Awesome Mother Jones Video Which Has Gone Viral With No Known Antidote!

Happy viral video du jour, Peeps!

Seriously, people (especially Donald Trump fans). You need to watch this ancient film footage, with its very cleverly done Donald Trump voiceover!


Let's just say we're putting our toe into the water early in this 2016 Presidential Election Season, peeps.

Weber State Professor Recognized with Freedom of Iinformation Award

Let's just say we're vicariously proud of Dan Schroeder

Big News yesterday:

• Weber State professor recognized with 'freedom of information' award

Let's just say we're vicariously proud of Dan Schroeder, who was smart enough to keep the story alive by continuing to post on Weber County Forum, even whilst the major Utah media took an inexpicable snooze.

Congrats, Dan

Big Doins Tonight: Weber County Commission Candidates Debate - Updated

Check back in around 6:30 p.m. tonight, as we'll try to feature tonight's Standard-Examiner live-stream.

Big doin's in the Weber County Commision race this evening, as Weber County Commission candidates Caitlin Gochnour and Jim Harvey battle it out in tonight's debate.
The Standard has at least one great pre-debate story about this,  Read up, Peeps:

• Profiles: Republican candidates for Weber County Commission before the primary

Added bonus: Sorry about the crappy video quality, folks. I'll keep it linked, however, in the hope that Youtube will issue a proper recorded version, soon. Update 5/31/16: Happily, The Standard has uploaded a cleaned-up version:

• Watch Thursday's Weber Commissioner debate LIVE

Update 5/28/16 10:00 pm:  At risk of engaging in seeming overkill on this topic; Here's an excellent post-debate report from the Standard's Cathy McKitrick, highlighting some of  the high and low points of Thursday night's Weber County Commission Debate:

• Weber County Commission debate differentiates candidates Gochnour, Harvey

Carry on, people...

On His Deathbed, Former Republican Senator Apologizes For Donald Trump (Video)

As for the current situation in Utah's federal Senate delegation, and in hindsight, Your blogmeister would take Bob Bennett any day of the week, dead or alive, over his crackpot tea party replacement, Mike Lee.

Here's the video story, peeps:



Perhaps the Standard's Don Porter got it at least halfway right, after all, in the end:

• Sen. Bennett displayed lost eagerness to serve the people

"Unlike many of the politicians populating government today, Bennett was a statesman. In my book, that’s high praise," eulogizes  the ever curmudgeonly Standard-Examiner legend, Don Porter.

As for the current situation in Utah's federal Senate delegation, and in hindsight, Your blogmeister would take Bob Bennett any day of the week, dead or alive, over his crackpot tea party replacement, Mike Lee.

Howbout you, folks?

Standard-Examiner: The Weber County Commission Debate Matters

Dang right "this debate matters," Weber County voters

Via the Standard Examiner:

To provide a forum for candidates to inform Weber County residents about where they stand on the issues, the Olene S. Walker Institute of Politics & Public Service at Weber State University is partnering with the Weber County League of Women Voters and the Standard-Examiner to hold a debate between the two Republican candidates for Weber County Commissioner, Caitlin Gochnour and Jim Harvey. Greg Halling, Standard-Examiner executive editor, will moderate the exchange.
The public is invited to the free event at 6:30 p.m. May 26 in Hurst Center Dumke Legacy Hall on WSU’s Ogden campus. If you have questions, contact Carla Price cprice@weber.edu/801-626-6252.

Here's the full SE story, folks:

• The Weber County Commission debate matters

Dang rights "this debate matters," people. The essential question is whether the corrupt GOP convention system will shove another "good old boy" down the Weber County lumpencitizens' throats, or alternatively, whether the smart, and politically dedicated Caitlin Gochnour, with eight years' proven experience on the Ogden City Council, will succeed in overturning the current County Commission logjam against an unproven political newcomer..

Caitlin Gochnour

Jim Harvey

Mark your calenders, folks, and plan to be in attendance..

This is bound to be a great debate, wethinks... perhaps the most important debate of the 2016 General Election Season, wethinks!

Selling a Birthright: What Would the West Be Like Without Its Federal lands?

Please read this article, even if you don't read anything else today (or this week..or next week)

• Selling a Birthright: What would the West be like without its federal lands?

Screw this little turd/scammer Ken Ivory, we say..

Seriously. Will the voters of Utah's troubled House Distict 47 ever give Utah any relief from the likes of Chris Butters and/or the current current sleazy but dapper dilletante, i.e. Leg 47 dipshit, Ken Ivory?

Who knows, now that Trump is the presumptive GOP presidential nominee?

The Independent:The Electoral Politics of the 2016 Western Freedom Festival

Vote Caitlin Gochnour for the Weber County Commission, Weber County Forum readers. Time to clean house on the free-spending Weber County Commission "good ole boy's men's club," wethinks.

Vote Caitlin Gochnour

Disturbing news from The Independent (a voice for Utah)  of all  places.  No we'd never heard of them it until today either.  But nevermind.  Check out this morning's disturbing lede:

Time to get your free VIP tickets for the taxpayer-funded 2016 Western Freedom Festival, this year held 9/11 weekend in Richfield, Utah. You just need to ask your county commissioners who childishly call themselves “The Posse.” I mean, who are they after to string up from a tree, taxpayers and student protesters?
The Posse consists of County Commissioners from Beaver, Garfield, Kane, Iron, Piute, San Juan, Wayne, Weber, Washington, and Sevier Counties.
The Posse annually spends over $100,000 in public funds supporting both the Western Freedom Festival and the American Lands Council that is associated with the event. It’s money down the toilet on political, marginally religious pet projects of no intrinsic value and with nothing to show for the expense.

Read the full article here, Peeps.

• The electoral politics of the 2016 Western Freedom Festival

That's right, gentle readers.  According to this report, "[T]he Posse (including the Weber County Commission)  annually spends over $100,000 in public funds supporting both the Western Freedom Festival and the evil American Lands Council  that is associated with the event. It’s money down the toilet on political, marginally religious pet projects of no intrinsic value and with nothing to show for the expense."

And there's's more to ponder "There is an election season underway wherein candidates for office may not agree with incumbents who believe they can misuse taxpayer monies and property to support pet causes and private concerts. As a taxpaying voter, neither should you."

Vote Caitlin Gochnour for the Weber County Commission, Weber County Forum readers. Time to start cleaning  house on the Weber County Commission "Good ole Boys Mens Club," wethinks. There's no way that the tight-fisted and sensible Ms. Gochnour would ever stand for this B.S, wethinks.

Breaking 2016 Election information

What a pity it is, wethink, that Standard-Examiner readers can't get accurate information from our home-town newspaper, although we'll compliment the Standard for at least having their heart "in the right place."

In the aftermath of Sunday's giant windstorm, here's a stirring editorial from the Standard-Examiner, which was inaccessable to us, due to the unfortunate Sunday-Moday power outtage, peeps:

• Utah, it's inexcusable that Lee, Love and Stewart are unopposed

Happily though, Crazy Mike Lee, et al. actually have a great a slate of worthy challengers, namely, those candidates who appear on the Weber County Elections and Utah Lt Governor's respective websites:

• Weber County Elections - 2016 List of Candidates
• Lt. Governor's Website 2016 Candiate Filings

What a pity it is, wethink, that Standard-Examiner readers can't get accurate information from our own home-town neswpaper, although we'll compliment the Standard for at least having their heart "in the right place," HAHAHA!