Las Vegas went into the crapper last weekend, with the opening of the Giant Poo Experience in Lyft Art Park. I’m not inventing this. The larger-than-life-size mock-excrement was sponsored by airspray Poo-Pourri. Explained the company, “For over a decade, Poo~Pourri has been taking the stink and shame out of letting sh*t go—literally. Now, they’re teaching the world how to let go of a different kind of crap—toxic thoughts. Self-sabotaging thoughts that, when held in, weigh us down, constipate our minds and hold us back from showing up as our authentic selves. I’m not enough; I’m behind in life; I feel jealous, I’m different. By letting these types of toxic thoughts go, we gain confidence, create space for good to come in, and feel at peace to just … be.” What happens in Vegas stays in the toilet, I guess.
* Yesterday, in the course of removing dead links, I came across an old, old S&G entry about Sheldon Adelson. Under the headline “Is Adelson Mad?”, it noted that El Bombastico was predicting he would have casino resorts in India, Thailand and Japan by 2010. So he’s 0-3. But he might still get that Japanese megaresort—15 years behind schedule.
* Former Federal Reserve supremo Paul Volcker has died at 92. According to the Boston Globe, he “broke the back of US inflation in the 1980s and three decades later led President Barack Obama’s bid to rein in the investment risk-taking of commercial banks.” (Of the Obama administration he said, “They say they’re for it but their hearts are not in it.”) Clearly a force to be reckoned with. Our condolences to his family.
Jottings: The Las Vegas Raiders lost to the Tennessee Titans by a 2-1 margin yesterday. I hope nobody in Sin City put money down on Raiders playoff tickets … Speaking of the NFL, my early pessimism about the Pittsburgh Steelers was misplaced. They’re 8-5 and seemingly a lock for a wild-card berth. Hey, when I’m wrong I’ll admit it … Google is taking ads for online U.S. casinos, in a major reversal. I-gaming can now be advertised in Delaware, Nevada, Pennsylvania and New Jersey … $1 billion. That’s how much Alabama‘s Poarch Band of Creek Indians would put on the table in return for Class III gaming and no lottery. Said Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon (R), “I am not a big gambling guy but if you are going to vote for a lottery, that’s gambling. Don’t be a hypocrite and let’s get the biggest bang for the buck.” The man talks sense.
