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By now I'm sure everyone has heard Obama will be in Pueblo and Grand Junction on Monday.  Just announced is the event in Golden on Tuesday:

Colorado School of Mines
Lockridge Arena
1651 Elm St.
Golden, CO 80401

Tuesday, September 16th
Doors Open: 7:00 a.m.
Program Begins: 9:30 a.m.

The event is free, but tickets must be picked up in person:

Distribution times:
Sunday, September 14th
and Monday, September 15th
from 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Campaign for Change Office -- Golden
710 Golden Ridge Road
Suite 108
Golden, CO
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Campaign for Change Office -- Arvada
7402 West 57th Avenue
Arvada, CO
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Campaign for Change Office -- Morrison
19423 North Turkey Creek Road
Suite 1
Morrison, CO

And yes, I've been checking the MyBarackObama Colorado page all morning for this update.  Thanks Jenn!

Details for all these events are at the above linked page.  And, let's make this the weekend open thread.

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Rocky Mt. News reports that a Schaffer screw-up could cost his campaign more than a million dollars.

Republican Bob Schaffer's Senate campaign is again embroiled in a controversy over a television ad - but this time for something that doesn't appear on the viewer's screen.

Democrat Mark Udall's campaign says Schaffer violated federal law by not having the candidate's image appear in the final four seconds of the new TV ad on taxes.

Udall's attorneys asked Colorado's TV stations on Thursday to enforce a provision of the law that says that requirement must be met for campaigns to get the discount rates that TV stations charge candidates.

Wadhams, as usual, responded with profanity, calling it "bullshit".

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Ah, the waffles of John McCain and Sarah Palin.  She was for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it.  Weeks ago she didn't know what a vice president did, but now she's ready.  Her eldest daughter is pregnant yet she cut funding for pregnant teens.  

See you Sunday, I'll bring the syrup.

After you've had your fill of waffles both spoken and eaten, join us at 2 for Sporting Liberally at Jack N Grill.  THe Broncos face the 49'ers with a 2:15 kickoff.  Jack has an Obama-rita special.  Is that to early to drink those?  

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In 2006, Karen Crummy of the Denver Post bought this line from a Republican operative a dutifully printed it:

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August got a little busy, eh? But here we all are, ready to charge through September!

I started to work on this last night, but happened to run across an amazing thread on BoingBoing where people were posting their memories of Denver in the 6os and 70s!  So I blew a couple hours down Memory Lane....

With Hurricane Ike dominating much of the news, I had weather on my mind, so I chose that as this week's topic.  Same rules as always, no internet research, and if you don't know, GUESS! Personal anecdotes are always welcome, too.  After all, talking about the weather is a universal pastime!

1. The worst wildfire season to date in Colorado was in __. (A trial about one fire from then is currently in the news.)

2. Name the greatest natural disaster in Colorado history, measured by lives lost.

3. Name the greatest natural disaster in Colorado history, measured by property loss. Bonus: One hard hit site pictured here -- what is it?

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