Curmudgeon spots Chaffee Commissioner Gina Lucrezi closing a national resistance roadshow — the same woman who campaigned on “thoughtful, collaborative” local governance. He also thanks Democrats: gas hitting $4.00 a gallon finally delivers the expensive fossil fuels they always promised.
High Plains Grifter wonders if Trump earned the third “Black president” title Toni Morrison invented for Clinton, then announces his new Salida greenhouse empire — heated by hot air from the state legislature, fertilized by Washington.
The Old Man looks forward to the No Kings crowd protesting King Charles when he visits Trump.
The History Buff reconstructs how German generals calculated Patton needed two weeks and watched him arrive in three days.
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