{"id":9884,"date":"2012-10-18T08:46:33","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T16:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=9884"},"modified":"2012-10-18T10:28:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T18:28:41","slug":"quote-of-the-day-450","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/quote-of-the-day-450\/","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9885\" title=\"ayn_rand_stamp\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ayn_rand_stamp-191x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"151\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ayn_rand_stamp-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ayn_rand_stamp-95x150.jpg 95w, https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ayn_rand_stamp.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" \/>&#8220;It seems that if the [<em>Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>] is going to run a fluffy pucker piece  about <strong>Ayn Rand<\/strong>, there should be some sort of disclaimer attached. The  paper\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lvrj.com\/living\/rand-famous-for-books-on-free-market-ideals-enjoys-resurgent-popularity-173014831.html\" target=\"_blank\">recent butt-kisser profile of the wacky novelist<\/a> was so gushy  that I almost had to wipe unidentified bodily fluids off the newsprint.  Since Rand is the official deity of the <em>R-J<\/em>, and since <em>Atlas Shrugged<\/em> is the holy scripture, couldn\u2019t the rest of us get some sort of warning before the paper unleashes another burst of love juice?&#8221; &#8212; <em><strong>KLAS-TV<\/strong> investigative reporter and<\/em> CityLife <em><a href=\"http:\/\/lasvegascitylife.com\/sections\/opinion\/knappster\/george-knapp-greg-anthony\u2019s-campaign-dribble.html\" target=\"_blank\">columnist<\/a> <strong>George Knapp<\/strong>, on<\/em> <em>southern <strong>Nevada<\/strong>&#8216;s sorry excuse for a newspaper. I should add that<\/em> Atlas Shrugged<em> appears to be mandatory reading for high-level casino executives, a significant number of whom cite it as their favorite book.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It seems that if the [Las Vegas Review-Journal] is going to run a fluffy pucker piece about Ayn Rand, there should be some sort of disclaimer attached. The paper\u2019s recent butt-kisser profile of the wacky novelist was so gushy that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/quote-of-the-day-450\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9884"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9892,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9884\/revisions\/9892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}