Voting Season. A Colorado State Open Thread, 10/23/2023
I’m very happy I live and vote in Colorado, where I get mailed my ballot, a “blue book” to explain the various ballot measures, and I can mail it in, turn it in at many drop boxes as well as at a...
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Beer Can Chicken (not Boebert). A Colorado State Open Thread. 9/25/2023
I am not, repeat NOT, calling Representative Boebert a chicken. That would be an insult to a bird that feeds much of the world. No. This Colorado State Open Thread is not going to prattle on about all...
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NORTH CAROLINA OPEN THREADThis is a weekly feature of North Carolina Blue. The platform gives readers interested in North Carolina politics a place to share their knowledge, insight and inspiration as...
View ArticleAllemand Right. Wrong. Wingnut. A Colorado and Wyoming State Open Thread,...
Just having a little bit of fun at a Wyoming state legislator’s expense, since he’s being reliably right-wing but wrong, and I’m sure it’s not the first time. Today’s Colorado State Open Thread has...
View ArticleDenver in a national spotlight. A Colorado State Open Thread, 11/6/2023.
The Colorado State Open Thread is for all those interested in news, views and to peruse what people from our great square(ish) state have to think about what’s going on here. The views brought forward...
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Colorado's State Critter, A Colorado State Open Thread, December 4, 2023
The Colorado State Open Thread is on any topic of your choosing. In my case this evening, I’m going to write about something I saw on the route down Highway 34 this morning, heading from Estes Park...
View ArticleSome Interesting Bits, A Colorado State Open Thread, 12/11/2023
Every week I think about what has captured my attention over the previous several days. Usually I bring you a cohesive, themed, carefully crafted (heh, right!) essay on a topic that I found of...
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Worst. President. Ever. A Colorado State Open Thread, 12/18/2023
These two story lines happened to me in Colorado today. Actually in Estes Park. As usual, this is an open thread that is generally about Colorado, but can be about anything you want to discuss. Please...
View ArticleNew Colorado Laws for 2024. A Colorado State Open Thread, 1/1/2024
The Colorado State Open Thread is hopefully going to be published this year. I don’t know yet. My pen hand got slapped by the monitors and while I’ve been able to make comments and recommend comments,...
View ArticleQuite a week in Colorado. The Colorado State Open Thread. 1/8/2024
OK. The Colorado State Open Thread usually tries to hit some topics that have been making the rounds of our square(ish) state. That, or we ignore the popular topics and I just go for something people...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Open Thread: ReBuildNC problems, Mark and Ginni, Durham’s...
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Colorado Beasts and Pics in Snow. A Colorado State Open Thread, January 15, 2024
I’ve been posting a number of Open Threads that focus on political subjects lately, including my second-most recommended diary in my seventeen years here, and quite honestly, I have resolved to not do...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Open Thread: President Biden’s NC visit, UNCG’s 19 program...
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View ArticleNorth Carolina Open Thread: Judge blocks remedial districts, Jill Biden,...
This is a weekly feature of North Carolina Blue. The platform gives readers interested in North Carolina politics a place to share their knowledge, insight and inspiration as we take back our state...
View ArticleColorado's Arrested Candidates. A Colorado State Open Thread, 1/29/2024
The Colorado State Open Thread is devoted to our square(ish) state and those who care about it. You can participate in this whether you live here or not, whether you care about Colorado or not, or...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Open Thread: Free speech scores, S.B. 49, AI guidebook, Camp...
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Cheers! A Colorado State Open Thread, February 5, 2024
This Colorado State Open Thread highlights a growing industry in Colorado, that of craft distilling. For many years, Colorado has been a home to the craft brewing business, where people brew beer in...
View ArticleArrrrooooooo!!!!!!! A Colorado State Open Thread, January 22, 2024
The Colorado State Open Thread is used to bring together people interested in our beautiful state, whether they’re interested in the people, politics, natural beauty, denizens, purple mountains...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Open Thread: Lt. Governor Mark Robinson edition
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View ArticleNorth Carolina Open Thread: Pollution, both physical and verbal: Chemours,...
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