Nevada
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1:03 p.m.
I'm sorry, but I don't believe the poll. The Las Vegas Review Journal 's this weekend that shows Obama and McCain closer than other polls have suggested lately. I also don't believe the polls that have shown Obama running away with it here in the Silver State. In fact, I don't believe ANY polls . They're all wrong. I think, that with the polarization and "Base reaffirming" activities of McC...
Zeke Says So - 12:44 p.m.
President/Vice President: Barack Obama / Joe Biden Congress: Jill Derby State Assembly Districts AD24 David Bobzien AD25 Robert Townsend AD26 Daela Gibson AD27 Sheila Leslie AD30 Debbie Smith AD31 Bernie Anderson AD35 Rachel Marie King AD39 Joetta Brown AD40 Bonnie Parnell County Commissssoner 3 Kitty Jung County Commissioner 4 Gary R Schmidt Supreme Cou...
Zeke Says So - 11:27 a.m.
When I saw that CD-3 "poll" yesterday I wondered where its CD-2 pendant was. And what do you know! Here it is. And they actually managed to poll even fewer people than in CD-3. 222 registered voters (doesn't mean they actually will vote, that would be leaning voters) said they love Dean Heller. That is the subtext of this "poll." The LVRJ should stop their cheap assed polling and chip in a c...
My Silver State - 11:27 a.m.
The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada will host an early voting rally on October 18 th , 11:00 AM in front of the Pioneer Center (100 S. Virginia Street) in Reno. The organization will also host “Global Justice and Hope for the Earth” at the First United Methodist Church, 209 W. First St. Reno, NV on Friday, October 24. For additional information contact: 775-322-4564 or ...
Blue Sage Views - 9:49 a.m.
EARLY VOTING STARTS THIS SATURDAY! October 18 th - 31st Locations OPEN EVERY DAY FOR ALL 14 DAYS of Early Voting: Scolari's Food and Drug Stores 10a to 6p Scolari's Store - 3310 S. McCarran Blvd., Reno 10a to 6p Scolari's Store - 200 Lemmon Drive, Reno 10a to 6p Scolari's Store - 8165 S. Virginia Street, Reno 10a to 6p Scolari's Store - 4788 Caughlin Parkway, Reno 1...
Zeke Says So - 9:23 a.m. - 2 clicks 
The British are bailing out their banks, [ Blmbrg ] but the U.S. bailout program hasn't reached Las Vegas, NV where one car dealership used to sell 43 units per weekend, and is now down to 9. Senator John McCain's “cut spending” message may be resonating with some GOP voters, but many southern Nevada voters are feeling the pinch caused by casinos cutting jobs. [ Afk ] If ...
Desert Beacon - 9:22 a.m.
Courtesy of Meteor Blades : National Debt When Jimmy Carter ... ...arrived at the White House: $660 billion. Added during Carter's four years: $337 billion. Added during Ronald Reagan's eight years: $1.6 trillion. Added during George H. W. Bush's four years: $1.6 trillion. Added during Bill Clinton's eight years: $1.5 trillion. Added during George W. Bush's seven years, nine months: $4.5...
My Silver State - 8:04 a.m.
According to estimations from the Nevada State Demographer's office approximately 11.18% of the state's population is over the age of 65. About 92,224 are between the ages of 65 to 69 (3.67%), another 2.89% are between the ages of 70 to 74, and yet another 3.67% are over 75. [ NVSD ] One could wonder how many of these voters are aware of McCain's position on Social Security? “ John Mc...
Desert Beacon - Sun 4:40 p.m. - 3 clicks
Wow. Just the sort of place you'd expect from Nevada power brokers! (Sun)Umm. Who doesn't love Goober on a Stick??And if you haven't yet lost faith in the Nevada electoral process, forget Acorn. Just read this!...
Vote Gibbons Out - Sun 3:27 p.m. - 3 clicks
Another Sunday, another bestowal of the Sunday Deck Bass (northern Nevada's least coveted, utterly unwanted, award for political pretzel maneuvering) to the campaign of Senator John Sidney McCain III for the presidency of the United States. Perhaps I should have followed Random Musing's lead and simply named the Sunday Award after the Arizona Senator in the first place. Af...
Desert Beacon - Sun 8:46 a.m. - 8 clicks
God Knows I screw around on this site. I make fun of everything and everyone. Which is an American thing to do, for those of you who read this blog internationally(all three of you). But one thing I don't joke about is the election on November 4th. The actual vote counting, and a citizens right and ability to cast a ballot for their candidate. The Nevada GOP, led by Governor Jim Gibbons ...
Zeke Says So - Sun 7:26 a.m. - 5 clicks
Wow, who would have thought? Jon Porter leads in his reelection battle against Dina Titus. Who says so? The Las Vegas Republican Journal of course. Who else would manage to conduct a poll that would give Porter a bigger edge than his own internal polling? According to the LVRJ, Porter leads Titus 43-40. According to Jon Porter, Porter leads Titus 41-39. According to Dina Titus, Porter trail...
My Silver State - Sun 5:26 a.m. - 6 clicks
From Sarah Palin 's Wikipedia page: On October 10, 2008, the Republican-dominated Alaska Legislative Council unanimously voted to release the Branchflower investigative report, which found that Sarah Palin unlawfully "abused her power" as governor and violated the state's Ethics Act when her office pressured Monegan to fire Wooten, but that firing Monegan "was a proper and lawful exercise o...
Desert Beacon - Sat 2:05 p.m. - 2 clicks
Once the party of Lincoln, although not necessarily of abolition per se , the Republicans secured African American votes until the political sea-changes after the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal further cemented Democratic Party proposals to African American hopes and ideals; and a Democrat, Harry S. Truman desegregated the U.S. armed forces after Wo...
Desert Beacon - Sat 2:05 p.m. - 2 clicks
The Lube Gube admits that there was nothing he could have done a year ago to help out Nevada's budget crisis. (RJ)Except maybe not signing on to the budget increases during the 2006 legislative session that he signed on to,......
Vote Gibbons Out - Sat 1:48 p.m. - 15 clicks
Or maybe he's just trying to show how much he can stuff into his eight hour work week.In any case, Governor Goobers is on the march this week! Lookee what he's up to as he desperately tries to cover up......
Vote Gibbons Out - Fri 10:09 p.m. - 14 clicks
Knowing how "in" it is to recycle these days here in Nevada(that's a joke people), I thought I'd give some of our future ex-GOP politicians an idea of what they might do, once they've stopped serving the Public Good(that's another joke). Governor Jim Gibbons Casino Baron . There's nothing dirtier than a jack Mormon, and this jack Mormon would be perfect to front an old-style Nevada cas...
Zeke Says So - Fri 4:29 p.m. - 15 clicks
As a general rule, I don't hang out a lot with conservative Republicans due to the fact I hate them. Well, not all of them, that's not fair. Let's just say I hate most of them. So imagine my surprise when I learned that me and Russell Smith, the very conservative DA of Humboldt County, are friends. I don't think either of us realized how close we were, due to our long history of not getting along...
Blue Sage Views - Fri 3:04 p.m. - 8 clicks
Watching the ABC channel in Reno or Las Vegas, NV? You won't see the Alliance for Climate Protection's advertisement that calls out Big Oil? But, you will get presidential debates sponsored by Chevron, Exxon-Mobil, and the Coal lobby. [ Grist ] [via HuffPo ] Watch the GOP attacks on ACORN carefully. There's more to this than the voter registration allegations. The Repub...
Desert Beacon - Fri 2:31 p.m. - 9 clicks
Wow…I never knew this. The veterinary toxicologists who handled the call—Dr. Michael Knight and Dr. Susanna Hawkins—determined the loaf of bread may have contained three tablespoons of raisins, a sufficient amount to be toxic to most dogs. Posted in Critters ...
Blue Lyon - Fri 1:05 p.m. - 2 clicks
Tell me again – the McCain campaign isn't coordinating with the American Issues Project to make Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) scapegoats for the Republican financial disaster. Nevada cable subscribers got the AIP ad this morning and the McCain-Palin rally in Wisconsin included the self-same allegations. [ TPM ] The American Issues Project received 1...
Desert Beacon - Fri 9:49 a.m. - 9 clicks
There’s something about an election year that brings out the kooks. Sadly, they’ve somehow learned to put a verb and a noun together, though not real well, to horrify newspaper readers with their bigotry and intolerance in the form of letters to the editor. One such letter writer was recently featured in the newspaper of record for Humboldt County. The writer of the letter was critical of governm...
Blue Sage Views - Fri 9:31 a.m. - 9 clicks
Although the Nevada election laws have changed since 2004 regarding challenging voters legitimacy, the GOP and its forces of Evil can still impact the vote on November 4. Here's how: Republican operatives, who live in solid Democratic precincts, arrive on Election Day morning with a big list of people from the precinct they plan to challenge. And challenge they do.Even though they lose every s...
Zeke Says So - Fri 9:00 a.m. - 24 clicks
The talking point for the rest of the campaign seems to be: the black guy is pals with domestic terrorists.It probably just is a really bad time to try and distract voters from the economy. What with it collapsing and......
Vote Gibbons Out - Thu 10:47 p.m. - 2 clicks
Boy, does this sound familiar. Icelanders are also beginning to question how a relative few were able to generate the disproportionate wealth — and associated debt — that Haarde has warned puts the entire country at risk of bankruptcy. Iceland’s reinvention from the poor cousin in Europe to one of the region’s wealthiest countries dates to the [...]...
Blue Lyon - Thu 11:09 a.m. - 11 clicks
Senator Joe Lieberman is begging to be kicked out of the Senate’s Democratic caucus. While stumping for John McCain in Florida, Lieberman sat down for an interview with the conservative news outlet, Newsmax and told them that ” he is so disappointed with the Democratic Party, he will consider whether to bolt the Democratic [...]...
Reno and Its Discontents - Thu 9:10 a.m. - 2 clicks
I don’t usually get to watch Sam Shad’s Nevada Newsmakers, but I did want to check out the debate between the candidates for State Assembly District 24, David Bobzien (D) and John Gwaltney (R)–one of the hottest races in the north. You can watch it here. At about 6 minutes in, things start to get [...]...
Reno and Its Discontents - Thu 8:45 a.m. - 10 clicks
“Indiana, Nevada, North Carolina, and Ohio “seem to be improperly using Social Security data to verify registration applications for new voters.” “ In the year ending Sept. 30, election officials in Nevada, for example, used the Social Security database more than 740,000 times to check voter files or registration applications and found more than 715,000 nonmatches, federal rec...
Desert Beacon - Thu 8:45 a.m. - 7 clicks
Think of this as an homage to a classic Tom Tomorrow cartoon."Homage" means "please don't sue me! I'm a fan!"Maureen Dowd: Campaigning last weekend, Palin cast their Democratic rival as “someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect......
Vote Gibbons Out - Thu 4:04 a.m. - 2 clicks
The Reno Gazette-Journal has released its latest round of polling and the bad news is that Heller is outperforming John McCain in the second district and is eight points ahead of Jill Derby (48-41). The good news is that Heller is still below fifty, which is never good news for an incumbent, and the sample really isn't the largest (400 likely voters). So, there's still quite a chance for Jill ...
My Silver State - Thu 4:04 a.m. - 8 clicks
I'm back from my little blogging hiatus and as it seems just in time for the fun: To all you prisoners, uh, Americans, out there: thank God I live in Europe. Now back to regular scheduled blogging. Enjoy the ride! ...
My Silver State - Thu 4:04 a.m. - 2 clicks
A person doesn't need to be bathed in the Big City Lights in Las Vegas or Reno, NV to figure out the GOP game plan. There's a time honored pattern when Republicans claim “voter fraud.” An important first point, as highlighted by The Gleaner , is that the allegations brought to the attention of the NV Secretary of State's office concern registration , not voting irregularities. Secon...
Desert Beacon - Wed 12:00 p.m. - 9 clicks
I was a bit puzzled by the scheduled Derby Heller debate in two weeks. In Elko. Like the 4th biggest city the the District (and most remote and Utah-like). Seriously. Why would the candidates have a debate 320 miles east of where the majority of voters in the district live? The Reno Sparks Metro area. I know Reno is a big scary city , and big scary Zeke lives here, but if you want the job,...
Zeke Says So - Wed 9:32 a.m. - 5 clicks
42 percent reported that they would support Obama if they election were today. From the overview on Democracy Corps’ website: Democracy Corps conducted dial testing of the debate with 50 undecided voters in Henderson, Nevada, followed by focus group discussions with voters who shifted toward one of the candidates after seeing the debate. These voters were [...]...
Reno and Its Discontents - Wed 9:31 a.m. - 10 clicks
Contrary to what the local GOP thinks, people should not be required to show ID at the polls. (Sun) Especiallly the kind that might give election workers a heart attack....
Vote Gibbons Out - Tue 11:23 p.m. - 2 clicks
Oh Snap moment: Obama reversing McCain’s “you don’t understand” meme. Best Moment: Obama’s response to the health care question. Worst Moment: McCain addressing Obama as “that one.” Thanks C-SPAN Debate Hub, a blogger’s best friend. As an early adopter, I just want to say suck it to those jumping on my coat tails. [...]...
Reno and Its Discontents - Tue 11:23 p.m. - 3 clicks
Rural and Western Values A series of round-table discussions on Rural and Western Values has been scheduled for venues across northern Nevada. The discussions will be led by Montana Senator Jon Tester, who has held similar events in Montana and Colorado. Tester will focus on how Barack Obama's economic plans will benefit western states and rural areas. Events are scheduled for Fallon, Win...
Blue Sage Views - Tue 9:03 p.m. - 12 clicks
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Zeke Says So - Tue 8:46 p.m. - 3 clicks
© FauxNews October 7, 2008 Los Angeles, California - In what has been described as a last-ditch gambit to save the struggling McCain Palin campaign, engineers at the Cindy McCain owned CyberDyne Corporation have sent political spinners back through a time portal to announce victory at tonight's debate. After McCain received grief for releasing a predebate statement claiming victory at ...
Zeke Says So - Tue 8:46 p.m. - 3 clicks
It's a sad day when the media decides to talk about “whether the presidential candidates will discuss the issues,” rather than address the issues themselves. The narrator of this montage from a pro-Palin rally organized by the McCain Campaign during the Vice Presidential debate asks, “Do Americans want to live in Palin-Land?” If, as the McCain-Palin ticket suggests, we are know...
Desert Beacon - Tue 6:29 p.m. - 3 clicks
And not a lot of time to say it. First off, the Race for the Cure was huge success. We ran out of t-shirts, bibs, made lots of money, and we’re all recovering. Still there is plenty to wrap up this week: runners’ times, determining awards, etc, so I’m still a bit buried but will be back [...]...
Blue Lyon - Tue 5:51 a.m. - 4 clicks
Apparently awakened from his nap, the Governor started off his eight hour work week by having the tax-funded Gube spinsters send out a memo claiming that the settlement deal that other states are making with Countrywide Mortgage--that is, Bank of......
Vote Gibbons Out - Mon 10:04 p.m. - 3 clicks
Although she might not know it, or know why, thousands of women across the United States have donated over $1 million dollars to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin’s name in one of the most effective grassroots protest I’ve seen in a long time Here’s the press release from 9-27-08 detailing the previous donation total of [...]...
Reno and Its Discontents - Mon 9:32 p.m. - 3 clicks
Just how is that Republican “No New Taxes, De-regulation, Government off our Backs” ideology doing for us? We might try painting the picture by the numbers. Estimated median wage in Nevada FY 2001 = $55,400 [ Novoco.com pdf] Estimated median wage in Nevada FY 2008 = ($14.68 / hr) [ DETR ] 2007 - $53,912 [ Census ] Unemployment rate in Nevada 2001 = 6.3% [ Econolink ] T...
Desert Beacon - Mon 9:32 p.m. - 9 clicks
On Monday night, an asteroid that may be the size of a car will likely burn up in the atmosphere over northeastern Africa, according to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Unfortunately I on the wrong continent. Posted in Miscellaneous Diversions, Science ...
Blue Lyon - Mon 4:40 p.m. - 14 clicks
Somebody please tell me that Jill Derby and Dean Heller are planning on having a debate, where the vast majority of voters in Congressional District 2 live. Hey I appreciate that Elko is part of the district, but at about 1/10 the size of the Reno Sparks Metro area, let's just say it ain't as representative as I'd like. Although Democrats have basically unfettered access to candidate Jill De...
Zeke Says So - Oct 6 - 6 clicks
The credit crunch hits home in the Las Vegas development department [ LV Sun ] wherein banks haven't renewed or extended lines of credit. The drop in the housing market has now rippled into commercial projects. Meanwhile, the Presidential Campaign heats up in Nevada, with McCain canceling appearances and Obama maintaining 15 offices, 8 of which are in Clark County. [ LVRJ ] The GOP pr...
Desert Beacon - Oct 6 - 7 clicks
VGO scores an authentic fake page from the Gube's actual fake calendar! Beat that, Schwartz and Cyan! Click the pic to see it closer up...
Vote Gibbons Out - Oct 5 - 3 clicks
Nevadans looking for assistance with health insurance from a McCain administration should listen for answers to a few critical questions about the GOP candidate's proposals. Would allowing people to purchase their own health insurance nationwide, instead of from in-state companies, lower their health care insurance costs? Probably not. First, the creation of a national hea...
Desert Beacon - Oct 5 - 9 clicks
© FauxNews October 5, 2008 Hannibal, Missouri - Stepping onto a brightly lit stage, Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin accepted a small statue certifying her induction into the Great American Liars Hall of Fame today. "Oh Gee Golly, I know I told some big Whoppers lately, but gosh darn it, I had no idea I was so good at it!" Said Palin in front of a large gathering. "I wasn't even awar...
Zeke Says So - Oct 5 - 5 clicks
This election year there’s been much talk of experience, who has it and who doesn’t, but what’s been overlooked is the concept of “relevant experience”. That is, experience relevant to the job at hand. This is the message Kent Maher, candidate for the 6th Judicial District Court, has been stressing to the voters as he goes door-to-door in the district (Humboldt, Lander, and Pershing Counties) try...
Blue Sage Views - Oct 5 - 6 clicks
The great thrashing and flailing McCain Campaign garners yet more attention from the Sunday Deck Bass, the highly uncoveted, utterly unsought, dis-honor bestowed from the wildlands of northern Nevada. Anxious to talk about ANYTHING except the state of the U.S. economy, [ HuffPo ] the McCain campaign is quite candid about its tactics: “ We are looking for a very aggressive last 30 da...
Desert Beacon - Oct 5 - 7 clicks
Go Read. And watch the video at the end too. Posted in Barack Obama, Crime, Democratic Party, Politics ...
Blue Lyon - Oct 4 - 3 clicks
With about three hours to go before "easy" Voter Registration closes in Nevada, there is a distinct possibility that Swing County Washoe, in Swing State Nevada may in fact already have a Democratic majority, the first time in 40,000 years. As of this morning, Washoe County Republicans had about a 1500 voter advantage, with the County Registrar Office back logged with about 3000 "unprocessed" regi...
Zeke Says So - Oct 4 - 6 clicks
Senator John McCain's poll numbers aren't looking all that impressive as we reach the final month before the general election. The Suffolk University Poll on released on September 22, 2008 showed a statistical dead heat in Nevada. By October 3 rd the Rasmussen poll showed Obama with 51% to McCain's 47% in the Silver State. It's probably not helping the McCain candidacy that 82% o...
Desert Beacon - Oct 4 - 6 clicks
You heard me, Obamoids.Back off. Stop picking on the Moose's debate gaffes.At least this one: word is sluicing it's way through the internets' pipes that Moose was wrong when she said she was the first Gube to create a climate......
Vote Gibbons Out - Oct 4 - 3 clicks
Yes, there are other races beside the Presidential race going on. If you’d like to meet and hear from our local candidates, make the jump to see what candidate nights are coming up in Lyon County. More detail for each event as I get it. Thank you to Lyon County Commissioner candidate, Donna Kristaponis, for [...]...
Blue Lyon - Oct 4 - 5 clicks
I’d love to go but the race database will win tonight, I fear: Allison Hernandez and Sonnie Sei are two of the Nevada volleyball players that will be wearing pink on Friday. Photo by Jack Kuestermeyer. Pink out to support breast cancer awareness Thursday, October 02, 2008 By Guia Del Prado The Virginia Street Gym will be filled with spectators, [...]...
Blue Lyon - Oct 4 - 7 clicks
Part of the charm of living in a small town is there’s so little to do the residents are forced to create controversy -- where none exists -- just to have something to do. Any little incident that happens in someone’s life is quickly transformed into an epoch rivaling War & Peace. Even so, when I opened up the local newspaper today and began reading a commentary by a resident having difficu...
Blue Sage Views - Oct 3 - 2 clicks
With McCain's announcement yesterday that he was shuting down his Campaign operations in Michigan and redirect the efforts to Pennsylvania, Zeke wonders if Nevada should also be added to that list. Of course McCain canceled his appearance this week to Reno, as did President Bush, but the general lack of skill of the current political organizers in the State, makes me wonder if McCain hasn't...
Zeke Says So - Oct 3 - 14 clicks
Congressman Dean Heller's (R-NV2) statement on the financial sector bailout bill: “ While this legislation has improved and has many important tax provisions for Nevada that I have supported in the past, I could not support this legislation. The core of this legislation is still flawed and puts Nevada’s taxpayer on the hook to pay for a massive bailout of Wall Street. "Our country is...
Desert Beacon - Oct 3 - 5 clicks
A reasonable person could ask: How is that “no-new-taxes” chant working to create job growth in Nevada? Ans: The projections indicate it isn't. DETR's Research and Analysis Division has released its projections for 2008 and they're dismal – the best they can offer is a net increase of 44,000 new jobs created between 2007 and 2011; with a minus 1.1% growth rate in 2008, and a minus...
Desert Beacon - Oct 3 - 6 clicks
Maybe I should just stop reading the website, but it usually has so much good information it's hard to pass up. But lately I've noticed one thing about the giant weblogs diary's posts about Nevada grassroots politics: they're freakin' wrong! Now maybe Zeke has simply stumbled onto a political tactic, but it looks more like just bad information when you dig into it. DailyKOS writers have been ma...
Zeke Says So - Oct 3 - 6 clicks
There's was lo's of talk about the prezwannabes phoning it in during the Bush bailout. This VGO exclusive shows what's on McSquirrel's iGibber:I followed WaPoo's ChiliPizza on Twitter during the veep debate, which just goes to prove that technology does......
Vote Gibbons Out - Oct 3 - 3 clicks
Backwater, NV and the Biden – Palin “Debate:” What debate? Roll Call ( sub req ) said Governor Palin “held her own.” The Washington Post's Tom Shales (the Style Columnist) opined “Palin Outdoes Herself, You Betcha,” because she “twinkled and winked...” The New York Times reporter said Palin “made it through the debate without doing any obvious damage to the Republican presidenti...
Desert Beacon - Oct 2 - 5 clicks
Looks more like an honest to God disaster to me:Nevada (R): It's hard to paint Gov. Jim Gibbons' first term as anything short of a disaster. He has been sidetracked repeatedly by scandal and has seemed out of his depth......
Vote Gibbons Out - Oct 2 - 5 clicks
Nevada, after being light pink for the last few weeks has turned light blue over on electoral-vote.com. In 2004, Bush pretty much led Kerry in the polls in Nevada at this point. Bush was leading 296 to Kerry's 238 in......
Vote Gibbons Out - Oct 2 - 4 clicks
I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a couple of days. It’s crunch time for the Race for the Cure, and I have a full time job and a husband and critters to tend to as well, and they are getting short shrift enough. Sweetie and I are going to dinner tonight…yay! Life will get back to normal on [...]...
Blue Lyon - Oct 2 - 2 clicks
I'm down here at the bar, and since I'm doing this stupid poll, Barkeep Karl lets me drink for free. He wants me to mention that tonight is also Ladies Night . At 3 p.m. Reno time, here's what the results of the big question, "Is Sarah Palin Going to Look Dumb" ? 14 Hell Yes 6 Hell No 7 Leave Me Alone Zeke. 1 Where's the Bathroom? So there you have it from Reno's...
Zeke Says So - Oct 2 - 7 clicks
Humboldt County elected officials are reaching out to residents in an attempt to set the record straight on the upcoming school bond issue. The school bond was passed by voters in order to build Grass Valley Elementary School, and it’s due to expire in two years. School officials would like to extend the bond another 20 years in order to make some serious and much needed repairs to the buildings t...
Blue Sage Views - Oct 2 - 7 clicks
Hey, buddy? Want to read some really hot stuff?Well, head on over to Ralston's flash and download a copy of the report on why Daniel Bogden got fired by those interns in Alberto Gonzo's office.Talk about hot stuff! You got......
Vote Gibbons Out - Oct 2
“ A Matter of Trust ” nails the essence of the current mortgage meltdown/credit crunch, and suggests that the application of one more “trickle down” patch over the intrinsic problems is nowhere near a solution for either Nevada's or the nation's economic problems. True. Anyone who remotely believes that increasing FDIC insured deposit levels, creating a TARP plan for lending instituti...
Desert Beacon - Oct 2 - 7 clicks
In most election years the Vice Presidential Debate would be a cult show, only watched by the most pathetic political following trolls. Like that show "Nevada Newsmakers". In this wacky election year though, it seems like everybody is going to tune in tomorrow night to see if "Little Miss Sunshine" Sarah Palin can stand up to "Battling" Joe Biden. Although there is an outside chance that Palin mi...
Zeke Says So - Oct 1 - 9 clicks
Who are these people that supposedly don't know who Barack Obama and John McCain are? The only thing the News Media have been talking about for over a year, until the stock market fell apart, was the 2008 election. How someone could not know the difference between McCain and Obama blows my mind. I'm getting subjected to hundreds of TV and radio ads every week, dozens of print stories and...
Zeke Says So - Oct 1
A training developer by profession, I can see parallels in the current economic crisis to what frequently happens in industry when something isn't working quite right. In industry, managers are quick to blame the problem on poor performance of workers and prescribe a magic bandaid of "training" to fix the problem. They never take the time to discover that there's a roadblock or a policy that get's...
Desert Beacon - Oct 1
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Blue Lyon - Sep 30 - 12 clicks
I was thinking that since when Sarah Palin came to Carson City earlier this month, and the Republicans estimated her crowd size to be about four times the reality, maybe we should pretend that the Obama rally today was in fact bigger than Burning Man. When I speak to Democrats from all over Nevada, when they come in to my bar, I constantly hear about that fake 10,000 person in attendance number f...
Zeke Says So - Sep 30 - 16 clicks
Ah, the air is cooling, well a tiny bit anyway, the Las Vegas Fall/Spring is acrawlin' in, hung over from drinking far too much summer this year!Election time is coming! No, not that piddly, dull presidential thing this year. No,......
Vote Gibbons Out - Sep 30 - 10 clicks
In these tough times, when the eyes of the nation are turned towards the suffering of stock traders and bankers, it’s easy to forget that working folk have been there for a while. Barb Sealy, the director of the Winnemucca Food Bank, is reaching out to the community for help in stocking the shelves. She said on average 45 people visit the Food Bank every day it’s open, but sometimes that number g...
Blue Sage Views - Sep 30 - 15 clicks
Ouch? The Alabama Christian Coalition is pushing back against one of Sheldon Adelson's Freedom's Watch ad campaigns. What's a Nevada Casino Magnate supposed to do when his erstwhile allies want his candidate to repudiate his organization? [ Politico ] Conveniently after the installation of the next administration? Special Prosecutor Nora R. Dannehy will continue the ...
Desert Beacon - Sep 30 - 8 clicks
Announcer: We interrupt our usual mindless Gibbers tirade to present another exciting episode of the Adventures of Moose and Squirrel! As you will recall, our hero, Squirrel McLame, is running for Mayor of Frostbite Falls when due to numerous gaffes......
Vote Gibbons Out - Sep 29
Granted DB is a rural Nevada blogger, with precious little in the way of an academic background in economics – but, I am perfectly capable of recognizing a train wreck when I see one. Previous posts – probably too many – have been devoted to how and why we got into the financial services fiasco we're seeing today. Previous posts – probably too many – argued that we, as a nation, need ...
Desert Beacon - Sep 29 - 10 clicks
During his testimony last week before the Senate Banking Committee, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson referred none too kindly about the inadequacy of state regulation of the mortgage market, and the loopholes therein that contributed to the current mortgage based securities meltdown. Nevada has historically maintained minimal oversight over the industry, not being a state that ...
Blue Sage Views - Sep 29 - 9 clicks
Evidently, the McCain campaign isn't finished declaring victories before the debates take place. Gov. Mitt Romney will be stumping for the Palin-McCain Ticket in Elko, NV on Thursday at a “Pre-Debate Victory Rally.” [ EDFP ] Meanwhile, corporate media types admit that they've self censored their coverage of Palin out of fear of being perceived as “piling on.” [ TP ] OK, now we know...
Desert Beacon - Sep 29 - 8 clicks
From Doonesbury strip, 09/27/2008 This is what has been chapping my hide. Every effing email that I get from my progressive sisters deriding Sarah Palin as the Anti-Feminist just make me all the more convinced that I need to work the 30% Solution. Jeebus on a triscuit. Feminism is for Every Woman. Not just the ones [...]...
Blue Lyon - Sep 29 - 2 clicks
Several days ago, I participated in an electronic poll over the phone. The questions were for rural Nevadans and included only one race: Rhodes v Hansen for Nevada Senate. It also covered drilling (if oil were found in Nevada, would you support drilling for it?), the BLM (should we pay for the BLM to feed wild horses?), and cutting taxes (a good thing? Yes or no). Near the end of the call, I sudde...
Blue Sage Views - Sep 28 - 7 clicks
John McCain looked like a pink Sam the eagle. Just more grumpy and sroonched over.And, yes, like the New York Times, I'm a shameless shill for Disney, Inc....
Vote Gibbons Out - Sep 26 - 2 clicks
Sometimes when I’m watching John McCain speak or Sarah Palin run from the media, I wonder to myself, “Who would vote for these people?” Now I have the answer: the fine folks in Elko. I base this on a recent article in the rural media that covered an “impromptu” counter-protest (so impromptu there was a sound system) to Barack Obama’s recent visit to their fair city. The quotes, as featured in The ...
Blue Sage Views - Sep 26 - 11 clicks