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Manitou Indian Center yet Idle No More
MANITOU SPRINGS- Idle No More organizers from Denver and Pueblo woke the sleepy local Native American community with a spirited gathering on Saturday, smack in the middle of Manitou, neath the town clock, only blocks from the CS Indian Center.
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Tagged America, American, Community, Denver, DIA, Environment, Fracking, Idle No More, India, Indian, Manitou Springs, Mother Earth, Native American, Native Americans, Protest, Pueblo
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PICS- Waldo Canyon Fire Class Warfare
MANITOU SPRINGS, CO- More likely one too many McMansions underwater with their mortgage. You wonder how many have their fingers crossed, wishing against why most have our fingers crossed.
Posted in Local News
Tagged Arson, Class War, Class Warfare, Colorado Springs, Fire, Manitou Springs, Mortage Crisis, Mortgage, Waldo, Waldo Canyon, Waldo Canyon Fire, War, Water
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Arson most likely cause of Waldo Canyon Fire?
The Teller County area reported of 20 attempted arsons in the few days just before the fire began in Waldo Canyon. As a result, as Manitou Springs is evacuated and the fire moves over Rampart Ridge and eastward, many are … Continue reading
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Tagged Arson, Fire, fires, Headlines, Homeless, Manitou Springs, PLO, Shaft, Waldo, Waldo Canyon, Waldo Canyon Fire, War
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Contaminants in the runoff water
Seems they predate the Homeless Camping debate by at least a decade. One of the problems that was present when the City and County of Pueblo sued Colorado Springs for fouling their water, e-coli. Seems Colorado Springs and Springs Utilities … Continue reading
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Think of it as enhanced evolution, Un-natural selection, cull the gulls…
The debate turns now to whether or not to rescue marine animals from the oil. Pelicans and gulls specifically, but there’s more. Of course, animals that took millions of years to be what they are, should learn to mutate themselves … Continue reading
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Colorado Springs power plants not among world’s 200 dirtiest by much
Good news, Colorado Spring’s main power plant is not among the world’s 200 biggest carbon offender power plants. But our neighbors are. One quarter of the world’s dirtiest power plants (53) are in the US. All in red states, because … Continue reading
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Tagged AIG, Art, Canon City, Carbon Emissions, Cherokee, Clean Coal, Coal, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Craig, Denver, DIA, Drake Power Plant, Environment, Global Warming, Headlines, India, Indian, Interest, Kansas, Limon, MAGA, Manitou Springs, Map, Maps, Media, Mexico, New Mexico, Nixon, NORAD, NSA, Oil Shale, Opera, poll, Pollution, POW, power, Power Plants, Pueblo, Shell, Shell Oil, Taiwan, Texas, The West, Utah, Wheat, Working
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Reformation unpopular with Catholics
Local progressive agitator Rita Ague takes issue with a scolding homily delivered at Manitou’s Our Lady of Perpetual Help: I’m sorry, Father Corbley, but I’m unable to attend your sessions. I’m one of many cafeteria Catholics and former Catholics who … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, Absolut, Art, CAFE, Catholic, Catholics, Christ, Christian, Civil Rights, closet, England, Gay, God, Health, health care, Health care reform, Healthcare, Justice, Love, Manitou Springs, masturbation, Opera, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Peace, Pope, priests, Public Option, reform, Reformation, Respect, Rights, Rita Ague, Sessions, single payer, spirituality, Travel, War
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World’s Highest Yogic Spiral for Peace
MANITOU SPRINGS- Sept 30, the Pikes Peak Cog Railway delivered 78 to the summit, at 14,110 ft, for the world’s highest yogic spiral.
Private Funding to close down the Concentration Camp?
This is a question for the Legal Eagles… Since the only real issue left in getting rid of this huge albatross around our collective national neck… (the one that’s tied to the even larger Boat Anchor)… Is one of … Continue reading
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Artist Stephen Morath eyes Second Base
The painting drew our eyes as we ate in the Eastside Del Taco. Among many gaily colored prints by the same artist was this pop-ish depiction of what could only be the Spanish Peaks. Southwest-scapes are ubiquitous enough to seem … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged America, American, Americans, Arizona, artist, character, CIA, Colorado, Colored, Crist, Del Taco, Earth, fast food, FEMA, Fish, Food, Ford, Forward, internet, Manitou Springs, Music, Native American, Native Americans, Nature, nude, Opera, Painting, Pikes Peak, Pop Art, Rap, RAW, reason, Romance, sex, Spanish, Stephen Morath, Tribute, War
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Manitou Carnivale!
I posted some photos from yesterday’s Carnivale parade in Manitou on Not My Tribe’s Facebook page. Very colorful! Go see!
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Tagged ARN, Carnival, Carnivale, Facebook, Manitou Springs, Not My Tribe, Parade, Photo, photos, Tribe
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Campaign slogan: still willing if needed
On the anniversary of my mother’s death, I thought I’d share this clipping of her unassuming campaign ad, when she ran for re-election to the Manitou Springs City Council.
Posted in Personal Notes
Tagged AIG, Campaign, City Council, Death, Election, Kathy Verlo, Manitou Springs
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Waldo Canyon, Colorado
Sometimes the only thing standing between me and complete despondency is the mountain. My fellow bloggers have endless energy to tackle important issues — homelessness, hunger, war, politics, environment, media, government, healthcare, torture, death. The list is depressing and … Continue reading
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Tagged ARN, Bloggers, CIA, Colorado, Colorado Springs, coup, Crow, Death, DIA, Energy, Environment, Government, Headlines, Health, Healthcare, Highway 24, Hiking, Homeless, homelessness, Humanity, hunger, Interrogation, Interrogation, Manitou Springs, Media, Nature, Photo, photos, Pikes Peak, Politics, reason, toxic, Toxic Waste, Waldo, Waldo Canyon, War, Waste, weather
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Manitou Springs tribute to my mother
MANITOU SPRINGS- (Last night my mother Kathy Verlo was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Open Space activists at the Manitou City Council. I was overcome by their gracious tribute. Here are the notes I prepared in thanks.) … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, activists, agreement, AIG, ALF, Amy Goodman, apology, arks, Art, ATF, BSE, China, CIA, City Council, College, Colorado, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Community, Convention, Corporate, corporate media, courage, Darfur, Death, Democracy, Democracy Now, DIA, Environment, EPA, Family, Free Speech, Gates, Global Warming, Government, Headlines, Health, health care, Inequity, Interest, internet, Intervention, Kathy Verlo, KRCC, Manitou Springs, Media, NFL, NPR, Oil companies, Open Space, Peace, Protest, Public Radio, Radio, spin, State Democratic Convention, Sudan, Surge, thank you, The Nation, The Surge, Tibet, Travel, Tribute, War, Working
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Coming out at the Manitou Carnivale
My favorite moment at this year’s Carnivale Parade in Manitou was a friend’s gay subversion of the spotlight. Did anyone get a picture? We were watching the parade beside the flatbed truck upon which two radio jocks were announcing the … Continue reading
Pastor Billy, there are some real nuts and perverts out in Manitou Springs
There is a building out there in Manitou Springs that is full of nuts. The building houses the remnants of Pastor Billy Hargis’s ‘Christian Crusade’ , Hargis being a commie-phobic radio evangelist from Texarkana, who lost his ministry when caught … Continue reading
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St Patricks Day denoument chronicled
Council must prevent parade pandemonium John Weiss INDY editorial, Dec 6 Largest US Civil Disobedience Movement Underway AfterDowningStreet.org, Dec 6 Ousted protesters unsure of trying luck at St. Patty’s parade ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, Dec 1 City attorney says prosecution is … Continue reading
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