Showing posts with label University of Wyoming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label University of Wyoming. Show all posts
Thursday, October 22, 2026
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Wednesday, September 16, 2026
CliffsNotes of the Zeitgeist 156th Edition. Name Changes, Go home Cynthia, The Merits of Packing Heat.
What's in a name?
Central Wyoming College Opposes LCCC Rebrand To "Wyoming State College"
I don't blame Riverton's Central Wyoming College for being upset, quite frankly.
Wyoming has a really good group of community colleges. They are Casper College (Casper), Central Wyoming College (Riverton), Eastern Wyoming College (Torrington), Gillette College (Gillette), Laramie County Community College (Cheyenne, )Northwest College (Powell), Sheridan College (Sheridan), and Western Wyoming Community College (Rock Springs). The best of them is Casper College, which has crept up over the university status in some things and accordingly offers some four year degrees. The University of Wyoming, which has always lived in fear of a second four year university being established in the state (it would frankly be quite an undertaking), has a Casper campus at Casper College.
LCCC has always baffled me a bit as its so close to UW that I'm not quite sure why somebody would go there. But it is actually the second biggest educational institution in Wyoming, second only to UW. It maintains a campus in Laramie for that matter.
So, the name change might make sense.
Bye, Felicia
Cynthia Lummis has not been in the public radar much since being elected to the Senate. Most of the time when she surfaces its on the topic of cryptocurrency.
Wyoming doesn't give a rusty rat's ass about cryptocurrency. We're in a climate change induced drought, diesel fuel is $8,000/gallon, mystery meat is being imported by King Donald into the country.
Just go home Cynthia. Nobody is really going to notice.
A good reason to pack heat.
I always carry when I'm traveling. Things like this are the reason why.
Truck Driver Accused Of Stabbing Man 17 Times In I-80 Restroom Before Fleeing
Of course, a person could say what are the odds of being attacked in such a fashion?
Not high, but not nonexistent.
Amy Roe Bechtel's killer had tried to gain control of a van driven by a family on I80 some years prior to her murder, they wrestled a rifle out of his hands and left him there. Of course, he later killed Ms. Bechtel. I knew one man who was carjacked, briefly, by a hitchhiker (he shouldn't have given the hitchhiker a ride). A kid that I was in high school with is serving a life sentence for being part of a highway side murder. I've been stopped once on the Medicine Bow Highway and then waved through as I had a rifle on my dashboard.
Things happen.
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Thursday, June 25, 2026
The 2026 Election, 13th Edition. The choosing lanes edition.
June 19, 2026
The mere fact that somebody is running against Bear, one of the most notable of the WFC, is a good thing. Here's hoping that Bear is solidly and permanently defeated.
John Bear, One Of The Freedom Caucus’ Most Powerful Members, Has A Challenger
And something that should be obvious, but for all the political theater:
June 20, 2026Ousted UW dean to challenge Freedom Caucus incumbent
Cam Wright seeks House 46’s Republican nomination. Known to many in Laramie as UW’s former engineering dean, Wright is involved in ongoing litigation against the university.
June 24, 2026
Three Democratic Socialist won primaries in New York City in Democratic Congressional primaries, causing pundits to somewhat freak out.
Frankly the fascist nature of the current GOP is making this inevitable. The WFC is, for example, every bit as radical as New York's Democratic Socialist and Trump is governing as a dictator to the extent that the courts don't prohibit him, so the rise of the left wing within the Democratic Party isn't too surprising.
While the right freaks out about New York City, here locally the GOP demands you swear your loyalty.
‘These are purity tests’: Driskill, Neiman talk platform allegiance in political heavyweight matchup
I've seen one candidate, a carpetbagging far right winger from Wisconsin, already put his "Meine Ehre Heisst Treue" tag on his posters.
On a ballot initiative.
Coalition demands records on tax initiative; Gray’s office calls claims false
An interesting development in the statewide races:
At this point, what's particularly interesting is who has signed, and who has not.
The entity it self has some every notable names behind it. According to their website:
Justice Keith Kautz (Retired Wyoming Supreme Court, Evangelical Leader Southeast Wyoming)
Diana Enzi (Long time Wyoming activist and advocate for Christ from Gilette Wyoming)
Jim Neiman (Business, civic and Christian leader from Hullett, Wyoming)
Michael Evers (Business Leader and Episcopal Priest from Sheridan Wyoming)
Frank Moore (Business Leader and active in the Catholic community in Douglas, Wyoming)
Diemer True (Business, civic and Christian leader from Casper Wyoming)
The text of the pledge is:
The candidates who have signed the pledge, which you can do on their website, are, so far:
Jillian Balow
U.S. House of Representatives
Bo Biteman
U.S. House of Representatives
Kevin Christensen
U.S. House of Representatives
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
Steve Harshman
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Evie Brennan
Senate District 31
Ogden Driskill
Senate District 2
Ronald McCleary
Senate District 5
Marcia Neumiller
Senate District 27
Lauren Schoenfeld
Senate District 5
Wendy Schuler
Senate District 15
Elizabeth Bingham
House District 17
Jessica Crowder
House District 43
Christopher Dresang
House District 35
Justin Fornstrom
House District 10
Martha Lawley
House District 27
Matthew Legler
House District 25
Roland Luehne
House District 28
Myca Sturtevant
House District 29
Macey Moore
Converse County Commissioner
Michael Evers
Sheridan County GOP Precinct Person- Precinct 2-5
My guess is that after the article, some who haven't signed, or who aren't aware of it, will sign or will feel compelled to sign.
Notably, in the House, the big money candidates, Gray, Freiss and Rasner have not signed. Gray's an entire political career has been based on being a lying asshole, so this puts him in a spot. When he gets up at night and stubs his toes he blames it on left wing radical communist Marxist socialist fascist monarchist podiatrist, so that would take a major part of his repertoire out of play and actually make him live part of his faith. Rasner has gone full comedic sideshow at this point, but it would take the extreme out of the candidate whose been the most extreme. It probably wouldn't impact Freiss who hasn't attacked his opponents, but who is, in a very nice way, relying upon "I'll bring jobs to Wyoming of a type that I've worked at myself because I believe you dumb twits want to exist in the imaginary 1950s".
It's also interesting that only one Senatorial candidate, Skovogard, has signed it.
June 25, 2026
Interesting development.
Rasner didn't appear recently in Casper's weekly candidate forum when it invited the house contestants to speak. That's odd as Casper is his home town. Now this.
And this:
This is illegal.
Last edition:
The 2026 Election, 12th Edition. The late on ramp edition.
Sunday, April 26, 2026
CliffsNotes of the Zeitgeist, 127th Edition. The Dipshit Edition. The Wyoming Freedom Caucus decides the a General officer of the U.S. Army is too "woke" to be the President of UW.
Typical member of the Wyoming Freedom Caucus . . in their relaxed clothing, not their Confederate dress uniforms. Ready to spear any thinking that might arise in an educational system.
What a bunch of flaming dipshits. The Wyoming Freedom Caucus decides that the new UW President is too "woke" to serve in that role:
Who is UW's New President?
UW's newest leader criticized for bringing woke academics to West Point
I'll admit, I criticized this choice as well, but not for this reason.
But then I would not have guessed that there would be some people who would try to include in the GOP platform that Wyoming is a "Christian State".
Seriously, this hillbilly dipshitery has got to stop.
Last edition:
CliffsNotes of the Zeitgeist, 126th Edition. The “Go to church. Find Jesus. Why is everyone so horny around here?”
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Monday, April 6, 2026
Lex Anteinternet: New UW President chosen.
Lex Anteinternet: New UW President chosen.: Today In Wyoming's History: April 2 : 2026 Brig. Gen. Shane Reeves, currently the dean of the Academic Board at the U.S. Military Aca...
I posted this the other day.
As noted, I don't feel good about this choice.
What's more, I"m not really sure why I don't feel good about this choice. I just don't.
Part of it is that I'm tired of guys who leave the state, spend 30 years doing something for the Federal Government, and then coming back in when they're darn near retired or retired. But there was very little chance that we were going to get a local for UW President and indeed, for the most part, few locals would be qualified.
Except here, one actually was. The fellow who finished second works for US already and is in agriculture.
For that reason, he seems a better fit to me.
Added to that, right now I'm not trusting military figures too much. We're in an illegal war and it part of the way we got into one is that we have a military that's way too large. That made sense during the Cold War, but it doesn't now. In my view its time to go back to the original military establishment system for the US, which would mean that we'd have very little in the form of a standing Army and a Navy that had to rely on reservists I don't think we need West Point anymore at all.
And I fear that this fellow might have been brought in because of the Freedom Caucus's shots at UW. Where does a serviceman fit in, in that fight.
I dunno.
An article about the topic:
University of Wyoming campus sizes up its next leader, but lack of online access raises questions
I know more than a few guys who were career servicemen and I considered it, so I'm probably just paranoid right now. And its not like I wrote to the Trustees either.
By the way, this is them:
To learn more about each Trustee, including their background, professional experience, and term details, please click on their name. This will take you to a dedicated page with a full biography and additional content about their role on the board. Chairman, Elected May 2024
Appointed 2017; Term expires 2029
District 2, Laramie, WY
Vice Chairman, Elected 2024
Appointed 2015; Term expires 2027
District 4, Sheridan, WY
Treasurer, Elected May 2024
Appointed 2018; Term expires 2029
District 2, Rock Springs, WY
Secretary, Elected May 2024
Appointed 2019; Term expires 2031
District 5, Cody, WY
Trustee
Appointed 2017; Term expires 2029
District 4, Gillette, WY
Trustee
Appointed 2025; Term expires 2031
At-Large, Worland, WY
Trustee
Appointed 2019; Term expires 2031
District 6, Newcastle, WY
Trustee
Appointed 2021; Term expires 2027
District 3, Jackson, WY
Trustee
Appointed 2023; Term expires 2029
District 1, Wheatland, WY
Trustee
Appointed 2015; Term expires 2027
District 1, Cheyenne, WY
Trustee
Appointed 2025; Term expires 2027
At-Large, Pinedale, WY
Trustee
Appointed 2025; Term expires 2031
District 7, Casper, WY
RoseMarie LondonExecutive Director & Deputy Secretary, UW Board of Trustees
Laramie, WY
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