Denver Blogs: Focus on the Family tops Mormons in latest Bigot Power Rankings

Know of more quality local blogging? Send it along. Focus on the Fam gave more money to California’s anti-gay-marriage proposition, proving they’re still the world’s leading exporter of bigotry. (Colorado Independent) Remembering Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Denver’s supremely named First Lady. (Buckyfifty.org) White men hit hardest by unemployment, according to a…

A picture’s worth 1,000 calories

This week’s Westword, on newsstands and at westword.com later today, is especially friendly to foodies. Along with the usual lineup of reviews and columns, this week’s cover story, by Sex, Death and Oysters author Robb Walsh, focuses on the world’s vanishing oyster supply. To tide you over until this afternoon,…

Denver Blogs: And you are…?

This here’s the booty from our daily quest for local blogging treasures. Send links here. Yes, Senator Bennet, I have a question: Who the hell are you? (Colorado Pols) When it comes to writing about the stimulus package, Mike Rosen and Chuck Green are not exactly getting intimate with the…

Denver Blogs: Bring back Celebrity Sports Center

A daily perusal of local bloggage. Enlighten us with your favorite links, please. Ah, the good old days, when Jack Benny and George Burns owned a bowling alley in Denver. (Buckfifty.org) The State Senate debates a bill to provide domestic-abuse help for military families — a good idea, because hosing…

Denver Blogs: Democrats, meet your new nemesis

Behold, our daily tour of the local blogosphere. Send tips. Colorado Republicans react to new GOP boss. They seem to like him. Weird, eh? (Mount Vitrus, via Slapstick Politics) Stimulus money will not keep that highway from crumbling beneath your tires. (Colorado Independent) Builders are totally over the whole rent-control…

Denver Blogs: You’re off the hook, chubbies

A daily stroll through the Mile High Web. Send tips. RIP, Anti-Gym, the home of “no chubbies.” (Denver Egotist, via 5280) If you’ve been counting the days until diving into a career as an oil-shale developer, slow down. The man in the big hat isn’t so sure about all that…

The Birdman is flying high. (No, not like that…)

Derailed Ink, the T-shirt-design crew behind “What Would Jay Cutler Do?” and “Eddie Royale with Cheese,” has unveiled a new shirt. And while it may pay tribute to a fairly marginal player in the Denver sports paradigm — coke-head-turned-role-player Chris “Birdman” Andersen — it’s their most wearable design yet. Click…

Denver Blogs: Things downtown needs

Here lies our daily stroll through the Colorogosphere. Send tips. A look at things downtown Denver needs, not including a public beer fountain, which goes without saying. (Denver Infill) Need a job? Simply get elected to the state legislature, suck up to the governor, and then quit your lawmaker job…

Denver Blogs: Strap on your boots

Traversing the blogosphere for stuff worth copying and pasting. Send yours here. Off for a hike on Mount Evans, with history as our walking stick. Or something poetic like that. (Buck Fifty) Let the Gitmo guys come here. Otherwise the terrorists win. (Face the State) Republicans introduce meaningless legislation to…

Denver Blogs: Stimulate us, please

Send your bloggable bloggage here. Stimulus package won’t do anything to stimulate your ride to the mountains. (Colorado Independent) Republicans still hung up on this whole alleged-terrorists-to-Colorado thing. (Face the State) Could Governor Ritter lose his job in 2010? I mean, everyone else is losing their jobs, right? Why not…

Over the Weekend: freaks, geeks and beef

After the jump, a guided tour to what you missed in Denver this weekend, from the Geek Bowl to the rodeo, and from shining sea of beer to shining sea of beer. Click on the photos to see more…

Denver Blogs: Should Colorado open its arms to Gitmo detainees?

Send locally created blog brilliance for inclusion in future episodes of “Denver Blogs” here. Gitmo prisoners could be housed at Supermax, but lawmakers are acting like they’ll be cruising the produce aisle at SuperTarget. (Colorado Independent) Lawmakers to spend money on making sure you can track how they spend their…

Denver Blogs: Is anyone with a whistle younger than Josh McDaniels?

As always, we’re cruising for Denver-scented enlightenment. Send tips here. Broncos hire five new coaches, all of whom are older than the boss. (Mile High Report) An eminent domain case threatens to take away couple’s livelihood, which is apparently selling totem poles. (Face the State) Nuclear power is crazy expensive,…

Last Night: Baracking and Rolling at Rockbar

If you’re still jonesing for more Barackness, J. Knight captured the celebration at The World’s Greatest Colfax Motel Bar last night, where they rang in the new regime in truly American fashion: with one-dollar PBRs. We also have photos from the chaos that was D.C. yesterday. It’s believed there are…

Denver Blogs: Remembering City Spirit

(Illustration from Buckfifty.org) Send your linkable links here. City Spirit: An old Denver cafe where you could get drunk in style. (Buck Fifty) KOA’s Jon Caldera: Making shit up about your new president from Day One. (Media Matters) A day without a Democrat: It’s like a day without a Mexican,…