Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 9, 2014 in Blog, Rants and Raves |

Let’s just call the Olympic Games what they really are — a global marketing assault. A safari for giant corporations. Everything gets tattooed and branded. Every shred of free space and micro-second of time is the “Official Olympic” this or that.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 8, 2014 in Blog, Book Reviews |

“Free-will” has been a hot topic lately. Indeed, it’s been the crux of philosophical debate for a very long time.
The question is — do we have it?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 7, 2014 in Blog, Politics |

Did you hear about the recent legal decision in Missouri?
Flashers are now protected by free speech laws.
According to a federal judge in St. Louis, flashing in public is permitted by the First Amendment. Laws prohibiting flashing violate the individual right to free speech.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 6, 2014 in Blog, Personal |

Axl Rose and I have something in common.
We both turn 52-years-old today.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 5, 2014 in Blog |

What if the modern media were around in ancient times?
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 4, 2014 in Blog, General Poker |

Call me biased.
When I first came into poker as a writer, the year was 1993. Live poker had just been legalized in Atlantic City. That’s when I started writing for Card Player magazine, which was pretty much the only publication covering the game at the time.
Well, we’ve certainly come a long way in the last two decades.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 4, 2014 in Blog, Rants and Raves |

Been to a shopping mall lately?
Talk about hell on earth!
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 3, 2014 in Blog |

Another senseless death. Another wasted talent.
What’s the appropriate reaction when something like this happens?
Shock? Certainly. Sadness? Absolutely. Outrage? Yeah, probably. Confusion? Yes.
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 2, 2014 in Blog, Sports Betting |

Here are twenty things we learned from this year’s Super Bowl:
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Posted by Nolan Dalla on Feb 2, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Las Vegas |

Let’s make one thing clear.
Steve Wynn was in favor of online gambling long before he opposed it. Big time. As in so enthusiastically in favor of online gambling (and poker specifically) that he once signed up for a strategic business partnership with PokerStars.com. You remember PokerStars, don’t you? The world’s largest online poker site based over on the Isle of Man?
Now it appears Wynn has changed his mind. Again.
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