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2025-06-15 Fifth Column
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While on a Moonshine Run in Denver, Colorado Last Evening, I Managed to Infiltrate the ‘No More Kings’ Protest at the Denver Capitol
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| Clarification from comments, below: This is a personal experience reported by Rantburg’s own Fairbanks. |
Note: This is not particularly interesting - there's no violence or anything.
I've been wondering for years what Moonshine tasted like. While watching one of those Discovery Channel shows about people seeking monsters and ghosts this afternoon, I found on the internet that the only place in town for Moonshine is the old and famous "Argonaut Liquors" on East Colfax. I immediately left, and after 15 minutes of driving I was on Lincoln, and it was blocked at 13th street - something was going on at the state capitol building. You had to turn left, and I followed along for one block and turned left again and swung back around into the old "Capitol Hill" neighborhood and made my way to the Argonaut on Colfax.
I headed back down Colfax toward the Capitol to see how close I could get to the demonstration, and drove up to about 100 yards from the center. Denver police were forcing everyone to turn right, and I pulled over to two officers in gear and told them who I was, just Fairbanks there's no last name, and that I was wondering if they knew where I could park nearby. They pointed to open spaces to park 30 yards away.
I got out and thanked the officers, and said that the No More Kings mantra has only been in fashion for a week or two, and these people were oblivious to the world. I said that at least there's been no rioting in Denver, and they said that there had been earlier in the day. Some bad ones had stopped I25 at the Colfax bridge but for only a short time, and gas was used.
I easily made my way to the center of the gathering, about 40 feet from the speakers. A gentleman handed me a sign to hold that was printed on a copier. I says "WE NEED "JUSTICE" / NOT / "JUST - ICE" / & NO CRIMINAL "RAPIST" IN OUR WHITE HOUSE!!!" That made me feel at home with the crowd. A rotating group of speakers were going at it, and each one had a different blurb that could be voiced in English about the country, and most were particularly concerned about Donald Trump. Some were more concerned about how you and I are guilty of stealing the land from the Mexicans because I guess they were here first.
I hung out for 25 minutes walking through the crowd. I guessed 300 protesters were there, and after 10 minutes I began concentrating on the individuals. They were primarily 20-40 years old, with some lone older women wondering around aimlessly. All of the different signs have been seen elsewhere, and the nose piercings, etc. were to be expected. When I left at about 8pm I walked 40 yards to two Colorado State Patrol officers in gear and had a nice chat. I said the I guessed that only about 300 were in attendance and they appeared to be about 50% Latino and asked about the use of gas earlier in the day. One officer said his guess was about 45% Latino, and that earlier they had stopped the group on I25 in one hour using gas. I asked if it was going to get worse later at night, and the officer said that normally it winds down at this point and everyone goes home. As I drove slowly along Broadway in front of the capitol I saw a large group just showing up, about a hundred were now coming in in regular columns and I saw one Mexican flag. Apparently they are no longer using the Mexican flag in the protests.
So nothing particularly different occurred from other similar protests around the country. Meanwhile, back on the oasis, I need to open up this 750ml bottle of 50 proof Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine, but I've got a big dilemma here. I don't believe that you're supposed to sip it slowly throughout the evening, in a tall glass full of ice and lots of club soda. But this is a wrap, and I will just deal with it delicately.
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Posted by Fairbanks 2025-06-15 00:00||
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