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Category Archives: Colorado
Wildfires Burning Over One Million Acres in US Right Now
View from Lookout Mountain, CO. Not clouds. Not Smog. Smoke from wildfires 800 miles away. Smoke from wildfires in the western United States. About 1.4 million acres of fires at the present time and over 7.5 million acres burned so … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Colorado, Politics, Science, United States, Wildfires
Tagged environment, Media, Politics
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Spree Killings in Colorado Springs & San Bernardino: 2 types of not dissimilar political extremism
Let’s be clear: These spree killings are all, in their own ways, acts of terrorism. Certain kinds of weapons, like the slightly modified combat rifles used in California, and certain kinds of ammunition, must be outlawed for civilian ownership. It … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, Biology, California, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Colorado, Conservatives, Crime, Democracy, DHS, DOJ, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, FBI, Government, Islam, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Media, Mental Health, Murder, Police, Presidential Elections, Progressives, Propaganda, Terrorism, Terrorists, United States, War on "Terror", Women's Rights
Tagged Congress, Ferguson (MO), Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Racism, Republicans, Terrorism
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From the Annals of Driving While Black: ACLU of Colorado Claims Two African-American Men Were Victims of Racial Profiling
By Elaine Magliaro The ACLU of Colorado claims that two African-American men who were pulled over by police in Colorado Springs and taken into custody were victims of racial profiling. The group is representing Ryan and Benjamin Brown, the two … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Equal Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Police, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Colorado, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling
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Colorado State Representative and Wacko Televangelist Gordon Klingenschmitt Says That Brutal Attack on a Pregnant Woman Is “The Curse of God upon America” (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro Last November, I wrote a post about Gordon Klingenschmitt, a far-right Christian zealot and anti-gay televangelist also known as “Dr. Chaps,” who had been “swept into office” in Colorado with just under 70% of the vote. Klingenschmitt, a … Continue reading