Republicans are Morons, No? LOL

Read it and weep, American Conservationists

Top-notch cranky letter from highly articulate Standard-Examiner reader, Pam Wixom.  She's one smart gal, and she well frames the issues regarding the ongoing federal land-grab, naming names and clobbering this whole Koch Bothers backed effort to bribe all Republican to turn over all Utah Public Lands to the politically satanic Koch Brothers. Read up, peeps!

• Bishop, Chaffetz orchestrating a land grab on behalf of the oil industry

More...

•  Beyond the Bundys: The Far Right and the Future of Conservation

Read it and weep!

Longtime Weber County Employee Jim Harvey Files as Commissioner Candidate

Vote wisely in November, PEEPS!

Too Kewl!!!  With another election looming in November of this year, it looks like we already have a battle royal pending in the 2016 Weber County Commission race:

OGDEN — A familiar face in Weber County just threw his hat into the political ring.
Ogden resident Jim Harvey filed his intent to run as County Commissioner, challenging one-term incumbent Matthew Bell....

Both Bell and Harvey are Republicans, so the intraparty challenge could ignite this year’s primary season in Weber County. Both candidates have declared their intent to gather signatures, a new path to the primary that is currently being challenged in federal court. Both also intend to tread the traditional caucus/convention trail to try to secure their party's nomination.

Read up Peeps!

• Longtime Weber County employee Jim Harvey files as commissioner candidate

Vote wisely, People!

Bob Bernick's Notebook: Republican Candidates Really Like SB54

Hahahahaha, yes?

Fascinating story via UtahPolicy.com:  Here's the lede:

Guess who is using SB54’s new dual-track process to get on their political party’s primary ballot in 2016?
Republicans.
Especially Republican incumbents in the Utah House and Senate.
In fact, when I checked Thursday afternoon on the Utah Elections website, out of the 70 folks who have signed up for the petition route, all but one were Republicans.
The lone Democrat is gubernatorial candidate Vaughn Cook.

Read up, Peeps!

• Bob Bernick's Notebook: Republican Candidates Really Like SB54

Hahahahaha, yes?

Smirk.

Breaking: Crackpot Board of Education Superintendent Takes 90-day Leave Due To Admitted Sickness, Board Immediatly Names Replacement

Via the Standard-Examiners; Ace Reporter, Taylor Hintz:

Utah State Board of Education superintendent Brad Smith is taking a 90-day leave of absence to address health concerns, according to a statement from the board.
“We wish Brad all the best while he is away,” Board of Education Chari David Crandall said in a statement.
Deputy Superintendent Sydnee Dickson has been named acting State Superintendent of Public Instruction, with Rich K. Nye, associate superintendent of data, assessment and accountability being named as deputy superintendent.

• Board of Education superintendent takes 90-day leave, board names replacement

Although some internet mystics would call this situation more evidence of "Bad Karma," we'll just wish the poor bastard well.

Breaking: Former Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey Called as LDS Mission President - Updated

Alternate headline: Crazed and Annoying Mormon Polititian gets shipped off to "Virtual Siberia."

Here's the lede, peeps:

OGDEN — Former Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey has been called to be a mission president for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
He will serve for three years as president of the church's Peru Lima North Mission in South America.
Godfrey will take over as leader of the mission from current President John Erickson on July 1 and will oversee dozens of missionaries and supervise the church's missionary work in the area.

And NO.  We are not making this up.

• Former Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey called as LDS mission president

Sadly there seem to be no LDS missions "off earth" or even in Antarctica.  Congrats to the Mormon Church however, for finding a place where "Elder" Boss Godfrey can do no further harm.

Update 1/9/16 10:00 a.m.: The Standard's Dana Ribington fleshes out yesterdy's D-News story, filling in important details which reporter Morgan Wilkins left out:

• Former Ogden mayor Matthew Godfrey surprised by mission president call

Happy New Year, Weber County Forum Clones!

Dang rights, WCF regulars... experience all the merriment and mirth!

Happy 2016, WCF clones.  Our advice as we inexorably creep up on the year of our Year of the Lord 2016?

A. Don't celebrate like this.  It's a mite inelegant, wethinks:

• Jim Carry Goes Wild on New Years Eve

B. And YES! here's a nice 2015 retrospective folks, designed to allow you to "kiss off" the year 2015, with nary a tear in your eye:

• Dave Barry’s 2015 Year in Review

Dang rights, WCF regulars... experience all the merriment and mirth!

The Hill: Chrome Extension Scrubs Trump From The Web

Just a helpful technology tip from yer old pal, Rudi!

Encouraging technological news via the politically ambiguous TheHill.Com. Tired of the "saturation reporting" on The Donald from everyone from the NY Tims to the Cartoon Network?  We have an encouraging story, peeps.  Here's the lede:

Americans tired of the media fixation on real estate mogul and presidential candidate Donald Trump have a new tool at their disposal, courtesy of a Brooklyn web developer.
The Trump Filter extension for Chrome, created by Rob Spectre and spotted by US News this week, will remove content on the web related to the Republican front-runner's candidacy. It includes three levels of sensitivity: “mild,” “aggressive,” and “vindictive.”
The extension, which was released last week, detected Trump-related headlines on a range of news sites and removed them when tested by The Hill. It also eliminated some non-Trump related content while on the "aggressive" setting.

Read up!

• Chrome extension scrubs Trump from the web

Just a helpful technology tip from yer old pal, Rudi!

Obama: Happy Christmas, Everyone

Merry Christmas, peeps! Nobody but our hero, Barry O, could possibly say it better in so many ways, we do swear:

• Here's a Video of President Obama Saying "Merry Christmas" Over and Over and Over

Let us @ Weber County Forum adopt these messages and simply say,Happy Christmas, everyone!

For Republicans, Bigotry is the New Normal

Check your party registration, Sane Utah Republicans

Top-notch Wapo OpEd, submitted for re-publication via long-time WCF reader/contributor Ozboy.  "An interesting editorial in today's Washington Post, about Republican perfidy.  Might make a good piece for the WCF," the ever politically savvy Ozboy sez, in a rare instance of understatement.  Wethinks Ozboy doth not steer us wrong however. Check it out, folks:

• For Republicans, bigotry is the new normal

Added bonus:  Ozboy also submits this additional gem for your consideration, folks:

• Wash. Post Editorial Board Slams GOP's Embrace Of "Bigotry, Hatred and Magical Thinking"

Media Matters "nails it" in summary, wethinks:

Fear-mongering and raw xenophobia were once the hallmarks of fringe candidates. Today the fringe candidates have stormed center stage, brandishing their zeal and hyperbole and, disturbingly, dragging the mainstream along with them.

Check your party registration, Gentle Utah Republicans, now that the American GOP has become the official party of fascism and hatred.

Salt Lake Tribune: Republicans OK $14M Land-transfer Lawsuit, Say Utah Must Regain "Sovereignty."

Legal team urges Utah to go to court, estimating the cost at a mere $14 million.

Following up on our previous discussions in re this topic, The Salt Lake Tribune carries a story this morning reporting the latest development in Rep. Ken Ivory's American Lands Council Land-grab.

Here's the lede, Peeps:

The federal government has no constitutional authority to permanently retain millions of acres in Western states, latecomers to the federal union that have thus been relegated to "second-class" status instead of sovereigns on equal footing with the older states to the east of the 100th meridian.
That's the conclusion of a 145-page legal analysis submitted Wednesday to the Utah Legislature by a team of outside lawyers hired to weigh Utah's legal prospects in its public lands fight with the federal government. The team urged Utah to go to court, estimating the cost at $14 million. [Emphasis Added.]
"We are a federal republic. The central government is run by the states. The members of the republic, the states, must be equal in power and sovereignty," New Orleans lawyer George Wentz told the legislative panel that commissioned the report at a cost of $500,000. Utah has been denied the promise of full sovereignty by federal policies that thwarted the "disposal" of public land, according to Wentz and his colleagues.
Citing the consultants' conclusions, the Utah Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands on Wednesday voted to direct them to prepare a complaint asserting a claim to 31 million acres of public land. It would be left up to Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to decide whether such a case would be filed, mostly likely as a petition for original jurisdiction before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Read up, Peeps:

• Republicans OK $14M land-transfer lawsuit, say Utah must regain sovereignty

Just like clockwork, Pat Bagley nails it, no? Hold onto your wallets, O Gentle (and Ever-docile) Utah Taxpayers.

Screw These Fascist Republicans!

Screw these fascist Rebublicans!

"I personally, I have to say this honestly, have a hard time understanding how anyone could vote for tax breaks for billionaires, for millionaires, for large corporations and then say we don't have the resources to protect our veterans," said Senator Sanders, the measure's chief author."

Fascists should make you sick, eh, my fellow Americans?

Trump Leads Latest Poll by Large Margin

Meanwhile...Sanders Beats All Top Republican Candidates In Latest Poll

Via Pat Bagley: "Gas is below $2, employment is good, dollar is strong, stock market is soaring. meanwhile, Trump vows to change all that."

• Trump Leads Latest Poll by Large Margin

Keep on voting against your personal economic  interests, Peeps.

Meanwhile... consider this:

• Sanders Beats All Top Republican Candidates In Latest Poll

LOL, No???

Standard-Examiner: Weber State University Finishes As Most Improved Big Sky "Winner" in 2015

Gotta say we're totally proud of Coach Hill and our Wildcats, Peeps

Okay Weber State Wildcats fans, we confess that we've been a mite remiss.  So hopelessly caught up in the ongoing spectacle of the myriad of College and NFL programs over the weekend as we were, we're confident and satisfied that we dang nearly forgot to post these most-important post-game stories from the National Sports media:

• Weber State runs past Idaho State 35-14
• Weber State football: Wildcats top Idaho State to finish with winning record
• Weber State beats ISU, records first winning season since 2010

Gotta say we're totally proud of Coach Hill and our Wildcats, Peeps, who finished "winners" @ 6-5.

"Winners." Yes.  Get used to that appellation, Wildcats fans:

Weber State's grand season closing victory will no doubt annoy OZboy, who's plainly a complete Internet Loser with a sad, (very sad) "retardation" in re his seriously lame Football Picks!

Alliance for a Better Utah Lobbies to Impeach "Crackpot" Utah Judge

Jackass Judge Johansen needs to go

This morning, the Alliance for a Better Utah asked the Utah Legislature to begin impeachment proceedings against crackpot Utah 7th District Judge Scott Johansen.... and launched a web-based citizen petition on change.org.:

Let's remove Idiot Judge Scott Johansen

First good Utah political news your blogmeister has heard in at least a week. Nuff said, so far Finally... after being off the grid with zero amounts of Red Meat News  for over a week, Your CANNY Weber County Forum posts "zero out" all crackpot GOP posts, of course,

naturellement?

Lets just say that mere words can't express your blogmeister's sheer distaste for Utah politics.

Update 8:00 P.M: Happily, there's progress in this matter:

• Utah judge removes himself from same-sex foster parent case

Next obvious step for this moron? Resignation.

Paul Ryan - World-Class A-hole

Is Paul Ryan a hypocrite? You be the judge

"Residents of the inner city have a real culture problem and a lack of a work ethic," sez Speaker of the U.S House of Representatives, Paul Ryan:

Is Ryan a hypocrite? You be the judge:

• Government Programs and Taxpayers Financed Paul Ryan: He Didn't Make It on His Own

And keep on voting Republican, people.

Breaking: Lowly Weber State University Whips University of California

Wildcats roll past UC Davis 23-3

OK folks!  As rabid Weber State University fans, we at Weber County Forum can't contain ourselves regarding this stirring Weber State Football development!  Believe it or not, against all odds, our lowly Weber State Wildcats totally whooped the mighty University of California football team this afternoon at Stewart Stadium, by a whopping score of 23-3. Read up, "Cats fans":

• Wildcats roll past UC Davis 23-3

Put that in your silly little "pipe"and "smoke it," Wildcats detractors, as our "Cats" now go 5-5 for the season.

Go Wildcats!

Update 11/8/15 3:00 p.m.:  The Standard's Brandon Garside is all over this story, too:

• Weber State defense shines in 23-3 win over UC Davis

Jeb can "fix it,"

LOL! ya gotta Love It

"Jeb" has a new motto.

Keep on voting "Republican," People,.. err... you lame-brain GOP idiots.

Who is This Guy Fawkes Guy?

Ahem!  "Over the past decade, dissidents across the globe have appropriated the visage of Guy Fawkes, the infamous insurgent who tried to blow up the British Parliament in 1605, warping the once-reviled fringe rebel into a widespread symbol of resistance." Learn up, concerning this interesting recurring phenomenon, PEEPS! 

• Guy Fawkes - Wikipedia

No need to thank us for this revealing,invigoratring AND Shit-hot info, inasmuch as we are RUDIZINK!

Added Bonus:

• How Guy Fawkes became the face of post-modern protest

2015 Ogden Municipal Election Night Special - Election Night Vote Tallies - Updated

The ballots have been processed; the votes have been tallied; and here are tonight's unofficial election results, Weber County Forum political wonks:

Ogden City Mayor
Total
Number of Precincts 45
Precincts Reporting 45 100.0 %
Times Counted 8104/22533 36.0 %
Total Votes 8025
Caldwell, Mike 6394 79.68%
Benitez, Sebastian 1631 20.32%
Ogden City Council - Municipal Ward 2
Total
Number of Precincts 11
Precincts Reporting 11 100.0 %
Times Counted 1785/5743 31.1 %
Total Votes 1533
Hyer, Richard 1533 100.00%
Ogden City Council - Municipal Ward 4
Total
Number of Precincts 15
Precincts Reporting 15 100.0 %
Times Counted 3558/7849 45.3 %
Total Votes 3486
Nadolski, Ben 2047 58.72%
Gladwell, Daniel 1439 41.28%
Ogden City Council - At Large Seat C
Total
Number of Precincts 45
Precincts Reporting 45 100.0 %
Times Counted 8104/22533 36.0 %
Total Votes 7906
Lopez, Luis 4082 51.63%
Ogden, John 3824 48.37%

Thanks to all candidates who participated in this year's Ogden Municipal Election, and hearty congratulations to tonight's big winners.

Update 11/4/15 7:45 a.m.: The Standard-Examiner carries the Added Bonus late story:

• Caldwell secures second term, Lopez and Nadolski nab council seats

Well... 'doh!.

Standard-Examiner: Ogden Mayor Candidates Debate Policing, Infrastructure

Ogden City Mayoral candidates stand for final pre-election debate

OK, Peeps!  With the Ogden City Municipal Election coming up on November 3, 2015, we're going to keep this short, but sweet.  As we announced earlier, our Ogden City Mayoral candidates stood for their final pre-election debate on October 28, 2015.

Read up, Ogden City voters! Standard-Examiner Reporter Becky Wright provides the story:

• Ogden mayor candidates debate policing, infrastructure

Given the heavy traffic to our Weber County Forum election module  this week, we're convinced that many Ogden City voters haven't yet cast their ballots.

Hopefully this afternoon's WCF story and SE link will be helpful in that regard.