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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
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Captain's Quarters: "Rudy Giuliani took a hard turn to the right on foreign policy yesterday in an essay published in Foreign Affairs magazine. As Eli Lake reports for the New York Sun, Giuliani eschewed almost two decades of American efforts towards a two-state solution and demanded Palestinian compliance with lawful governance before proceeding any further on their national ambitions."
"2008 pres"
6:17:45 PM 
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Political Wire: "A new Public Policy Polling survey in South Carolina finds Sen. Hillary Clinton leading the Democratic presidential race with 36% support, followed by Sen. Barack Obama at 33% and John Edwards with 12%. Clinton trailed Obama by three points in the last poll. On the Republican side, Fred Thompson leads the race with 22%, followed by Rudy Giuliani at 18%, Mitt Romney at 17%, Sen. John McCain at 11% and Mike Huckabee at 7%."
Political Wire: "A new Rasmussen Reports survey in New Hampshire finds Sen. Hillary Clinton leading the Democratic primary race with 37%, followed by Sen. Barack Obama at 22%, John Edwards at 14% and Gov. Bill Richardson at 9%. In the Republican primary race, Mitt Romney leads with 32%, trailed by Rudy Giuliani at 20%, Sen. John McCain at 11% and Fred Thompson at 11%."
"2008 pres"
6:05:37 PM
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Josh Marshall: "Yesterday in South Carolina, Rudy Giuliani promised he could and would "end illegal immigration." But we got video of him back in 1996 saying that's just not possible and you've just got to accept that."
"2008 pres"
6:02:14 PM
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Congratulations to The Denver Post for making this list of the ten best newspaper websites. From the BivingsReport, "As a follow-up to our research on newspaper websites that we published recently, we decided to break out a list of the best examples of 'good' newspaper websites. Steve, Todd and I collaborated on the following list, judging sites not only on their web features but also on the design, aesthetics and general usability of the site."
Thanks to Ed Cone for the link.
5:59:18 PM
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DNCC (via Colorado Confidential): "Howard Dean and the Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) will celebrate the one-year out mark for the 2008 Convention with a 'Convention Countdown Kick-Off' for the local community at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 22 on the Pepsi Center grounds. Special guests will include Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr. and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided."
"2008 pres"
5:47:51 PM
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From The Denver Post, "A national advocacy group launched a widespread effort Tuesday to request that security planning for next year's political conventions in Denver and St. Paul, Minn., will not try to make the homeless 'disappear' during convention week. The National Coalition for the Homeless faxed letters making the request to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and to the mayors of St. Paul and its sister city, Minneapolis. The coalition said it had documented instances at past conventions and other events where 'homeless people were rounded up and arrested or forced onto buses to other cities,' Michael Stoops, acting director for the Washington-based coalition, wrote in the letter's opening paragraph.Stoops asked that the mayors pledge their support by Sept. 20."
"2008 pres"
7:02:17 AM
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Here's an opinion piece about Powertech's proposed uranium mining operations in Weld County from The Greeley Tribune "reg". They write:
The in-situ recovery process raises a number of major concerns, the chief of which is water quality. The Denver Basin groundwater aquifer covers 7,000 square miles from Weld County to Colorado Springs and from the Front Range to Limon. Within the Denver Basin there are four aquifers on top of each other, one of which, the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer, will be used for the in-situ recovery mining.
As geologic and hydrogeologic systems are highly complex, no guarantee can ever be given that the caustic liquid with dissolved uranium and other heavy metals will not leak into the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer and then into the other aquifers, poisoning the groundwater upon which hundreds of thousands of people, agriculture and industry depend. Additionally, leakage from surface equipment, pipes and containment ponds can result in contamination of the groundwater.
At the end of mining operations it is extremely questionable whether groundwater and the site itself can be returned to pre-mining conditions. At the Bruni in-situ recovery mine in Texas there were significant issues. During operation it had continual problems with surface spills and underground excursions contaminating soil and groundwater. Final cleanup efforts were ineffective, and the company requested the lowering of restoration standards to allow higher residual contaminants in the groundwater. After several years of restoration, the company still had significant problems meeting those reduced standards.
Companies are reluctant to invest the money to adequately restore sites as there is no return on investment for cleaning up contamination. Where authorities have required bonds to cover costs, they have often been totally inadequate and the costs of cleanup were borne by the taxpayer after the company vacated the site. The clean-up costs of the Canadian-owned Summitville Mine in Colorado cost the taxpayer $147.5 million, not to mention the sterilizing of 18 miles of the Alamosa River with cyanide run-off.
More Coyote Gulch coverage here and here.
"2008 pres"
6:37:34 AM
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