Weber County Forum 2017 New Year's Eve Special

Taking all of the below into account, have a happy 2017, Weber County Forum Readers!

Thanks to our ever sharp-eyed and alert Facebook friend Michelle Palmer Hischi, here's an abbreviated list of the great "souls" of our "material world, who checked off the "Mortal Coil" ln the year 2016:



Yer blogmeister is rooting for San Francico, California, BTW::

• Top Places to Spend New Year's Eve

Added bonus, via the Washington Post:

• Trump has released a malevolent spirit upon the land. Happy new year!

So sorry, Trump nitwits, as you stand by your Crackpot Politics, and turn America spinning into ruin;

• Donald Trump declares 'Let it be a nuclear arms race' with Russia.

Great New Years graphic, by the way:

Taking all of the above into account, here's hoping your Mormon food supplies are fully in place!

And remember, people, the lessons of my generation, learnt back in the sixties,when we had "hide under your desk drills"  to avoid nuclear holocaust." It's all still relevant.  now that this saber-ratting Dumbass president-elect Trump is about to be annointed  as "Dear Leader" on January 20:

• How to survive a nuclear Attack

Otherwise... have a happy 2017, Weber County Forum Readers!

Breaking: Crackpot Republicans Just Banned The 1st Amendment On The Floor Of Congress

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard -- H. L. Mencken 

Bad news for democracy,via the Occupy Democrats website:

Here's the disturbing lede:

As if the American people needed any more warning that House Republicans were set to commit even more heinous acts of legislative terrorism once Donald Trump is sworn in, they just passed a bill to ban Democrats from filming or photographing the debates in the House Chamber. The proposed legislation would refer members of the House to the Ethics Committee and would levy [huge] fines against those who would record Congressional business.

And here's the gist:

It’s a clearly undemocratic move to shield the Republican-strangled House from the things they are already salivating at the thought of doing – like gutting Social Security and Medicare, and replacing them with a for-profit voucher system, repealing Obamacare, privatizing veteran’s healthcare, opening up our national parks for fossil fuel developers, cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood, passing abortion bans, deregulating Wall Street, slashing taxes for the rich and the wealthy…the list goes on and on. So much is at stake here, and the public MUST be aware of just exactly what these spineless, honorless cowards are planning to do to the working people of this country.

Read up, people:

• Republicans Just Banned The 1st Amendment On The Floor Of Congress

As one of our Weber County Forum friends wisely opined this afternoon, "You know, I think a good rule of thumb is this: if you're a Congressperson or Senator doing something on the job you would be ashamed/embarrassed/damaged by if your constituents saw you doing it, maybe you shouldn't be doing it."

Prepare for an unprecedented onslaught on American civil liberties, people, as cretins like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell prepare to serve their corporate masters, and do their dirty deeds entirely behind closed doors.

Here's our sodden closing quote, as we contemplate all this:

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard -- H. L. Mencken

Happy 2017, people.

Dwight D. Eisenhower. the Last Great Republican President

I liked Ike!

Dwight D. Eisenhower.. the last Republican President who gave a crap about the people he governed:

For my own part, I liked Ike!

Howbout you?

Tuesday Morning Technology Special: Miraculous Misfortune-Telling Trump Machine; Plus an Online Trump Inauguration Countdown Clock

Pretty cool, huh?

A Trump fortune-telling machine trolls New York with predictions of a Donald J. Trump Presidency:

Here's the grotesque raw picture:

Check out the full video, peeps:



And take look at this handy online utility WCF Readers:

• Trump inauguration Countdown Clock

This countdown clock displays the remaining time until GOD EMPEROR TRUMP is sworn into office as the 45th president of the United States of America.

Pretty cool, huh?

Merry Christmas, Everyone! - Updated

Dang! And for a wile there, we agreed with crackpot US legislative Republicans, and wrongly believed that Christmas was a "Christian" holiday:

• Adam Ruins Everything Explains the Pagan Origins of Christmas

Don't chafe your but with your bicycle seat, WCF readers, HAHAHA!!!!



Have a safe and sane Christmas holiday, folks!

And YES; have a Very Merry Christmas!

Update 12/26/16: It was a big job, but somebody had to do it! Hope you're having a beautiful Christmas Day!:

2016 Christmas Eve Special

Merry Christmas, etc.

Just a few Christmas eve -oriented items, peeps, via the ever-irreverant Daily Kos:

• Silent F*cking Night
• 21 Ayn Rand Christmas Cards
• Barack Obama's remarks at his last White House Hanukkah party are just exceptional
• Rick Santorum's campaign sent Hanukkah greetings with New Testament message
• Fox News dreams of a Very White Christmas
• Corey Lewandowski actually says Trump presidency means 'you can say Merry Christmas again'
• Good samaritan books hotel rooms for homeless on Christmas day, hotel cancels rooms
• It's not beginning to look a lot like Christmas
• Dispatch From the War on Christmas
• My top ten obscure or semi-obscure Christmas songs</
• An alternative Christmas carol in case you're sick of the tape loops at the mall

Whew! after this barrage of uplifting Christmas items, hopefully revving  up your Christmas spirit, here's our Christmas Wish for YOU!

Merry Christmas, etc.

Update 12/24/16 3:15 pm:

• Weekend Update: Adam Sandler and the Hanukkah Song - Saturday Night Live

Remember, people.  Jesus Christ was also a jew, just like Adam Sandler, lol!

Weber County Forum Santa Wish-list

Here's my pre-Christmas wish list for Santa.  Please bring  somebody like this awesome world leader in our collective American Christmas stockings.

Justin Trudeau - Prime Minster of Canada:



Thanks in advance, Santa!

Standard-Examiner: Ogden Police Chief to Retire; New Chief to be Announced Wednesday - Updated

So who will Be Ogden's Next Top Cop?

BYE-bye Sheriff Arpaio

OGDEN — After more than 30 years serving the Ogden Police Department, Chief Mike Ashment is retiring and the city plans to announce his replacement Wednesday.
Ashment, who became chief in March 2012, plans to retire once the new chief is selected and approved. Though the announcement will be made this week, the Ogden City Council must officially approve the appointment during its meeting Jan. 3, 2017.

• Ogden police chief to retire; new chief to be announced Wednesday

So who will be Ogden's next Top Cop?

Sodden "prediction" from the ever-savvy Bob Becker down in the Standard-Examiner comments section

"I hear Joe Arpaio  is looking for work."

Update 12/21/16 12:46 a.m.: Looks like Jo0e Arpaio is S.O.L:

• Randy Watt named new chief of Ogden Police Department

Breaking: The World Keeps Making Fun of Donald Trump

Donald Trump hates his satirical portrayal on Saturday Night Live. Unfortunately for him, the rest of the world is making the same jokes.

Check out some great international Trump video parody, folks:

Absolutely priceless, no?

Don't laugh your asses off too hard, people, whilst America falls under the spell of the Trump "Iron Hand."

Breaking: Rob Bishop’s Utah Public Lands Initiative Defeated

The only pending question: How can can conscientious Utahns drive this fatass corporate-funded slut Rob Bishop outta the US congress?

Great news peeps

Here's the lede:

The 114th House of Representatives is history, taking its last votes of the year on December 8th. Unsurprisingly, Utah Republican Representative Rob Bishop’s Public Lands Initiative (PLI) did not come up for a vote. With only a single House co-sponsor (Jackass Utah Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz), and without a Senate sponsor, the bill failed to gain much-needed support, even among anti-public lands loyalists.

Thanks to solid and wide-ranging opposition from Native American tribes, the conservation and recreation communities, and two of the Utah counties the bill purported to represent, the PLI’s threat to Native American sovereignty and Utah’s wild public lands is, for now, put to rest.

Read up, peeps:

• Rob Bishop’s Utah Public Lands Initiative Defeated

The only pending question: How can can conscientious Utahns drive this fatass corporate-funded slut Rob Bishop outta the US congress?

Beaking: Sarah Palin To Give Trump Daily Unintelligence Briefings

And NO! we are not making this up:

• Sarah Palin To Give Trump Daily Unintelligence Briefings

Fake news? Maybe So; Then again,maybe Not.

We're filing this under the the heading of Humor and Parody, for the time being, Peeps.

Watch out however for further updates on this topic.

Crimson and Clover Redux

Out there in the ozone layer, your blogmeister became fascininated by this cute ditty:

We'd been haunted by this little ditty for years:

• Crimson and Clover:  Tommy James and the Shondells

Then we found this:

• Crimson and Clover Joan Jett

We're on the path to even greater renditions of Crimson and Clover, wethinks, LOL!

Say hello to Crimson Clover, in the flesh.

Hubba-hubba, no?

Breaking: Totally Uneducated Rick Perry Will Replace a Nuclear Physicist as Secretary of Energy

Total GOP dumbass Rick Perry will replace an actual  nuclear physicist as Secretary of Energy:

Donald J. Trump's nominee for Energy Secretary Rick Perry is banking on glasses and muteness to alter the perception that he is an idiot, aides say.

Here's the ridiculous main story: Rick Perry, Ex-Governor of Texas, concerning Trump’s Pick as Energy Secretary.

Rick Perry, Ex-Governor of Texas, Is Trump’s Pick as Energy Secretary

Idiocracy is NOT mere fiction, people, as we learned in the 2016 election...

Carrier Union Leader Receives Threats After Trump Smears Him on Twitter

The plot sickens, people. US democracy stands on the brink of destruction, we think, with Donald Trump poised to assume the mantle of "leader of the USA," fewer than 45 DAYS hence

US democracy is on the brink of destruction, we think, with Donald Trump poised to assume the mantle of "leader of the USA," fewer than 45 DAYS hence

Via my politically smart FB friend Steve Gurr who sez this: "Trump gets caught lying and immediately attacks the person who outted him. Then the StormTrumpers come out of the woodwork. Welcome to the new America."

Read up, peeps:

• Carrier union leader receives threats after Trump smears him on Twitter

And Mr Jones's terrible transgression against Der Fuhrer-elect Donald Trump? Here's the key story from the Washington Post, which set Mr. Trump's latest twitter lambasting afoot:

• He ‘lied his a– off': Carrier union leader on Trump’s big deal

The plot sickens, inasmuch as Trump will become the "Dear leader of the USA," fewer than 42 DAYS hence.

Check out our soon to be published countdown clock in the right sidebar, for the exact timing, people.

Here it is now, for the time being, however, just so's you can revise your Last Wills and Testaments, and get your plans made for when you move to Canada:

• Inauguration Of President Trump Countdown Clock

New Republic: Obama Can and Should Put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court

A word to the wise ought to be sufficient, we hope

Throw a wrench into the sytsem, Obama

Waiver: a very tantalizing legal concept, NO??? http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/waiver
I definitely concur with the politically savvy application of this tactic. Howbout you, WCF readers????

Read up:

• Obama Can and Should Put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court

Just do it, Obama: Come January, you will be consigned to the sidelines as Trump occupies the Oval Office and begins the work of dismantling your legacy. But there is one action that you could take on January 3, 2017 that could hold off some of the worst potential abuses of a Trump administration for a year or more, or perhaps indefinitely. You can lawfully appoint your nominee Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court,in between the two sessions of Congress.

A word to the wise ought to be sufficient, we hope.

MGN Podcast - Amy Wicks, Ogden Trails & Protecting Open Space

We're giving the below link a strong RECO, people.

Here's an awesome web resource which we stumbled upon via Facebook.  Check out this podcast link from somebody named "WOJO", whom you'll soon conclude is one complete gem of a podcaster, provided you have 1-1/2 free hours on your idle hands to take a trip down Ogden City Memory Lane, and listen to the ever-awesome Ogden City Council woman Amy Wicks wax on with her indelible memories of Ogden City's"Gondola Daze."

• MGN Podcast - Amy Wicks, Ogden trails & protecting open space

We're giving the above link a strong RECO, people.

Weber State Football Gameday Playoff Thread: WSU v. Chattanooga

FCS Playoffs: Weber State wants to pitch perfect game against Chattanooga

The Weber State football team will take on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the first round of the 2016 NCAA FCS Playoffs Saturday in Chattanooga. Here's the lede from this morning's Standard-Examiner story Wildcats Fans:

OGDEN — The Weber State football team accomplished its goal of making the FCS Playoffs. Now, the Wildcats face the daunting task of traveling to take on the Chattanooga Mocs of the Southern Conference.
Chattanooga was ranked in the STATS Top 25 FCS poll every week this season, sometimes as high as No. 5. At 8-3, the Mocs now sit at No. 11, while Weber State has cracked the rankings for the first time all season at No. 25.
“When you get to this stage, everyone’s really good,” WSU head coach Jay Hill said. “They’re exactly what you would expect a playoff team to look like. This is a team that hung with Alabama last week for three quarters. They’re exactly what a Top 25 FCS team should look like.”

Read Brandon Garside's full writeup here:

• FCS Playoffs: Weber State wants to pitch perfect game against Chattanooga

Saturday’s game will kickoff at 12 p.m. MST from Finley Stadium in Chattanooga. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3 with Jim Barbar and Watson Brown on the call. ESPN3 is available online as well as on the Watch ESPN Apps. It will also be broadcast on  1430 KLO radio with Tony Parks and former WSU head coach and Athletic Director Jerry Graybeal on the call.

Update 11/26/16 5:31 p.m.: What a bummer, dang!

• FCS Playoffs: Weber State football blitzed in 45-14 loss to Chattanooga

Frankly, folks we never expected our Wildcats to fall down and play dead, as they did today.

Weber State to Face Chattanooga in FCS Playoffs

Yeah, WSU Wildcats, there's been considerable fan tension about whether our totally lovable WSU Football squad would be allowed into the FCS Playoffs.  Well now, LOL?

• Weber State football makes playoff statement with road win at Idaho State

No hay problema, Wildcats Fans:

• Weber State to face Chattanooga in FCS Playoffs

Have no worries, Wildcats fans.  

Hay!  Check out the within-embedded awesome Brandon Garside video, which perfectly captures the heart-warming reaction of our wonderful home-town football team to the news that they made the playoffs.

Ya gotta luvs them Strandard-Examiner Football-men eh youngsters, No?

‘Hamilton’ Had Some Unscripted Lines for Pence. Trump Wasn’t Happy

Got booed at the theater?  Whatta bummer!

Welcome to the public square, Vice-President-elect Pence (and Donald Drumf);

• ‘Hamilton’ Had Some Unscripted Lines for Pence. Trump Wasn’t Happy.

Total bummer, no?

Get a life and deal with it, alt-right dumbasses...

Weber State Football Game Day Thread - Weber State Visits Idaho State, with an FCS Playoff Spot on the Line -U-pdated

Update: Clark throws for 318 yards, 2 TDs; Weber St. tops Idaho St.

There's a big WSU Football game scheduled for this afternoon, Wildcats fans, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Weber State could get an FCS playoff berth, depending upon today's game outcome. Read up, Wildcats fans:

• Weber State seeks possible playoff berth vs. Idaho State -Salt Lake Tribune

Ogden's own newspaper (The Standard) has nothing to say about this, although they have no fewer than SIX WSU basketball stories up on their lame website this morning.

Here are a couple of other football game story links, WSU Peeps:

• Wildcats close out regular season Saturday at ISU - WSU Website
• Montana, Weber State make final playoff push - Fox Sports

LOL, eh Cats Fans?

Update: Better late than never, the Standard's asleep at the wheel although Class-Act Brandon Garside provides some classy  excellence to his belated pre-game write-up so far:

• Weber State football faces Idaho State in finale amid playoff uncertainty

Just turn on the friggin' video, via Big Sky Conference.com, or simply listen to the audio on KLO Radio 1430 AM

Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. MT.

Go Wildcats, GO!

Game updates:

• Weber State football: Clark throws for 318 yards, 2 TDs; Weber St. tops Idaho St.

WSU Game Day Thread: WSU v. Cal Poly

WSU Wildcats snap two-game losing streak, beat Cal Poly 22-15

Here's the lede from yesterday's pre-game Standard-Examiner story:

OGDEN — Weber State head coach Jay Hill said the Wildcats’ loss to Northern Arizona was painful, but his team still has a lot at stake with No. 16 Cal Poly making the trip to Stewart Stadium on Saturday.
“Not all’s lost. We’ve got an opportunity to beat a really good team in Cal Poly,” Hill said after practice Thursday. “That in and of itself is a big enough challenge. We’ve got another opportunity to have a winning record with this game, we’ve got another opportunity to reach a bunch of goals that are still out there for us.
“If they think all’s lost because we lost two in the row, they’re crazy. There’s a lot to play for right now.”
Hill believes seven wins and finishing fourth in the Big Sky should be enough to be selected for the FCS Playoffs.

Check out Brandon Garside's full writeup here:

• Weber State hosts No. 16 Cal Poly in must-win game to keep playoff hopes alive

Coach Hill makes it clear what needs to happen to win for  the Wildcats squad today, and for their ultimate FCS Playoffs qualification:

We’ve got to have toughness. We’ve got to swarm tackle, we’ve got to get all of our guys to the ball,” Hill said. “The offense has got to be productive We’ve got to put points on the board when the offense is out there, and the defense has got to find ways out of drives.”

The game kicks off at noon today inside Stewart Stadium and will be broadcast on KJZZ TV, WatchBigSky.com  as well as 1430 AM KLO.

Update 11/12/16 3:00 p.m.:

Too cool. Wildcats fans, no?

• Weber State football: Wildcats snap two-game losing streak, beat Cal Poly 22-15

We'll sit tight with this encouraging SL-Trib  story, unless and until our home-town newspaper (the Standard-Examiner)  gets off its ass, and manages to get its own WSU football story up.

Update 11/12/16 10:00 p.m.:

The Standard's Brandon Garside has his own story on tonight's big WSU win:

• Weber State football defeats No. 16 Cal Poly to take over 3rd place in Big Sky

Needless to say, the surfer dude/journalists around San Luis Obispo ain't so happy with tonight's game outcome:

• Total Bummer: Cal Poly’s playoff hopes take a bong  hit after 22-15 loss at Weber State

The Wildcats finish the regular season at Idaho State next weekend, a game that kicks off at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19.

Update 11/13/16 10:00 a.m.: Added bonus.  Check out Brandon Garside's game highlights video:

WCF/Standard-Examiner Election Special: Preliminary Results for All 2016 Utah Races

A final Election Canvass will be held on November 22 to certify the election results

For those WCF readers seeking information about the results of yesterday's election, here are a couple of articles covering all the bases:

• Donald Trump claims astounding victory as America's 45th president
• Full 2016 general election results for Weber, Davis, Morgan and Box Elder counties

As an added bonus, please check out this nifty interactive online program, displaying preliminary results for all  2016 Utah races:

• Utah Election Preliminary Results

A final Election Canvass will be held on November 22 to certify the election results. All valid votes received by that date will be counted and included in the official results.

Election Nite Excitement: Election Day 2016: Election Night Watch Parties in Ogden Area, Salt Lake City

Translation: Attend Tonight's Celebration Parties At Your Own Local GOP-centered  Wardhouses; or hopefully elsewhere

It's election night folks, at long last. And here's today's election nite WCF keynote story from ANN ELISE TAYLOR, Standard-Examiner Staff writer:

• Election Day 2016: Election night watch parties in Ogden area, Salt Lake City

We'll be staying up late to follow the national presidential election, although we'll also be checking here back and forth, if only to find out whether that little shit Realtor A-hole from Weber County's Legislative District 9 suffers so much as a speed-bump, after his much publicized low-life attack against his classy Democratic opponent.  the very lovely Kathie Darbie:

• After what Jeremy Peterson did to Kathie Darby, no wonder people hate politics

Happy Election Day, WCF political sluts wonks!

Weber State University Game Day Thread: WSU v. Northern Arizona U.

When our Wildcats suck, they always Suck Big-time, No?

Our Weber State Wildcats are back home at Stewart Stadium this afternoon. Here's the lede from yestrerday's Standard-Examiner Story:

OGDEN — The Weber State Wildcats’ loss to the North Dakota Fighting Hawks marked the end of the program’s longest winning streak since 2008, but with three games left on the schedule — two of which are at home — the Wildcats still have an FCS playoff appearance to fight for.
Weber State’s quest for the playoffs continues this weekend as the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (4-4, 3-2 BSC) make the trip to Ogden as head coach Jay Hill looks to earn his first win over NAU.

Read Brandon Garside's full Standard-Examiner pre-game writweup here:

• Weber State football hosts Northern Arizona with playoff hopes alive

More details from Mr. Garside:

NAU was picked in the preseason polls to win the conference, but losses to Eastern Washington and Northern Colorado out of the gate have kept the team in the middle of the Big Sky pack.
Since then, NAU is the winner of three straight, most recently an impressive 45-34 win over then-No. 10 Montana.
“They’re very talented,” WSU Coach Hill said. “Their wide receivers are outstanding, in my opinion. They do a great job getting the ball down the field. They’re very sound on defense. Bottom line, it’s another big challenge in the Big Sky this week. We’re excited. We’re excited to be back home.”

Kickoff is scheduled for noon Saturday, Nov. 5, at Stewart Stadium. The game will be broadcast on KJZZ TV and air on 1430 AM KLO, with Steve Klauke and David Hale on the radio call.

Go, Wildcats!

Update 11/5/16 8:32 pm;  Well... that certainly sucked, dinnit, eh Wildcats fans?

• Weber State football falls flat in home loss to Northern Arizona

When our Wildcats suck, they always Suck Big-time, No?

Get yer shit together please, WSU Wildcats.  Pretty please with sugar on it, ferchissake!

Boffo Standard-Examiner Editorial: After What Jeremy Peterson Did to Kathie Darby, No Wonder People Hate Politics

After what Jeremy Peterson did to Kathie Darby, no wonder people hate politics

As a followup to our WCF article of 10/31/16, The Standard has a Killer editorial today, exposing the gross ignorance and extremely bad manners of this little GOP twit, Leg 9 GOP Rep Jeremy Peterson, who, for unknown reasons, still remains a viable GOP candididate in Utah's brain-dead Wiener County GOP Asshole brigade.
Read up, people:

• After what Jeremy Peterson did to Kathie Darby, no wonder people hate politics

Anyone who's tempted to vote for this idiot Jeremy Peterson is welcome to borrow my .44 Magnum revolver, to shoot yourself in the head.

Faux News Dumbasses Apologize For Serially Lying; and Then Urge Their Brain-dead Readers: Vote Trump!

LOL! In the wake of yesterday's FoxNEWS/GOP TOTAL Bullshit lying spillover:

• Fox News apologizes for being compleat, LYIN' GOP Dumbasses!

Keep on voting Republican, WCF friends

Interesting American Stories, Etc; Prior to the 2016 Election

Are we even surprised these outrageous quotes came out of his (Trump's) mouth?

Via our highly esteemed Weber County Forum contributor pal Clair Walker:

• Donald Trump quotes: The man behind the mouth

Let's  just us call this the view from Britain:

Vote wisely, WCF readers.

2016 Utah General Election Update: House District 9 Voters Have Two Distinct Options This November

Top notch advice! Don't Vote For The Peterson Wimp!

The Standard-Examiner has a very fine story in re our pending 2016 Utah General Election reporting, concerning Weber County's Legislative 9 race, via yeoman reporter Cathy McKitrick,  who writes today about House District 9,  a district which  has been so severely gerrymandered by our crackpot GOP legtislature, that it runs from middle Ogden, to Roy, and West Haven, as if to defy any attempt at common sense.He're's Ms McKitrick's most excellent story. Don't be pansies, people:

• House District 9 voters have two distinct options this November

Vote Out  the "Pansy"on the right!

Don't go for the pansy incumbent, either, people.

Vote instead for the smart and lovely Kathie Darby fer cripes-sake, because the incumbent, the wimpy Mr, Peterson, has to solely resort to pathetic and ridiculous  "I'm a Mormon"  slams with shameful innuendo, supporting his ridiculously weak candidacy.

• Kathie Darby for Utah House District 9

Write it down so you don't forget it, WCF Readers..

Weber State Football Game Day Thread: WSU v. North Dakota

Biggest game to date in the Jay Hill era

OGDEN — The biggest game to date in the Jay Hill era will take place Saturday as the Weber State Wildcats (5-2 overall, 4-0 in Big Sky) make the trip to Grand Forks to face the North Dakota Fighting Hawks (6-2, 5-0) in a battle of unbeatens at the top of the Big Sky Conference.

The game is expected to be the most challenging for Weber State so far this season — the Wildcats haven’t played a Big Sky team that is better than eighth place.

Read the Standard-Examiner pre-game writeup, Cats fans:

• Weber State football gears up for Big Sky showdown with No. 17 North Dakota

Kickoff is slated for noon MDT at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The game will be broadcast on WatchBigSky.com, with a radio call on 1430 AM KLO with Steve Klauke and David Hale.

Added bonus: Check out Brandon Garside's pregame video, just to wet you whistles, Cats fans:



Go, Wildcats!

Update 10/30/16: Bad news, Wildcats fans!  North Dakota defeats WSU 27-17.  Brandon Garside provides the post-game story:

• Mistake-laden performance against No. 17 North Dakota ends Weber State's streak

Let's face it poeple. The othwise magnificent WS WildCATS SCREWED UP BIGTIME THIS WEEK.

Not to mention that your blogmeister's favorite talking head is an actual Rhodes Scholar

Nuff said, yes?

Libertarian VP Candidate: Whatever You Do, Don't Vote For Trump

Finally a small dose of sanity from the Libertarian ticket

Finally some sanity in the 2016 Presidenial Race, via Libertarian Viee-Presidential candidate, wherein the vice presidential libertarian candidate Bill Weld '"bails out."

• Libertarian VP Candidate: Whatever You Do, Don't Vote For Trump

Well, he isn't completely insane. I respect him more now. -Joshua Spinks

Even Democrats Agree: This Texas Republican Has the Best TV Ad of the Election Season

Please Re-elect Gerald. PLEASE!

Via your blogmeister's Facebook Pal Edward Flint, who quite rightly sez: "Must watch! Regardless of you politics, watch this ad".

Here's the full story:

• Even Democrats agree: This Texas Republican has the best TV ad of the election season

And we've carved out the ad for those amongst us with short attention spans, of course:

Give the TV spot a look below and feel better -- finally -- about our democracy.



Best campaign ad ever. Yes?

Sodden Question: Are You a Special Kind of Stupid?

Don't be dummies, people

Don't be dummies, people

Added bonus:

Comments, anyone?

Fox News Shocks America & Admits Benghazi Investigation Was Complete Hoax

With our 2016 Presidential Election looming in a little more than 13 days, it gets weirder and weirder, dunnit?

Current Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton’s alleged wrongdoings have been all over the media. From her use of a private email server, to the Benghazi attacks, Clinton has made national news with headlines proclaiming she can’t be trusted, is a criminal, and needs to drop out of the race. Though there may be some truth behind the reports, even Fox News themselves have now reported the Benghazi scandal is a hoax.

Read up, People:

• Fox News Shocks America & Admits Benghazi Investigation Was Complete Hoax

With our 2016 Presidential Election looming in a little more than 13 days, it gets weirder and weirder, dunnit?

Weber State Football Game Day Thread: WSU Stuns SUU to Claim Wild 37-36 Win

At risk of coming off as "late to the party," we'll break away from Sunday Night NFL Football, and belatedly report on last night's Weber State Football game, wherein our WSU Wildcats, miraculously surged in the fourth quarter, and scored 23 unanswered points to claim a wild 37-36 victory over the Southern Utah Thunderbirds.  Read up, Peeps. Last night's gridiron tilt was indeed a marvel to behold. The Standard's Brandon Garside provides the story:

• Weber State stuns Southern Utah with 23 unanswered points in 4th quarter

“You find a way to win,” said WSU head coach Jay Hill. “In college football you take them however they come. This was a good football team we beat tonight ... Our guys did everything they could and they earned that victory in the fourth quarter. I’m proud of them for the way they finished.”

The win sets up a battle of Big Sky unbeatens. Weber State travels to Grand Forks to take on North Dakota (6-2, 5-0) in a game that kicks at noon MDT Saturday, Oct. 29, according to Mr. Garside's story

Added Bonus: Check out the boffo post-game video, assembled by Mr. Garside and several other talented SE collegues:

Sodden Question: Why Should We Vote For Hillary Clinton?

Bernie Sanders answers the most important question 

Why should his supporters vote for Hillary Clinton?



Write it down so you don't forget it, Trump Clones!

Donald Trump: "Man of the People?"

Self -professed "Best Businessman in the World"

THANKS, Republicans, for bringing this jackass to the forefront!

So... can we see a show of hands how many WCF readers will be voting for this dumbass?

Important Message to Savvy Wiener County Voters

Important message for Savvy Wiener County voters

Trump Sucks!

Write it down so you won't forget it, smart people!

Big Game This Afternoon: WSU v. Montana State

Check out KLO Radio and/or ROOT Sports Teevee, if you can't drag your ass to the stadium

Not to worry. I don't bite much

Whattaya call a Montana State Football team that's 0-4 in 2016 Big Sky Conference play?  DANGEROUS; that's what.  Check out this morning's Brandon Garside story, which sets the stage for this afternoon's Stewart Stadium football tilt, wherein our WSU Wildcats will host a ticked-off Montana State Bobcats team, who'll no doubt be taking the field with a major chip on their shoulder:

• Weber State football: Wildcats go for 4 straight against Montana State

Kickoff's set for 1:30 p.m.  Check out KLO Radio and/or ROOT Sports Teevee, if you can't drag your pansey ass to the stadium.  Attention Cable Teevee subscribers.  Root Sports is likely on your channel lineup; Xfinity channel 52, for instance.

GO, Wildcats!

Updates:

• Opening drive: WSU 7, MSU Zip.
• WSU rollin' 14-0 in the first quarter, following MSU fumble.
• WSU up 21-0 in the first quarter, following a second MSU Fumble.
• Cats score again in the 1st Quarter  Score: 28-7.
• WSU scores again  Score: 35-14
• Bingo again.  WSU 42, MSU 14.
• Oops MSU scores.  Make it 41-21
• Bummer. MSU scores.  Make it 41-27
• It's now 45-27, after a WSU field goal, LOL.

WSU prevails, 45-27:  Here's the full skinny, via the Billings Montana Gazette:

• Weber State races past Montana State, 45-27

We'll fill in the Standard-Examiner version, once they get their slo-mo act together.

Too funny. The Trib beats the Standard to the punch:

• Weber State football: Wildcats get fast start and roll to 45-27 win over Montana State

Something from the Standard-Examiner, at long last:

• Weber State blows doors off Montana St. in 1st half, coasts to 4th straight win

Touche, Brandon Garside.

Bill and Hil, HAHAHAH!

Weird world, ainnit?

Too friggin' funny!

Bill and Hil, back in the Hippy Days

Big Congressional District 1 Debate. Rob Bishop's FatAss to be Kicked by Peter Clemens on 10/17/16

We're guessing Dr. Peter Clemens has 30 IQ points over Dumb Rob Bishop. Additionally, and unlike Bishop, Clemens isn't pocketing $millions in donations for selling off off Utah's natural resources to America's greedy billionaires.

Great news: A 1st Congressional District Debate between crooked Rep. Rob Bishop and honest Dr. Peter Clemens is set for Monday, October 17th at Weber State University in the Val A. Browning Center Austad Auditorium;  Here's the scoop, Peeps.  Check it out:

Be sure to add this to your calenders, Weber County Forum political wonks!

Hell Freezes Over: Glenn Beck Says Electing Hillary Clinton is the “Moral, Ethical Choice"

We are NOT making this up...

Via Paul Shoffner:

Let's have an Alternate Reality Festival, shall we?

• Hell freezes over: Glenn Beck says electing Hillary Clinton is the “moral, ethical choice”

No, no, no!

We are NOT making this up...

Layton Family Considers Lawsuit After Son Absolved Over Drugging Accusation

Should the dumbasses of the Clearfield Police Department pay for Mr. Ukena's upcoming mission?  We say YES.  Howbout You?

Another Standard-Examiner story invoking the mantra "Screw the Cops."

• Layton family considers lawsuit after son absolved over drugging accusation

Mr. Ukena, the exonerated former defendant, said he will return to work at Subway until November, when he’ll leave to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York.

Whattaya think, people? Should the dumbasses of the
Clearfield Police Department pay for Mr. Ukena's upcoming mission?

Another Standard-Examiner story invoking the mantra "Screw the Cops."

Weber State Football Game-Day Thread - Updated

Weber State looks for  gets 3rd straight win at tonight's homecoming against Portland State

Big doins in Ogden this evening, WSU Wildcats fans. Here's the Standard-Examiner lede, via Ace SE Sports Reporter Brandon Garside:

OGDEN — Fresh off a bye week, Weber State is geared up for homecoming Saturday night against Portland State.
The Wildcats (2-2) will go for their third-straight win of the season, a streak the purple and white haven’t achieved since 2010 in Ron McBride’s penultimate season.
The Vikings (2-3) are coming off a spectacular 2015 season that ended in the second round of the FCS Playoffs with a No. 6 national ranking. Now, PSU is 1-1 in conference play with a 45-20 win over Idaho State last week and a 45-31 loss to Southern Utah.
“We’ve got to be able to match their physicality. They’re tough. They’re not going to give up,” WSU head coach Jay Hill said. “They’re going to battle you to the bitter end so we’ve got to be ready to do the same things ourselves.

Read Mr. Garside's full story, Peeps:

• Weber State looks for 3rd straight win at homecoming against Portland State

If you can't make it to Stewart Stadium for tonight's big homecoming game, Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on KJZZ TV. It will also air on 1430 AM with Steve Klauke and former Wildcat David Hale on the call. Added bonus.  You can also catch tonight's live game video online, we're told, via Big Sky Sports, in the unlikely instances wherein you might be working late in your job cubicle (or prison cell), and/or had your Big Screen TeeVee "repoed."

Go Wildcats!

Update 10/8/16 9:00 P.M.:  The Wildcats slide by with another "thin" win, 14-10.  Bravo Wildcats!

Devastating New Ad Shows Trump Saying All the Things Dumb Mike Pence Claims He Never Said -Updated

Via political genius Rhonda Lea Nally (Certified Journalist):

Hay! You know, if you're going to say it on camera--when you know you are being recorded and people can go back and listen to it--you really ought to think about what you are saying or it can come back to haunt you.

Here's the proof, about which the lively Ms. Nally properly alludes:

• Devastating new ad shows Trump saying all the things Dumb Mike Pence claims he never said:

Check it out, Peeps!

Wake the hell up, my Republican friends...

Update 10/8/16: The pot sickens. Trump pretty much kills off his presidential ambitions, with an ill-timed, candid video:

• Trump recorded having extremely lewd conversation about women in 2005

The Trump preidency is now "dead meat," we'll now predict.

Conservative Pundit: Donald Trump Is ‘God’s Anointed Choice For President’

Save this one to your "humor files" folder, Peeps:

"In a column today, far-right radio host Laurie Roth writes that "several people" 'have been awakened and given visions and words from God as to who would become President' and they were (additionally told by God) that, quoting again, 'all told that Donald Trump was God’s anointed choice for President.'

Roth reportedly wonders if God is using Trump to “conquer evil” and “build back a country that God loves,” citing a chapter of the Bible that she believes points to a Trump election victory.

Here's the Laurie Roth bloglink, Peeps (wethink):

• BlogWire: Get Ready – God will have mercy on America this election and make her God’s light on a hill again

“Pray for a Donald Trump victory and expect greatness,” she writes. “Don’t do this because Trump is mouthy and imperfect but because he will honor Israel, is a sincere and new Christian who prays to the living God, has exceptional ideas for leadership and who has been prepared for this job…perhaps even by God. I believe God has spoken. You vote accordingly.”

(Don't laugh, people. Many crazed right-wingers listen to Laurie Roth, we're told.) Even more crazed crackpot Mormons try daily to get Ms. Roth's telephone number, we're also duly informed.

So.  Are Republicans crazy enough for your tastes, as the 2016 election fast approaches?

Your Blogmeister's take? 2016 Republicans are total looniebirds.

So what say you, Weber County Forum political Wonks?

Giants Whoop Mets

HAHAHAHAHA!!!  With Madison Bumgarner on the mound, the SF Giants whoop the NY Mets, 3-0 in tonight's NLDS game!

Here's tonight's box score

It'll be wonderful to see the Giants back in the playoffs, no?

Standard-Examiner: Awaiting Public Defense Changes, Data Says Prosecutors Paid More Than Defense

One more reason being broke in Utah Totally Sucks!

Via Studebaker Legal Services PC:

County attorneys are involved to varying degrees in the selection of defense counsel, the negotiation of defense attorney compensation, and the oversight of defense counsel performance. Having county attorneys involved in right-to-counsel decisions means that the defender’s courtroom adversary is the one ultimately responsible for whether the defender gets the next appointment or contract.
This shows a clear conflict of interest in justice. In order for defendants to get the right to effective counsel, there must be an independent group overseeing and funding the indigent defense system. Without this independent group, lower class people will continue to be trampled on by the justice system.

The Standard is also all over this story. Read up, Peeps!

Awaiting public defense changes, data says prosecutors paid more than defense

One more reason being broke in Utah Sucks!

House District 29 Candidates Talk Gun Rrights, Legalized Medical Cannabis, More

Vote Angela Urrea, people!

Via Cathy McKitrick of the Standard-Examiner:

FARR WEST and PERRY — In Utah’s House District 29, Republican incumbent Lee Perry seeks a fourth two-year term, and Democrat Angela Urrea believes it’s time for fresh perspectives on Utah’s Capitol Hill.
“I’m trying to give people an alternative,” Urrea said. “Perry is a nice guy ... but I don’t agree with a lot of his positions.”
Her website, angelaforutah.com, points to a perceived disconnect between state lawmakers and the people they represent as the reason she decided to enter the political fray./blockquote

Here's Ms. McKitrick's full story, peeps:

• House District 29 candidates talk gun rights, legalized medical cannabis, more

Your blogmeister has the highest regard for the clever, well educated, and street-smart Ms. Urrea. As for her opponent, the dull Mr. Perry, it's time for this bozo to consider retirement, wethinks.

Vote Angela Urrea, people!

Kewl Ogden City Video History - Check It Out, Ogden Peeps!

It's a great time to be a part of Ogden, and the best is still to come!

Good video stuff, eh, Ogden Lovers?

It's a great time to be a part of Ogden, and the best is still to come!

Posted by Ogden City Government on Thursday, September 29, 2016

And when you tout Ogden City's revival, don't forget to thank Heidi Harwood and Bill Parker, who had the guts to add the first couple of classy gems (City Club and Brewskis)  to Ogden's then floundering 25th street

Oh, yeah!

Scram, Mister Peterson

C'mon, peeps.  Ya gotta love this.  Here in Northern Utah, we have this 'sackless' Jeremy Peterson, Realtor guy, sitting in the catbird seat, and defending his crackpotted and gerrymandered legislative District 9 seat

C'mon, all.. We all know this nitwit needs to go.  Here's the SE story concerning this disturbing situation/race, by the way:

• House District 9 voters have two distinct options this November

You can do one of two things in this race wethinks, District 9 voters:

• Vote this idiotic moron, i.e. Jeremy Peterson OUT!
• Pick a Mature Candidate, i.e, Kathie Darby; https://www.facebook.com/kathiedarbyutah/

C'mon, people.  Tell your local Republican Party to "Stick it" Sheesh.

How to Stream Tonight's First Presidential Debate Online, No Cable Required Updated 2X

Do NOT let the cat get your tongues...  Be sure to throw in your own 2¢!

Via Lifehacker.com:

Scary, ainnit...?

Tonight, presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will meet for their first debate. Here’s how to tune in for free online, even if you don’t have cable.
The debate begins at 9PM ET/6PM PT.Host of NBC’s Nightly News Lester Holt will be moderating the debate. Tonight, all the questions will come from the moderator, but Facebook will be collecting questions throughout tonight’s debate for the next presidential debate on October 9th.

Read up, Peeps:

• How to Stream Tonight's First Presidential Debate Online, No Cable Required

You're all invited to join in at any time on the anticipated discussion here on Weber County's FIRST and FOREMOST political blog.

Do NOT let the cat get your tongues...  Be sure to throw in your own 2¢!

Update 9/25/16 9:42 p.m..: Exactly Right!

Update 9/27/16 10:55 a.m.: "How bad did it get? At one point, as Trump was groping blindly across the minefields of foreign policy, losing a foot here and a leg there, he announced, apropos of nothing, that “I think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament.” Clinton smiled sweetly and exclaimed, “Whew, okay!” The audience at Hofstra University, sternly instructed to remain silent throughout the debate, ignored the rules and burst into laughter.
They were laughing at you, Donald, not with you."\

• Clinton delivers a beat-down

Update 9/27/16 3:50 p.m. Oh Shite. This sucks, eh fellow Republicans?

Weber State Football -- WSU Wildcats Narrowly Get By UC-Davis With a Giant UC Blunder

Wildcats Stumble Into Inadvertant Win

Here's the latest, in re our warm/cold WSU fan love/hate fanship dillemma Here's what your blogmeister is now slightly raving about, Wildcat Fans, as Weber State football eagerly opened up conference play last night at UC Davis with a "win!"

Read up, Peeps!

• Taylor Hintze lifts Weber State past UC Davis in conference opener

Nothing to rave about, we guess; but it's somehow nice to put another one in the Win Column, we guess.

The Wildcats are now 2-4 for the season, and 1-0 in the Big Sky Conference.

Great Photo Memes of 2016 Trial Version

Dig it, Peeps!

Here'a a great meme for our new upcoming Weber County Feature, "Great Photo Memes of 2016":

Dig it Peeps,

LOL!

WaPo: This Is How Fascism Comes to America

Don't be a dumbass. Fight fascism in its many creepy forms!

Via the Washington Post (the smarter nemesis of the Grey Lady):

Check out the lede

Republican politicians marvel at how [Trump] has “tapped into” a hitherto unknown swath of the voting public. But what he has tapped into is what the founders most feared when they established the democratic republic: the popular passions unleashed, the “mobocracy.” Conservatives have been warning for decades about government suffocating liberty. But here is the other threat to liberty that Alexis de Tocqueville and the ancient philosophers warned about: that the people in a democracy, excited, angry and unconstrained, might run roughshod over even the institutions created to preserve their freedoms. As Alexander Hamilton watched the French Revolution unfold, he feared in America what he saw play out in France — that the unleashing of popular passions would lead not to greater democracy but to the arrival of a tyrant, riding to power on the shoulders of the people.

Read the whole dang deal!

• This is how fascism comes to America

Don't be a dumbass. Fight fascism in its many creepy forms!