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Re: America
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:51 pm
by Sandydragon
Coco wrote:Sandydragon wrote:Digby wrote:
Vegas doesn't really do reality, other than its whole is based on the abuse of labour. Without question one of the weirdest places I've been. Is she asking though for people to be able to travel as normal, or for some restrictions on the denizens of Vegas to be lifted? If she's asking for free travel to and fro Vegas she's not really just offering her city as a giant experiment
Its a very weird place. Looks great at night but travel in from the outskirts in day time and its a whole different matter.
key extracts here:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/23/poli ... index.html
You can watch the good Mayor here live (not sure all of the interview has been included):
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... yn-goodman
I lived there from 89 - 97... great times... great experiences... met some great people.... but it was a planet all its own.
I can't being to image what it must be like growing up there, thinking that place is normal.
Re: America
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 2:52 pm
by Son of Mathonwy
Sandydragon wrote:Coco wrote:
I lived there from 89 - 97... great times... great experiences... met some great people.... but it was a planet all its own.
I can't being to image what it must be like growing up there, thinking that place is normal.
Yeah, it's a great place to visit - I have been more than once. But definitely not normal. Like, the opposite of normal.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:54 am
by Coco
Sandydragon wrote:Coco wrote:
I lived there from 89 - 97... great times... great experiences... met some great people.... but it was a planet all its own.
I can't being to image what it must be like growing up there, thinking that place is normal.
Moved there to live with my boyfriend... he lived there (was from Burbank originally). Man did we party... good times my entire 20s... then reality sets in once you see people cashing their paychecks every Friday at the casino... only to gamble it all away... knowing they have a family at home depending on them. Its quite an eyeopener. Very sad. Had our daughter and decided it was no place to raise a child so moved back to So. Cali. I miss the weather though... I love the dry heat.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:10 pm
by Sandydragon
Coco wrote:Sandydragon wrote:Coco wrote:
I lived there from 89 - 97... great times... great experiences... met some great people.... but it was a planet all its own.
I can't being to image what it must be like growing up there, thinking that place is normal.
Moved there to live with my boyfriend... he lived there (was from Burbank originally). Man did we party... good times my entire 20s... then reality sets in once you see people cashing their paychecks every Friday at the casino... only to gamble it all away... knowing they have a family at home depending on them. Its quite an eyeopener. Very sad. Had our daughter and decided it was no place to raise a child so moved back to So. Cali. I miss the weather though... I love the dry heat.
One of the times I went, I spent time wandering around the casino floors. Not a massive gambler but sacrificed 5 dollars just for the hell of it. I remember this woman sat at a slot machine with one of those buckets of quarters just playing and playing . Her child, about 5 or 6 was asleep at her feet. One of those times you really can’t believe your eyes.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:21 pm
by Buggaluggs
I used to go to Vegas every year with my wife to watch the US Sevens. They moved it LA this year. We'd stay outside of Vegas to the East at Lake Las Vegas. Really nice in Feb/Mar as its cool at night and not too warm during the day. Windy, though in the afternoons. Beautiful scenery and lovey walking trails.
Re: America
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2020 11:53 pm
by Coco
Sandydragon wrote:Coco wrote:Sandydragon wrote:
I can't being to image what it must be like growing up there, thinking that place is normal.
Moved there to live with my boyfriend... he lived there (was from Burbank originally). Man did we party... good times my entire 20s... then reality sets in once you see people cashing their paychecks every Friday at the casino... only to gamble it all away... knowing they have a family at home depending on them. Its quite an eyeopener. Very sad. Had our daughter and decided it was no place to raise a child so moved back to So. Cali. I miss the weather though... I love the dry heat.
One of the times I went, I spent time wandering around the casino floors. Not a massive gambler but sacrificed 5 dollars just for the hell of it. I remember this woman sat at a slot machine with one of those buckets of quarters just playing and playing . Her child, about 5 or 6 was asleep at her feet. One of those times you really can’t believe your eyes.
Yep... and with slot machines in every gas station, grocery, and convenience store.. its really just too much.
Re: America
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 4:35 pm
by morepork
Re: America
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 8:34 pm
by Digby
Hey, that virus is going to be gone, eradicated, with or without a vaccine
Re: America
Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 11:38 pm
by morepork
I can't get my fucking head around this.
Re: America
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 4:29 am
by canta_brian
This will cheer you up I’m sure.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4 ... allup-poll
What on earth are they all approving of?
Re: America
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 5:24 pm
by Eugene Wrayburn
Re: America
Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 5:41 pm
by Son of Mathonwy
Eugene Wrayburn wrote:
ffs
Scared people rallying around the flag.
Re: America
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 7:27 am
by Eugene Wrayburn
Son of Mathonwy wrote:Eugene Wrayburn wrote:
ffs
Scared people rallying around the flag.
They did that, then wised up. This appears to be something else.
Re: America
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 8:35 am
by Digby
Son of Mathonwy wrote:Eugene Wrayburn wrote:
ffs
Scared people rallying around the flag.
Ah, so that's called rallying
Re: America
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 12:39 pm
by Son of Mathonwy
Digby wrote:Son of Mathonwy wrote:Eugene Wrayburn wrote:
ffs
Scared people rallying around the flag.
Ah, so that's called rallying
Eww, that doesn't look consensual.
Re: America
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 3:04 pm
by morepork
Welcome to the United States of Comedy. You are about to witness the most predictable mistaken social experiment in contemporary history as millions of thick cunts are worked into a rage over their privilege being infringed and.....stuff.....by a fat puppet with the functional literacy of a 12 year old born of an alcoholic chain smoking mother who is himself manipulated by a small inbred clique of ultra wealthy that need some cannon fodder in the war on science and logic.
China.....it's all yours from here on in.
Re: America
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 4:45 pm
by Sandydragon
Son of Mathonwy wrote:Digby wrote:Son of Mathonwy wrote:
Scared people rallying around the flag.
Ah, so that's called rallying
Eww, that doesn't look consensual.
At this point I feel Melina is earning every penny.
Re: America
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 4:47 pm
by Sandydragon
Unfortunately Biden seems a bit anonymous at the moment. Trump is basically campaigning against himself, and if we wasn’t such a retard he would be doing a lot better.
Re: America
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 8:39 pm
by Which Tyler
Re: America
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 10:13 pm
by Sandydragon
Re: America
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 10:22 pm
by Digby
Fine people
Re: America
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 10:30 pm
by Eugene Wrayburn
Sandydragon wrote:
Unfortunately Biden seems a bit anonymous at the moment. Trump is basically campaigning against himself, and if we wasn’t such a retard he would be doing a lot better.
There's pretty much fuck all he can do right now to get a hearing. He's doing a lot of the right things with his youtube stuff etc, but he needs to find ways of amplifying his signal. He could do worse than hiring Buttigeig's digital lead who has some really interesting ideas.
Re: America
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 2:46 pm
by Digby
Re: America
Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 4:19 pm
by gransoporro
Even the Georgia governor condemned the killing. Now, TGPT can still pipe in, but hopefully he has been told to sit this one out.
Re: America
Posted: Sat May 09, 2020 12:43 pm
by Sandydragon
gransoporro wrote:
Even the Georgia governor condemned the killing. Now, TGPT can still pipe in, but hopefully he has been told to sit this one out.
Nothing like a bit of racist vigilantism. And the local police seemed to have gone out of their way not to follow up on this.