Denver's Best Sex Toy Shop!

OK, so since I'm a localist and just bragged about Good Vibrations, I figured I should also send a shout out to Denver's best women's-centered/queer friendly sex toy shop: Hysteria.

Whether you're looking for vibrators, butt plugs, lube, rubbers, strap-ons, or other resources, Hysteria's friendly staff has always been super helpful, kind, and welcoming to sex-toy novices and pros alike.

Not only that, they did some great work with The Colorado Anti-Violence Program's pancake breakfast last year!

Five Reasons the Civil War Could Erupt Again

All these brainless white people chatter about how America is in a post-race era because Obama has taken charge of the country. Here are my top five reasons this country is spinning ass-backwards into a sinking pit of quick-sand poop, a Civil War reenactment of grotesque proportions where poor Southerners fight gay Northerners and nobody gets laid.

1) At the gas station last night, here in Mississippi, a creepy gas station attendant with prominent skinhead tattoos looked at me and whispered, "Oh great, another Colorado Bitch. Fuckin' Yankees."

2) Mississippi still has a Confederate Flag stuck slap dab in the middle of the state flag just to remind the rest of the Union that the South's gonna do it again.

3) GOP Governors, convinced that taking handouts is as bad as sodomy. have united in a front to refuse money from the Federal Bailout while folks in their states suffer.

4) Long Island assholes love to talk shit on the South--both the "racist rednecks" and the "dirty Mexicans." (Why do hurricane's never strike up there?)

5) Like Robin Hood on opposite day, the bankers just ripped off public funds and gave to the rich. Do they want to get spanked by the masses?

There's about to be a national prison riot and this Titanic of a nation is about to sink into the Arctic which is melting so fast it's pouring out of my spigot in Mississippi. Guess what ya'll. We're totally screwed and the whole mother is going down.

U.S. is Like Communism Without the Health Care

When Denver's finest goof in a uniform, Lt. Tony Lopez told the Denver Post that "We aren't living in a communist state," I'm sure he didn't think that anybody was stupid enough in the U.S. to think that we had health care, livable wages, workable strategies to end homelessness, support of the arts, education, culture and fair labor practices. Nope. Tony was referring to government surveillance--which, according to the same article, we have plenty of--at ridiculous rates. Tony--we aren't living in a communist state--we're living in a fascist state!

In our government's growing trends towards totalitarianism, in Colorado 181 so-called Terrorism Liaison Officers have been trained to determine that people like you and me are terrorists for suspicious activities such as:

Birdwatchers beware! Binocular and camera use are very suspicious.
Geeks watch out--measuring things, baking diagrams, very suspicious.
Don't get lost or confused and double back or drive evasively.
Taking notes--with no working public education system--obvious terroristic.
SUV drivers--fuel purchases--suspect.
Buying uniforms for BDSM? Shame on you.
Parked your car too long--clearly a menace!

These Terrorism Liaison Officers are law enforcement officers, paramedics, workers for Xcel energy, and the railroads. They span the public and private sector. What policies of accountability do they have in place?

According to the article, federal authorities currently define "suspicious activity" as "Observed behavior that may be indicative of intelligence-gathering or pre-operational planning related to terrorism, criminal, or other illicit intention."

In the past, people with dangerous opinions like "people who are destroying the earth are bad" were considered terrorists. Now, bad drivers are.

Lt. Tony Lopez--before you and your ilk drive us into immobility where leaving the house is considered suspicious, terroristic behavior, quit your job and join the millions of people struggling for a better world. Being a cop in an era when taking notes is considered terroristic is like being a totalitarian communist throwing artists into Gulags--except that in the U.S. we don't get any of the benefits of an egalitarian totalitarian society.

Colorado Indymedia Prepares for DNC Coverage

Saturday, June 14th more than 20 media activists gathered together at the Five Points Media Center in the offices of Free Speech TV to learn how to be the media. Colorado Indymedia conducted the training in the hopes that grassroots activists could begin to document their own stories and struggles during the Democratic National Convention.

Preparing participants to use video, radio, photo, print, and web tools to document the protests and participation in the Democratic National Convention, trainers presented a wide variety of tools and techniques for grassroots journalism and production.

Participants included members of Coloradans for Immigrant Rights, Recreate 68, and Unconventional Action. Trainers came from Colorado Indymedia, Free Speech TV, KGNU, and Indymedia Newsreel.

I was happy to see so many people come together to learn about producing media and am looking forward to seeing the fruit of their work documenting struggle in the streets and the halls of the convention in the next few months.