The Colorado BBC interview that set Bolton off

by John Martin | 1:34 am, November 13, 2008

A couple of days after the election I linked to a video of former UN ambassador John Bolton, in the BBC studios on election night, going off like a hairy firecracker on the bias of a BBC reporter’s interview with somebody at the GOP election-night gathering here in Denver. Unfortunately, the interview itself wasn’t included [...]

Reporter: People’s Press Collective a “left-wing blog”

by John Martin | 12:24 pm, November 7, 2008

Well, we fooled somebody. Unfortunately, it was somebody on OUR side. In an early September piece on Ward Churchill’s appearance at a pre-DNC protest on the steps of the Colorado Capitol, Bethany Stotts of CampusReportOnline.net wrote: The YouTube video of Churchill’s speech was produced by the People’s Press Collective, a left-wing blog featuring a picture of [...]

Deputy pepper-sprayed undercover cops during DNC protest

by John Martin | 9:28 am, November 7, 2008

And the ACLU is trying to blame the wimpy “riot” the first night of the convention on the incident. The Post:When a Jefferson County deputy unleashed pepper spray at unruly protesters on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, he did not…

Amendment 47 foe sends racist e-mail to backer

by John Martin | 8:15 am, October 28, 2008

Charming. The Post:A former legal adviser to the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, a union opposing the so-called right-to-work measure on the November ballot, sent an e-mail to the measure’s co-author using a racial slur and profanity.DeAnge…

PPCers quoted in Rocky story on young political activists

by John Martin | 9:36 am, October 27, 2008

Not one, not two, but three of our pals from the People’s Press Collective get a chance to push their fascistic conservative agenda in the Rocky. First up is Wes Dickinson: Wesley Dickinson, a 30-year-old Denver engineer [he runs the Tiny Town trolley-…

OHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhh Ohohbama!

by John Martin | 6:55 pm, October 26, 2008

Rode my bike (I’m so green) downtown to check out the rally for Obama. Amazingly, not a soul showed up:Finally a kindly stranger, seeing me wandering about aimlessly, clued me in that it was a block over:Oh, yeah, this must be the place. That pic was t…

DNC protest arrests go to trial

by John Martin | 7:23 am, October 24, 2008

Of the first nine cases, seven were dropped, one ended in a hung jury, and one was thrown out. The Post:In the nine cases, like many of the others, police and prosecutors were unable to make specific allegations about what each defendant did. Instead, …

Post takes skeptical look at Colorado Democracy Alliance

by John Martin | 6:58 pm, October 6, 2008

Almost a week after Face The State broke the story, the Post’s Diane Fender has not one, but two pieces today on the activities and membership of the “progressive” Colorado Democracy Alliance, which channels funds to left-wing nonprofits and advocacy g…

Recreate-68 unhappy with cop t-shirt

by John Martin | 3:36 pm, September 25, 2008

You knew this was coming: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBEATING PROTESTERS NO LAUGHING MATTERRecreate 68 Calls for Accountability for Police Protective Association T-shirtDENVER, September 28, 2008 – Denver ­CBS4 reported yesterday that the Denver Police Pr…

In other t-shirt news

by John Martin | 5:52 pm, September 23, 2008

CBS4:A tongue-in-cheek t-shirt poking fun at Democratic National Convention protestors is selling fast and creating some minor controversy along the way.Minor until now, maybe.The shirts were created and distributed by the Denver Police Protective Asso…

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