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The Failed Casino Ownership with No Shame: “Bankruptcy Barron” Apollo Trying to Return to Las Vegas

Posted by on Jan 31, 2022 in Blog, Las Vegas | 0 comments

 

 

 

“Eleven months after the transaction was announced and more than a year after the death of Las Vegas Sands founder Sheldon Adelson, the Nevada Gaming Control Board will consider the sale of one of the gaming industry’s most high-profile Strip properties during a licensing hearing Wednesday in Las Vegas.

It won’t be a simple discussion, given Apollo’s 11-year controversial ownership of Caesars Entertainment.”

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Weather Karma is a Bitch

Posted by on Jan 31, 2022 in Blog, Las Vegas, Rants and Raves | 0 comments

 

 

“Snow today is water tomorrow.”

 

I’ve seen this meme, and others like it, circulating on social media lately. Presumably, it’s a light-hearted attempt to poke fun at people who live in colder climates with lots of snowfall.

Most readers know of my distaste for memes, and here’s a perfect example of short-sighted, dirt-dumb, foolishness.

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Remembering the Bad Old Days of Football Handicapping

Posted by on Jan 28, 2022 in Blog, Las Vegas, Sports Betting | 0 comments

 

 

You’d swear this is a SNL skit, but it’s not. It’s real. This show used to run every Saturday morning nationally across the country.

Here’s a hysterical 9-minute video clip (below) that typifies the sewer that once was—and to some extent still is—the darkest depths of “sports handicapping services.”

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Railroaded by the Defense Industry

Posted by on Jan 27, 2022 in Blog, Las Vegas, Politics, What's Left | 0 comments

 

 

While the United States taxpayer was strangled with wasteful trillion-dollar wars in the Middle East, China has been building bullet trains that go 370 mph. Next time year hear some right-wing war hawk blabbering about “America’s weak defense,” remember the consequences.  We’re building tanks, while they’re building bridges, highways, and new airports.

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