… and there’s some good news, too. Other, better shows are reopening on the Las Vegas Strip, including David Copperfield and Jabbawockeez. (MJ Live resumes at The Strat on Nov. 4, a day we’ll need something to take our mind off the news.) Of course, there’s being done in anti-Covid bubble and here’s what that will look like:
Borgata has reopened its poker room and, from the looks of things, business is booming, and plexiglas dividers are masks are omnipresent. Mind you, some players are observing the mask mandate only nominally, as shown in The Press of Atlantic City but we’re counting on President Melonie Johnson to crack down on the scofflaws.
Wearing a freaking mask is not a big ask or a violation of anybody’s rights, the decision to make mask wearing a political issue will be written about in history books as a stain on humanity… I am fascinated by the decision of the Governor of Nevada and the casino operators to initially re-open casinos and not mandate mask wearing, it was met with screaming derision by most people, videos went out that floored folks. Just what fueled this gargantuan face plant, Nevada’s libertarian slant? A complete disregard for the safety of fellow human beings? Greed? Cowardice? Vanity? Fear? The science about mask wearing was already solid when casinos re-opened, masks are the friends of Sheldon Adelson, they are the vehicle that keeps his doors open, yet he showers politicians who peddle anti-mask horse crap to divide and hurt people. We are all living in historic times. I want to eventually know how this all went down, future generations need to be able to discern trends that lead to this kind of bloodletting…