Mexican Casa Bonita, South Park (cartoon)

South Park: "Casa Bonita" (Season 16, Episode 9, Part 1)

(South Park episodes but as playlists) Kyle's parents are taking him and three of his friends to Casa Bonita, Colorado's version of a Mexican Disneyland. When Kyle chooses to invite Butters over him, Cartman arranges to have Butters go "conveniently" missing.

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¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! ("Beautiful Hose, My Love")

The IT has finally been built with hole control

(MTV Documentary Films) The new documentary from the makers of Comedy Central's hit adult cartoon South Park is called ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! It's about the purchase of childhood dreamland, a Mexican restaurant in Denver, Colorado, that is so big, colorful, and busy with activities that it's really more a "Mexican Disneyland" than an eatery and cantina. It has everything...and a lot of problems only money, management and luck will be able to solve.

From Sweet Relief, MTV Documentary Films, and the producers of the Emmy®-nominated Six Days to Air, ¡CASA BONITA MI AMOR! tracks the rise, fall, and revival of the beloved Colorado landmark Casa Bonita by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. #CasaBonitaMiAmor #MTVDocumentaryFilms More from MTV Documentary Films: FB: mtvdocs, X: mtvdocs, IG: mtvdocs.

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How cops, paramedic killed Elijah McClain

Gabe Gutierrez, David K. Li (NBC News); Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

"There are some MURDERERS with badges in there" [the police station] (latimes.com)

A supporter holds a shirt on June 19 in Denver to bring attention to the police-killing of Elijah McClain last August in Aurora, Colorado (David Zalubowski/AP).

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Colorado police officers involved in death of Elijah McClain taken off the streets
The deadly police confrontation with a young Black man in the Denver suburb of Aurora is getting renewed scrutiny.

But he was black in Colorado. That's what we do.

Three killer cops in Colorado involved in the killing of a 23-year-old Black man with impunity last year have suddenly been moved to "non-enforcement" duties due to the heat created by the George Floyd protests.

Mr. Elijah McClain's arrest and homicide by police and paramedics has suddenly merited renewed scrutiny, officials said Friday [6/26/20].

The Aurora Police Department said the action was "done in an effort to protect those officers" who arrested McClain on Aug. 24, 2019 then used so much force and poor judgment that they ended up with his death on their hands.

"They are now [comfortably] working in a non-enforcement capacity," Detective Faith Goodrich said. "This can be in a variety of different assignments but is usually administrative in nature." [It's like a vacation with the same pay and privileges and perks.]

• VIDEO: Moment-to-moment deadly arrest of Elijah McClain

The murderers (paramedic not shown)

Officers wrapped up in the homicide of Mr. McClain -- Nathan Woodyard and Jason Rosenblatt -- were moved to desk duty on June 13, and Officer Randy Roedema was re-assigned on June 20, officials said.

They had a hand in killing McClain, who was pronounced dead on Aug. 27, 2019, three days after they confronted him when answering a call about a suspicious [i.e., young Black] person in the area.

Officers then applied a deadly chokehold as they escalated their aggressive confrontation, authorities have said [though they used euphemisms to conceal the gravity of the situation]….

• The coroner for the counties of Adams and Broomfield determined that McClain's death was due to "undetermined causes." But he did not rule out whether the violent police chokehold, in addition to the shocking administration of the dangerous sedative ketamine (street name "Special K") paramedics chose to inject into Mr. McClain, might have contributed to his death.

Protesters across the nation have been calling for action against systemic racism and police brutality since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. More

• What is KETAMINE? This medication is mainly used for starting and maintaining anesthesia. It induces a trance-like state while providing pain relief [Why would he need relief unless police had used excessive force?], sedation, and memory loss. Other uses include sedation in intensive care and treatment of pain... Common side effects include agitation, confusion, or hallucinations as the medication wears off. Elevated blood pressure and muscle tremors are also common.... More

Vote to decriminalize "magic mushrooms"

Associated Press (ap.org); Seth Auberon, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

A vendor bags psilocybin mushrooms at a pop-up cannabis market in Los Angeles on Monday, May 6, 2019. Voters decide this week whether Denver will become the first U.S. city to decriminalize the use of psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in "magic mushrooms."

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Denver holds "magic mushroom" decriminalization vote

DENVER, Colorado - Voters today were deciding whether to make Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin -- the psychoactive substance in "magic mushrooms" -- and add a new chapter to the city's role in shaping wider drug policy.

Christianity: "Jesus is a mushroom."

A citizen initiative on the ballot followed the same tack taken by marijuana activists to decriminalize pot possession in 2005 in the city. That move was followed by statewide legalization in 2012. A number of other states have since broadly allowed marijuana sales and use by adults.

Psilocybin decriminalization campaign organizers have said their only goal is to keep people out of jail in Denver for using or possessing the drug to cope with depression, anxiety, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and other conditions.

UCLA's psychedelic conference

The initiative would effectively decriminalize use or possession of psilocybin by people 21 and older, making it the lowest enforcement priority for police and prosecutors. The measure does not legalize psilocybin or permit its sale by cannabis businesses.

Kevin Matthews, director of the Decriminalize Denver campaign, said psilocybin has helped him with depression for years. "This is not something you have to take every day," the 33-year-old Denver native said. "It provides a lot of lasting benefits, weeks and months after one experience." More
 

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4/20: massive Denver smoke out (legal)

Wisdom Quarterly; DenverPost.com; HuffingtonPost.com

Cannabis sativa leaf (David McNew/Getty Images/scpr.org)

Abuse? (Julia Ferguson/flickr)

It looks like one of the the biggest "420" pot parties in Colorado will be shut down again in 2013, despite recreational marijuana having been legalized last November.

 

The University of Colorado Boulder announced Monday that for the second year in a row the university will be shut down on April 20 in an attempt to snuff out the annual 4/20 marijuana smoke-out on campus.

 

“We are committed to ending the unwelcome 4/20 gathering on the CU-Boulder campus, and this year’s approach represents the continuance of a multi-year plan to achieve that end,” said CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano in a statement.

 

“What’s important here is the protection of CU’s missions of research, teaching, and service. This isn’t about marijuana or drug laws. It’s about not disrupting the important work of a world-class university.”

 

In years past, the marijuana celebration has brought 10,000 to 12,000 people to campus to light up, and no doubt this year with recreational weed newly legalized, university leaders were very likely concerned with drawing record crowds. More

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Killing the Man who Raped Me (audio)

David Holthouse, This American Life, WBEZ/NPR.org ("Slow to React")

WARNING: This story is not suitable for children (23 minutes).

Act One: When I Grow Up

Back in 2004, reporter David Holthouse published a remarkable story in Westword, the weekly paper he worked for. It's about something he waited his entire life to do -- killing the man who violently raped him when he was a child of 7 (pictured left).

The perpetrator, now a married father, was a 15-year-old sports star. Holthouse, still suffering the fallout of his early childhood trauma, now lives and works in Alaska.

David Holthouse confronts killer inside him on This American Life: Read shocking story here

Michael Roberts (Jan. 24, 2011)

​Listeners to the latest edition of This American Life, a National Public Radio staple hosted by Ira Glass, heard a startling story -- one Westword readers first discovered back in 2004. The subject? Then-staff writer David Holthouse's plan to murder the man who'd raped him at age seven.

To kill or not to kill? That is the question. Revenge or real resolution in the way of unthinkable acts one has endured at the hands of others. David Holthouse as an adult (sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com).

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Obama Disappoints

TheRealNews featuring Naomi Klein

(TheRealNews.com) Klein speaks about President Barack Obama and the intellectual and political integrity of the Progressive movement. He may sound good covering, and look saying it, but beloved Obama is so far simply upholding the status quo and being used as the greatest pawn the US has yet seen.

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