Less than a year ago, Patrick Mahomes was predicting the Chiefs would go undefeated this season at 20-0. And his girlfriend has proclaimed that QB Mahomes will surpass Tom Brady’s 7 Super Bowl victories. They must be cooking up some special kind of meth at their trailer park!
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See the story by clicking here.
Too many city slickers like Gov. Polis and his partner just don’t have a clue about ranching, or anything else to do with Real Life in Colorado.
— MRW
Read the article from the Kyiv Post here. Excerpt copied below:
US President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke via telephone on Jan. 27, in discussions that at least one unnamed Ukrainian official characterized as heated.
While the White House released a readout of the call that made no mention of any disagreement, the Ukrainian government official said that Zelensky vehemently disagreed with Biden’s characterization that a Russian attack was imminent, according to CNN.
Kyiv could be “sacked,” Russian forces may attempt to occupy it, “prepare for impact”, Biden said, according to this official.
It’s possible, of course, that the Biden administration is ginning up hysteria about Russian intentions simply to distract the American public from their series of high-profile FAILURES in both domestic and foreign policy. Granted, it’s also possible that Russian tanks could roll across Ukraine’s border any day now . . .
If President Zelensky isn’t in panic mode, why in blazes should we be?
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See the report from Babylon Bee here.
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Read the disturbing account from FOX NEWS here.
The so-called shelter in this case is just one example of poorly-managed facilities that FAIL to serve the needs of poor and homeless people in this country, despite umpteen millions of dollars being spent for that purpose.
— MRW
See the alarming report from KDVR FOX31 which should be the daily focus of media all across the state!
Colorado Violent Crime Statistics for 2021 here.
(Keep in mind that most victims of homeless criminals are other homeless people, and this holds true across the broad range of offenses.)
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See the photo gallery by clicking here.
I rarely faced wintry conditions as harsh as these during my decade as a homeless camper in Boulder, CO. Looking at these hardy Siberians, I sort of feel like a pansy!
— MRW
Hundreds of BUMS from all across America believe this to be the case in Boulder, CO. Ask ’em, they’ll tell you so!
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Recently, I was involved in an online debate with another reader of Boulder Beat (a news and opinion source that offers much you won’t find in more well-known local media).
He had this to say, among other things: “Im (sic) arguing we need to get serious about fixing homelessness and that means we need a lot more money to work with. If we can’t successfully shame our gluttonous local millionaires and billionaires into fixing this problem because they have no shame, guilt or compassion then we need to tax them and we need to change state law to do it.”
My response, in part, is copied here:
A few years ago, in my role as blogger about homelessness in Boulder, I published the publicly-available info on how the local homeless shelter/services industry had spent its money to “address homelessness” by building the 1175 Lee Hill Housing First facility (31 units), the 4747 Table Mesa Ready to Work project (space for 44 residents), and the Attention Homes 1440 Pine complex (40 apartments). The grand total for initial construction came to $24.5M to serve just 115 individuals. Doing the math, that’s $213K+ for each in up-front costs! I concluded that lack of funding is NOT an issue — it’s what is being done with it. Which brings me to my focus on Tiny House Communities that are being built in some cities like Madison, WI for $5,000 each on land donated for the purpose and with the broad support of the community; by all accounts, it’s been a rousing success! I’ll again post the excellent Washington Post article on this housing model, and urge everyone to consider it carefully:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/tiny-houses/
We ALL must move past our preconceived notions about homelessness, especially those pushed by the homeless shelter/services industry which is stubbornly opposed to innovative solutions . . . Too often, they seem to favor 1950s-style housing projects which in the Real World become ghettos for the homeless.
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