{"id":631,"date":"2008-07-29T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T19:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blogs\/dmckee\/index.cfm\/2008\/7\/29\/Case-Bets-Meow-Dr-Death-Spineless-Dems"},"modified":"2021-08-02T06:02:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T14:02:52","slug":"case-bets-meow-dr-death-spineless-dems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/case-bets-meow-dr-death-spineless-dems\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Bets: Meow!; Dr. Death; Spineless Dems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diss of the Day<\/strong>. “Having just raised the newsstand price for weekday and Saturday editions by 50 percent, the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em> announced Monday it has eliminated sections of the paper as a cost-cutting measure.” — lead sentence of the Las Vegas Sun<\/em>‘s coverage of cutbacks<\/a> at its crosstown rival.<\/p>\n

No tears for Desai<\/strong>. The doctor whose reckless methods put thousands of people — including our own beloved Jean Scott<\/strong> — at risk has suffered a stroke<\/a>. I’m not going to be needing any crying towels and, judging from the all-schadenfreude<\/em> “Comments” thread to that story, neither is anyone else in town. My favorite comment was also the shortest. It reads simply, “Karma.” (Although, “Lets [sic<\/em>] hope that this is nothing trivial” is almost worthy of Oscar Wilde<\/strong>.) As ever, brevity is the essence of wit.<\/p>\n

Harry Reid (D-Invertebrate)<\/strong>. Sometimes — actually, very often these last seven years — it’s embarrassing to be a Democrat. Party “leadership,” as constituted by the likes of our own Sen. Harry Reid<\/strong>, desperately needs a spinal infusion. The ceaseless capitulations to a mostly reviled administration are difficult to stomach: Patriot Act, FISA telecom immunity, Iraq War funding and now this<\/a> (I’d be less opposed if Big Oil was actually using all the leases it already has; this smells of corporate welfare to me).<\/p>\n

The dead giveaway is buried at the end of the story, where a lobbyist displays unusual candor and says: \u201cWe never presented this as going to have an immediate impact on lowering the price of gasoline.<\/em>\u201d Ah, truth in Washington — now there’s<\/em> a precious natural resource.<\/p>\n

As usual, Hugh Jackson<\/strong> says it best, with accompanying Photoshop drollery. At least Hapless Harry can take solace in the news that the Justice Department says it has caught yet another GOP lawmaker<\/a> with his hand in the cookie jar. I don’t agree with Rep. Dean Heller<\/strong> (R-Nev.) about much, but he’s right that there’s a culture of corruption that needs to be blown away by winds of change come November.<\/p>\n

Occupancy rate or price point?<\/strong> Which is more important? Michael Gaughan<\/strong> has decided it’s the former, which is why he’s discounting room rates as deeply as 40% to amortize the extra cost of gas to get from SoCal to South Point<\/strong>. Liz Benston<\/a> has more on it, plus a prognosis on the future of the cell phone ban<\/strong> in Nevada sports books. Forecast: still cloudy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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