THE TROPICANA IS ABOUT TO GET MOE GREENE’D
The Tropicana (Las Vegas) is about to get the Moe Green treatment. It’s scheduled to close this week. At some point it will be imploded. Keep an eye out for the breaking news.
The Tropicana, which first opened in 1955, has a legendary role in cinema. It was Moe Greene’s hotel in (the original) The Godfather. (1972)
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“THE ANXIOUS GENERATION”
SHOULD KIDS BE BANNED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA?
Note: Despite this article title, this isn’t so much a book review as an extension of the conversation prompted by Jon Haidt’s new book on the impacts of social media on young people.
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WHAT IS “FAKE NEWS” ?
The Wall Street Journal did a really powerful thing today. The daily newspaper’s front page is mostly left blank, except for a bold headline: “HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE.”
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MEET THE “EXPERT”
Thank you to Karen.
She’s done the research for all of us and has been generous enough to share her extraordinary wisdom on social media. Check out her posts. She got everything all figured out.
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IS AMERICA IN MORAL DECLINE? — YEAH, LOOK IN THE MIRROR, TRUMPERS
Just when we thought the treasonous, porn-star raw-dogging, bribe-paying, Putin-worshipping, orange scumbag stooge couldn’t possibly reduce himself to any lower depths, now he’s SELLING BIBLES for $60 a pop.
Let that sink in:
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The Bellagio on the rise on the dust of the Dunes — 1997.
The fourth and final episode of the history of Las Vegas documentary aired on CNN. Here’s my review of the final segment for casinos.com, which largely focuses on the 1980s to the present.
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NFL owners keep on imposing ridiculous rule changes on the game. But they never seem to do shit about truly terrible rules that desperately need adjustment and/or elimination.
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YOUNG AMERICANS: WHY ARE THEY SO UNHAPPY COMPARED WITH OTHER NATIONS?
“According to a comprehensive new report, young Americans are alarmingly unhappy. Perhaps dangerously so. This has enormous implications for future stability. The question is — why?”
Question: Why are young people so unhappy?
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I have so many books to read (and hopefully review). Admittedly, I obsess over books, especially biographies. A collection of books is like a wine cellar for the mind.
I just started the Willie Nelson autobiography, “It’s a Long Story.” It’s hard for me to think of anyone who has experienced a more interesting life with so many incredible folksy stories than Nelson. I’m only a few chapters in, so far, and there have been times when I just had to stop cold. Put the book down. Ponder. Think a bit more. Absorb. Take it in. Then, continue.
To me, that’s a *great* book.
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Scumbag Congressional Republicans with the audacity to all themselves the “FREEDOM CAUCUS” (hah!) just voted to kick out one of their own ….. Rep. Ken Buck, a Colorado Republican.
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