Peak Reality Check, Notice

Due to a technical difficulty, there will be no podcast this week.  We will take this opportunity to put a few links up for the regular listening audience. To enroll in the free contact tracing course being offered online by John Hopkins University: https://www.coursera.org/learn/covid-19-contact-tracing?edocomorp=covid-19-contact-tracing If you have a college age student who was negatively impacted…

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Gary, Lyn and Dee are taking a break due to COVID-19. We are all either ‘high risk’ or ‘high risk’ adjacent.  We will be practicing social distancing.  We may be able to work this through software to podcast remotely.  (We are discussing this.)  We aren’t essential personnel.  We encourage you to stay safe and look…

Peak Reality Check, March 30, 2018

Gary, Lyn and Dee discuss current events and topics of the day.  This week we’re discussing Infrastructure and Maintenance.  Maintenance gets no attention until something breaks.  We discuss clean water, the choice for humans everywhere.  We discuss Good News!  We discuss the current Republican Administration’s cabinet turnover.  (We might need some Dramamine!)  We discuss Amazon…

Reality Check, March 9, 2018

Gary, Lyn and Dee discuss topics of the day and politics.  Always, there is political discussion.  Our topics this episode include State of the Fifth, basically our reaction to our congress person’s newsletter.  One of our big discussions is the Pennsylvania gerrymander.  The Pennsylvania legislature has gerrymandered the heck out of the state.  They are…

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Reality Check, July 3rd, 2017

Gary and Dee discuss health care in America.  We’d love to discuss the current health care ‘reform’ proposals, but those aren’t finalized, yet.  Our main focus of discussion is lack of primary care physicians.  According to a Medical Colleges report, the US could lose 100,000 physicians in eight years.  That’s a staggering number. Repealing the…

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Reality Check June 2, 2017

Gary and Dee discuss the PPLD’s summer reading program; Care and Share’s summer feeding program and Colorado Action Network’s town hall.  Pike Peak’s Library District summer reading program for children and teens has started.  Swing by your local library and sign up.  Prizes for all who complete their goals.  Care and Share is fighting summer…

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Reality Check, May 26, 2017

Gary and Dee discuss a plethora of topics.  Traveling this summer?  Check out the CDC’s travel apps @ https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/page/apps-about.  Want to check out the finances of the people working in the White House?  There’s a page for that, by public integrity–https://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/04/04/20801/new-database-details-white-house-officials-finances.  Have something that needs repairing?  Check out the repair cafe at the Rockrimmon library…

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Reality Check, May 5, 2017

Gary and Dee discuss Doug Lamborn’s view on “Religious Liberty.”  It really resembles liberty for a certain segment of the population, oppression for everyone else.  Doug was also proud of his vote against the omnibus spending bill.  Apparently, bankrupting Puerto Rico is something Doug can get behind.  (We will discuss this more in the next…

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Reality Check April 28, 2017

Gary and Dee discuss Trump’s first 100 days; the adjustments that the Republican administration wants to make to the Antiquities Act; and Organ Donation.  100 days of broken promises.  Well, most sane people didn’t want them all fulfilled, anyways.  The Antiquities Act, we recently celebrated 100 years of the National Park System.  The National Park…

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Reality Check April 7, 2017

Gary and Dee back from a long break.   We discuss a number of issues, the local election results.  National issues, including the #SCOTUS appointment.  We discuss international issues from anti-gay violence in Netherlands to missile strikes in #Syria.  All three city ballot issues passed in the recent April election.  This includes the public oversight before…

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Reality Check, March 10, 2017

Gary and Dee discuss a variety of topics.  Nine bills working their way through the House of Representatives include:  Terminating the EPA, Nationwide Voucher Program for Schools, Terminate the Dept. of Education, Changes to Hunting Rules in National Wildlife Refuges, Repeal the ACA, Defunding Planned Parenthood, National Right-to-Work Legislation, Punishing Sanctuary Cities, and Criminalizing Abortion.…

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Reality Check 02-17-2017

Gary and Dee discuss the upcoming Colorado Springs Elections.   City Council seats and Ballot issues are discussed.  One of the ballot issues we are concerned with is the future of high speed internet in Colorado Springs.  Our main topic this week is Civil Asset Forfeiture.  We cover the Fourth Amendment protections against illegal seizures.  What…

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Reality Check 02-10-2017

Gary and Dee discuss the 25th Amendment, Judge Merrick Garland, and Judge Neil Gorsuch.  What is the 25th Amendment?  It outlines the procedures for removing a president from office.  What are the qualifications of Judge Merrick Garland?  What are the qualifications of Judge Neil Gorsuch?  How do the representatives from Colorado feel about Judge Gorsuch? …

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Reality Check 12-05-2016

Gary and Dee discuss Good News around the world and charities operating here in Colorado Springs.  We discuss the #IndyGives fundraiser going on now.  We discuss some other charities not participating in the #IndyGives operation.  Those other charities are:  santa-bob.org, milldogrescue.org, and growthbusters.org.  We also discuss some charity watchdog websites.  Charitynavigator.org and Charitywatch.org will help…

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Reality Check 10-10-2016

Gary and Dee discuss the Lamborn minute, voting database, voting deadlines and registration and Colorado Blue Book ballot issues.  Link included for Colorado Secretary of State so people can check their registration and find out how to register and other pertinent information regarding the upcoming election. http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/main.html