Tag: denver
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mockingbird media & embedded messages
cia/cnn talk show host tom braden dead at 92from cnn: Tom Braden, the creator and co-host of CNN’s “Crossfire,” which pioneered the talk-show format that pitted a conservative against a liberal, died Friday at age 92. Daughter Susan Braden said he died of natural causes at his home in Denver, Colorado. In 1982, Braden took…
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and behold a big blue horse: many in denver just say neigh
from nytimes: Airports can be tense and testy places in the best of times. At Denver International Airport, you can add glow-in-the-dark eyes to the list of triggers for a traveler’s angst. A statue of a giant male horse – electric-eyed, cobalt blue and anatomically correct – was installed in February 2008 on the roadway…
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rocky mountain news, colorado’s oldest paper, folds after 15oyrs
from washington times: The Rocky Mountain News, the oldest newspaper in Colorado, will publish its last edition Friday after owners failed to secure a buyer for the financially strapped daily, making it the latest casualty in an increasingly shaky newspaper industry. Rich Boehne, chief executive officer of owner E.W. Scripps Co., blamed the decision on…
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40,000 swarm farm to gather free food
and the panic grows, this time in platteville, colorado…from washington post: A farm couple got a huge surprise when they opened their fields to anyone who wanted to pick up free vegetables left over after the harvest – 40,000 people showed up. Joe and Chris Miller’s fields were picked so clean Saturday that a second…
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undercover cops were among the unruly at dnc
staged terror takes many forms…from denver post: When a Jefferson County deputy unleashed pepper spray at unruly protesters on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, he did not know that his targets were undercover Denver police officers. Now the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado is questioning whether that staged confrontation by police…
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selection ’08: obamessiah & the dnc charade/parade
satire: portrayal of obama as elitist hailed as step forward for african americans* not satire: barack obama not a US citizen*84k+ pack invesco to hear obama’s speech*obama’s speech by numbers*obama’s risky stadium gig*mccain ‘conservatives’ attempt to paint obama as marxist bombthrower*sleepwalker mccain: will lock up pot smokers but regularly uses powerful sleeping pills*in denver, police…
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denver police investigate plot to kill obama at dnc
from wcco: CBS station KCNC-TV in Denver has learned at least four people are under arrest in connection with a possible plot to kill Barack Obama at his Thursday night acceptance speech in Denver. All are being held on either drug or weapons charges. KCNC-TV Investigator Brian Maass reported one of the suspects told authorities…
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the phony left/right paradigm parade begins!
get ready for provocateured violence, grandstanding & all the bread & circus bullshit you can handle! will authorities stage riots in denver?from paul joseph watson: The major question hanging over the Democratic National Convention, which starts in Denver today, is whether or not authorities will follow the lead of previous mass protest events, and actively…
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antiwar protesters hit denver streets
from raw replay: As Democrats prepare for the Democratic National Convention, anti-war protesters took to the streets of Denver to call for an end to the Iraq war. This video is from The Associated Press, broadcast August 24, 2008.
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selection ’08: mccain’s evacuation, nader says hillary will be obama’s vp & states abandoning touch screen voting
mccain offices evacuated over suspicious letters from washington times: Two of Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign offices were evacuated Thursday after receiving suspicious letters, one of which contained an unidentified white powder. A government official said a letter sent to the office of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee near Denver contained powder, but was being…
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news crew crashes denver’s dnc concentration camp
from raw story: During the 2004 Republican Nation Convention in New York City, over 1,700 protesters were taken into police custody in one of the most sweeping mass-arrests in US history. Many were held in Manhattan’s Pier 57, inside a warehouse which was contaminated with lead and asbestos. Some were held for days, and without…
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cyanide psyop & the coming denver convention
pound of cyanide found in room where man diedfrom ap: About a pound of highly toxic sodium cyanide was found in a hotel room where a man’s body was discovered, authorities said Wednesday. The Denver medical examiner was still awaiting test results to determine what killed Saleman Abdirahman Dirie, 29, of Ottawa. Police said they…
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judge says denver can restrict protests at convention
from reuters: Protesters at the Democratic National Convention in Denver can be restricted to fenced-in areas, federal judge ruled on Wednesday, saying that security needs outweighed curbs on their rights. A dozen groups who intend to protest at the August convention sued the U.S. Secret Service and the city of Denver over plans to confine…
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colorado ‘fusion center’ to gather intel during dnc
from colorado independent: Federal and state law enforcement officials will increase intelligence operations during the Democratic National Convention, overseeing an information war room that will be staffed around the clock with analysts who access a dozen databases while receiving reports of “suspicious activity” — activity that some civil libertarians claim could be nothing more than…
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denver area emergency responders train for dnc
from cbs4 denver: Emergency responders around the Denver area were working on drills over the weekend in the event of a major problem during the Democratic National Convention late next month. Firefighters practiced on a staged accident involving a passenger bus on Interstate 70 in Golden. There were dozens of fake victims and emergency workers…