Hello from the future. It’s dark here. I write you from the wee hours of Wednesday December 14th, which depending on when you got around to reading this may not have even happened yet. That’s the convoluterification you get with time zones, a time-keeping concept introduced some 150 years ago . Side note: Did you know ? True story.
Another side note: I haven’t had any coffee.
[Drags hands to the keyboard] yes it is, it’s time for the Roundup.
Quick Hits I
+ This is big news: Denver’s poorest neighborhood, Sun Valley, .
+ as they closed in on the last rebel enclave in Syria’s Aleppo Tuesday, the U.N. human rights office said, while world leaders and aid agencies issued dramatic appeals on behalf of trapped residents.
+ , which paves the way for other states to implement similar online-specific taxes. It’s no secret that Amazon fails to collect sales tax, which is a competitive disadvantage for mom and pop shops everywhere. That said, Colorado has not enforced its Amazon tax law since 2011 (due to a series of injunctions), and it’s unclear when those injunctions will be lifted.
+ Speaking of injunctions, on behalf of the Colorado electors who wanted to vote for whoever they wanted to.
+ And, the last pieces of front-page news: , and the that interfered in the November election.
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The Rundown
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By The Numbers
$1 billion
That’s how much money Colorado marijuana shops .
Quick Hits II
+ An 84-year-old tycoon (how often do you see that word anymore) from Denver, , .
+ ’s brother says .
+ There’s been a surge in drug-affected babies being born, .
+ .
+ Following a -inspired shutdown, Texas-based .
+ .
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+ , and Aurora police are increasing patrols.
+ One guess which Colorado county’s school district . Yes, I know there are 64 counties in Colorado. Yes, I believe you can get this right. No, there’s no prize.
+ in a barn fire in Brighton.
+ Here’s our staff review of .
Super-good deal: . You could go looking for a better deal but that sounds like a lot of work and plus you’re already here.
Trump Digest
+ , with both states certifying Republican Donald Trump as the winner in contests that helped put him over the top in the Electoral College stakes.
+ that costs for the F-35 fighter-jet program, the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons system, are “out of control.” You can also read .
+ Civil rights lawyers in the metro Denver area .
+ “ regarding the Russian governmentap ties to Donald Trump before casting his vote in the Electoral College.”
+ before Trump’s inauguration.
+ . Related: .
+ President Barack Obama says .
What We’re Reading
+ The CIA .
+ High Country News takes a deep dive into how the U.S. National Park Service .
+ If you’re a lawyer for an accused 9/11 conspirator, .
+ .
+ When every moment of childhood can be recorded and shared, ?
+ To run a two-hour marathon you have to average four minutes 34 seconds per mile, .
+ We here in the U-S-of-A have lived under the same U.S. flag for the past 56 years. So that means only the wisest, prettiest and most refined of you newsletter readers remember the pre-50 stars U.S. flag. . Kinda reminds me of the time . True story.
+ The guy who launched online classifieds site craigslist and decimated a pillar of newspaper-industry revenue (not like newspapers couldn’t have seen it coming) .
+ .
+ The time the .
Song of the Day
(kidding) (it’s not a holiday song) (if you haven’t heard Vince Staples this is a good place to start).
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Hat Tips and Corrections
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