Norton’s loss doesn’t come up when Stephens names Stapleton as GOP model of successful caucus skipper

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In her appearance on KNUS' Dan Caplis show last week, Rep. Amy Stephens, who's running for U.S. Senate, said she "would not be able to go the assembly route" and "win a statewide election and to take on an incumbent."

Stephens pointed to State Treasurer Walker Stapleton as her poster child of a Republican who petitioned on the primary ballot and won. And she named Rep. Doug Lamborn, even though he didn't win statewide.

Absent during the conversation, however, was the name of Jane Norton, whom Caplis should have mentioned as having successfully petitioned onto the U.S. Senate primary ballot in 2010 before losing to Weld County DA Ken Buck.

Arguably, Norton serves as a better poster child for why Stephens should participate in the caucus process than Stapleton does for why she should petition on.

Stephens @ 5 min: "We had a very contentious 2010 Senate race that we should have been won against an unknown. And I was on the receiving end of that, because we were trying to take the House Majority. And we saw our numbers, as the top of the ticket begin to go down, down, down, down, when my opponent, Ken, exploded, and then we had the governor's debacle…

"I have understood, and the team that is with me, we believe that in order to win statewide and to take on an incumbent, that I would not be able to go the assembly route. I am going to petition onto the ballot through the petition process. Walker Stapleton did it. Others have done it. Doug Lamborn. My reasoning here is to reach a broader audience. You know you have to get a minimum of 1,500 signatures per congressional district. Let's just say you're getting 14,000 for the sake of the argument, out of 7 districts. That's 14,000 you've reached versus, in the case of our assembly, which is good, but we have 4,000 very committed Republicans. If you come out of this, and then you get on the ballot, what you do is you target this on a broader level. I believe that has to been done to take on an incumbent. Others may not. It's a strategy issue."

On KNUS 1-15-14, Rep. Amy Stephens explains why she's skipping the GOP caucuses

Asked by Caplis why she has the best chance to win, whatever ballot route she takes, Stephens said:

Stephens @6 min: "Because I know what it is to win. I win. I was in the most-watched primary in the state, as you know, through redistricting and re-apportionment, with a fellow Republican, which was awful. And I was outspent 3-1, and I won by 20 points. And I did that by working smart and disciplined and really reaching out to people. I think we're going to have to have the same thing this time."

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16 Interesting tips for choosing baby names and understanding meaning of these baby names

Every expecting parent wants to find a perfect name for their baby because this name can symbolize the baby’s personality. This writing includes the 16 following interesting tips for choosing baby names and understanding meaning of these baby names so that parents won’t rush into choosing a baby name.

1. Avoid Choosing A Name That Rhymes Similar To Your Surname

Look for a first name that can flow with your surname well. Imagine that your child can be teased for the name he or she is. Plus, be careful about word combinations because a bad one can turn your baby’s name into a real joke. For example, Luna refers to lunatic (a girl who is kind of crazy), Brian refers to brainiac (a man who wore glasses).

2. Spell Out Your Baby’s Initials

Do not forget to check the full name’s initials in order to make sure that your child’s classmates won’t notice his or her name with embarrassing words. An usual pronunciation can cause misunderstanding. So, parents should get clear about this problem so that people do not misspell your child’s name, or people can spell that name easily. Ideally, you should ask your family and friends for testing out that name before register it officially. People like this name, so it doesn’t need to think about other names.

It seems to be a very important issue that many couples face up with.

3. Choosing The Nickname

If you want your baby have the shortened version of the name, you can think about the technique to choose that name. For example, Matthew can be shortened to become Math. Catherine can be called Kate. Nathaniel can be shortened to become Nate.

4. Want A Popular Name Or A Unique Name

Depending on whether you want your baby’s name is popular or unique. Some parents want to choose a name that is in the most popular top. But some others avoid choosing the same baby names because of high-profile celebrities. Here are some uncommon but beautiful names for you to choose: Clover, Primrose, Elowen, Ivy, Willow, Jasmine, Maple, Laurel or Vesper.

5. Choosing Names Referring To Some Special Ones

Some parents choose their baby’s name after their idols such as the football players’ name, the Queens’ name. Other people choose their ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend to give their baby the same name. How about you? Do you think they are great ideas for choosing baby names? 

6. Choose Names That Are Similar With Or Different To Other Siblings

Some couples want their children have quite similar names such as Ella, Elly and Ellyn. However, some people think that should not choosing name in this style because it’s easy to get wrong among these children. Depending on your opinion about name setting, you can make your own decision on this topic.

7. Imagine Your Baby As An Adult Before Choosing A Name

Many people do not pay attention to find a “serious” name for their baby. They don’t imagine that Kitten or Boo are names that sounds ridiculous when the children are mature and they are childlike even they are professors or engineers. It is too bad to get these names, right? Remember that a nice name also help children boost self esteem, so do not miss one of these tips for choosing baby names!

8. Ask Many People To Choose The Best Name

Some couples cannot go into the decision in finding the final baby’s name. It’s time for them to ask many people to find a good name in the short time with ease. 

If you choose your baby’s name without asking other people, you will be regretful. The child won’t thank you for your own decision when choosing his or her name. Therefore, you need to be a careful parent in this complicated topic. In case, your partner hates the name you are going to choose for your baby, do not force it. Why don’t you make a list of your favorite baby names, print it out and have people chosen the best one as a research. Then, you can find the final name. How do you think about this idea for choosing baby names? As a trend, nowadays many couples can choose their baby name before the baby is born by following this method of research. Are you going to try it ones, good parents?

When you name your baby, make sure that the chosen surname, middle name and last name sound good. If it is too difficult to pronounce, you may rethink to choose another name. Parents also make sure that rhyming words can be strung with the baby name, and find a name that avoids schoolyard name calling.

9. Analyze The Meaning Of A Name

Parents always choose their baby’s name by picking one with a certain meaning. For example, Milada means my love, Lily mean purity and beauty, Ethan means strong, William means brilliant and so on.

In general, a name should evoke happiness and beauty. It reflects the qualities and traits of a person. You can name your baby after family names give him or her a rich heritage.. A unique name can make the child stand out. To analyze different names, you can research for the most popular baby names around10 to 20 years from now. Next, you will highlight the best names in a special list and review this list for their origins and their meanings. These databases are updated every day and sure that you have the latest information about the baby names.

10. Decide On Modern Or Traditional Name

Have you ever classified different types of names? Do you know what the traditional names are, what the modern names are? Now you know Ethan and David are classic names, Xena and Zuri are modern names. If you are interested in selecting good baby names with modern names, why don’t you study it by yourself? The top 3 popular baby names for 2013 includes: Liam, Noah and Ethan for boys and Emma, Olivia and Sophia for girls. Remember these hottest baby names, if you are planning to have a new baby in this year. Though the first name is very important, you also should discuss with your partner to choose your baby’s surname. The tradition allows giving a baby the last name of the father. Actually, there is no legal obligation to follow. The baby can follow the father’s last name or the mother’s last name, or combine both of the father and the mother’s last name. This depends on your selection.

11. Do Not Think Too Hard

You can sit with your partner and think about options for choosing baby names. Stop arguing if you both cannot find out any suitable one. Do not think too hard. Ask your family and friends to give you some ideas. Indeed, people easily like or dislike a name. They change their ideas instantly. You just need think you will degree or disagree with them and don’t agree on a name that you don’t really like. The final decision belongs to you. So, don’t think hard and be decisive to find the best name for your baby.

12. Consider Family Traditions

If your family has specific naming traditions, you can name your baby after your name. Some families use the same first letter for all of their family members’ names. Do you like to choose your baby names in this way?

13. Choose Twin Baby Names

This tip is for couples who are ready to welcome their Twin Babies. As a traditional way, most of them like to choose names which quite similar to each other. If your twins are boys, you can think about some couples of names such as James & John, Jordan & Justin or Taylor & Tyler. If your twins are girls, why don’t you choose Ava & Olivia, if they are a girl and a boy, Ella & Ethan, Megan & Morgan can be some suggestions for you to name your babies.

14. Be Aware Of Gender Affiliations

A name can help people identify the gender of a person. You should not name your son by Dana, Ashley because these names seem to be good for girls. Some names are neutral in gender such as River or Chris. However, you should care about pronunciation. The different pronunciation of a particular name can reveal the gender of that person. For example, Denish can be understood as a girl if e is pronounced like /i/ and Denish can be understood as a boy of e is pronounced like /e/. 

15. Break The Rules Of Naming

In the modern life, you don’t need to name your baby in the traditional ways. Why don’t you break these rules to create a new name for your lovely baby based on his or her characteristics?

16. Don’t Rush

You maybe rush into choosing a name for your newborn and you meet the deadline to register your baby’s birth. So, make sure that you can choose the best name before the deadline comes without being fined.

Think carefully before you want to choose an unusual pronunciation for your baby’s name. Besides, you must consider the names of your relatives. Make sure that whether your close family members who have children with certain names that you want to name your baby. If you are not sure, ask all of them for avoiding huge rifts. 

Anyway, all parents want to choose a lovely name that will last his or her baby’s life, but finally whatever your baby’s name are within a few days, the name you offers your baby will suit him or her. 

I’ve shown 16 Interesting tips for choosing baby names and understanding these names. They are hottest tips in 2013, so you should not worry about some modern name ideas you want to choose for naming your expecting baby in this year. 

It is hoped that you can have a great idea to name your baby and give him or her the first gift of yours after reading the entire writing. Now, tell me what makes you be excited mostly by leaving your comment at the end of this post. 

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Porno-Grammy Jaxine Bubis Demands $54,000,000; Names As Legal Counsel Man Who Believes Colorado Doesn’t Exist

Jaxine Bubis only wrote erotica "to support her family," but she's got her eyes on a bigger prize than the meager royalties from "Beantown Heat": $54,000,000 in damages, demanded in a claim naming GOP State Chairman Ryan Call, El Paso County GOP Chair Jeff Hays, and others. The RMGO-endorsed would-be replacement for Senate President John Morse withdrew from her race following revelations about her erotic romance writings. Now, she wants compensation for the alleged illegal downloading and distribution of her NC-17 rated e-book, and for what Jaxine's criminal complaint calls "Terrorist Conspiracy to Trespass, Injury, and Harm a Woman." 

Jaxine's Claim "by Affidavit of Obligation," described as "A USSEC Tracer Flag Not a Point of Law," names Jeff Hays, Ryan Call, Paul Paradis, Bernie Herpin, and Kit Roupe as "Debtors," and claims the aforementioned are, "Using their labor and works to intimidate, slander, libel and defame (Jaxine) by way of stolen and pirated copyrighted materials (Book)." The claim is notarized by EmilyAnne Witt, verifying Jaxine's identity, and witnessed by Kyndra Slater-Cleaver and Patrick Mitchell. In her claim, Jaxine demands an immediate down payment of one million dollars from the above-named "Debtors," with the remainder of $54,000,000 (treble damages for a "claim of harm upon a woman") to be turned over within 90 days.

And that's where it gets weird…

Continue reading to learn who's advising Jaxine in her legal claim, and why he may believe Colorado doesn't exist.

A request for comment from Ms. Bubis was rebuffed with instruction to contact "Marc," who she described as, "my legal counsel." Upon reaching Marc–who was very friendly and polite–he did not wish to give his surname, but confirmed by phone that he advised Jaxine in her claim against several parties for the illegal downloading of "Beantown Heat" and alleged use of this e-book for illegal purposes. I asked Marc if he was aware that Jaxine's claim resembled templates used by members of the sovereign citizens movement. Marc vocally disavowed any agreement with sovereign citizenship (a fringe movement described by the FBI as associated with domestic terrorism). Marc also clarified that he is acting as Jaxine's legal counsel, but is not an attorney and has no formal legal background.

A few casual Web searches revealed that the email address Marc gave me for himself on the phone matches one used by a "Marc Harris" on podcasting platform TalkShoe, where the person describing himself as Marc Harris also claims to own a website, OPPT Congress (One People's Public Trust Congress), which is currently not online. However, the grizzly bear avatar used by Marc Harris on TalkShoe, and the description of OPPT Congress, match a "Bereagun" on the OPPT Court Cases forum. Bereagun is also the username used to upload Jaxine's "exhibits" to MediaFire, and in those exhibits are emails from a Marc Kaplan using an email address, beareagun@inbox.com, also referenced by Bereagun of OPPT Court Cases. Put the two names together and you get Marc Harris Kaplan, a person named (via Justia) in 17 court cases, including as plaintiff in a dismissed case claiming "Conspiracy to Interfere with Civil Rights," which named John Hickenlooper among several defendants. The photo to the right is from an online dating profile for Bereagun, in which the profile owner describes himself thusly:

Let's see… I'm six foot tall (for real), built like a football player or lumberjack, strong hands from working in construction, well read because I study and write law briefs (helping people with a variety of issues and no I'm not an attorney), strong belief in justice (must come from being a Libra), hazel eyes which sparkle in candle light, can dance (4 years of dance school when I was a kid), protector type without the ego, nice smile which I use often, like music and theater on occasion (that goes for concerts too), good sex drive with a playful bent, great cook which I can prove anytime, not into delusions of grandeur. Divorced and single for 9 years, and have all my fingers and toes. No drugs, don't smoke anything, no disease or mental disabilities LOL How is that for a start? Lets meet and see if we are a match!

(emphasis mine)

Again, Marc seems like a very nice guy. Heck, aren't there some available women in his age bracket on this blog? You should send him a message on OKCupid, if so. Another dating site profile described him as a biker with an available back seat, so you're in for a fun ride. No sarcasm. He was as nice and polite as can be on the phone, and it's only in order to expose the bizarre legal doctrine behind Jaxine's complaint that I've dug so far into his identity. But, with that being said, here's Bereagun agreeing that Colorado doesn't exist:

The "Slave System" appears to reference Colorado and US law, judging by Bereagun's commitment to transfer Colorado and Wyoming into a new common law system:

It's also worth noting that OPPT appears to believe (there is no evidence Bereagun agrees) that it has lawfully foreclosed on the "system of Corporate-Governmental Rule," freeing us all from the so-called Slave System. You can read a filing with which they "terminate the entire system" here. There's also an introduction manual for new OPPT-ins. If you feel so inclined, you can connect with the crew on Facebook. 

Back to Jaxine…

Does Jaxine Bubis believe that Colorado doesn't exist, or that the government within which she campaigned for public office is a "slave system" that has been foreclosed upon through Universal Commerce Code filings? I don't know, because she won't tell me. Absent a comment from Jaxine, one can only presume that the legal counsel she authorized to speak for her represents her beliefs sufficiently, in her own estimation, to speak on her behalf. The RMGO-endorsed ex-candidate has a long list of hard-right conservative endorsers, including current US Senate candidate (and super super scary dude) Colorado Senator Owen Hill and his primary opponent, Sen. Randy Baumgardner:

Sen. Owen Hill Sen. Ted Harvey Sen. Kent Lambert Sen. Vicki Marble Sen. Randy Baumgardner Former Sen. Dave Schultheis Rep. Janak Joshi Rep. Chris Holbert Rep. Justin Everett Rep. Steve Humphrey.

Were the endorsers aware of Jaxine's association with members of OPPT, an organization which disavows the US government and espouses the superiority of a "common law" system when they endorsed her? If so, how do they square that with their support of her campaign for elected office in the "terminated" US government, which has been "foreclosed" by OPPT? Do any of the elected officials named above agree with OPPT's philosophies or associated with OPPT members themselves?

These questions, bizarre though they may be, are worth asking, especially in the cases of the two endorses now running against each other (and Ken Buck) for the opportunity to oppose Senator Mark Udall in 2014.

Although Jaxine's claim and criminal complaint specifically object to Ryan Call's refusal to support Bubis, even if she were on the ballot as a Republican in Morse's recall race, it isn't inconceivable that others on the RMGO-endorsed slate (the above endorsers list is also a pretty decent list of Dudley Brown's favorite elected officials) are also somewhat persona non grata with Chairman Call.

The El Paso County Republican Party managed to fail so thoroughly at candidate vetting that Jaxine Bubis entered a high-profile recall race with her own party unaware of her erotic writings, past legal challenges, and questionable associations. Might there be others like Bubis and her OPPT-loving legal counsel hiding in party ranks… or worse yet, under the state capitol's golden dome, having taken oaths of office to serve within a government they believe no longer exists?

Jaxine's entire claim, criminal complaint, and supporting documentation may be reviewed here. It's worth reading. Every page is weirder than the last. A dossier of "exhibits," including a PDF version of my previous post about Jaxine's erotica hobby, was uploaded by "Bereagun" (believed to be Marc Harris Kaplan) to MediaFire. Due to the extraordinary nature of this document and the beliefs expressed within it, I have made every effort to verify all statements made here; however, I am not an attorney, and readers are strongly encouraged to review this documentation independently.

Colorado native, young professional, progressive cowgirl. 4-term FPE (aka masochist).

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Lt. Governor Garcia Names Scott Wasserman COS

Wasserman

Lieutenant Governor Joe Garcia has a new Chief of Staff. In an email to state government staff sent out yesterday, Garcia announced that Scott Wasserman will be taking over the job from Andrew Freedman, who left last month to head up the "Colorado Commits to Kids" tax initiative. From the email:

I am pleased to announce that Scott Wasserman will be joining our office as the new Chief of Staff beginning September 1.

Scott has a strong reputation as a collaborative leader who has the ability to cultivate and develop relationships with a wide array of stakeholders. He has served in a variety of legislative and government relations positions over the past 12 years and brings a tremendous level of experience from his most recent job as executive and political director of Colorado Workers for Innovation and New Solutions (WINS).

This is a good hire for Garcia. Wasserman is a veteran politico who understands state government and the legislature.

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