Hola, amigos. Last I rapped at you it was July. Hello August. Know what August is down in Rio? It’s our February. Know what else August is? . True story.
Speaking of Rio, we have got ourselves an Olympics opening ceremony tonight. Want to watch it, but don’t have a television? . Looking for a calendar of upcoming Olympics events? Yup, . Get the , or tune in to , which Denver Post photographer AAron Ontiveroz is taking over for the competition from Brazil.
[Deep breath] ah, the weekend. So many options. . All the . Some on Sunday night.
Behold, my favorite links of the newsletter: , , and .
We made it. We’re here, at the tip of the Roundup, about to glide on down. Let us descend.
One year ago today
The isn’t done with, and reporter John Ingold , which is now under . Remember that streak of near-phosphorescent orange running through Durango? .
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By The Numbers
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That’s . Like I wrote before, this Saturday’s the fourth-annual .
Quick Hits
+ benefits because a company cannot force workers to choose between their religion and their jobs.
+ Mike Coffman, a U.S. House Republican from Colorado, in a new campaign ad in which he promises to stand up to the New York billionaire if Trump becomes president.
+ for Sports Authority execs.
+ If you read you know what I think about Denver Post contributor, historian, former Christmas card salesman and . Today he’s in the paper again, with a story about the 1896 presidential elections and .
+ The marijuana industry has been slow to arrive in the small city of Federal Heights, but officials and businesses expect its budding presence to make a needed economic impact on the city of 12,000. This November, .
+ 71 years ago tomorrow the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, killing 70,000, mostly civilians, and injuring 70,000 more. . Tuesday is the 71st anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing.
+ (Grand Junction and Pueblo) next week.
+ for billing thousands of consumers facing the loss of their homes for title-insurance policies that did not exist.
+ I love the lead on this story: “Federal Judge R. Brooke Jackson said he is almost certain a Supermax prisoner would never hurt a fly, but .”
+ .
+ on charges that include rape and adultery with a half-dozen paramours is set to begin Monday.
+ R.I.P.,
+ Bankrupt Peabody Energy Corp., owner of the Twentymile Mine in Routt County, to the coal-mining company’s top executives.
+ Here’s a good overview of , a good read even if you know little about college football.
+ Love the Olympics but hate the commercials? .
+ U.S. Senate candidate , all while he has avoided answering a key question on the contentious topic.
+ Commuters traversing south Boulder observed an odd display Thursday morning: (yes, there’s a photo of this with the story).
+ up through six months.
+ A second report ranks
+ .
+ Another assault on the .
+ “people would pay for.”
What We’re Reading
+ A behind the scenes look at . (h/t )
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+ The New York Times has a statistical model that predicts the likelihood of the outcomes of the presidential election. Wow, that’s a really boring way to write that sentence Joe. You’re right. Here’s the boring link: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html . (h/t )
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+ . (The answer? It’s good for us.)
+ Map: , state by state.
+ There’s something simple that hasn’t been tried yet that some argue could
+ For the Star Trek fan in your life: .
+ Four days inside a Hollywood “wellness retreat,” where .
+ The classic Oregon Trail game, . Looking for the 1990s Oregon Trail computer game? .
+ In Peru, with the outside world.
+ Speaking of the 90’s, someone published , which may not mean as much to you as it does to me but that’s okay you don’t have to click the link.
+ “.”
Song of the Day
It’s not often that I repeat a song to death, but this week . Thanks, Ray.
Head over to our , or, if you don’t have a Spotify account, .
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The beat on this two-minute jam is exactly what you need for this long weekend
Today’s song is , because we haven’t had any Leonard Cohen yet, and it’s Leonard Cohen time. Head over to our and help.
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