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Die Polizei!

February 14th, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Culture, Music

My inbox tells me The Police and Elvis Costello are playing the Amphitheater at Clark County on July 11th.  Tickets go on sale a week from Saturday.  According to Ticketmaster, tickets will be $46 to $200.  I’d like to say I’ve got some real thinking ahead of me.  In reality I don’t.  I’ll probably pick [...]

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Who’s Running the Clark County GOP’s Website?

January 22nd, 2008 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Politics

Do Clark County Republicans really believe Obama is a closeted Muslim?  Apparently so!   The Obama is a Muslim meme is the 2008 version of the black helicopters.  I’ve given some people a pass when they’ve forwarded me the “Obama is a Muslim” e-mail.  I’ve simply pointed them to Snopes and asked them to judge for [...]

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Back To The Drawing Board

August 21st, 2007 by Chris Snethen · No Comments · Politics

The Port tax, which I was in favor of, went down in flames tonight.  I thought it might have stood a chance, particularly since Clark County voted against repealing the nickel gas tax a while back.  Alas.  Were voters ticked off they weren’t asked about the tax in the first place?  I’m guessing that’s a [...]

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