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Mike Riedel I thought I was in a hurry on this current assignment—too much to do with not a lot of time. However, the barmen at Grid City and TF Brewing during my last visits encouraged me to chill the fuck out and just let the beer happen. Thankfully, I was in the good frame of mind to listen, as the anticipation made for a much better drinking experience. Grid City - Nitro Raspberry Cocoa Brown Ale: ...

As we head into the optimism of this new year, people are taking advantage of the opportunities they have to enjoy the things they love. For many in Utah, that includes getting out to local ski resorts—an activity that inspires not just the activity itself, but the imaginations of local artists. Park Citys J Go Gallery features multiple works by artist who find inspiration in the entire ritual of skiing—riding a lift, taking that thrilling run, enjoying the aftermath. Heres a look at just a...

Burgess Owens might as well toss a torch into our democracy. He couldnt even wait until he was sworn in to start destroying the dream of the Founding Fathers. Their dream was simple: Every voice would be heard, and every vote would count. But our new congressman is playing the part of a GOP cheerleader—chasing the conspiracy bogeymen that have characterized the ignorance, confusion, and chaos of the Trump years. As most of the nation gasps at the outrages of the last days of this presidential...

Christmas tree. Thats right, you left-wing pagans, its not the holiday tree, is it? And we havent been holiday shopping, have we? No siree Bob. Its the goddamn Christmas tree, you heathen bastards. You can be a Muslim or a Jew or an atheist, or a Hindu or a Buddhist, but its Christmas, and its a Christmas tree—not a Buddha tree and not a Shiva tree. Rush Limbaugh said were not going to stand by and watch this War on Christmas without assailing minorities. Santa is white. Jesus is white, an...

Analytica. they were working on propaganda from the same people that were slamming qatar at the same time that the u.s. was changing policies with qatar. >> because the firm cambridge analytical came to their -- we were able to take a closer look at this and see that its parent company slc actually was paid $333,000 by united arab emirates to kind of do a p.r. campaign that was against qatar. a lot of this was aimed around the u.n. general assembly meeting in new york a in september of this year...

Toward the president more broadly. what do you think? >> last week was a huge wake-up call for americans. it shouldnt have been. this level of hate and bigotry has been sieging among us for quite sometime. we saw frankly the fbi and slc talking about after president obama was elected the rise in those groups. people shouldnt be surprise that charlottesville happen ped. it was horrible and horrifying and i think we all wish it hadnt happened that way but theres a lot churning for a long time and ...

>> well, whats colored my opinion is the fact that department of homeland security has not changed since i left. despite this huge spike in the number of anti-government groups, they still only have one analyst looking at domestic non-islamic extremism. i find that quite startling and unsettling to me. >> what should be done about it? >> i think the slc is taking an important step in recommending an interagency task force. but there are other things that can be done. we have a whole generation o...

I find that quite startling and unsettling to me. >> what should be done about it? >> i think the slc is taking an important step in recommending an interagency task force. but there are other things that can be done. we have a whole generation of analysts and law enforcement officers who have been coming up through the ranks who had no idea what theyre dealing with because they werent on the job back in the 1990s. i would encourage training. we need to have commitment on the federal, state and ...