*spooky ghost voice* Happy Halloween/Monday, folks. It’s up to you decide which one is scarier. Here’s a pumpkin-full of Halloween stuff we can get out of the way quickly:
- if your tastes are a little less sweet and a little more grownup
- Romi Bean, the coolest Broncos cheerleader,
- The Simpsons, with help from James Earl Jones,
- that don’t involve any scares whatsoever.
- .
- This with his little-known follow-up to the “Monster Mash” called … the “Monster Swim” (which is “a poolside smash.”) Worth watching for Dick Clark’s intro and Bobby’s energetic lip syncing.
While Colorado continues to roast in its now traditional October heat wave, we managed to have a pretty busy weekend, so let’s get to it.
The Rundown
+ Today’s Weather: Put away the parkas. .
+ Today’s Editorial: “”
Wade gets knocked down, but he gets up again (you’re never gonna keep Wade down)
First thing’s first: , avenging their loss from a few weeks ago, and they again have the defense to thank.
Now let’s get to the important stuff: Wade Phillips, the 69-year-old Texan Teddy Bear (and ), got laid out (by Chargers running back Melvin Gordon as he exited the field) . He was carted off to the hospital, but everything checked out and he’ll be back at work today, but not before scaring everyone and adding the .
+ Yesterday was Halloween, at least as far as Broncos fans/cheerleaders were concerned, and .
+ Meanwhile, the Raiders (of course it was the Raiders) — and they still managed to win.
So what’s all this about Hillary and emails?
In the first “October Surprise” not to focus on Donald Trump, FBI director James Comey (who just a few months ago said “no reasonable prosecutor” would consider charges against Clinton) sent a letter to Congress saying that the Bureau was looking to see if a computer belonging to disgraced serial sexter Anthony Weiner .
Even though the FBI just yesterday to see if they were anything new — or had anything to do with Clinton at all — Comey announcing the “reopening of the investigation” late on a Friday effectively let the horses out of the barn before the door could be closed.
, Donald Trump called the scandal “ and some () are already trying to determine if Comey’s that could cost him his job.
We’ll no doubt learn more this week, so stay tuned.
ONLY EIGHT MORE DAYS OF THIS, PEOPLE.
By The Numbers
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That’s the number of huge Colorado telecommunications company headquarters the state has lost to Monroe, La., since 2011. CenturyLink, which bought Qwest in 2011, for $25 billion.
Ridiculously good deal: . There is literally no better deal on the internet.
Quick Hits
+ Nazi runways, remote locations, underground bunkers, aliens and fascist artwork: . This is a don’t miss article, folks.
+ While we’re talking conspiracies, Donald Trump was in Greeley continuing to , despite the fact that the GOP .
+ who rescued countless people from Colorado’s brutal backcountry.
+ after a shooting near 43rd and Columbine in North Denver early Sunday morning. Our .
+ Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing: They don’t like Props 107 and 108 that (where they outnumber either party).
+ They can’t change the ballot selfie law in time for Election Day, but .
+ .
+ The Rapids — thanks to an unlucky deflection — went down by one goal .
+ You might be tempted to mess with telemarketers, but remember, they have (at least some of) your information and .
+ More than $1 million has been raised to .
+ The contrast between the Standing Rock Sioux’s protest and the acquittal of the armed occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge .
+ .
+ Cam Newton, who has been rocked by the Broncos and just about everyone else this year, has had enough and .
+ are on display at the Denver Art Museum.
+ Colorado .
What We’re Reading
+ Yet again, cops are despite zero reports (and the fact that those candies are like several dollars per piece).
+ Kurt Vonnegut wrote “peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God,” and confirms that notion, and then some. (h/t Dan Schneider)
+ If you can’t grow the biggest pumpkin, .
+ Politico rounds up , including a potential “wave of marijuana.”
+ It’s rare to have breaking news about Vincent Van Gogh, so .
+ This guy .
Song of the Day
Song: ““
Artist: Charles Bradley
Sounds like: If you , this beautiful, tortured soul song could actually be about a guy turning into a werewolf.
Head over to our , or, if you don’t have a Spotify account, .
Hat Tips & Corrections
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