Perhaps Dana could provide us with the so-called science that she’s talking about. As a medical director, I do very deep into available science and subsequent science and everything she was depositing back, then has been proven to be completely false.
Many people ask why I don’t just move. Why stay when you complain so much?
Because my heart belongs to the mountains. Because sunsets like this will never get old. And because my daughters deserve to grow up in a thriving state. I love Colorado and I will absolutely fight for her.
You cannot claim Colorado sovereignty outside of the United States of Americans sovereignty. You cannot determine who is a resident of Colorado outside of the federal laws and requirements. You are not an island of your own my friend and yes, we do need immigration management, more efficiently and effectively, but you can’t break the rules just to circumvent the current laws.
The @denverpost just spent 1,200 words trying to solve an alleged mystery I can solve in just 3 words.
The question? How did Colorado lose its competitive edge? Why is the state in such steep decline?
The Post wastes 1,200 words diplomatically dancing around one elephant in the room -- an elephant named Jared Polis https://t.co/kroXE2LZ46
But I can solve the mystery of Colorado's business climate decline in just three words: One. Party. Rule.
The piece wrings its hands over job losses, plunging business rankings, and fleeing startups, while performing Olympic-level gymnastics to avoid naming the obvious culprit: one-party Democratic rule, complete with a billionaire “business wiz” governor who’s been at the helm for eight long years.
Instead of confronting reality, the Post treats us to the usual ritual: quotes from concerned business leaders, vague nods to “headwinds,” and glowing coverage of Gov. Jared Polis bravely announcing . . . another task force and listening tour (as if we don't know what's really gone wrong in Colorado).
Because nothing says “decisive leadership” like waiting until the final months of your term -- after the state shed 6,200 payroll jobs in just 18 months, ranked 12th-worst nationally in total job losses and 14th-worst in percentage terms, and watched its startup ecosystem suffer the largest numeric decline in the country -- to finally ask businesses what’s wrong.
The numbers paint a brutal picture: Colorado has tumbled to 25th in CNBC’s “America’s Top States for Business” (from perennial top-10 darling, including #1 in 2011), dragged down by a pathetic 49th in cost of living, 38th in cost of doing business, and 32nd in infrastructure. The ALEC “Rich States, Poor States” index has it at a dismal 29th, a sharp fall from recent years and a far cry from its second-place ranking in 2008. Companies are bolting for greener pastures, talent recruitment has become a nightmare amid sky-high housing costs, and even the departure of big names like Palantir barely scratches the surface of the quiet erosion in entrepreneurial energy.
Yet the Post frames this as some mysterious fog that rolled in, rather than the predictable result of years of accumulating mandates, regulatory piling-on, and a political culture that vilifies the private sector, decries the profit motive, and treats business as an ATM for funding pet "progressive" priorities.
The Post does note, almost in passing, that Colorado has shifted from purple to solidly blue since 2011. But heaven forbid they connect the dots. Polis, the polished entrepreneur-turned-governor, gets portrayed as the thoughtful reformer riding to the rescue, not the architect of (or willing participant in) the very policy environment -- workplace mandates, housing strangulation, infrastructure neglect, a business-bashing legislature -- that made the state less competitive. Eight years of solid Democratic majorities in the legislature, a steady barrage of "progressive" meddling, and a general attitude that innovative companies should just be grateful to locate in this beautiful people’s republic -- and the Post acts shocked, shocked, that the state is now hanging out “under the bleachers” with the also-rans.
The elephant isn’t just in the room -- it’s been trampling the state’s business climate for nearly a decade, passing bills, ballooning budgets, and appointing rogue regulators to runaway commissions, while the media politely averts its gaze. Colorado didn’t suddenly become expensive, regulated, and complacent by accident. It chose this path, repeatedly, at the ballot box and in the State House. The Post’s greatest contribution here is providing cover: acknowledge the decline just enough to seem serious, then pivot to process theater and hope readers forget who’s been in charge.
#copolitics #coleg @GovofCO
Mesa County, Colorado Dominion System Was WIDE OPEN, any computer in the WORLD could connect to the EMS server and flip votes with a few clicks in the 2020 Election.
36 wireless devices, global SQL access via port 1433, uncertified software, and live vote manipulation DEMONSTRATED.
Certification was illegal. System should have been decertified immediately. This is the 2nd forensic report to Mesa County, Colorado, connected to Tina Peters.
The most significant findings allowed unrestricted global SQL access. The EMS server was configured so any computer in the world could connect directly to the SQL databases via port 1433, default SQL port. Windows Firewall allowed inbound connections from any IP address with no restrictions.
All SQL protocols were enabled. Shared Memory, Named Pipes, and TCP/IP, making remote access trivial.
36 wireless devices identified built into the DVS D-Suite system, 35 in voting components like Dell Latitude/Optiplex ICVA/ICC machines and ICX tablets + 1 Dell E3DW wireless printer on the EMS server. These were vulnerable to known attacks (KRACK).
Self-signed certificate used for encryption, vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. Shared/default passwords for administrative accounts, violating user accountability requirements.
Audit logs overwritten/deleted by design and configuration, building on Report #1 findings. Uncertified software, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) was installed on the server, May 7, 2017, but not listed in the official certification application or test report for DVS D-Suite 5.1-CO.
Live vote manipulation was demonstrated using SSMS, changing just two values in the dbo.Choice table, internalMachineId for candidates, flipped vote totals between candidates, one example altered tens of thousands of votes in the demo. Multiple election databases, including 2020 General, municipal, etc., were fully accessible and modifiable.
Anyone at a logged-in EMS server could alter databases in seconds with SSMS. From any non-Dominion computer on the same subnet. From a cell phone/iPhone connected to the network using a free SQL app, successfully identified the server and modified data.
These are HUGE security risks of enormous proportions, compromising the 2020 Election in multiple ways with multiple attack vectors.
The great lie is that society is divided between rich and poor.
The great truth, as David Friedberg puts it, is makers vs takers.
Makers build, create, and deliver real value: houses, software, art, businesses, and everything that moves civilization forward.
Takers watch, criticize, analyze, and politic. They push the lie that the rich hoard unfairly so the poor must seize it… all while positioning themselves to rule the chaos.
As @friedberg tells his kids: “At the end of the day, if you made something and someone else valued it, you were a maker. That was an amazing achievement. That is a great day.”
Takers thrive on division. Makers drive progress.
Time to choose your side.
Top British attorney Natasha Hausdorff dismantled the Palestinian narrative with cold historical facts.
There was never a sovereign Arab state called “Palestine.” The British Mandate of Palestine was simply British administration over the historic Land of Israel after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
Jews lived continuously in the land for centuries — including under Ottoman rule, when they formed the majority in Jerusalem. Before 1909, Tel Aviv was empty desert legally purchased by Jews, who built it from nothing. No Arabs were displaced.
After the British handed the mandate to the UN, the Arab world rejected the partition plan and launched a war to destroy the Jewish state. Arab armies and local militias tried to “push the Jews into the sea.” At the same time, Arab countries ethnically cleansed their ancient Jewish communities, forcing nearly a million Jews to flee to Israel.
During the war, Arab leaders ordered local Arabs to evacuate combat zones so their armies could annihilate the Jews. Many of those who left later became permanent “refugees” under Egyptian and Jordanian control.
Israel has never committed genocide — and never will. By defending itself, it prevents another holocaust.
Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Islamic regime of Iran are the real obstacles to peace in the Middle East.
Retweet if you support Israel’s right to exist and defend itself.
Although I generally believe this is true, there are some microcosms of innovation that were spawn by federal workforces. The Veterans Health Administrations electronic health record, VISTA/CPRS was/is a revolutionary platform that has improved healthcare efficiency and quality well before the private sector options!!
Fox has posted my column on Colorado continuing its pattern of passing unconstitutional measures, particularly in the area of the First Amendment. Ironically, its growing list of losses has proven a bonanza for free speech. https://t.co/G9Ea4LnhkG
🚨 BREAKING: Sec. Marco Rubio just dropped TRUTH NUKES on the doubters for two minutes straight, and he said it perfectly
He's so good at this.
"Under NO circumstances can a country run by radical Shia clerics with an apocalyptic vision of the future ever possess nuclear weapons, and under no circumstances can they be allowed to hide and protect that program and their ambitions behind a shield of missiles and drones that no one can do anything about!"
"Many Americans are asking, why did the United States have to attack Iran now? Well, let me EXPLAIN."
"Iran wants to have nuclear weapons...they build their reactors and their facilities deep in mountains, away from the public glare, and they want to enrich that material."
"Why the attack now? Well, what was Iran trying to do? Iran was trying to build a conventional shield, in essence, have so many missiles, have so many drones, that no one could attack them, and they were well on their way."
"We were on the verge of an Iran that had so many missiles and so many drones, that no one could do anything about their nuclear weapons program in the future. That was an intolerable risk."
"This was our LAST best chance to eliminate that conventional threat, that conventional shield that they were trying to build, and the president made the right decision to wipe it out now."
"That is the goal of this operation, to destroy their conventional missiles and their drone program so they can't hide behind it, and finally have to deal with a world seriously about never ever having nuclear weapons."
WELL SAID, MARCO 🇺🇸