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Posted by on Oct 18, 2013 in Blog | 2 comments

Thoughts on Sneak Preview of “Ultimatebeat: Too Much to Lose” (Documentary About the UltimateBet Poker Scandal)

 

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Last night I joined a select group of Las Vegas poker players who were invited to preview a rough cut of the explosive film documentary called Ultimatebeat:  Too Much to Lose.

The film gets its title from some wordplay on the Ultimatebet scandal, which rocked the industry at the tail end of the poker boom.  According to investigators, the unsuspecting high-stakes poker-playing victims were defrauded out of tens of millions of dollars.

So, where did all that money go and who got away with the crimes?

That’s what Ultimatebeat:  Too Much to Lose seeks to answer, in painstaking detail.

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Posted by on Aug 16, 2013 in Blog, Essays, Politics | 2 comments

Gays Aren’t Destroying the Institution of Marriage — Rather, They’re Saving It

 

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Opponents of changing marriage laws in the United States claim that extending these rights to same-sex couples “threatens the institution of marriage.”

But evidence shows that gays are hardly matrimony’s primary menace.  In fact, it’s the straights, the so-called traditionalists who have evaded, mocked, and in increasing numbers abandoned the most sacred marriage vow, “I wed thee….’til death do us part.”

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Posted by on Aug 6, 2013 in Blog, Las Vegas | 25 comments

Should You Give Money to Street Beggars?

 

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One thing I’ve noticed about how things have changed here in Las Vegas during the past year of the COVID pandemic is the obvious decline in panhandling, especially at busy traffic intersections.

Before masks and protocols, street beggars could be seen everywhere.  Some street corners had panhandlers working in teams on both sides of the street.  Putting up at a red light subjected drivers to a parade of sad-looking souls.  In some cases, the needs were legitimate.  In others, the beggars were scammers.

If and when life gets back to “normal,” will panhandling return, and when it does, do you think it helps to give them money?

That question is the basis of today’s column, updated from a previous article that I posted years ago.

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