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“I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” — Voltaire States should not be granted absolute sovereign immunity By Thomas Mitchell Franchise Tax Board of California Hyatt eventually sued the tax The U.S. Supreme Court heard v. Hyatt. board in Nevada courts for invasion arguments in a case this past week It all started in 1993 when a of privacy, intentional infliction of that could alter the ability of a pri- tax auditor for the Franchise Tax emotional distress, fraud, abuse of vate citizen to seek justice in his Board of California read a news- process and breach of confidential state’s courts when public employ- paper article about how wealthy relationship. According to The ees from another state abuse their California computer chip inventor, Wall Street Journal, California’s powers and step over the line of Gilbert Hyatt, had recently moved lead auditor became obsessed with common decency. The case is titled to Nevada, which, unlike Califor- Hyatt and vowed to “get that Jew nia, has no income tax. The auditor bastard.” The auditor reportedly investigated and concluded Hyatt traveled to his Nevada home and My Point had not moved to Nevada as early “peered through his windows and as he claimed. The tax board said examined his mail and trash,” as of View Hyatt owed California nearly $15 well as pressed estranged family By Rolando Larraz million in taxes and penalties. (See States Immunity, Page 3) Maria Urena was not a very lucky woman, but in spite of all the obstacles in her life she never lost her faith in God; she was glued to a Hold the press accountable wheelchair when her husband tried By Rolando Larraz Greenspun claimed in a headline give little Elian freedom from the to kill her, but ended up killing her Las Vegas Tribune that it was an honor for President communist regime in Cuba. mother instead. The editor, publisher and sole Trump to meet Vladimir Putin even Attorney General Janet Reno, Last Saturday all Maria’s prob- owner of the Las Vegas “Pravda” if nowhere in the ten-page attack on under the administration of Com- lems and suffering came to a com- Sun newspaper, Brian Lee Green- the duly-elected president does it rade Brian Greenspun’s pal, Bill plete stop when her heart failed spun, in his ten-page Sunday insert say or show that the president said Clinton, had “kidnapped,” at gun- after she just got back from church in the daily newspaper, attacked the it was an honor to meet Putin; if point, six-year-old Elian Gonzalez and the most dear wish Maria had president of the United States, and the statement came out of the pres- and gave him back to the Castro’s was never fulfilled by God: to see among other issues, mentioned the ident’s mouth, it could simply have communist regime after Gonzalez’s the man who killed her mother and Mueller investigation and the Com- been one of those political protocol mother gave her life to save her nailed her to that wheelchair being ey firing, ignoring the fact that the expressions. son from the communist regime brought to justice and at last placed president has the absolute right to Even if it was not immediately of Cuba, but it seems that in the behind bars. replace those in key positions with noticeable by the Latino communi- mind of the Las Vegas “Pravda” That wish she took to her grave people he trusts, people who can be ty at the time, Las Vegas “Pravda” Sun, Democrats never do anything — because the Miami police did not loyal to his administration, even if it Sun newspaper did not spend any wrong. want to do it or were not capable of took the president too long to do the ink or space defending the right It seems, in the eyes of a frus- doing their job and the Federal Bu- right thing and fire James Comey, of Elian Gonzalez to take political trated Greenspun, the Trump Ad- reau Of Investigation in the United who has always been at Hillary asylum after his mother lost her life ministration has nothing good to States of America is always too Clinton’s disposal. BRIAN LEE GREENSPUN in the middle of the ocean trying to (See Press Acountability, Page 5) busy playing politics and ignoring what their job really is. The Miami office of the FBI knew exactly where Maria’s hus- Judge hammers ‘corrupt’ band was and still is; they know the name he has had and is still using since he committed such a heinous crime; the FBI knows who FBI for anti-Trump bias he is married to despite the fact that (HORN NEWS) — News star presidential election — which Bak- he never divorced Maria legally, Judge Andrew Napolitano unloaded er himself admitted was “unusual” committing bigamy. on the anti-Trump bias that has tak- — Judge Napolitano spoke out. Was Maria’s mother’s killer en over top levels of the FBI — and What he said had conservatives never apprehended because the he warned about “unconstitutional” cheering. Miami FBI is inept, not capable steps that could allow the illegal “Judge, why is this significant of performing its duties? or maybe surveillance of any U.S. citizen that to you?” Napolitano was asked by Maria was not able to see the man even talks to a foreigner. hosted Brian Kilmeade on Fox & that placed her in a wheelchair for After former FBI lawyer James Friends early Tuesday. life because the Miami Dade Po- Baker acknowledged that he was “Because this is not something lice Department is protecting such involved in the Foreign Intelligence normally done by the general coun- criminals and the Miami FBI is Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant sel of the FBI,” Napolitano replied. showing solidarity with their local used to wiretap President Donald “If he were doing his job, he would counterparts? Trump’s campaign during the 2016 (See FBI Trump Bias, Page 3) Law enforcement entities are al- ways bragging about how good they are at what they do, but when they have their job done for them and Democrat judge orders Trump to handed to them on a silver platter they don’t know what to do or how to deal with such an opportunity, stop deporting child molesters giving the impression that they By Frank Holmes nie M. Brinkema gaveled into her Trump for wasting her time! are afraid to go face a murderer, a The Democratic Party has be- Alexandria, Virginia, courtroom She sat in the judge’s seat, woman-killer in his own territory, come so unhinged that it doesn’t earlier this month. looked at the child molester, then or simply put, might it be because just want to keep the U.S. border The Trump administration want- looked the prosecuting attorney she is a Black woman? with Mexico wide open. Now, it ed to deport an illegal alien caught in the eye and said something that Maria Urena died Sunday, Jan- wants to stop the Trump admin- red-handed trying to cross back shocked the entire courtroom. uary 20, 2019 after returning from istration from deporting illegals into the United States… after being “I hope this is not the start of a church, alone in her small Miami with long rap sheets… even child deported at least once before. pattern for this year,” Judge Brinke- apartment without the satisfaction molesters. Who was the man Trump wanted ma said. and relief of seeing justice done in It’s gotten so crazy that a liberal to get out of the country? “I think this is not the best use her life and for her mother’s death; judge just chewed out the Trump “Ramon Adrian Ochoa Paz, end- of judicial or Justice Department how sad that is! administration for trying to deport ed up in federal court after serving resources to keep seeing these types Now travel 2,529 miles from an illegal alien who sexually as- time in Prince William County of cases.” Miami, Florida to Las Vegas, Ne- saulted a child. for aggravated sexual battery of a Her comments were sick — but vada where Maria Urena’s son is It’s sick. It’s unthinkable. And child, a felony,” The Washington they weren’t unusual. incarcerated for a crime he did not it’s the new Democratic Party norm. Post reports. Brinkema, who was appointed commit; Maria had just finished The Open Borders crowd hit a Judge Brinkema took one look by President Bill Clinton, is typ- speaking to her son when she new low when federal Judge Leo- LEONIE M. BRINKEMA at that — and scolded President (See Child Molesters, Page 7) passed away, but she was not able to hold his hand, or vice-versa—he was not able to hold her hand and Seven ways for Nevada GOP to get their mojo back kiss her goodbye because justice By Chuck Muth win on Election Day needs to either (a) self-fund was never on Maria’s side. Part six in a series their campaign to pay for such ads, or (b) raise Maria’s wheelchair was an Close elections are decided by “undecided” money for their campaign to pay for such ads. old-fashioned wheelchair; she voters who make up their minds two to three WELCOME TO could not have a modern electric weeks before Election Day. HARSH REALITY 101 wheelchair even if she could afford And you can’t reach all those voters in that So unless you’re independently wealthy, you one because they would have been short window of time by walking door-to-door. need to get over any “I hate asking for money” too heavy for her alone to place in You need to reach them via paid media: mail, phobia, bite the bullet, and just do it. Plain and the trunk of her car. digital advertising, phone, radio and TV ads. simple. From that old-fashioned wheel- The operative word here is “paid.” Which This is why I like real estate, insurance, (See My Point of View, Page 2) means a serious candidate seriously looking to (See Republican Mojo, Page 4) Page 2 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 23-29, 2019 Insulin costs doubled over five-year period By Jessie Hellmann Between that period, average ty vowing to investigate. The Hill daily insulin rose a modest 3 per- The House Oversight and Re- Per-person spending on insulin cent, the report says. form Committee last week sent doubled in a recent five-year peri- For an individual using an av- letters to a dozen drug companies od, according to a report released erage amount of insulin, the price seeking detailed information and Tuesday. increased from $7.80 a day in 2012 documents about how they price Individuals with type 1 diabetes to $15 a day in 2016. their medications. spent an average of $5,705 on insu- Price increases have the biggest Several Democratic committee lin in 2016, compared with $2,864 impact on the uninsured and those chairmen have also said they will in 2012, according to a study from with high deductible health plans, call in drugmakers to explain price which requires that customers pay increases. the Health Care Cost Institute. a certain amount toward their health Minnesota’s attorney general The dollar amount represents the care before insurance kicks in. filed a lawsuitin October accusing combined amount paid by a patient Rising drug prices have caused the three main insulin drug man- and their insurer, and doesn’t in- national outcry in recent years, with ufacturers of deceptively raising clude discounts given later. the new Democratic House majori- prices. The spending jump is largely driven by price increases, the au- thors wrote, and not because more My Point of View people are using insulin. (Continued from Page 1) they never committed. other attorney who charged them stole his mother’s $10,000.00; the chair, Maria Urena raised her four Maria hired an attorney in Las a fortune, and who later on had to other attorney who walked away children; from that wheelchair she Vegas to represent her son because accept his incompetence in court, with $75,000 to later admit he was was able to educate her four chil- she knew he was not guilty; she sent the young man was found guilty incompetent and a disgrace to the dren and every one of them got an that attorney the $10,000.00 he re- and is doing time in the Nevada legal profession; the Clark County TRIBUNE education: two are engineers, one quested; after receiving the money, penitentiary for a crime he did not prosecutors that knew they were VOL. 20, NO. 48 a teacher, and one a pharmacist; he sent a flunky from his office to commit; I know that most of the prosecuting an innocent man and they all live clean and productive the County Detention Center not attorneys on both sides, prosecutors the judge who refused to let the FOUNDER lives within the law and never had to hear the young man’s side of the and defense, always are under the truth come out in order to protect Rolando Larraz a single problem. story, but to tell him to “plead guilty assumption that “the prisons are full the reputation of the prosecutor Unfortunately, they were faced and get it over with,” but the man of innocent people”; even if they are and its office — they all have to PUBLISHER with the same problem that many refused and like we fools always being sarcastic, they may be right live with the stigma of allowing an AND people face in our city when it say, “I don’t want to plead, I am EDITOR IN CHIEF because we see how many times we innocent man being sent to prison. comes to legal issues: Las Vegas is a not guilty and I cannot plead guilty Rolando Larraz hear about the innocent being let go Now all I can say is rest in peace city where people come on vacation when I am not guilty.” Maria’s son and leave on probation, only if luck never saw the attorney again and because someone else turns out be Maria, your efforts for saving your GENERAL MANAGER be the culprit of the crime they had son will not be in vain, the Lord Perly Viasmensky is on their side, otherwise they’ll be Maria never saw her $10,000.00 locked up in the state penitentiary again; the attorney never came on been paying for. will listen to you now that you are MANAGING EDITOR for a very long time. the line again. That money was not Is Maria’s son in fact guilty, or closer to Him. Maramis Choufani My attorney once told me some- $10,000 that she had stashed under is he guilty because he is a young My name is Rolando Larraz, and thing I have never forgotten: “In her mattress — she borrowed the professional Black man who put as always, I approved this column. PRODUCTION Las Vegas you plead guilty and money and as a woman of great his trust and belief in the American * * * * * Don Snook you walk, you plead not guilty and integrity, paid that money back, justice system and refused to play Rolando Larraz is Editor in you do time.” Maria’s son made dollar by dollar, until her debt was the game of “plead guilty and walk” Chief of the Las Vegas Tribune. ASSOCIATE EDITOR what others call a mistake for not paid in full. That Las Vegas attorney when he is not guilty. 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A spokesman for President Trump and congres- the centrist Democrat said Tuesday sional Republicans are trying to that he is undecided about how he change the narrative on Democrats will vote on the president’s plan. as the partial shutdown drags into Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) will its fifth week. also face intense pressure to back Republicans, who have seen poll the president as he runs for reelec- after poll showing that a majority tion in a state Trump won by nearly of respondents blame Trump for 30 points. Jones said at a town hall the shutdown, are eager to corner in Alabama over the weekend that Democrats by forcing a vote on the Trump’s plan was a “hopeful sign” White House proposal to reopen and that he thought he saw “move- the government and provide Trump ment” in the funding fight. with $5.7 billion in wall funding. A spokeswoman for Jones didn’t Whether the gambit works is respond to a question Tuesday anyone’s guess. about how he will vote. Senate Democrats are showing Meanwhile, tensions between no signs of division so far, and the Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Senate is also poised to vote Thurs- Multiple polls have shown that immigration deal with Democrats. offer should be viewed as an open- and Trump escalated further Tues- day on another measure that would a majority of respondents are blam- Trump attempted to end the ing salvo to jumpstart negotiations day when the White House signaled temporarily reopen the government ing Trump and congressional Re- Obama-era DACA program for that have otherwise been stalemated it wants to move forward with a Jan. but not provide funding for the wall. publicans for the partial shutdown, young immigrants but was blocked after a White House meeting earlier 29 State of the Union speech even Still, the votes on Thursday which is the longest funding lapse by federal judges from doing so. this month. though he doesn’t have approval could allow Republicans to argue in modern history. The Senate immigration deal con- But the White House is not from Congress. In the latest The Hill-HarrisX tains a temporary extension of the planning to make a second offer that they are putting up proposals House Democrats are expected survey, 46 percent of registered program for existing beneficiaries. to Democrats if the president’s to end the shutdown after weeks to pass a package of six additional voters who responded and identify TPS benefits migrants from di- proposal fails to pass the Senate in which the only actions to do so spending bills already backed by themselves as political indepen- saster-stricken or conflict-ridden this week, according to the source, have been taken by Democrats in Senate Republicans. While they’ve dents said that Trump and the countries but Trump has sought to indicating they believe it is incum- the House. largely been unified during the congressional GOP are primarily wind down the program for several bent upon Democrats to make the After watching House Dem- partial shutdown, some cracks have responsible for the government nations. next move. ocrats pass those bills for more begun to form in the Democrats’ closure, a 7-point jump from a Dec. The source said that such a Democratic leaders show no armor. than four weeks, Senate Majority 30-31 survey. concession would have to be in ex- signs of backing down. Senate Some Democratic freshmen in Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) But Trump is showing no signs change for the right package of bor- Minority Leader Charles Schumer a letter to Pelosi and party leaders is eager to flip the script and have of shifting his strategy in response der security measures and changes (N.Y.) on Tuesday said the White pressed them to promise a vote on Democrats vote “no” on a bill to to polling or grumbling by moder- to immigration law and cautioned House’s proposal is “going no- border security measures — includ- reopen the government — a day ate lawmakers. Trump is unlikely to back anything where fast.” ing Trump’s wall — as a condition before federal workers impacted The president views the battle that does not have a chance to win “Everyone knows the president of reopening the government. The by the funding lapse will miss their with Democrats over the wall as 60 votes in the Senate, which is said he would be proud to shut letter, spearheaded by Rep. Elaine second paycheck. too important to lose and is con- controlled by Republicans. down the government. Everyone Luria (D-Va.), was first reported The White House and McCon- vinced the 33-day shutdown has Trump praised McConnell on knows that he and Leader McCon- by Politico. nell have also sought to sweeten the helped make his case to the public Tuesday and pledged that he will nell are the only obstacles to open- And on Tuesday, Rep. Collin pot: Their plan includes priorities why a wall is needed to end what not “cave” to the demand from ing it back up. Across the board, Peterson (D), a Minnesota Blue backed by Democrats including he sees as a crisis of illegal immi- Democrats to reopen the govern- the polling shows it,” Schumer said Dog, told a local radio station that extension of the Violence Against gration and drug smuggling at the ment and then negotiate. from the Senate floor. Democrats should “give Trump the Women Act and more than $12 U.S.-Mexico border, according to a “Never seen [McConnell] and The White House plan would money” he wants for the border, billion in disaster relief funding. source who requested anonymity to Republicans so united on an issue need at least seven Democratic saying the project is ultimately Neither proposal is expected discuss the White House’s internal as they are on the Humanitarian votes to overcome the 60-vote inevitable. to get 60 votes without a dramatic thinking. Crisis & Security on our Southern filibuster. “Why are we fighting over this?” U-turn by either Trump or Demo- Trump is expected to meet this Border!” Trump said in a tweet. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) he told KFGO. “We’re going to crats. But holding the two votes will week with a group of conservative Some GOP senators over the said over the weekend that he was build that wall anyway, at some allow Republicans to try to change leaders to get input on immigration weekend suggested that Trump’s “hopeful” Trump’s plan would time.” the media narrative and counter proposals and possibly push toward the Democratic strategy of forcing a broader immigration agreement if McConnell to repeatedly block the the shutdown ends. FBI Trump Bias House bills. The source added that Trump (Continued from Page 1) warrant on me. It’s the same warrant! One is easy to It could also be a win-win situa- does not care about the polls and is tell them: Stay away from FISA! Donald Trump has get, one is difficult to get.” tion for Republican senators, since feeling no pressure to cave on his argued that FISA — which has a low standard to get a That’s when he dropped the hammer. it allows those representing red demands. search warrant — has been abused by the FBI because “When the FBI can’t get the more difficult one, they states to vote for Trump’s proposal, The president is not closing off it’s easy to get a search warrant” compared to using get the easy one — and THAT has corrupted them!” while purple-state senators such as the possibility of supporting per- more common methods. Napolitano exclaimed. “That has enabled them to Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and manent extensions for the Deferred “Under the constitution, to get a search warrant — gather evidence by unconstitutional means, and that’s Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) could vote Action for Childhood Arrivals to listen to somebody’s phone calls, to look at their what they did to the president.” for the clean three-week stopgap (DACA) program and Temporary mail, to follow them — you have to have probable “When you look at the transcript, when you look measure. Protected Status (TPS) as part of an cause of crime, a very high standard,” he explained. at what we’ve seen … it’s a real eye-opener.” Fox & “You have to show evidence. Not a dossier, but ac- Friends host Steve Doocy replied. Baker “admits that tual evidence,” Napolitano said, a reference to the he was given … ‘very unusual’ [access] to documents” States Immunity debunked Steele dossier that was funded by former from a Democratic National Committee lawyer. (Continued from Page 1) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential cam- Baker is currently under criminal investigation for members to testify against him. paign and used as justification for the wiretap. leaking anti-Trump information to the mainstream A Nevada jury found for Hyatt and awarded him $85 million for emo- Trump has pointed to that allegedly illegal wiretap media. tional distress, $52 million for invasion of privacy, $1 million for special as proof that the investigation into Russian election “It is obvious that there was an agenda on part of damages for fraud and $250 million in punitive damages. Because Nevada meddling has turned into a so-called “witch hunt” that people in the FBI to either cause President Trump to has a law limiting the liability of its own state agencies the award was is targeting him unfairly. stumble, to prevent him from entering office, or to get later reduced to $50,000. “Under FISA, that standard is a lot less,” Napol- rid of him once he was in office,” Napolitano said. In a strange case of role reversal, the argument now before the U.S. Su- itano said. “The standard is: Has this person ever “We keep getting snippets of this evidence,” he preme Court being pressed by California is that one of its earlier opinions spoken to … a foreigner. So I could talk to my tailor concluded. “If they can do this to the President of the should be overturned. That case is known as Nevada v. Hall. California in midtown Mahattan and that would justify the FISA United States, they can do this to anybody.” residents brought suit in a California court for damages when a state of Nevada-owned vehicle on official business collided with the Californians on a California highway. The California courts assessed damages of more than $1 million against Nevada. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1979 ruled that while states have sovereign MOVING? MOVING? immunity from being sued in their own courts, a state is not constitutionally immune from suit in the courts of another state. In yet another twist, the attorneys general of 45 states, including Neva- da’s then-Attorney General Adam Laxalt, have filed amicus briefs asking NEED A TRUCK? NEED A TRUCK? that Nevada v. Hall be overturned. “The time has come for this Court to overrule its decision in Nevada v. Hall … an outlier among this Court’s consistent protection of the States’ sovereign immunity,” the brief argues. “Although this Court has held that States are immune in their own courts, in federal courts, and in federal administrative agencies, Hall allows a State to be haled before the courts of any other State and be forced to pay money judgments issued by those courts. This affront to the States’ sovereign dignity and financial resources is contrary to the Constitution’s structure and history and should be de- finitively rejected. For this reason, a total of forty-five States have joined briefs arguing that Hall should be overruled.” During oral arguments this past week, California’s attorney argued that the “writings and speeches given by Hamilton, Marshall, and Madison” supported his view that states should be immune from legal action in the courts of other states. Again according to the Journal, liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor re- sponded, “It’s nice that they felt that way, but what we know is they didn’t put it in the Constitution. And so we talk a lot now about not relying on legislative history, but relying on the plain text.” Conservative Justice Samuel Alito added that “we are all always very vigilant not to read things into the Constitution that can’t be found in the text.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh asked why something the states sup- posedly regarded as so important would not have been addressed in the constitutional text. Where is a citizen to turn when public officials flout the law and run amok? Does not state sovereignty include the right and power to protect its own citizens from agencies in other states when they are extorted and defrauded? You know what they say about absolute power.

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Lawmakers will take up competing plans Senate Democrats are expected to keep this week to reopen the government, neither trying to call up the House funding proposals of which has enough support to pass both for a vote but their efforts are expected to be chambers, garner President Trump’s signa- blocked by McConnell. ture and end the stalemated funding fight. NATO support The dueling votes come after Trump A bipartisan bill reiterating congressional made a new offer over the weekend asking support of NATO is slated to come to the for $5.7 billion for the wall in exchange for House floor on Tuesday. a three-year extension of protected status The legislation— introduced by Rep. Jim- for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals my Panetta (D-Calif.) — rebuffs any efforts (DACA) recipients and Temporary Protected the president may make to withdraw from the Status (TPS) holders. alliance in addition to supporting 2 percent “No, Amnesty is not a part of my offer. It of NATO countries’ gross domestic product is a 3 year extension of DACA. Amnesty will for roughly 1.8 million immigrants in ex- told The Hill. on defense and advocating for funding for the be used only on a much bigger deal, whether change for $25 billion for border security, With the Senate out of town until Tuesday “European Deterrence Initiative to counter on immigration or something else,” Trump tougher interior enforcement and new limits afternoon, a procedural vote on Trump’s plan Russian aggression.” said in a string of tweets defending his plan. on legal immigration garnered only 39 votes isn’t expected until later in the week, likely “The NATO alliance is a pillar of interna- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCon- in the Senate, including three Democratic Thursday. Senators, who are currently scat- tional peace, stability, and security, and serves nell (R-Ky.) immediately announced that he senators. tered around the country, are expected to get as a deterrent against aggression and desta- would bring up the president’s plan, tucked Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the only one 24-hours advance notice of a vote so they can bilization,” Panetta said in a statement. “We into legislation to fully reopen the govern- of those Democratic senators who is still in return to Washington. must promote our shared values of freedom, ment, this week, despite saying as recently office, threaded a needle with his reaction to Roughly a quarter of the federal gov- equality, and empowerment by continuing as last week that only a bill backed by both Trump’s latest proposal and didn’t specifical- ernment has been closed since Dec. 22 be- to invest in the institutions, programs, and Trump and congressional Democrats would ly say how he would vote. cause of the fight over funding for Trump’s people that enhance our national security.” be given a vote. “I’m hopeful the President’s statement U.S.-Mexico border wall. The entrenched Rules change “I intend to move to this legislation this tonight will allow us to immediately reopen battle has forced roughly 800,000 employees Senate Republicans are discussing trying week. With bipartisan cooperation, the Senate gov, put WVians back to work & start ne- — who will miss their second paycheck on to muscle through a rules change that would can send a bill to the House quickly so that gotiating long-term immigration reform. I Friday — to be furloughed or work without significantly reduce the amount of time it they can take action as well,” McConnell said look forward to working w/my GOP & Dem pay. takes to confirm most of Trump’s nominees in a statement. colleagues to make this happen so that we While Senate Republicans will try to as soon as next week. But Trump’s proposal can’t get 60 votes can end this shameful shutdown,” Manchin move forward with Trump’s proposal, House Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.), asked about us- in the Senate, which would require winning tweeted. Democrats are planning on Wednesday to ing the “nuclear option” to change the rules, over at least seven Democrats as well as get- Some GOP senators suggested they saw take up another spending bill that doesn’t told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on ting unanimous support from the chamber’s Trump’s proposal as an attempt to restart include wall funding. Monday that he thought the chamber could 53 Republicans. Democrats — including negotiations with congressional leadership, The bill — introduced by House Appropri- take up the issue after a procedural vote on more centrist members whom Republicans which have been at a standstill for nearly two ations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey Trump’s immigration plan, which Democrats would need to flip — have argued that the weeks, rather than a take-it-or-leave it offer. (D-N.Y.) — would provide funding for six are expected to block. president and McConnell have to fully reopen “Put out a straw man proposal. Get some- appropriations bills through the end of the “I support the move, because Democrats the government before negotiating on border thing out there the president can say, ‘I can fiscal year. have been in an ahistorical fashion violating security. support this’ — and has elements from both The legislation is the latest move in Dem- precedence about the number of hours in Trump “single-handedly took away sides. Put it on the table, then open it up for ocrats’ strategy to place pressure on GOP which one debates noncontroversial nomi- DACA and TPS protections in the first debate,” Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) told lawmakers to break with Trump’s demand for nees that have been reported out of different place — offering some protections back in ABC’s “This Week.” a wall along the southern border. But despite committees of jurisdiction,” Young said, exchange for the wall is not a compromise but He added that the Senate’s vote this week Democrats’ attempts, top House Republicans when asked about using the “nuclear option.” more hostage taking,” said Senate Minority was not about passing a bill but about trying assert the conference largely remains unified Currently, nominations face up to an ad- Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y). to start a debate and “open [it] up and say: in the call for border security funding and a ditional 30 hours of debate time even after Democrats were not consulted as the ‘Can we debate this? Can we amend it? Can barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border. they’ve cleared an initial vote that shows White House was drafting its plan, according we make changes?’ ” The House will also revote on a short-term they have the simple majority support needed to two aides, who both noted that party mem- In a call with House GOP lawmakers spending bill that was brought to the floor last to pass. bers had previously rejected similar offers. Saturday, Trump indicated the proposal week. Chaos broke out on the floor last Thurs- But the proposal being discussed by Re- A previous, broader Trump-proposed bill could be a jumping off point for Democrats day after Republicans slammed Democrats publicans would cut the debate time down that would have traded a path to citizenship to offer a broader plan, a source on the call for passing a stopgap spending measure to (See Opposite Directions, Page 7) Republican Mojo (Continued from Page 1) tion numbers were not in her favor. votes).” Linda. She raised $45,477.14… and stop thinking all they need to car and other salespersons as can- But that didn’t stop Linda from Again, note the specificity. including $5,265.36 from donations do is walk door-to-door. didates. They’re used to asking making a compelling case to donors Linda and her campaign clearly of $100 or less. And taking fundraising seriously for money and understand that for how she could WIN the race. did their homework — something That’s pretty darned good for a means explaining to donors how rejection is just part of the game. Here was her “pitch”… that decidedly inspired confidence first-time Republican candidate in there’s a realistic chance to WIN Candidates who can’t accept that THE NUMBERS in potential donors considering an a Democrat-majority district who and how the donor’s money will be reality probably should stay out of “The current registration in investment in her campaign. was running against a Democrat used to achieve that goal. the game. AD-09 is 39 percent Democrat, And although she didn’t win incumbent who raised… wait for It’s great that if elected you’ll They don’t say money is the 31 percent Republican, and 30 her race, thanks in large part to the it… $319,072.65! vote for smaller government, lower mother’s milk of politics for noth- percent other. Based on historical higher than expected turnout for That’s right. Linda was outraised taxes and be pro-business. But you ing. turnout statistics and recent polling Democrats, she came very close by a factor of 7-1…but nevertheless have to actually GET elected first. Now… in Clark County that gives us an to reaching her stated vote goal, still came close to achieving her And how you’re going to do that is If you’re a candidate who would indication of voter intensity, we pulling in 11,317 votes. vote goal. Impressive. Had she run the message you need to convey to rather get a root canal than ask for anticipate a turnout of 59 percent HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE in a more competitive district in people if you want them to part with money, but accept it as a necessary or 24,035 total voters. With this OUR VOTE GOAL a different election environment, their dough-re-mi. ingredient to winning your race, I turnout model, the partisan turnout “We will focus the majority she’d have crushed it. It’s not about what you believe, have some help. Just go to www. will be 38 percent Democrat, 37 of our resources talking to swing THE BOTTOM LINE but whether or not you can success- CampaignDoctor.com and enter percent Republican, and 25 percent voters with persuasive messages IS THIS… fully achieve. your email address to download others.” and to low-propensity Republicans If Republicans want to win more Coming up in the last of this my “Fearless Fundraising Formula” Notice the specificity based on to try and expand the electorate in races in 2020, especially in “swing” 7-part series: The worst advice special report. actual numbers and realistic esti- Linda’s favor. We have 1,857 voters districts, Republican candidates you’ll ever get. It’s free… so you won’t have mates. These weren’t pie-in-the-sky in the ‘swing’ universe and 6,046 need to take fundraising seriously Stay tuned, Batfans… to ask anyone for money to get it. figures pulled out of thin air while voters in our ‘GOTV’ universe. But even if you don’t read the wearing rose-colored glasses and We will run a complete campaign report, here’s the biggest mistake riding a unicorn. to these voters: doors, phones, mail, candidates make when it comes to And she wasn’t that far off, and digital ads. If we are able to asking for money… though her campaign — like most hold our base, win 64 percent of They think it’s all about issues others in Nevada — underestimated unaffiliated and 3rd party voters, and philosophy. overall turnout in the 2018 cycle. and expand the Republican elec- It’s not. The actual turnout in her race was torate by at least 400 voters, Linda Sure, that’s important. Just as it’s 26,801. Cannon will win.” near impossible to sell surfboards VOTE GOALS THIS is what prospective donors to Eskimos, you’ll find it near “To achieve victory Linda needs are looking for: Does the candidate impossible to successfully solicit 12,266 votes. In order to achieve actually have a shot to WIN and do donations from a liberal to fund a this vote goal, Linda needs to secure they have a realistic campaign plan conservative candidate’s campaign. her base and receive 92 percent of in place to do so? But even if you’re a conserva- the Republican vote (8,096 votes), THAT’S what gives donors tive candidate asking for donations 8 percent of the Democrat vote (725 enough confidence to pull out the from a conservative donor, simply votes), and 63 percent of the 3rd checkbook. being philosophically aligned isn’t party and unaffiliated vote (3,445 And pull it out they did for enough. Because no donor, no mat- ter how wealthy he or she may be, wants to throw their hard-earned Bob Beckett money down a rathole. ONLY THE GOVERNMENT Attorney At Law LIKES TO DO THAT! Elected 5 terms as Nye County District Attorney (SEE: PUBLIC SCHOOLS) Practice areas Campaign fundraising isn’t about what you believe or how Criminal defense, Personal injury, Bankruptcy you’ll vote if elected. It’s about and debt, Car accident, DUI and DWI how you’re going to GET elected. Licensed for 29 years Which means your “pitch” has AVVO CONTRIBUTIONS to include a REALISTIC estimate, based on historical facts and fig- Beckett knows Nevada criminal law ures, of how many votes you’ll need — especially how to get the most out of to win and what you’ll use the do- the probation/monitoring system. nor’s money for to reach that goal. Get first month box Let me give you an example… Beckett provides very effective and Linda Cannon was a Republican personable service — His fees are also fair rent FREE with any candidate running for Nevada’s Assembly District 9 seat in Clark (702) 334-4886 U-Haul truck rental County in 2018. The voter registra- January 23-29, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 5 F.I.O.R.E. — a class of its own... By Sunny Day the members dressed for success Las Vegas Tribune and the first ladies dressed impec- The F.I.O.R.E. Club is one of cably to the “T,” showing nothing the unique groups that Las Vegas is but class. proud of and all male members are Now we realize why the among the most important members F.I.O.R.E. has become the “Club because every one of them has been that everyone wants to be part of” elected president of the club, while because every one of the members all the ladies are, of course, first seems to be very comfortable ladies, whether married to any of dressed up for the event and el- the men or not. egance is seen all over the event F.I.O.R.E. was created a few floor. years back by a group of “vaca- It may be very comfortable to be tioning entertainers” looking for in Bermuda shorts and tennis shoes, something to do in their spare time, but it is also a great pleasure to among them Nelson Sardelli, who walk into a place and see everyone kept promoting and peddling the dressed for success. club’s successful meetings at the Hopefully, little by little, that Italian American Club. Raggedy Ann fashion will disap- Many may wonder what pear and we will return to the ele- F.I.O.R.E. stands for and someone gant style that has made Las Vegas in our newsroom has mentioned an example of that one place to be. that the name of the club stands (L-R) Michael Monge, The Duke of Fremont Street, Nelson Sardelli, R.J. DiDonato and Vincent Palmieri. Have a Sunny Day. for Foolish Individuals Organizing Ridiculous Events, but it was not “Important people like Carl confirmed by the club’s president Cohen, Sandy Waterman, Ash (remember, every male has been Resnick, former Las Vegas mayors Look out for Clark County elected president) or anyone else. Oran Gragson, Bill Briare, Ron Why are we writing about Lurie, Oscar Goodman, and for- F.I.O.R.E. again when every month mer governor and senator Richard grab for education funding The Roving Reporter of the Las Bryan and many others — who al- By Thomas Mitchell money per pupil. Any formula ad- talking money from rural counties Vegas Tribune reports on their ways dressed impeccably in a suit, There was one line in Gov. Steve justments doubtlessly would mean and giving it to Clark County. monthly meetings along with a with perfectly starched and ironed Sisolak’s State of the State speech spread of wonderful pictures by shirt, and with a fashionable tie — Wednesday night that should cause David “Bananas” Williams and walking the casino floors, through rural Nevadans concern — the talk Lorraine T. Sardelli, you may ask. City Hall or the State building,” the about changing the school funding Just a few weeks ago the Las article stated, mentioning some of formula. Vegas Tribune wrote an article the elegant people of our commu- “I also look forward to working about how this nation is turning into nity even if some of them are no with Legislative Leadership to a Raggedy Ann country what with longer with us. review the decades old Nevada women paying an arm and a leg for Nowadays sports names, well- Plan to ensure that tax dollars for jeans full of holes and ripped-off known entertainers, as well as education follow the student,” he cuffs, making them look like old television figures making millions said. “We have to make sure our jeans, having one color nail polish a year, appear in public and on statewide funding formula is eq- on nine fingers and giving the im- national television shows dressed uitable for every student in every pression they ran out of that color like they just got out of bed. Net- county.” and had to use another color for work television reporters and news The school funding formula is that one last finger; men appearing anchors broadcasting without a weighted to take into account the on national television in cut-off tie was never seen before. Coin- transportation costs in each county, jeans and shoes with no socks, cidentally, on our first visit to the as well as the relative wealth in each disrespecting the audience and the F.I.O.R.E. Club, we found a very county. Thus, poorer rural counties host of the show. refreshing view: the majority of with long commutes get more Press Accountability (Continued from Page 1) The day after the president of the behalf of his father. Entertainers of fact that the Review-Journal has responsibility for his role in this account for even if unemployment United States left the communist the caliber of Nelson Sardelli, Jose been fighting for the sole market of community and separate his Las is down and the economy is better island, Fidel Castro wrote a letter Feliciano, the Argentine Gauchos, the newspaper, making Las Vegas Vegas Sun newspaper from the than ever; but many wonder where in the official government newspa- and many others participated in the a one-opinion, one point of view, daily newspaper,” stated Las Vegas Brian Greenspun was when his per — El Granma — that read in event, and political dignitaries such one source, one news outlet, with Tribune’s General Manager, Perly pal Barack Obama insulted the part, “Let no one succumb to the as Governor Robert List, political one single newspaper in the Las Viasmensky, adding that “It is a Cuban-Americans living in this illusion that the people of this no- figures of the era, Jack Schofield, Vegas market. shame that after having three daily great nation by visiting the com- ble and self-abnegating nation will and Bob Rose where present at “We may not agree with the newspapers we go backwards by munist island and was treated like ever renounce the glory, the rights, the event. editorial line of the Las Vegas Sun, having only one newspaper.” a second class citizen when he was and the spiritual bounty won with When Brian Greenspun fought but we will defend their right to say It is obvious that the mainstream welcomed at the Jose Marti Airport its achievements in education, the his siblings and Stephens Media for it,” said Maramis Choufani, the Las media historically looks the other by a group of employees and not sciences, and culture,” he wrote. ownership of the Las Vegas Sun, the Vegas Tribune’s editor in a tele- way when the Democrats get out of even one member of the communist “We don’t need the Empire to give weekly Las Vegas Tribune sided phone call from Texas where she is line, but is always quick to attack party or the Cuban government was us anything.” with Brian Greenspun in memory, vacationing with family members. President Trump and make a big on scene to welcome the president Judicial Watch, the public in- symbolically, of his father and the “Brian Greenspun needs to take deal out of the little details. of the United States of America. terest group that investigates and Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was fights government corruption, an- a Cuban Communist revolutionary nounced today that it obtained doc- and politician who governed the uments from the United States Air Republic of Cuba as Prime Min- Force and the United States Secret ister from 1959 to 1976 and then Service detailing costs associated as President from 1976 to 2008. A with Michelle Obama’s controver- Marxist–Leninist and Cuban na- sial August 2010 vacation to Spain. tionalist, Castro also served as the According to a Judicial Watch First Secretary of the Communist analysis, the records indicate a total Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. combined cost of at least $467,585, Under the Castro administration, but nothing was written in the Las Cuba became a one-party com- Vegas “Pravda” Sun about the munist state—while industry and 2010 Freedom of Information Act business were nationalized—and a (FOIA) request. (The agency noti- state where socialist reforms were fied Judicial Watch that it withheld implemented throughout society, 78 pages of responsive records in but nothing was written in the local their entirety.) Judicial Watch ob- socialist newspaper in Las Vegas on tained the U.S. Air Force records the behavior of President Obama. pursuant to a March 5, 2012, FOIA The trip began Sunday after- lawsuit, but none of the mainstream noon, as the U.S. contingent was media, including the Las Vegas met at José Martí International Air- “Pravda” Sun, stepped up to the port with bouquets of flowers and a plate and exposed the incident as it delegation led by Foreign Minister should have been exposed. Bruno Rodriguez. But there was And Mr. Greenspun has been one prominent no-show on the tar- appointed to two U.S. Presidential mac: President Raul Castro. Commissions. This time Brian Greenspun and In the early 1990s, he was ap- the Las Vegas Sun may have be- pointed by President Bill Clinton trayed the trust of the Cuban com- to the White House Commission on munity and many others by not crit- Small Business. In December 2014, icizing his pal Barack Obama for he was appointed by President visiting the island under a regime Barack Obama to the Commission of murder of many innocent people for the Preservation of America’s and for dividing Cuban families by Heritage Abroad which “title-seek- having an open relationship with er Brian” enjoyed and may have the Cuban government. The trust “encouraged” him to be grateful to they had placed in the Las Vegas the two past Democrat presidents. Sun for the actions of his late father, Loyalty to a fellow student is not Hank Greenspun — who always a reason nor an excuse to betray a was on the side of those who for community by writing anti-Amer- one reason or another had lost their ican articles in one’s newspaper. voice in the community — was lost. Greenspun was a college friend Las Vegas Sun newspaper was of Bill Clinton’s and the former always on the side of the Latino president stayed in the Greenspun’s community while Hank Greenspun Henderson compound when vis- was alive. La Verdad newspaper, iting Southern Nevada and most the first Spanish newspaper in the likely that friendship was extended state of Nevada, was printed at the to the Obama family. Las Vegas Sun presses at an almost In the early seventies, La Verdad, ridiculous price, and it was the Las the very first Spanish newspaper in Vegas Sun which started a page in Nevada, honored Hank Greenspun the Spanish language so the Latino for his contribution to the Hispanic community could have a voice in community in Las Vegas, and his the community. son Brian attended the event on Page 6 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 23-29, 2019 ‘No new taxes’ is a great promise, if he can keep it By Michael Schaus As a result, future budgets will likely be Gov Sisolak’s call for investing in the Nevada Policy Research Institute forced to grapple with the decision of raising Rainy-Day Fund was also a positive step, No new taxes will be a hard pledge for taxes or cutting government services as costs better preparing the state for potential eco- Governor Steve Sisolak to keep if he has his quickly increase faster than revenue. nomic downturns. way on a variety of spending issues. Nonetheless, Sisolak made strides toward However, his failure to reassure thousands At least in the long term. reaching moderate and bipartisan policy of Nevadan families that they will continue to Prevailing wage — something he specifi- proposals in other areas. have access to the educational choice schol- cally called for in his address — inflates the Despite calling for a major increase to the arships that have transformed their children’s construction costs of public work projects, minimum wage — a policy that would dis- lives was a disappointing omission. like schools, by an average of 45 percent. In proportionally burden growing business and Despite disagreements on a number of 2009-2010, for example, this practice cost make it harder for low-income jobseekers to specific policy issues, Nevada Policy shares taxpayers a billion dollars. enter the workforce — he encouraged regu- the Governor’s vision for a vibrant Nevada Collective bargaining for state workers is latory reform that would increase economic that is home to abundance of high-paying another policy that will significantly drain growth for small businesses. jobs alongside a quality education system. state coffers and make future tax hikes in- Hopefully, his small-business-oriented We look forward to working with the evitable. That policy will increase annual regulatory overhauls would include policies Governor to help make this most worthy spending by approximately half a billion such as occupational licensing reform, which vision a reality. dollars, according to the nation’s foremost would make it easier for disadvantaged work- Michael Schaus is Communications Di- experts on the topic. STEVE SISOLAK ers to pursue economic success. rector for Nevada Policy. Nevada Sheriff’s Office Testing FACT Duty Weapon-Mounted Camera Special to the Las Vegas Tribune partment is also testing the FACT The Nye County Sheriff’s Of- Duty WMC right now. This large fice in Nevada is in the process municipality is very active with of testing the FACT Duty Weap- officers encountering dynamic sit- on-Mounted Camera (WMC) from uations quite often. Initial feedback Viridian Weapon Technologies. has been favorable and more news Viridian and Nye County will hold on next steps will come soon. a joint press conference on Wednes- Easy Purchase and day, January 23 at 9:00 a.m. in the an unobstructed view of critical Implementation Venetian Ballroom Delfino 4001A use-of-force events from the end FACT WMCs do not require the located adjacent to the Sands Expo of the firearm, addressing limita- purchase of supplemental equip- Convention Center, 201 Sands Ave, tions officers can face with body ment or services and are designed Las Vegas, NV 89169. cameras. exclusively to answer the needs of Nye County has 150 deputies The highly advanced WMC today’s officers. The WMC gen- and is taking the next step in trans- employs a 1080p full-HD digital erates just a small fraction of the parency for law enforcement by camera with a microphone and data to manage compared to other actively testing the FACT Duty 500 lumen tactical light. Viridian’s law enforcement recording options SHELDON ADELSON WMC and joins over 400 other de- proprietary INSTANT-ON tech- because it only records when the partments around the US that have nology automatically activates the officer’s weapon is drawn. Adelson involvement in used this new technology. camera and microphone whenever After the purchase of the WMC, The FACT Duty fits duty weap- the officer draws the firearm from there are no maintenance fees, ons and holsters and records au- their holster. Not only does this monthly charges or other significant issue not worthy of tomatically, providing an unob- eliminate risk of failure to manually expenses. structed view from the end of an turn on the camera during a critical This results in significantly low- mention in his newspaper officer’s firearm. The need for this event, but it also keeps the officer er comparative data management By Thomas Mitchell product continues to be validated from fumbling with cumbersome costs. The FACT Duty is a one-and- The Wall Street Journal had a front page story recently about how in current events throughout the equipment. done solution for law enforcement the Justice Department has reversed course on its 2011 opinion that the United States. “Nye County is a perfect fit for administrators and purchasing 1960s Wire Act prohibited only online sports betting and not other forms “We believe in transparency and our WMC,” said Viridian President departments. of online gambling. The paper said the change “hewed closely to argu- providing the best technology for and CEO Brian Hedeen. “Sheriff The WMCs fit on existing stan- ments made by lobbyists for casino magnate and top Republican donor our deputies,” said Sheriff Sharon Wehrly and her officers are on the dard-issue firearms and fit seam- Sheldon Adelson.” Wehrly. “This Weapon-Mounted forefront of modern policing. They lessly in multiple duty holster WSJ reporters compared a memo sent to Justice by Adelson lawyers Camera system documents the have built a great rapport with their platforms, making it easy for imple- in April 2017 to the new opinion handed down in November and found facts of each encounter providing community and a lot of that is based mentation by any department. The the new opinion arguments similar to those in the memo. “Both writings an un-biased record of the actions on openness and engagement. The cameras feature a recording time of pointed to some of the same case law examples,” the report said. taken by law enforcement and the FACT Duty is designed to capture over three hours to handle virtually Adelson has spent millions of dollars campaigning to change the gov- public we serve. We have some what really happened if there is an any scenario. They also incorporate ernment’s interpretation of the law and spent tens of millions supporting deputies who are carrying this on Officer Involved Shooting. Sheriff secured data access and are easily Donald Trump’s presidential election bid. Adelson’s company has long duty now as a test program and if Wehrly’s deputies patrol a very rechargeable. argued that online gambling would hurt revenue at established casinos. the test and evaluation program is large area with remote locations. Body and dash cameras were Today the Las Vegas newspaper also has a story on this topic. successful and financial funding Adding the FACT Duty WMC will not designed to capture officer-in- “Now that Nevada has a law allowing interstate online poker, regulators is secured we will then deploy the add another layer of transparency to volved shootings. However, Virid- will have to re-examine what that means under the new interpretation,” WMCs across the agency.” the NCSO Officer Involved Shoot- ian WMCs were designed specifi- the story says. “Is it illegal and thus banned? Will Nevada’s laws be Viridian has created an im- ing or use of force incidents when cally for this purpose. grandfathered in?” portant new category for law en- they occur.” More information on FACT But nowhere does it mention Adelson’s well known campaign against forcement with the introduction Las Vegas Metro Duty WMCs can be found at Virid- online betting, nor is there an italicized disclaimer at the end noting the of the FACT camera. This unique Also Testing WMC ianWeaponTech.com/FACT-Duty- Adelson family owns the paper. Weapon-Mounted Camera provides The Las Vegas Metro Police De- Learn-More.

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https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1634723793433487/ YOUR PRAYERS AND DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED!!! CONTACT EMAIL: [email protected] January 23-29, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 7 Graham angers Dems by digging into Clinton, Obama controversies By Jordain Carney he wanted to have “an in-depth dis- The Hill cussion” with former FBI Director New tensions are flaring on the James Comey. Senate Judiciary Committee over Asked about his investigation plans by newly minted Chairman plans and the criticism from Dem- Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to dig ocrats, a spokeswoman for Graham into Obama-era scandals. pointed to a pair of tweets from the Graham, a close ally of President GOP senator on Friday where he Trump’s, has outlined several areas doubled down. he wants to probe now that he has Graham described as “stunning” the Judiciary Committee gavel. a Fox News report that Justice They include the FBI’s handling Department official Bruce Ohr of its investigation into Hillary discussed his views on a contro- Clinton’s private email server and versial research opposition dossier the Foreign Intelligence Surveil- on Trump with individuals now on lance Act (FISA) warrant appli- special counsel Robert Mueller’s cations targeting former Trump probe. campaign aide Carter Page. “These purported revelations Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), asked will NOT get a pass in Senate Judi- about Graham’s plans, started ciary Committee,” Graham added. laughing and compared them to the Graham’s investigations could “thrilling days of yesteryear.” overlap with work by the Senate “This is going to be like the His- Intelligence Committee, which is tory Channel it turns out. Instead of deep into its own probe of the 2016 taking a look at the current issues, election. The two panels previously ing helping to draft legislation with the negotiations involving a Trump dive into the FISA issue” as chair- Lindsey Graham wants to go back bumped elbows under Sen. Chuck Sens. Christopher Coons (D-Del.), Tower project in Moscow ended in man of the Judiciary Committee. and answer important questions Grassley (R-Iowa), with both de- Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Thom an effort to obscure the president’s And he told Fox News last month about the Bermuda Triangle and manding to hear from Comey and Tillis (R-N.C.) that would protect involvement. that he believed the FBI “phoned Hillary Clinton,” Durbin told The meet with Mueller. special counsel Robert Mueller Sen. Richard Blumenthal in” the Clinton probe and were “in Hill. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a from being fired without “good (D-Conn.) sent a letter to Graham the tank” for the Democratic pres- Durbin said he was “concerned” member of both panels, acknowl- cause.” The White House and on Friday asking him to call Cohen idential nominee. about Graham’s plans but quipped edged that there had previously Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to testify before the committee. “There’s a certain unevenness that “you know there is that ques- been a “jurisdictional battle” be- (R-Ky.) oppose that bill. “Our committee must conduct here about how you investigate tion about Jimmy Carter which he tween the two committees, but said Graham has also worked closely a thorough investigation of the campaigns,” Graham said, adding that oversight of the Justice Depart- probably wants to ask.” with Durbin on immigration reform President’s involvement in these that he believed there was “100 ment and FBI was in the Judiciary Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in another break with Trump and crimes and whether he obstructed percent” a double standard between Committee’s lane. (D-R.I.), another member of the has been hustling behind the scenes justice to hide them. ... The hour to how the bureau handled the inves- “The Senate Judiciary Commit- panel, said maybe Graham should to try to reach an agreement that put country before petty partisan tigation into Clinton compared to tee has oversight responsibility for “investigate Benghazi some more would end the weeks-long partial differences has come,” he added. investigating the Trump campaign. the DOJ and the FBI and so I think too” — an apparent reference to a government shutdown. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Graham also said late last year oversight hearings ... could be use- years-long House probe that Dem- Coons, a member of the Judicia- the top Democrat on the panel, add- that he would “totally” investigate ful,” he said. ocrats considered a political stunt. ry Committee, encouraged Graham ed in a statement, without directly the FBI’s handling of its investiga- He added that “as long as it’s Graham’s plans come while ten- to thread the needle carefully, add- mentioning Graham, that Republi- tions into Russian interference in focused on oversight of those in- sions on the panel linger from the ing that “it depends how divisive cans should “join in a bipartisan ef- the 2016 presidential election and stitutions, the FBI and DOJ, it’s deeply partisan fight over Supreme partisan topics are approached.” fort to get the facts to the American Clinton’s email. He added separate- clearly in the Judiciary Commit- Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s “It is possible for the Judiciary people, who deserve to know the ly last month that he would “get to tee’s jurisdiction … [But] there’s confirmation. Committee to remain a highly full story of what happened during the bottom of” the FISA warrant no question that sometimes there’s Graham won praise from conser- functional committee even while and after the 2016 election.” applications against Page and that tension between those two.” vatives during that battle, when he tackling controversial topics,” Graham has aligned himself exploded at Democrats during the Coons said. Asked if he was say- closely to Trump on some key areas Opposite Directions hearing and accused them of trying ing Graham should focus on more within the panel’s jurisdiction. to “destroy this guy’s life” after (Continued from Page 4) the 113th Congress. Democrats bipartisan areas first, he added that He’s promised he’ll use the from 30 hours to eight hours. It were in control of the chamber at sexual assault allegations surfaced “I think that would be a more con- Judiciary Committee to clear the would further cap post-cloture the time. against Kavanaugh. structive way to start, I’ll simply president’s conservative judicial debate time for district court nom- But Republicans are unlikely to Graham has seesawed in put it that way.” picks. And he’s committed the inations at two hours. get bipartisan support for the effort the Trump era from moderate Democrats are now pushing panel to digging into issues at the Most Cabinet-level nominees, and are openly mulling using the deal-maker to firebrand ally for the for the committee to dig into an Department of Justice (DOJ) and as well as Supreme Court nominees “nuclear option,” which allows the president, who remains popular in explosive BuzzFeed News report FBI that Trump publicly pressured and circuit court nominees, would Senate rules to be changed with South Carolina. Graham is up for that former Trump lawyer Michael former Attorney General Jeff Ses- still be subjected to the full 30 hours only a simple majority. They have reelection in 2020. Cohen told Mueller that Trump per- sions to investigate. of debate. an expanded majority, with 53 He has cut deals with Democrats sonally directed him to lie after his Graham told reporters earlier The proposal is similar to a res- seats, giving them more leeway to on the Judiciary Committee, includ- election about the timing of when this month that he would do a “deep olution that passed with bipartisan muscle through the changes over Child Molesters support in 2013, but only governed Democratic objections. (Continued from Page 1) was deported in 2009. Five years on the streets… and its “justice” ical of liberal activists across the later, Philadelphia cops busted him system set him free to kill again. country who want to give criminal reentering the country — but since But what really worries liber- aliens more rights than law-abiding Philly is a “sanctuary city,” they als is not the tons of opioids, the American citizens. let him go. shattered children who will be Remember when a federal judge In 2016, feds busted Vasquez psychologically scarred for life, or stopped President Trump from (who also went by Ramon Agu- the dead bodies of our finest young banning immigration from terrorist irre-Ochoa) again — for raping a people that pile up day after day. nations? That was Brinkema. child. He’s now serving 8-to-20 in What worries liberals is that The judicial activist said that the pen, at U.S. taxpayers’ expense. Donald Trump is trying to deport Trump’s travel ban amounted Vasquez “received a free pass them — and the number of depor- to nothing more than “religious from the City of Philadelphia and tations for criminals re-entering prejudice” — even though Barack its Department of Prisons, headed the United States has tripled under Obama issued the same ban. straight back into our community, Donald Trump. Not only is Brinkema trying and committed a heinous crime he Americans should never forget to stop the Trump administration never would have had the chance to what’s at stake in this fight — and from shipping pedophiles out of commit had the City of Philadelphia what leftists would do to their our country, but the liberal media complied with the ICE detainer,” community if Trump weren’t there is trying to turn Brinkema into a according to U.S. Attorney William to hold the line. hero for it! McSwain. * * * * * The Post went on to whitewash And, of course, the man who Frank Holmes is a reporter for Paz, the child molester, saying that shot Kate Steinle — Jose Ines The Horn News. He is a veteran “his only alleged crime was coming Garcia Zarate — had been deported journalist and an outspoken con- back into the country after being five times. servative that talks about the news deported in 2000.” But San Francisco’s sanctuary that was in his weekly article, “On …Well, after raping and trauma- city policy made sure he stayed The Holmes Front.” tizing a child. The Post tried to downplay how much damage criminals reentering the United States — after they’ve already been deported once — cause Americans. Still, it reported that their most common crimes include drunk driving and assault. The Post also admits that “MS- 13 is a serious problem in Northern Virginia” — but says “only four of the 224 defendants prosecuted last year on a reentry charge” had strong enough ties for prosecutors to bring is up in court. “Only four”?! Four murderous gang members — known for rap- ing, torturing, and mutilating their victims — is four too many. And MS-13 is only a fraction of the problem posed by illegals who come back into this country after being deported. Just think of Jose Olegario Lo- pez, who was deported eight times before cops busted him in Utah last Saturday with $850,000 worth of meth and cocaine in his car. Or Juan Ramon Vasquez who Page 8 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 23-29, 2019 Supreme Court allows the transgender military ban to be temporarily enforced By Lydia Wheeler 2017 via Twitter that he was ban- Lambda Legal, which filed one and Rebecca Kheel ning transgender people from the of the lawsuits on behalf of nine in- The Hill military, saying “the United States dividual plaintiffs and three organi- The Supreme Court on Tuesday Government will not accept or zations, called the Supreme Court’s granted the Trump administration’s allow transgender individuals to decision to lift the injunctions while request to allow it to temporarily serve in any capacity in the U.S. not immediately reviewing the case enforce its restrictions on transgen- Military.” “perplexing.” der people serving in the military. The policy then-Defense Sec- “For more than 30 months, The justices stayed district court retary James Mattis ultimately transgender troops have been serv- injunctions that blocked the new issued in March disqualified from ing our country openly with valor policy pending a ruling in the 9th service anyone who has already and distinction, but now the rug has Circuit on the government’s appeal. transitioned or seeks to transition in been ripped out from under them, The court, however, did not the future, as well as anyone who once again,” Lambda Legal counsel agree to review the legality of the has a history or diagnosis of gender Peter Renn said in a statement. “We new policy, as the administration dysphoria. will redouble our efforts to send this had asked. But it included exemptions discriminatory ban to the trash heap Solicitor General Noel Fran- for active-duty military members of history where it belongs.” cisco jumped the normal course and even then are selective. It takes receive gender transition-related already serving openly and those Responding to the Supreme of judicial order in November by four justices to agree to hear a case, medical care. The court’s decision willing to serve in accordance with Court’s decision, the Pentagon submitting his request before the and often they only agree to step was not a final determination on the their sex assigned at birth. said Tuesday it is “critical” that it regional appeals courts had ruled in if the appeals courts are deeply merits of the case. Attorneys for active-duty mil- be allowed to implement its trans- on the issue. divided on an issue. But the policy could still not go itary members challenging the gender policy. He urged the justices to immedi- It takes five justices to agree to in to effect because courts in the policy argue the lower courts were “As always, we treat all trans- ately take the case and issue a ruling stay a lower court ruling. other three lawsuits against it also correct to conclude the restrictions gender persons with respect and this term, arguing the lower court’s Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, issued nationwide injunctions. are likely unconstitutional and issue dignity,” Pentagon spokesman decision blocked a policy that’s Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor The military’s transgender pol- preliminary injunctions. Jessica Maxwell said in a statement. “necessary to place the Department and Elena Kagan, of the court’s icy still cannot change because “Indeed, the fundamental point “DoD’s proposed policy is NOT of Defense in the strongest position liberal wing, said they would have one nationwide injunction remains of the ban — and why it is facially a ban on service by transgender to protect the American people.” denied the application. in place, a Pentagon official who unconstitutional — is that transgen- persons. It is critical that DoD be He said the Department of De- Earlier this month, the D.C. asked not to be identified said. der people are deemed categorically permitted to implement personnel fense review found that continuing Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a In a statement Tuesday after- ineligible to serve based on a factor policies that it determines are nec- to allow transgender people who preliminary order blocking the ban. noon, Lt. Col. Carla Gleason, a unrelated to their individual merit, essary to ensure the most lethal and have transitioned or seek to transi- The unsigned order said the district Pentagon spokeswoman, said the qualifications, or physical and combat effective fighting force in tion to serve in the military poses a court had erred in finding the policy department is “pleased” with the mental fitness to serve,” attorneys the world. DoD’s proposed policy threat to military effectiveness and was the equivalent of a blanket ban Supreme Court’s decision and that for one of the plaintiffs argued in is based on professional military readiness. on transgender service. it will “continue to work with the court documents. judgment and will ensure that the The justices, however, like for The court said the new policy Department of Justice regarding On Tuesday, plaintiffs in the U.S. Armed Forces remain the most the appeals courts to have consid- will allow at least some transgen- next steps in the pending lawsuits.” cases against the policy vowed to lethal and combat effective fighting ered a case before they weigh in, der people to continue to serve and Trump first announced in July keep fighting. force in the world.” Trump administration asks Supreme Court to decide on 2020 census citizenship question By Michael Burke of appeals and in this Court by that Furman of the U.S. District Court The Hill deadline,” Solicitor General Noel for the Southern District of New The Trump administration asked Francisco told the Supreme Court, York called Ross’s move to add the the Supreme Court on Tuesday according to the Post. question to the census “arbitrary to decide whether a citizenship The request comes after a federal and capricious.” question can be added to the 2020 judge in Manhattan ruled last week Furman in his ruling said Ross census, according to The Washing- that the addition of the question was violated the Administrative Proce- ton Post. unlawful. dure Act (APA), a federal statute “The government must finalize In asking the Supreme Court governing how federal agencies the census questionnaire by the to quickly rule on the case, the establish regulations. end of June 2019 to enable it to be Department of Justice is bypassing “He failed to consider several printed on time. It is exceedingly its typical procedure of appealing important aspects of the problem; unlikely that there is sufficient the federal judge’s decision to the alternately ignored, cherry-picked, time for review in both the court U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd or badly misconstrued the evidence Circuit, according to the Post. in the record before him; acted Francisco said Tuesday that the irrationally both in light of that Shutdown could delay “case is of such imperative public evidence and his own stated deci- importance as to justify deviation sional criteria; and failed to justify from normal appellate practice and significant departures from past SNAP benefits in February to require immediate determination policies and practices — a veritable By Niv Elis heightened difficulties affording in this Court,” the Post reported. smorgasbord of classic, clear-cut The Hill food, as they await their March Commerce Secretary Wilbur an- APA violations,” Furman wrote in The partial government shut- benefits,” the report said. nounced in March of last year that his ruling. down could cut into food stamps “In turn, this will place addi- he would reinstate the citizenship Days after Furman’s ruling, the relied up on by millions of families tional strain on the emergency question to the census, arguing it Trump administration filed a notice sooner than expected, according to food network and other commu- would improve enforcement of the that it was appealing the decision, a study by the Center on Budget nity resources, which already are Voting Rights Act. which the Department of Justice Policy Priorities. stretched,” it continued. 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[email protected]. 1-775-513-0942 [email protected] January 23-29, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 9 Trump pitches new plan to reopen government amid Dem pushback By Jordain Carney McConnell has repeatedly Tensions are also running high The Hill blocked House-passed bill that between the president and Pelosi President Trump on Saturday would reopen the government but after she asked him to postpone the pitched linking funding for the did not include additional border State of the Union address, slated border wall with temporary pro- money. He said earlier this week for Jan. 29. Trump in turn prevented tections for some undocumented that the only proposal that would lawmakers for using military plans immigrants as a pathway out of get a vote in the Senate would be for congressional trips, including the weeks-long partial shutdown, an agreement between Trump and for Pelosi’s planned trip to Afghan- but quickly ran into pushback from congressional Democrats. istan this week. Democrats. McConnell met with Vice Pres- House Appropriations Com- Trump, who made his offer ident Pence and Trump’s son-in- mittee Chairwoman Nita Lowey during a televised speech from the law and adviser Jared Kushner on (D-N.Y.) added that Trump has to White House, floated extending Thursday to discuss a potential reopen the government and then protections for Deferred Action for path out of the partial shutdown. lawmakers can negotiate on immi- Childhood Arrivals (DACA) pro- Trump for the partial shutdown. But back his request, characterizing it House Republicans were expected gration and border security. gram recipients for three years and a Trump during his speech Saturday as “common sense” with “lots of to discuss Trump’s proposal on a “Protecting Dreamers and TPS three-year extension of protections afternoon tried to build pressure compromise.” call later Saturday. recipients is the right thing to do. for Temporary Protected Status on Democrats to back his plan and “By incorporating the priorities Trump’s proposal includes $800 The President is wrong to hold them (TPS) holders in exchange for more return to the negotiating table. of rank-and-file Democrats in our million in emergency humanitar- hostage over money for a wasteful than $5 billion for a border wall. Talks between the president plan we hope they will over their ian assistance, more than 2,000 wall that could be better spent on “Both sides in Washington must and congressional Democratic enthusiastic support. ... This is a additional border agents and law more effective border security simply come together, listen to each leadership have been at a standstill common sense compromise both enforcement officials and 75 ad- measures. The President’s trade other, put down their armor, build since the president left a meeting parties should embrace. The radical ditional immigration judges. His offer — temporary protections for trust, reach across the aisle and find earlier this month when House left can never control our borders,” request would also allow for 230 some immigrants in exchange for solutions,” Trump said. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) he said. miles of additional border wall or a border wall boondoggle — is not Trump added that he was making said she wouldn’t discuss border Trump said Senate Majority barriers. acceptable,” she said. his pitch to “break the logjam” that wall funding even if he reopened Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) But Democrats on Saturday Senate Minority Leader Charles has paralyzed Washington since the government. has pledged to give the bill a vote pre-emptively blasted the presi- Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the only late December, leaving roughly a Trump, seeking to make his next week. McConnell confirmed dent’s reported plan to offer im- way out is for Trump to “open up quarter of the government closed case, seized on his belief that there that he will bring up the bill, saying migration relief in exchange for the government … and then Dem- and forcing roughly 800,000 federal is a “crisis” along the border requir- it was “time to make a law.” border wall money, underscoring ocrats and Republicans can have a employees be furloughed or work ing “urgent action.” “With bipartisan cooperation, the entrenched nature of the fight. civil discussion and come up with without pay. “Illegal immigration reduces the Senate can send a bill to the “Democrats were hopeful that bipartisan solutions.” The partial government shut- wages and strains public services. House quickly so that they can the President was finally willing to “It was the President who sin- down, which is the longest lapse The lack of border control pro- take action as well. The situation re-open government and proceed gled-handedly took away DACA in funding in modern history, is vides a gateway, a very wide and for furloughed employees isn’t with a much-need discussion to pro- and TPS protections in the first currently in its 29th day amid an open gateway, for criminals and getting any brighter and the crisis tect the border. ... It is unlikely that place — offering some protections entrenched stalemate over funding gang members to enter the United at the border isn’t improved by any one of these provisions alone back in exchange for the wall is not for Trump’s proposed wall along States,” he said. show votes. But the President’s plan would pass the House, and taken a compromise but more hostage the U.S.-Mexico border. He also stressed that he had is a path toward addressing both together, they are a non-starter,” taking,” he added. Several polls have shown that worked with rank-and-file members issues quickly,” McConnell said in Pelosi said in a statement released Democrats say they were not a majority of Americans blame in both parties and urged them to a statement. shortly before Trump’s address. (See Trmp’s Plan, Page 10) Special counsel issues rare statement disputing explosive Cohen report By Chris Mills Rodrigo BuzzFeed had previously pub- have evidence Trump told Cohen The Hill lished in January 2017 a dossier of to lie is fundamentally wrong,” he Special counsel Robert Muel- unverified allegations surrounding wrote on Twitter. ler’s office issued a rare statement Trump’s ties to Russia. BuzzFeed Donald Trump Jr. reacted to the Friday night disputing an explosive has long defended its publication special counsel’s statement deny- report from BuzzFeed News that of the controversial opposition ing the BuzzFeed report on Friday President Trump had told his for- research document. night by sharing a series of laughing mer lawyer Michael Cohen to lie Mueller’s office rarely com- emojis on Twitter. The president’s to Congress. ments on stories related to the eldest son tweeted in part to argue A number of Democratic law- special counsel’s investigation that “BuzzFeed (RIP) proves what a makers had seized on the report into potential collusion between joke the coverage of the witch hunt throughout the day on Friday, call- Trump’s campaign and Russia has been.” ing the latest bombshell allegation during the 2016 election. The president earlier Friday in against Trump the most damning Former Department of Justice the wake of the report accused his yet, with several raising the possi- spokesman Matthew Miller said former longtime attorney of lying bility of impeachment. Feed News said in the statement “Anderson Cooper 360.” that the rarity of the special counsel in order to reduce his prison time. “BuzzFeed’s description of to The Hill. Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani responding to reports may mean the BuzzFeed had released a state- specific statements to the Special BuzzFeed News Editor-in-Chief tweeted Friday night to “commend” story is “fundamentally wrong.” ment earlier Friday defending the Counsel’s Office, and characteri- Ben Smith also called into MSNBC Mueller’s office for disputing the “You can spend hours parsing reporters behind the story and zation of documents and testimony and CNNon Friday night to reiterate BuzzFeed story, while Trump the Carr statement, but given how saying that it “stands by this story obtained by this office, regarding that the outlet stood by its report knocked the outlet in his own tweet unusual it is for any [Justice De- 100 percent.” Michael Cohen’s Congressional published Thursday night. late Friday, calling it “a very sad partment] office to issue this sort For his part, Cohen adviser testimony are not accurate,” special The report said federal investi- day for journalism, but a great day of on the record denial, let alone Lanny Davis refused to confirm or counsel spokesman Peter Carr said gators have evidence that Trump for our Country!” this office, suspect it means the deny the report during an interview in a statement obtained by The Hill directed Cohen to lie to Congress In his tweet, Trump noted that story’s core contention that they with MSNBC on Friday afternoon. on Friday night. about the timing of negotiations BuzzFeed News said in its own over a potential Trump Tower in statement responding to the special Moscow. The story cited “two counsel that it stood by the report, federal law enforcement officials while calling for Mueller to detail involved in an investigation of the what parts of its reporting he was matter.” specifically disputing. “We spoke to federal law en- “We stand by our reporting and forcement officials involved in the the sources who informed it, and we investigation … who told us the urge the Special Counsel to make president directed Michael Cohen clear what he’s disputing,” Buzz- to lie to Congress,” Smith said on Dem lawmaker calls on Democrats to ‘give Trump We Need Your Support the money’ for border wall Become a participant in the solution, By Morgan Gstalter the money either, if he’s going to while others just criticize the problem The Hill use the money correctly,” Peterson Rep. 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“Centennial Bowl” nightly ramp Section of Gilcrease closures through January 25th Special to the Las Vegas Tribune 8 p.m., January 23, until 5 a.m., a northbound U.S. Highway 95 to Ave. closed for 40 days The Nevada Department of January 24, in northwest Las Vegas. westbound 215 Beltway flyover, Special to the Las Vegas Tribune Transportation (NDOT) will close —The northeast connector from plus building a southbound U.S. NDOT closed Gilcrease Avenue from Oso Blanca Road to Tapestry Park the following ramps at the “Centen- northbound U.S. Highway 95 to Highway 95 to eastbound 215 Belt- Street for continued construction on storm drain facilities. The closure will nial Bowl” in northwest Las Vegas: eastbound 215 Beltway will be way connector along with adding be in place for 40 days. Drivers accessing neighborhoods north and south January 22-23 closed from 8 p.m., January 23, un- new freeway ramps, among other of Gilcrease Avenue will need to follow detour signs for alternate routes. —The onramp connecting the til 5 a.m., January 24, in northwest improvements. A project ground- ‘Northbound commuters are detoured to westbound Farm Road then 215 Beltway with southbound U.S. Las Vegas. breaking ceremony will be held northbound Tapestry Park Street. Highway 95 will be closed from January 24-25 January 22 in northwest Las Vegas. —Southbound commuters are detoured to westbound Grand Teton 8 p.m., January 22, until 5 a.m., —The northeast connector from Motorists should use caution Drive then southbound Fort Apache Road and finally to eastbound Gil- January 23, in northwest Las Vegas. northbound U.S. Highway 95 to while travelling through the work zone, heed construction signage, crease Avenue. —The northeast connector from eastbound 215 Beltway will be and take alternate detour routes, if Crews will perform work during daytime hours to reopen the roadway northbound U.S. Highway 95 to closed from 8 p.m., January 24, un- possible. 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Highway 95 will be closed from The project calls for constructing driving. according to two Democratic aides, Though several Democrats even though the party controls the have been taking part in bipartisan House and its votes are needed in negotiations with a group of GOP the Senate. senators including Graham, Susan “Similar inadequate offers from Collins (Maine) and Lisa Murkow- the Administration were already re- ski (Alaska), none have yet said jected by Democrats. The BRIDGE they would be willing to support Act does not fully protect Dreamers Trump’s idea. and is not a permanent solution,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who said a senior House Democratic has been taking part in the bipar- aide. tisan groups, said earlier Saturday “This is not a compromise as it that Democrats were firmly behind includes the same wasteful, inef- their stance that the government fective $5.7 billion wall demand first had to be reopened. that shut down the government in Kaine warned that agreeing to the first place,” the aide continued. take up a deal before the govern- Shortly before Trump delivered ment is reopened “would accelerate the televised address Saturday, the use of shutdown as a negotiating he participated in a naturalization tool.” ceremony in the Oval Office for “We’ve got to reopen the gov- five new American citizens sworn ernment first,” he told The Hill. “If in from Iraq, the United Kingdom, we can get government reopen I’m Jamaica, Bolivia and South Korea. absolutely convinced that there’s a “You’re all at the beginning of deal here.” Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), who Be heard anywhere a new and extraordinary adven- is from a state Trump won in 2016, ture with the rights and freedoms added that Trump has to reopen the you enjoy as Americans. There is government first. nothing you cannot achieve, but “President Trump must end the citizenship is also a profound re- in the world shutdown he created and open the sponsibility,” he said. government. Once the government The BRIDGE Act, as previously is reopened, Democrats and Re- (only $50 per hour) introduced by Sens. Lindsey Gra- publicans can talk about a range ham (R-S.C.) and Sen. 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A governmentE big enoughditorials to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. — Thomas Jefferson Our Point of View Outright deceit and usual political lies Just a few weeks after winning reelection to the assembly seat she has held for the last eight years, As- semblywoman Olivia Diaz has resigned her seat after collecting campaign contributions and promising her constituents to work hard for them. “I have decided to run for Ward 3’s Las Vegas City Council position because we need a representative in local government who works as hard as the hardwork- ing people of this area and I will be that strong advo- cate and voice for the needs of all my neighbors,” the teacher-turned-politician said in a press release to her supporters and constituents, as if she had not planned this ahead of time. Why has she displayed such disrespect to her support- ers, many in and out of her district, many have asked If Davis name must go, use and the answer may be very simple for those who follow politics; Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz is a teacher by Shoshone name for peak trade, but her loyalty is to her Democrat political party By Thomas Mitchell tallest peak in Alaska from Mount and not to anyone else. The Nevada Board of Geographic McKinley — named for the nation’s She could have resigned her seat and saved the money Names voted unanimously this past 25th president, Republican William week to, well, literally “white out” McKinley, who was assassinated her constituents donated to her reelection, but by doing from Nevada maps the name of an- in office in 1901 — to Denali, the that she would left the position open for candidates in other historic figure whose actions original Athabascan name. both parties to file for that position; instead, she played do not comport with the current The 12,771-foot Jeff Davis Peak the political game the Democrats always play: you run, politically correct world view. is in White Pine County inside the According to an Associated Press Great Basin National Park. you win, and then you resign, making your seat available account, the panel has recommended The monicker was first attached to only to Democrats while you run for another office. to the U.S. Board on Geograph- what is now Wheeler Peak, the tall- After Olivia Diaz announced her intention to run for ic Names to change the name of est point in the park and the second the open seat left vacant by Ward 3 councilman Bob Nevada’s third highest mountain tallest in Nevada. It was named Jeff peak from Jeff Davis Peak to the Davis by Lt. Col. Edward Steptoe of Coffin, another Democrat—this one with a very thin Shoshone name Doso Doyabi — ThoMaS MiTchell the U.S. Army Corps of Topographi- reputation and credibility — Ruben Kihuen announced pronounced DOH-soh doy-AH-bee — which means cal Engineers in 1855 while Jefferson Davis served as his intention to also run for Coffin’s position in the city “white mountain” and frankly sounds like the generic secretary of the War Department, a half dozen years Ward 3 open seat. label given any mountain that remains largely snow- before the Civil War began. capped much of the year. After the Civil War, during which Davis served as Ruben Kihuen, a Harry Reid protégé that was at one The push to change the name came a couple of president of the Confederacy, an Army mapping expe- time Reid’s molded future star of the Democrat Party, years ago at the same time a number of monuments dition headed by Lt. George Montague Wheeler, named had to give up his seat in the US Congress because, as to members of the Confederacy were being taken the peak for Wheeler and the Jeff Davis tag was shifted with most male Democrats, he could not keep his pants down and there was a clamor to restore original to the shorter nearby peak to the east. on and three of his female staff have accused him of American Indian names. The Obama administration At one point in the discussion there were calls to issued an executive order renaming North America’s (See Mitchell, Page 14) improper behavior. Why would anyone who has been in the US Congress come down to run for just a city position and take the Mother’s struggles for justice denied chance of being embarrassed if the voters reject him or Perly Viasmensky the abuser, that is unforgivable. Maria’s husband shot Losing a friend is painful, but losing your best her mother to death and left her for dead as well. Her her? For one, they do not know how to work outside the friend, unexpectedly, makes the pain unbearable. This mother died instantly, but Maria was taken to the hos- system unless that job is as a “consultant,” and maybe happened to me last Sunday, January 20th. The day pital where she spent four long months fighting for her even far more important—and the one that the city should before I spent almost an hour speaking to my friend life. When she “came back to life,” doctors informed keep track of — is: they want to make the city council Maria Urena in Florida, joking, laughing, and planning her that she would never walk again and she found her next trip to Nevada in the middle of February. herself facing a wheelchair and months of therapy to another board county commission by turning it into a Normally we don’t call each other on Sunday because learn how to be a partially normal human being again. Democrat Board. as a very strong, devoted and practicing Catholic, She had four children to support; she knew she had As we have stated many times before, Harry Reid is she spent time in Church and when returning home, to continue living for her children. She was an educated not retired and is not ready to be retired; his tentacles are always had a million and one things to do. woman and found a job with the Florida Department Early in the morning Monday, getting ready for of Education where she was the object of bullying and all over the state of Nevada from Governor Steve Sisolak work, I received a text message telling me the sad humiliation from the other women who considered to Attorney General Aaron Ford, to County Commis- news — Maria had died the night before in her sleep. themselves better than the young victim of an animal sioner Tick Segerblom, and the replacement of Sisolak I refused to believe it, but it was true. husband. None of them thought any woman could be in the County Commission; there was no reason for As much as the loss of my friend hurts me, I still in such a situation, but none of us are exempt from need to thank our Lord Jesus Christ that she did not being a victim. those Republicans running in the last November election suffer; she made her trip to the heavenly mansion The Miami Dade Police Department discarded to lose; they were all well-qualified and hard-working very smoothly. I know she went to Heaven because her case. The FBI considered her case a second class individuals that would serve the community well; either the Lord put her through very difficult times in her life case ignoring the fact that murder has no statute of the Republicans did not care to vote or the election was to prove her faith, which was very strong. limitations. Maria was the mother of four children - two boys Maria never gave up; she was determined to give rigged. and two girls. She was also a victim of domestic her children the best education she could. She used We keep insisting that the people of this wonderful violence. As all victims of domestic violence do, she to put her four children in the back of her little car at city should take the time to get involved and look at the tried to escape the abuse by leaving the abuser. To (See Viasmensky, Page 17) future of the city, if not for themselves then for the future of their children and the rest of their families. ON A PERSONAL NOTE We believe that once the people of Las Vegas show Nick Sandmann, his fellow students, and those Four black Israelites: the elected officials that they are getting involved, the arrogance of the majority of those elected officials will How, when, and where do come down to a much lower level, making it clear to those at other levels in public office that “You are on we learn respect for others? notice!” By Maramis such as the Catholic high school Olivia Diaz may have tricked her constituents by Who: Three identifiable groups student, Nick Sandmann, standing pretending she was going to serve the people of her As- — students from the Covington face-to-face-close to the Native Catholic High School in Kentucky, American activist, while many oth- sembly 11 District when she may have known well in Native Americans, and black He- er students from that Catholic high advance that she had her mind set on running for the city brew Israelites, a group that believes school stood behind him, whether council seat in Ward 3; we don’t know who put her up African-Americans are descendants they were moving and making noise to it — Harry Reid or Bob Coffin — but we are hoping of the Hebrews from the Bible and to the beat of his drum while he was that theirs is the only true religion. chanting, or doing something else for that the voters of Las Vegas will be wiser and see the What: A rally of sorts, covering a purpose that perhaps was intended real Olivia Diaz. anti-abortion, Indigenous rights, and to be making fun of him. The video There are no words to describe the arrogance of Ru- religious beliefs. appears to be saying one thing, while ben Kihuen; three women who believed in him were Where: In front of the Lincoln Nick himself says quite another. Memorial. MaraMiS choufani In the brief interview with Savan- disappointed with his behavior and we will never know When: Last Friday, January 18, 2019. nah Guthrie that I saw on YouTube, he spoke about how many more have kept their mouths shut out of em- Why: To support the anti-abortionist position; having every right to just stand there (in front of Mr. barrassment or maybe even thinking that it was all their to rally for indigenous peoples’ rights, and to either Nathan Phillips): “As far as standing there, I had every fault when it was not. No means NO! gain new converts or simply discredit other religious right to do so. My position is that I was not disrespectful Neither Olivia or Ruben Kihuen deserve the honor positions. to Mr. Phillips…” How: The loudest ralliers ostensibly win, or the Perhaps I was hearing more than he intended to of serving this community in any capacity because we ones that make the best show of their position, or say, but to me, it sounded like he may well have been believe that there are many like them in office and that some other non-identifiable goal. coached by a lawyer to say it that certain way. I was is not what the people of Las Vegas deserve. It is very easy to jump to conclusions when we see hearing his words, “as far as standing there” isolated a video or hear a quick overview of some situation, (See Maramis, Page 17) January 23-29, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 13

VEditors note:iew The views expressed are entirely those of the writersP and do not necessarilyoints reflect the opinions of the Las Vegas Tribune. Sen. Warren’s Plan to Wreck Prescription Drugs By Chuck muth gonna love this idea of having Un- Ronald Reagan famously de- cle Sam get into the generic drug clared the most terrifying words business for your blood pressure in the English language are: “I’m medicine. from the government and I’m here Groucho Marx described this to help.” attitude of politicians long, long And that was WAY before Eliz- ago… abeth Warren was elected to the “The art of looking for trouble, U.S. Senate! finding it everywhere, diagnosing it The problem Sen. Warren wants incorrectly, and applying the wrong to “help” with is the unconscio- remedies.” nable skyrocketing price of many Indeed, the problem here isn’t brand-name drugs. As Reuters that there aren’t generic companies noted in a post-New Year’s Day ready, willing and able to provide story… CHUCK mUTH greater competition and lower pric- “Nearly 30 drugmakers have its monopoly control beyond the es for prescription drugs. taken steps to raise the US prices of patent period to block cost-saving The problem is brand-name their medicines in January, ending generic competition. drugs gaming the patent system a self-declared halt to increases And THAT’S the problem Con- to extend their monopoly control Another tactic deployed is to of the health insurance market has made by a pharma industry under gress should be focused on fixing. of certain drugs, thus extending deny generic drug manufacturers done nothing to bring down the cost pressure from the Trump adminis- But not Sen. Warren. the millions of dollars’ worth of the samples they need to complete of health insurance. tration.” As noted by Dylan Scott of Vox. profits by freezing out generic the FDA approval process to bring Sen. Warren, please do us all a Now, it’s one thing — in a free com just before Christmas, Warren competition. the generic version to market — favor: Stop trying to help! market — for a brand-name drug and others in Washington, DC For example: As a brand-name again, thus keeping prices high and Chuck Muth is president of manufacturer to set whatever price “would like the federal government drug approaches the end of its prolonging the monopoly profits Citizen Outreach, a non-profit it wants during the patent period in to start manufacturing (generic) patent term, the manufacturer enjoyed by the brand-name drug. public policy grassroots advocacy which they are granted an exclusive prescription drugs.” gets a patent extension by simply Sen. Warren’s government take- organization and publisher of Ne- monopoly on the sale of the drug. If you like what the government changing the drug from a tablet to over of the generic drug industry vadaNewsandViews.com. He may However, it’s another thing has done to education in this coun- a capsule. Or changes the coating. will do NOTHING to fix those kinds be reached by email at cmuth@ altogether when that manufacturer try since Jimmy Carter involved the Or changes it to a time-release of problems and lower drug costs lasvegastribune.com. He blogs at abuses the patent system to extend feds in our public schools, you’re formula. — just as the government take-over MuthsTruths.com. Liberty: When Government Fears The People Larry Klayman quotes Jefferson in arguing for defensive militias By Larry Klayman NBC, MSNBC, the Huffington a man who has a longing to be liked are a necessary safeguard to liberty “A well regulated Militia, being Post, Slate, Mother Jones and in the boudoirs of leftist Washing- and freedom. necessary to the security of a free BuzzFeed. And let’s not forget the ton and is more than willing to sell Some of my brave clients have State, the right of the people to powerful social media companies, out the citizenry for the champagne been supported by members of mi- keep and bear Arms, shall not be such as Google/YouTube, Twitter, and caviar of Georgetown. litias. They did not break man’s law, infringed.” — Second Amendment Facebook and Apple, which dis- Make no mistake about it; the much less God’s law. Instead they to the U.S. Constitution criminate against anyone who seeks left is waging a war against the stood up for their rights under the Our greatest of Founding Fa- to further independence from their rest of the nation and not just con- Second Amendment. I am talking thers and our third U.S. president socialist ideal by publishing the servatives and people of faith. It is about the likes of Cliven Bundy had it right: “When the people fear truth. Couple this with the power of deadly serious and the left’s hatred and his sons Ryan, Ammon, Dave the government there is tyranny, Hollywood, and the left’s propagan- of the intended American way of and Mel and a new client, Francis but when the government fears the da machine would make the Reich life is more than palpable; it wreaks Schaeffer Cox. Go to www.cliven- people there is liberty!” Knowing Minister of Propaganda proud. of fatal disdain, condescension and defensefund.org and www.free- that the government over time since And then there is our disgrace- outright rabid and dangerous con- schaeffercox.com and read about our founding as a free nation would ful and cowardly third branch of tempt. If the left had its ultimate these brave Americans, who while grow very corrupt and oppressive, government, the judiciary, which wish and design, it would like to supported by those bearing arms Thomas Jefferson predicted and ad- Larry KLayman has largely become a rubber stamp kill all of us who stand in its way broke no laws in defense of free- vocated revolution, even a violent coming totally unglued, as the likes for corrupt politicians (as was true to a takeover of the nation. dom and liberty. Despite this our one when necessary — in effect of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and under King George III) to do their And that again is exactly what corrupt legal system run by political to clean out the swamp that would her rabid leftist comrades in the bidding, and we have more than a the British Crown had in mind hacks, which does not take kindly necessarily seek to gobble up liber- “Capital of Corruption,” along with crisis! Particularly since the judi- when we declared independence to being challenged, attempted ty. While he saw some government their allies on the left — comprised ciary is at present overwhelmingly on July 4, 1776. Either submit to to lock them away for life in the as necessary evil, he thus had a huge of Trump-hating radical feminists, leftist. The so-called jurists who a tyrannical monarch, or perish! case of the Bundys. In the case of fear about its ultimately enslaving radical gays, lesbians and trans- sit on the bench are perhaps the But what is even more troubling in Schaeffer Cox, the government the lives of American citizens, as genders, radical blacks, radical greatest threat to our once-demo- today’s world is that King George for the time being has succeeded. it had in France, where he also was Muslims (including those who have cratic state. Intended to protect We III was much less of a threat to our There is a growing number of other one of the architects of its bloody recently infiltrated government the People from the tyranny of the survival than the left is now. As just patriots of similar circumstance. revolution. itself), radical anti-Semites and other two branches of government, one example, he did not possess the The lesson is this! In the face Today, 243 years after his having anti-Christians, illegal immigrants they have become the hammer that technology, such as mass govern- of mounting government tyranny penned the Declaration of Indepen- and atheists — seek to deconstruct cements near total leftist govern- ment surveillance by the FBI, CIA and the war of the left to take over dence, Jefferson’s prophecy has and trash the vision of the likes of ment control over our daily lives and NSA, and other means, to cor- the nation, We the People have a come to be sadly realized. Not since Jefferson, Washington, Franklin and fortunes. ral the people and keep them down. constitutional right to be armed the days of King George III has the and Adams and substitute not just a And, by and large, even the And that leads us to the reason and to organize and join militias to citizenry been subjected to the de- socialist state, but a Bolshevik-style allegedly conservative judges who for the Second Amendment. Our defend ourselves. People of good gree of tyranny we now are forced godless control not far different now take up space on the bench God-given right to bear arms, and conscience will never be the first to swallow from not just corrupt than with the gulags of Josef Stalin. have rolled over and allowed their our concomitant right to commis- to use their arms, or set free their politicians and so-called govern- Propping up these leftists is the leftist brethren to rule the school. As sion militias, was put in place to militias to harm others, but must ment leaders, but those who put leftist media, comprised of the likes an ultimate example, just read the serve as a check against what we be ready in self-defense should a them in power and support them. of the New York Times, Washing- recent opinions by the Chief Justice are now witnessing. “Guns” and violent revolution break out. Today, The nation is on the verge of ton Post, Los Angeles Times, CNN, of the Supreme Court John Roberts, “militia” are not dirty words! They (See Klayman, Page 14) Global Climate Action Summit silent on natural gas progress By Drew Johnson dropped 25 percent since 2005. This fall, business leaders, gov- Today, America’s energy-related ernment officials, and environmen- carbon emissions are at a 25-year tal activists from around the world low. gathered in San Francisco for the The natural gas boom is driving Global Climate Action Summit. down emissions of other pollutants Event organizers said they want as well, according to the Envi- to bend “the curve of emissions ronmental Protection Agency’s down.” most recent report on air quality. If they truly want to accomplish Between 1990 and 2017, sulfur that goal, they ought to end the dioxide emissions dropped 88 per- summit early and go drill for more cent and nitrogen dioxide emissions natural gas. The natural gas sector dropped 56 percent. has done far more than any envi- Those stats are all the more ronmentalist group or government impressive considering that Amer- to slash carbon emissions. icans increased the number of miles Thanks to rising natural gas they drove and amount of energy production, the United States cut DrEW JOHnSOn they used over this period. of the United Nations Environment reduction in admissions. The elec- its carbon emissions last year by mations to free the embedded gas. Summit organizers also say they Programme, recently remarked: “In tricity sector’s transition to natural about half a percentage point, the Fracking has driven a 46 percent want to “put the globe on track to all likelihood, the United States of gas is “mainly” responsible for biggest drop of any country. This increase in domestic gas production prevent dangerous climate change America will live up to its Paris recent carbon reductions, according marks the third consecutive year of over the last decade. Today, the and realize the historic Paris Agree- commitment, not because of the to the U.S. Energy Information declines for the United States and United States pumps out 80 billion ment.” Initiated to great fanfare White House, but because of the Administration. the ninth time in the 21st century cubic feet of gas every day, an all- by the Obama administration, the private sector.” The United States is the world- that America has led the world in time high. agreement committed America and And what of the Summit’s favor- wide leader in emissions reductions emissions reductions. The rapid expansion in natural our European partners to modest ite energy source — renewables? thanks to fracking. If attendees at The advent of hydraulic fractur- gas supply has driven down its carbon reductions over the next few In recent decades, the federal gov- the Global Climate Action Summit ing — commonly called “fracking” price, inducing power plants to decades. When President Trump ernment actively cultivated renew- refuse to acknowledge this basic — has enabled energy producers switch over from coal to gas. withdrew from the Paris Agreement ables, doling out huge subsidies to fact, it will show they’re more in- to tap huge natural gas reserves This transition has yielded enor- last year, green activists howled. solar, wind, and other fashionable terested in virtue signaling than ac- that were previously inaccessible. mous environmental benefits: nat- Thanks to natural gas, America is green technologies. tually combatting climate change. When drillers frack a well, they ural gas releases about 50 percent on track to hit the Paris Agreement’s Despite billions in taxpayer Drew Johnson is a senior schol- pump a high-pressure mix of water less carbon than coal. Power plants’ targets despite the withdrawal. As handouts, renewables only account ar with the Taxpayers Protection and sand into underground rock for- carbon dioxide emissions have Erik Solheim, the executive director for a small share of the overall Alliance. Page 14 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 23-29, 2019 Income inequality is not the same as poverty By José Azel Over the years I have published a number of columns on inequality. Among these are “Fleeing Equali- ty,” “Redistributive Injustice,” The Rich Do Not Exist,” and others reproduced in my book “Reflec- tions on Freedom.” Invariably, this topic brings me the most hateful correspondence. Undeterred, I will try again motivated, this time, by the excellent analysis presented by Steven Pinker in his latest book, “Enlightenment Now.” Let’s begin defining the terms as Voltaire demanded. I am de- fending only the inequality that results from legitimate creation of José Azel value in goods and services. It mat- Harry Potter films. We made her ters, how inequality comes about. very rich, thus increasing inequal- to be created that some will end inequality measuring tools is the more interesting, if we measure Gains resulting from government ity, and this has not made anyone up with more than others. When a Gini coefficient in several versions. the Gini coefficient on what we granted privileges, unfair business worse off. The same can be said society starts to create meaningful The Gini ratio works something consume, rather than on income, practices, dishonesty, corruption, of the products produced by Bill opportunities for wealth, some like this. A Gini coefficient of the recently reported increase in cronyism, etc., are illicit and must Gates’ Microsoft, Steve Jobs’ Ap- people are likely to take greater zero means perfect equality, for inequality disappears. be prosecuted vigorously. What ple, and so many others who have advantages of those opportunities. example, if everyone has the same The Gini coefficients shows that offends me is not inequality as such, enhanced our lives, and we have “Whether by luck, skill, or ef- income. A Gini coefficient of one inequality worldwide is declining, but that inequality that results from thanked them financially. fort,” gains will be disproportion- means that one person gets all the but we make an analytical and mor- illicit gains. Wealth is not, in the overused ate. Absent some artificial income income — perfect inequality. In al mistake when we focus narrowly Let me borrow an example of- analogy, a fixed size pie that needs redistribution scheme, “absolute” practice, Gini values range from on income inequality. What is really fered by Dr. Pinker. J. K. Rowling to be forcibly distributed to achieve inequality is a mathematical ne- 0.25 for the most egalitarian coun- important is how well-off people is the British novelist, who created some artificial equality. Global cessity. I placed “absolute” in tries, to 0.70 for those with a highly are, not how they rank in relation the Harry Potter series that sold wealth, as measured by economic quotations to distinguish it from unequal distribution. Poor African to others. more than 400 million copies. In her growth, is a pie that is ever increas- “relative” inequality. Absolute in- nations show high inequality, José Azel left Cuba in 1961 as a “rags to riches” life story, Rowling ing, and providing larger slices for equality is the difference between whereas rich Scandinavian nations 13 year-old political exile in what went from living on state benefits everyone. Although granted, the the richest and the poorest. As coun- are most egalitarian. has been dubbed Operation Pedro to being the world’s first billionaire slices may not be of the same size tries get richer, some individual will Measurements get more com- Pan — the largest unaccompanied author. She is one of the richest for all. get richer than others, but everyone plicated when we consider social child refugee movement in the his- persons in the world, and has given And here is the paradox. As will be relatively better off. What transfers such as food stamps, and tory of the Western Hemisphere. away much of her fortune to charity. Pinker notes, life “must have be- is relevant is how much we earn or other assistance for needy fami- He is currently dedicated to the in- We have voluntarily handed gun in a state of original equality, consume, not how high or low we lies. In the late 2000s, the United depth analyses of Cuba’s economic, over to Ms. Rowling a portion because when there is no wealth, rank in relation to others. States Gini coefficient before social social and political state, with a of our capital for the pleasure of everyone has equal shares of noth- Income inequality is notoriously transfers was 0.486; after transfers keen interest in post-Castro-Cuba reading her books, or watching the ing.” It is only when wealth begins difficult to measure. One of our best inequality decreases to 0.378. Even strategies. ON THE HOLMES FRONT Dem lawmakers that should immediately resign

RAsHIDA TlAIB MAXINe WATeRs BARBARA lee DANNY DAVIs ANDRe CARsoN GReGoRY MeeKs Al GReeN By Frank Holmes he said. Racism is despicable and inde- group called Al-Awda, tweeted out chairwoman of the House Banking Sometimes a controversy in one Either way, House Republicans fensible. If King really did come a picture of the two of them holding Committee. party can show you how hypocrit- decided to play it safe and punish out of the closet as some kind of a painting of the new congresswom- It would be bad enough if Wa- ical the other party is. The con- King. a secret Klansman, the GOP was an — wearing a keffiyeh,the terror- ters were alone, but at least seven troversy over Congressman Steve House Minority Leader Kevin absolutely right to take action ist scarf that Yasser Arafat wore. Democratic congressmen in the last King is a perfect example of how McCarthy kicked King off of every against him. Al-Awda calls for Israel to be Congress have met with Farrakhan shameless, gutless — or just plain committee in Congress; Senate But if Steve King’s words de- wiped off the map and has passed after they were elected to Congress. evil — the Democrats in Congress Majority Leader Mitch McConnell manded action, what about these on messages from the Popular Front The other six were: California really are. said King “should find another line scandals from the Democrats in for the Liberation of Palestine, a Rep. Barbara Lee, Illinois Rep. What did Steve King do? The of work”; and Jeb Bush tweeted that Congress? government-recognized terrorist Danny Davis, Indiana Rep. Andre only thing we know for sure is that the Republicans had to defeat King Take newly elected Rep. Rashi- organization. Carson, New York Rep. Gregory King, an Iowa Republican, used ASAP: “It’s not enough to condemn da Tlaib, the first Palestinian in What has Nancy Pelosi done? Meeks, Texas Rep. Al Green, and the words “white supremacist” @SteveKingIA’s unconscionable, Congress. Nothing… and Republicans have recently retired Minnesota Rep. and “Western civilization” after racist remarks. Republican leaders As soon as she got sworn in, the noticed. Keith Ellison. one another. must actively support a worthy Detroit-area Democrat had dinner “It is deeply alarming to see Ellison — who quit Congress The New York Times says that primary opponent to defeat King, with a man tied to Palestinian a Member of Congress associate to become the attorney general of King was defending racism; King because he won’t have the decency terrorists. closely with an individual who Minnesota — used to be a member says the Times is lying about what to resign.” Abbas Hamideh, the head of a publicly praises Hassan Nasrallah, of the Nation of Islam, according to leader of the Iran-backed Hizbal- Farrakhan himself. Mitchell lah terrorist group that killed 241 Every one of these congressmen Americans in the 1983 Beirut is being protected by Pelosi and bombing attack,” said Senator company. Marco Rubio’s spokesman. “What is perhaps the worst part If Democrats will swallow ter- about this is Democrats won’t do rorism, they won’t bat an eye over a single thing about it, nor will racism and anti-Semitism. Democratic Jewish groups,” said If you need proof, look at the a spokesman for the Republican cozy relationship several of their Jewish Coalition. “It’s all because members have with Louis Farra- they’re afraid to stand up to their khan, the leader of the black su- rabidly anti-Israel, far-Left base.” premacist Nation of Islam. Why would they? Let’s not Farrakhan has said that “Jews forget the former President Barack are my enemy,” he’s called Hitler Obama posed for a picture with a “very great man,” and he’s said Farrakhan — and the photographer that “white people deserve to die.” admitted hiding the damning photo Yet Democrats still line up to for years. this day to get Farrakhan’s ap- If Steve King deserved to be proval. smacked down over his comments, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), don’t these extremists deserve to be who now leads the House Financial reprimanded for sidling up to racists Services Committee, hugs racist and terrorist sympathizers? Wheeler Peak (right) and Jeff Davis Peak (left) and anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan. The fact that Pelosi won’t move (Continued from Page 12) ist at the Nevada Bureau of Mines & Geology who Farrakhan has praised Hitler as be- a finger to discipline them either rename the peak for Las Vegas civil rights leader James serves on the naming panel, e-mailed the AP to say, ing a “very great man,” has called tells you how extreme the Demo- McMillan or Robert Smalls, an escaped slave who “The Doso Doyabi name is a Nevadan name proposed Judaism a “gutter religion,” and crats are…or how cowardly Pelosi fought for the Union in the Civil War but had no real by Nevadans.” compared Jews to “termites” Do is. Maybe both. link to Nevada any more than Jeff Davis did. Though we are reticent to whitewash history with Dems disavow Waters? Frank Holmes is a reporter for The AP reported that Christine Johnson, the collec- such name changes, returning to an original Shoshone Kevin McCarthy stripped Steve The Horn News. He is a veteran tion manager for the Nevada Historical Society who label is preferable to attaching someone else’s name, King of all his committee assign- journalist and an outspoken con- serves as a non-voting member on the state naming lest they fall out of favor in the future. ments. What did Nancy Pelosi do servative that talks about the news board, said the name Doso Doyabi was supported by As Jefferson Davis once said after the war, “Let me to Maxine Waters? that was in his weekly article, “On the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe and members of other beseech you to lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional Pelosi appointed Mad Max the The Holmes Front.” area tribes. feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those In a letter from the Duckwater Shoshone elders, who will bring about a consummation devoutly to be Klayman tribal member Warren Graham said reinstating the wished — a reunited country.” (Continued from Page 13) what it takes to carry out its noble mountain’s original name would honor the tribe’s We urge the national board to finalize the change given the tactics and designs of ideals and protections. cultural heritage. and put this to rest. the left and its radical allies, this * * * * * “These places were called something else before * * * * * seems inevitable, just as Jefferson Larry Klayman is a former Jus- they were renamed” by Euro-American settlers, Gra- Thomas Mitchell is a former newspaper editor predicted. tice Department prosecutor and ham wrote. “Some of these names are disappearing who now writes conservative/libertarian columns for Go to www.freedomwatchusa. the founder of Judicial Watch and along with our elders and it is good that these names weekly papers in Nevada. You may email Mitchell at org and join our Justice League Freedom Watch. His latest book is are not forgotten.” [email protected]. He blogs at http://4thst8. to support we who believe in our “Whores: Why and How I Came to Jack Hursh, a cartographer and publications special- wordpress.com/. Constitution and are willing to do Fight the Establishment.” January 23-29, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 15 Sending troops to border is legal By Joseph Moreno Moreover, the Supreme Court has rec- The Hill opinion contributor ognized that a president has the inherent Few issues inspire more passion than authority under Article II of the Constitution that of immigration policy, particularly as to protect federal functions, property, and the federal government remains paralyzed personnel. This is the authority that President while our leaders in Washington fight over Trump has asserted in his deployment of border wall and border security funding. troops whose mission is not only to provide These emotions have been further inflamed certain indirect law enforcement assistance to by the Trump administration recently using CBP agents but also to use force if necessary the United States military to help secure the to protect them. This constitutional authority southern border, a move which some have vested in the president is not restricted by criticized as both unnecessary and improper the PCA. as a matter of last effective way to enforce our Reasonable individuals can disagree on immigration laws. However, from a strictly whether it makes sense to use the military to legal perspective, the current use of troops help secure the nation’s borders. Since the at the border is likely to withstand judicial September 11 attacks, the number of CBP scrutiny if challenged in court. agents has grown from 9,000 to nearly 21,000 This began in November, at the request The last two administrations, both Democrat tic laws of the United States. This refers to and still they struggle to police a porous bor- of the Department of Homeland Security and Republican, also utilized the military such activities as making arrests, searching der that spans over 1,900 miles across four (DHS), President Trump approved the de- at the southern border. In 2010, President for and seizing property, and investigating states. The military has immense resources ployment by the Department of Defense Obama authorized approximately 1,200 criminal activity. These are exactly the types and personnel that can be invaluable in sup- (DoD) of roughly 3,000 National Guard troops for a year to support Operation Pha- of activities which the White House and the porting the national security goal of keeping and active component troops to the border lanx, whose purpose was to provide transpor- DoD prohibit all troops, not just at the border, our nation secure. between the United States and Mexico for tation and logistical support to CBP. Prior to from engaging in. However, the PCA does not On the other hand, it is hard to deny that 45 days. Their initial mission was to provide that, in 2006, the Bush Administration sim- prohibit indirect law enforcement assistance a military presence on the border is expen- transportation, engineering, logistics, and ilarly deployed approximately 6,000 troops such as information sharing, training, and sive, increases the potential for accidental medical support for Customs and Border to the border for Operation Jump Start where the use of certain military equipment and deadly force against civilians, and adds more Protection (CBP) agents as they performed they remained for two years in a similar facilities. emotion to an already volatile situation with their law enforcement duties. capacity. In each case, forces were activated In addition, the PCA does not apply to the international implications. But regardless of This was later broadened to include pro- from the Army National Guard and deployed Navy or the Marine Corps, and while the DoD where you come down policy wise and po- tecting CBP personnel which could include to various locations along the border between has enacted a policy that applies the restric- litically on the issue, the current deployment a show of force, crowd control, temporary the United States and Mexico. tions to the other service branches such policy and use of military troops on the southern detention, and searches of individuals who While federal law prohibits the military does not have the force of law and could be border likely is legal. posed a threat to federal agents. However, from conducting law enforcement activities, changed going forward. The PCA also does * * * * * the DoD made clear in defining the mission a number of exceptions and caveats that are not apply to the use of the Coast Guard, or Joseph Moreno is a former counterterror- parameters that military personnel would frequently overlooked by critics of the cur- to National Guard troops when under state ism prosecutor with the Justice Department, not perform law enforcement-type functions rent deployment. The Posse Comitatus Act control which is often the case. As a result, a former staff member with the FBI 9/11 such as arrests and searches and seizures. The (PCA), which is a post-Civil War criminal the DoD has a number of resources at its Review Commission, and a United States mission was later extended to January 31 this statute enacted in 1878, prohibits active duty disposal that allow it to legally utilize military Army combat veteran. He is now a partner year and will possibly be extended further. Army and Air Force troops from providing resources at the border despite the limitations with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. Follow There is in fact precedent for doing this. direct assistance in “executing” the domes- thought to be imposed by the PCA. him on Twitter @JosephMoreno. AOC fever shows appetite for new politics By Juan Williams And she is having fun skewering the old the power of political disruption from their The Hill opinion contributor guard on Capitol Hill. recent experience with a social media savvy, Last week the satirical website The Onion Just last week she made an adventure out brash outsider with no political experience. suggested that Fox News, the number one of looking for Senate Majority Leader Mitch The link between Ocasio-Cortez and cable channel in America — where I do po- McConnell (R-Ky.) — while on Instagram Trump made news last week when a Ras- litical analysis on television — was offering a Live — to call him out for not allowing a mussen poll put her head-to-head with the new “premium channel for 24-hour coverage vote on bills passed in the House to end the president in a fantasy 2020 race for the White of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.” government shutdown. House. “For an extra $8.99 per month,” the mock McConnell was nowhere to be found. The poll found Ocasio-Cortez on even sales pitch says, “you’ll have an all-access But it was interesting to watch Oca- footing with Trump in a poll of likely voters. pass to the AOC Zone, which features wall- sio-Cortez and her gang of three other happy He got 43 percent and she got 40 percent with to-wall coverage of every word Ocasio-Cor- congresswomen hell bent on breaking rules “a sizeable 17 percent undecided.” tez utters… her wardrobe and any videos we and confronting the powerful Senate Majority Oh, there’s more. are able to dig up from her college days.” Leader. The Daily Caller, a conservative publi- That’s pretty silly. Even when she is on a traditional politi- cation, had to retract what it headlined as a But it was no joke when the top-rated cal platform — television — Ocasio-Cortez “photo some people described as a nude selfie news show on television, CBS’s “60 Min- nating the Democratic conversation on Twit- succeeds by being unpredictable, again in of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.” It turned out utes,” did a real interview with the 29-year- ter, generating more interactions — retweets Trump-like fashion. the photo was a fake. old congresswoman just days after she was plus likes — than the five most prolific news Her “60 Minutes” interview made news “It’s encouraging because this is my sworn in. organizations combined over the last 30 for days after she proposed taxing people sixth day in Congress and they’re out of all And no one laughed when she gave a days,” according to Axios. making more than $10 million a year at a 70 their artillery,” Ocasio-Cortez was quoted as four-minute speech on the House floor last While Trump loves to tweet directly to his percent rate. Immediately, right-wing talk saying in The Washington Post. “The nude week that became the most-viewed video of older, white, male base, Ocasio-Cortez tweets shows sliced into her as a socialist trying to is supposed to be like the bazooka… dude, a House speech ever on C-SPAN. and uses Instagram to reach directly to the turn America into a Venezuela-type economic you’re all out of bullets, you’re all out of Remember, this is a first-term congress- growing number of young voters, especially pit with a toilet paper shortage. bombs… what have you got left?” woman. She is no committee chairwoman. energized anti-Trump Democrats, who are But 59 percent of registered voters agreed That led to even more coverage of Oca- She is not in the leadership. And she has been describing themselves in record numbers as with her call for a high marginal tax rate, sio-Cortez. known to mangle facts. liberals. according to a poll released last week by The Laura Bassett wrote in Huffington Post The puzzling level of fascination with her This is especially true for Latina, black, Hill and HarrisX. that “some experts say conservative men are led The Washington Post to explain that Rep. Asian and young white women. That audi- In fact, 45 percent of Republicans said obsessed with Ocasio-Cortez because they Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is at the “center of ence sees themselves in Ocasio-Cortez. they support her idea as well as 60 percent of are threatened by her.” Bassett said conser- the political zeitgeist” of American politics And right-wingers follow her, too, because independents and 71 percent of Democrats. vatives are sexualizing the young woman to today. they love to hate on her. “Oh? What’s that?” the congresswoman “undercut her influence.” In other words, she rivals the leading They envy her ability to talk to young tweeted. “The majority of Americans respect But her influence is still growing due to character, President Trump. people who are not available to Trump and when you break down reasonable policy pro- the Democrats’ presidential primaries. She How? the Republicans. And her ideas on raising posals that are designed to combat runaway is too young to run for the White House but Well, among politicians, Ocasio-Cortez’s taxes, universal healthcare and reducing the income inequality and help fund priorities an endorsement from Ocasio-Cortez will be Twitter reach (@AOC) is second only to that cost of college tuition invite conservative they value most.” very real news. of President @realDonaldTrump. rage because she gives energy to left-wing But here is an important point: Oca- * * * * * “A freshman congresswoman who has ideas that are already popular and now going sio-Cortez is compelling because Republi- Juan Williams is an author, and a political held office for less than two weeks is domi- mainstream. cans — even more than Democrats — know analyst for Fox News Channel. The left’s latest fossil fuel obstruction tactic By Merrill Matthews concerns and claimed the State De- The U.S. economy is growing, partment “didn’t properly account in part because of a booming en- for factors such as low oil prices… ergy industry. Yet not everyone is and the risk of oil spills.” pleased and some are looking for But the State Department is the ways to throttle fossil fuel produc- agency with the experts charged tion—and finding them. with making the assessment, and U.S. crude oil production is it did so twice under the Obama growing by leaps and bounds, top- administration. ping out at 11.6 million barrels per Perhaps the most ridiculous no- day in November — about twice tion coming from the judge is that what it was in 2010, according State didn’t account for low prices. to the U.S. Energy Information Does the judge know how much oil Administration (EIA). And the will be selling for in a few years? International Energy Agency (IEA) Oil prices have been declining projects the U.S. will account for recently, but only after reaching about 75 percent of the growth in highs not seen in several years. global oil production over the next MERRILL MATHEWS President Trump’s newly imposed six years. miles of crude oil pipelines in the done so. District Court for the District of sanctions on Iranian oil exports, But the energy boom also creates U.S. and about 300,000 miles of Other tactics have also fallen Montana. Morris blocked further once fully implemented, may send a challenge. Oil is often extracted in natural gas pipelines. That may short. In the recent election Colora- work on the XL, claiming the oil prices skyrocketing again. barren areas and must be transport- sound like a lot, but it’s not enough. do voters weighed in on an initiative Trump administration’s approval The importance of fossil fuel ed hundreds of miles to refineries Fortunately, the Trump admin- that would have significantly in- of it was incomplete. production to the U.S. economy for processing. The cheapest and istration has indicated it recognizes creased the distance between a new You may have thought that issue and to national security cannot be most efficient way to do that is the pipeline shortage and plans to well and any occupied buildings, was settled—and it was. President overstated. Having mostly failed at through pipelines. begin addressing the need next year. effectively stopping new drilling. Obama quashed the pipeline appli- the ballot box, fossil fuel opponents Oil producers have turned to But there will be resistance. The Voters defeated the initiative. cation in November, of 2015. are increasingly turning to pipeline rail to transport the oil. But the anti-fossil fuel squads see pipeline But pipeline challenges can be Last year President Trump over- obstruction. It’s one more way of better option is to lay new pipelines, resistance as the most expedient pushed through the courts, where ruled President Obama’s denial of imposing their will on voters rather which are made of high-grade steel way to hamstring the fossil fuel the left historically has had greater the XL pipeline and let the privately than the other way around. and infused with state-of-the-art industry. They have had limited success imposing its agenda. funded infrastructure project move * * * * * technology that allows constant success in passing anti-fracking Take, for example, the recent forward. Merrill Matthews is a resident monitoring. laws through the states — only New Keystone XL pipeline ruling by Morris criticized the adminis- scholar at the Institute for Policy There are currently about 72,000 York, Vermont, and Maryland have federal Judge Brian Morris of the tration for ignoring climate change Innovation. Page 16 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 23-29, 2019 BuzzFeed story has more to say about media than the president By Jonathan Turley Clinton on the same grounds back The Hill opinion contributor then. Monica Lewinsky recently First there was collusion. Then confirmed that Clinton pressured there was obstruction. Then there her to lie to federal investigators was subornation. As the Rus- and a federal court. Clinton had sia investigation has migrated to brought in his friend, Vernon Jor- every new allegation, a host of dan, who not only arranged for experts have proclaimed conclu- the lawyer who drafted and filed sive grounds for the imminent a false affidavit but also helped prosecution and impeachment of Lewinsky, who had very little President Trump, soon followed by work experience, secure a lucrative calls for immediate impeachment job offer with Revlon, a company proceedings, only to be followed by where Jordan served on the board mitigating or conflicting evidence of directors. on each allegation. So Clinton lied under oath, The latest allegation called a gone back into the business. Why obstruction for encouraging people lied to federal investigators, and “slam dunk” followed a BuzzFeed should I lose lots of opportunities?” to lie. allegedly suborned perjury. A judge story that special counsel Robert JONATHAN TURLEY In the end, these statements were However, Cohen also has said later reaffirmed that his testimony Mueller has proof that Trump told in Moscow. Cohen told Congress not made under oath or to investi- that he tailored his testimony to was obvious perjury. When Article his attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie that the attempts to secure the deal gators. Even if Trump is viewed as public statements by Trump, which III containing those allegations to Congress. The same news cycle ended in January 2016, well before lying about the deal, it is not a crime is materially different from being was brought to the floor, the voting quickly began, even though the sto- the first Republican presidential for politicians to lie to the Ameri- told to lie. To establish this crime members included many current ry was long on allegations and short primary. Cohen now maintains can public. If it were, Washington under Justice Department guide- Democratic leaders who insisted on evidence. Then later that night, that attempts continued until June would be a ghost town. lines, prosecutors must show that that none of it satisfied the standard the Mueller team released a rare 2016, the same month as the infa- Then there is a statement by a “defendant procured the perjury for impeachment. In the House, public statement that proved to be mous meeting in Trump Tower in Trump Jr. that his knowledge of the corruptly, knowing, believing, they included Nancy Pelosi, Max- the ultimate buzzkill for the break- New York between Donald Trump deal was “peripheral” and claims or having reason to believe it to ine Waters, Benjamin Cardin, Elijah ing news: “BuzzFeed’s description Jr., Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort, by Ivanka of having marginal be false testimony” and that the Cummings, Steny Hoyer, Jerry of specific statements to the special and Russians promising evidence involvement. Those descriptions “defendant knew, believed, or had Nadler, and others. Over in the Sen- counsel’s office, and characteriza- of crimes committed by Hillary are difficult to use as a basis for reason to believe that the perjurer ate, Joe Biden, Charles Schumer, tion of documents and testimony Clinton or her private foundation. perjury alone. They are subjective had knowledge of the falsity of his Richard Durbin, Dianne Feinstein, obtained by this office, regarding It also was just a few months before views of the relative involvement or her testimony.” That requires Patrick Leahy, Robert Menendez, Michael Cohen’s congressional the election. or knowledge of one project among evidence of intent and knowledge and others voted against conviction. testimony are not accurate.” The discrepancy raises reason- many business endeavors. While by Trump of when the negotiations None of this means a case will What is most striking about able questions about statements there may be other challenged or discussions ended, as well as a not be made for subornation, ob- this boom and bust pattern is how made by Trump during the cam- statements, it is quite difficult to clear effort to get Cohen to move struction, or other crimes against it is repeated with such regularity paign, as well as statements made imagine a charge that Trump Jr. that date back. Trump. Moreover, if proven, Trump and so little scrutiny in the me- by Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump should have said “occasional” or Finally, there is the question of should be impeached. While these dia. The president may well be about their own involvement in the “periodic” knowledge rather than whether such a claim alone would members were wrong in 1998, they shown to have committed criminal planning. But those statements do “peripheral.” be sufficient for impeachment. would be justified in voting for or impeachable acts including not, on their face, make a strong That brings us back to subor- Subornation was indeed part of impeachment on the very grounds subornation. That, however, will case for criminal charges. Trump nation. Cohen has suggested that both the impeachment articles they rejected when a Democratic require concrete evidence and the denied “any business deal” in Mos- he lied to Congress either with against Richard Nixon and Bill president was the one being judged. satisfaction of the elements of a cow, which is not necessarily con- the knowledge or the direction of Clinton. When I testified during For the moment, however, the only specific crime. Mueller may supply tradicted by the account of Cohen, Trump. If that were proven, the the Clinton impeachment hearings thing that is worse than ignoring the such facts or he may not. It is the who was setting up a potential deal president could be guilty of sub- in 1998, I maintained that lying evidence of crimes by a president seeming refusal to accept the latter that fell through and did not result orning perjury, which is a clear under oath is indeed a “high crime is ignoring the absence of evidence possibility that has increasingly in the meeting being discussed. federal crime and would be an and misdemeanor” for the purpose against a president. distorted media coverage. Trump later insisted he never de- obvious ground for impeachment. of impeachment. The same is true * * * * * The subornation crime is the nied pursuing deals. In November Moreover, his nominee for attorney about subornation if proven. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro latest example. Cohen said he 2018 after the Cohen plea, Trump general, William Barr, testified in Yet, many members of Congress Professor of Public Interest Law gave false information to federal said about the election, “There was his Senate hearing this week that who called for possible impeach- at George Washington University. investigators and to Congress about a good chance that I would not have he does believe a president can ment proceedings this week also You can follow him on Twitter @ the effort to build a Trump Tower won, in which case I would have be charged with subornation and voted against the impeachment of JonathanTurley. A Bold Plan for a Trump Victory By Conrad Black an effective and courageous chief an end in the next six years of the It is time for the president to executive. Even Senator Elizabeth likely Trump incumbency. take his opponents by surprise, as Warren (D-Mass.), possibly the Palsied and pompous and gener- Richard Nixon once did. In 1971, most bilious and fervent of all the ally over-stuffed with undeserved President Nixon astounded his crit- president’s senior elected antag- deference though the constitutional ics with the announcement of the onists, has proclaimed that she American system is (and blustery trip to China and later his call for will not “relitigate” the election. and sometimes inelegant though wage and price controls to prevent Halfway through his term, Trump the president sometimes is), this is inflation. Similarly, in 1972, he is the president after all. the showdown the nation needs. Let caught his Democratic opponent, The current border security cri- the Democrats stop creeping around George McGovern, off guard when sis is seen by the Democrats as an in the dark, feeding malicious he revealed that North Vietnam had opportunity to dismiss the issue, es- falsehoods to the jackal media. Let already rejected terms Senator Mc- calate their decades of pandering to the president address the illegal im- Govern said he should offer Hanoi. the illegal Latino community (now migration issue squarely. Let those With an opposition so smug and the vertiginous total of 22 million who would try to undo the electoral unimaginatively conducted as the people), and completely humiliate verdict of 2016 with spurious legal Pelosi-Schumer pantomime horse, and defang a president who is a casuistry and media manipulation this should not be a great challenge mortal threat to them in a way that come out from the dark and try to for President Trump. offer the naturalization of those in and the Immigration and Customs the amiably beatable Republicans make their case. Obviously, this impasse over the country illegally who are other- Enforcement Service, which the of the Bush-Dole-McCain-Romney The president has broken no government funding cannot con- wise law-abiding and constructive Democrats are no longer seeking and even Gerald Ford stamp never laws and has delivered on his prom- tinue and obviously, the admin- residents. officially to abolish. were. Dwight Eisenhower and ises; he will win, and then the many istration must not be defeated by This would be a fair and as Anything less than an over- Ronald Reagan were too popular officials of the Clinton campaign these partisan mountebanks, play nearly representative of the col- whelming attack on this problem and successful to be defeated at the and the Obama Justice Department acting while the Democratic wings lective will of the Democrats as and on the political and media cow- polls or bloodlessly assassinated. who have lied under oath or misled fill with crypto-Marxist nonentities can be ascertained when they are ardice and hypocrisy of those who Richard Nixon was one of the most officials should go before the grand aspiring to their party’s presidential in sober mood—in other words, a give lip service to border security successful presidents in history, but jury, which in America today means nomination. bipartisan effort at comprehensive but purport to address the problem the complexities of his personality conviction, and usually imprison- A four-pronged-attack is called immigration reform. by deploying more drones and cam- and his refusal to submit his office ment. Let’s make this the climax for: first, have the Republican In the past, that phrase has eras to estimate more accurately the and the country to the indignity of that reforms criminal justice, ends House leadership introduce a bill generally been a sanctimonious teeming numbers of this invasion, the impeachment process enabled the criminalization of politics, and to pay the unpaid federal employees euphemism for doing nothing will be a confirmation of the break- the Democrats in Congress and pushes the nose of government on 60 percent of their pay while this as millions of unskilled people, down of American constitutional the media to drive him out and to the grindstone of dealing with the foolishness continues. At the same including appreciable numbers of government. congratulate themselves for their country’s problems. time, the president should declare hardened criminals, pour into the A Failure of Law and Politics republican virtue in doing so. The whole American system is a national emergency and let it be country, enabling Democrats to The last resolution of a fun- The criminalization of policy perilously close to Oliver Crom- known that when the Democrats reap the illegal votes and foster damental national political crisis differences in the Watergate deba- well’s address to Parliament: “You go judge-shopping and get their future ones while allowing mainly was Lyndon Johnson’s masterly cle was always going to lead here. came here to address the nation’s injunction from a district judge, the Republican employers to enjoy imposition of civil and voting rights Nixon was too patriotic to fight it grievances, and you are now its administration will ignore it until the cheap labor. The media, until for African-Americans who had through and mishandled it so badly greatest grievance. In God’s name the entire issue — including the the last two years, soft-pedaled the been deprived of those rights for that he was a long way down the go!” Bring it on, Mr. President; you, jurisdiction of federal district courts whole gigantic scam and illegal im- a century after the Union victory well legally — though there is still and the country, will win. to instruct the president in fields re- migration has become the greatest in the Civil War abolished slavery no reason, after all these years, to * * * * * served to the president by the Con- failure of American public policy and reaffirmed racial equality. Since believe he committed crimes. Rea- Conrad Black has been one of stitution — has been determined since slavery. then, national infrastructure has gan was elderly and popular and Canada’s most prominent finan- by the Supreme Court. (This last And as the last element of his at- deteriorated beneath the level of a Iran-Contra was piffle in his second ciers for 40 years, and was one of question of national injunctions was tack on the problem, while all this is prosperous country, health care has term. He smiled and shrugged his the leading newspaper publishers raised by Justice Clarence Thomas being sorted out and border security degenerated into a national scandal way through. The Republicans in the world as owner of the British in recent obiter dicta — it is high is being erected on an emergency of inadequate care for a third of had their try with Clinton, who telegraph newspapers, the Fairfax time it was adjudicated, whatever basis, the president should dispatch the population, and Congress has should never have been impeached, newspapers in Australia, the Je- happens with border security and at least two brigades (8,000 to cravenly fumbled abortion into the and, commendably shameless, he rusalem Post, Chicago Sun-Times the partial government shutdown.) 10,000 soldiers) to needed border clumsy hands of the judiciary. bucked his way through. and scores of smaller newspapers At the same time, the Republi- points and authorize them to round As a society of laws, modern The Likely Response in the U.S., and most of the daily can Senate leadership should intro- up members of what may correctly America is a failure, and a failure If the president declares a na- newspapers in Canada. He is the duce a comprehensive plan to fund be designated as an invasion of compounded by a criminal justice tional emergency and ignores the author of authoritative biographies construction of the entire border the United States. Those stopped system that is so repressive of the lower court orders against him, the of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Rich- wall, approve the deportation of and detained could be transported rights of the accused and of the Democrats will have to choose to ard Nixon, one-volume histories of those who entered the United States back to Mexico, or put in camps convicted, it does not bear com- move impeachment in the confident the United States and Canada, and illegally and have been convicted that, though hastily erected would parison with the criminal justice (and doubtless informed) hope that most recently of Donald J. Trump: of serious offenses, revive the be sanitary. All would receive ade- system of any other prosperous Mueller will bring in as unflattering A President Like No Other. He is president’s DACA plan from 2017 quate shelter and nourishment but democracy, from Australia to Fin- a report as he can, promptly. Indeed, a member of the British House of for those who were brought into the they would all be returned to Mex- land, from Israel to Japan. President this may be the only way to get Lords as Lord Black of Crosshar- country illegally as children, and ico by the joint work of the army Trump has his lacunae, but he is his contemptible Star Chamber to bour. January 23-29, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 17 Barr’s first task as AG: Look at former FBI leaders’ conduct By Kevin R. Brock the reasonableness standards of the “links and/or coordination” — that The Hill opinion contributor AGG for starting a case. heretofore never has been a sole ba- During the Senate Judiciary Second, Comey took the highly sis for unleashing FBI authorities. Committee’s interview of attorney unusual step of opening and con- Thousands of Americans in busi- general nominee William Barr last ducting the counterintelligence ness, academic, cultural, media, Tuesday, committee chairman Sen. investigation at FBI headquarters political governance and diplomatic Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asked: rather than an FBI field office, pursuits have daily links and coor- “Are there rules on how you can do where all other FBI investigations dinated engagement with the Rus- counterintelligence investigations are carried out. If there was a good sian government. These links, on in the FBI?” reason for this, none has been of- their own, do not condemn them to Barr replied, “I believe there fered. Those of us who served in suspicion of being Russian agents are.” the FBI can think of many, many and therefore subject to intrusive Indeed there are, Mr. Barr. There reasons why it is a terrible idea. investigation. Thank goodness. are very specific rules governing the FBI headquarters is not set up The clearly revealed political bi- FBI’s ability to initiate and conduct the investigative techniques the at FBI headquarters that he select- to run an investigation, to monitor ases of the now-fired FBI leadership counterintelligence investigations. FBI can deploy are severely limited ed, meet the requirements of the and meet all the dense administra- that initiated and ran an unusual, These rules bear the title of the and fairly benign. For example, AGG? Were there facts sufficient, tive protocols of the AGG, like a unprecedented counterintelligence role you soon may take on for the the FBI cannot leverage Foreign under the AGG, for the FBI to even field office does on a daily basis. investigation — of a presidential second time. They are referred to as Intelligence Surveillance Act(FI- initiate a counterintelligence case? The likelihood of compliance campaign, of all things — has given SA) court-ordered interceptions or It is not clear that this funda- the “Attorney General Guidelines,” failures is immense. In addition, rise to the unfortunate perception task informants at this stage of its mental question has been asked and or AGG. headquarters leadership is where that the FBI may have been wea- Please read and understand investigation. answered yet, despite congressional the FBI most closely intersects ponized for raw political purposes them. This may seem like a basic The FBI must use this prelimi- hearings and oversight and ongoing with political Washington. For this — precisely what the AGG were request to make of an attorney gen- nary stage of less-intrusive inves- inspector general investigations. reason alone, they are traditionally established and codified to prevent. eral, but there are strong indications tigative techniques to determine if Thus Sen. Graham’s plaintive fol- and prudently not involved in ac- Mr. Barr, if confirmed, please that key players at the top of the FBI further, more intrusive investigation low-up request of you, Mr. Barr: tive investigations — that is, until do take a careful look at whether and Department of Justice (DOJ) — is warranted. The AGG impose firm “Please get to the bottom of it.” Comey, McCabe and former agent the FBI met its obligations under who were at the center of the saga time limits on the FBI at this stage Yes, Mr. Barr, if you are con- Peter Strzok. the Attorney General Guidelines we, as a nation, have endured over to help ensure investigations don’t firmed, please do. This is important The special counsel, who under from Day One. If it did, inform the past two years — were not at all become open-ended. to the nation and our democracy. the law is also obligated to adhere and reassure the nation. If it didn’t, familiar with these vitally important The FBI can deploy more in- Please start at the beginning, where guidelines. trusive techniques such as FISA the basic blocking and tackling to the AGG, was established in please reinforce the AGG’s just im- The AGG exist for one funda- interceptions and informants if, required by your own AGG would May 2017 and ordered to take peratives or risk further abuse in the mental reason: to protect Ameri- after the preliminary stage, it is able have been most operative and over the FBI counterintelligence future and the sure erosion of what cans from investigation by their to articulate additional facts that protective. This is where solid, investigation started by Comey. distinguishes our system of justice government based on caprice, cu- are more like a “probable cause” time-tested process protects against The authorizing memo written from totalitarian regimes. riosity, resentments, or differences statement. In other words, there bias. If the guidelines were fol- by Deputy Attorney General Rod For the sake of the integrity of of political, religious, policy and are strong, objective indicators that lowed well, we can be reassured Rosenstein instructed the special both political parties, for the sake of cultural opinion. the investigative target is probably and take comfort. If they were not, counsel to examine “any links and/ the nation, and for the sake of the The AGG help to ensure this working on behalf of a foreign there is work to be done to ensure or coordination between the Rus- good men and women of the FBI protection by establishing thresh- government against the national se- all of this never happens again. sian government and individuals and DOJ, this is important. olds the FBI must meet before it curity interests of the United States. Unfortunately, there are fact associated with the campaign of * * * * * can launch a counterintelligence Forgive the pedantic explana- patterns that indicate the AGG may President Donald Trump.” Kevin R. Brock, former assistant investigation, particularly against tion, Mr. Barr, but at the heart of all have been an early casualty of Di- That statement, Mr. Barr, is an director of intelligence for the FBI, what the guidelines refer to as a of the controversy surrounding the rector Comey’s decision to initiate insufficient basis for initiating a was an FBI special agent for 24 “U.S. person,” that is, a U.S. citizen behaviors of FBI leadership in 2016 a counterintelligence investigation counterintelligence case under the years and principal deputy director or permanent resident. and 2017, and even the subsequent of the Trump campaign. AGG, particularly when the targets of the National Counterterrorism Under the guidelines, before the special counsel investigation, rests First, there seemed to be, ac- include U.S persons. It alludes to Center (NCTC). He is a founder FBI can initiate an investigation it a fundamental question: Did the cording to his and then-Deputy no information that provides indi- and principal ofNewStreet Global must articulate facts that reason- counterintelligence investigation Director Andrew McCabe’s own cations that some American was Solutions, which consults with pri- ably indicate a U.S. person may of the Trump campaign, initiated testimony, a heavy reliance on in- directly acting as an agent on be- vate companies and public-safety be acting on behalf of a foreign by then-Director James Comey and formation generated by opposition half of Russia but, instead, coins a agencies on strategic mission government or entity. Even then, conducted by a team of FBI agents party funding. This does not rise to phrase of lesser relationship — i.e. technologies. HHS Sec. Azar’s drug price plan is a gift to global “freeloaders” By Peter J. Pitts countries to underpay for drugs. determined by the Pharmaceutical medicine. Prescription drugs are costly Not only does the change fail Benefits Board. Canada’s Patented Patients often lose access to the in the United States. In an effort to hold “freeloading” countries Medicine Prices Review Board best medicines when their govern- to lower the prices Americans pay accountable — it will undermine plays a similar role. ment adopts price controls. Of the at the pharmacy, President Trump access to life-changing medicines The single-payer healthcare drugs launched in the last seven pledged to end “the global freeload- here in the United States. systems in these countries are what years, only 60 percent were avail- ing that forces American consumers Why are brand-name drugs make such price controls possible. able in Sweden. And only half made to subsidize lower prices in foreign cheaper in foreign countries? Sim- When the government is the sole it to patients in Canada. countries.” ply put, it’s because of price con- administrator of prescription drugs, In the United States, meanwhile, Unfortunately, a new plan from trols. In countries like the United it has extraordinary bargaining nearly 90 of those medicines were the Department of Health and Hu- Kingdom, Canada, and Sweden, power to secure below-market available. Americans will no longer man Services undermines this goal. the government dictates what drug prices. enjoy generous access to the newest HHS Sec. Alex Azar unveiled a companies can charge for their American patients pick up the drugs if we embrace price controls. new Medicare proposal that simply products. tab by shouldering much of the It costs an estimated $2.6 billion copies the foreign price-control The prices of prescription drugs burden for global research and to create a single new medicine. policies that have enabled other PETER J. PITTS sold in Sweden, for instance, are development. This is unfair — and That investment is only worthwhile something that President Trump is if drug companies are confident that Viasmensky right to condemn. they’ll have a chance to recoup their (Continued from Page 12) relatives in Florida were supporting him in a foreign HHS’ new Medicare proposal upfront costs. 4:00 in the morning and went to a swap meet to sell country and we had pictures of all of them. Once again does little to rectify the situation. Importing the socialist pricing whatever she could. Maria was a victim; the Las Vegas FBI agent was as The policy would change what the tactics of foreign governments is From her wheelchair and with help from her oldest useless as his counterparts in Florida. government pays for drugs under no way to stand up for Medicare daughter (who was very young at the time) she trans- Maria Urena died peacefully, but I wonder how Medicare Part B — a part of the patients. The Trump administration lated documents for other school children. many others who denied her justice and mistreated program that covers medicines should explore policies that ensure Maria saw all her children obtaining university her just because of the color of her skin and her His- administered at a doctor’s office, all patients pay a fair price at the degrees - two engineers, a school teacher and a phar- panic ethnicity can sleep in peace with themselves on such as cancer therapies. pharmacy counter. macist. Mission accomplished. a nightly basis. Under HHS’ plan, Part B would Peter J. Pitts, a former Food We both thought it was time to see some justice Perly Viasmensky is the General Manager of the base its drug payments not on a and Drug Administration associate for Maria. Since the FBI in Florida was useless, an Las Vegas Tribune. She writes a weekly column in this drug’s average domestic price, as commissioner, is president of the FBI agent in Las Vegas was informed of the location newspaper. To contact Perly Viasmensky, email her at the program does now, but on what Center for Medicine in the Public where the man who left Maria disabled was living; the pviasmensky@lasvegas tribune.com. other countries pay for the same Interest. Maramis (Continued from Page 12) stirs up similar or worse response in others, to worship eagles, buffaloes, all types of ani- teenage smirking in his face, with all the from anything else he may have said or or those around him. While Nick may well mals, and that’s why the Lord took away their other students egging him on and supporting done. In other words, for example, if he had have not been doing anything that was against land. One of the Israelites kept insisting that Nick with their own version of smirking and just thrown sticks and stones at Mr. Phillips the law, or that called for action on the part “Indian” meant savage, while an indigenous mocking, felt intimidated and in fear of what (which he did NOT), and ALSO just stood of law enforcement, he may still have been activist told him that the word “Indian” came likely felt like mob violence about to erupt. there, he focused on the “just standing there” the instigator of all the unkind behavior of the from the Spanish word “indo,” which means So going to a Catholic school apparently part of his behavior and spoke only to that. students behind him who made Mr. Phillips god-like people. does not really teach — or cannot get its Then he (Nick Sandmann) added, “My feel threatened. The banter went back and forth with the students to learn— respect for others who are position is that…” What teenager says that? While none of the students at large would small group of black Israelites insisting that different from oneself; and being a Hebrew And if he truly was not disrespectful to Mr. likely think or believe that they were being the Native American indigenous activists Israelite who has very strong beliefs about Phillips, why wouldn’t he just say that he unkind, the mass laughter and strange sounds need to give up their beliefs, their philoso- his religion and wants to share them does was not disrespectful (or felt or believed he or comments coming from them that seemed phies, and their religion and get around to not know the difference between sharing was not disrespectful) to the Native Amer- to be aimed directly at him for his chanting worshipping the real God, calling that god by and intimidation and arrogance. If ever we ican Vietnam veteran chanting and beating and drum sounds no doubt felt intimidating the name they believed was true. They also are to share our beliefs with others, would on his drum? to him. Nick apparently moved closer up called out disparaging names and comments we not want to make our beliefs at the least But wait! There’s more! Sometimes in life near Mr. Phillips’ face, blocking his path to the boys from the Catholic high school, palatable, but at best, desirable for others to if we pull back from the up-close picture we for walking among or in front of the crowd. things such as [they’re] dirty crackers and be attracted to them? And is not our group see a different take on what the picture shows. It was that stance, with a smirk on his face, incest babies, and a bunch of future school behavior indicative of who we really are, For example, the picture of a mother who that stirred up fear in the elder activist, not shooters. Apparently, the Israelites did not our personal stated beliefs notwithstanding? appears to be yanking a young child’s arm knowing what could happen next, what with have loving feelings for any humans other Who really wants to gravitate toward might suggest child abuse when cropped up his school chums behind him, and a sense of than those that believed as they did. those who are yelling at us, calling us names, close, yet when expanded to show the whole hate and mocking in the air. One of the black Israelite activists kept mocking us, and insisting they are the only picture can show that she is pulling her child Coupled with that, there is the other part of spouting what they believed — statements ones with the truth? And does mocking in away from danger and out of harm’s way. And this incident that happened prior to the above that were meant to show their righteousness any way ever lead to peace? When will we yes, there was more to the situation then that “standoff” with Nick, and which also filled and the misguidedness of all the others’ be- ever learn? above-described scenario. the air with overtones of hate and possible liefs of those present while one of the other * * * * * No one wants to jump to conclusions, but danger to the elder Indigenous Vietnam vet: small group of Israelites was his “yes man,” Maramis Choufani is the Managing Ed- sometimes things do look pretty obvious. Four black Hebrew Israelites were present saying, “That’s right!” after everything he itor of the Las Vegas Tribune. She writes a What is different or “not cool” to teenagers and contributed to the situation by shouting said. weekly column in this newspaper. To contact can often be the cause for snickers or laughter out comments meant to insult Native Ameri- It’s no wonder the Native American, Maramis, email her at maramis@lasvega- and even a kind of provocative behavior that cans in general, such as they’re not supposed having all that in the background and the stribune.com. Page 18 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 23-29, 2019 EntErtainmEnt Ryan Ahern’s Amazing Piano Artistry By Sandy Zimmerman Las Vegas Tribune Photos by Ryan Ahern PR Award- winning Ryan Ahern is one of those geniuses who began studying the drums and orchestral percussion at 8 years old and added the piano at 12. So young and yet Ryan found his musical calling. His talent became immediately recognized and Ryan was hired to perform professionally at the country club by the time he was 14. With all of that early talent, it was no surprise when I heard he was performing at Boyd’s Orleans Hotel and appearing in PBS Vegas, 2019 television special, a 10 camera shoot. Ryan’s performance has been heralded by his fans during national and international tours awakening the public to his eclectic mix of music. Ryan may play Broadway hits then quickly switch to Boogie-Woogie, perhaps a little rock and roll, then a touch of Ray Charles, Queen, or Disney, with a smattering of movie themes, but you never know what’s next! He has a huge collection of music! The San Francisco Globe published this, “If Liberace and Brian Setzer had a baby and named Jerry Lee Lewis the godfather, he might electrify audiences worldwide in the same mode as award-winning show pianist Ryan Ahern, who has been rousing audiences in Las Vegas and in top cruise line showrooms for the past 10 years.” Ryan won the Adult-Contemporary Artist-of–the-Year award by the South Bay Music Awards. Billboard Mag- azine named him “One of the top 10 Instrumentalists in the Country” and Keyboard Magazine calls him a “Piano Super-Talent.” Ryan’s touring Piano Show is currently headlining on board 10 major cruise lines, across the USA, and around the globe. Ryan will make his fall Bay Area debut at San Francisco’s Herbst Theater on October 12 and at San Jose’s Hammer Theatre on September 22. These performances will precede his first PBS special, set to air in November, and his 2019 Asia tour, which will take him and his eight-piece band to China, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia. He will be filming his second PBS special in Las Vegas in January.

Ryan Ahern performs on Jan. 26, at 7 pm, in the Orleans shows for 20 years. Award-winning Talk Show Host/Col- Showroom. For information call (702)-365-7111. umnist Sandy Zimmerman has produced television programs * * * * * for 20 years, syndicated Show and Dining Reviewer, Travel/ As an award-winning television producer, Sandy Luxury writer, Health, Photographer/ Videographer, Editor, has produced travel specials around the world. She Director, and Talk Show Host of Sandy Zimmerman’s Las visited China five times and produced two travel Vegas TV Show and Discover the Ultimate Vacation travel specials, one in Beijing and another on the Yangtze specials. Email her at [email protected] or call River Cruise, in addition to reviewing restaurants and 702-515-0846. January 23-29, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 19 Monday’s at Flemings Prime Steakhouse This Week in Las Vegas

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First Friday crowds, we will also be * * * * * Page 20 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 23-29, 2019 Smith Center presents Wild Kratts Live 2.0 — Activate Creature Power! of these objects, the Museum stands uniquely positioned to tell this sto- ry,” explained Jonathan Ullman, president and chief executive offi- cer, The Mob Museum. “We are de- lighted to partner with The Chicago 00 Project, a collaboration between the Chicago History Museum and Professor Geoffrey Alan Rhodes of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, to bring this new, techno- logically enhanced, historically rich insight into the Massacre to our vis- team’s fascination with historical complimentary entry to MAGIC itors.” Released in February 2017, images,” said Rhodes. “The news Marketplace attendees with valid this award-winning VR experience photographs of the St. Valentine’s badge on Wednesday, Feb. 6 and transports audiences to the exact Day Massacre are shocking–even Thursday, Feb. 7. spots where the St. Valentine’s today. Those pictures were hugely On Wednesday night, DJ Shad- Day Massacre events unfolded by influential. Placing them into the ow ReD, will kickstart the evening superimposing images from then actual site gives people a fresh for MAGIC attendees by spinning and now in virtual reality. way to see these astonishing im- hot tracks on the Strip-side rooftop Audiences can use their smart- ages for what they are. The early club. phones and wear Google Cardboard 1900s filmmaker, D.W. Griffith, The party will continue with VR Goggles or use the Museum’s predicted that someday film tech- Chateau’s Moontower Thursdays, latest technology, Oculus Go, on nology would create experiences as local DJs, Bayati and Casanova, By Jerry Fink Ticket prices range from $30 YouTube’s 360 channel to be im- of history unlike anything that had will spin an array of new tracks, Las Vegas Tribune to $42. mersed in the site. come before. Maybe virtual and popular top hits and dance-inducing Best for children 5 to 12 Performance dates are: A narrator tells the story of the augmented reality are that predic- remixes. Two performance by Wild Kratts Tue, January 22, at 8 p.m. Tue, massacre while giving a virtual tour tion realized.” In addition to the St. Chateau offers stunning views of Live 2.0 will be presented at the February 12, at 8 p.m. Tue, March of five sites and more than 30 his- Valentine’s Day Massacre Wall and the Fountains of Bellagio, glamor- Smith Center’s Reynolds Hall on 5, at 8 p.m. Tue, March 19, at 8 torical photos and documents from the Chicago 00 experience, Muse- ous décor and VIP table packages Sunday, Jan. 27. The first perfor- p.m. Wed, April 3, at 8 p.m. Tue, the Chicago History Museum’s um guests can see other permanent for up to 15 guests. mance will be at 1 p.m. followed April 23, at 8 p.m. Tue, May 7, at archive. It provides eye-opening exhibits related to the Massacre. 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Now the show’s TO RECOGNIZE 90th bootlegging gangs, then led by seum, call (702) 229-2734 or visit real-life stars, brothers and science ANNIVERSARY OF Al Capone and Bugs Moran. The themobmuseum.org. experts Chris and Martin Kratt, are ST. VALENTINE’S DAY gruesome photographs of the scene * * * * * returning to The Smith Center with MASSACRE ran on the front page of newspapers GOLD SPIKE HOSTS “THE an all-new stage adventure, Free Museum Admission Offered across the country and were some BIG SPIKE” BIG GAME This imaginative show engages for Nevada Residents, Buy-one of the most influential crime photos VIEWING PARTY kids with excitement and interac- Get-one Admission for Non- in American history. Gold Spike’s “The Big Spike” tive elements as Chris and Martin residents from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The photos collected here— Big Game celebration returns to activate new Creature Powers and The Mob Museum, the National some well-known, some rare—tell Downtown Las Vegas with a game go “off to the creature rescue!” With Museum of Organized Crime and this familiar Chicago story in a day blowout bash. BIG GAME SUNDAY BASH some help from Aviva and the rest Law Enforcement, will commem- new and compelling way. “The On Sunday, February 3rd, SLATED FOR SAPPHIRE of the Wild Kratts team — who will orate its seventh anniversary with Chicago History Museum is pleased Downtown Las Vegas party hotspot Instagram sports starlet Ava be animated and on screen at their a one-day-only special opportunity to work with The Mob Museum to Gold Spike will kick-off game day Fiore aka Cleatsandcleavage will home base of the Tortuga HQ — the on Thursday, Feb. 14, presented in mark the 90th anniversary of the with a pre-game backyard tailgate host the annual Big Game Sunday brothers confront a comic villain partnership with the Chicago His- St. Valentine’s Day Massacre,” at 1:30 p.m. featuring everyone’s celebratory bash at Sapphire Las and once again save the day, sharing tory Museum. said John Russick, vice president, favorite f-words: football, food, Vegas, the world’s largest gentle- fascinating tidbits about some of The event coincides with the 90th interpretation and education, Chi- fun, and festivities! men’s club and adult entertainment the world’s most amazing creatures anniversary of the St. Valentine’s cago History Museum. “The Chi- At “The Big Spike,” guests can complex, as the two best football along the way. Day Massacre. For the first time, cago 00 virtual reality experience catch every play, fumble and touch- teams go helmet to helmet! Audience members are encour- all visitors to the Museum will have of the Massacre was designed to down surrounded by televisions, On Sunday, February 3, Sap- aged to bring along their animal the opportunity to experience The offer users a unique, immersive giant projection screens and state- phire will kick-off the outdoor knowledge and participate in the Chicago 00 Project’s virtual reality and visceral encounter with this of-the-art surround sound in both pre-game festivities at 11 a.m. with action right from their seats by experience dedicated to the St. terrible event, which helped shape the ‘Living Room’ and ‘Backyard.’ a tailgate buffet including gourmet calling out answers to the questions Valentine’s Day Massacre, courtesy the country’s attitudes toward Pregame the big game with a game day munchies like chili dogs posed by the Kratt Brothers during of a grant from the Union Pacific Prohibition and led to the prose- selection of backfield drink specials and beer brats, a craft beer bar, and the show. Foundation. cution and eventual incarceration and ice luge shots or take down the of course, the Sapphire ‘cheerlead- With the Kratt Brothers perform- In addition, Nevada residents of Al Capone.” The Chicago 00 opposition with a good-natured ers’ will be on the parking lot turf ing live shows in over 135 countries will receive free admission and Project was created to produce and round of beer pong. Throughout sidelines to rally the fans! worldwide, families won’t want to non-Nevada residents will receive publish a series of site-specific, the day, flex your football finesse Pregame the big game with a miss this action-packed show that buy-one, get-one admission all day interactive, immersive multimedia during various rounds of trivia bevy of backfield drink specials will keep kids “wildly” entertained beginning at 9 a.m. “From the day experiences designed to showcase competition to win prizes and earn or take down the opposition with — even as they learn something the Museum opened, on February the Chicago History Museum’s boundless bragging rights. games inside a mobile arcade new. 14, 2012, the St. Valentine’s Day film, photo and sound archive and Willing to wager? Enter Gold e-sports truck! Game play winners * * * * * Massacre wall and related ballistics share Chicago’s stories in new and Spike’s “The Big Spike” game of and highest scorers of each game FRANK MARENO COMES evidence have been among our unique ways. “All Chicago 00 new squares before play begins for a will win VIP prizes like a Skybox TO CABARET LOUNGE most important artifacts. Because media projects were inspired by our chance to win big! For the ultimate Experience and dance dollars Frankie Mareno, twice named party package option, guests can — and will earn boundless brag- Las Vegas Headliner of the Year, purchase the following “The Big ging rights. Feeling lucky? Enter has been wowing audiences from Spike” deal: Sapphire’s game of squares for a coast to coast with his mix of rat Big Spike Package - $85 (tax chance to win big! pack glamour, original and clas- and gratuity not included) At 12 p.m., the tailgate party sic hits and vintage funk-infused Premium select open bar and moves inside as guests are trans- sounds. tailgate buffet from 1:30 p.m. to ported into real-life fantasy football A piano prodigy and multi-in- 5:30 p.m. surrounded by hundreds of Vegas’ strumentalist, Moreno has per- Gold Spike’s “The Big Spike” hottest entertainers, HD flat screens formed with many greats, including tailgate buffet includes game day and state-of-the-art surround sound award-winning classical violinist munchies like Popcorn Chicken, — allowing football fans to im- Joshua Bell, and in venues from Beer Dogs (frank, mustard, onions, merse themselves in pigskin fever European clubs to Carnegie Hall. relish, jalapeños), Bavarian pretzel from both the Main Floor and ‘The Now, Moreno takes his sound sticks with spicy queso, BBQ Pork Showroom’ throughout the game. more intimate and unbound with Sliders, Fried Pickle Spears, Tater VIP package options listed this special performance at Cabaret Tots and much more! below include menu items like a Jazz through June. After the Big Game, everyone’s carving station with beef trip tip and on the same team! At 10 p.m., the prime rib with au ju & horseradish postgame celebration kicks off as cream and Pink Box doughnuts for DJ TeenWolf takes over the ‘Living dessert. Sultry social media sports Room’. star @CleatsandCleavage will be To purchase game day packages on-hand to mingle with the crowd or make table reservations, call and pose for photos throughout the (702) 476-1082 or visit goldspike. duration of the event. com. * * * * * Chateau Nightclub offers com- Jerry Fink is an entertainment plimentary enter to MAGIC at- columnist for the Las Vegas Tribune tendees newspaper and writes a weekly col- Chateau Nightclub & Roof- umn. To contact Fink, email him at top at Paris Las Vegas will offer jfink@ lasvegastribune.com. January 23-29, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 21 LifestyLes Virtual Reality Festival: “Enter the World of Virtual Reality” By Sandy Zimmerman Las Vegas Tribune Photos by Sandy Zimmerman and VR FEST I attended the Virtual Reality Fest and was astonished to see the latest top-of-the- line technology not only for their games but branching out into medical, commercial marketing, and many other applications. VR is now recognized as a leader with a wave of excitement attracting interest in fo- cusing on new directions. This appears to be the crossroads for discovery and developing new VR products in many fields. The VR FEST founder Christopher Crescitelli presented a chance to meet the people involved, ask questions, and widen their knowledge during the three days of pan- els, workshops, exhibits, games and more! Everyone had a chance to put on the masks and reach into another world, to be a part of the world of VR. One of the organizers and exhibitor, Jason explained, “We give people the opportunity to dip into the VR world.” He was demon- strating a game called Raw Data which was similar to zombie games. There were a number of scheduled events, the debut of the newest VR attraction on the Las Vegas strip, in the Avenue Shops at Ballys, and another where participants joined the e-sports tournament, virtual Soccer Zone in the arcade. The VR FEST required — only those who were 21 and older can enter events. Several online film and game competition began with some continuing for the public — see their website for dates of finals,www. VRFEST.org Along with all of the technical infor- mation, I met David with the Holocriptics Virtual DJ exhibit. If someone owned a bar, they could have a Virtual DJ, and not have to pay a real person. David felt, “We bring high- class entertainment at an affordable price to malls, lounges and nightclubs. This is our first month of launching, our rolodex of DJ’s offers a variety of different genres. We have stand-up performances, DJ’S and specialize in any type of content and create whatever you want and will open at Senior Frogs. Co-founded by Nolan Bushnell (Founder of Atari & Chuck E. Cheese’s) and video game veteran Jason Crawford, Modal offers wireless, multiplayer VR entertainment systems for turn-key commercial use. Exhibitor Exhibitor Modal’s unique approach delivers a simple, and accessible to everyone. on the Yangtze River Cruise, in addition writer, Health, Photographer/ Videographer, affordable, reliable, portable, and scalable As an award-winning television to reviewing restaurants and shows for Editor, Director, and Talk Show Host of Sandy solution that commands unprecedented producer, Sandy has produced travel 20 years. Award-winning Talk Show Host/ Zimmerman’s Las Vegas TV Show and Dis- hourly throughput. Modal develops its own specials around the world. She visited Columnist Sandy Zimmerman has produced cover the Ultimate Vacation travel specials. first-party experiences and also publishes China five times and produced two trav- television programs for 20 years, syndicated Email her at [email protected] third-party content that is fun, active, social, el specials, one in Beijing and another Show and Dining Reviewer, Travel/ Luxury or call 702-515-0846.

Founder of the Virtual Reality Fest Virtual DJ Page 22 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 23-29, 2019 CITY BEAT Over 30,000 sign Care2 Petition to save Bonnie Springs Ranch February forced hundreds of blood Career Technicial Academy, 6705 drive cancellations, causing about Vegas Valley Drive 23,000 blood and platelet donations 2/7/2019: 10:45 a.m. - 4 p.m., to go uncollected. In December, Centennial Hills Library, 6711 N winter weather resulted in nearly Buffalo Dr. twice the number of uncollected 2/8/2019: 8 a.m. - 2:15 p.m., Ne- blood and platelet donations as vada Learning Academy at CCSD, December 2017. 3050 E. Flamingo Rd. Who blood donations help 2/8/2019: 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., In May 2018, 4-year-old Bran- West Las Vegas Library, 951 West son Gibby was diagnosed with neu- Lake Mead Blvd. roblastoma, a rare type of childhood 2/11/2019: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Las cancer that affects certain types of Vegas Metro Police - Southeast nerve tissue after complaining of Area Command, 3675 E. Harmon pain in his arms and legs and run- Avenue ning a fever. After many tests, his 2/13/2019: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., mother, Erica Austin, was given the Friendly Ford Las Vegas, 660 N news that no mother ever wants to Decatur Blvd hear: her son had cancer. 2/14/2019: 1 p.m. - 6 p.m., Leg- Branson’s 18-month treatment acy House at Centennial Hills, 6310 plan includes many rounds of North Durango Drive grueling chemotherapy, surgery to 2/15/2019: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., remove the tumor near his kidney Bill Davis - State Farm Insurance and spinal cord, stem cell trans- Agency, 3277 E. Warm Springs Rd, Petition calls on Las Vegas to plants, and possibly radiation. He Suite 400 make the ranch into a historical has already endured several lengthy 2/15/2019: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., landmark to protect it from planned hospital stays and began receiving Findlay Chevrolet, 6800 S. Torrey development the first of his stem cell transplants Pines Dr A new Care2 petition is calling this fall. Mesquite on the City of Las Vegas to protect Since his diagnosis, Branson has 1/30/2019: 9:45 a.m. - 2:45 p.m., Bonnie Springs Ranch from dem- received 12 blood and 11 platelet First Baptist Church of Mesquite, olition by naming it a historical transfusions. Of the transfusions, 700 Hardy Way landmark. Over 30,000 have signed Austin said, “They have been so North Las Vegas the Care2 petition. important to keep him as healthy, 1/25/2019: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., View The Care2 Petition Here: active and battle-ready, as possible. Goodwill Southern Nevada, 1280 www.care2.com/go/z/BSR This is the hardest thing our family W Cheyenne Ave, Ste 100 The Care2 petition was launched has ever faced. However, there is 1/31/2019: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., by Las Vegas resident Peter Hall af- hope in the generosity of strangers City of North Las Vegas, 2250 Las ter news broke that Bonnie Springs who are helping to heal my brave Vegas Blvd N Ranch has been sold to a cus- Judicial openings in winter and affecting patient care. boy. Blood and platelet donations 2/12/2019: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sky- tom-home developer. Las Vegas call for The Red Cross collected more truly are the gift of life.” view YMCA, 3050 E Centennial “The city tried to demolish interested attorneys than 27,000 fewer blood and plate- Upcoming blood donation op- Pkwy the Huntridge theater years ago, The Nevada Commission on let donations the weeks of Christ- portunities through Feb. 15: How to donate blood and our community was able to Judicial Selection has made ap- mas and New Year’s than needed Henderson Simply download the American preserve this historical building plications available for attorneys to sustain a sufficient blood supply. 1/24/2019: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., City Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit by signing a petition to make it a interested in filling judicial seats During this period, about 1,350 of Henderson - Downtown Recre- RedCrossBlood.org or call 1-800- historical landmark,” writes Hall currently open in Clark County’s fewer blood drives were hosted ation Center, 105 W. Basic Road RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) to on his Care2 petition. “Let’s do the Eighth Judicial District Court, De- by volunteer sponsor groups than 2/2/2019: 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., make an appointment or for more same for Bonnie Springs founded in partments 6, 9, and G. required to meet patient needs as Green Valley Range, 175 Cassia information. All blood types are 1843 with many historical buildings Nevada attorneys with 10 years busy holiday schedules kept many Way needed to ensure a reliable supply loaded with artifacts and memora- of legal experience and two years of donors away. 2/4/2019: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Smith’s for patients. A blood donor card or bilia from the beginnings of our Nevada residency are encouraged “Many people may not realize Food and Drug - Valle Verde, 55 S. driver’s license or two other forms fine state.” to apply for the opening. Applica- that blood products are perishable, Valle Verde Drive of identification are required at Many people have left memories tions are due by 5 p.m., February and the only source of lifesaving 2/12/2019: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Re- check-in. Individuals who are 17 of visiting the ranch in the com- 8, 2019, and can be found at http:// blood for patients is volunteer blood alty ONE Group Inc, 2831 St. Rose years of age in most states (16 with ments of the Care2 petition: nvcourts.link/NVJudicialSelection. donors,” said Cliff Numark, senior Pkwy, #100 parental consent where allowed —“I grew up coming here as a The openings are the result of vice president, Red Cross Biomed- 2/14/2019: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., by state law), weigh at least 110 child and made some of my best the retirements of the Honorable ical Services. “When donations Henderson Christian Academy, pounds and are in generally good memories there I have also brought Jennifer P. Togliatti and the Hon- decline — as they did around the 2750 Robindale Rd. health may be eligible to donate my daughter here and hope to be orable Cynthia Dianne Steel, and holidays and may further decline if Las Vegas blood. High school students and able to bring her for more years to the election of the Honorable Elissa severe winter weather and flu sea- 1/23/2019: 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., other donors 18 years of age and come” — Lace M., Nevada F. Cadish to the Nevada Supreme son pick up — lifesaving medical Nevada State Bank, 750 E Warm younger also have to meet certain —As a native Las Vegan, Bon- Court. treatments could be delayed.” Springs Rd. height and weight requirements. nie Springs has been a wonderful Pursuant to Commission Rules, Right now, the Red Cross has 1/24/2019: 7 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Blood and platelet donors can part of my life for a very long time applicants can only apply for one less than a three-day supply of most Southern Hills Medical Center, save time at their next donation by - I cannot imagine Red Rock can- judicial opening and must indicate blood types on hand, well below 9300 W Sunset Rd using RapidPass to complete their yon without it. This area should be their choice on the application. Ap- the ideal five-day supply needed to 1/24/2019: 2 p.m. - 7 p.m., EOS pre-donation reading and health protected and preserved for its his- plicants cannot change departments respond to emergencies and daily Fitness- Northwest, 7501 W. Lake history questionnaire online, on torical value, incredible beauty and once they have applied. hospital needs. Blood products Mead Blvd. the day of their donation, before the strong emotional attachment Interviews to fill the vacant are currently being distributed to 1/25/2019: 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., arriving at the blood drive. To get felt by so many people. This area position are scheduled for March hospitals faster than donations are Diamond Resorts - Park Run, started, follow the instructions at simply cannot endure more traffic 11-13 (as necessary), at the Nevada coming in. 10615 W. Park Run Drive RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass or and more development! Shame on Supreme Court Building in Las Ve- “We hope people can resolve 1/25/2019: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., En- use the Blood Donor App. Mr. Laub and Mr. Jones — who gas, and will be open to the public. to save lives now — when there terprise Library, 25 E. Shelbourne * * * * * shockingly are long time Las Veg- Following the application dead- is an emergency need — as well Ave RTC offers free transit ans. — Sue S., Nevada line, the Commission will conduct as throughout the year,” added 1/28/2019: 10:30 a.m. - 3:30 service for furloughed —Bonnie Springs is near and background investigations and in- Numark. p.m., Carrington College, 5740 S. federal employees dear to my heart. I have so many terview each of the applicants. The All eligible donors, especially Eastern Ave, Ste 140 The Regional Transportation beautiful memories. And hoped Commission will then deliberate blood donors with type O blood, 1/29/2019: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Commission of Southern Nevada to make it part of my life forever. and nominate up to three finalists are urged to make an appointment Wolfgang Puck, 955 Kelly John- (RTC) will provide free transit To get rid of it in favor of housing for each opening to Governor Steve to give in the coming days to help son Dr service to any furloughed federal would be the destruction of thou- Sisolak. restock the shelves for hospital 1/30/2019: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., employee effective today, and until sands and thousands of Nevadans’ The Commission is composed patients. Eligible donors can find LVMPD Downtown Area Com- the federal government resumes all childhood memories. — Lyricnoel of seven permanent members — a blood donation opportunity and mand, 621 N. 9th Street operations. C., Nevada the Supreme Court Chief Justice, schedule an appointment to donate 1/31/2019: 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., “We understand that many fur- The development project is three non-attorneys appointed by by using the free Blood Donor App, A-1 Mechanical & Electric, 5985 loughed federal employees may be currently slated to break ground in the Governor, and three attorneys visiting RedCrossBlood.org or Polaris Ave. struggling financially during the March 2019. appointed by the State Bar of Ne- calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800- 1/31/2019: 11 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., ongoing government shutdown * * * * * vada. Neither the Governor nor the 733-2767). Volunteer blood drive Realty One Group Inc. - Sunset, and transportation costs should not Law Library partners with State Bar may appoint more than hosts are also critically needed to 8395 W. Sunset Rd., # 190 be an additional burden,” said Tina Taxes Coalition to host free two permanent members from the prevent the shortage from worsen- 2/1/2019: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Terri- Quigley, RTC general manager. “To tax preparation sessions same political party, and cannot ing this winter. ble Herbst - Ann/Rainbow, 5590 N help ease the hardship, furloughed every Thursday from appoint two members from the Winter weather poses Rainbow Blvd government employees can use the Jan. 31-April 11 same county. risk to blood supply 2/5/2019: 8:45 a.m. - 2 p.m., transit system at no cost.” The Clark County Law Library For District Court vacancies, two With several weeks of winter Wells Fargo Bank, 6325 S Rainbow Furloughed employees must is partnering with the Nevada Free temporary members are appointed ahead, severe winter weather poses 2/5/2019: 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., Di- show their federal employee ID to Taxes Coalition to host free tax from the judicial district where the an additional threat to an already amond Resorts - Center Crossing, the driver when boarding the bus. preparation to individuals with vacancy occurs — a non-attorney low blood supply. Snow, ice and ex- 10600 West Charleston Boulevard For more information on the RTC’s a household income of less than by the Governor and an attorney treme temperatures last January and 2/5/2019: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m., East transit service, visit rtcsnv.com. $58,000 in 2018. by the State Bar — bringing the IRS-certified volunteers from Commission membership to nine. the Volunteer Income Tax Assis- * * * * * tance (VITA) Program will be available at the Clark County Law Library every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. starting Jan. 31 through April 11. The service is available on a first-come-first- served basis. Please see the www. Red Cross issues nvfreetaxes.org webpage for infor- emergency call for mation about free tax preparation blood donors eligibility, what you will need to Fewer drives, busy holiday bring, and other locations. schedules lead to blood shortage The Clark County Law Library A donation shortfall over the is open Monday through Friday, 8 winter holidays is prompting the a.m. to 5 p.m. and may be reached American Red Cross to issue an by calling (702) 455-4696 or by emergency call for blood donors to email at: AskInfo@ClarkCoun- give now to prevent a blood short- tyNV.gov. age from continuing throughout January 23-29, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 23 CITY BEAT Adventure is right around the corner at Springs Preserve in February 2019 gardening mistakes, and some of Divine Cafe Happy Hour the principles we should follow to Happy hour comes to the Springs achieve long-term success. Learn Preserve! Join us every Thursday the dos and don’ts of plant selection for live entertainment, 4 to 8 p.m. and installation, as well as the ins Happy hours feature ever-changing and outs of pruning, irrigation and specially-priced food and cocktail more! Thursday, February 21, menus including Divine sliders, 2019, 6 to 8 p.m. $10 Members, street tacos, a blood orange cos- $12 Non-members. mopolitan, and more. Drink prices WaterWorks start at just $2 for beer and $6 for WaterWorks, is an interactive, wine. Thursdays 4 to 8 p.m. in the behind-the-scenes look at the in- Divine Cafe. ner workings of water-resource Saturday and Sunday Brunches treatment and delivery in Southern at Divine Cafe Nevada. Learn all about the chal- Join us weekends at the Divine lenges and triumphs of the journey Cafe for a delicious breakfast of water as you touch replicated before heading out to explore the quagga mussels, look at harmful Preserve! We open every Saturday water contaminants using a mi- and Sunday at 10 a.m. for spectacu- croscope, examine rock samples lar views and a special brunch menu excavated from hundreds of feet including quiche, frittatas, French below Lake Mead’s surface, and toast, and more. Saturdays and more. The WaterWorks exhibit, Sundays starting at 10 a.m. in the located in the operational Charles- Divine Cafe. ton Heights Pumping Station, is ABOUT THE presented by the Las Vegas Valley SPRINGS PRESERVE Water District, Southern Nevada Springs Preserve Water Authority and Springs Pre- Admission Prices General Admission (GA) for New events, shows, exhibits, will be sent to national competition. walk through our beautiful Bo- serve, in partnership with ONE Nevada residents is $9.95 for activities and more await! Come and see the next Georgia tanical Garden. Saturdays and DROP™, with contributions from adults, $8.95 for students, seniors, HOURS O’Keefe or read the next Philip Sundays at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 and the RBC Blue Water Project and teachers, and military, $4.95 for The Springs Preserve is open Roth. Exhibit in the Patio Gallery 2 p.m., tour lasts approximately Springs Preserve Foundation. Open children ages 3 to 17, kids 2 and un- seven days a week, 9 a.m. to 5 January 27 to March 31, 2019, 9 45 minutes. Free for members or daily 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Free der are free. General admission also p.m. Hours may vary for classes a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Free for mem- included with general admission. for members or included with paid includes access to the Nevada State and special events. The Springs bers or included with paid general Bird Walk at the general admission. Train transfer Museum, open Tuesday through Preserve is closed Thanksgiving admission. Springs Preserve tickets to get to Boomtown 1905 Sunday. Admission for nonresident and Christmas Day. The Nevada Feature Film — Antarctic The Audubon Society will lead and WaterWorks are free for mem- adults is $18.95, $17.05 seniors, State Museum is open Tuesday to Wildlife Adventure (75 min.) a walking tour to explore the many bers or $2 for non-members. students and military, $10.95 for Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Set sail with a family of 5 birds of the Springs Preserve. Join Boomtown 1905 children ages 3 to 17, kids 2 and EVENTS explorers to the most remote and us as we learn just how diverse and Be transported back to the era of under are free. Special event and Las Vegas as a flourishing railroad Black History Month Festival starkly beautiful continent on wonderful our feather friends are. class admission prices vary and can town at our new Boomtown 1905 Join us for the Springs Pre- earth — Antarctica. Rocky coasts, Saturday, February 9, 2019, 7:30 be found at springspreserve.org. exhibit. Walk through historical serve’s 10th annual Black History azure blue seas, and magnificent to 9 :30 a.m. Free for members or Springs Preserve Membership re-creations of the original train Month Festival to celebrate and towering icebergs set the backdrop included with general admission. Springs Preserve memberships depot, Arizona Club, Majestic commemorate the contributions for a wide variety of wildlife as Garden Class — Pruning Basics are the perfect way to share the Theatre, First State Bank, Lincoln of African-Americans to Southern you navigate through the islands Are you caught up a tree on how Springs Preserve with family and Nevada’s history and culture. Enjoy of the pristine Antarctic Peninsula. to prune your trees? Go out on a Hotel, and a mercantile. Encounter friends and are available online or family-friendly activities for all Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. limb and learn how to prune your interpretive, interactive exhibits at the Springs Preserve Ticketing ages, with live music and captivat- Free for members or with general plants for a new look. We’ll learn and period décor to learn about life Office. All memberships include ing dance performances, cultural admission. the elemental techniques you can in 1905 to 1920 Las Vegas. Take year-round Springs Preserve and art, crafts and face-painting, deli- KIDS AND FAMILY use to bring out the beauty in your the Preserve’s trackless train to tour Nevada State Museum access, dis- cious soul food and more. Febru- ACTIVITIES roses, trees, shrubs and ornamen- an original restored cottage, built counts on activities, select events ary 16, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets Toddler Time tals. Saturday, February 9, 2019, by the railroad in 1910, and visit and in the Divine Cafe and Gift are $6 for adults, $4 for children (3 Bring your little ones to the 9 to 11a.m. $10 Members, $12 early businesses as you explore the Shop, exclusive member previews, to 17), ages 2 and under are free. Springs Preserve Thursday morn- Non-members. faces and the places of Las Vegas’s and more. Individual membership Tickets are free for Bronze members ings for kid-friendly fun with a new Drip Irrigation past. Open daily 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 is $30, and a Value Family mem- and above. Tickets are available in theme every week! Recommended Learn complete drip irrigation p.m. Free for members or included bership is $60 which includes two advance at springspreserve.org. for ages 5 and under. 11 to 11:45 system installation from the street with paid general admission. Train adults and up to six kids under 18. SHOWS, EXHIBITS a.m. Thursdays. Free for members to the plants, including how to transfer tickets to get to Boomtown Donor memberships are also avail- AND FILMS or with general admission. select and assemble components. are free for members or $2 for able. Visit springspreserve.org for Extreme Parrots Ride the Train Taught by the experts from SNWA. non-members. a list of additional donor options Catch live shows with Clint Car- Take a guided, narrated ride on Saturday, February 9 and Sat- NEVADA STATE MUSEUM and details. valho’s Extreme Parrots. They’ve our life-size locomotive around urday, February 23. 9 a.m. to Finding Frémont: About the Springs Preserve smart, they’re extreme, they’ll the historical 2.2-mile Exploration 12 noon. Free. Pre-registration Pathfinder of the West Located just three miles from make the whole crowd scream! See Trail and learn the history of the required. Finding Frémont: Pathfinder the famed Las Vegas Strip, the Extreme Parrots weekends at 11 settling of the Las Vegas Valley or Natural Garden Design of the West highlights Lt. John C. Springs Preserve is an award-win- am and 1 pm in the Big Springs take a quick transfer ride to and/or Series 1.0 Frémont’s 1842-44 expeditions to ning 180-acre family destination Theater. January 5 to February from Boomtown. Daily — weather This 5-week series of classes Oregon country and Alta Califor- dedicated to exploring green living, 24, 2019. Free with general ad- permitting. Transfers to and from will cover everything needed to nia, Mexico, to map and describe desert life, and Las Vegas’ vibrant mission. Boomtown, 9:30 to 3:30 p.m. assess a site, design a garden using the Oregon Trail. These heroic history through botanical gardens, Extreme Parrots Meet and Greet daily, free for members, $2 for nature as your guide, from soil, wa- journeys established Frémont as interactive science and nature Get up close and personal with non-members. Full, guided train ter, sun, plants, animals, planting, the “Pathfinder,” and set the stage exhibits, animal shows, and trails Clint’s performing parrots. Bring a rides start at 11 a.m. daily. Check care/maintenance, and everything for his public service as soldier and offering hiking, biking, and train camera or phone to snap a picture onsite for times. $3 for members, in between. THIS SERIES IS AP- politician. The exhibit is on view rides. Indoor experiences include of your first-hand encounter with $5 for non-members. PROVED FOR PDE CREDIT FOR in the Nevada State Museum, Las exhibition galleries featuring art, your new feathered friends. $5 Bike the Trails CCSD TEACHERS. This series is Vegas through April 30, 2019. experiential and traveling exhibits, per person. Big Springs Theater, Rent a bike and take a ride along open to the public, as well. Feb- DIVINE CAFE the Divine Cafe, gift shop, and the following each show. January 5 our historical 2.2-mile Exploration ruary 23, 2019 through March Hands-on Cooking Class — Nevada State Museum. The Pre- to February 24, 2019. Trail. Daily — weather permit- 23, 2019, 8 to 12:15 p.m. $200 for Opa! Greek and Mediterranean serve hosts seasonal special events National Geographic: ting. Check onsite for times. $6 the 5-week series, $45 for individ- Cooking Class including concerts, art shows and Earth Explorers for members, $8 for non-members. ual class - “Gardens, Naturally” Experience the joy and passion holiday experiences. Plan your visit A highly interactive, hands-on, Personal bikes are not permitted. Saturday, February 23, 2019. Learn of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine at springspreserve.org or explore family-friendly exhibition that Walk with a Doc: Kids the difference between traditional at the Divine Cafe this January! via your favorite social media sites allows visitors to learn and use Get out and get moving with gardens and low-maintenance eco- The kitchen will be alive with the and find us on Google Maps. Hours methods employed by National the kids! Join the Nevada Chapter logical gardening. quintessential flair of fresh, fun of Operation: seven days a week 9 Geographic explorers in the field. of the American Academy of Pe- Natural Garden Design flavors as you learn the best way a.m. to 5 p.m. (Closed Thanksgiv- Exhibit visitors will embark on an diatrics for a free nature walk and Series 2.0 to prepare dishes to be celebrated. ing Day and Christmas Day.) Hours epic adventure through six themed health talk on our trails. Meet up Natural Garden Design Series Menu course preparations may vary for classes and special events. and immersive environments to with the group at the southern end 2.0 will review site assessment, include: Tatziki, Avgolemono, The Springs Preserve is located at discover new species; study ani- of the Amphitheater. Sunday, Feb- natural garden design, soil, gar- Houmous, Saganaki, Spanakopita, 333 South Valley View Blvd., Las mal behavior; and learn about the ruary 10, 8:15 a.m. FREE. Regular den elements, planting, and care/ Dolmades, Souvlaki, Baklava, and Vegas, NV 89107. important roles that technology, admission prices apply for access maintenance. 2.0 will dig deeper more! Friday, February 15, 6:30 Explore the Springs Preserve innovation, and ingenuity play in to museums and galleries. cover areas from the ground up and to 9:30 p.m. $89 per person, plus via social media making and documenting explorers’ Walk with a Doc beyond including the historical/ Eventbrite fees. Food and drink Use your favorite social media discoveries. Visitors will take a Get out and get moving with a agricultural customs of the food we included, gratuity not included. site to explore the Springs Preserve! simulated ride on a hot air balloon free nature walk and health talk on eat. Students will gain a deeper un- No cancellations. Reservations are Facebook / Instagram / Pinterest to record the migration of herds our trails. Meet up with the group at derstanding of garden diagnostics/ required, go to Eventbrite.com. / Twitter / YouTube across Africa and go underseas in the southern end of the Amphithe- maintenance to ensure the contin- a deep-sea submersible to survey ater. Thursday, February 21, 9:30 ued success of the garden. THIS life at all levels of the water col- a.m. FREE. Regular admission SERIES IS APPROVED FOR PDE umn — from abundant coral reefs prices include access to museums CREDIT FOR CCSD TEACH- to deep-sea thermal vents. National and galleries. ERS. Natural Garden Design Geographic Presents: Earth Ex- Jumbo Geodes Series 1.0 is not a pre-requisite plorers will showcase the work of Choose it, smash it, keep it! for this series. This series is open some of the most innovative and Crack open your own jumbo geode to the public. February 23, 2019 exciting National Geographic ex- to discover treasure inside. Drop through March 23, 2019, 1:00 plorers. On display exclusively at in to the Gift Shop DAILY. Last to 5:15 p.m. $200 for the 5-week the Springs Preserve February 4 “crack” half hour prior to close. series. $45 for individual class - through May 5, 2019, the exhibit $4 Members, $5 Non-members. “Herbs: Creating Synergy in the is open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free Earn a Nature Badge Garden” Saturday, February 23, for members or included with paid Complete a new badge booklet 2019. Learn the difference between general admission. each month and earn a badge that traditional gardens and low-mainte- Scholastic Art shows what you learned about nance ecological gardening. Herbs and Writing Awards science and nature. Daily. Free are used for the health/well-being Since 1923, the Scholastic Art for members or with paid general of the garden itself as well as the and Writing Awards have rec- admission. general health of people. ognized middle and high school GARDENS, TRAILS Do This, Don’t Do That students in art and writing. Local AND MORE KNPR’s Norm Schilling pro- jurors judged entries and present Garden Guided Walks vides sound advice on how to the best of the best. Some winners Join our experts for a guided avoid some of the most common Page 24 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 23-29, 2019 Things you do as a leader that your team can’t stand By Doug Dickerson plays a role in attaining it. Your “Laughter and tears are both people need a clear understanding responses to frustration and ex- of where they are going and why. haustion. I myself prefer to laugh Your team can’t stand being in since there is less cleaning up to the dark. do afterward.” — Kurt Vonnegut 3. You don’t have their backs I read a report in Lighthouse Let’s be clear- loyalty is a two- of a survey of 1,000 American way street. Your people need to employees conducted by Michelle know that you not only believe in McQuaid, which revealed that 65 them but when the chips are down percent of respondents would take and the stakes are high, you have a new boss over a pay raise. their backs. They need to know that In the same article, they cited you are a leader who is willing to another survey that found that 75 go to the mat for them. You can do percent of employees consider their this by taking a little bit more of the direct manager to be the worst part blame and little less of the credit. of their job. Ouch! Your team can’t stand being DoUg DICkErsoN Are you surprised by this? thrown under the bus. Many factors contribute to the who are the stars of the show. Do 4. You don’t call out bad be- attitudes and behaviors that exist you know their hopes, their dreams, haviors in the workplace. And while every their fears, their joys, their con- If you are turning a blind eye or and unleashing the talents of your Your team can’t stand waiting workplace is unique unto itself, I cerns, their needs? a deaf ear to toxic behaviors and people. Overreach is meddling and for you. believe there are some common If your people do not believe you attitudes, then- simply put, you micromanaging. 7. You don’t realize that every- characteristics of leaders, who for are connected to them on any level, are demoralizing your team. And Sometimes the greatest hin- thing rises and falls on leadership better or worse, contribute to the then what do you think motivates you can rest assured the good ones drance to progress isn’t team mem- This point is attributed to John culture of the organizations that them to be invested in you as their whom you can’t afford to lose are bers not doing their jobs, it’s team Maxwell who coined the phrase. they lead. leader? probably already looking to make members not allowed to do their But as you read through my list you If you are a leader on any level Your team can’t stand being out their exit. And why not? If you are jobs because they are not empow- will see that at the heart of every in your organization, then you need of sight and out of mind. not calling out bad behaviors then ered by their leader. issue that gives your team grief, at to pay attention to my list of seven 2. You don’t communicate why should your team place their Your team can’t stand you hold- the core, is a leadership deficiency things you do as a leader that your values and vision confidence in you as a leader? What ing them back. that drives it. While this is prob- team can’t stand. It’s not an exhaus- The connection of your people you tolerate you promote. 6. You don’t easily embrace lematic, there is a silver lining to tive list, but these are certainly the to your organization’s values and Your team can’t stand you not change be found. You can right the ship and more common ones. And just to be vision is not transferred to them by having a backbone. Your ability to adapt as a leader make corrections. But you must put fair, in next week’s space the script a piece of paper framed on the wall 5. You don’t empower your is what gives you a competitive yourself on a leadership track that will be flipped so stay tuned. in the break room. It’s communicat- people edge professionally. The same is will help you. In order to lead your 1. You are out of touch with ed and transferred from your heart There’s a fine line between being true personally. But if you are a people, you must first know how to your people to theirs. engaged and overreach as a leader. leader who is stuck in your ways lead yourself. Any leader who is worth his or Your people need to see the big Engaged involves knowing and and you are not able to adapt to Your team can’t stand you not her salt knows that it’s your people picture and hear how their part contributing and then stepping back your changing environment you are being a strong leader. taking away your competitive edge. You don’t have to be the boss or Your team can’t move forward leader that your team can’t stand. BEHIND THE MIKE and remain relevant if you are the Are you ready to rise to the leader- last one on board. ship challenge? In other words, the train will * * * * * Two “Gentle” Men leave with or without you. Don’t Doug Dickerson is a syndicated By Michael A. Aun swered all the questions. give away your competitive edge columnist. He writes a weekly col- Over the years, I have written Mr. Moses had perhaps the because you are stuck in a mindset umn for this newspaper. To contact about the many heroes of mine single greatest impact on my life, and way of doing things that only Doug Dickerson, email him at that have shaped and molded my looking back over the past seven served you well twenty years ago. ddickerson@ lasvegastribune.com. life. Two such men were William decades. Did he teach me? No, he Moses and Joseph Bedenbaugh, a was my counselor. He found talent pair of educators back in my home where none existed and somehow town of Lexington, SC. convinced me that I should enter the Mr. Bedenbaugh recently passed Oral Interpretations and Declara- away at the age of 95, wringing tions Contest. I thought to myself… every last bit of love out of life. He what harm could it do? was my high school Principal and I Every afternoon during my free think I knew him longer than almost period, I would report to a vacant any man in my life. room right behind “The Wildcat” One might think that to be Prin- room at Lexington High School. I cipal of a school should have been was Sport Editor of “The Wildcat,” adequate enough public service to our school publication so I was in one’s community. If you thought MICHAEL A. AUN one of those two rooms during any that about Joe Bedenbaugh, you I had the privilege of co-found- free periods. would have been mistaken. ing the Lexington High School For hours on end, Mr. Moses His community service record Athletic Hall of Fame. He was would coach me on how to stand, read like a “Who’s Who?” in selected to that honor as well, win- how to use voice modulation, eye the town of Lexington, SC. The ning over 90 percent of his games contact and even how to gesture. I American Legion Post 7 and the as the varsity girls’ basketball coach had to memorize a speech that fea- Lexington Lions Club were but two at Lexington in the late forties and tured a quote from the 17th century that touched my life. early fifties. poet John Donne, who wrote “For As a teenager, I played in the For me he was something else. Whom the Bel Tolls.” American Legion Baseball league He was the provider of my Christ- It was a powerfully written as well as playing for the Lexington mas present I gave my mom for speech that I commanded to mem- Lions in little league. “Mr. Beden- many of my years as a child. Mama ory. I went on to win the State Or- baugh” was a fixture at not only Alice was a practical woman and atorical Speech and Declamations these games but at every football, the last thing she would want us to Contest. baseball, basketball and track event do is waste money on an extrav- Unknowing to him, the time this I ever attended. He would often agance like perfume or jewelry. gentle man spent with me laid the ride with us to away games on No… just give her a new broom, foundation to what has become a the school bus, which I drove as a which I would purchase from Mr. speaking career that has spanned junior and senior. Bedenbaugh and his sidekick Satch almost a half century. Fortunately, I would see him with his bride, Shull, another Lexington Principal. before he died I had the opportunity Mrs. Edna, every week at my Both were members of the Lexing- to thank him publically at an awards Uncle’s grocery store, Mack’s ton Lions Club. presentation several years later. Cash and Carry on Main Street in Mr. William Moses was another These two “gentle” men man- Lexington.His wide-ranging public “gentle” man who touched my life. aged to become a compass for my service earned him membership He was my high school Guidance life. I will never forget them. into a number of prestigious Hall Counselor and a man of enormous * * * * * of Fame honors including the Mel- patience. I recall visiting him re- Michael Aun is a syndicated Sundays from 11.30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. vin Jones Award for Community garding my future and he said some columnist and writes a weekly col- Please call 702-706-6875 Service, the South Carolina Lions of my testing suggested I would be umn for this newspaper. To contact Club Hall of Fame and the Odelle good as a ballerina. Michael Aun, email him at maun@ for more information Harman Award for Service. I’m not sure if I candidly an- lasvegastribune.com. OUT WITH CABLE. IN WITH SAVINGS. $ † ™ Get a 100 AT&T Visa® Reward Card when you sign up for DIRECTV SELECT Package or above. MUST MAINTAIN SVC & REDEEM W/IN 75 DAYS (CARD IN 4 WKS). Ends 8/15/18. Restrs apply. See below for o er details.

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At that point, every beneficiary regardless of age or income would face an across-the-board 21 percent benefit cut. That reduction will grow to 26 percent by the end of the 75-year include a lower fertility rate, high- quickly fall out of balance (for ex- By The Committee for a er mortality rates, and changes to ample, with a 2.8 percentage point Responsible Federal Budget immigration and population projec- payroll tax increase deficits would The Trustees for Social Security tions as a result of new data. return by about 2030). This is why released their annual report. As they Changes in disability assump- policymakers should look beyond have for many years, their projec- tions reduce the 75-year shortfall simply keeping the program solvent tions show that the Social Security by just 0.01 percent of payroll but for 75 years and pursue “sustainable program faces a large and growing have a more significant near-term solvency” to bring the program into funding imbalance that must be effect in moving the SSDI insol- ultimate cash balance. addressed promptly to prevent vency date back four years –from Conclusion across-the-board benefit cuts or 2028 to 2032. These changes are This year’s report serves as a re- abrupt changes in tax or benefit due to lower near-term disability minder: Social Security’s shortfall levels. This year’s report shows: incidence rates and lower average needs to be addressed soon. Failure —Social Security Will Run benefits based on recent data. to act would result in all beneficia- Permanent Deficits. For the first Though recent legislation had ries receiving a 21 percent across- time since 1982, the program will a significant effect on the federal the-board benefit cut when the spend more than it raises in revenue budget overall, it had little effect combined trust fund exhausts in just and collects in interest. The gap will the first time since 1982 this year, projection window. on Social Security’s finances spe- 16 years, when today’s 51-year-olds total $900 billion over a decade. On and deficits will total about $900 Based on our interactive tool cifically. The Trustees note that the reach the normal retirement age. a cash-flow basis, Social Security billion over the next decade. On a How Old Will You Be When Social Trump Administration’s rollback of Most of the options to fix Social will run a deficit of $85 billion this cash-flow basis, deficits will total Security’s Funds Run Out?, the the Deferred Action for Childhood Security’s finances are well-known year and $1.7 trillion over the next $85 billion this year and $1.7 tril- across-the-board cut would mean Arrivals (DACA) program will and could be easily enacted and decade. lion over the next decade. lifetime benefits will be $110,000 cause a negligible increase in the implemented with political will. —Social Security Faces Large Over the longer term, the Trust- lower for an average 50-year-old actuarial deficit. In addition, the Our Social Security Reformer tool Long-Term Imbalances. The ees project Social Security’s cash and $190,000 for a typical 20-year- 2017 tax law will cause a negligible allows anyone to design their own Trustees estimate Social Security shortfall (assuming full benefits are old. decrease since repeal of the indi- comprehensive reform package. faces a 75-year shortfall of 2.84 paid) will grow from 1.2 percent of Social Security’s Finances vidual mandate and the temporary Any reforms to Social Secu- percent of payroll (1.0 percent of payroll (0.4 percent of GDP) this Have Deteriorated reduction in individual tax rates will rity should achieve sustainable GDP), growing to 4.32 percent of year to 2.8 percent of payroll (1.0 Since 2010 have offsetting effects, increasing solvency so that the program is payroll (1.5 percent of GDP) by percent of GDP) by 2030, 3.6 per- Social Security’s finances have taxable payroll but temporarily financially sound for 75 years and 2092. That means payroll taxes will cent of payroll (1.3 percent of GDP) gotten significantly worse since the reducing taxation of benefits. beyond. But solvency shouldn’t be need to be increased by 22 percent by 2040, and 4.3 percent of payroll beginning of the decade. In 2010, Delaying Fixes to Social the sole goal of reform. A thought- or scheduled benefits cut by a sixth (1.5 percent of GDP) by 2092. the Trustees estimated the trust Security is Costly ful Social Security plan should be (or some combination) to ensure This rising shortfall is the result funds would be exhausted by 2037 With insolvency only 16 years designed to improve retirement 75-year solvency; ultimately, taxes of continued benefit growth — due and the program faced a 75-year away, prompt action is needed to security, improve fairness, meet will need to be increased by a third to the aging of the population — shortfall of 1.92 percent of payroll. make Social Security solvent — not desired distributional goals, make or benefits reduced by 26 percent. but also a lack of equally robust That shortfall rose to 2.22 percent just for today’s children and work- improvements for workers with —Social Security Will Be revenue growth. The program’s in 2011, mostly stabilized at about ers, but for many of today’s retirees. disabilities, and promote long-term Insolvent by 2034. The Trustees costs have risen from 10.4 percent 2.7 percent between 2012 and 2016, Delaying necessary solvency economic growth. project depletion of the Disability of payroll in 2000 to 13.8 percent and now totals 2.84 percent. Mean- improvements not only puts ben- Encouragingly, policymak- Insurance trust fund by 2032 and of payroll today and are projected while, the projected exhaustion eficiaries at risk, but it limits the ers are starting to test some of the Old-Age & Survivors Insurance to rise further to 16.0 percent of date has been accelerated to 2034, ability of policymakers to phase the changes for Disability In- trust fund by 2034. On a theoretical payroll by 2030 and 17.7 percent of meaning the trust funds are more in changes gradually and gives surance that we published in the combined basis, the trust funds will payroll by 2092. Revenue will rise than a decade closer to insolvency today’s workers less time to plan McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions run out by 2034 — the same as last only slightly, from 12.6 percent of than back in 2010. for any changes in taxes or benefits. Initiative’s book SSDI Solutions. year’s projections. At the time of payroll this year to 13.4 percent of Specifically, the Department of insolvency, all beneficiaries will payroll by 2092. Labor recently requested proposals face a 21 percent across-the-board Generally, the Trustees measure for the RETAIN project, which will benefit cut. Social Security’s financial imbal- test strategies to help people with —The Problem Is Similar To ance over 75 years. They find the disabilities return to work based Last Year, But Has Deteriorated program faces an actuarial shortfall on Washington state’s experience. This Decade. Social Security’s of 2.84 percent of payroll (slightly Other reforms, like those proposed 75-year shortfall rose from 1.92 over 1 percent of GDP). This means in the President’s budget, should percent of payroll in 2010 to 2.83 75-year solvency would require the also be explored. percent last year and 2.84 percent equivalent of immediately raising These reforms, along with oth- this year. The 2034 insolvency date the payroll tax by just over one- While the program’s finances Delaying reforms also places an ers to the old-age program, can is the same as projected last year, fifth — from 12.4 to 15.2 percent. have worsened since 2010, they unfair and disproportionate burden strengthen Social Security and but three years earlier than project- Alternatively, solvency could be have changed very little compared on younger and future generations. promote economic growth at the ed in 2010. achieved by reducing benefits by to last year. The Trustees project no Perhaps most troubling, delay- same time. Increasing labor force —Lawmakers Should Start one-sixth — effectively cutting change in the theoretical combined ing reform actually increases the attachment, promoting delayed or Making Changes Now. Social the average annual benefit from trust fund exhaustion date of 2034, magnitude of necessary changes. more flexible retirement, encour- Security insolvency is not that far $20,660 to $17,000 for an individ- similar aggregate deficits, and a To achieve 75-year solvency today, aging more retirement savings, and away — when today’s 51-year-olds ual retiring this year at the normal 75-year actuarial shortfall of 2.84 for example, lawmakers could im- shrinking the gap between dedi- reach the normal retirement age age. Maintaining sustainable sol- percent of payroll as opposed to mediately raise the Social Security cated revenue and benefit outlays and today’s youngest retirees turn vency in the 75th year requires 2.83 percent of payroll last year. payroll taxes by 22 percent, or 2.8 could all help boost the economy 78. Waiting 16 years to act would raising the payroll tax by one-third This small increase in the 75- percentage points. If lawmakers — which is likely to experience mean any tax hikes or benefit cuts (from 12.4 to nearly 17 percent) or year shortfall is entirely due to the wait until 2034, they would have slow growth as a result of the aging have to be 35 to 40 percent larger. cutting benefits by 26 percent (av- shifting of the projection window, to increase the payroll taxes by 31 population. Protecting Social Security’s erage benefit reduced from $52,000 which adds 2092 to the projection percent, or 3.9 percentage points. Thoughtful reforms enacted solvency is vitally important for the to $38,500 in 2092). period. This shift adds 0.06 percent Similarly, Social Security sol- today can still promote growth, country’s overall fiscal outlook and Social Security Is Headed of payroll to the 75-year deficit. vency could be achieved with a 17 assure solvency, protect or enhance the 86 million beneficiaries who Toward Insolvency Other changes slightly reduce the percent across-the-board benefit benefits for those who need them, will be on the program when the As Social Security’s deficits shortfall. cut today, which would rise to 23 and give workers and taxpayers trust funds are exhausted in 2034. grow, it will increasingly fund ben- The largest change is a 0.05 per- percent if they wait until 2034. If time to plan and adjust. But it is Swift action is needed to prevent efits out of its reserves. Ultimately, cent reduction in the shortfall due benefit reductions applied only already too late to fix Social Se- seniors, surviving dependents, and those reserves will be depleted, and to methodological improvements. to new beneficiaries, cuts would curity through easy incremental people with disabilities from facing all beneficiaries will face a large These include changes to projec- need to be 21 percent today; even changes. Waiting another fifteen, abrupt cuts in just a few years. across-the-board benefit cut. tions for mortality rates, labor force eliminating benefits for new benefi- ten, or even five years to act will Social Security Faces a The Social Security Disability participation among women in their ciaries in 2034 would not be enough continue to limit available options Large and Growing Shortfall Insurance (SSDI) trust fund is 40s and 50s, projections of female to avoid insolvency. and put Social Security at risk. As The Social Security Trustees projected to be exhausted by 2032, old-age enrollees, initial benefits, Importantly, even with an im- the Trustees said, “with informed project the program will run per- while the Old-Age & Survivors taxation of benefits, and retroactive mediate payroll tax increase or discussion, creative thinking, and manent deficits until the trust fund Insurance trust fund is projected benefits for disabled workers. benefit cut large enough to make the timely legislative action, Social is exhausted. Including interest, to deplete its reserves by 2034. On The long-term assumptions program solvent, cash-flow deficits Security can continue to protect spending will exceed income for a theoretical combined basis — for economics, demography, and could return and the program could future generations.” disability are unchanged from last year’s report, though each have near-term changes based on up- dated data. Changes in economic assump- tions add 0.01 percent to the actuar- ial shortfall. These changes include a 1 percent reduction in potential GDP throughout the projection pe- riod, a near-term reduction in inter- est rates, and a near-term reduction in the ratio of taxable payroll and labor compensation to GDP. Changes in demographic as- sumptions add another 0.01 percent to the 75-year shortfall. Changes Page 26 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 23-29, 2019 What You Need To Know By Dr Nina Radcliff Why Excess Body Weight is Bad for You By Dr. Nina Radcliff, MD there are many theories regarding Despite mounds of studies and the root cause of gaining weight, health reports sounding alarms on the foundational truth is that ex- the effects of excess body weight, cess weight gain occurs when serious questions remain if the you consume more calories than message is understood or well-dis- required on a daily basis, as your seminated. The facts are that excess body stores these excess calories weight (being overweight or obese) as fat. Combine this with weeks- double orders for better prices, toys calories a day than you consume you eat, experts underscore you’ve has far-reaching health consequenc- to-months-to-years of inactivity with kid’s meal, and misleading in food, that would equal a two- missed the real problem: What you es — increasing risk for: and a lack of daily exercise — this merchandising with images and pound weight loss. And generally eat. The calories that are burnt in —Heart disease creates the perfect environment for words like “organic and healthy,” speaking, losing weight faster than any sixty minutes of physical activ- —Type 2 diabetes obesity to occur. when the product is laden with that can become dangerous, either ity can be wiped out in just minutes —High blood pressure Remember, too, that your battle sugars and unhealthy fats. from not eating enough, or exer- with the wrong food. —High cholesterol levels of the bulge is multifactorial and —Sedentary lifestyle which cising too much. It is paramount to And people who try to lose —Alzheimer’s dementia also includes modern life issues of: has been exacerbated by technol- stay focused on this day, this week. weight by dedicating hours each —Stroke —The overuse of sugar, fat and ogy — computers, smart phones, Make your commitment to your day to exercise, get discouraged —Liver and gallbladder disease salt in foods to entice our taste buds tablets— at our workplace, schools, best health, each day. when the pounds don’t magically —Sleep apnea and excite our brain’s pleasure cen- and homes Steer clear of fad diets melt off. On the other hand, suc- —Respiratory problems ters, along with its easy availability —Yo-yo dieting — our bod- Many of us greatly desire to lose cessfully changing what you eat —Arthritis, joint disease (in every corner, nook and cranny, ies are designed to hold onto fat. weight, and as a result can be easily and drink does help when combined —Difficulty in mobility 24-7) Long-term calorie restriction sends tempted by fad diets — weight loss with physical activity. —Abnormal menstrual periods —Larger serving sizes of foods signals to the brain that triggers a plans that promise dramatic results. Now that you have a better un- and infertility in women and drinks at the store, our homes, craving for food. Because of the However, when it comes to losing derstanding of how excess weight wreaks havoc with your physical, —Cancer of the breast, colon/ and restaurants frustration of failure, many people pounds fast or other gimmicks, mental and emotional health — rectum, endometrium, esophagus, —Increase in out-of-home din- are simply giving up on slimming there is abundant truth in the saying including how you view yourself gallbladder, kidney, liver, ovaries, ing down, making excess weight their “If it seems too good to be true, it from a physical standpoint —make pancreas, stomach, thyroid, mouth, —Generally, unhealthy and accepted norm. probably is.” that commitment to lose weight! pharynx, and larynx, as well as cheap food options in school and Weight Loss Fad diets can range from only Know, too, that dietary changes are Key factors play an important consuming cayenne pepper and meningioma and multiple myeloma work cafeterias especially important at the begin- role in your ability to lose weight water, to eating only grapefruit, or —Psychological, emotional —Prevalence of chronic stress, ning of any new weight loss plan. issues including low self-esteem, anxiety and depression which often effectively. even the ever-popular Atkins eating Next week I will provide insightful anxiety, even depression leads to emotional eating. Comfort Create realistic goals plan. While these diets can help understandings to help rid excess —And on average, people car- foods are aptly named because they Patience is a virtue, and, too, a you drop several pounds quickly, weight. And while it’s no secret that rying excess weight do not live are rich in sugar, fat and salt — key component of any weight loss for most humans, they are nearly losing weight is challenging — it is as long as people maintaining a giving a sense of pleasure, though plan. Most experts recommend impossible to maintain for long possible! And very possible when healthy body weight. temporary and fleeting…while the a gradual and steady weight loss periods of time. As a result, their you decide to commit yourself to fi- Modern life in America has led calories and fat stay put. of 1/2 to 2 pounds per week. But effects are short-term and fleeting nally losing weight and understand many people to eat more unhealthy —The culture of holiday over- for those who are 30 pounds over- when we stop them. And, too, they key points. Stay tuned! foods, eat bigger food portions, indulgence weight, the idea of a 15-60 week can also be dangerous to our health This article is for general in- and be less active. As a result, the —Long-work hours and pro- period before attaining that goal as they oftentimes fail to provide formation only and should not be number of Americans who are over- ductivity demands that contribute can be daunting, frustrating, and our body with essential vitamins used for the diagnosis or treatment weight or obese (very overweight) to sedentary lifestyle, stress, un- defeating. and nutrients (malnutrition), cause of medical conditions and cannot has been rising dramatically. 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The closest neighbor was many miles away. Efrain claimed the land and be- gan to raise cows, but the jaguars kept eating them. Industrious and The only place to stay and eat ins and a road which would take and natural reserve we experienced national parks and forest reserves. always thinking, Efrain stocked was with Efrain and his family in four-wheel drive vehicles. Later today. Information the river with trout. When people their home. Because so many peo- the beautiful natural untouched The Savegre Hotel, Natural The Costa Rica Tourist Board heard of the abundant number of ple were coming by the end of the region drew visitors for its other Reserve & Spa, Costa Rica: For offers free advice and information exceptionally large trout, they hiked ’70’s, hours by car, than a short trip attractions. information, call (866)-549-1178. about resorts, “Meet the People” ru- from San Jose through the jungle to by boat with crocodiles and other This was the beginning of his Visit the websites info@savegre. ral tourism, restaurants, volcanoes, the river. 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U.S. citizens in energy savings at home, or busi- personal and commercial banking can open online accounts with any nesses committed to sustainable op- services and invests customer of these banks. erations, are ideal loan candidates deposits in sustainable and com- To find more banks and credit for VSECU, given its underlying munity development projects that unions that worry about achieving commitment to ethical practices return high yields financially and a so-called “triple bottom line” (fi- that benefit the community. environmentally. 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Only era, Amalgamated considers en- stays green not just by foregoing 11 of the 48 banks around the world vironmental sustainability a key brick-and-mortar branch locations that qualify as members of this component of its overall investment but also by investing only in busi- Netherlands-based non-profit are criteria, refusing “to invest our own nesses and institutions that have U.S.-based, but industry analysts a leading “green” credit union in dollars in funds that harm people or sworn off fossil fuels, is yet another expect many more American banks EarthTalk® is pro- Vermont. “Your credit union or the planet.” Amalgamated offers a green choice. Still other responsible will start to go green given increas- duced by Roddy Scheer bank has a lot of power in determin- full suite of banking and investment options include: City First Bank of ing public demand for putting our and Doug Moss for ing who has access to money, which services to individuals, businesses, DC, First Green Bank, the Missoula money where our mouths are. the 501(c)3 nonprofit EarthTalk. To donate, visit www.earthtalk.org. Send questions to: ques- [email protected]. Dear EarthTalk: After reading an EarthTalk piece on climate di- vestment, I’m looking to switch my checking and savings accounts to an environmentally friendly bank. Any ideas? — Bill Kim, Troy, NY Few of us think about how our banking affects the environment but, in reality, putting your mon- ey with a green-minded financial institution may be one of the best things you can do to help conserve land, protect air and water, save endangered wildlife and mitigate climate change. Banks (owned by shareholders) and credit unions (owned by the customers) lend and invest some of the deposited funds they are holding, which is how they’re able to pay interest back to you. A bank or credit union that limits its investments to sustainability-oriented companies and institutions is well on its way to being considered green. “Money is power — it allows people and businesses to meet their needs and act on their beliefs,” says Laurie Fielder of the Vermont State Employees Credit Union (VSECU), A green wave hasn’t quite swept the banking industry in the U.S. yet but a few pioneers are blazing new trails for sustainability-oriented depositors. LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE CLASSIFIEDS

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