Ari Armstrong

In a novel you couldn't get away with naming a founder of AI alt-man.

My wife and I are talking about pinching pennies to help fund Food Bank of the Rockies; meanwhile, we're also helping pay for the completely unnecessary $300M renovation of the East Wing. (P.S. The U.S. also is in debt $38 trillion.)

"Creative destruction" is not remotely the same as "destruction for destruction's sake."

I confess the new Predator film looks fun.

Why I Endorse Phil Weiser in the Democratic Primary (Colorado governor race): ariarmstrong.com/25-weiser.html

'Land-use socialism' on the local ballot in Littleton - Complete Colorado There is no "right" of some homeowners to forcibly restrict how their neighbors use their property.

Reject land-use socialism in Littleton: My new column: completecolorado.com/2025/10/21/l...

This is the new Manifest Destiny.

Fifty Something — Rush.com Official News and Information about the Legendary Rock Band Rush

Rush just added a bunch more shows. www.rush.com/tour/fifty-s...

Had dinner plans so I shut off the Broncos game at about the 7 minute mark convinced the Broncos had almost no chance. That was an exciting half-period of football for which I watched highlights.

Tens of thousands of Coloradans rally and march against Trump at No Kings protests | Colorado Newsline Thousands of people gathered in opposition to President Donald Trump's administration at a rally and march in Denver on Saturday.

Another great photo of the "No Kings" protest at the Denver capitol. coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/18/t...

No Kings Denver speaker Joe Salazar (fmr Dem state rep) tells me they estimate 25-30k gathered in Denver today, similar to the No Kings protest earlier this year. This view is from photographer Cheney Orr for the New York Times. #copolitics

Go Denver! #NoKings

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Damn you Apple I made the mistake of downloaded the latest Mac OS and now my optical drive does not work properly. PS No I don't want a bunch of bullshit AI mucking up my system.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. "We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days." www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Trump administration will set price floors across range of industries to combat China, Bessent says China has driven foreign competitors out of business over the past two decades by using its market dominance to slash prices, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

We've reached the price controls stage of Trump's march to socialism. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/15/t...

Amache: The sordid story of Japanese internment in Colorado - Complete Colorado A strength of Harvey's work is that it is substantially based on interviews with people forced into Amache.

Amache: The sordid story of Japanese internment in Colorado. My new column: completecolorado.com/2025/10/14/a...

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

More on the "Mississippi Miracle": www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Thank goodness for the release of the hostages. Let's hope for continued better news from the region.

Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

Authoritarianism Watch: My new Roundup: ariarmstrong.com/roundup-64.h...

Republicans, release of violent persons, Evergreen shooting, conversion therapy, bigamy, business, Christians, and more. My new Colorado News Miner: ariarmstrong.com/miner-137.html

Venezuela’s María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for standing up to socialism The award goes to a classical liberal and free market advocate who has risked her life to challenge Venezuela’s socialist dictatorship.

By what standard do you call her "far right?" According to Reason she's a fairly standard classical liberal with social-liberal leanings. reason.com/2025/10/10/v...

What to know about Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho, Cuban activist who might be deported Online claims alleged that the former Cuban anti-government activist was a leader in the Latinos for Trump campaign movement.

Check every claim! www.snopes.com/news/2025/06...

"ICE goes masked for a single reason -- to terrorize Americans into quiescence." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Well, I think it's foolish to consider Chat the "final word" on anything. I think if you basically treat it as a glorified search engine it's fine. Often it's good for turning up relevant links and for summarizing claims. I think a lot of times it functions better than Google for searches.

9News says Colorado's bigamy law forbids "living with another person." No. 18-6-203 defines "cohabitation" here as "to live together under the representation of being married. www.9news.com/article/news...

ChatGPT - Peter Thiel Antichrist Belief Shared via ChatGPT

Fwiw here's Chat on Thiel on the antichrist: chatgpt.com/share/68e956...

Gracias from Raices. Salud! Thank you for being a friend of Raices and helping us bring culture to our communities.

"Denver: Closed for Business." www.raicesbrewing.com

It's difficult at times to hold both "this admin is doing lasting and serious damage to our institutions and the globe" and "this admin is full of the most bafflingly incompetent idiots you've ever seen who fall over themselves like a Vaudeville act constantly."

The duality of man is incredible.