Denver Blogs: Michael Bennet is rich, biatch!

If you’re looking for someone who reads local blogs and then makes dated Dave Chappelle references, you’re in the right place. Send links over here. Face the State dug up the financial disclosure statements for Colorado’s statewide office holders. So we’re linking to it. Unless Michael Bennet doesn’t want us…

Denver Blogs: The prettiest stimulus package ever

We read the local blogs so you don’t have to, although we recommend it, ’cause there’s some decent stuff in there sometimes. Send links we may have missed to this guy. At Colorado’s national parks, free is the new fee this summer. (Colorado Independent) An (ahem) Avalanche of changes is…

Denver Blogs: Trimming the fat, and maybe a little bone, in Boulder

Our daily blog round-up. Send links this way. How CU will cut $30 million from its budget. (Hint: It won’t be pretty). (Face the State) An abortion-clinic doctor in Boulder: “I’m next on the List.” (Colorado Independent) Now that the burning sensation behind our eyes has subsided… five questions about…

Denver Blogs: Tom Tancredo’s got some splainin’ to do

Our daily cruise through the Colorogosphere. You could help us remain afloat by sending us good links. Tom Tancredo’s PAC director is apparently racist. And just like that, we need a new Irony Meter. (Colorado Pols) Yet another battle between a rural electric co-op and those pesky environmentalists. (Colorado Independent)…

Over the Weekend: The pool is open

See Aaron Thackeray’s photos from a downtown pool party — which was apparently pretty fun, at least according to these florescent tank tops — at westword.com/slideshow…

Shmuck of the Week: Anyone wearing stripes

I was feeling a little Shmuck Light this week, unsure that anyone had really risen their shmuck game to a level deserving of this honor, which is fast becoming the Teen Choice Awards of the half-baked-insult-blog world. I engaged our Twitter friends, and even they, at first, were a little…

Denver Blogs: Saying no to Gitmo

Our daily blog round up. Send some tips if we’re missing something. Lawmakers are not coming around on the whole Gitmo-terrorists-to-Colorado deal. (5280) Remembering the flood of ’64. (Buckfifty.org) Five simple rules to help the Nuggets reach the Finals. (Denver Stiffs)…

Up Close: China Jade

See Mark Manger’s photos of China Jade, the subject of this week’s restaurant review, at westword.com/slideshow…

Denver Blogs: Umm, this can’t be good

Our daily stroll through the local blogosphere. Brandon Marshall’s ex-girlfriend will be interviewed on ESPN this weekend. Why do we suspect she’s not bragging about his gift-giving prowess? (Complete Colorado) The case against high-speed rail in Colorado. (Face the State) You know you’re bad when your local city magazine has…

Over the Weekend: Booze, bands and art

It was a long weekend, and we’ve got lots of content to prove it. See photos from the Gin Mill and LoDo’s, plus the downtown arts festival, at westword.com/slideshow. Read reviews of the weekends shows — Iwresttledabearonce, Moderat, and Trouble Andrew — on the Backbeat blog. And read a dispatch…

Denver Blogs: Somebody get this man a puppet!

Our cruise through the local blogosphere. Take a peek, send a link, call it a day. It’s high time Melo got his own Most Valuable Puppet. (Denver Stiffs) CU students will be true to their school — for a fee, whether they like or not. (Face the State) More on…

Shmuck of the Week: Scott McInnis

It pains me to bestow such a dishonor on someone with such an honorable mustache, but this week’s Knight of Shmuck must be former Congressman Scott McInnis, who’s taking one of the more bizarre approaches to governorship since Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura. After months of not-so-subtly announcing his intention…

In Vegas, still no love for Nuggets

As you might recall, TNT’s Charles Barkley was the first national analyst to say the Nuggets could win a title. As you also might recall, Charles Barkley has quite the gambling habit — so fierce that he was once sued by the Wynn for $400,000 in unpaid gambling debts, which…

Denver Blogs: Could Chris Simms be more than a backup?

A survey of local bloggage — complete with an e-mail address for sending tips. Chris Simms: What if he doesn’t suck? (Mile High Report) Democratic intern on Capitol Hill discovers that Democrats are kind of liberal, decides she’s actually a Republican. (Face the State) CSU is one step closer to…

Denver Blogs: The McInnis files

A little jaunt through the local blogosphere. Direct tips here. If a former congressmen runs for governor and there’s no one around to cover the announcement, is he an idiot? (Colorado Pols) Or is that just how it works when you’re under investigation for ethics violations? (Face the State) In…

Umm, Coach Karl, why is that little guy inbounding the ball?

I said it first, but ESPN Sports Guy Bill Simmons probably said it best last night, questioning aloud on Twitter why Anthony Carter, the Nuggets’ shortest player on the floor, was impounding the ball with his team down two and just seconds to go: “How to Blow a Huge Game…

Denver Blogs: A welcome flip-flop

Our daily perusal of local blogs. E-mail us more. A local blogger picks the Lakers, gets killed by his readers, flip-flops. That’s the spirit! (Denver Stiffs) Natural gas: The “cleanest” fossil fuel? The industry would like you to think so. (Colorado Independent) District attorney and GOP congressional-hopeful Martin Beeson comes…