Nevada

updated 7:46 a.m.

Reminder

We like to make fun of government in this country, but really, what are you and a few of your buddies going to do to fight JPMorgan Chase on your own? For all of our beloved rugged individualism (and our individual right to handguns), it doesn’t do much good when you’re up against your credit [...] ...
Blue Lyon - 6:27 a.m.

Outta Our Way! There’s money to be made here!

Am I the only one who finds this unseemly? As Haiti begins digging out from under 60 million cubic meters of earthquake wreckage, U.S. firms have begun jockeying for a bonanza of cleanup work. It’s unclear at this point who will be awarding the cleanup contracts, but there is big money to be made in the rubble [...] ...
Blue Lyon - 6:27 a.m.

The T word

The third rail of Nevada politics was completely off-limits tonight on either side of the aisle. I was right.  Jim Gibbons tells us that we Nevadans will need to take more personal responsibility. I guess that’s because he and the state legislators refuse to act like grownups and spread the pain evenly. Filed under: Economy, Nevada, Politics [...] ...
Blue Lyon - Mon 8:06 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Flights of Fancy: Nevada and its Low Tax Mythology

If "lower taxes" were the fulcrum on which to lift an economy out of a recession, then Nevada ought to be booming. The state has the second lowest tax level in the nation: " Nevada's state and local tax burden has consistently ranked among the nation's lowest. Currently estimated at 6.6% of income, Nevada's state/local tax burden percentage ranks 49th highest nationally , well below the national ...
Desert Beacon - Mon 8:46 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

For all the nimrods thinking that cutting services is a way to save money

Think again. From a sidebar to a Reno Gazette-Journal article discussing the risks of cutting firefighting services we find out that those cuts that may very well raise homeowners’ and business owners’ insurance rates. How the fire changes affect your insurance With a shrinking depth of resources, Reno fire operations chief Joe Durousseau said the Insurance Services Office could review...
Blue Lyon - Mon 5:25 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Same song, different verse

Glenn Greenwald: In sum, Sarah Palin loyally supports virtually every policy that defined the uniquely disastrous Bush/Cheney first term.  The ”tea party movement” depicts itself as some sort of novel and independent force in American politics, and the establishment media — which patronizingly equates far right extremists with “real Americans” and is petrified of accu...
Blue Lyon - Sun 3:30 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Progressive Democrat Issue 245

I've been hammering at Bank of America and other big banks for their predatory lending and awful customer service. Seems I'm not the only one: Italy Seizes Bank of America Assets - Fraud Is Finally Catching Up With Wall St./Bankers From what I can tell, the bank near me that has done the best is TD Bank. I am switching to TD and so far I am happy. They avoided predatory lending (probably bec...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Sun 9:26 a.m. - 18 clicks 18 clicks

Sunday Morning Quote

“Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear.” ~ Amelia Earhart Filed under: Sunday Morning Reading, Women ...
Blue Lyon - Sun 9:03 a.m.

Crib notes?

THIS? This is what the progs are foaming at the mouth about? Looks to me like something I might do if I was speaking in front of a group and wanted to make sure I didn’t forget to mention something I considered important. Hardly crib notes. And the misogyny goes on too. I will protest when any woman [...] ...
Blue Lyon - Sun 8:23 a.m.

Another episode of Healthcare Theater

This is beyond depressing.  “What I’d like to do is have a meeting whereby I’m sitting with the Republicans, sitting with the Democrats, sitting with health-care experts, and let’s just go through these bills — their ideas, our ideas — let’s walk through them in a methodical way so that the American people can see and [...] ...
Blue Lyon - Sat 6:23 a.m.

Dude

Filed under: Democratic Party, Politics ...
Blue Lyon - Fri 4:22 p.m.

Yeah, that’ll fix everything

A month after a break-up I’d be buried in chocolate almond ice cream, but this girl wants to go under the knife. Several times. So she can look like Jessica Alba. So she can get her boyfriend back. Hospital director Jiang Shan said he had personally spoken to Xiaoqing and advised her to think seriously about the [...] ...
Blue Lyon - Fri 2:32 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Luntz, Ameriquest, De-Regulation and Debacle: Those Who Profited From Credit Meltdown Seek To Block ...

Once upon a time in Nevada (and several other states) there were Ameriquest offices ready and most willing to make mortgages for prospective homeowners. However as of January 2010 the situation was entirely different, the LA Times explained: " Agreeing to settle 29 class-action lawsuits alleging predatory lending, the Ameriquest group of subprime lenders has pledged $22 million to repay aggri...
Desert Beacon - Fri 12:26 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Looks like I'll have to buy it from Barnes & Noble

Blue Lyon - Fri 10:07 a.m.

I'd choose life. Will Nevada?

Blue Lyon - Fri 5:48 a.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Recommended Reading

If you are going to read one article on the proposal to create the Consumer Finance Protection Agency, and the Luntz memo describing how Republicans should address the legislation -- make it this one . ...
Desert Beacon - Thu 9:49 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Budgets and Balderdash: Nevada and US face deficits

We now have "the plan" for balancing Nevada's budget: " Gov. Jim Gibbons’ senior staff released recommendations Wednesday evening to eliminate 235 jobs, close Nevada State Prison, and cut funding for school districts and higher education by 10 percent each ." [ LVSun ] There's just one problem. The deficit is about $881 million, the Governor's staff is proposing $328 million, and the accumulated ...
Desert Beacon - Thu 8:08 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

No bread, just circuses

Blue Lyon - Thu 5:30 a.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Progressive Democrat Issue 244

Little late this week getting the newsletter to Daily Kos. Some parts might be outdated, but most is up to date. I also want to draw attention to a fellow Culture Kitchen blogger, Leo Igwe, whose attempts to further reason and oppose fundamentalism in Nigeria have gotten him beaten up by a mob and harassed by cops. Here are his two most recent articles regarding Nigeria: Humanism and the Ques...
DailyKos (Nevada) - Wed 6:12 p.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Jon Stewart: Obama Q & A with the GOP Caucus

www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis ...
Zeke Says So - Wed 3:04 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

A Little Outrage Music Please, Obama, Las Vegas and other matters

OK, Nevadans get a bit touchy about comments referring to our gaming (Heaven Forfend We Call It Gambling) industry, and yes, Las Vegas is one of the cities hit hardest by the bursting of the housing bubble and the credit meltdown. For a bit of perspective, try the Las Vegas Sun article on the latest flap between the President and the Nevada Congressional Delegation. We, like all other communit...
Desert Beacon - Wed 8:28 a.m. - 10 clicks 10 clicks

Liberal Rapture has moved

Blue Lyon - Wed 6:05 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Who knew?

Blue Lyon - Tue 11:48 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Open Warfare

Blue Lyon - Tue 10:07 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

Blue Lyon - Feb 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Luntz Talking Points: Financial Reform Part Two

Republican pollster and theme-meister Frank Luntz repeats his theme from the health care reform debate rephrased in anti-government verbiage in regard to the financial reform efforts. For Luntz, and other conservatives, there may be problems, but the government is never part of the solution. In order to make this case Luntz for continued deregulation of the financial sector, he must distort and pe...
Desert Beacon - Feb 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

"Just leave"

Blue Lyon - Feb 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

War is Peace

Blue Lyon - Feb 1

#33

Blue Lyon - Feb 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

The Central Mythology of Luntz Talking Points on Financial Reform

While citizens in Nevada, California, Arizona, and Florida watch their homes decline in value such that many are “under-water,” and small businesses are finding it difficult to get lines of credit from banks that still have an abominable load of toxic assets on their books, Frank Luntz is back – to tell the GOP how to fight financial reform efforts. Luntz begins with the establis...
Desert Beacon - Feb 1 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Keep Health Care Reform On The Front Burner

Nothing would please Republicans inside the Beltway more than to see health care reform legislation tabled for eternity. To that end, they've made it abundantly clear from the outset that efforts by Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to get such legislation enacted would be met with a stall ball game, a four-corner offensive in which the GOP says "we all want to refor...
Desert Beacon - Feb 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Amazon is on my list – Update

Blue Lyon - Feb 1 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Anniversary

Blue Lyon - Feb 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

A bit of a situation

Blue Lyon - Feb 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Obama Administration Will Eliminate Yucca Mountain Funding

Nevada, this is what happens when your senator is the majority leader. For Immediate Release                                              Sunday, January 31, 2010 REID STATEMENT ON ELIMINATION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN FUNDING Obama Administration to Announce it will Eliminate Funding, Withdraw [...]...
Reno and Its Discontents - Jan 31 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Bipartisanship as Political Ecumenicism

Blue Lyon - Jan 31

Hey Nevada, is this what you want?

Blue Lyon - Jan 31 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

How to report the news

Blue Lyon - Jan 31 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Apology

Blue Lyon - Jan 30

Medicine and the Media

Blue Lyon - Jan 30 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Friday Night News Dump

Blue Lyon - Jan 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The In Box: Lily Ledbetter Anniversary

Happy Anniversary Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -- it's one year old today! The Nevada State Democratic Party reminds us: " The act is another step toward ensuring equal pay for equal work. The legislation ensures that if a worker discovers disparities between his or her salary and another worker who performs the same work, that worker has 180 days from the most recent paycheck, not the date they a...
Desert Beacon - Jan 29 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

A Domestic Terrorist Brought To Justice: Roeder Convicted

What do we call a person who violates the following U.S. statute ? Activities that " (A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State; (B) appear to be intended— (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to a...
Desert Beacon - Jan 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Gov Blows NV Rail Funding: Blames Reid

Somehow, some way, according to Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, it's Senator Harry Reid's fault (notably not the "other Senator's) that the Silver State wasn't included in high speed rail funding from the federal government: “ If Jim Gibbons wants to know why maglev didn’t get any of the $8 billion in stimulus money announced today for high-speed rail, he should look in the mirror,” Reid spokesman Jo...
Desert Beacon - Jan 29 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Andrew Wakefield rebuked

Blue Lyon - Jan 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

"no imminence of danger" UPDATE

Blue Lyon - Jan 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Titus Statement on Middle Class Task Force Proposals

Representative Dina Titus (D-NV3) issued this statement on Monday, January 25, 2010 concerning the Obama Administration Middle Class Task Force . " Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s Third District applauded the efforts of President Obama’s Middle Class Task Force, which today previewed elements of their recommendations. The full report will be released in February. The Ta...
Desert Beacon - Jan 28 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

Berkley Announces DoE Plan To Study Yucca Mtn Alternatives

From the In Box: Representative Shelley Berkley (D-NV1) issued this statement concerning the appointment of a panel to study alternatives to the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump -- I wish I shared the Congresswoman's optimism that we're finally going to be rid of this potential toxic project for as long as radiation can make the counters go tickety-tickety. " Calling the decision a...
Desert Beacon - Jan 28 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Great Basin Water Network Wins One Round: SNWA's Rural Water Grab

The Great Basin Water Network issued this press release today, reprinted here in its entirety: "The Nevada Supreme Court today issued an opinion striking a serious blow to the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s planned rural Nevada water grab, effectively sending the pipeline project back to the beginning of the State Engineer’s hearing process. Dozens of rural Nevada landowners joined nonprofi...
Desert Beacon - Jan 28 - 10 clicks 10 clicks

I read them all

Blue Lyon - Jan 28 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Mistimed Mistaken Misunderstood NV GOP Reactions to the SOTU

Timing is everything?" Reactions from leading Nevada Republicans to the State of the Union speech: " "In Nevada, Republican Danny Tarkanian, the former UNLV basketball star who is among those running in the Republican primary for the chance to challenge Reid in the November election, said, "We heard some good lines, but overall, what we heard from the president tonight is disappointin g." What,...
Desert Beacon - Jan 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

I'm still shaking my head

Blue Lyon - Jan 28 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

2010 Obama State of The Union Address Full Text

January 27, 2010 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery The State of the Union Wednesday, January 27, 2009 Washington, DC Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time to time, the President shall give to Congress information about the state of our union.  For two hundred [...]...
Reno and Its Discontents - Jan 27 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

2010 Obama State of The Union Address Video and Excerpts

Reno and Its Discontents - Jan 27

Full Text of State of The Union GOP Response, Va. Gov. Bob McDonnell

Republican Address to the Nation For Public Release Governor Bob McDonnell Richmond January 27, 2010 Good evening. I’m Bob McDonnell. Eleven days ago I was honored to be sworn in as the 71st governor of Virginia. I’m standing in the historic House Chamber of Virginia’s Capitol, a building designed by Virginia’s second [...]...
Reno and Its Discontents - Jan 27 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Undecided

Blue Lyon - Jan 27

Screaming Points Memo: What To Yell at Obama Tonight

So are you a frustrated tea party type conservative congressman, but lack any creative abilities? And tonight is the big night! With Pres. Obama addressing the nation, in a joint session of Congress it is your big chance to jump up onto the national stage and possibly garnish of future vice presidential bid. But what to yell? Here's some ideas for you: "You lie some more!" "Encore! I mean...
Zeke Says So - Jan 27 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Ensign Takes Careful Aim, Hits Wrong Target: Bernanke, The Fed, and the Real Culprits

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is facing serious opposition to his renomination from several quarters, and now Senator John Ensign (R-NV) has aligned himself with Bernanke's opponents: " Sen. John Ensign plans to vote against awarding Ben Bernanke another four years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, saying the appointee has become "far too political" to be effective ." [ LVRJ ] There ar...
Desert Beacon - Jan 27 - 14 clicks 14 clicks

"a practical vision of principled incrementalism"

Blue Lyon - Jan 27 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Quick Hits and News Notes

No Surprise Department: With the State of Nevada looking at $1 B in the red, one of our nation's least administratively skilled governors is calling for a special session of the state legislature. " Gov. Jim Gibbons will make a special State of the State speech at 6 p.m. Feb. 8 to address the state's budget problems. He has not announced a date for a special session to deal with the budget, thoug...
Desert Beacon - Jan 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Spinning in their graves

Blue Lyon - Jan 26 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

NV-Sen: Reid is toast, Goodman would be competitive

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 25

Bernanke To Reid: I Have A Plan

Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) offered conditional support for Ben Bernanke's continuation as Fed Chair: " I made it clear that to merit confirmation, Chairman Bernanke must redouble his efforts to ensure families can access the credit they need to buy or keep their home, send their children to college or start a small business,” Reid said in a statement late Friday ." [ LVSun ] For his part, Bernanke ...
Desert Beacon - Jan 25 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Let the dumbing down continue

Blue Lyon - Jan 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

I'm 2L4O. Are you?

Blue Lyon - Jan 24

Obama's Signature Issue?

Blue Lyon - Jan 24

Progressive Democrat Issue 243

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 23

scotus

Blue Lyon - Jan 23 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

H.R. 4173 Looping Through The Holes: Executive Compensation II

The latest attempt to rein in those wonderful people who brought us The Great Credit Meltdown requires "independent compensation committees." [ HouseFinCom pdf] Of course, this will only apply to publicly traded companies, and "provisions" are made for smaller corporations which do not have separate compensation committees. First, a brief word about "compensation committees." Deloitte offers...
Desert Beacon - Jan 23 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Potential Prison Nicknames for John Ensign

With the FBI currently interviewing associates of Sen. John "plead the fifth" Ensign , some speculation has been made as far as what cool prison nickname he might have when you get sent upstate for his alleged crimes. Here are some thoughts: Johnny "Two-Timer" Ensign John "The Bull(shitter)" Ensign John "Nevada Gigolo" Ensign John "The Checkbook Don" Ensign John "Sings ...
Zeke Says So - Jan 22 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Patience Please

I'm still digging through the verbiage of H.R. 4173, and it may take a bit longer than anticipated to get another post up. Thank you for your patience. ...
Desert Beacon - Jan 22

Air America and taking the base for granted

Blue Lyon - Jan 22

H.R. 4173: Looping Through The Holes - Executive Compensation

As noted in previous posts, while we sit out in Nevada's sage and sand bemoaning the fact that we have the highest foreclosure rate in the nation as The Big Bankers or The Little Wall Street Wizards collect from their Golden Parachutes and bonuses, the House of Representatives has passed H.R. 4173 which at least in part addresses those juicy bones of contention. As in the case of the attempts to ...
Desert Beacon - Jan 21 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

How did Bush do it?

Blue Lyon - Jan 20

Why Craig Crawford was booted from Olbermann's show

Blue Lyon - Jan 20

Dem Staffer: This is my life and I simply can't answer the fundamental question: "what do Democrats ...

Blue Lyon - Jan 20

Cut Reid Bait

Look I know it's not his fault. Harry Reid is neither responsible for, nor should feel guilty about the ridiculous upset yesterday in America's worst state, Massachusetts. The results which featured the crime of a right wing unqualified wingnut, winning Ted Kennedy's former seat, are neither a referendum on Barack Obama or healthcare reform. And you know it. But so what? Like every crime, someb...
Zeke Says So - Jan 20 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Nevada News and Notes from the Inbox: Reid on Brown, Berkley on HUD

Senator Harry Reid, (D-NV) on the Massachusetts election results: “ While Senator-elect Brown’s victory changes the political math in the Senate, we remain committed to strengthening our economy, creating good paying jobs and ensuring all Americans can access affordable health care. We hope that Scott Brown will join us in these efforts. There is much work to do to address the problems Democrats...
Desert Beacon - Jan 20 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Reactions

Blue Lyon - Jan 20

H.R. 4173: Four Loopholes In Financial Reform

So, a person is sitting in an "upside down" house in Las Vegas or Reno, Nevada, contemplating what the Congress might do to mitigate the circumstances that created the housing bubble bursting - credit meltdown creating - financial mess in which we find ourselves. Part of the answer lies in H.R. 4173, which passed in the House of Representatives on December 11, 2009 on a 223-202 vote. [ roll call 9...
Desert Beacon - Jan 19 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Lessons

Blue Lyon - Jan 19

Pressing Customers Into Service: Financial Regulation Reform And The Banksters

As of 2006, Nevada had 14,834 elementary school teachers, a number expected to increase to 19,973 by 2016. There were almost the same number (14,939) registered nurses in the Silver State, with projections of 20,430 for 2016. We had 19,432 security guards, projected to increase to 23,364 during the decade; and, 40,343 waiters and waitresses, a number expected to increase to 54,341 by...
Desert Beacon - Jan 19 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

A Few More Reasons Why Massachusetts Sucks

Tomorrow, the good people of Massachusetts will vote for their new US Senator. And the bad ones too. I have a feeling in the pit of my stomach that this is going to turn out badly for Democrats. Unfortunately, fivethirtyeight.com also feels this way, explaining that there is better than a 70% chance that the Republican Scott "I hate health care” Brown will beat Democrat Martha "dropping the b...
Zeke Says So - Jan 18

Thought for the Day

"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love." -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. desertbeacon.blogspot.com ...
Desert Beacon - Jan 18

Lowden and Character

The Las Vegas Review Journal article published today, it is revealed that candidate for Senate Sue Lowden is afraid to fly on airplanes. First of all, what? This is some kind of joke, right? Are you seriously telling me that an adult, one that wants to be in the upper chamber of the Senate of the most powerful country in the world, is afraid to get on a commercial airliner? Over the years I...
Zeke Says So - Jan 17 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

No Ed, that's not how it's done.

Blue Lyon - Jan 17 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Haiti II

Blue Lyon - Jan 16 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Gibbons Hates Sparks as Well as Reno

Well, I've said it many many times before; Gov. Jim "Mormon Recluse" Gibbons hates Reno. He never comes here. He never has Townhall meetings here. He doesn't attend parades or fundraisers, and he didn't even show up at my birthday party last year. Jackass. But now, he's gone even further. Apparently Jim Gibbons hates Sparks Nevada as well. In one of the biggest fundraisers of the year, one that ...
Zeke Says So - Jan 15 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Foreclosing The Barn Door After The Horses Are Out: Burgeoning Problems and Lame Excuses

Desert Beacon - Jan 15 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Hung out to dry

Blue Lyon - Jan 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Pat Robertson is not a human being.

Blue Lyon - Jan 14 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

A Fake Letter from Danny Tarkanian to Sen. Reid

Not Danny Tarkanian January 13th, 2010 The Honorable Harry Reid U.S. Senator 522 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Fax: 202-224-7327 775-883-1980 702-388-5030 775-686-5757 Dear Senator Reid, As you are undoubtedly aware, the American people are clamoring for negotiations on health care reform to be fully open and transparent. By having these hearings in closed back rooms full ...
Zeke Says So - Jan 14 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Saying Sorry Is The Hardest Thing To Do? Not by a long shot, bankers contrite but unsupportive of re...

Desert Beacon - Jan 14 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Connect Your Own Dots: C Street, the Boukman Pact, and Youth With A Mission

Desert Beacon - Jan 14 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Bits and Pieces: Morning News

Desert Beacon - Jan 14 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

BLUE STATES: Nevada. H Reid (D) vs B Krolicki (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 14

Harry Reid: Inside Scoop on What It Really Means to be a Mormon Democrat

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 14

Haiti

Blue Lyon - Jan 13

BLUE STATES: Nevada. H Reid (D) vs B Sandoval (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 13

Colbert: Harry Reid's Racist Comment

Harry Reid's Racist Comment www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Economy ...
Zeke Says So - Jan 12 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Ditto

Blue Lyon - Jan 12

Titus And The Prophets Of Doom: Health Care And Politics

Desert Beacon - Jan 12 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Deleted Post

Blue Lyon - Jan 12

Good News for Reid & Nevada Economy

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 12 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

BLUE STATES: Nevada. F Del Papa (D) vs B Krolicki (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 12 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

No difference

Blue Lyon - Jan 11 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Berkley announces stimulus funding for Nevada clean energy technology

Desert Beacon - Jan 11 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

BLUE STATES: Nevada. F Del Papa (D) vs B Sandoval (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 11

Harry Reid And The Teapot Tempest

Desert Beacon - Jan 11

Poems of Merit: Defining Dumb

In the year 2010, Nevada's got the chance once again, to exchange their Senator Reid for a Con. But with Tarkanian and Lowden the choice, many Republicans raised their voice, and screamed out "better first then the bottom". As the November election neared, educated people statewide feared, is it possible that Nevadan will get bombed...
Zeke Says So - Jan 11 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Nevada Court Rejects 'Egg-As-Person' Ballot Measure

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 11

John Ensign Has Found Reno. #fail

With our internationally infamous Sen. John Ensign making an appearance this week at UNR's Jot Travis Student Union, he is doing something that no other prominent Republican has managed to do in Nevada since the creation of this blog nearly 2 years ago. Hold a town hall meeting in Reno Nevada. I know what you're saying, certainly Gov. Jim Gibbons, Lieut. Gov. Brian Krolicki or Congressman De...
Zeke Says So - Jan 10

Harry Reid Needs to Go.

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 10 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

BLUE STATES: Nevada. F Del Papa (D) vs D Heller (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 10 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Storm

Blue Lyon - Jan 10

Wake up call? Update

Blue Lyon - Jan 10

The Fall of John Edwards

Blue Lyon - Jan 10

Two Stories That We Should Be Talking About: Why Should A Renter Be Concerned About A BIS Meeting?

Desert Beacon - Jan 9

In Sweetie's Honor

Blue Lyon - Jan 9

Friday Morning Bits And Pieces: Foggy Memories, Selective Amnesia

Desert Beacon - Jan 8 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

BLUE STATES: Nevada. R J Miller (D) vs S Lowden (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 7 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Governor Announces Proposals To Bring Nevada Education Into The 19th Century

Desert Beacon - Jan 7 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

BLUE STATES: Nevada. R J Miller (D) vs B Krolicki (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 6

AR-Sen: Time for Lincoln to retire

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 6 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

No 11-Dimensional Chess

Blue Lyon - Jan 6

BLUE STATES: Nevada. R J Miller (D) vs D Heller (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Jeez

Blue Lyon - Jan 5

Nice ta're-meet you Senator Ensign?

Desert Beacon - Jan 5 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

How does your cat drink water?

Blue Lyon - Jan 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Politicizing Sports

While we're dividing up the country into red and blue everything , I thought it might be appropriate to classify our beloved spectator sports. Feel free to let me know if you think I forgot any. And no, drinking is not a sport. Blue Sports (Democrat) Baseball Heavy Latino presence Nonviolent More Democratic (meeting on the mound) Manager wears a uniform like the players ...
Zeke Says So - Jan 5 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Shooting

Blue Lyon - Jan 4

BLUE STATES: Nevada. R J Miller (D) vs B Sandoval (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 4

I hear an echo

Blue Lyon - Jan 4

Gibbons, Limbaugh, Health Care in American is Just OK

Desert Beacon - Jan 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

And then there was the Conference Report vote: GOP drops national security ball

Desert Beacon - Jan 4

Goodbye

The function of Blue Sage Views has been more than amply taken by other Nevada blogs, and the time necessary to keep Desert Beacon, the mothership, keeps expanding. Something has to give. So, BSV will be jettisoned, and its posts will be published on Desert Beacon from here on out. It's been a pleasure to have you follow, and here's hoping you'll bookmark Desert Beacon and keep reading. Thanks!...
Blue Sage Views - Jan 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Why won't the New York Times name "those?"

Blue Lyon - Jan 4

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 240

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Living in fear

Blue Lyon - Jan 3

We're Moving to VoteGibbonsOut.Com!

After mounting disgust with typepad, the now past host for Vote Gibbons Out, this blog has moved to votegibbonsout.com. This will entail thousands of broken links and hundreds of missing pics and the virtual disappearance of the blog in search......
Vote Gibbons Out - Jan 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

All Mouth And No Money: GOP record on Homeland Security Funding

Desert Beacon - Jan 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Five Things I Could Gleefully Do Without Next Year

Desert Beacon - Jan 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Angelina

Blue Lyon - Jan 2

Every Morning

Blue Lyon - Jan 2

BLUE STATES: Nevada. R J Miller (D) vs J Gibbons (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Jan 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Resolutions – 2010 (Updated)

Blue Lyon - Jan 1

BLUE STATES: Nevada. R J Miller (D) vs J Ensign (R)

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 31

Why aren't these people in jail?

Blue Lyon - Dec 31

Reno Airport Completely Safe Says Psychic Governor

© FauxNews December 31st, 2009 Reno, Nevada - In an amazing exhibition of psychic powers, Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons astounded law enforcement and media yesterday by declaring "This airport is cleeeeeeean". The Governor had taken an extensive nearly 20 minute tour of the baggage claim area of the recently remodeled Reno-Tahoe International Airport Wednesday before making the amazing statement. Sourc...
Zeke Says So - Dec 31 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Definitely!

Blue Lyon - Dec 31

The Gøøfiness Never Stops

Governor Keep-it-in-yer-pants is blaming Obama for the Underpants Bomber. (KOLO) The Gov whose Homeland Insecurity office is the laugh of the land is out touring airports looking for underpants bombers. (Fox5) No reports yet of unscheduled Gube panty inspections. Gube......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 30

Renaming ObamaCare

Obviously the GOP scarefloor technicians are going to need to do something about the term they created last summer;  "Obamacare". See, the term was created so that if/when it failed to get through Congress the GOP pundits could blame the failure on the President. Kind of like they did with "Hillarycare". Remember how they were calling the health care bill Obama's "Waterloo"? Well, it looks ...
Zeke Says So - Dec 30

A Splendid Little War Isn't An Effective Way To Fight Terrorists

Desert Beacon - Dec 30

BLUE STATES: Nevada. The third democrat in Nevada.

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 30

Leaving the arena

Blue Lyon - Dec 30

DeMint: TSA vacancy Reid's Fault - You Should Have Stopped Me Sooner?

Desert Beacon - Dec 29 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Sigh

Blue Lyon - Dec 29

BLUE STATES: Nevada. The second democrat in Nevada.

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 29

Clock Ticking on Elmer, er, Olmer?

Looks like it's just a matter of time before Elmer Fudd Robert Olmer becomes the 4,356th member of the Gibbons' team to face an ignominious firing. At least the Gube bitch-slapped his mouthy campaign manager for making a Gibbons-worthy gaffe,......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 28 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

BLUE STATES: Nevada. The first democrat in Nevada.

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 28

Dawn Gone

Opening the path for a Jim Gibbons, um, resurgence, Dawn has agreed to a divorce settlement and allowed the Gøøber to avoid a no doubt grotesque and utterly embarrassing public trial. (AP,INP) So, how much was it worth the Gube......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Facing Recession: Sound Bites vs. Solutions

Desert Beacon - Dec 28 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

2009: This Year in Gibstory!

Ah, as we wallow and wallow and wallow in the Gibbonses "date" with the divorce court, it's time, once again, for the most despised of all year end retrospectives: the year in Gibstory! Yes, it's time again to relive the......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 28 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Family time at Casa de Blue Lyon

Blue Lyon - Dec 27

Wild Horses as a Metaphor For Freedom?

I've had the displeasure of meeting a whole bunch of "wild horse advocates" lately, and I'm still scratching my head over what trauma they suffered in their life, to care so much about these animals. First, I thought it might just be that girl/pony routine we all know and love. But that type of relationship doesn't explain the paranoia and hostility so often expressed by wild horse advocat...
Zeke Says So - Dec 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Merry Christmas: Adding to the Prayers of the Faithful?

Desert Beacon - Dec 25

Nevada Progressive View on Reid/Health Care

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 25

No title for this post, just a story

Blue Lyon - Dec 25

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Nevada's own Nightmare is either out trying to prove he's a loyal member of the No-party for the Incline Village core, or he's been partaking of a little too much of that pre-holiday liquid cheer his putative religion says he......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 24

Health Care Reform Passes By Senator Ensign And The Hardliners

Desert Beacon - Dec 24 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Merry, Merry

Blue Lyon - Dec 24

Yeah, Don't You Wish He'd Move to Nebraska?

And the award for most ironic attempt at headline grabbing by a desperate politician facing imminent election loss goes to: Jim Gibbons, for his remark that Harry Reid "should move to Nebraska where he can do less harm to Nevada."......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 23 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Gibbons Misusing Government Property, Again

Was Gibbons' first misuse of state property that state phone on which Gibbons sent hundreds of texts to a paramour? Or was it the multiple swearing-ins on the first day of the Gøøbship when only one was really necessary? Well,......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 23 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Senator Ensign's Last Minute Grinch

Desert Beacon - Dec 23

It all smells like...

Blue Lyon - Dec 23

Kill the Bill: Recission and Limits Still Exist

Blue Lyon - Dec 22

Too True!

Blue Lyon - Dec 22

The Senate Health Care Bill and the Myth of the Soaring Stock Price

Desert Beacon - Dec 22 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Merry Christmas from Desert Beacon

Desert Beacon - Dec 22

What I'm going to do today

Blue Lyon - Dec 22

Kill the Bill – REASONS

Blue Lyon - Dec 21

Quick Clips: Nevada News

Desert Beacon - Dec 21

UPDATED: eTreppid in Playboy

This should be fun. Aram Roston has written an article for Playboy magazine about computer programmer Dennis Montgomery. (NPR,BernieHund) In the article titled "The Man Who Conned the Pentagon," Roston tells the story of how Montgomery convinced top officials in......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 20 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The dogs know

Blue Lyon - Dec 20

The hits just keep on coming

Blue Lyon - Dec 20

Harry replies

Blue Lyon - Dec 20

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 239

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 20

A "victory" on the backs of women. Again.

Blue Lyon - Dec 19

Coffee And The Papers: News Roundup

Desert Beacon - Dec 18 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Sharks

Blue Lyon - Dec 18

The DSCC is delusional

Blue Lyon - Dec 17

A 'Monger Christmas Parable

"O, O!" Nevadans did cry out: "Who's the Anointed One, destined by our Mining, Casino, and Construction Overlords to be the One True Governor in 2010? "O! Woe is Us", they did cry! "Last time it was all so Clear......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 17

Ensign Falls For Base Closure Hoax, Forms Truthiness Squad

Desert Beacon - Dec 17

Three Worst Reasons To Oppose Health Care Reform

Desert Beacon - Dec 17

I love Susan Jacoby

Blue Lyon - Dec 17

Health Care Reform From Hell? Not Quite

Desert Beacon - Dec 16

Ever Graceful Gøøberlets

Divorce December finds the crack Re-elect Nixon Gibbons' team in full featured panic/goofball mode. Consider: The childish offer to our handicapped-parking-challenged State Senate Majority Leader to join a state board for the handicapped. (Sun) The threat by the Gube for......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

"CSI Reno" to Premiere Tonight on CBS

I couldn't believe it either. Why would a state need to have two CSI shows in it? Well, first of all, Nevada is a very violent state. Oh sure, we have your basic garden-variety gang and drug related murders, but we also have some fantastic high-profile murders and also certainly lead the nation in serial killer captures. I also heard once that Silver Springs (or maybe it was Sun Valley) leads t...
Zeke Says So - Dec 15 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Kill the bill

Blue Lyon - Dec 15

H.R. 4173: Curtailing Buckets of Joy?

Desert Beacon - Dec 15

The geographic solution

Blue Lyon - Dec 15

Primarying Harry Reid

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 14

H.R. 4173: Defining Away The Regulations for Weapons of Mass Financial Destruction

Desert Beacon - Dec 14

Nads

Blue Lyon - Dec 14

Three Stooges. And Moe is Ours. Great.

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Zeke Says So - Dec 13

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 238

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 13

Tim Minchin: White Wine in the Sun (Christmas Song)

Blue Lyon - Dec 13

Secularism: A Sunday Morning Reading

Blue Lyon - Dec 13

While I was vacuuming today

Blue Lyon - Dec 12

H.R. 4173: Looking Backward

Desert Beacon - Dec 12

Things are not always as they appear

Blue Lyon - Dec 12 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

"...an assumption that explains nothing"

Blue Lyon - Dec 12 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Krolicki Sure Looked Relieved

Ever hang out with a criminal? Of course you have. We all have. Especially if you hang out with me . But I digress. The other night Lieut. Gov. Brian " Dead Man Walking " Krolicki made a statement in front of a courthouse in Vegas, after some goofy judge dismissed felony charges against him for acting like a Wall Street banker with Nevada's Millennium Scholarship Program funds. He didn't rea...
Zeke Says So - Dec 11

Doubleplusgood Tribalism

Blue Lyon - Dec 11 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Best Dave Berns State of Nevada Broadcast Ever

Now that Dave Berns has been given the boot from KNPR's State of Nevada cuz he wanted it, you know, to remain a news show instead of the typical public radio/tv sop for rich pseudo-intellectuals who like animal shows and......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 11 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

H.R. 4173 and the Derivatives of Doom

Desert Beacon - Dec 11

Stealing is bad (sometimes)

Blue Lyon - Dec 11 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

H.R. 4173 and the Congress: Financial Reform in the Sausage Factory

Desert Beacon - Dec 11

Feminist Blasphemy?

Blue Lyon - Dec 11

Mañana Gøøberlets!

Mañana, sez the Gøøb's staff when it comes to those Race to the Bottom fed stimulus dollars. We can skip the December deadline and apply next year, they insist. (Pate to Pate) Course, it'll probably take an extra six months......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 10

Wrong Way Gibbons: Leading NV To Economic Stagnation

Desert Beacon - Dec 10 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Obushma

Blue Lyon - Dec 10

Scientific American names first woman Editor-in-Chief

Blue Lyon - Dec 9 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Panic Mode in Carson City

Now, us'n Nevada Republicans supporting Jim Gibbons are ever so proud of the Guv's sudden spurt of interest in the state budgetary process. (RJ) No doubt there's a bunch of Sandovalistas out there wondering why the Gube couldn't have called......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 9

Beginners Guide To Health Care Reform Negotiations in the U.S. Senate

Desert Beacon - Dec 9

Will You Take Arsenic With Your Mercury?

No doubt everybody's breathing a sigh of relief over the news that Nevada's reduced its emission of toxic crap by 10%! Those of us who can still breathe, anyways. Which probably is fewer than you'd think given that Nevada still......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 9 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Because the private insurers have done such a bang-up job

Blue Lyon - Dec 8

The Red Queen needs your vote

Blue Lyon - Dec 8

Now is the time to pass food safety legislation

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 8

Nevada Voters, Health Care Reform, and the Confusion Factor

Desert Beacon - Dec 8

What Happened To The News Roundups?

Desert Beacon - Dec 8

Snow Day Video

Blue Lyon - Dec 7 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Senator Ensign's Teachable Moment: Medical Malpractice Reform and the World of Logic and Rhetoric

Desert Beacon - Dec 7 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor Remembered

Desert Beacon - Dec 7

"Conflict Minerals" Gøøberlets

The Las Vegas Sun seems to have a new business plan. The idea is to fire most of the staff and then fill the now empty pages of the hard-copy version with reprints of Reno Magazine's interview with Dawn Gibbons.......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 6

Where is Aniysah? An open letter to Mayor Bloomberg

Blue Lyon - Dec 6

Some UPS humor

Blue Lyon - Dec 6 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Roots?

Blue Lyon - Dec 6

Count me in

Blue Lyon - Dec 5

Stick a fork in us

Blue Lyon - Dec 4

"We have nothing to fear from love and commitment"

Blue Lyon - Dec 4

New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

Blue Lyon - Dec 4 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Infrastructure, Infrastructure, Infrastructure

Desert Beacon - Dec 4

Keep your hands on your wallet

Blue Lyon - Dec 4

See what I mean?

Blue Lyon - Dec 4

Yep, That's A Special Session Scandal, Alrighty

If'n anybody had any doubts about the Gube calling a special session of the Legislature in the next month or so, reading the exposé of the horror that was the Gøøber marriage should remove all doubts. (RENOmag) Geez, is this......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 3 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Heartless

Blue Lyon - Dec 3

Operation Kill Harry Reid's Re-Election

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Senator Gregg's Stall Ball Game & The Filibuster Tree

Desert Beacon - Dec 3

An Aussie Visiting America - Boulder City Solar

DailyKos (Nevada) - Dec 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Indecisive and Forgetful Gøøberlets

Gibbons will decide to decide--or not to decide--on special session as soon as he assesses damage from Dawn's RENO Magazine interview and the divorce trial. (RJ) Meanwhile, governor will reprise his role as Captain Queeg from "The Caine Mutiny" for......
Vote Gibbons Out - Dec 2

Vietnam-astan

Holy crap! There was a huge fight last night down at the Dive Bar. It was about The War. It seems that Barack "Peace Prize" Obama has decided to attack this little country called Afghanistan. And nearly everyone in the joint was pissed off. The peacenik liberals were mad that we didn't flat out withdrawal completely the day after inauguration. And bloodthirsty conservatives were mad. For some r...
Zeke Says So - Dec 2

Location, Location, Location: Adelson Goes To Singapore

Desert Beacon - Dec 2

Good Questions

Blue Lyon - Dec 1

Nevada By The Numbers and The No Tax Trap

Desert Beacon - Dec 1

Gibbons Proves Again Why He's the Best Choice for GOP Gube Nominee

Boy, oh, boy, oh boy! Now, could you possibly picture Brian Sandoval or Wazzisname from North Las Vegas--you know, the guy who signed over a $337,000 golden parachute to the city manager up there, you know, the guy against government......
Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 30

Coffee and the Papers and the Pundits

Desert Beacon - Nov 30 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

My Cadillac Health Plan

Blue Lyon - Nov 30

Nevada: The East Berlin of the West

Scores of Nevada's best and brightest teens say they'll be voting with their feet and getting out of the quagmire we call Nevada. (Sun) Gube candidate Rory Reid has asked the existential question: why stay in Nevada? Nevada's youth have......
Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 29 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

If I were the DNC

Blue Lyon - Nov 29

Pre-emptive Arrest?

Blue Lyon - Nov 29

What Glenn said

Blue Lyon - Nov 28

Is it just me?

Blue Lyon - Nov 28

Turkeys and Leftovers: Hedge Funds And The NV Real Estate Market

Desert Beacon - Nov 27

Entry Interface

Blue Lyon - Nov 27

Tryptophan Wearing Off?

Desert Beacon - Nov 26

Thanksgiving

Blue Lyon - Nov 26

Pink Glove Dance

Blue Lyon - Nov 25

Some Gobblin' Gøøberlets

Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 24

RNC: Health Care In The Emergency Room, A Former NV Governor Speaks

Desert Beacon - Nov 24

Why Did Gibbons Shut Down Attempts to Kill The "Doorman Scam"?

Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 23

Health Care Reform In The Sausage Factory

Desert Beacon - Nov 23

We Have Nothing to Fear But Gibbons Hisself

Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 22

Wired for sound

Blue Lyon - Nov 22

Progressive Democrat Newsletter Issue 237

DailyKos (Nevada) - Nov 22

10 Worst States in the USA

©FauxNews November 22nd, 2009 Homewood, New Jersey - With a sigh of relief, Nevada Tourism Officials announced that Nevada was somehow not listed on the Annual 10 Worst States in the USA. "Apparently going Blue saved us from the shame of The List this year" said Jeremy Homenger from the NV Tourism Council and Day Spa. "I hope we can do something equally as impressive this year to keep us off....
Zeke Says So - Nov 22

Petition: Don't let women lose access to mammography

Blue Lyon - Nov 21

Light posting, in case you haven't noticed

Blue Lyon - Nov 21

Gøøber Goin' Totally Palin

Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 20

Love comes in all kinds of packages

Blue Lyon - Nov 20

Have I Died and Gone to Heaven?!?

Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 20

Ensign Votes To Limit Number Of Veterans Eligible For Caregiver Assistance, Fails

Desert Beacon - Nov 20

20% of 20%

Yeah, she's everywhere. Soon even in Reno again. Palin. And although she has recently topped many lists as the 2012 GOP front runner, all I can say is: Who cares? If you can remember the news from 2 weeks ago, ABC/Gallop reported that only 20% of Americans are reporting themselves to be Republicans. And of them, 20% report they think she is qualified to be President. So the math of that mean S...
Zeke Says So - Nov 20 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Colbert: Grand Old Pity Party

The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor ...
Zeke Says So - Nov 19

Where Was Mike Montandon When "More Cops" Became Moribund?

Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 19

Northern Vegas Wash National Park Proposal Passes Las Vegas and North Las Vegas Councils

Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 19

Nothing Like A Little Sunlight: S 1963 on Senate Floor

Desert Beacon - Nov 19

FYI: Links to Information about health care reform legislation

Desert Beacon - Nov 19

Tonight's the night

Blue Lyon - Nov 18

Speaking of Swift Action...

Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 18

From the Folk What Brung You Jim Gibbons...

Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 18

Dilly Dally Daily News

Desert Beacon - Nov 18

Ensign Continues Wet Pants Dance On Senate Floor

Desert Beacon - Nov 17

Reminder: Visit Your Local Government This Week

Vote Gibbons Out - Nov 17

Thawing the Turkey: Senator Ensign's Bird Keeps Cooking

Desert Beacon - Nov 17

Las Vegas Wobblies Rally Against Chipotle in Support of Exploited Farmworkers (pics)

C lick on any of the pictures for the full-size images During the weekend of November 6-8 members of the Las Vegas Industrial Workers of the World , in conjunction with Food Not Bombs Las Vegas and Southern NV ALL , a ttended the L iving Without Borders encuentro sponsored by the United Coalition for Im/migrant Rights ( U.C.I.R. ), which was held at UNLV. On the final day...
EyeM4Anarchy - Nov 17 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Pacing Myself

Blue Lyon - Nov 16 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Cost savings at the expense of women's lives?

Blue Lyon - Nov 16

Wet Pants Dancing Surrender Elephants

Desert Beacon - Nov 16