CBennett

Aviation, Sigma Pi, Avalanche, Broncos, Whiskey, 2A. 🇺🇸

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

On this date in 1911, nearly 60% of the U.S. was ≥90°F and 15% was ≥100°F. This weekend's heatwave is only unprecedented if you think history began 30 years ago.

[Yinzer G @yinzer_g]

The 5 reasons soccer won't increase in popularity after the world cup is over.

1. The flopping. This goes against the soul of every American. We value grit, toughness and basically not being a pussy.
2. The clock. No one wants to get to the end of a game and have no clue when it's over. Just stop & start the clock when you need to, like sane people.
3. Offsides. Just put a line out there like everyone else. This floating line you have makes the game unwatchable. It's like a built in, anti-excitement glitch you manufactured for your game.
4. Red cards. What a stupid rule that you automatically get kicked out for the next game for getting one. I can understand suspending someone after a league review of something you did that was horrible. But to automatically get suspended because of what a ref saw at full speed is stupid.
5. Ties. In America we call it kissing your sister, cause that's the same feeling you get after a tie. Pure disgust. In soccer, it seems like the result you prefer most. Play til you have a winner.

[FreeStateColorado @FreeStateColor1]

Colorado voters will have a lot of big decisions on the November ballot.

Right now, you may have noticed that signatures are still being gathered for initiatives outside of grocery stores.

One of these measures is currently called “#308 Designate Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation” and this measure will rob Colorado taxpayers of our TABOR tax refunds.

If you are asked to sign this one, please decline to sign!

You probably haven’t heard about this ballot measure because it hasn’t attracted the media attention that some of the other election issues have.

Thankfully, Natalie Menten is keeping a close eye on this ballot measure and the impact on our TABOR refunds that this initiative will have.

In this video, Natalie explains how this initiative is deceptive to voters and how it will rob taxpayers. Natalie also explains how you can have an impact in the process and contribute to what’s going to be presented to Colorado voters in the statewide Blue Book.

Follow Natalie on X: @ColoEngaged

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

MASSIVE SCANDAL UNFOLDING IN DENVER

You will want to read to the end. Absolutely shocking corruption and coverup.

Denver City Council blocked Denver International Airport from leasing space to Key Lime Air, because the airline worked with ICE.

There was just one problem…

It violates FAA rules.

So what did they do?

City attorney Miko Brown allegedly urged the airport to fabricate an investigation into the airline’s safety record to cover up for illegally discriminating against the airline for political reasons.

When word got out, Brown and Mayor Mike Johnston flat out denied it.

However CBS just obtained an internal airport memo appearing to reveal the entire thing was true.

City officials conspired to discriminate against a private company for political reasons then lied about it to cover it up‼️

The @TheJusticeDept should investigate. @AAGDhillon

[shirish @shiri_shh]

bro immigrated from Mexico and took a $28/hr contract welding job in 2015.

didn't even know what SpaceX was.

they gave him $10,000 in stock and let him buy more through payroll deductions.

that stake is now worth $880,000.

and he's one of 4,400 employees who became millionaires on Friday. welders. technicians. cafeteria staff.

[CBennett @WhiskeyChris2]

@citchmook This team is stacked, yet some changes need to be made. Need more balance to roster. That means more size/physicality up front, or skilled/tough Dman on back. One will cost more in trade than the other. The trade pieces are fairly obvious, some could be painful based on choice.

[CBennett @WhiskeyChris2]

@evanrawal Assume it will be carried on Altitude...?

[AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ @AwakenedOutlaw]

Respect this?

That's not the face of an objective reporter.

That's the face of an angry partisan ideologue cosplaying as a journalist.

[CBennett @WhiskeyChris2]

@jeremyjojola Texas

[InfantryDort @infantrydort]

It will never cease to amaze me that in this nation, war dead get one day of remembrance a year.

But sleeping with the same sex gets you a whole month of adoration.

A fallen society. Backwards as hell.

[Robin Monotti @robinmonotti]

"Cow farts are the cause of Global Warming!"

Meanwhile at Cape Canaveral...

[Dan Miller 💰 @MoneylineMiller]

Dear @RondaRousey @netflix

Ronda Rousey’s “Matchmaking” at MVP Productions Was an Absolute Disgrace to MMA

I’m a passionate MMA fan. I really love this sport. I respect the fighters who grind every day, who put their bodies and hearts on the line for real wars that remind us why we watch. But what I saw last night on Netflix with MVP Productions and Ronda Rousey was an absolute disgrace to MMA.
Ronda wasn’t just fighting on the card — she was the quote-unquote matchmaker, basically playing Hunter Campbell for the whole show. She’s the one who put these fights together. And man, it was shameful.
Look at the matchups she booked. They were one-way train wrecks from top to bottom.
Junior Dos Santos, a former UFC heavyweight champion and a legend in this game, got thrown in against Robelis Despaigne. It was over quick — another first-round knockout. Then you’ve got Felipe Lins stepping up against Francis Ngannou. Remember when Francis was in the PFL saying any opponent fighting him should earn no less than a million dollars? That was the price they had to pay to step in the cage with him. Yet reports say Felipe Lins only got $100,000 last night. One hundred thousand. While Francis walked with $1.5 million. That’s not a fight — that’s a payday with a body attached.
And don’t even get me started on Mike Perry versus Nate Diaz. Nate hadn’t fought in years. The last time we saw him he basically gave up in the cage. Now you’re asking him to step in against Mike Perry — a guy who’s still active, still bare-knuckle fighting, still the self-proclaimed “King of Violence.” Perry absolutely molested Nate Diaz. He knocked him out and left his face looking like it went through a meat grinder by the end of the round. Ronda put that fight together too.
Then the main event: Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano. Seventeen seconds. An armbar. Done. Gina had no business being in there with her after all those years away, yet Ronda comes out gloating afterward, talking like she’s the best of all time. Come on. That’s like Michael Jordan coming out of retirement to play against a high school team and then calling himself the GOAT again.
These weren’t fights. They were quick, scripted-looking highlight reels designed for easy wins and big paydays for the big names. No heart. No back-and-forth. No respect for the sport or the fans who tuned in expecting actual competition. Real fighters like JDS, Lins, and a faded Nate Diaz got fed to the wolves for entertainment value, while Ronda celebrated like she put on the fight of the year.
This is what MVP Productions and Netflix gave us? A cynical cash grab wrapped in nostalgia. MMA has fought for years to be taken seriously as a legitimate sport. Events like this make casual fans roll their eyes and call it fake. They make dedicated fans like me furious and embarrassed for the game we love.
Ronda Rousey, as the person in charge of these matchups, carries a big part of the blame. She let the fighters down. She let the fans down. And she let the sport down.
I love MMA too much to stay quiet about this. Fighters deserve fair shots and real opportunities, not to be used as cannon fodder. Fans deserve actual fights, not 17-second memes. And this sport deserves way better than the disgrace we witnessed last night.

[Jon Caldara @JonCaldara]

Another week, another column about Colorado’s ruling class treating democracy like a state trooper treats the speed limit. It’s for other people. #copolitics #coleg

I swear, I want to write about literally anything else — aliens, sports, lab-grown meat, Bigfoot opening a vape shop in Pueblo.

But Colorado’s legislature has never been more abusive to the citizenry, or hypocritical.

To save time, I won’t rehash the endless “No Kings,” “Trump is destroying democracy,” “our sacred duty is protecting democracy, so be happy you have us” self-promotion constantly ejaculated by Colorado’s ruling class.

But, for the sake of argument, let’s pretend every word of it is true. Let’s assume President Donald Trump wakes every morning and convenes a joint special-forces meeting to steal democracy in Colorado.

If democracy is truly hanging by a thread, then surely Colorado’s Democrat majority is heroically defending it. I mean, they say that’s their job one, next to banning ketchup packets (Senate Bill 146, seriously).

Which leaves me confused.

Because from my tiny little “just-a-citizen” brain perspective, they seem to spend an awful lot of time removing voters’ power, hiding meetings, dodging taxpayer consent and nullifying ballot initiatives.

Maybe I’m missing the advanced theory of democracy taught only in elite government seminars and overpriced Aspen retreats.

Take Senate Bill 150. It strips away two-thirds of RTD’s publicly elected board seats and replaces them with appointees.

Silly me. I thought democracy involved electing people.

But apparently true democracy is when insiders choose insiders to protect the public from the dangerous unpredictability of… the public.

Then there’s House Bill 1326, which exempts the all-powerful Public Utilities Commission from open meetings laws.

Again, I’m sure there’s a sophisticated democracy-enhancing explanation for this.

Perhaps democracy works best when the public cannot actually watch government decisions being made. Sort of a “trust us you peasants” model of self-government.

House Bill 1418 puts a “fee” on games young people play online.

Now, if it walks like a tax, quacks like a tax and drains your wallet like a tax, a normal person might call it a tax. But by labeling it a “fee,” lawmakers can dodge asking voters for permission.

Which is convenient. Because asking permission from citizens can really slow down democracy.

Even more amazing, this fee appears large enough that under existing law it should require voter approval anyway. Yet lawmakers are still trying to skip the vote.

Apparently democracy is strongest when elections are treated as optional.

Then there’s Senate Bill 135, which takes your TABOR refunds. At least this one goes to the ballot. But the ballot language will say the money goes to education.

In reality, only a small fraction actually does.

Maybe I’m old fashioned, but using misleading ballot language to convince voters to surrender their money feels less like defending democracy and more like a used car salesman turning back the odometer on a lemon.

Now comes the cherry on top, House Bill 1430, filed in the final chaotic moments of the session. Its purpose is beautifully simple: invalidate a citizen initiative that might appear on the ballot this fall. Kill what voters might vote for before they vote on it.

I always believed democracy meant if voters approve something at the ballot box, government respects the outcome. Isn’t that what the anger against Trump and Tina Peters is all about?

Here’s the backstory: Colorado used to dedicate sales tax revenue from automobile parts and accessories to roads. Which honestly seems reasonable, given roads are where cars generally go (Man, if I could still get away with a drunk driving joke, this would be a perfect spot).

But the legislature ended that sensible funding stream. We don’t really do road funding anymore. I don’t need to convince you of that. Instead, we currently do incentives for front-end alignment shops.

Now there’s a potential citizen initiative that might restore that road-funding mechanism. Maybe it makes the ballot. Maybe voters approve it. Maybe they don’t.

That’s how democracy is supposed to work.

But HB-1430 essentially says, “That’s cute. Your vote still won’t matter.”

If voters approve returning the road funding, with 1430 lawmakers will reduce road funding by the exact same amount.

Thankfully, Colorado is governed by people who understand democracy far better than voters do.

Thank God Colorado’s one-party rulers are here to save democracy from the voters.

[The Last Best Hope of Earth @TheLastHopeUSA]

🚨Michael Mott, 41 — the Denver airport trespasser mangled by a Frontier jet engine — had a shocking criminal past.

Pueblo native Michael Mott jumped a fence at Denver International Airport and calmly stepped in front of a departing Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 plane. He was sucked into the engine and killed — ruled a suicide.

But the real story? His rap sheet is even wilder.

Over 20 arrests in Colorado since 2002, starting with petty stuff as a teen and escalating fast:

• 2005: Arrested for attempted murder with a gun → pleaded down to 2nd-degree assault w/ deadly weapon → 6 years in prison

• While locked up: Charged with felony assault using a weapon

• 2010: Domestic violence, felony menacing, assault

• 2016: 2nd-degree burglary

• 2020: Felony assault on a peace officer

• April 2023: 1st-degree trespassing + property damage + resisting arrest (he was apparently free despite the pattern)

Chilling new mugshots have surfaced — including the one with the forehead bandage and neck gash.

From minor shoplifting to violent felonies… then this final, horrific act at DEN.

What a tragic, twisted end.

(Source: NY Post reporting)
#DenverAirport #MichaelMott #FrontierAirlines

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: The man who walked in front of a Frontier plane, which nearly ended in catastrophe for the passengers, had 20 previous arrests, including for attempted murder.

41-year-old Michael Mott's most recent arrest was just one month before he trespassed at the airport.

In 2005, Mott was arrested for attempted murder with a gun. He later pleaded down to second-degree assault and was sentenced to just 6 years in prison.

He was also charged with felony assault using a weapon during his time in prison.

When he got out of prison, he continued to commit crimes, including felony assault on a peace officer and domestic violence, along with other crimes, according to the New York Post.

Liberalism is a plague on our country. Thanks to a "compassionate" justice system, this guy almost killed everyone on board this plane.

[CBennett @WhiskeyChris2]

@kaybuenoesyo @DENAirport Fake? B.S. From someone who works in the industry, my job is to ensure ppl like YOU, Kay, are safe when you travel, I can ensure the outrage is not fake. DEN is a CAT X airport, Google it. The outrage is 100% legit - the post should accurately describe what it was, trespassing.

[Patti Fox @angelmompatti]

So not only did sanctuary policies facilitate circumstances that allowed an unlicensed, uninsured illegal alien to hit my 22yo daughter and then flee, leaving her permanently and profoundly disabled, our esteemed @GovofCO (sarcasm) will actively hinder needed therapies and services for her as well as hinder my ability to be her full time caregiver because she requires 24/7 care.

While simultaneously throwing millions upon millions of dollars, to services for people like the woman that stole my daughter’s future. Who did not have to pay one cent towards her medical expenses (remember, no insurance).

We were denied the wheelchair Carissa needs and I pay for her physical therapy out of pocket. But people who should not be here will have all their medical needs provided.

Let that sink in.

[CBennett @WhiskeyChris2]

@jarvis_best This is 100% accurate.

[Al Smizzle @AlZeidenfeld]

I don’t know, I think it would be a pretty viral story if Adam Schefter was having an affair with Andy Reid.

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

This is worth repeating:

I never cared that you were gay until you started shoving it down my throat, and I never cared what color you were until you started blaming me for your problems.

I never cared about your political affiliation until you started condemning me for mine.

I really never even cared where you were born until you wanted to erase my history and blame my ancestors for your problems.

I never even cared if your beliefs were different from mine until you said my beliefs were wrong.

But now I care. My patience and tolerance are gone, and I am not alone in feeling like this. There are millions of us who feel like this.