{"id":4729,"date":"2010-10-04T10:06:06","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T18:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=4729"},"modified":"2010-10-08T12:37:28","modified_gmt":"2010-10-08T20:37:28","slug":"the-death-ray-goes-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/the-death-ray-goes-global\/","title":{"rendered":"The Death Ray goes global"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most reliably entertaining news sites is Hong Kong<\/strong>-based NMA World Edition<\/strong>, which covers current events in a manner so imaginative and — shall we say — unrestrained by good taste that it makes Fox News<\/strong> look as stodgy as National Public Radio<\/strong>. NM AWE is drawn to lurid subject matter, so it was inevitable that the Vdara Death Ray<\/strong> would get the signature Apple Action News<\/strong> treatment:
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I didn’t know Vdara was a “six-star” hotel, did you? Thanks to Steve Friess<\/strong> for drawing attention<\/a> to this gem. He speculates that Apple Action News is not “planning to cover, uh, the Reid-Angle<\/strong> race any time soon<\/em>.” Well, it sort of already did<\/em>, although this marvelous explication of the Tea Party Factor includes not Angle but failed senatorial candidate (and Archon Corp<\/strong>. treasurer) Sue “Chicken Lady” Lowden<\/strong>:
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Meanwhile, I’m stuck by the phone, waiting for an interviewee who’s AWOL, leaving me to quaff coffee and feel somewhat like this:
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Now, if Stewie Griffin<\/strong> could just harness the Vdara Death Ray, victory would be his!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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