...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, January 22, 2017
I didn’t make it to the Women’s March in Denver on Saturday. I was up half the night with my sick wife and sick woozle. I hope you made it to a march this past weekend and have some stories and...
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