“It’s like the story of the Golden Temple: A guy fell in love with it and burned it down. He couldn’t stand the idea of it falling apart as it got older, and now the Golden Temple exists in perfect form forever. It became a myth.”
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Read MoreI have a question for you, Mitt.
“How does it feel to be your party’s 8th-round draft choice?”
I follow politics because it’s great entertainment. It’s the national theater of our society — and there’s a performance every day and night.
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Several of Las Vegas’ top musicians — virtually all of whom play the expensive headliner shows at the biggest casinos — gather from time to time and put on an impromptu jamming session. Led by longtime bandleader and trumpeter Lon Bronson, his “All-Star Band” often has a dozen or more of the best session musicians in the city on a single stage.
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Monte (August 2012)
This is the story of a man I barely know and how that man changed my life. He died of cancer in October 202o. I was blessed to be able to speak at his funeral in Seattle and tell others how wonderful he was. R.I.P.
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Photo by Charles Clyde Ebbets (1933)
Labor Day means to recognize and applaud the working class who built this country with their caloused hands, leathered skin, and broken backs — and who now strive to ensure that our society remains vibrant. This day serves as a reminder that the American middle class was created largely by the efforts of those in the labor movement during the first half of the 20th Century.
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A sick fuck named Sun Myung Moon died today.
Read MoreThe time has come to get rid of immigrants!
That’s right — throw them out!
Who do they think they are — taking over our country?
Millions of foreign-looking people arrive on our shores without ever being invited. They hang onto their old customs. They won’t speak our language. They refuse to assimilate into our society. They take over our neighborhoods. They steal our jobs.
I don’t like what these new immigrants are doing to our nation. Wherever they go, crime increases. Wherever they live, filth and disease follows. They bring guns, drugs, and violence.
Sound familiar?
Oddly enough, these same toxic words could have written back in 1830 by someone else.
I wonder what this man would think about the issue of immigration in America:
This poster shows the face of an Indian chief railing against new immigrants. I thought the poster was thought provoking, so I put my own twist on the issue.
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The Women in Poker Hall fo Fame — 2012 Official Induction Ceremony was held tonight on Friday, August 31st. The gala took place at the Golden Nugget in Downtown Las Vegas.
This marked the fifth annual induction ceremony. The inaugural took place back in 2008. I’ve had the great pleasure of attending all five years.
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Clint Eastwood’s appearance at the critical moment of the final night of the 2012 Republican National Convention was quite possibly the most painful moment in any political theater within the past twenty years.
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