Tag Archives: Empathy

Iraq War embed Rob McClure, witness to war crimes he didn’t report, suffers phantom pain in gonads he never had.

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Eric Verlo

DENVER, COLORADO- Today Occupy Denver political prisoner Corey Donahue was given a nine month sentence for a 2011 protest stunt. Judge Nicole Rodarte’s unexpected harsh sentence came after the court read the victim statement of CBS4 cameraman Rob McClure, who … Continue reading →

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Trump trolls Puerto Rico, wants storm victims to clean up the mess by hand

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Eric Verlo

If President Trump is as dumb as you’re sure he is, who is writing his brilliant shtick? Could the capitalist cretin in chief have projected less empathy for victims of Hurrican Maria when he responded to calls for federal disaster … Continue reading →

Posted in Headlines | Tagged Capital, Disaster, Disaster Relief, Donald Trump, Empathy, Hurricanes, Military, President, Puerto Rico, relief, RICO, Trolls, Trump, Writing | Leave a comment

Was Stanford rapist’s punishment lax or are standard sentences too punitive?

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Eric Verlo

I’m not sure the length of prison sentences is a measure of society’s repudiation of rape culture. If severity of punishment was a gage of our social objectives, property crimes would carry the greatest stigma. I have no sypathy, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Enough Said | Tagged Brock Turner, CIA, Crime, criminal, Cult, Culture, DIA, DIME, Empathy, Evidence, Ford, GM, Justice, Killing, prison, Rap, Rape Culture, rapist, Rock, sex, Stanford, White | Leave a comment

Shit in a Sack

Posted on May 8, 2016 by David Lee Anderson

? From the front page of the Pueblo Star-Journal and Sunday Chieftain?, Dated Sunday November 6, 1977. The banner headline on the front page cried out in large bold lettering: NEWSMEN TOUR PRISON AND VIEW “LIVING HELL” By Bill Gagnon. … Continue reading →

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The History of Violent Protest in Colorado Springs, in a Nutshell.

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Eric Verlo

GET THIS. I heard a reverend-person yesterday lecturing newish activists about their need for nonviolence training, which she was volunteering to lead. She was also offering rubber wristbands for her graduates to wear at demonstrations, so that police could differentiate … Continue reading →

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Take down THAT flag

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Eric Verlo

If you think taking down a flag can address the systemic oppression of people of color, have at it, but BOY DO YOU HAVE THE WRONG FLAG. The “Confederate flag” flies over civil war memorial cemeteries and gravestones across America. … Continue reading →

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The Poor Peoples Potty Project

Posted on June 13, 2015 by David Lee Anderson

Pause You Who Read This. In Great Expectations, Dickens writes, “Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for … Continue reading →

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Waldo Canyon Wildfire gives Colorado Springs a front range seat to war zone movie set, says Governor Hickenlooper

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Eric Verlo

COLORADO SPRINGS- Governor Hickenlooper made the remark after touring the Waldo Canyon Fire by helicopter. After touching down on the grounds of Coronado High School, cleared mid-press-conference because it fell in the freshly designated evacuation area, the governor said the … Continue reading →

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Moms For Pot, damn the kids

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Eric Verlo

For Mother’s Day I was wondering about… MOMS FOR MARIJUANA. Are you kidding me?! Could cannabis users choosing motherdom as commonality for a niche advocacy group be any more half-baked? Motherhood is more than a special interest, demographic or hobby; … Continue reading →

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Fear and Loathing in Colorado Springs

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Steve Bass

Those readers following the Occupy! Movement in its many forms around the world and in Colorado Springs will be glad to hear that Tuesday culminated a difficult week for us here with a resolution of many contentious issues, and an … Continue reading →

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All in

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Steve Bass

When i first set out to write this blog i had no intention of writing about geopolitics, or anything any bigger than my own little world, or to develop any sort of readership at all, let alone to kick up … Continue reading →

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Dear President Tar Baby…

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Does anyone know if Rep. Lamborn really sent an apology to President Obama for calling him a Tar Baby? Has anyone seen it? Lamborn’s office issued a press release saying “the congressman is confident that the President will accept his … Continue reading →

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Okay I’ll bite, why did Colorado Springs City Council candidate Lisa Czeladtko call a Nebraska animator a Sick F-ck?

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Eric Verlo

Actually conservative candidate Lisa Czeladtko called former Colorado Springs resident Dan Robertson a Sick F#^& in an email saying she was filing a police report against him. Robertson has been helping his friend Ed Billings lampoon the aspiring bureaucrat on … Continue reading →

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Your father’s Lili Marlene, specifically

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Eric Verlo

On the subject of historical misconceptions, you might say I’m hugely sentimental. So the tale of Lili Marlene catches me up like a honey trap. What does the name conjure for you? A Nazi Mata Hari? A fictional musical persona … Continue reading →

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Put your dog-lover on a leash

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Eric Verlo

How about a dog collar for dog lovers? If you find companionship in dogs, and read in their faces such “human” qualities as insight and empathy, why not show some empathy yourself and submit to their leash. I don’t mean … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged Animal, Animal Rights, arks, Beast, civility, Dog Collar, Empathy, Love, Natural, parks, Respect, sex, Tet | 1 Comment

Flotilla not a Love Boat, it was a lynch, says Netanyahu, describing beating of IDF soldiers, not deaths of aid workers

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Eric Verlo

What’s a lynch? I find it intriguing that Israel’s spin machine can drop an American pop culture reference like Love Boat, and simultaneously flub basic usage with “a lynch.” According to Israel, that describes what befell their crack-troop Mavi Marmara … Continue reading →

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Obama pushes Elena Kagan as rightist

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Eric Verlo

Everything I need to know about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan I learned directly from President Obama. In his email to me yesterday, Obama explained that though Kagan hails from academia, she has an “openness to other viewpoints.” Uh, in … Continue reading →

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Gay, married, or in the military: pick 2

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Eric Verlo

I admit to feeling less supportive than I ought to for gays pushing for their right to wed — in the midst of every American’s crumbling civil rights — while our country decimates foreign human rights and lives. Couldn’t gay … Continue reading →

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Virus H1N1 Pig Pork Ham Hog Swine Flu

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Eric Verlo

MSNBC- Apparently “some importers don’t understand … you can’t catch Swine Flu from eating pork.” The perky MSNBC duo ridiculed China for banning pork from the US and Canada, but their guest expert interjected another priority: the correct term was … Continue reading →

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Those Mexican Swine

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Eric Verlo

They’re blaming the Mexicans, or pigs, but the wrong pigs. Pork industry spokespeople are trying to take the focus off the large factory hog farms operated by Smithfield Foods in the vicinity of La Gloria, MX, where the outbreak started. … Continue reading →

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Why no ticker-tape parade for veterans?

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Eric Verlo

The IAVA ad depicts a lone soldier returning from deployment, and implies that Americans are indifferent and unappreciative of military service. Ignoring the empathy it solicits from ordinary viewers, for veterans’ eyes I think it’s a brilliantly subversive message.

Posted in Sight-Bites | Tagged Afghanistan, America, American, Americans, CIA, Empathy, Iraq, Military, Parade, PLO, soldier, Subversive, Veterans | Leave a comment

Who is the economy calling stupid?

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Eric Verlo

Okay, I’ve had enough of our readiness to believe, about the economy, that nobody knows what’s going on. Nobody will tell you what’s going on, is what’s going on. Even my deepest thinking friend tells me, “Eric, they really don’t … Continue reading →

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Dave and 911 fail Dale Carnegie at KRCC

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Eric Verlo

Believe what you want, but suffer the fate of Copernicus if you insist on trying to shake the system to its destruction. Copernicus tried to put the very infallibility of the church to flame. Hard to blame them for burning him. Continue reading →

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Too pretty to blog?

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Marie Walden

An oft-heard conversation in my house goes something like this: “Mom, why did I only get one Thin Mint and Lara got two?” “Because I like her better.” Fortunately, my kids are wise enough to know that to accept … Continue reading →

Posted in Perspective | Tagged ALF, Art, Beer, Boulder, College, Compassion, Defense, Empathy, Etzel, Fun, GM, Headlines, Humanity, Intel, Intelligence, IRS, liberal, Nature, NPR, Opera, Passion, Persuasion, PLO, Water | Leave a comment

Sun sets on Judeo-Christian legacy

Posted on May 27, 2007 by Eric Verlo

All roads lead to Rome. The sun never sets on the British Empire. What’s it going to be for the US empire? I’m guessing something from PT Barnum. The sun has yet to set on a bigger bunch of uneducated … Continue reading →

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