Comment on Twin American obsessions that trump politics in spring

The first-ever Outside Festival took place over the weekend in the heart of downtown Denver. This new event billed itself as a one-of-a-kind celebration of everything outdoors, featuring music, films, speakers, and gear. The festival is designed for beginners and experts alike, with experiences and inspiration for climbers, hikers, cyclists, skiers, and the everyday recreationists. The Outside Festival is driven by a partnership between Outside Interactive Inc., The State of Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation Office, and Visit Denver — all with a shared desire to make the outdoors more accessible and more inclusive. The climber’s corner had three unique walls featuring competitions, demonstrations and clinics for athletes of all abilities; Film x Ideas were held inside the Denver Art Museum for inspiring documentaries and powerful speakers.  The lineup of well known guests included swimmer Diana Nyad, Snowboarder Shaun White, filmmaker Jimmy Chin, mountaineer, alpinist and climber Conrad Anker and other well known figures in the sports world. The main stage music venue hosted all-day performances from local and national artists.

A man is in critical condition after being rescued from Chatfield Reservoir, according to South Metro Fire Rescue. The department responded to a water rescue alert in the Kingfisher area at Chatfield State Park around 4:35 p.m. Sunday, according to a South Metro Fire Rescue post on X. A man in his 20s was underwater and had not resurfaced for more than nine minutes, according to the department. Divers found the man around 5:34 p.m., according to officials, and first responders performed CPR.

Southbound Speer Boulevard is closed because of a crash in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, according to an X post by the Denver Police Department. The crash occurred at the intersection of Speer Boulevard and West 11th Avenue, according to police. Three motorists were involved and no serious injuries have been reported, the post states. Southbound Speer is temporarily closed so workers can clear the scene, according to the 3:59 p.m.

The Rockies’ giant-killing days are done — for now. With two chances to claim a rare series win over the NL West-leading Dodgers at Chavez Ravine, not to mention a third straight series victory over a division leader, the Rockies came up empty twice in 24 hours. The second loss came Sunday afternoon, as Colorado’s lineup failed to deliver for the second game in a row and left-hander Austin Gomber was taken deep twice while lasting just three innings in a 4-0 defeat. It marked the 12th time in 16 trips that the Rockies left Dodger Stadium with a series loss.

This serial liar wants us to believe we never heard that thing that literally came out of his mouth thousands of times, day in and day out at his cult rallies when he was running against Hillary Clinton. Here's Trump during a portion of his interview on Fox & Friends this Sunday, insulting everyone's intelligence by pretending he wasn't the ring leader of the "lock her up" chants at those rallies. CAIN: You famously said regarding Hillary Clinton, “lock her up.” You declined to do that as president. TRUMP: I beat her.

It used to be that The Heritage Institute was one of those semi-respectable right-wing think tanks, like the American Enterprise Institute, the Hudson Institute, the CATO Institute, the Claremont Institute, etc. that generally espoused conservative ideology without going off into crazyland, like the John Birch Society. Well, those days are dead and gone, and they've now thrown their lot in with the rest of the MAGA anti-American extremists. Source: Raw Story A conservative think tank with a controversial plan for if Donald Trump wins the presidential election was under fire on Friday after flying their headquarters' flag upside down and then advertising it. Heritage Foundation, known in part for its "Project 2025" plan to remake the government in MAGA's image, posted a photo of its upside-down flag on social media after Trump was convicted of 34 felonies in a hush money cover-up case in New York.