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• Utah Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz Calls On Barack Obama To Withdraw American Troops From Afghanistan

  Utah's junior Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz proved once again that he is a genuine conservative by calling upon President Barack Obama to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan on November 30th, 2009. Stories published by the Deseret News, KSL Channel 5, KCPW 88.3 FM, Politico, Firedoglake,' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:51pm EST
  

• Ryan Kelly Launches Independent Challenge To Utah Congressman Jim Matheson; Wants To "Bring Home Our Politicians"

  The Deseret News is reporting that a 30-year-old lab technician, Ryan J. Kelly, has announced his intent to run against Utah's incumbent Democratic 2nd District Congressman Jim Matheson as an independent. Along with another independent candidate Dave Glissmeyer, he becomes the second publicly-announced challenger for Matheson's seat, [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:40pm EST
  

• BYU Quarterback Max Hall Apologizes For Postgame Rant Against The University Of Utah And Its Fans; May Get Reprimand From MWC

  Less than 24 hours after verbally unloading on the University of Utah and its fans during a postgame interview when passions were still stoked, BYU quarterback Max Hall quickly regained his senses and issued an apology for those remarks.
  
  Immediately after Saturday's game between BYU and Utah, won by' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 12:30am EST
  

• Dan Jones November 2009 Poll Shows 69 Percent Of Utahns Now Favor Gay Nondiscrimination Protection In Housing And Employment

  After the Salt Lake City Council, with support of LDS Church leaders, passed two anti-discrimination ordinances for gays in housing and employment on November 10th, 2009, the Deseret News and KSL Channel 5 engaged pollster Dan Jones to find out how this move affected Utah attitudes statewide. [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 2:27am EST
  

• College Football: BYU Edges Utah 26-23 In "Socialist Overtime"; Time For The NCAA To Revert To Sudden-Death Overtime

  Update November 29th: Max hall apologizes for postgame tirade; updated post HERE.
  
  One of the NCAA's innovations with which I strongly disagreed was the implementation of their "socialist overtime" scheme in which each team gets an equal offensive opportunity in overtime instead of the sudden-death scheme used by' [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:51pm EST
  

• College Football: BYU Edges Utah 26-23 In "Socialist Overtime"; Time For The NCAA To Revert To Sudden-Death Overtime

  
  One of the NCAA's innovations with which I strongly disagreed was the implementation of their "socialist overtime" scheme in which each team gets an equal offensive opportunity in overtime instead of the sudden-death scheme used by the NFL. On November 28th, 2009, the BYU Cougars defeated [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:51pm EST
  

• Rescuers Unable To Recover John Edward Jones' Body; Nutty Putty Cave In Utah County To Be Sealed And Memorial Put In Place

  Because it appears to be technologically unfeasible to remove the body of John Edward Jones from the portion of the Nutty Putty Cave where he was wedged, Utah County officials have decided, with the concurrence of Jones' family, to seal the cave with Jones' body inside. A permanent memorial [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:04pm EST
  

• Rescuers Unable To Recover John Edward Jones' Body; Nutty Putty Cave In Utah County To Be Sealed And Memorial Put In Place

  Because it appears to be technologically unfeasible to remove the body of John Edward Jones from the portion of the Nutty Putty Cave where he was wedged, Utah County officials have decided, with the concurrence of Jones' family, to seal the cave with Jones' body inside. A permanent memorial [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 6:04pm EST
  

• More Political Correctness: Three Navy Seals To Be Court-Martialed For Allegedly "Punching" Iraqi Terrorist Ahmed Hashim Abed While Apprehending Him

  Three members of the U.S. Navy SEAL team who captured Iraqi terrorist Ahmed Hashim Abed on September 3rd, 2009 are now facing criminal charges - for allegedly giving Abed a "punch in the gut" while apprehending him. Media stories from Fox News, the New York Post, the [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 2:47am EST
  

• Dave Glissmeyer To Mount Independent Challenge Against Utah Congressman Jim Matheson, Wants To Hammer Employers Who Hire Illegal Immigrants

  
  Utah's incumbent 2nd District Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson, who's been under fire from left-wing progressives in his district for being a Blue Dog Democrat, has now picked up opposition, but it will not necessarily be the type of opposition to wean progressives away from [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 2:40pm EST
  

• Salt Lake Tribune Editorially Declares Climate Change Debate "Over" Just As The Climategate Storm Is Blowing Over Upcoming Copenhagen Conference

  
  It looks like the Salt Lake Tribune editorial staff got caught with their pants down around their ankles. Just days after the "Climategate" saga broke loose, interjecting renewed doubt into the popular catastrophist climate change dogma being peddled to the public, the Tribune has editorially [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:22am EST
  

• Merit Medical CEO Fred Lampropoulos The Newest Republican Challenger For Bob Bennett's Senate Seat; Pissed Off About Proposed Tax On Medical Devices

  Update December 4th: Fred Lampropoulos bows out of Senate race to capitalize on business opportunity; updated post HERE.
  
  
  As expected, the suspension of Mark Shurtleff's U.S. Senate campaign has attracted yet another contestant for incumbent Bob Bennett's U.S. Senate seat. Fred Lampropoulos, [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:46am EST
  

• Accused Killer Donald Younge Appears In Third District Court In Utah In The Amy Quinton Case

  
  On November 24th, 2009, the preliminary hearing for accused killer Donald E. Younge finally began in Third District Court in Salt Lake City, Utah. Younge is accused of stabbing Amy Quinton to death and seriously wounding Erin Warn on August 3rd, 1999. After testimony by [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:15pm EST
  

• Utah Crime: CQ Press 2009 Crime Report Shows Salt Lake City The 89th Most Dangerous City In The U.S. In 2008, Compared To 69th In 2007

  Despite a seemingly endless procession of media reports about drive-by shootings, home invasions and robberies in the Salt Lake area, it appears crime in Salt Lake took a slight downturn in 2008.
  
  On November 23rd, 2009, CQ Press released their annual crime report, entitled "City Crime Rankings" [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 2:57pm EST
  

• John F. Kennedy's Last Visit To Utah; 125,000 Line The Streets Of Salt Lake On September 27, 1963

  
  On November 22, 1963, just 46 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Many of those alive at that time remember exactly what they were doing, just as many also remember what they were doing on September 11th, 2009. The assassination of President [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:40pm EST
  

• U.S. Senate Votes 60-39 To Reject Filibuster, Proceed With Debate On "Obamacare", The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act

  On November 21st, 2009, the U.S. Senate voted 60-39 to cut off the possibility of a filibuster and proceed with debate on their version of Obamacare, entitled The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Senate needed exactly 60 votes to prevent filibuster, and got them. Media stories on [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:02pm EST
  

• Online Survey Shows Public Opposes Proposed $600 Million "Bridge To Nowhere" Across Utah Lake By A 2-to-1 Margin

  
  On November 20th, 2009, the Deseret News reports that an online survey just concluded shows that respondents oppose a proposed bridge across the northern end of Utah Lake by a 2-to-1 margin.
  
  During public hearings in Provo in October and in Saratoga Springs earlier [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:50am EST
  

• Utah Senator Orrin Hatch Joins In Republican Criticism Of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano's Call For A "Path To Citizenship" For Illegals

  
  What in hell's happened to Senator Orrin Hatch? He's acting and talking like a patriot again. First, he has relentlessly criticized the obscene excesses of the proposed Obamacare health bill. And now, he's joined with other Republican senators in rejected Homeland Security Janet Napolitano's call [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:06pm EST
  

• Thinking Of Visiting South Africa For The 2010 World Cup? Think Again; It's A Crimefest Of Robbery, Assault, Carjacking, And Murder

  Soccer's premier international event, the World Cup which occurs every four years, will be taking place in South Africa in 2010. South Africa is trying to put its best foot forward, hoping to convince people from all over the world to visit. The final list of qualifying teams is [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:25am EST
  

• Hardline Social Conservative Utah State Senator Chris Buttars Endorses Salt Lake's Nondiscrimination Ordinances, May Sponsor Statewide Legislation

  The influence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah is still quite strong. One week after the LDS Church spoke out in favor of Salt Lake City's two new nondiscrimination ordinances, a very unlikely source has also spoken out in favor of them.
  
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:50pm EST
  

• New Petition To Stop Powder Mountain Incorporation By Legislation; Two Utah Lawmakers Pushing "Municipal Disincorporation Amendments"

  
  The Ogden Valley Forum and the Weber County Forum inform us that a new petition is being circulated to stop the proposed incorporation of the Powder Mountain ski resort into a town. This petition is in support of legislation which will plug the [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 2:20pm EST
  

• Anchorage Daily News Providing Excerpts Of Sarah Palin's Book, "Going Rogue"; Utah Not Yet A Declared Stop On Her Book Tour

  Update November 19th: Sarah Palin has just included Salt Lake City on her book tour; post title changed to reflect this information.
  
  
  Interested in finding out what's in Sarah Palin's new book, "Going Rogue", before you buy it? You're in luck. The Anchorage Daily News' [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:44pm EST
  

• Is ALIPAC A False Flag Operation Designed To Undermine The Immigration Reform Movement? William Gheen Launches Inexplicable Attack On Dr. David Duke

  It seems like despite the fact that the majority of the American people are opposed to illegal immigration, very few effective measures are taken to curtail it or to remove illegals from our soil. Many speak out boldly against illegal immigration, and some organize rallies and protests to attract media [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 3:15am EST
  

• The Netherlands To Switch From Road Tax To Mileage Tax On Motorists Effective In 2012, Little Public Resistance Expected

  On November 14th, 2009, the Provo Daily Herald published an interesting story on an impending change in taxation on motorists in the Netherlands. Instead of paying a fixed annual road tax, which now totals more than $900 per year for a typical mid-sized car, Dutch drivers will be paying [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 2:29am EST
  

• Barack Obama Disgraces America During Asia Trip, Bows Deeply Before Japan's Emperor Akihito

  
  Photo from Stormfront
  
  If you're an American patriot, the spectacle pictured above should make your blood boil. Particularly if you are a World War II vet who fought in the Pacific Theater. This is how Barack Obama greeted Japan's Emperor Akihito on the first [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 1:01am EST
  

• Pro-Family Sutherland Institute "Blindsided" By Official LDS Support Of Salt Lake City's Gay Nondiscrimination Ordinances

  The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting that the noted pro-family Sutherland Institute was "blindsided" by the expression of support for the two Salt Lake City gay nondiscrimination ordinances expressed by an official representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Salt Lake City [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:20pm EST
  

• LDS Church Expresses Official Support For Salt Lake City's Proposed Gay Nondiscrimination Ordinances During Testimony At City Council Meeting

  During a public hearing on Salt Lake City's proposed gay nondiscrimination ordinances taking place at a regular meeting of the Salt Lake City Council on November 10th, 2009, a representative of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints expressed the Church's official support for the ordinances. Media stories published [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 8:21pm EST
  

• West Jordan, Utah Parents Photograph Daughter Dressed Up As Ariel The Mermaid, Take Film To Wal-Mart, Now Being Witch-Hunted For Child Porn

  
  Typical Ariel Little Mermaid Costume shown above
  
  This story actually first broke on October 30th, but local police are dragging out the "investigation" despite the fact that there was no breach of law committed, so now it's time to shine a public spotlight on what' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 3:50am EST
  

• Community Organizer Saul Alinsky And His Eleven Rules For Radicals

  The election of Barack Obama as President has focused renewed attention on Jewish community organizer Saul Alinsky, who died in 1972, but whose ideas and tactics live on. Many of those ideas and tactics were brought forth in order to get Obama elected. Alinsky's teachings are said to have' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:49pm EST
  

• The Story Of Mia Love: The First Black Mayor Of Saratoga Springs, Utah Says Race Is Not An Issue And She's Never Experienced Racism In Utah

  
  Mia Love, pictured with her family
  
  In a previous post about the November 2009 Utah local elections, I posed this question about Saratoga Springs' first Black Mayor Mia Love: Would she be a Condolezza Rice, or a Maxine Waters?
  
  According to a' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 1:13pm EST
  

• Utah's U.S. House Delegation All Vote Against H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Choices For America Act, But Bill Passes 220-215

  
  On November 7th, 2009, Jim Matheson, Rob Bishop, and Jason Chaffetz, who constitute Utah's three-person U.S. House delegation, all voted against H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Choices for America Act", but it wasn't enough to stop passage. The bill passed by a 220-215 vote. Media stories [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:20am EST
  

• Utah's U.S. House Delegation All Vote Against H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Choices For America Act, But Bill Passes 220-215

  
  On November 7th, 2009, Jim Matheson, Rob Bishop, and Jason Chaffetz, who constitute Utah's three-person U.S. House delegation, all voted against H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Choices for America Act", but it wasn't enough to stop passage. The bill passed by a 220-215 vote. Media stories' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:20am EST
  

• Fort Hood Shooter Major Malik Nadal Hasan Allegedly Yelled Out "Allahu Akbar" Before Opening Fire; Muslim/Arab Groups Condemn Shooting

  The developing story about the Fort Hood shooting and its perpetrator, Major Malik Nadal Hasan, is now taking an ominous Islamofascistic turn. According to an eyewitness report, Major Hasan yelled out the jihadi war cry "Allahu Akbar" (God is great) before opening fire.
  
  The eyewitness is a female soldier [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:56pm EST
  

• U.S. Senate Rejects Bob Bennett's "Fairness In Representation Act" To Require Counting Of Illegal Immigrants On 2010 Census By A 60-39 Vote

  On November 5th, 2009, the U.S. Senate voted 60-39, with one abstention, to reject Utah Senator Bob Bennett's proposed "Fairness in Representation Act", which would have required the U.S. Census Bureau to count illegal immigrants during the 2010 census. Media stories published by the Salt Lake Tribune and' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 9:57pm EST
  

• Mark Shurtleff Suspends Campaign Against Utah Senator Bob Bennett For The Sake Of His Daughter's Health; Cherilyn Eagar Now The Lead Challenger

  In a rather stunning development, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced on November 4th, 2009 that he is suspending his campaign to challenge incumbent U.S. Senator Bob Bennett for the Republican nomination in 2010 in order to spend more time with a daughter whose mental health is reported to be [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:25am EST
  

• Salt Lake Voters Buy A New $125 Million Cop Shop; Proposition 1 Easily Passes With Over 65 Percent Of The Vote, Ralph Becker May Compromise On Site

  Despite controversy over the proposed location of the new public safety building and even some dissatisfaction over Police Chief Chris Burbank's refusal to consider responding to SB81, Salt Lake City voters were even more concerned over the deteriorating conditions of the present public safety facility, and manifested it by' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:20am EST
  

• Salt Lake Voters Buy A New $125 Million Cop Shop; Proposition 1 Easily Passes With Over 65 Percent Of The Vote, Ralph Becker May Compromise On Site

  Despite controversy over the proposed location of the new public safety building and even some dissatisfaction over Police Chief Chris Burbank's refusal to consider responding to SB81, Salt Lake City voters were even more concerned over the deteriorating conditions of the present public safety facility, and manifested it by [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:20am EST
  

• Stockton, Utah Has A New Mayor: Councilman Mark Whitney Crushes Incumbent Dan Rydalch With Over 75 Percent Of The Vote

  It's final, if not necessarily official. The city of Stockton, Utah will have a new mayor. With all votes counted in both precincts, challenger Mark Whitney crushed incumbent Dan Rydalch, getting three out of every four votes cast.
  
  The final tally, as posted by Tooele County:
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:07pm EST
  

• Stockton, Utah Has A New Mayor: Councilman Mark Whitney Crushes Incumbent Dan Rydalch With Over 75 Percent Of The Vote

  It's final, if not necessarily official. The city of Stockton, Utah will have a new mayor. With all votes counted in both precincts, challenger Mark Whitney crushed incumbent Dan Rydalch, getting three out of every four votes cast.
  
  The final tally, as posted by Tooele County:
  
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:07pm EST
  

• Utah Senator Orrin Hatch Questions Constitutionality Of Forcing All Americans To Buy Health Insurance Under "Obamacare"

  Utah's senior U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch's stewardship has been increasingly questioned by Utahns - particularly by those who are conservative - over the past few years. He's been widely perceived as having done little of note except hold Ted Kennedy's hand since his [Hatch's] marginal Presidential campaign in 2000.
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 3:42pm EST
  

• New Dan Jones Poll Shows Salt Lake City Remains A "Blue" City In A "Red" State; Salt Lake 32 Percent Liberal Vs. 12 Percent Statewide

  Utah's premier pollster Dan Jones has taken the political pulse of Utah once again, and finds that Salt Lake City continues to be a "blue" city in a "red" state. While this isn't exactly headline news to most Utahns, Jones' poll offers one of the more detailed statistical snapshots we've [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 12:07am EST
  

• Citizens For Better Leadership And Planning Opposes The Proposed $125 Million Salt Lake Cop Shop, But Dan Jones Poll Shows 60 Percent Favor Prop 1

  A group called Citizens for Better Leadership and Planning have taken a last minute stand against the projected new $125 million Salt Lake City cop shop on the ballot as Proposition 1, to be decided during the November 3rd, 2009 general election. Media story published by KSL Channel 5. [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 1:30pm EST
  

• Environmental Extremist Utah Moms For Clean Air Pushes People's Republic Of Park City To Promote Anti-Idling Ordinance

  Here we go again. Another group of stay-at-home ditzy soccer moms with too much time on their hands wants to make our lives more complicated and miserable with yet another oppressive nuisance law. It's not enough that we're told where to smoke and what kind of seats our kids must [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 2:14am EST