EvilMonkey

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 14, 2013 -> 12:07 PM) Live music has gotten really hard to come by these days because the younger crowd wants djs instead. As you said, many of the casinos will offer live music, and more so now than in the past several years that I have lived here, but they are usually some kind of lounge act rather than a bar band. For a bar band, you could check out Vamp'd, which is owned by Danny from Countz Customz (of Counting Cars, Pawn Stars, and American Restoration fame), but that is probably a $15-20 cab ride each way depending on where you are staying. Another place is Sammy Hagar's place in the Hard Rock, called Vinyl. They have various bands playing, usually on the weekends. I think I heard if Vamp'd from a friend, so maybe we'll check that out, despite the cab ride. We'll be at one of the timeshares out there that weekend, I think at the Flamingo this time. Buddy's place, so I never know until I get there. Even lounge acts are fine for me, as long as they are not BAD. Just like some live music, sit and have a beer or three and relax for a bit in between donating.

In March I will be making my every-other year pilgrimage to donate my money ( I do win sometimes...), but I have a question that I would rather ask a local than try and scour the interwebs for. I like listening to live music. I know several of the casinos have live music at various times, but I want to see a band, like a bar band or something, NOT in a casino. Are there any places not too far from the strip that have live music? I will have to cab it, so it can't be too far away. Thanks in advance.

http://westchester.news12.com/news/white-p...-1.4442333?qr=1

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 13, 2013 -> 04:19 PM) First of all, I have no problem enforcing the laws on David Gregory. If I was the Police Chief, I'd do it. Anyways, my point is not the sum of all his actions is greater than his illegal act (I like to think of this as the Michael Jackson Defense). My point is that the illegal act itself did more good than harm. Regardless, though I think David Gregory used discretion, I'm okay with prosecuting him anyway since not everyone knows better than the law. I'm also interested in what David did with those items -- I hope they were melted down. I had read that a staffer returned it to the person they 'borrowed' it from, and that it was surrendered to the DC AG during the investigation. The problem here is the same it always is with the leftist establishment. 'Fake but accurate', the 'ends justify the means' and so on. With NOT prosecuting him here, it seems the only reason to not violate the law is from a reasonable fear of getting caught if you don’t have enough juice to get out of it. This also has interesting implications for the jury system.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Jan 13, 2013 -> 04:11 PM) So laws shouldn't apply to Democrats. If Diane Feinstein rapes and murders a 6 year old she should be let off because her fighting the EVIL SECOND AMENDMENT has saved so many lives, right? That's pretty much what they are saying Duke.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 13, 2013 -> 01:41 PM) and this is new how? it's always been that way since the dawn of mankind. The very gun law the AG is choosing NOT to enforce here now is one of the same ones you gun grabbers want to install everywhere. This entire situation shows just how useless that law is. Enforce the laws that are on the books already before you try and make more, How about that?

I wonder if this shop owner can get the area around his store declared a 'Gun Free Zone'? Yeah, that might work. http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=...&id=8948286

Seems like the DC AG has decided that despite a clear violation of the law, he will not be prosecuting David Gregory. One set of rules for the 'little people' and another for the connected, it seems. http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/01/david...-be-prosecuted/ If you are in the 'little people' class, this is the treatment the DC AG gives you: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/j...-david-gregory/

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jan 11, 2013 -> 06:23 PM) It's possible that it depends on the state he's in. Aren't oral contracts enforceable in certain states, and not in others? In such a case, it may be prudent for them to prove they wer joking. Then again, I'm not a lawyer. So I don't actually know...I just wanted to add my 2 cents that are worth far less then that. Since he is not funny, he would lose the 'i was joking' argument.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 9, 2013 -> 03:02 PM) I think there's your difference there. Most rapes aren't random crazies assaulting women. These guys in Ohio weren't pyschopaths, just ginormous assholes with no morals that were protected by their town. It's Varsity Blues in real life. But they did lack the sense of moral responsibilty and so on due to the way they have been pandered to during their football careers. They did it because they thought they were better than her, better than others and above the rules normal people follow. The coaches, teachers and parents taught them that. The whole town should be ashamed.

QUOTE (balfanman @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 07:04 AM) That just p****s me off when I think of all of the better prospects that they passed over because of money. Yeah, all .3 of them, for that cash.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 7, 2013 -> 10:15 AM) Everyone says things like this - like they are more man than the real father of that daughter. He has responsibilities, he has to take care of his daughter for a long time still, he has a grieving wife. Statements like the above are so stupid given how you portray yourself as a bigger man than the real person dealing with these issues. If I were in the situation, I would be sick with rage until the day I died. I'd want justice - but you can never find true justice in a situation like this. He has to provide for his already hurt daughter. He has to be there for her. Not in a prison cell. I just know that I have anger issues and unless stopped would probably do something I would regret, in a case like that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 6, 2013 -> 04:26 PM) Hey, I finally found this article randomly today. I kept wanting to find this, because I think it's a fascinating statistic. It's quite well established that crime in general has been dropping in this country since about 1990, even in places like Chicago that are quite messy these days. At the same time, homicides by guns have been dropping, and the number of guns owned by people have been increasing. The increasing gun ownership and decreasing homicides might well have been something people would argue is a sign that more guns = a safer country. Turns out there's one more element buried in there; emergency care. The number of people shot in this country, per year, has skyrocketed by 50% as the number of guns has gone up. Basically, more guns and more people carrying them = more people getting shot, and the fewer deaths has been almost entirely due to improved emergency health care. Of course, it's hard to track the numbers exactly since the government has banned anyone from tracking them, so they had to go to hospital stats to get those numbers (ridiculous again), but 10,000 more people hospitalized from gunshots per year is a huge signal. Found that to be fairly startling. If the increase is from criminals being shot I am all for it.

I recall hearing something about hackers posting video and evidence online, but can't recall much more until I read that. Hell must be cold because I will agree with you, if that had been my daughter (even though I don't have one) those boys would find themselves in a world of hurt.

Seems like the Journal News story on gun owners is putting some state employees at risk. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/04/...E9030Y820130104 .

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 3, 2013 -> 03:18 PM) We keep saying that, but then people commit mass murders with weapons acquired legally or easily enough that those purchases/acquisitions could have/should have been restricted. Many (not all) mass murderers do so with some sense of impulse and may not be able to carry out plans that are too elaborate. These are also outsiders, generally, so a kid who plays video games in his basement and has Asperger's probably doesn't know how to get in touch with illegal gun/bomb dealers and makers. But that same kid can manage to find his way into just about any illegal drug he desires pretty easily. And bomb plans can be had online.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 3, 2013 -> 04:17 PM) First bill of 113th Congress introduced by House GOP: Repeal Obamacare Sandy victims and women be damned! The world doesn't revolve around NY and NJ. Surprised you didn't throw 'children' into the mix as well. They had a Sandy bill up. Half of it was pork, so it got turned down. Then the NY/NJ contingent proceeded to eat their own in selfish rants about how they are being ignored, when they know full well that if it ws a bill for relief in Texas or Idaho that had that much pork in it, they too would be asking lots of questions.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 1, 2013 -> 06:48 PM) At least somebody gets held responsible. Too bad we have to lose two good men first. Well it was already illegal for him to purchase or possess guns, and there were already laws about straw purchasing, so unless you have a few precogs hiding around somewhere, not too much else you can do. Limiting clip size or scary looking guns would not have made a difference.

QUOTE (Jake @ Dec 28, 2012 -> 12:02 AM) Might be interesting to see how he got the guns. Gun show? Might be fruitful to talk about private sales in terms of gun legislation. I can't sell my privately owned Vicodin, maybe it won't hurt if I have to go through an intermediary to sell my gun. I traded some stereo equipment for a Glock on Craigslist and I was shocked that that is legal. Beyond that, my biggest takeaway from this crime is that it brings into focus our punitive corrections system and how it fails to rehabilitate people like this killer who clearly had some problems. Our blood lust to punish interferes with our ability to reintegrate these folks and try to make them productive members of society. From what I read a 'friend' bought them for him, and is now being prosecuted as a straw buyer. I just can't find the link anymore.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Dec 29, 2012 -> 03:30 AM) Wanna make a quick buck? Buy a spent AT4. Its an anti-tank launcher, you can pick up used ones for like $50 from crazy surplus dudes. After its first (and only) use its completely harmless. Go to a gun buyback and sell it, you'll get $200. Rise, wash, repeat. If Chicago ever has a gun buyback I'm going to do this. The idiocy of liberals and their failed ideas sometimes work out. There was a gun club in Philly that took all their old POC guns that didn't work anyway to a buyback, ended up with over $2k of gift cards and used those to buy ammo.

QUOTE (Jake @ Dec 28, 2012 -> 12:02 AM) Might be interesting to see how he got the guns. Gun show? Might be fruitful to talk about private sales in terms of gun legislation. I can't sell my privately owned Vicodin, maybe it won't hurt if I have to go through an intermediary to sell my gun. I traded some stereo equipment for a Glock on Craigslist and I was shocked that that is legal. Beyond that, my biggest takeaway from this crime is that it brings into focus our punitive corrections system and how it fails to rehabilitate people like this killer who clearly had some problems. Our blood lust to punish interferes with our ability to reintegrate these folks and try to make them productive members of society. Some people can't be rehabilitated. And some don't want to. The true problems come with what do you do with those two classes of people. From what I read, this guy didn't want his parole even though he was supposedly a model prisoner. They gave it to him anyway.

My dad many years ago owned a business with a cousin of mine. Dad ran the plant, cousin ran the office, but they both had to agree on hires. My dad wouldn't let him hire ANYONE for the office that looked even OK, since 10 years prior, my cousin started banging the secretary there, and later divorced his wife and married her. Wasn't going to let him get the company in trouble by him even being tempted, so found a reason to just reject anyone that looked good. His second wife agreed with my dad, of course.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Dec 26, 2012 -> 02:26 PM) Actually this guy already ceded his 2nd amendment rights by being a convicted felon. So aside from banning guns (something you earlier said you didn't want to do) what could've stopped this? I think he killed his grandmother with a hammer. We really need a hammer ban. if it just saved one life, it would be worth it.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 06:43 PM) I can't remember their name, but isn't there a motorcycle group that follows WBC around and attempts to drown them out/shield them from the funeral attendees? Patriot Riders, or Patriot Guard, something like that.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 17, 2012 -> 03:47 PM) That's a leap. Who has a few drinks and think "I want to kill people tonight"? They just think they're ok enough to drive safely home. Convince a judge of that when you get tried for vehicular homicide after running over a group of nuns crossing the street.