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Defense attorneys accusing Bunkerville prosecution of making a ‘mockery’ of trial By Thomas Mitchell on incorrect legal arguments to impeding federal officers as a result The federal public defenders excuse their failure. of the 2014 armed standoff with representing Montana militia mem- Quoting the 9th U.S. Circuit federal agents who unsuccessfully ber Ryan Payne mince no words Court of Appeals, the motion attempted to impound Bundy’s in responding to the prosecution’s states, a “trial prosecutor’s specu- cattle for failing to pay grazing fees response to their motions — un- lative prediction about the likely for two decades. sealed on Wednesday, though heav- materiality of favorable evidence About a month into their trial ily redacted — to have charges ...should not limit the disclosure the judge declared a mistrial over dismissed against their client and of such evidence, because it is just the fact the prosecution had failed co-defendants Cliven Bundy and too difficult to analyze before trial to timely disclose evidence to the his sons Ammon and Ryan. whether particular evidence ulti- defendants. But the very evidence The attorneys accuse the gov- mately will prove to be ‘material’ that prompted the mistrial was evi- ernment of failing to turn over per- after trial,” adding, “Thus, ‘there dence the judge had earlier deemed tinent evidence to the defense. They is a significant practical difference inadmissible because it amounted write that the government is relying between the pretrial decision of to an argument that the accused the prosecutor and the post-trial were provoked to act. decision of the judge.’” “As a general defense to the My Point The four face charges that in- numerous discovery violations this clude obstruction of justice, con- Court recognized in its preliminary of View Ryan Payne at an Oregon protest spiracy, extortion, assault and (See Bundy Trial, Page 4) By Rolando Larraz

I wish someone could tell me why all of a sudden that our former Kirstin Blaise Lobato’s charges perfectly fine way of writing or saying the date, in this country — month first, day of the month sec- ond — is not suitable for everyone dismissed in 2001 homicide case any more. I wish someone could By Hans Sherrer The 35-year-old Kirstin Lo- Lobato’s new evidence proves it is explain it to me. Special to the Las Vegas Tribune bato’s saga began with her arrest physically impossible she commit- Way back when I was in first On December 29, 2017 Kirstin on July 20, 2001 for the homicide ted Bailey’s homicide. grade, I learned that when writing a Blaise Lobato’s charges were dis- of homeless Duran Bailey in Las The dismissal follows Judge letter or any other paperwork where missed related to Duran Bailey’s Vegas on July 8, 2001. She was Stefany Miley’s ruling on Decem- the date needed to be written, the 2001 homicide in Las Vegas. The 18 when arrested, so she has spent ber 19, 2017 granting Lobato’s month comes first, then the day, and Order signed by Clark County Dis- close to half her life in prison. habeas petition and ordering a new then the year. trict Court Chief Judge Elizabeth Dismissal of the charges was trial. Miley ruled that Lobato’s Since the shooting on October 1 Gonzalez states: based on new expert forensic trial lawyers provided ineffective at the MGM property, I keep hear- “Having come before the court evidence presented in her habeas assistance of counsel for failing to ing some members of the media, on December 29, 2017, for the corpus petition filed in May 2010 investigate and present the expert some county and city officials and State’s Motion to Dismiss with Prej- that proves Bailey died on the forensic entomology and expert some of their followers referring udice, the Court finding good cause evening of July 8. The prosecution forensic pathology evidence that to the tragic incident as 1 October, has been shown, hereby Orders that admitted during Lobato’s 2006 trial proves Bailey died on the evening and I wonder why; I would love to the above entitled case is dismissed that credible alibi evidence proves of July 8. have someone tell me why, all of a with prejudice. The Defendant shall she was 165 miles from Las Vegas Judge Gonzalez’ dismissal with be released from the custody of the at her home in Panaca from the prejudice means Kirstin Lobato can sudden, we have that grammatical Nevada Department of Corrections late morning of July 8 until after never be recharged. It is also tacit change. forthwith.” KIRSTIN BLAISE LOBATO Bailey’s body was found that night. (See Lobato, Page 6) After the October 1 shooting and after hearing over and over the change as I mentioned above, I started paying attention and I see Meddling goes hand in hand that every letter I receive still starts with the month, then the day, and then the year. with any election or country A press release from the county from a man named Howard Stutz By Las Vegas Tribune Staff meddled with the U.S. elections, dated December 15, 2017 (exactly Right after President Donald just as much as this country has in that order and yet the Press Re- Trump was sworn into office on meddled with their elections. lease reads as follows: “Las Vegas January 20, 2016, the mainstream On many occasions the Amer- Victims’ Fund Releases Final Pro- liberal media, the anti-Trump Re- ican media has involved itself tocol For Distribution Of Funds To publicans and the Socialist Dem- and urged other countries to get 1 October Victims.” ocrats became obsessed with the involved in the American elections; I was under the impression that Russia-Trump meddling, and wast- just last year, 2016, Megyn Kelly I know everyone in the communi- ed hours of air time and gallons of crossed the border to Canada to cation office of the county, but I ink on that subject with the idea hold a campaign debate in that guess I was wrong because I never of confusing the voters and the country. heard of this Howard Stutz guy, constituents who would be naïve At the time, Las Vegas Tribune unless he is the same man who enough to believe those reports and wondered why the American elec- writes a business column for the any newspapers’ fake news. tion needed to be taken across the daily newspaper who is married to For as far back as anyone can border to any other country, and former District Court Judge Valorie remember, other countries have (See Election Meddling, Page 4) Vega who retired after conspiring with former prosecutors, now District Court Judge Bill Kephart, FBI probed for election interference and former Clark County District Attorney David Roger, crucifying Kirstin Lobato for a crime she did House Intel Committee investigates plot to stop Trump not commit. WASHINGTON (WND) — Nunes has put in place what Maybe this Howard Stutz can What began as an investigation of amounts to a separate investigation see to it to explain to me how, all of Russian interference in the 2016 of the FBI and the Justice Depart- a sudden, why October 1 becomes election has now become a probe ment hierarchy. 1 October. What is the significance into how federal law enforcement According to reports, the major of the change so I can learn; after conspired to stop Donald Trump components are: all, there is always time to learn from becoming president. —Fusion GPS, the opposition — even for an old man like yours The House Permanent Select research company that prepared truly. And the head honcho at the Committee on Intelligence has ex- the bogus Trump-Russia dossier communications department of panded its investigation that began with money from Hillary Clinton’s Clark County can tell us members with claims of Russian collusion campaign and the Democratic Na- of the media that Howard Stutz and a fraudulent memo paid for tional Committee. is the newest staff addition in the by Trump opponents to one that —How the FBI allowed that communications department. focuses on members of federal law dossier to fuel investigations since Perhaps, the Communication enforcement — both in the U.S. July 2016. Director, Erick Papa, wants to keep Justice Department and the FBI —Investigative bias that has the appointment of Stutz confiden- — and how they actively worked been discovered regarding several tial so he does not have to prove against the Trump campaign and the key investigators. me right when I told him that every eventual Trump presidency. A key subpoenaed witness is move the government ever makes In a startling turnabout, com- David Kramer, an associate of Sen. is with a purpose and to help “one mittee Chairman Devin Nunes, John McCain, R-Ariz. Kramer is of them” in the clique. R-Calif., is accusing the Justice possesses no documents related to lif., is already opposing the move, one of the few people known to If Howard Stutz was brought to Department and the FBI of mislead- the infamous Trump dossier, then, even though he and other Demo- have possessed a hard copy of the Erick Papa’s staff because they all ing him in “a pattern of behavior under pressure, produced “numer- crats have conceded recently that dossier. McCain asked Kramer to worked together at one time in the that can no longer be tolerated.” ous” such papers. finding a Russia-Trump conspiracy represent him at a Nov. 28, 2016, (See My Point of View, Page 2) He charges that Justice claimed it U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Ca- has produced no real evidence. (See FBI Investigated, Page 3) Page 2 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 3-9, 2018 Meeting the competition is no longer important By Las Vegas Tribune Staff those carrying a weapon so openly constitutional right of the nation’s Sadly, Las Vegas is one of the will never be able to pull it out if freedom of the press. few cities in the United States with they are being attacked because the It is important to be prepared and only one newspaper, so “the only other person will already be aware alert, but the enemy should not be newspaper in the city” does not that the other person is packing. privy to our security information; need to run with a dateline to beat On April 17, 1961, the Cuban and if having some “confidential the competition and risk the safety Dictator and his army of criminals strategy” will upset some of the of the community. were at Bay of Pigs waiting for the so-called mainstream media, then In its December 27th edition, alleged American backed invasion so be it. the daily newspaper’s the headline because the liberal American media No matter what the government read, “Las Vegas adds snipers for had been publicizing the departure and law enforcement agencies try tighter security initiative in New of the invasion that was supposed to feed the nation, it is a reality Year’s ...” taking notes from a press to liberate the country from the that we are at war and the safety of conference with a few government communist regime that had taken the citizens is more important than officials blasting how they are “pro- over twenty-eight months earlier. pleasing the liberal media, even if tecting” the community and revel- newspaper, as if they were running help avoid a tragic disaster because As much as it is refreshing to the government is half liberal and ers at the New Year’s festivities. with the exclusive to beat the com- the enemies of this nation would not be able to enjoy freedom of the half pink. “Snipers, National Guard will petition disregarding the fact that be surprised if they knew how the press and be able to be free to Every time there is an attack in man New Year’s Eve on Las Ve- the safety of the visitors, tourists city would be protected. write different opinions and points some public place, at some public gas Strip” boasted the only daily and locals could be in jeopardy if It is almost like people who of view without being concerned school or at some public event, the in fact anyone wanted to challenge carry a concealed weapon and brag with the safety of the writer, it is elected officials promise to correct those government officials. about it and show their gun every- also important to save confidential the holes in the security and work Even if there were a competition where they go by taking their coat and security information to protect hard to avoid another tragedy, and regarding the Las Vegas news, a lit- off in every restaurant they visit; the community from the enemies they also immediately move to start TRIBUNE tle caution would not hurt anyone to there is always the possibility that who may take advantage of the collecting money for the victims. 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FOUNDER My Point of View Rolando Larraz (Continued from Page 1) elected them. ty Sheriff Joe Lombardo, and funds For the record, I am not interest- past, it is okay, but if he was brought I would like to know, if in reality contributed to the Direct Impact ed in that type of job; in fact I don’t PUBLISHER to the County because he is married former Judge Vega’s husband is Fund, the National Compassion know if I could ever mold myself to AND to a former judge, that is not okay. now part of the Communications Fund and other accounts. Nielsen work in that type of environment — EDITOR IN CHIEF I hope Erick Papa gives me the Department of Clark County, if his said the Committee will continue punching in and out, thirty minutes Rolando Larraz respect that I believe I deserve and job was posted, if it was put out for to seek donations well into next for lunch, forced to laugh at my answers my question to appease my a bid, and if other people were inter- year, but encouraged everyone to boss’s stupid jokes and agree with GENERAL MANAGER inquiring mind. viewed for the job that the former contribute prior to the end of Janu- him or her all the time. I know I am Perly Viasmensky As I have stated before, the job Judge Vega’s husband applied for, ary. The Las Vegas Victims’ Fund not a yes man or anyone’s puppet, of the Public Information Office even if all the people involved were (“LVVF”) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit and could never be. MANAGING EDITOR is to keep the media away from well aware that the interviews, the corporation and contributions to the My name is Rolando Larraz, and Maramis Choufani the elected or appointed officials posting or the bidding were all a LVVF are tax deductible. as always, I approved this column. PRODUCTION and that is why they get paid; but formality to fool everyone. It is as I have always said: In the Rolando Larraz is Editor in Don Snook a little hypocrisy would not hurt The LVVF, which currently country of Las Vegas, it is not who Chief of the Las Vegas Tribune. that much — after all, we all know stands at more than $22 million, you know but who knows you; it is His column appears weekly in this ASSOCIATE EDITOR their job is not to keep the public includes money raised through not how long you have lived here, newspaper. 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January 3-9, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 3 Congress’ investigators find irregularities in the FBI’s handling of Clinton email case By John Solomon information, our judgment is that no The Hill reasonable prosecutor would bring Republicans on key congres- such a case,” Comey said. sional committees say they have The FBI also confirmed that a uncovered new irregularities and key witness, a computer technician contradictions inside the FBI’s who deleted Clinton emails from probe of Hillary Clinton’s email her server in March 2015 after a server. congressional subpoena had been For the first time, investigators issued for them, originally lied say they have secured written evi- to the FBI during his interviews, dence that the FBI believed there memos show. The witness’s name was evidence that some laws were was redacted from documents broken when the former secretary released by the FBI but he was of State and her top aides transmit- identified as an employee of a com- ted classified information through puter firm that helped maintained her insecure private email server, Clinton’s email server. lawmakers and investigators told His admission of false state- The Hill. ments came one day after the That evidence includes passages Comey statement was already being in FBI documents stating the “sheer drafted, investigators told The Hill. volume” of classified information The computer employee orig- that flowed through Clinton’s inse- pursue charges with prosecutors. over as the top Democrat on House ical connections, ethical conflicts inally told the FBI in a February cure emails was proof of criminality In this case, the bureau hierarchy Judiciary after former Rep. John or biases that affected their work. 2016 interview that he did not as well as an admission of false controlled both the investigation Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) stepped aside In the meantime, Republicans recall making any deletions from statements by one key witness in and the charging decision from after sexual misconduct allegations on three House committees and the Clinton’s server in March 2015, the case, the investigators said. Washington, a scenario known in were made against him. Senate Judiciary Committee have FBI records show. The name of the witness is FBI parlance as a “special,” the Gaetz said he has growing ques- pieced together new evidence from But then on May 3, 2016, the redacted from the FBI documents lawmakers said. tions about the role the Obama Jus- recent interviews and document same employee in a subsequent but lawmakers said he was an The FBI declined comment on tice Department played in the case. productions. FBI interview told agents he had employee of a computer firm that McCabe’s closed-door testimony Former FBI Director James That information wasn’t avail- an “oh shit moment” and in late helped maintain her personal server and the evidence being shared with Comey has testified he made the de- able to them when Comey an- March 2015 deleted Clinton’s email after she left office as America’s Congress. cision not to seek criminal charges nounced in July 2016 that he would archive from the server, according top diplomat and who belatedly Some Republicans on the com- against Clinton — with no Justice not seek charges against Clinton to FBI documents reviewed by admitted he had permanently erased mittee say the findings and reve- Department input — because he even though she and her aides had The Hill. an archive of her messages in 2015 lations have left them more con- feared any involvement from the transmitted more than 110 pieces of Lying to the FBI is a federal after they had been subpoenaed by vinced than ever that FBI leadership department might taint the findings classified information through her felony, a crime that former Trump Congress. rigged the outcome to clear Clinton. after then-Attorney General Loretta insecure email server, some of it at national security adviser Michael The investigators also confirmed “This was an effort to pre-bake Lynch met with former President the “top secret” and “secret” levels. Flynn recently pleaded guilty to. that the FBI began drafting a state- the cake, pre-bake the outcome,” Bill Clinton on a tarmac during One storyline that has emerged But the FBI decided not to pursue ment exonerating Clinton of any said Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), a the closing days of the probe in is that the FBI’s own documents criminal charges against the wit- crimes while evidence responsive House Judiciary Committee mem- June 2016. stated there was evidence some ness, and instead gave the techni- to subpoenas was still outstanding ber who attended the McCabe brief- He also argued in an initial laws had been broken, but bureau cian an immunity deal so he could and before agents had interviewed ing before the holidays. “Hillary July 5, 2016, press conference leaders declined to pursue charges correct his story, congressional investigators said. more than a dozen key witnesses. Clinton obviously benefited from announcing the decision that he on the grounds they could not prove Republican investigators say Those witnesses included Clin- people taking actions to ensure she did not believe he could show that Clinton and her aides intended to the most glaring irregularity they ton and the computer firm employee wasn’t held accountable.” Clinton intended to send classified violate the law. have found is the decision to begin who permanently erased her email Gaetz said he could not divulge information over her server. Those concerns were reflected drafting a statement exonerating archives just days after the emails the specifics of what McCabe told But Gaetz said his panel has in the initial draft statements Com- Clinton before much of the inves- were subpoenaed by Congress, the lawmakers, but that he left the Dec. evidence the FBI took actions while ey and his leadership team began tigative interviewing and evidence investigators said. 21 session believing the FBI had writing the exoneration statement writing in spring 2016. The Hill first gathering was even done. Lawmakers on the House Ju- deviated from its “normal objec- that required Justice input, such reported in November that Comey’s While the first draft of the state- diciary Committee who attended tive practices” while investigating as immunizing witnesses in June original May 2, 2016, draft included ment was dated May 2, 2016, FBI a Dec. 21 closed-door briefing Clinton. 2016. He said he would like to learn the words “grossly negligent” — records gathered by congressional by FBI Deputy Director Andrew The top Democrat on the panel more about what instructions, sen- the language supporting a criminal investigators show agents were McCabe say the bureau official acknowledged the FBI’s handling timents and communications were charge for mishandling classified still receiving evidence responsive confirmed that the investigation and of the case was unique, but argued conveyed between the department information — but it was later to grand jury subpoenas well after charging decisions were controlled Republicans are politicizing their and the FBI. changed to the softer “extremely that, including documents and other by a small group in Washington own panel’s work. “I think we have more questions careless.” evidentiary items logged on May headquarters than rather the normal “To the extent that the Assistant than answers based on what we’ve GOP congressional investigators 13, May 19 and May 26. process of allowing field offices to Director of the FBI was involved in learned,” Gaetz said. told The Hill multiple drafts of the A House GOP lawmaker told investigate possible criminality in that investigation, and recognizing Both parties are likely to learn statement also included specific The Hill his staff also has identified their localities. The Clinton email that the investigation itself present- more in the first quarter of 2018 language acknowledging there was at least a dozen interviews that were server in question was based in ed a unique set of circumstances, when the Justice Department in- “evidence of potential violations of conducted after the drafting effort New York. his testimony did not raise any spector general is expected to the statutes regarding the handling began, including of some figures In normal FBI cases, field of- concerns that would justify the Re- release initial findings in what has of classified information.” who would have key information fices where crimes are believed to publicans’ outsized obsession with become a wide-ranging probe into Furthermore, the May 2, 2016, about intent or possible destruction have been committed investigate Hillary Clinton’s emails two years the FBI’s handling of the Clinton draft included a second passage that of evidence. the evidence and then recommend after the fact,” said Rep. Jerrold email case as well as whether suggested the large amount of high- Senate Judiciary Committee to bureau hierarchy whether to Nadler (D-N.Y) who recently took agents and supervisors had polit- ly classified information — eight Chairman Chuck Grassley’s (R-Io- top secret passages and 37 secret wa) staff has a higher number: 17 FBI Investigated passages — that passed through witnesses including Clinton were Clinton’s private server suggested interviewed after the decision was (Continued from Page 1) Rosenstein, Nunes said the Department of Justice at criminality. already made. meeting with Christopher Steele in Surrey, England. first said dossier-related FBI interview summaries, “The sheer volume of informa- “Making a conclusion before Steele compiled the 35 pages of memos making up the known as 302s, “did not exist.” Weeks later, under an tion that was properly classified as you interview key fact witnesses dossier based on his paid Kremlin sources. Aug. 24 subpoena, DOJ suddenly located “numerous Secret at the time it was discussed and the subject herself violates the Kramer then obtained a copy of the dossier from FD-302s pertaining to the Steele dossier, thereby ren- on email (that is, excluding the very premise of good investigation. dering the initial response disingenuous at best,” the Fusion GPS and McCain hand-delivered a copy to “up classified” emails) supports an You don’t lock into a theory until House intel committee chief wrote. then-FBI director James B. Comey in December 2016. inference that the participants were you have the facts. Here the evi- According to an interview in Mother Jones mag- Based on the record of stonewalling, Nunes said the grossly negligent in their handling dence that isn’t public yet shows azine, Steele said he supplied his memos accusing committee no longer can accept Justice’s position that of that information,” the FBI’s they locked into the theory and then Trump of a Russia conspiracy to the FBI in “early July” it cannot turn over other official investigative forms, original draft read, according to a edited out the facts that contradicted 2016. Comey has testified he began the counterintelli- called 1032s. They document meetings between the source who has seen it. it,” the GOP lawmaker said, speak- gence investigation in “late July.” The memos accused FBI and confidential human sources. Comey used some of the lan- ing only on condition of anonymity the Trump team of a conspiracy with the Kremlin to He gave the Justice Department until Wednesday guage the agents had put in the because the documents are not yet damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign. to comply with his requests. initial drafts of the memo when authorized for release. Nunes wants more information on how the bureau “Unfortunately, DOJ/FBI’s intransigence with re- he made his announcement of no A senior law enforcement offi- used the document to investigate Trump people. He spect to the August 24 subpoenas is part of a broader charges. cial directly familiar with the inves- has been unsuccessfully trying to gain access to FBI pattern of behavior that can no longer be tolerated,” “Although there is evidence of tigation, speaking only on condition documents. Nunes wrote. “At this point, it seems the DOJ and FBI potential violations of the statutes of anonymity because he was not In a Dec. 28 letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod need to be investigating themselves.” regarding the handling of classified (See House Investigation, Page 5)

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In this trial Cliven Bundy and Pardon us plebs, but we are a During that trial the judge had sons Ryan and Ammon, as well as tad bit confused about just what is granted a sweeping prosecution self-styled militia member Ryan admissible evidence in the Bunker- motion to bar arguments about the Payne, face charges that include ville standoff trials. defendants’ “state of mind,” such obstruction of justice, conspiracy, This past week, about a month as whether they were provoked by extortion, assault and impeding into the second of three scheduled the government’s massive show federal officers. trials, the judge declared a mistrial of force. Faced with armed protesters because the prosecution had failed She ruled that defense could not during the cattle impoundment, to timely turn over potentially ex- mention nor show video or audio agents released the cattle rather than culpatory evidence to the defense. depicting the arrest of Cliven’s risk a shootout. Federal Judge Gloria Navar- son Dave Bundy in which he was “The law does not permit the ro listed six instances in which wrestled to the ground; nor any defendants to expand the legally prosecutors willfully withheld recordings showing the tasering cognizable defense of self-defense evidence — including information of son Ammon Bundy or a BLM against a law enforcement officer about an FBI surveillance camera, agent grabbing Cliven’s sister by incorporating instigation and documents citing the presence of CLIVEN BUNDY Margaret Houston from behind and provocation,” the latest motion snipers, certain maps, FBI logs, showed up at Cliven Bundy’s ranch prosecutors previously denied any throwing her to the ground; nor any states. “To do so would eviscerate threat assessments that showed in April 2014 when BLM agents snipers were posted and now say testimony or opinion about the level the well-recognized elements of the Bundys weren’t violent and attempted to impound 500 head they were unaware of the FBI log of force displayed by law enforce- self-defense. Defendants, rather, internal affairs documents detailing of his cattle for failing to pay $1 showing otherwise. Ignorance is no ment; nor references to Bundy’s seek to introduce evidence of in- possible misdeeds by the Bureau of million in grazing fees and fines for accuse, the judge chided. grazing, water, or legacy rights on stigation and provocation to obtain Land Management agent in charge, two decades. Curious. In an earlier trial, Judge the public lands; no references to jury nullification. Jury nullification who was later fired. According to press accounts, Navarro kicked defendant Erik infringements on First and Second is illegal.” The judge ruled the material Judge Navarro noted FBI log en- Parker off the witness stand for Amendment rights; and no mention Rather than slap a lien on the might have been useful in shaping tries said “snipers were inserted” trying to mention where a BLM of the punishment the defendants Bundy ranch and cattle or freeze a defense for the protesters who outside the Bundy home, though sniper was positioned. He was not faced if convicted. the ranch’s bank accounts, the BLM It appears some of the very instead chose to send in an armed Bundy Trial things not allowed in evidence at force to oversee the rounding up (Continued from Page 1) stated, “On or about April 7, 2014, requests.” an earlier trial are now grounds for of Bundy’s cattle by contracted oral findings, the government now PAYNE used the internet and other The motion concludes, “The a mistrial because the defense was cowboys. The operation has been claims the withheld materials are facilities in interstate commerce to government has treated this trial not provided documentation. estimated to have cost $3 million. irrelevant because Payne’s purport- recruit gunmen and others to travel as a scrimmage game, a practice To add further to the contortions Once the cattle were corralled and ed defense is ‘non-cognizable,’” the to the Bundy Ranch for the un- exercise, to see what it can get away and machinations of this case, just off the grazing range, there was no public defenders argue. lawful purpose of interfering with with, peeking into the defense case days before the judge declared hay to feed them and reportedly no “This argument misrepresents impoundment operations, stating while it did so and taking advantage a mistrial the prosecution filed a one willing to take the cattle. both the nature of Payne’s defense falsely, among other things, that of its preview. The government’s motion similar to the one granted Additionally, withheld docu- and the government’s awareness the Bundy Ranch was surrounded handling of its disclosure obliga- in the prior trial. It asked the judge ments reportedly included state- of it, and seeks to relitigate matters by BLM snipers …” tions and the government’s late to not allow the introduction of ments that no threatened desert this Court has already decided. The motion called the prose- disclosures have made a mockery “evidence or argument at trial that tortoises were ever found to be More fundamentally, however, the cution’s handling of disclosure of this trial and ‘nothing more relate to instigation/provocation, harmed by Bundy’s cattle, the government ignores that the with- reckless and said “for nearly over than a colossal waste of every- self-defense/defense of others, reason the BLM tried to limit his held evidence undermines its own a year, while Payne sat in pretrial body’s time,’ during which Payne entrapment, justification for violent grazing in the first place. theory of prosecution advanced in detention, the government assured remained incarcerated for the vast self-help, impermissible state of A hearing in the case is set for the indictment and in every trial both the Court and the defense that majority of that time.” mind justification, and collateral January. Unless the judge decides since then.” it was aware of its disclosure obli- The attorneys asked that the attacks on the court orders.” The to dismiss the charges, a retrial is Some of the withheld evidence gations, that it had complied with charges be dismissed with preju- motion said presenting any of this slated for late February. What evi- was an admission that snipers its obligations, and that the defense dice because of the government’s to the jury would amount to jury dence would be allowed? were deployed around the Bundy was merely fishing in a dry pond conduct, as has occurred in a similar nullification. (Bundy motion on Update: Motions seek to have ranch, though the indictment itself by making outlandish discovery case. jury nullification) charges thrown out. Election Meddling (Continued from Page 1) Cuba, and later confiscated those “suggested” to General Fulgencio he had received in the Dade County drug trafficking operations. Though the newspaper asked why Cana- arms and ammunitions and gave Batista Zaldivar that he should Detention Center. his U.S. intelligence handlers were dian people needed to become them to Fidel Castro’s guerrillas by leave the country in the name of When General Perez Jimenez aware of this, it was allowed be- opinionated on any U.S. elections, the now infamous Guantanamo Bay peace and to save many lives. arrived in Venezuela, a great num- cause of his usefulness to the U.S. but no one responded to Las Vegas Naval Base, the same Guantanamo General Batista was replaced ber of Venezuelans were waiting for The list could go on and on but Tribune’s enquiring mind. Bay Naval Base that Cuba wants to with gangster and communist-wan- him at the airport with signs asking the space is limited and the meaning Russia meddled in the United take from the United States. nabe Fidel Castro Ruz, which for forgiveness and welcoming the is the same; in Nicaragua, Anastasio States election as much as the Before that, in the year 1958, the the American rulers mistakenly former president back to Venezuela. “Tacho” Somoza with the Somoza United States meddled in any other United States of America meddled thought — after helping the Castro Later it was time to oust the Dynasty, raised in Philadelphia, country’s elections — or even inter- with the democratic government of guerrillas — would leave them in a President of Panama, Manuel PA became useful to the U.S. fered in how other countries should Venezuela under another US ally better position to control Castro and Noriega, who was also an ally of the Government and later dumped like run their governments. and friend of the American people, the new Cuban government under a United States and who had worked everyone in those days. Back in the late ‘50s, Cuba General Marcos Perez Jimenez, and socialist flag. with U.S. intelligence agencies. Today the meddling is no lon- was an ally of the United States of replaced him with the card-holding In 1962 the now Publisher of Noriega was one of the Central ger with the Caribbean, Central or America, keeping a friendly and communist, Romulo Betancourt. the Las Vegas Tribune newspaper, Intelligence Agency’s most valued South America; today the meddling fantastic relationship on all terms In August, 1959, the Venezu- Rolando Larraz, wrote a letter to intelligence sources, as well as one is with Russia, China, North Korea — cultural, diplomatic, economi- elan Government informed the then recently elected American of the primary conduits for illicit or any other middle east country. cal, social and on any other level, Department that it would ask for President John F. Kennedy, advo- weapons, military equipment and The American people should and the government of Cuba used extradition on charges of murder cating for the freedom of the former cash destined for U.S.-backed learn the lessons and ignore the to come to its ally country to buy and embezzlement, and late in the president of Venezuela. counter-insurgency forces through- political games that the mainstream arms and ammunitions to fight the month U.S. authorities carried out At the time, General Marcos Pe- out Latin America. liberal media, the anti-Trump Castro guerrillas in the hills of the a preventive arrest and kept the rez Jimenez stated that he’d rather The U.S. also regarded Noriega Republicans and the Socialist Sierra Maestra and the Escambray former Venezuelan President in the be in prison in his own country than as an ally in its War on Drugs, Democrats play to try to keep the mountains. county jail as a regular criminal. to be detained in the United States, despite Noriega himself having audience — the readers and the The United States sold arms and On December 31, 1958, the referring to the inhuman treatment amassed a personal fortune through American people — in suspense. ammunitions to the ally country of United States Ambassador of Cuba

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https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1634723793433487/ YOUR PRAYERS AND DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED!!! CONTACT EMAIL: [email protected] January 3-9, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 5 Congress faces January logjam By Melanie Zanona thing they will accept,” Meadows and Scott Wong said in a phone interview. “Most The Hill conservatives are willing to address Lawmakers are returning to the DACA issue, as long as we ad- Washington without a clear strategy dress the national security issue of to tackle a massive pile-up of unre- having a secure border and secure solved issues that are threatening a country.” government shutdown in just three Congress will also have to weeks. grapple with a spate of contentious “It seems leadership is taking health-care issues. a wait-and-see approach to how Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) everything is going to work itself dropped her demand that measures out in January,” one skeptical GOP to help stabilize the ObamaCare lawmaker observed. insurance marketplaces be included Before leaving town for the hol- in the stopgap bill last month, but idays, Congress passed a stopgap she is still seeking to get it done in spending bill to keep the govern- early 2018. ment’s lights on until Jan. 19. But One measure would provide GOP leaders punted contentious two years of cost-sharing reduction fights over immigration, health payments and the other would fund care, national security and disaster “reinsurance” programs. funding into the new year, meaning McConnell initially promised they’re once again facing a poten- to pass the two bills before the end tial crisis of their own making. of 2017 in exchange for Collins’s With little time to spare, formal vote on taxes, but House conserva- talks will resume this week. and preventing automatic across- need to pass yet another short-term of any immigration deal with the tives signaled they wouldn’t back The “Big Four” congressional the-board spending cuts, known as bill to buy appropriators more time Democrats. including them in the most recent leaders — Speaker Paul Ryan sequestration. to craft the omnibus. “Look, I wouldn’t do a DACA continuing resolution. (R-Wis.), Senate Majority Leader GOP and Democratic leaders, as Perhaps the biggest complica- plan without a wall. Because we But after taking heat for her Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House well as the White House, have been tion is Democrats’ demand that need it,” Trump told The New York vote on tax reform — a bill which Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi negotiating behind closed doors for immigration measures be passed Times, repeating a position he had repealed ObamaCare’s individual (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority weeks trying to lock down a two- before any spending deal. Trump taken on Twitter. “We see the drugs mandate — Collins may feel more Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) year budget agreement that would last year rescinded the Obama-era pouring into the country, we need pressure to get the issue resolved in — will try to map out a game plan cover the rest of the 2018 fiscal year Deferred Action for Childhood the wall.” the next spending bill. at the Capitol on Wednesday when as well as fiscal 2019. Arrivals (DACA) program, which McConnnell has promised to The last continuing resolution they meet with Trump’s budget But a deal has remained elusive, shielded from deportation hundreds bring a potential bill up for a vote did include money for the ex- director, Mick Mulvaney, and his with the two parties battling over of thousands of young immigrants in January if negotiators can finish pired Children’s Health Insurance legislative affairs director, Marc how much to increase both defense brought to the country illegally as legislation by then. Program. But it only has enough Short. and nondefense spending. children. But a massive wall on the funding through March, meaning Then Ryan and McConnell will A senior administration official But Pelosi and Schumer are U.S.-Mexico border is a non-start- lawmakers will have to revisit the huddle with Trump at Camp David predicted that a deal on the caps insisting Democrats won’t back er for Democrats. And divisions issue in the omnibus. on Saturday and Sunday to discuss would be reached in January rather any bipartisan budget deal without remain on other key issues: Should Finally, Congress will need to their 2018 agenda. than be punted further into 2018. a permanent fix for these young those covered by DACA receive extend a government surveillance House lawmakers will have “I think we’re actually making immigrants known as “Dreamers.” citizenship? How many individu- program authorized by Section 702 a small window to deal with the significant progress on finding that In exchange for certain protec- als would be covered? And what of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil- legislative logjam after deciding deal,” the official said. tions for Dreamers, Republicans security provisions would be part lance Act (FISA). to come back to town a week after Once a budget deal is enacted, are seeking tougher border-security of a package? Freedom Caucus members last McConnell reconvenes the Senate. appropriators can start crafting a measures. And before the recess it If Congress fails to provide safe- month had held up funding for the The House will be back in ses- trillion-dollar omnibus package that appeared the two sides were nearing guards for Dreamers this month, government over objections the sion on Jan. 8 and will have just would fund the entire federal gov- a deal on immigration. Democrats are warning Republi- spying program did not include eight legislative days to strike a deal ernment through next September. “Many legislators are working cans they’ll have to fund the gov- strong enough civil protections. to avert a shutdown. Congress also will need to take feverishly towards a compromise,” ernment on their own. But the conservative group “I think the GOP leadership up a huge disaster aid package. Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), a That certainly would set up allowed the funding bill to move will be running the gauntlet. The Before Christmas the House cleared Cuban-American lawmaker who a showdown with conservative forward after securing a commit- question is: Will they be able to an $81 billion aid package for has been pushing for a DACA fix, hard-liners like Meadows, who has ment from GOP leaders that they’d survive?” said Rep. Mark Meadows Americans afflicted by hurricanes told The Hill. “I am very hopeful sided with Trump in demanding be able to offer amendments to a (R-N.C.), chairman of the conser- in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, for January.” funding for a wall, an end to “chain longer-term FISA bill. The 702 vative House Freedom Caucus. as well as wildfires in California. But late last week Trump inject- migration” and a ban on the visa program got a short-term extension First up on lawmakers’ daunting But the Senate pushed the issue ed himself into the immigration lottery program. in the last continuing resolution, but to-do list is to reach a bipartisan into January. debate once again, demanding that “It will be up to Democrats to it will expire the same day govern- agreement on boosting budget caps It’s possible lawmakers may a controversial border wall be part determine whether that is some- ment funding runs out, Jan. 19. House FBI Investigation (Continued from Page 3) Comey has told Congress he 2016 that the FBI did investigate charges when Clinton’s email ar- Secretary Clinton’s attorneys on authorized to talk to the media, told made the decision not to charge whether the unlawful destruction chives were permanently deleted March 31, 2015, and on that very The Hill that the FBI “did have ev- Clinton after she was interviewed of federal records occurred. from her private server days after same day her emails are deleted by idence of statutory violations” but on July 2, 2016. But Grassley’s staff has now a subpoena for them was issued by someone who was on that confer- the decision not to prosecute was Congressional investigators told obtained a sworn affidavit from an a congressional committee investi- ence call using special BleachBit driven by a belief that there wasn’t The Hill they also have found some FBI agent that directly contradicts gating the 2012 attack on the U.S. software,” Grassley said. “The enough proof Clinton and aides in- contradictions between the FBI’s the former director’s assurance. diplomatic compound in Benghazi. emails were State Department re- tended to violate those laws or even official account of what happened The agent testified under penalty of The deletion occurred on the cords under subpoena by Congress. knew they were violating them. and what more recently released perjury that the Clinton email case same day Clinton’s former chief “What did the FBI do to inves- The official also acknowledged documents show. did not address the destruction of of staff and her lawyer had a call tigate this apparent obstruction?” evidence gathering continued even One that is being pursued ag- federal records, Grassley said. with the computer firm that handled Grassley asked. “According to af- as Comey began drafting the public gressively by Grassley involves The longtime Senate chairman the erasure using an anti-recovery fidavits filed in federal court — ab- statement, including the execution whether the FBI actually investigat- went to the Senate floor before the software called BleachBit, Grassley solutely nothing. 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[email protected]. 1-775-513-0942 [email protected] Page 6 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 3-9, 2018 Nikki Haley: US withholding North Korea preparing for $255M in aid from Pakistan another missile launch By Rebecca Kheel By Max Greenwood The Hill The Hill The United States is withholding $255 million in North Korea may be preparing for another intercontinental bal- aid from Pakistan over what the Trump administration listic missile (ICBM) test, according to Tuesday reports. describes as a failure to sufficiently fight terrorism, The missile activity, according to CBS News, is at the same site U.S. Ambassador the United Nations Nikki Haley where North Korea launched an ICBM in November. That test was confirmed Tuesday. the isolated nation’s most advanced to date, capable of reaching the “The administration is withholding $255 million in East Coast of the United States, according to analysts. assistance to Pakistan,” Haley said at a press confer- A new test could come as soon as later this week or next week, ence. “There are clear reasons for this. Pakistan has played a double game for years. They work with us at Newsweek reported. times, and they also harbor the terrorists that attack our The reported preparations came one day after North Korean troops in Afghanistan. That game is not acceptable to leader Kim Jong Un declared in a New Year’s Day speech that he this administration.” had a nuclear launch button on his desk, and that the U.S. and the The withholding of the aid has been expected, international community must see North Korea’s status as a nucle- particularly after Trump blasted Pakistan in a Monday do to more to fight terrorism when he announced his ar-armed country as a “reality.” tweet. new strategy for the 16-year-old war in Afghanistan. But in that address, he also said that he was willing to engage in “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan But at the time, he provided no details as to how the dialogue with South Korea in order to ease military tensions between more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 U.S. would pressure Islamabad. the two countries ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics, which are set years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, The U.S. relationship with Pakistan has ebbed and to take place in Pyeongchang next month. thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven flowed over the course of the war in Afghanistan, South Korea responded to Kim’s proposition on Tuesday by to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. getting most tense after U.S. special forces killed al calling for high-level talks. No more!” Trump tweeted. Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011. President Trump on Tuesday said that North Korea was beginning Haley warned that Trump could stop all funding Pakistan denies that it provides safe haven to terror- to succumb to an international pressure campaign, but was unclear to Pakistan. ists, often pointing to the operation launched in 2014 on whether the U.S. would welcome talks between Pyongyang and “We expect far more cooperation from Pakistan in to clear groups such as the Haqqani network from the Seoul. the fight against terrorism,” she said. “The president Waziristan border region with Afghanistan. “Sanctions and ‘other’ pressures are beginning to have a big is willing to go to great lengths to stop all funding In response to Trump’s Monday tweet, the Pakistani impact on North Korea,” Trump wrote. “Soldiers are dangerously from Pakistan as they continue to harbor and support defense ministry said it has helped the United States fleeing to South Korea. Rocket man now wants to talk to South Korea terrorism.” fight terrorism, but that it has gotten nothing but “in- for first time. Perhaps that is good news, perhaps not - we will see!” In August, President Trump called on Pakistan to vective and mistrust” in return. Lobato (Continued from Page 1) penis off. Thowsen was told Lobato statement and Bailey’s homicide More than five years later, in No- On December 19, 2017 Judge recognition the Clark County DA’s lived in Panaca, 165 miles north of were about the same event. The vember 2016 the Nevada Supreme Stefany Miley granted Kirstin Lo- Office prosecuted the wrong person Las Vegas. prosecution also argued that Bai- Court remanded her case back to bato’s habeas corpus petition and for Bailey’s homicide. Thowsen decided Lobato com- ley’s death occurred in the early the district court to consider 27 of ordered a new trial. Judge Miley The NDOC did not immediately mitted Bailey’s homicide, and morning of July 8. her petition’s grounds — 25 related ruled that Lobato’s trial lawyers release Lobato from its custody in within hours of the call he drove to Lobato’s alibi defense of being to her claim of actual innocence, provided ineffective assistance of spite of Judge Gonzalez’ Order. The Panaca to arrest her and seize her in Panaca on July 8 was supported and two related to her trial lawyers counsel for failing to investigate issue was a detainer for Lobato’s car. LaRochelle and a crime scene by many more alibi witnesses than providing ineffective assistance of and present forensic evidence that gross misdemeanor conviction in analyst also drove to Panaca. in 2002. The prosecution conceded counsel. Duran Bailey was killed on July 8, March 2007 for “conspiracy to After they arrived at Loba- during its closing argument that her Vega had retired, so Judge Stefa- 2001 in Las Vegas at a time when commit voluntary sexual conduct” to’s home she was questioned by credible alibi witnesses established ny Miley was assigned to Lobato’s credible alibi evidence established with another female inmate at Thowsen and LaRochelle. She told she was in Panaca from late morn- case. she was 165 miles away at her home the Florence McClure Women’s them that before mid-June 2001 she ing until after Bailey’s body was Miley presided over a five day in Panaca. Correctional Center in North Las was sexually assaulted by a huge found that night. Admitting Lobato evidentiary hearing in October The Clark County District At- Vegas. That case was prosecuted black man in the parking lot of a was in Panaca at that time didn’t 2017. torney’s Office decided not to retry by the Nevada Attorney General’s Budget Suites Hotel in east Las matter to the prosecution, because During the hearing Lobato pre- Lobato, and on December 28, 2017 Office. Upon her release from the Vegas. She fended him off by trying they argued Bailey died in the early sented the testimony of three foren- requested a hearing. NDOC Lobato was to begin serving to cut his penis. Even though she morning. sic entomologists who testified that The hearing on the morning of “a term of incarceration in the cus- stated this event occurred weeks She was convicted by the jury of in their expert opinion Bailey died the 29th resulted in the vacating tody of the Clark County Detention before Bailey’s homicide, Thowsen voluntary manslaughter and other after sunset at 8 p.m., because of the of Lobato’s convictions and the Center for three hundred sixty five arrested her and she was charged charges. She was sentenced to 13 absence of blow fly eggs in his or- dismissal of the charges by Judge (365) days to run consecutive to with murdering Bailey. to 35 years in prison. ifices and numerous open wounds. Gonzalez, who also ordered that she case number C177394 with zero The prosecution’s case was The Nevada Supreme Court af- A forensic pathologist testified that be released forthwith from DOC days credit for time served.” based on its assumption Lobato’s firmed her convictions and sentence in his expert opinion Bailey died custody. It is not well known that it is a statement about being assaulted in 2009. at 8 p.m., give or take a couple of During the hearing the DA’s crime for a woman to have con- at a Las Vegas hotel before mid- In May 2010 Lobato filed a ha- hours, based on the rigor mortis of Office was represented by ADA sensual sex with another woman June 2001 was the same event as beas corpus petition that asserted Bailey’s body at the crime scene Sandra DiGiacomo and ADA Chris- in Las Vegas ... provided they are Bailey’s homicide on July 8. The 79 grounds for a new trial. Her and during his autopsy. topher Lalli. DiGiacomo was one of prisoners. justification for the assumption petition included grounds based In rebuttal the State, represent- Lobato’s prosecutors in her trial in The following is a synopsis was she said she defended herself on new forensic entomology evi- ed by the Clark County District 2002, her retrial in 2006, and she of Kirstin Lobato’s more by trying to cut her assailant’s dence discovered after her trial that Attorney’s Office, presented the had represented the State during than 16-year ordeal penis, and Bailey’s penis had been established Bailey’s time of death testimony of a forensic entomol- the evidentiary hearing in October On July 8, 2001, 911 was noti- amputated. was after sunset at 8 p.m. on July 8, ogist and a forensic pathologist. 2017. fied at 10:36 p.m. a body had been Lobato’s alibi defense, support- 2001, and new forensic pathology The entomologist testified no study * * * * * ed by several witnesses, was that on found in the trash enclosure for a evidence he died about or after 8 had been conducted regarding the Hans Sherrer is President of the July 8 she was home in Panaca 165 Nevada State Bank branch in Las p.m. She asserted her jurors would behavior of blow flies in the Las Justice Institute aka Justice Denied miles north of Las Vegas. Vegas across the street from the not have convicted her if they had Vegas area, so he couldn’t provide that conducted a post-conviction in- Palms Casino that was then under Lobato was convicted by a jury known that new evidence proving an expert opinion of Bailey’s time vestigation of Kirstin Lobato’s case. construction. That person was in 2002 of first-degree murder and Bailey died in the evening when of death. The pathologist testified The Justice Institute is based in 44-year-old Duran Bailey. Among other charges related to Bailey’s the prosecution admitted she was that primarily based on her reliance Seattle, Washington and promotes Bailey’s many wounds was his homicide. in Panaca. on formulas regarding the develop- awareness of wrongful convictions, penis had been severed. Before her trial she insisted Lobato appealed after her peti- ment of rigor mortis, in her opinion and maintains the world’s largest Las Vegas Metro Homicide she was innocent and rejected the tion after it was denied in August Bailey died sometime between mid- database of exonerated persons. Its Detectives Thomas Thowsen and prosecution’s deal to plead guilty 2011 by Judge Valorie Vega. to-early morning of July 8. website is, www.justicedenied.org. James LaRochelle had several to involuntary manslaughter and a leads for possible suspects, but they three year prison sentence. didn’t pursue them. After her conviction she was On July 20 Thowsen received sentenced to 45 years to life in a call from a juvenile probation prison. officer in Lincoln County, Nevada In 2004 the Nevada Supreme that she had been told by a friend Court granted her a new trial based that 18-year-old Kirstin Lobato said on errors by Judge Valorie Vega. she used a knife to defend herself She was retried in 2006. against an attempted rape in Las During her retrial the prose- Vegas, and may have cut the man’s cution again presumed her police

Get first month box rent FREE with any U-Haul truck rental January 3-9, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 7 December’s Pakistan adventure Las Vegas Tribune columnist Jerry Fink gives a recap of his two-week tour in Pakistan By Jerry Fink Outside the home, security opponent — he was convicted by a Las Vegas Tribune guards protected the family and five-man panel of judges who voted When my exploration of visitors. 3 to 2 for conviction. Pakistan in the spring of 1980 Most homes where people of Following the conviction one ended I thought I would never some wealth reside engage armed judge had doubts and changed return. It was to have been a once security guards. Some have guard his vote, but Zia had Bhutto hung in a lifetime experience. shacks next to the driveways. anyway. Then out of the blue, more than Almost all the houses have high Bhutto, founder of the Pakistan 37 years later, an e-mail sent to fences, some topped with barbed People’s Party, tried to liberalize the members of the Oklahoma Press wire. nation. He united many factions in a Association popped up on my Zaffar isn’t being overly country that has dozens of political computer. conscious with the protection of parties. The message asked anyone his home. He has been physically General Zia reduced the power interested in going to Pakistan as part attacked twice. of the Supreme Court following of a U.S. State Department cultural His brother, Mazhar Abbas, a the coup and began instilling more exchange program to contact the commentator with Geo-TV and religious elements to the country’s The Gaylord College of Journalism called the “face of Pakistan” by constitution. and Mass Communication at the some, has also been assaulted. The progressivism that was University of Oklahoma. Both are outspoken supporters beginning to flourish under Bhutto The college works in concert of Democracy and a free press and came to a halt. with the State Department in the Jerry Fink, left, with Pakastani reporter Wali Khan Shinwari. fight for progress in their country. But the courts are reclaiming on-going program, which involves (Photo by Casey Nolen) “We are disliked by the military power again, said one observer. Pakistani journalists coming to think the radicals can provide them Afghanistan by Russia in 1979 had and politicians,” Zaffar said. “We Traffic report the U.S. and American journalists with a better way of life. a dramatic and far-reaching impact call a spade a spade.” The density of traffic in Karachi going to Pakistan. When I visited in 1980, one of on Pakistan. The newspaper is generally resembles that of Los Angeles in Joe Foote, Emeritus Dean and the most lawless sections of the It generated lots of arms in this fearless in its pursuit of justice. rush-hour, but the variety of modes Edward L. Gaylord Chair at the country was an area in northwest country, and the freedom fighters, “Our circulation is too large for of transportation is more varied OU journalism school, heads up Pakistan called FATA, for Federally who helped fight Russia, were them to shut us down,” he said. — in addition to cars and trucks the project and leads journalists on Administered Tribal Areas. radicalized and eventually turned But both Zaffar and Mazhar there are donkey or horse-drawn the tours. Tribalism ruled in that frontier its guns on the United States and admit to some self-censorship. carts, bicycles, auto-rickshaws He has extensive experience in territory. the people of and Pakistan. They live in a complicated and motorbikes, many of which that part of the world, beginning But in the past few years the “There is lots of terrorism,” said society and must be careful about carry four or five passengers in an with a Rotary Club grant to India government has sent in the military the businessman, “and Trump not how they present stories, especially amazing display of balance. in 1981 and a Fulbright Scholarship and claims about 80 percent of the helping by befriending the Russians on political and religious issues — There is a kind of symmetry to Bangladesh in 1985. He has area is now under control. and India and criticizing Pakistan which are often intertwined. to the traffic flow, which initially travelled frequently in the area, While our delegation was and Britain and other former allies It can be easy to incite a riot by seems chaotic. pursuing his interest in politics and there in December the Pakistan — we see it as lack of leadership. people who are extremely sensitive In the United States the lanes global affairs. legislature was debating further Trump is believed to be unstable about their beliefs. in the streets and highways are My resume and a letter laws and actions involving FATA. and dangerous.” Zaffar said his newspaper is rigid, not to be violated. If you explaining why I was interested in Since 2004 U.S. forces have Karachi, Day 1 suffering from the same problem encroach on the other motorist’s Pakistan were sent within minutes waged a drone war in Pakistan, My first Pakistan trip was papers in the United States are space tempers flare, fingers may fly, of seeing the e-mail. primarily in the FATA territory. freewheeling. I went where I suffering from - the Internet. yelling may ensue. I didn’t think I had a chance Thousands of militants have wanted, when I wanted with no Many people in Pakistan are just In Pakistan the traffic lanes are and more or less forgot about the been killed, but so have many restrictions. now beginning to get their news vague suggestions. application until a few weeks later, civilians, including school children. But travel was safer then. There online. Lane changing is frequent. Cars on Sept. 17, when I received a letter Drone warfare is one source was fighting across the border in In 2002 there were about and motorcycles miss each other by accepting me as one of the members of friction between the U.S. and Afghanistan, but terrorism was 150,000 users of social media, in fractions of an inch as they weave of the delegation that would leave Pakistan, who complain that the not a major issue, although some 2013 about 35 million and today their way through the massive for Pakistan on Dec. 1 and return drones are killing innocent people radical students had burned the around 60 million. congestion. Dec. 14. and is psychologically traumatizing U.S. Embassy in Islamabad weeks Media experts say in the future And no one seems bothered by Preparation the innocent people of FATA, who before I arrived. most news will be delivered by being cut off, forced to stop or to My interest in going to Pakistan are terrorized by the recurring The State Department, who smart phones. move out of the way. was to see what had changed in the sounds of the drones that may or funded this latest trip, was very “So we are doing more analysis, Tempers don’t flare. Rarely does 37 years since I was there. may not kill them. protective of the delegation. giving readers something they can’t anyone get angry. Foote said changes have been Another source of conflict is Everywhere we went, we went just get on the Internet,” Zaffar said. Horns and lights warn other less dramatic in Pakistan than in India. as a group and with an armed guard. Mazhar said Geo-TV is under a motorists about impending lane India. Many Pakistanis believe that the Our itinerary was well planned constant threat from the military. changes, but you never hear a horn “Economic development in U.S. has betrayed their country in so we would be kept busy with “They have tried to drive us blaring angrily. India has exploded. It is one of favor of India. meetings and touring historic sites, out but they can’t be too obvious Indus Valley School of Art the 10 most vibrant economies in Pakistan is predominantly but with enough time to relax so as because we have a lot of support The morning after the reception the world. It is being compared to Muslim, India predominantly not to be totally exhausted. from the people,” he said. we toured the Indus Valley School China,” Foote said. Hindu. One difference I noticed The military might was strongest of Art and Architecture. Before leaving, I did some basic Muslims and Hindus have been between 1980 and 2017 was that under the late Gen. Zia-ul-Haq, From the balcony of one of the research and learned that Pakistan fighting for a thousand years or I am 37 years older, not as spry who led a bloodless coup in 1977 buildings at the school’s campus had grown in 37 years. When I more. and energetic as I once was, so I deposing Prime Minister Zulfikar one can see the Arabian Sea, and went there in 1980 the population Pakistan was carved out of appreciated the down time. Ali Bhutto. between the sea and the school a was about 75 million. Now it is 207 northwestern India in 1947, after We flew from Oklahoma to Bhutto was executed by Zia for vast expanse of land that was not million, making it the sixth most the British gave up control of India, Dallas on Dec. 1 and then from an alleged murder of a political (See Jerry Fink, Page 8) populace nation in the world. to provide a country for Indian Dallas to Abu Dhabi via Etihad Karachi, located on the coast Muslims. Airways, a 14-hour flight. of the Arabian Sea, is Pakistan’s During the Partition of India, I am 6-feet 2-inches tall and largest city and the country’s when Muslims were headed east weigh about 250 pounds. The industrial and financial center. On to the newly created Pakistan and seating space was about the size of my first visit, it had a population Hindus headed west to India, an a Hobbit Hole. For an extra $175 I of 5 million. Today, the city’s estimated 2 million people were could have had a seat with more leg population is more than 16 million, killed in conflicts between the two room, but in addition to being large the metropolitan population almost groups. I’m cheap so I suffered through the 25 million. The bitterness runs deep even 8,000 mile trip. Agriculture accounts for more today. There have been three wars We arrived at the ultra-modern than 50 percent of the economy. between the two countries since Abu Dhabi airport at 8 p.m. The textile industry is another Partition. Saturday, Dec.2. From there, we major source of income. And so Pakistan, which became flew to Karachi, arriving at about 2 Illiteracy is high — anywhere a nuclear power in 1998, devotes a.m. Sunday. from 50 to 70 percent, depending more than half its economy to Tired and disoriented we were upon whom you ask. defense. taken to the Avari Towers, a 5-star Poverty is endemic. “Pakistan has been more focused hotel surrounded by security Pollution blights the country. on internal security, but India is guards, police officers, iron gates Self defense focused on its economy. Pakistan is and high walls. In the ‘70s, before a coup obsessed with India. It always fears There were three security deposed its prime minister, Pakistan a U.S. tilt toward India,” Foote said. checkpoints before reaching was a relatively safe and progressive While the United States cozies the lobby of the hotel, a palace nation. up to India, Pakistan is looking to compared to the one I stayed at in Today, it is in a constant state others for badly needed aid. 1980 in Rawalpindi. of threats from inside and outside. As the Trump administration Our schedule began at 5 p.m. Inside, there are many radical continues to antagonize its former with a reception at the home of religious groups, or groups allies and threatens to withdraw Tasneem Ashmar, director of Uks, claiming to be religious based, financial support, China is filling an organization fighting for the who often attack the more moderate the void — helping Pakistan with rights of women, and her husband, population. its infrastructure, building tunnels, Zaffar Abbas, editor of the Dawn Outside, there are more extremist roads and power plants. newspaper, the oldest paper in religious groups who flow into and A Karachi businessman summed Pakistan and considered by some to out of the country through its up how many Pakistani people are be on par with the New York Times. porous borders. beginning to feel about the United In addition to being an activist, ISIS. Al-Qaeda. Taliban. States. and founder of Uks, she is an artist The U.S. claims Pakistan isn’t He said the invasion of and an art collector. doing enough to stop the influx of terrorists. Pakistan says it is doing everything it can and is generally Tune in to cooperating with the United States. Many members of these radical groups owe their terroristic skills to lessons learned during the Soviet- RadioTribune Afghanistan War, fought from 1979 to 1989. Tune in and listen to those who will tell you They fought the Soviet Union the truth, and nothing but the truth. You’ll and the Afghan government and then turned their hatred to other discover different personalities and hear perceived enemies. different opinions, but when it comes to the The extremists are embedded in the mountains of Afghanistan and facts, you’ll always get the truth from us! in the frontiers of Pakistan. They recruit their armies from www.RadioTribune.com the legions of impoverished people who are desperate to survive and Call-In Line (702) 983-0711 Page 8 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 3-9, 2018 Jery Fink (Continued from Page 7) This is a country where some were injured. there until recently, the result of factions of the society still believes On Sunday afternoon, Dec. land reclamation. women are inferior, who believe 17, three days after the delegation Millions of people from the rural in honor killing — the slaying of a returned to the United States, two areas of the nation have been drawn daughter who defiles the honor of suicide bombers attacked the Bethel to Karachi because of possible job the family. Memorial Methodist Church in the opportunities, and in addition to Many women, and men, in town of Quetta, near the Afghan Pakistanis settling here there are Pakistan have grown sensitive to border about 450 miles southwest the refugees: Afghans, Burmese, women’s rights and are working of Islamabad. Bengalis and more. for change. Eight people were killed, This extreme population growth One of the leading organizations 30 injured. At the time, some has made land even more valuable founded for that purpose is Uks, a 400 Christian worshippers were and has resulted in using garbage Urdu word meaning “reflection.” attending services in the church. to create more land stretching into Uks was founded in 1997 by ISIS took credit for the attack. the sea. Tasneem Ahmar. Eleven days later, on Dec. 28, Karachi has plenty of garbage. Uks’ goal is to raise awareness ISIS struck again, this time in the According to the Sindh of women’s issues, especially in Afghan capital of Kabul, 300 miles Environmental Protection Agency, the media. west of Islamabad. the Karachi population produces Since its creation Uks has A series of explosions at a Shiite 12,000 metric tons of solid waste monitored media and conducted cultural center in Kabul killed more a day, and there is no landfill site. research on emerging trends than 40 people and injured dozens Most of the waste is burned, involving women. more. adding to the smog that hangs over “Pakistan is more advanced As terrorism continues taking the cities, or thrown into the sea or than the rest of the region — India, its toll in this south Asian country, converted into land. Turkey and others,” Tasneem said. the population does its best to live Using waste to create land is of Uks points out that in the a normal life. major concern to environmentalists. Jerry Fink interviewing Zaffar Abbas, editor of Dawn, Islam and Muslim worlds there Democracy may not yet flourish, A number of art students at the the oldest newspaper in Pakistan. (Photo by Casey Nolen) is no difference between men but it is spreading its wings. Indus Valley School have used the offices, Geo-TV, radio station 103- He risks his life daily covering and women, that women are not Politicians and businessmen, environmental waste as a source of FM, the Center for Excellence in news in an area where 380 schools subordinate to men. lawyers and bankers, artistic inspiration — one creating Journalism and the Karachi Press have been blown up by militants, What they are up against is environmentalists and journalists a statue made of disposed plastic Club. 15 journalists lost. cultural traditions, family beliefs strive to make the country a better bottles, another making a dress out Shortly after our arrival “There is stress for my family, that are sometimes at odds with the world for themselves and future of trashed strips of plastic. in Pakistan, President Trump for my children. They ask me to real teachings of the religion. generations. The violence that the population announced his decision to recognize please leave, but I can’t,” Wali said. “One of our main objectives is As long as there is a place is exposed to has inspired other Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and “I want to show the real image. to safeguard the safety of women at for poets to gather, for artists to artists at the school — one of than he intended to move the U.S. We are not all extremists. We want federal level,” Tasneem said. express themselves, for education whom painted dozens of small Embassy to the new location. peace. To that end, Uks lobbies for to enlighten the population Pakistan pictures roughly 6 inches by 8 The Muslim world, in that “Afghan extremists come in and women and works for uniformity will survive. inches depicting scenes of violence region, erupted in what they called create terrorist activity.” in laws across the country. When I first visited the country taken from movies as a means of “A Day of Rage.” We met Wali at the Islamabad End of a journey in 1980 I wondered why we were bringing attention to the issue. Many countries experienced Press Club, which has erected a On Dec. 1, the day our delegation there, why would be go to war, Another student used an event riots and violent confrontations. marble statue to journalists who left for Pakistan, five terrorists why were we sending people there from her own life to create a The reaction in Pakistan was have been killed while performing wearing suicide jackets attacked to die. living work of art. Now about 20, more subdued, a few marches and their job. a student hostel at the Directorate After seeing the country in 2017, the student was a teenager when expressions of anger but not much Women’s Rights of Agriculture Extension on I wonder why we aren’t doing more she used her cell phone to film a more. One of the most sensitive issues University Road in Peshawar, a to assist the country, to help feed religious parade. Her parents were Whenever there are protests in in Pakistan is that of women’s city 90 miles west of Islamabad. the nation that seems hungry for standing by watching the parade Pakistan, the protestors often gather rights. Nine people were killed, and 30 democracy. when a terrorist bomb exploded and at the press clubs in Karachi and killed them and others in the area. Islamabad to increase their chances The student, Syeda Aroushe of news coverage. Hassan, captured the scene on her While we were at the clubs, there telephone. were protests but we were kept Years later the scene is shown isolated from the protestors and over and over on a small screen. only heard about them rather than “I gain strength each time I see witnessing them — a frustrating it,” the artist said. situation for a journalist. Hippie Haven The media in Pakistan had The last place in the world I changed since my visit in 1980, would expect to find a place to when there was one state-owned remind me of my days in San television station, one radio station Francisco and Berkeley in the late and a handful of newspapers. ‘60s, early ‘70s was in Karachi. Today there are 1,800 daily But there it was, a café commonly newspapers, 100 TV channels - called T2F, for The Second Floor. many of them devoted to news - and It also has been called PeaceNiche. almost 150 radio stations. T2F is a place where poets, Geo-TV, one of the major writers, artists and political activists independent networks, has 500 often gather to eat, drink tea, correspondents and 200 paid discuss politics, read poetry and reporters. sing karaoke. There is a thirst for news in On the walls of the stairwell Pakistan. leading up to the second floor titles In 2002 there were about 2,000 of various rock songs are scrawled, working journalists. Today, there such as Pink Floyd’s “Run Like are about 18,000. Hell.” Islamabad The small café has adorned with We flew there from Karachi on Be heard anywhere bookshelves, reading areas and art. Dec. 7 to Islamabad in the north, the It is operated by 77-year-old nation’s capital whose construction Zaheer Alam Kidval. was completed in 1966. Zaheer keeps tight control over Again, our lodging was superb what takes place at the café. — the five-star Marriott Hotel, in the world “No political parties or religious which, like our previous lodgings, factions are allowed here. We are was surrounded by high walls and (only $50 per hour) not about parties, we are about machine-gun toting security guards. issues,” he said. The days in Islamabad passed His partner in the venture was quickly. the late Sabeen Mahmud, who was We visited the Faisal Mosque, 40 years old when she was gunned one of the largest mosques in down by an assailant after she left the world, capable of holding an the café on April 24, 2015. RadioTribune Special estimated 400,000 worshippers. Zaheer, himself, has received The Muslim visitors we met death threats. were friendly, curious about the Sabeen was an activist for American journalists in their midst. people’s rights, not just in Karachi 12 hours only $400 While the mosque was but around the world. After her interesting, Perhaps the most death memorials were conducted in exciting part of the trip was brunch her honor in 22 different countries. at the Mondal restaurant, which sits Zaheer said when the cafe was on top of a ridge in the Margallas 20 hours only $600 at a different location the owner of Hills — foothills of the Himalayan (Payment due upon contract signing) the property evicted them. Mountains. “We’d paid a year in advance The restaurant is at an altitude and he didn’t pay us. He sent armed of 3,000 feet and the two-lane road men to evict us,” he said. to get there is 10-miles of hairpin The café basically survives on curves. • Talk Shows • Infomercials • donations. On the sides of the road you After the eviction it was closed could see curious monkeys watch for about eight months. traffic, hikers or even a brahma cow • Community Involvement • “Then the owner of a large grazing beside a shear drop-off. pharmaceutical company came to From the aerie of a restaurant me and said come see this place I one could look out over the vast • Business Promotions • have. I told him we couldn’t afford valley below, but could only see the it. He said can you afford 10 cents brown haze of smog. a month, and you can stay as long Wali • Political Agendas • as you want.” The delegation spent four Pakistan Media days visiting more television and Sensationalism has become radio corporations and meeting • Marketing Promotions • common among some media outlets journalists, among them Wali Khan — sort of like a Jerry Springer Shinwari, a reporter for the Mashriq show. newspaper group. “One channel gave away a baby His paper is based in Peshawar www.RadioTribune. as a gift,” said one media executive. in the northwest, about 90 miles “Once a reporter jumped into the west of Islamabad. His beat is grave of a celebrity before the burial one of the most dangerous in the For additional information and reported from there.” country. 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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 Will Harry Reid try to manipulate another Nevada election? The beginning of the new year is also the beginning of another election year and the territory — Congressional District 4 — has became wide open after the incumbent Ru- ben Kihuen announced that he is not running for reelection. Kihuen, a Democrat known as a puppet of former U.S. Senator Harry Reid, has decided not to run after several Democrat women have accused him of sexual misconduct and several of his supporters and allies have come forward asking for his resignation, and campaign donors are asking for their money back. After all, it has already become table talk in many Demo- crat homes and political offices — the possibility that Reid may be behind all those requests for the freshman Rep- resentative to resign and to give the campaign donations back, is already embedded deep in many Nevadans’ minds. Time to reopen Ash Harry Reid, a manipulator in chief, is well known in Nevada for playing these types of games and getting away with it because of how scared many Nevadans are of the Springs to swimmers octogenarian former Senator. By Thomas Mitchell collaborative planning process with It may not be a surprise to many political figures and The Lincoln Country Record the stakeholders and other federal fresh candidates in Nevada to learn that Reid has anything reported that the popular swimming agencies. ‘We anticipate public hole at the Ash Springs hot springs meetings,’ she said, and when those to do with these women coming forward against Kihuen, so north of Alamo was shut down meetings get scheduled, will be able the new protégée of Reid, whoever that may be, can take because of possible safety hazards. to inform the public.” advantage of any other Democrat running for Kihuen’s Someone had noticed a child Lincoln County Commissioner now available seat. playing near a wall of rocks that Adam Katschke said, “We miss hav- On October 20, 2016 our own Alexandra Cohen remind- looked as if it might collapse any ing it open, especially the businesses moment and a local law enforcement in Alamo and Pahranagat Valley.” ed the readers of the Las Vegas Tribune that in 1993, former officer brought it to the attention of Those “weeks at this point” have Majority Leader U.S. Senator Harry Reid was against ille- the Bureau of Land Management. turned into four and a half years. That gals; and in a press release unveiling the bill, Reid noted Victoria Barr of the Caliente report was published in July 2013 BLM office told the newspaper, and the ol’ swimming hole remains the following: “Our borders have overflowed with illegal ThoMaS MiTchell immigrants placing tremendous burdens on our criminal “The structural instability as well as closed to this day, testimony to the bank erosion and undercutting has caused a concern glacial pace of the federal land agencies that control justice system, schools and social programs.” for public safety.” 85 percent of the land in Nevada. Later when it was politically or financially convenient The report said the repairs might move slowly The Las Vegas newspaper reported recently that a for Reid, he became the biggest defender of the illegals, due to the presence of two federally protected fish — BLM official said the agency is nearly finished with specifically illegal Mexicans, who became the most trusted the Pahranagat roundtail chub and the White River a draft environmental assessment for the site, but she Reid ally group in Nevada. springfish. could not predict when it might be made available for public scrutiny. So, paperwork has been pushed, but Reid is well known for his cynical behavior and for us- “The amount of time needed for repairs is uncertain at this time, but Barr thinks it could be, ‘weeks at no dirt. ing people when it is to his benefit, and spitting them out this point,’” the paper recounted. “She said their plan Local residents are said to be anxious to see Ash when he has no more use for them; it is a known fact that is to go through an official closure, and then start a (See Mitchell, Page 12) Harry Reid is a cold-blooded manipulator that up to now has always come out ahead. He did it with another protégée, former County Com- “We must learn to live together…” missioner Chairman Dario Herrera, when he suggested that By Perly Viasmensky tests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to he should run for a Congressional position when he knew Martin Luther King Jr. Day is approaching on the achieve seemingly impossible goals. He went on to lead Herrera was not Congressional material; then later his own 16th of this month. I am hoping that the organizers similar campaigns against poverty and international of Black Lives Matter remember that Dr. King never conflict, always maintaining fidelity to his principles son, Rory Reid, replaced Herrera as County Commissioner wanted violence among us. that men and women everywhere, regardless of color Chairman. During the less than 14 years of Dr. Martin Luther or creed, are equal members of the human family. Harry Reid’s modus operandi record speaks for itself and King, Jr.’s leadership of the modern American Civil Rebecca Ferguson, a British Singer, was invited to that is why many Nevadans can see Harry Reid’s hands on Rights Movement, from December 1955 until April sing at the Inauguration of President Donald Trump, but Ruben Kihuen’s political disaster and are waiting to see 4, 1968, African-Americans achieved more genuine she said she’d only perform if she could sing “Strange who his next victim will be. progress toward racial equality in America than the Fruit,” a protest song, which describes the lynching of previous 350 years had produced. Dr. King is widely African-Americans early last century. Whoever Harry Reid’s choice may be, it better be a real regarded as America’s preeminent advocate of non- She later declined the invitation, which I believe McCoy because on the Republican side there is a man violence and one of the greatest nonviolent leaders was a good thing. who has all the credentials and already has an impeccable in world history. Anybody who has read the lyrics of “Strange Fruit” reputation and the trust of the Las Vegas community. Drawing inspiration from both his Christian faith and had never bothered to learn about the legend of Stavros Anthony is that man: a former Las Vegas Metro- and the peaceful teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — and that includes Rebecca King led a nonviolent movement in the late 1950s and Ferguson —does not know how to fix the problem, but politan Police Department captain for almost three decades; ‘60s to achieve legal equality for African-Americans only how to perpetuate it. Dr. King wanted to see us a city council who has become a symbol of respect, trust, in the United States. While others were advocating united without violence. and dedication; and a fighter not only for the residents of for freedom by “any means necessary,” including The lyrics of “Strange Fruit” come from somewhere his ward, but for the people of Las Vegas. violence, Martin Luther King, Jr. used the power of around 1939, and are totally disgusting. This time Harry Reid will have to remember some of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as pro- (See Viasmensky, Page 14) his tricks from when he was a boxer because in the other corner is a real fighter, not an amateur like Kihuen. ON A PERSONAL NOTE The money that Ruben Kihuen received as campaign contributions is just that, campaign contributions, and Throw out the old, ingest as with any other person who runs for office, that money should be his money regardless of how many mistakes can be added to his or her resume. the new...possibilities By Maramis drink champagne at midnight and/or It is unknown if anyone has asked former President Bill There are probably hundreds of kiss everyone in the room would be Clinton to return any campaign contributions he may have customs for welcoming in the new another layer of personal preference received during one of his “escapades” in or out of the year, and/or saying farewell to the or tradition. Oval Office, but it is almost certain, in our opinion, that his year that just yielded up its last day. And there are still, within that wife would not agree to give any money back, regardless Besides differences from country smaller group, those who enjoy car- to country, there are also differences rying on their old family traditions, of who may ask. from community to community, reli- perhaps handed down from grand- If a campaign donor believes that his or her candidate is gion to religion, and even church to parents or such, and my son’s Cuban worth the money they have donated, that money belongs church, to say nothing of from family side of the family is one such family. to the candidate; if Harry Reid believes that his protégée to family. Although things were a little bit should give the donations back, maybe the honorable thing Many customs may overlap, modified this year because of my having a different look perhaps, but lingering illness — which I’m happy for Reid to do is to put his money where his mouth is and a similar meaning behind the custom. MaraMiS choufani to say is practically 100 percent gone give the campaign donations back to the donors on behalf While everyone knows that in this country, celebrating now — here is the basic tradition in their family: of his friend, protégée and puppet, Ruben Kihuen. with family and friends, and even strangers, with food First, one must be sure to buy green grapes, which It is a fact that Ruben Kihuen already used his fifteen and drinks and party hats and noisemakers — and lots are part of the ceremony. They are to be divided up into minutes of fame; he is now a thing of the past, but friend- of noise — up to and including fireworks, seems to be cups, 12 in each cup, with one cup for every person the norm, whether in New York City, Las Vegas, New taking part. One must also buy sparkling apple cider ship is supposed to be based on loyalty and it should be in Orleans, or any other large and known-for-its-celebra- or champagne to have on hand. Then, one must fill a both the good times and the bad, and just because a friend tions kind of city, those in smaller and quieter towns pot with water, preferably water one has used to just makes a mistake, the friendship should not end — unless enjoy their small family gatherings in front of the TV wash the floor. The idea is to throw out the water on the the mistake was made among themselves — but of course, to watch the excitement in their pjs from the comfort stroke of midnight, in essence getting rid of the whole Harry Reid does not know what loyalty is. of their couches, ready to just slip off to bed when they past year in one big fell swoop. It helps if one knows can no longer keep their eyes open. Whether or not they (See Maramis, Page 14) January 3-9, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 11

VEditors note:iew The views expressed are entirely those of the writersP and do not necessarilyoints reflect the opinions of the Las Vegas Tribune. Top Ten Nevada Republican Primaries to Watch in 2018 By Chuck Muth tive newcomer Byron Brooks, an vative insider Wes Duncan vs. con- insider Dean Heller vs. conserva- Conservatives haven’t had a real Army combat veteran and small servative outsider Craig Mueller tive challenger Danny Tarkanian conservative champion in the White businessman. (my attorney). Duncan has the es- (disclaimer: one of my clients). House for an election cycle since #6: State Senate 8: Republi- tablishment’s support but Mueller Heller has every advantage: In- Ronald Reagan. So how will con- can-turned-Democrat-collaborator has the most extensive experience cumbency, money, connections, servative candidates fare in Nevada Sen. Patricia Farley is not running as an actual trial attorney of any AG experience. But he also has a pair in 2018 under President Donald for re-election. Disgraced for- candidate in at least a generation. of “yuge” political anvils around his Trump? Here are ten races to watch mer legislator Elizabeth Halseth/ #3: Governor: Conservative neck: Being a #NeverTrumper in in the June 12th GOP primary… Helgelien is attempting to mount Attorney General Adam Laxalt vs. 2016 and his vote against repealing #10: Assembly Republican a political comeback. But Senate moderate Treasurer Dan Schwartz. ObamaCare last July. Caucus Leader: Will be on the GOP caucus won’t let her have The result is pre-ordained: Laxalt Filing for office officially opens ballot by proxy. Conservative a free shot. Look for a serious, in a landslide. Only question is in March. Let the games begin! Assemblyman Jim Marchant’s up- establishment-backed alternative how much “softening up” damage * * * * * starts vs. sell-out Minority Leader CHUCK MUTH before filing ends. But will he/she Schwartz does in his self-centered Random Drive-By Muthings Jim Wheeler’s insiders. If March- Matt McCarthy. be a conservative? effort to elect a Democrat in the There are a pair of jewels living ant can get enough conservatives #8: State Assembly 36: Mod- #5: Treasurer: Former assem- general election. among us in southern Nevada: Bob- elected to the caucus, he’ll oust erate insider incumbent Assembly- blyman/state senator/councilman #2: Congress/CD 3: Victoria by and Sandy Ellis. If you missed Wheeler-Dealer for the Assembly man James Oscarson, who voted Bob Beers vs. Derek Uehara. A Seaman has the inside track vs. Sen. this heart-warming story in the RJ GOP’s top job. for the largest tax hike in Nevada conservative disruptor while in Scott Hammond, who voted for the on Christmas day, give it a read. #9: State Assembly 23: Moder- history, vs. conservative outsider the Legislature, Beers developed largest tax hike in Nevada history, And then try telling me these folks ate establishment Assemblywoman businessman Dennis Hof (disclaim- a reputation as an insider favoring and Dave McKeon, the ultimate don’t deserve a “yuge” tax cut. Melissa Woodbury, one of only er: one of my clients). big corporate interests over small establishment shill. But keep an eye I’m reliably told the coal Santa three remaining Republicans in #7: State Senate 20: Moder- businesses on the Las Vegas city on the conservative wild card: For- delivered to Hillary Clinton this the Assembly who voted for the ate establishment Assemblyman council. But the good will he’s mer KLAS-TV consumer advocate year came from a “clean coal” mine largest tax hike in Nevada history, Keith Pickard will try to move up developed over many years should Michelle Mortensen. Anything can in West Virginia. Yes, West Virgin- will square off against conservative the ladder for this open seat. He’s easily carry him over the finish line. happen in a four-way. ia, there IS a Santa Claus! newcomer and former Metro cop being challenged by conserva- #4: Attorney General: Conser- #1: U.S. Senate: Establishment (See Muth, Page 13) Don’t Cry For Me, Alabama Alabama certifies Jones win, brushing aside challenge from Roy Moore By Mace yampolsky his losses in the 2006 or 2010 Re- aligned against Democrats and perfunctory. Mr. Moore’s lawsuit Alabama officials on Thursday, publican primaries for governor, Republicans alike. Secretary of was late in coming: His lawyers Dec. 28, 2017, unhesitatingly and there is already speculation in State John H. Merrill, a Republican filed their lawsuit at 10:33 p.m. on pushed aside a legal challenge from Montgomery that he might run for who voted for Mr. Moore, said he Wednesday, December 27, 2017. Roy S. Moore and certified Doug governor or attorney general next had found no evidence of endemic Yet the complaint by Mr. Jones as the winner of this month’s year. When is enough enough? fraud and refused to postpone certi- Moore, a figure with a penchant Senate election. No More Roy Moore. fication proceedings. Judge Johnny for last-minute legal theatrics, was The action, during a brief meet- “You win with class, you lose Hardwick of Montgomery County not altogether surprising. He and ing at the State Capitol, was essen- with class, and he just can’t do it,” Circuit Court, citing a lack of ju- his allies have spent the last several tially the state’s final step before the Angi Horn Stalnaker, a Republi- risdiction, dismissed Mr. Moore’s weeks signaling their unease with seating of the first Democrat elected can strategist who ran campaigns complaint minutes before the vote the voting process, and, while say- to the Senate from Alabama in a against Mr. Moore with mixed was certified. ing little else publicly, Mr. Moore quarter century. It was also a swift success, said acidly. Before the To Paraphrase Popeye, solicited contributions for an “elec- rejection, by some of the state’s results of the Dec. 12 special elec- it’s All I Can Stands, And I tion integrity fund.” most powerful Republicans, of Mr. tion were certified, Mr. Moore and Can’t Stands No Moore. Until Wednesday night, it was Moore’s complaint that he was the his campaign left little doubt about Mr. Jones, whose transition team not clear what would come of his victim of “systematic voter fraud.” MaCe yaMPoLSKy their assessment of the vote. had called the lawsuit “a desperate efforts. Then, in a court filing that Mr. Jones’s margin of victory was with almost no avenues to derail In a lawsuit filed in a state court attempt by Roy Moore to subvert ran for dozens of pages, Mr. Moore 21,924 votes with more than 1.3 Mr. Jones’s ascension to the Senate. late Wednesday, Mr. Moore, who the will of the people,” said in a argued that returns in the state’s million ballots cast. The election aftermath followed denied the allegations of sexual im- statement that his victory “marks most populous county “confirmed The certification leaves Mr. a familiar pattern for Mr. Moore, propriety, complained that perva- a new chapter for our state and the election fraud.” It also said that Moore, 70, a former chief justice who in the past has been eager to sive fraud had tainted the election, nation. Although the state ultimate- turnout in the county was suspi- of the Alabama Supreme Court, declare victories and pronounce and that the Alabama authorities ly certified the results, Mr. Moore’s ciously high; it suggested that Mr. whose campaign faltered partly grievances — but loathe to concede had inadequately investigated po- litigation infused a strain of drama Jones had benefited from voter because of allegations of sexual defeats. To this day, Republicans tential misconduct. into a day that Alabama officials intimidation; and it argued that Mr. misconduct against teenage girls, note, Mr. Moore has not conceded But Mr. Moore found himself had hoped would be procedural and (See Mace, Page 14) Freedom-loving Americans must support brave Bundys Larry Klayman calls on citizens to join him in ‘fight against government tyranny’ By Larry Klayman Constitution. indictments — Cliven, his sons them in a secret mass grave. About four years ago, in the With regard to the denial of a and the other defendants were Wooten also revealed that the spring of 2014, shortly after the speedy trial, the acting U.S. Attor- still incarcerated. Mahre still had Obama-Reid government exhibited successful Bunkerville standoff ney in Las Vegas, an Obama hold- not proven any guilt, much less a hatred for Mormons, even calling (see ClivenBundyDefenseFund. over, Steven Mahre, argued that this conspiracy in prior trials. them “retards.” The Bundy family org) — where Cliven Bundy, his was “necessary” given the alleged When the trial of Cliven, his is of the Mormon faith, a faith that wife, sons and family, along with complexity of the case, with 15 de- sons and one other defendant finally should be respected. (In my expe- hundreds of peaceful protesters, fendants having been indicted along began in late October 2017, it was rience, the followers of Brigham stood down a tyrannical Bureau of with Cliven and his sons. Mahre quickly learned that the BLM and Young are fine and honest people.) Land Management — I traveled to falsely claimed at the time that all FBI not only had witnesses lie, Importantly, during my many visits the ranch to meet Cliven. 19 defendants had to be tried at the under oath, in front of the jury, but in prison with Cliven over the last At the time, Cliven was in same time. That later changed after that these agencies had suppressed two years, he educated me on the the midst of a firestorm over his many months of Cliven, his sons and destroyed documents crucial Mormon faith, which preaches that comments that he and his loved and the other defendants having for the defense. To make matters our nation is the promised land and ones had been treated by the fed- been left to rot in prison, their bail worse, Mahre and his prosecutors that our Constitution is incorporat- eral government — which falsely denied by Judge Navarro. also lied to the court and themselves ed into the Book of Mormon, in claimed to own the land that the Larry KLayMan Outrageously, Mahre and his participated in this obstruction practice. Bundy family had grazed cattle on “domestic terrorists” — manifested minions of prosecutors convinced of justice. The material that was All of these revelations of and ranched for about 150 years in the indictment that came down in the judge later to trifurcate the suppressed and destroyed is called government criminality have — like the Negro in the Old South. February 2016. In this indictment, trials, leaving Cliven and his sons “Brady material,” evidence that now caused even the biased Cliven meant he felt enslaved. By which was later superseded, our in the federal detention center in must be turned over by govern- Obama-Reid appointed Judge using this analogy, he was speaking so-called government — then run Parump, a desolate place in the ment prosecutors because it would Navarro to declare a mistrial and sympathetically of the plight of by the likes of Obama and Reid and Nevada desert 60 miles outside of be “exculpatory,” meaning that it set a hearing for Jan. 8, 2018, to African-Americans. Still, the leftist the compromised Attorney General Las Vegas. Parump, ironically, was would exonerate Cliven, his sons decide whether to dismiss the case media — which worship govern- Loretta Lynch — claimed Cliven where the U.S. military exploded and the other defendants of allega- in its entirely so it can’t be tried ment control over God and country and his sons, Ammon, Ryan, Dave atom bombs in the atmosphere tions of wrongdoing. again. Tentatively, she has set Feb. and wanted to destroy the Bundys and Mel, had engaged in a conspir- after World War II at Area 51, and And on top of all of this, by the 26, 2018, as the date for any retrial reputation and livelihood — did not acy to obstruct justice, in effect by the maximum security prison there grace of God, in just the last few to begin. And, at my urging after portray it that way. standing up for and exercising their is the modern-day equivalent of weeks a BLM whistleblower has many months of lobbying him, As a result, I never got to speak constitutional, God-given rights. Alcatraz. also come forward. He’s a brave Attorney General Jeff Sessions much with Cliven that day. Two At the outset of the prosecu- The initial trials of other defen- soul named Larry Wooten, and he has now been persuaded to open a years later, he and his clan asked tions, the federal judge in Nevada dants ended in failure. Mistrials revealed that BLM agents had a review of the criminal prosecutorial me to help them defend prosecu- assigned to the case — a woman occurred, and the overwhelming “kill list” for the Bundys and had misconduct of Mahre and his fellow tions brought by the Obama Justice named Gloria Navarro, who had majority of defendants were ac- surrounded the ranch long before prosecutors, as well as the legitima- Department against them and many been recommended to the bench quitted, as the juries did not buy the standoff with government mer- cy — or rather lack thereof — of other defendants who were at the by Harry Reid and appointed by the contrived claims of Mahre and cenary snipers. Later, these BLM the case as a whole. ranch when the BLM and FBI were Obama — sent Cliven to solitary his prosecutors that they and the goons verbally threatened Cliven’s Among many lawsuits and re- “persuaded” to leave. Of course, confinement. To add insult to major Bundys had threatened the lives of family with death; assaulted his lated legal actions I have filed and that’s not the scenario that was put injury, she then overrode his speedy BLM and FBI federal agents if they sister, Margaret, by throwing her taken for Cliven — with more to forth by Obama and his Justice trial rights and denied him right to did not leave Bunkerville. violently to the ground; attacked come — it is crucial that we end Department henchmen, as well as the defense counsel of his choice, But by the time that Cliven and and Tasered his sons; kicked the the unjust and corrupt prosecution former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, meaning me. This right is guaran- his sons were to be tried — a year family dog and killed tens of the commenced by Obama, Reid and who defamed the Bundy family as teed by the Sixth Amendment of the and eight months after their initial bulls in the Bundy herd, burying (See Klayman, Page 14) Page 12 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 3-9, 2018 Migration as an Individual Right By José Azel Over 3 percent of the world population — 244 million — are international migrants, and the immigrant population in the United States is approaching 50 million. In our hemisphere, Mexico leads the way with 12 million immigrants in the U.S. From Honduras, the mur- der capital of the world, and Gua- temala and El Salvador placing 4th and 5th respectively in homicides, thousands continue to flee violence and poverty in their homelands. In Cuba, since 1959, nearly 18 percent of the population has escaped that tragic island in search of freedom. The motivations to leave one’s José Azel homeland are diverse, but essential- grants commit a disproportionate to welfare benefits or government violate the rights of others. jurisdiction circumscribed to within ly fall into an economic or political number of crimes; security and services. It does not mean eligibility The rights to life, liberty, and the the borders of the nation-state. The category or both. Fundamentally, health requirements mandate im- for citizenship. Open immigration pursuit of happiness are the right restrictive immigration policies of migration expresses a desire for migration restrictions.” means only that individuals may en- to act on our life requirements, nation-states, whether domestic or the liberty to improve one’s quality In the United States, conserva- ter the country at designated check the right to be free from coercive cross-border, violate the individual of life. tives build their case against open points where objective screenings restrictions, and the right to pursue right of freedom of movement. The politics of immigration are immigration on these issues, and are conducted to protect the nation our dreams. If our actions do not In the libertarian view, individ- highly contested across Europe liberals argue for open immigration from diseases, enemies, and crim- violate the rights of others, we are uals who want to lawfully cross a and North America, and whereas on grounds of compassion, Amer- inality. morally free to act. When immi- border to pursue their happiness liberal democracies can be open and ica’s welcoming tradition, and the But most importantly, it means grants chose to leave their home- have a right to do so. Immigrants inclusive, they are often restrictive socioeconomic contributions of im- that migration is an individual land in search for a better life, they rightfully aspire to lives of freedom and exclusionary. More recently, migrants. This intellectually sterile right. And precisely because the are acting on rational judgment. and happiness; the principle of in response to acts of international political debate leaves unanswered libertarian case for open borders is There is little question that free- individual rights demands a policy terrorism, immigration has become a fundamental moral question: Do grounded on individual rights it is dom of movement within a country of open immigration.. linked with national security con- individuals have a right to migrate? seldom evoked by American liber- is a basic human right, and there José Azel left Cuba in 1961 as a cerns and the politics have become From the perspective of classi- als who favor collectivist policies is no ethical argument to justify 13 year-old political exile in what increasingly hostile to immigrants. cal liberalism, the answer is yes to in conflict with individual rights. treating individuals differently just has been dubbed Operation Pedro Typically, the immigration dis- open immigration, but clarification As individuals we desire free- because they were born on the other Pan — the largest unaccompanied cussion takes place over subjects is necessary: dom to think and act on our best side of a national boundary. Indi- child refugee movement in the his- like: “A nation has the right to re- Open immigration is not equiv- judgment. We want to produce vidual rights are not ours by virtue tory of the Western Hemisphere. fuse entry to foreigners; immigrants alent to unmonitored immigration. wealth, and use it as we see fit to of our place of birth; individual He is currently dedicated to the in- erode a nation’s culture; immigrants It does not mean that anyone may build better lives for ourselves and rights are universal. depth analyses of Cuba’s economic, lower wages and take jobs away enter the United States in any man- our families. And, we have a natu- In contrast, nation-states are social and political state, with a from nationals; immigrants want ner chosen, or at any location. Open ral right to act in accordance with a relatively new (19th Century) keen interest in post-Castro-Cuba to live on welfare programs; immi- immigration does not imply a right our judgment provided we do not European creation with limited strategies. ON THE HOLMES FRONT Top 10 insane anti-Trump stories of 2017 By Frank Holmes lic speeches than any president Rocha out on her lie. She edited out Since they lost the election, the since the invention of television, footage showing that Trump fol- media went all-out in their cam- and he keeps up a travel schedule lowing the lead of Japanese prime paign to destroy Donald Trump’s that would kill men half his age. minister Shinzo Abe, like a good presidency. But reporters are so But instead of praising his bond guest. You can see both clips here. hate-filled that they didn’t just with the voters, the media obsessed 7. CNN: A dog’s ear looks like peddle lies and distortions — some- over the fact that — a few times Trump! times they reported the most petty, when he paused to take a drink of It’s a dog’s life for CNN. In No- idiotic and insignificant “news” water — he used two hands to hold vember, “Erin Burnett Out Front” stories like they were Pulitzer Prize the glass. CNN host Chris Cuomo ran a segment reporting that “a dog winning bombshells. belittled Trump for using the “sip- named Chief has an ear that looks Here’s a look back at 10 times py cup grip” and embarrassingly like Trump’s face.” this year when the media’s hyster- demonstrated how he holds his Sure enough, the British beagle ical Trump-hating bias made them glass “like a man, with one hand!” had an inner ear that looked like look and act like complete fools: A month earlier, in November, a cartoon caricature of Trump’s 1. Donald Trump gets two Newsweek ran a story promising profile — sorta. Before showing scoops of ice cream when every- response: He regularly demands according to the New York Times “Scientific Poof That Trump’s viewers the ear, reporter Jeanne one else got one! that Muslim terrorists be put to — and sometimes he has as many Hands are Too Small to Hold a Moos warned the snowflakes in In May, CNN combed through death…but not Paddock. Why as 12 a day. Water Bottle Like a Normal Adult.” the audience to “brace yourself,” a 100-minute-long interview that would Trump want Islamists dead As far as I’m concerned, that’s The article had no science and no because some people found the Trump and Mike Pence gave to and not a rich, white guy? Racism! amateurish, but not a bad start. (And proof, not even measurements image “violently disturbing.” Time magazine on everything from Eli Stokolos, a reporter for the don’t forget to switch it up with of Trump’s hand size. It just told Then she asked the beagle’s Syria to how he wants to make supposedly “conservative” Wall some coffee every few cans.) readers to “Google ‘Trump drinking owner, Jade Robinson, “Is it an peace with the media. Street Journal, told MSNBC that The Fake News went into a water two hands video’ and you can infection? What is it that looks like What did the Fake News net- Trump didn’t call for the death pen- frenzy over whether that’s healthy. see that this is definitely a thing.” Donald Trump?” work lead with? alty because of his “ethno-centric All the old dinosaurs –The What science! Einstein, Coper- It’s a stupid story unworthy of Sometimes at dinner, “Trump nationalism.” GQ magazine ran a Washington Post, the Boston Globe, nicus, eat your hearts out! major news coverage, but CNN still takes two scoops of ice cream… similar story. Time magazine and more — ran 5. Donald Trump could use the managed to turn it into a slam on while everyone else around the I guess they all missed the part identically flat, tasteless stories military to stage a coup! the president. table gets just one.” Let’s face it: where Paddock was already room about diet soda. Reporters hinted The Deep State doesn’t like it 8. Ivanka Trump caught “pla- Trump deserves two desserts after temperature — or, if you believe in that Trump might have developed when real journalists expose its giarizing”…herself. the way he’s eaten the media’s Hell much, much warmer. dementia. Even the usually conser- hidden conspiracies. Conserva- Sometimes the Trump-hating lunch all year. GQ issued a retraction saying vative NewsMax claimed the drinks tives have begun asking whether media extends its bias to family 2. Trump didn’t call for the that Trump’s silence “is probably are “addicting.” the Trump-Russia investigation, members or even staff. (Check out death of the Las Vegas shooter… related to the fact that the Las CNN went on such a Diet Coke dreamed up by pro-Hillary FBI our next story, too.) who was already dead! Vegas shooter is dead. We regret bender that it stuck with the story agents just in case she lost, is a Newsweek actually ran a head- On October 1, Stephen Paddock the error.” There are plenty of after a Muslim immigrant tried “coup.” line on November 29, saying: carried out the worst lone shooting unanswered questions about the to blow up the New York Port An angry MSNBC doubled “Ivanka Trump plagiarizes one of in U.S. history, killing dozens of Las Vegas shooting, but Trump’s Authority. It’s just more proof that down by warning that Trump is the her own speeches in India,” because fans at an outdoor country music reaction isn’t one of them. amnesty and Allah are deadlier than one about to stage a coup… of his Ivanka repeated certain words and concert in Las Vegas, and wounding 3. Donald Trump likes his Diet aspartame. own government! phrases during her travels — like 500 more before killing himself. Coke. 4. Trump holds water bottles The Loony Left network inter- every politician does. The Social Justice Warriors President Trump can get a Diet with two hands (sometimes). viewed a former George W. Bush The story admits the First noticed something about Trump’s Coke at the push of a button, Donald Trump gives more pub- lawyer who said Trump could use Daughter “is far from the first per- the military and crush the Consti- son to pull from their old speeches” tution. but still says that it’s somehow Mitchell “The commander-in-chief is “inauthentic.” (Continued from Page 10) Springs reopen, but are concerned Donald Trump,” Richard Painter News flash to Newsweek: You about how well the BLM would said. “There is a risk of him using can’t plagiarize yourself. Eventual- manage the popular tourist site if that power to destroy our democ- ly, the bankrupt news rag changed and when it does. racy.” Painter ranted that Trump is the headline to say that Ivanka The paper quoted nearby land obstructing justice and is “psycho- “recycles” her speeches. owner Cody Whipple as saying he logically deranged.” Obama read the same script off and others would like to see the site Funny, it wasn’t Trump who teleprompters from one end of the turned into a small resort with fees used the IRS to shut down his en- globe to the other, and the media collected for upkeep and repairs. emies’ political organizations, the never reported it. If I had a dime for He said the BLM is not in the resort FBI to wiretap and indict the other every lie he repeated, I could almost business. party’s presidential campaign over pay off the national debt he ran up. A group called Friends of Pah- a phony dossier, or the NSA to spy 9. “Piegate!” ranagat Valley has stated they Springs, “This is exactly why the boss just said. on literally every single citizen in 2017 is the year the media went would like to create some soaking federal government needs to clean Whatever happens, it should the country. Pecan Pie Truther! pools next to a fenced natural area up our act. I’m not in the business be sooner rather than later for the 6. CNN: Trump overfed koi White House press secretary where swimming would be pro- of locking the public out.” benefit of the local residents and fish in Japan! Sarah Huckabee Sanders has hibited to protect native plants and Zinke said Ash Springs will potential tourists who would help During his Asia trip in Novem- trashed biased reporters every day fish. Their plans include changing again be open and chided his agen- spur local businesses. ber, CNN’s Veronica Rocha tweeted of the week with her take-no-pris- rooms, boardwalks and trails, im- cy for taking so long to resolve the Frankly, the BLM should con- out a video of Donald Trump feed- oners attitude. proved restrooms, a paved parking issue. “We need to work with local sider turning over the property to ing fish, then dumping the entire But when she tweeted out a lot, picnic pavilions, a playground communities and be better neigh- the state, county or a local entity bowl into the pond. picture of the pecan pie she made and courts for basketball and sand bors …” he was quoted as saying. — nonprofit or for-profit. “Fish lovers gagged at the sight for Thanksgiving, it was too much volleyball. “Local voices hadn’t been heard Thomas Mitchell is a former and wondered had Mr Trump left for CNN’s April Ryan. The sight of According to a Sunday edito- and people rightfully get upset newspaper editor who now writes the koi carp — which cannot eat the pecans drove Ryan nuts — and rial in the Las Vegas newspaper, when they get locked out.” conservative/libertarian columns a large volume of food — sick or she accused Sanders of tweeting a the man in charge of the BLM, Perhaps a few of Zinke’s min- for weekly papers in Nevada. even killed them,” the international stock photo. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, ions who would like to continue in You may email Mitchell at thom- press reported. Sanders settled “piegate” with commented to the paper recently their cushy, well-paid government [email protected]. He blogs at Donald Trump, koi killer! grace and Southern hospitality. about the lengthy closure of Ash jobs should pay heed to what the http://4thst8.wordpress.com/. But The Washington Post called (see Holmes, Page 14) January 3-9, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 13 New Year’s resolutions for President Trump, Congress and the Media By Jonathan Turley ratings and profits. The problem is or his family. There has been no The Hill opinion contributor that these ratings have prompted consideration given to how these For most of us, the New Year is networks to become echo chambers interpretations could impact others not just a look forward but a look for viewers who only want to hear in the future in criminalizing speech back at all of the things we did (and attacks or accolades for Trump. or associations. None of this means ate) that we regret. While New Analysts that new evidence cannot come out Year’s resolutions often have a half- The greatest loss of objectivity to support criminal charges, but the life of mere hours, even the pretense has occurred with legal analysts. “bombshell” evidence cited in 2017 of self-evaluation has a redemptive The past year has been most strik- fell short of any compelling basis role in our lives. So here are a few ing in how rage and ratings dis- for an indictment. Thus, given the suggestions for Washington. torted legal analysis in continued end of the year without a single President Trump announcements of “bombshells” indictment based on these legal The resolution that most White and “smoking guns” that would theories, it might be time for a few House staff would dearly love all but guarantee the prosecution additions to the standard resolutions President Trump to consider is for Congress could be hard for Clinton. Given the importance of of Trump or his family. (Indeed, a of greater weight loss and family as simple as it is fruitless: Stop many to actually proclaim with a these allegations, members should search of mainstream media in the time in the new year. tweeting. Trump’s tweets are the straight face: Stop the hypocrisy join together and resolve to fully last 12 months shows almost 5,000 First, I will analyze what I know single most damaging element to over investigations. Democratic investigate and disclose the facts references to “smoking gun” dis- to be the case as opposed to what I his administration. In multiple court members have been energized by on both sides, rather than work to coveries in relation to Trump). For (or viewers) might desperately want cases, Trump effectively became a the investigations of the Trump manipulate the investigations to months, the public was told about to be the case against the president. witness against his own policies. administration involving potential shield their party while attacking the “crime of collusion” despite Second, I will leave the criminal This was made worse by former Russian influence and campaign the other. the fact that no such crime exists. code alone and not twist or broad- White House Press Secretary Sean improprieties. However, when Media By mid-year, commentators had en crimes in a creative exercise of Spicer, who declared that all of the asked about serious allegations The media should not have to switched to declaring clear exis- finding a way to “bag a Trump.” president’s tweets were presidential against Hillary Clinton’s campaign make a resolution of neutrality, tence of “conspiracy” or election Third, I will look beyond this presi- statements like those contained in and Democratic figures, they are that being the very definition of the violations despite the lack of any dent at the implications of lowering executive orders. The result is that entirely obstructionist. From the journalistic profession. Journalists cases directly supporting these nov- the standards for impeachment or opinion after opinion cited Trump’s Russian dossier to political influ- are trained to maintain objectiv- el and virtually limitless definitions. indictment for future generations. tweets as a basis to enjoin major ence in the investigation of the ity as a professional touchstone. MSNBC legal analyst Paul Fourth, I will consider not just policies and dismiss the arguments Clinton campaign, members insist Most do, though we have seen a Butler declared that the meeting in potential charges but potential de- of the Justice Department. that “the presidential campaign surprising erosion under President Trump Tower “is the smoking gun fenses in evaluating the significance In a perfect world, Trump could is over,” except for the Trump Trump. His continued attacks on of evidence” of the crime of “solic- of developments. Finally, I will not further resolve not to speak about campaign. the media have united journalists iting a campaign contribution from use the terms “smoking gun” or pending litigation. The special Republicans are no better. Mem- to an almost unprecedented degree. a foreign national like a Russian “bombshell” as an adjectival sub- counsel investigation would not bers who want to reopen Clinton While I have criticized the media government operative.” Former stitute for “potentially significant” have occurred absent Trump’s firing investigations are also calling for for some coverage that has become Watergate prosecutor Nick Acker- changes. of former FBI director James Com- the firing of special counsel Robert dangerously biased, I continue to man declared the emails to be “al- The costs in 2018 could be ey and his later comments about Mueller as a way to end the Russian view Trump’s attacks on the media most a smoking cannon” and added immeasurable unless we can offer the investigation and underlying investigation, a move that would be as equally dangerous to our system. that “there’s almost no question this greater objectivity in the investiga- facts and personalities. While the stupefyingly dumb. Terminating Nevertheless, many journalists is treason.” Others breathlessly de- tion and its coverage. Otherwise, tweets maintain Trump’s base, he Mueller as a logical way to end have used Trump’s attacks as a scribed every new tweet or account we can toast to the ratings and cannot succeed as president with the Russian investigation is akin to license to openly oppose his poli- to be the long-sought “bombshell” continue to play to the rage, and 30 percent of the voters energized viewing the Hindenburg explosion cies and shade coverage against his that effectively sealed the fate of as Mark Twain predicted, look to by morning missives. It is said that as a logical way to land a zeppelin. administration. the president or his family. It was as this new year as a new start on old generals fail because they always Both sides could gain needed The fact is that Trump is the thrilling as it was misleading on the habits. prepare to fight the last war. Twitter credibility by recognizing that the menace that the media could not law for those desperately wanting * * * * * may have helped Trump as a candi- public is equally divided on these do without. Major newspapers and to see an indictment. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro date in 2016, but it could guarantee allegations. Recent polls show networks have had a reversal of for- To make matters worse, analysts Professor of Public Interest Law that he fails as a president by 2020. roughly the same percentages of tunes under Trump. For them, after have been twisting the criminal at George Washington University. Congress people who believe and disbelieve facing serious financial problems in code in a virtual contest to find a You can follow him on Twitter @ The most obvious resolution the allegations against Trump and 2016, Trump has been a bonanza for way — any way — to indict Trump JonathanTurley. 2017 was Democrats’ no-good, very bad year By Jen Kerns many publicists. The Hill opinion contributor By miscalculating Trump, Democrats The prognosticators had it wrong from ended up sitting on the sidelines during the the beginning. biggest stock market rally in American histo- First, democrats and the mainstream me- ry, the largest tax cut in American history, and dia predicted Donald Trump wouldn’t win the the most significant coalition against nuclear presidency. The famed FiveThirtyEight blog proliferation in the 21st century. run by Nate Silver wrongly predicted Hillary Sadly for democrats, they appear to be ca- Clinton had a 72 percent chance of winning. reening into the new year doubling down on Even Reuters admitted that they and others their strategy of serving as “the resistance.” got it wrong when they forecast Hillary’s Democrats are counting on the tax cut plan chances as high as 99 percent, thus giving to backfire, especially in swing districts. But Trump a mere 1 percent chance to squeak just as the above polling and predictions did out a victory. They were all wrong right up not ring true, neither will this one. Instead, until election night, when Trump scored the democrats will face a midterm election in largest upset in American history. which the economy will be booming and Next, democrats and the mainstream constituents will have more change in their media predicted he wouldn’t make it to Inau- pockets. guration Day, engaging in an eleventh-hour Trump credit and suggested that while the with his Ambassador to the United Nations, When campaign mail pieces begin to campaign to sway electoral college votes market would temporarily rise it would face Nikki Haley, an unlikely and unanimous co- hit mailboxes ahead of November 2018, against him. (As it turns out, more electoral a massive selloff in the days following the alition of nations against North Korea. The democrats won’t be able to boast that they college votes were cast against Hillary than inauguration once the reality of a Trump coalition for a unanimous resolution against were part of any significant “progress” in Trump). presidency set in. North Korea included China and Russia, recent American history — in fact, their GOP Then, the mainstream media and other They were all wrong. In fact, they couldn’t which experts said would never happen. opponents will more than happy to point out analysts predicted that within days of Donald have been more wrong. In the final days of 2017, President Trump that they voted against all of it. Trump taking office, the stock market would Within days of taking office, the stock won the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs With no message, no fundraising success, tank and widespread financial panic would market broke through 20,000 for the first time Act — the largest tax cut in American history. no party unity, no viable candidates for 2020 spread across the globe in contagion. in American history. By the end of Trump’s And like a cherry on top of Trump’s trade- on the horizon, and nothing left to resist Citibank predicted that a Trump victory “first 100 days,” the stock market had broken mark two scoops of ice cream, the president other than their own economic prosperity, would tank the stock market by three to five through 21,000 for the first time in history managed to also repeal the individual health- the resistance will prove to be disastrous for percent. It never happened. and was up 14 percent. By August, it was up care mandate — effectively the beginning of democrats in 2018. Economist Paul Krugman predicted that a whopping 20 percent. All told, the stock the end of Obamacare as we know it. Jen Kerns has served as a GOP strategist markets would be “plunging” and a Trump market experienced more than 70 record days The President is #winning, just as he and writer for the U.S. presidential debates inauguration would all but guarantee “a during President Trump’s first year in office. predicted he would. for FOX News. She previously served as global recession, with no end in sight.” It As for the left’s suggestion that President With the exception of Doug Jones’ win communications director and spokeswoman never happened. Trump would cause World War III with his in Alabama, democrats were the big losers for the California Republican Party, the In fact, when the markets did go up in an Tweeting? They were wrong about that, too. of 2017. Colorado Recalls over gun control, and the apparent “Trump bump” in the days before President Trump actually did the opposite, The only people who had a worse year Prop. 8 battle over marriage which went all Inauguration, a CNBC analyst barely gave surprising the world by bringing together than democrats were Harvey Weinstein’s the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Muth (Continued from Page 11) Actions are finally having conse- “United knows she will play the media team’s finest hour. thinking she didn’t. The headline in the Las Vegas quences again. Go Nikki, go! race card if she isn’t treated like Victoria’s Secret It’s her deception I have a big Review-Journal recently declared, U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) says royalty,” the press reported, “so Victoria Seaman, Nevada GOP problem with. And the political “Shoppers spending at a pace not President Trump’s packed rallies re- they just give in.” candidate for the 3rd congressional expediency. seen since recession.” Hmm, I flect the “spasms of a dying party.” So much for “white privilege.” district, is still belly-aching that I She signed the Pledge in 2014 wonder what’s changed this past That “dying party” now controls Breitbart News reported that “A refuse to support her. She’s now for the Assembly race she won. year to cause that? the White House, the U.S. Senate, Democratic congressional candi- complaining that I’m not criticiz- Then she refused to sign it — and Breitbart News reports that more the House of Representatives, the date in Virginia (Shaun Brown) has ing one of her opponents, Sen. encouraged other candidates not than 1.3 million people dropped off majority of governorships and the been indicted on charges of fraud, Scott Hammond, for voting for the to sign it — in 2016 when she lost the food stamp rolls in 2017. Hmm, majority of state Legislatures. embezzlement, and theft for al- Commerce Tax. her state senate race. And now she’s ALL signed it again for the CD3 race. I wonder what’s changed this past You can bet the Democrats wish legedly stealing government funds Truth is I’ve criticized of the Republicans, including Ham- That shows a lack of integrity year to cause that? their party was “dying” like that. ($803,000) from a school nutrition mond, who voted for that tax in and character to me. So attendance and viewership Fresh off of offering a $2 million program in 2012.” 2015 — probably more than any I know a number of my con- of NFL games is way down this bribe each to Susan Collins (R-ME) Brown is black, so don’t expect other conservative in the state. But servative friends are still backing year and “U.S. movies expect 22 and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) if they’d to see her story on CNN or other that’s not the issue here. Queen Vick. And that’s fine. I year low in ticket sales.” Hmm, I vote against President Trump’s tax “fake news” outlets. Hammond didn’t sign the Tax understand. But I won’t be fooled wonder what’s changed this past cut, foul-mouthed militant liberal Have you ever noticed that the Pledge promising in writing to again. I’ve seen this show before. year to cause that? Rosie O’Donnell tweeted to House mainstream media only seems to vote against any and all efforts to Anyone remember Chris “Let’s After the vast majority of United Speaker Paul Ryan on Christmas focus on the “good” DREAMers increase taxes and he’s not lying/ Make a Deal” Edwards? Nations members voted against Eve, “u will go straight to hell u (children of illegal aliens) and never denying that he voted for it. * * * * * the United States over President screwed up fake altar boy.” the violent, drug-dealing, murder- On the other hand, Seaman DID Chuck Muth is president of Donald Trump’s decision to move She seems nice. ing ones? I wonder why that is? sign the Tax Pledge, went on to vote Citizen Outreach, a non-profit our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) Nevada Democrat gubernatorial for NINE tax hikes (though, to be public policy grassroots advocacy U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley bumped a 63-year-old teacher out candidate Steve Sisolak sent an fair, she did vote against the Com- organization and publisher of Ne- announced today that the U.S. is of her 1st class seat on a United email out today urging people to merce Tax), refuses to acknowledge vadaNewsandViews.com. He may cutting funding to the organization Airlines flight last week — and sign an online birthday card to… that she broke her pledge, and be reached by email at cmuth@ by $285 million. United let her get away with it. himself. Not exactly his social continues to deceive voters into lasvegastribune.com. Page 14 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 3-9, 2018 Trump can lock in tax reform gains by rejecting trade tariffs By Ross Marchand give these companies an edge by The Hill opinion contributor artificially lowering development As the sun sets on 2017, Con- and deployment costs. gress has concluded the most What’s more, the cutbacks in significant reform of the American utility deployment predicted by tax system in three decades. In ad- the GTM report would mean price dition to sizeable across-the-board hikes for ratepayers in states where reductions in individual tax rates, “renewable” energy is mandated there are tax cuts for businesses to be part of energy portfolios. large and small. Like regular taxes, raising one In the aftermath of such a pos- rate can trickle to other areas of itive step forward, it’s easy to the economy, ensnaring countless become locked into a narrative of individuals, families and businesses accomplishment. But even after along the way. tax reform, a plethora of proposed After the long, hard slog of tax taxes continue to threaten taxpayers reform, it’s natural to ask what is and consumers on the federal level. next. With large, looming tariff de- If tariffs continue to be embraced cisions that need to be decided early by the administration, any taxpayer next year, the administration can relief afforded by newly-signed show its continued resolve to keep legislation will be overshadowed foreign rivals who allegedly play At the end of January, the pres- Keeping the price of solar artifi- the tax burden low across America. by price hikes across the economy. unfair, the blurring lines caused ident will have to decide whether cially high can limit this trend and While tariffs are a seductive Earlier this year, residential by globalization considerably to impose tariff rates of around 30 potentially reduce the harm of net way to keep America a step ahead appliance producer Whirlpool complicates the “us versus them” percent on foreign solar panel and metering policies. Since foreign so- of competitors, the tangled global filed a safeguard petition under mentality. cell manufacturers. Given that the lar competitors are mainly state-run economy means that any attempt Section 201 of the Trade Act of Despite being based elsewhere, president recently resolved in Asia corporations that have a negligible to punish the competition will boo- 1974 claiming that an increase in companies like Samsung and LG to “no longer tolerate these chron- foreign presence, harming Asian merang back to the United States. certain washing machine imports are responsible for thousands of ic trade abuses,” there’s a decent producers wouldn’t directly harm By rejecting USITC recommen- — specifically from LG and Sam- jobs created in the United States, chance that approved tariff rates American job growth. dations for higher tariffs, the pres- sung — has seriously injured the and attempts to punish them for may go above and beyond USITC Upon closer inspection, the ident can cement recently-enacted domestic industry. United States providing lower prices for custom- recommendations. case for tariffs falls apart. The re- tax reform and protect Americans International Trade Commission ers can easily harm job and wage At first glance, the case for solar newable sector is one of the most from high costs and job destruction. (USITC) officials have proposed growth in places like Tennessee and tariffs appears to be stronger than heavily-subsidized industries in the * * * * * imposing a 50-percent tariff on South Carolina. that for washing machines. As the United States, making claims of an Ross Marchand is the director large residential washing machines Growing tariff talk in the Trump Taxpayers Protection Alliance and unlevel playing field specious to say of Policy for the Taxpayers Pro- imports. administration isn’t limited to other organizations have point- the least. In addition to a plethora tection Alliance, an organization While Trump administration washing machines. Suniva and ed out, rooftop solar adaptation of production and investment tax that advocates on behalf of free officials have stubbornly clung to Solar World, two American-based coupled with net metering means credits at the federal and state lev- markets and limited government the idea of tariffs as a way to safe- solar energy companies, have also higher costs imposed on non-solar el, crony initiatives like SunShot intervention. guard domestic competitors against invoked the Trade Act of 1974. neighbors. Klayman Viasmensky (Continued from Page 11) ClivenBundyDefenseFund.org to (Continued from Page 10) brothers and sisters; then all of a us all divided, he will turn around furthered by Mahre and his corrupt learn more about this case and as Rebecca Ferguson needs to com- sudden, President Obama came up in his grave in tears because it was prosecutors now. And that’s why importantly to support liberty and prehend the words of Martin Luther with new ideas to instigate us to not the dream he once had. we need your urgent support this freedom as “one nation under God.” King when he said: “Violence as a hate each other. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a New Year! Larry Klayman is a former Jus- way of achieving racial justice is Contrary to what Dr. King said dream, and we all have the same Cliven’s and his son’s fight tice Department prosecutor and both impractical and immoral. I when he called Black Americans dream that we continue to be broth- against government tyranny is our the founder of Judicial Watch and am not unmindful of the fact that African-Americans (and this is ers and sisters, without violence, fight. If all of this can happen to him Freedom Watch. His latest book is violence often brings momentary my own opinion), there is no such without crime, without murder, and his family, it can also happen “Whores: Why and How I Came to results.” thing as African-Americans, black regardless of the color of our skin. to you and your loved ones. Go to Fight the Establishment.” You cannot fight racism with Americans, or white Americans. As Martin Luther King, Jr. said: racism; you cannot fight violence The only African-American here “We must learn to live together with violence; you cannot fight is Barack Obama (an African father as brothers or perish together as Holmes discrimination with discrimination; (Continued from Page 12) paign, peddled by a hate-for-hire you cannot fight hate with hate, and and an American mother). The rest fools.” She made up several pecan pies PR firm, and demonstrated to be this is the reason Martin Luther of us are just brothers and sisters, 0Perly Viasmensky is the Gen- and delivered them to reporters — full of lies time and again is the King said: “I have decided to stick just plain Americans. eral Manager of the Las Vegas Tri- including Ryan, who took the pie most embarrassing media misstep with love. Hate is too great a burden If Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. bune. She writes a weekly column but said, “I’m not going to eat it.” of our time. to bear.” raises his head from his grave and in this newspaper. To contact Perly What a sour way to react to Happy New Year! Here’s hoping For many years blacks and sees us so divided because of the Viasmensky, email her at pviasmen- sweets. 2018 brings us a little bit of truth whites have been getting along as actions of one activist hoping to see sky@lasvegas tribune.com. 10. The faked Russian dossier. from the Fake News Media — or, Yes, all the rest of the stories are at least, a lot more laughs at their light-hearted, silly, or even down- expense. Mace right ridiculous. * * * * * (Continued from Page 11) But the final tally reflects Mr. The deadline for declaring a state- You’d have to be fairly dement- Frank Holmes is a reporter for Moore’s opponents had spread “lies Moore’s enduring appeal to many wide candidacy is Feb. 9. ed to think these are worth your The Horn News. He is a veteran and fraudulent misrepresentations.” Republicans here, and Mr. Moore’s Several of Mr. Moore’s advisers, viewers’ time or attention. journalist and an outspoken con- The Truth Doesn’t Matter. strength, diminished as it is, has including his campaign’s chairman But to spend an entire year servative that talks about the news It Only Matters What fueled speculation about whether and treasurer, did not respond to obsessing over a fake intelligence that was in his weekly article, “On The People Believe. he will unsettle the state’s politics messages this week. But a former report paid for by a political cam- The Holmes Front.” To support his arguments, Mr. next year. chief of staff to Mr. Moore, Ben Moore included affidavits from sev- A campaign for either governor Dupré, said that Mr. Moore is “a Maramis eral people his campaign described or attorney general would involve guy that does not compromise.” (Continued from Page 10) any personal wishes that are never as experts in elections; one has challenging a Republican incum- “He doesn’t take his orders from it is the dirty wash water from the revealed (just as birthday wishes claimed to have “mathematically bent and would test just how weary the Republican Party or the Dem- floor, taking all its dirt with it as it one makes when one blows out proved a conspiracy to assassi- and wary the party is of Mr. Moore. ocrat Party,” said Mr. Dupré, who goes. Each person then eats all the the candles are not supposed to be nate” President John F. Kennedy. He Ain’t Gonna Reign sometimes spoke for Mr. Moore grapes in his cup, ideally finishing revealed or they won’t come true). Wow! I sure would like to see No More, Roy Moore. during the campaign but ended his them all, one right after the other, So whether one chooses to sit role soon after the election. “He that! Regarding experts, Charles “On paper, he would be com- but making a wish for the new year alone and write down one’s New really believes in following the Durning in Home for the Holidays petitive in a Republican primary,” on each grape, one for each new Year Resolutions for the upcoming Constitution and in following God said, (expert) “opinions are like said State Auditor Jim Zeigler, a month to come. It is finished off by twelve months, or throw out the and in following what he believes is a**holes. Everyone has one and ev- Republican who supported Mr. drinking the champagne or cider to water relating to what’s past and his duty to God and to the country.” eryone thinks that everyone else’s Moore in the Senate election and wash down the grapes and reinforce wish one’s hopes for the new year (What is Good for Roy Moore is stinks…” (Mr. Moore has himself is himself considering a run for the wishes. into existence, or even start a whole Good for the USA! I don’t need indulged in conspiracy theories, governor. “But the campaign is So it is out with the old (the new tradition to celebrate the tran- you Stinking Voters. I have a higher including that former President not won or lost on paper, just like a water), and in with the new (the sition from the old to the so-called calling!) Barack Obama was not born in the football game. On paper, Alabama grapes) and all the possibilities new, it really doesn’t matter. We Mr. Dupré added, “If he has a United States.)When Roy’s mind was going to beat Auburn, and it reason not to concede, he’s not go- for the new year. Then everyone is are free to do what feels right to us, is made up, he never lets the facts didn’t happen. Like the cowboys ing to concede. He’s got no friends free to dance around if they like, what might even bring us closer to confuse him. and their Kin, the tide came rolling in D.C. — we know that, we knew or shout “Happy New Year!” and our friends and family, or whatever Experts unaffiliated with either in, But it wasn’t the Crimson Tide. that going into this — and he’s not such, and hug and kiss each other. perpetuates the traditions we just the Jones or Moore campaigns The political math for Mr. Moore trying to play their game of, ‘Oh, And so the new year begins. No happen to like. quickly said the lawsuit’s argu- is certainly more complicated than we smeared your reputation, so hats, no noisemakers, no firecrack- However you did or do celebrate ments appeared meritless. “It seems ever before. He was twice elected you should roll over and go away.’” ers — and even no Guy Lombardo the turning of the new year, may — and effectively twice removed to boil down to: I should have won History Repeats Itself. reruns on TV, which my mother the really important part of that — as chief justice, and he would under the exit poll and all of this After Mr. Moore faltered in would always watch to ring in the reason to celebrate — that you now enter any 2018 race with some of voting by African-Americans must 2006, a political scientist, Dupré — new year. (I wonder if those reruns have twelve new upcoming months the advantages that can come with show fraud,” Richard L. Hasen, an who spoke hours before Mr. Moore are still around somewhere, piping during which you can make old elections law expert at the Univer- decades in public life: name rec- brought his lawsuit — may have a in the new year yet one more time.) wrongs right, get rid of old habits sity of California, Irvine, wrote on ognition and, likely, the sustained point. He predicted to an Alabama And so, while all Cubans prob- that have not served you well, or his blog. fealty of the devoted supporters newspaper that it would be “very ably do not adhere to that tradition even do all those things that you Who You Gonna Believe, who helped him earn more than hard for him to come back and be every New Year’s Eve, it seems to had hoped to accomplish last year, Me Or Your Lying Ballots? 650,000 votes on Dec. 12. a major force in Alabama politics.” live on here in Cedar Park, in my but they just slipped away into the Although the Alabama Re- But before the Senate race, many Less than seven years later, Mr. son’s house, and adds to the “fla- black hole of the now-departed and publican Party, and many elected of Mr. Moore’s critics regarded him Moore, already ousted once from vor” of the occasion whenever I’m no longer available twelve months officials, stood behind Mr. Moore as a bigot and a demagogue (rightly the Supreme Court, was elected here over the holidays. of 2017 past — impress upon you during his campaign, he had few so) who cheered discrimination chief justice — again. The defini- Now that you understand the the treasure that lies ahead. influential allies by the time the against gay people and Muslims. tion of insanity is doing the same ritual, what might be some of the May we all have a better year certification meeting began at the After the campaign, some of his thing and expecting a different things a person might wish for in ahead, and even check ourselves Capitol. Party leaders, including critics also saw him as a predator result. Maybe the third time’s the the new year? Health is always a every day, if we must, as we live out President Trump, who endorsed toward younger women. And the charm. Although when I think of good one, especially for one who is the new year, to ensure that we’re Mr. Moore, had called for him to coalition that sunk Mr. Moore’s Roy Moore, the word charming already in the throes of an illness; truly taking advantage of the won- concede. campaign — young people, women doesn’t pop into my mind. getting a job, keeping a job, or derful gift of being alive — filled Mr. Moore could conceivably (I’m surprised that he didn’t try For more information regarding continued success in one’s line of with fresh possibilities because we ask the Senate, which has the and take away their right to vote), Nevada laws, or if you feel your work is a wish that generally means left the old behind. constitutional authority to serve as and black voters in major cities rights have been violated, please a happier year lies ahead if that wish Maramis Choufani is the Man- “judge of the elections, returns and and rural counties — has not gone call Mace Yampolsky & Associates. comes true; peace and love between aging Editor of the Las Vegas qualifications of its own members,” away. If Mr. Moore harbors any Call or text us at (702) 385-9777. all members of a family that might Tribune. She writes a weekly col- not to seat Mr. Jones. Republican ambitions of moving into the neo- We are available 24/7 for emergen- have had their not-so-happy mo- umn in this newspaper. To contact leaders in Washington are unlikely classical Governor’s Mansion, he cies. If you need help, CALL NOW ments over the past year — as just Maramis, email her at maramis@ to heed any such call. will have to act on them quickly: before it is too late. We can help! about any family can relate to; and lasvegastribune.com. January 3-9, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 15 EntErtainmEnt Drive down Route 66 for a look at the past By Sandy Zimmerman Las Vegas Tribune Photos by Williams, Arizona The last town on Route 66 is not a ghost town, Williams, Arizona is a jumping tourist attraction. Yes, they are off the main highways yet their charm and history draws people there. Walk along Main Street, the National Historic District has stores, classic diners, bars, motels, curio shops, an old fashioned soda fountain, a zip-line and their old fashioned buildings, a sign of Wil- liams’ wild past of opium dens and bordellos. A separate 20-acre walking area set up like a more conventional zoo is home to otters, beavers, porcupines, and more. The park also features a Bearizona Barn- yard petting zoo, a special exhibit of “kindergarten” bears not old enough for the adult enclosure, and a high country raptors show of hawks, owls, falcons, and other birds of prey. Watch the Shoot Out with the Cataract Creek Gang old west out- laws, 7 p.m. from Memorial Day to Labor Day, for information contact Williams-Grand Canyon Chamber six classes of service for visitors of Route 66 to be by-passed by singer Bobby Troup marked the man reviews shows and restau- of Commerce: (928) 635-0273. from standard Pullman cars to Interstate 40. The original “super- day Route 66 was bypassed, Oct. rants and is the talk show host of National Park is a big incentive iconic “dome” cars to the classic highway,” as Route 66 was known 13, 1984, by plunking out the 1946 Sandy Zimmerman’s Las Vegas for families, couples and adventure open deck rear observation cars. A in 1926, spanned more than 2,300 tune on a piano in the middle of TV Productions. For information seeking travelers to stop-over in variety of packages are available miles from Chicago to Long Beach, America’s most iconic byway — about Sandy’s articles, sugges- Williams for a night or two and see ranging from two to four nights, Calif., and opened up the West to called “The Mother Road” by John tions, comments, please write san- the historic town then escape to the offering a convenient way to take in road travel. Steinbeck. [email protected] or call: Grand Canyon via the Grand Can- all the Railway and Grand Canyon (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 Award winning Sandy Zimmer- 702-731-6491. yon Railroad only 56 miles away. National Park has to offer — bun- The Grand Canyon Railway, dled to save families money. ranked consistently as one of For more information visit the America’s great train rides, runs website www.thetrain.com or call every day except Christmas from 1-800-THE-TRAIN (843-8724). downtown Williams to the world Trains depart every day at 9:30 a.m. famous El Tovar Hotel and steps and return in the late afternoon with from the South Rim of The Grand a three-hour layover at The Grand Canyon. Canyon. Passengers can also take The train consists of beautifully the train, stay at the Grand Canyon restored railway cars from the and return on a later date. 1930s to the 1960s and features Williams boasts the final stretch Page 16 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 3-9, 2018 Updated Dining Promotions at South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa By Mike Kermani ed Boneless Pork Cutlet, grilled Unlimited Bloody Marys Las Vegas Tribune with mustard cream and served During Breakfast Buffet — Mon- Professional Football with mashed potatoes and apple day through Friday. South Point Specials compote;Chopped Chicken Salad, Hotel offers unlimited Bloody Throughout professional foot- chopped iceberg lettuce tossed with Marys during the Garden Buffet’s ball season, South Point Hotel diced chicken, tomato, cucumber, Breakfast Buffet for $8.95 with a & Casino bars will offer drink red onions, sliced black olives, Casino Club Card or $10.95 with- specials, including Budweiser and served with a red wine vinaigrette out a Casino Club Card. The break- Bud Light drafts for $2 and five- and topped with crumbled feta fast buffet is available Monday beer buckets of Budweiser and Bud cheese. through Friday from 7 to 10 a.m. Light for $12. —Friday: Seafood Creole, scal- Garden Buffet Serves Unlim- BAJA MIGUEL’S lops, shrimp and seasonal seafood ited Mimosas — Every Saturday $3 Tequila Time Happy Hour served over rice pilaf and topped and Sunday. South Point’s Garden at Baja Miguel’s Tequila Bar with a Creole sauce, onions, pep- Buffet offers brunch guests the South Point’s Baja Miguel’s Te- pers, tomatoes and Cajun spices; opportunity to enjoy unlimited Fish, blackened and topped with the foundation please head to www. quila Bar offers a $3 Tequila Time Southern Chicken Salad, lettuce Mimosas for $16.95 with a Casi- sautéed crawfish tails and shrimp ecflv.org. The Wine of the Month happy hour special Wednesday topped with fried chicken, diced no Club Card or $19.95 without finished with red pepper cream, is available for guests 21 years and through Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. tomato, green peas, crumbled ba- a Casino Club Card. The brunch served with creole rice and vegeta- older with a valid ID. The happy hour party includes con, green onions and topped with buffet is available every Saturday bles; or Charbroiled Filet Mignon, Happy Hour and margaritas, shots of Cuervo and honey mustard dressing. and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 8-ounce drizzled with béarnaise Reverse Happy Hour Corona beer. —Saturday: Roast Loin of KATE’S KORNER sauce, served with grilled tomato, Zenshin offers guests a daily $9.95 Meal Deals Pork, served with pan gravy, red Smoothie Menu sautéed mushrooms and lyonnaise happy hour special featuring a 50 Baja Miguel’s offers $9.95 meal cabbage and mashed potatoes; Kate’s Korner offers guests potatoes. percent discount on select items deals Wednesday through Sunday Southern Style Chicken Cutlet, an extensive menu of 24-ounce —Desserts: Chocolate Yule from 2 to 6 p.m. In addition, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The specialty marinated in buttermilk and golden smoothie options, including Co- Log topped with whipped cream; Zenshin offers a reverse happy menu includes the choice of two fried, topped with cheddar cheese conut Café Mocha, Berry Pucker, Strawberry Cream Horn served hour Friday and Saturday from 10 items, includingChicken, Beef or and served with bacon mashed po- Caramel Coffee Frappe and Spa with strawberries; or Warm Apple p.m. to 1 a.m. and Sunday through Cheese Enchiladas; Chicken or tatoes, cut corn, crisp onion strings Fresh for $4.75. In addition, Kate’s and Cranberry Tart, served with a Thursday from 9 to 11 p.m. Diners Beef Flautas; Chicken, Ground or and a chipotle barbeque sauce. Korner offers smoothies such as scoop of vanilla ice cream. Dessert have the opportunity to relax after Shredded Beef Tacos and Chili Rel- —Sunday: Roast Turkey Din- Healthy Morning, made with blue- will be served with the choice of a busy day with $7 cocktails, $4 leno. Entrées include Mexican Rice ner, served with sage dressing, berry, strawberry, oatmeal, protein coffee or tea. beers and $5.50 wines. A special and Refried Beans. The $9.95 spe- mashed potatoes, gravy, glazed powder and nonfat vanilla yogurt; Tax and gratuity are not includ- happy hour dining menu features cial includes frozen margarita, soft yams and vegetables; Vito’s Pasta Green Machine, with spinach, kale, ed. The regular dining menu will appetizers including Edamame drink or Fideo soup. In addition, served with chicken breast, mush- banana, mango and orange juice; also be available. All guests must ($3), Seaweed Salad ($4), Tempura guests will enjoy complimentary rooms, asparagus tips, sun dried Peanut Butter Crunch blending be 21 years of age or older with Onion Rings ($4), Steam Shrimp tortilla chips served with salsa, tomato strips and topped with an banana, peanuts, peanut butter, valid form of ID to receive the Shumai ($5), Fried Oysters ($5), guacamole and bean dip for the Alfredo cream sauce. protein powder and yogurt. complimentary cocktail. Chicken Lettuce Wraps ($5) and table. Each entrée includes a side “South Point Late Nite” Throughout January, Primarily Throughout January, Silverado more. Guests also can select from of rice and beans. Graveyard Specials Prime Rib will host a wine of the Steak House will host a wine of an abundance of specialty sushi BIG SUR OYSTER BAR Coronado Café offers a delicious month special featuring bottles of the month special featuring bottles rolls, including 777 ($6), Spider “What the Shuck!?” Lunch selection of graveyard specials wine for $20 per bottle. Guests can of wine for $20 per bottle. Guests ($6), Crunch ($5), Spicy Tuna Specials and Half-Priced Oysters from midnight to 6 a.m. Guests can choose between Steele Shooting can choose betweenSteele Shooting ($5) and more. In addition, the and Clams select from a specially prepared Star Chardonnay and Steele Shoot- Star Chardonnay and Steele Shoot- happy hour menu puts a twist on South Point’s Big Sur Oyster menu featuringButtermilk Biscuits ing Star Pino Noir. For each bottle ing Star Pino Noir. For each bottle the traditional pizza withBlackened Bar’s popular “What the Shuck!?” and Gravy ($2.95), Two Eggs sold, $1 will benefit local students sold, $1 will benefit local students Tuna ($7), Teriyaki Chicken ($7) lunch special menu includes dishes with Bacon or Sausage ($3.45), through the Epicurean Charitable through the Epicurean Charitable and Garden Vegetable ($7) options. starting at $7.95. Diners can choose Steak and Eggs ($4.95), Pancake Foundation. For more information Foundation. For more information Beverage Menu from a menu that satisfies any sea- Sandwich ($3.95), Ham Steak and about the foundation please head about the foundation please head Zenshin is offering seasonal food lovers’ cravings, including Big Eggs ($3.95) and a Cheeseburger to www.ecflv.org. The Wine of the to www.ecflv.org. The Wine of the craft beers, including Ballast Point Sur Salmon Cakes, Shrimp Alfredo, ($3.95). All guests must be 21 or Month is available for guests 21 Month is available for guests 21 Double IPA Watermelon, Down Shrimp Sriracha, Salmon Melt, older with a valid form of ID. years and older with a valid ID. years and older with a valid ID. to Earth Session IPA and Black Fish Tacos and Grilled Tilapia. In $1 Bloody Marys/Mimosas SILVERADO STEAK HOUSE STEAK ‘N SHAKE Jack Porter. Guests will also have addition, Big Sur Oyster Bar fea- and $2 Irish Coffees —Appetizers: Chilled Shrimp Seasonal Milkshake Specials the opportunity to purchase drink tures half-price oysters and clams South Point Casino offers guests Cocktail with remoulade sauce; Steak ‘n Shake offers four new flights, including the Plum Wine on the half shell. These specials are the option of $1 Bloody Marys or Steak and Eggs, two seared me- milkshakes crafted with beloved, Flight ($8), featuring regular plum, available Monday through Thurs- Mimosas at all casino bars and the dallions of beef, topped with classic flavors. Guests have the Shiso and honey. day from noon to 4 p.m. Coronado Café. Guests can also crème fraiche and golden caviar; choice between White Chocolate, Gluten Friendly Menu BOWLING COFFEE enjoy refreshing Bailey’s Irish or Shrimp and Scallops Rockefel- Peppermint Chocolate Chip, Pump- Zenshin offers guests a glu- & SNACK BAR Cream and coffee for $2 at any ler, sautéed with pernod in spinach kin Spice and Egg Nog milkshakes ten-friendly menu option to enjoy. The Bowling Coffee & Snack of the casino bars. This special is cream sauce. for $5.75 each. The menu features dishes includ- Bar, located in the bowling center available daily from 6 a.m. to noon. —Soup and Salad: Chicken Happy Hour ing starters, salads, rolls, sashimi, on the second floor, offers guests DON VITO’S Consommé Noël; or Christmas Steak ‘n Shake offers guests a soups, bowls, entrées and desserts. the chance to pick up their favorite Throughout January, Don Vito’s Salad, lollo rossa and green leaf happy hour special featuring a 50 Guests can enjoy dishes such as beverage and an assortment of will host a wine of the month spe- lettuce, topped with red and yellow percent discount on all milkshakes Age Dashi Tofu ($7); Asian Chick- pastries to start the day off right. cial featuring bottles of wine for teardrop tomatoes, black olives and and drinks Monday through Friday en Salad ($12); Teriyaki Chicken The menu includes items such as $20 per bottle. Guests can choose tossed croutons, drizzled with a from 2 to 5 p.m. Bowl ($11); Saba Shioyaki ($12); artisan coffee, Caffé Latte, Mo- between Steele Shooting Star Char- champagne vinaigrette. ZENSHIN Hibachi Grilled Salmon ($23); cha, Tea, Oregon Chai Tea Latter, donnay and Steele Shooting Star —Entrées: Herb Roasted Young Throughout January, Zenshin Zenshin Sukiyaki ($19); BBQ Cappuccino, Hot Chocolate and Pino Noir. For each bottle sold, $1 Turkey, with giblet gravy, apple will host a wine of the month spe- “Kalbi” Beef Short Ribs ($26); a Starbuck’s Frappuccino. Guests will benefit local students through dressing, served with Yukon Gold cial featuring bottles of wine for Flourless Chocolate Cake with can visit the Bowling Coffee & the Epicurean Charitable Founda- mashed potatoes, maple glazed $20 per bottle. Guests can choose Raspberry Coulis ($7) and more. Snack Bar for lunchtime fare as tion. For more information about yams, green beans and cranberry between Steele Shooting Star Char- Mike Kermani is an entertain- well. The menu features the perfect the foundation please head to www. relish; Prime Rib of Beef Dry Aged, donnay and Steele Shooting Star ment writer for the Las Vegas grab and go options, including: ecflv.org. The Wine of the Month 10-ounce slow roasted, served Pino Noir. For each bottle sold, $1 Tribune newspaper. He writes a Breakfast Sandwiches ($6.50) with is available for guests 21 years and with roast chateau or Yukon Gold will benefit local students through weekly column in this newspaper. egg or ham & cheese on a bagel or older with a valid ID. creamed potatoes, and sautéed the Epicurean Charitable Founda- To contact Mike Kermani, email croissant; Monterey Jack Grilled Steak, Louisiana Gumbo and green beans; Cajun Style Sword tion. For more information about mkermani@ lasvegas tribune.com Chicken Sandwich ($7.95) with more. The Garden Buffet provides lettuce, tomato, avocado & bacon; a variety of desserts including The Point Cheeseburger ($8.95) Peach Cobbler, Homemade Bread with lettuce, tomato, onion and Pudding and French Pastries. Tax served with French fries; Jumbo and gratuity are not included. All Pretzel with Cheese Sauce ($4.95); guests must be 21 years of age Veggie Pizza - slice ($3.25), whole or older with valid form of ID to ($14.75) and more drink options receive the bottomless Bloody such as Tropicana Lemonade, Ap- Mary’s. ple or Orange Juice ($2.45) and Themed Buffet Menus the Siberian Chill - regular ($2.25), —Sunday through Thursday: large ($2.95). South Point’s Garden Buffet offers $8.95 Daily Lunch Menu Items guests a juicy Prime Rib and Peel South Point Hotel’s Coronado & Eat Shrimp dinner buffet every Café serves $8.95 daily lunch spe- Sunday through Thursday from 4 to cials, including: 9 p.m. The dinner buffet is available —Monday: Salisbury Steak, for $15.95 with a Casino Club Card seasoned ground beef steak grilled or $19.95 without a Casino Club and topped with sautéed onions, Card. mushroom gravy, served with —Friday and Saturday: South mashed potatoes and the vegetable Point’s Garden Buffet offers a sea- of the day; Island Salad, grilled food buffet experience for $25.95 chicken breast with mixed greens, with a Casino Club Card or $29.95 cucumbers, red and yellow peppers, without a Casino Club Card. Guests green onions, mango, pineapple have the option to choose from a with macadamia nuts and tossed selection of dishes, including Peel in a citrus vinaigrette with crisp and Eat Shrimp, Oyster on the Half wontons. Shell, Fried Shrimp, Steamed and —Tuesday: Homemade Meat- Baked Clams, Snapper Vera Cruz, loaf, oven-baked meatloaf with Chilled and Steamed Crab Legs, mushroom sauce, served with Sushi Nigiri Rolls, Seafood Enchi- mashed potatoes and a side of veg- ladas and more. Also included in etable;Coronado Chicken Salad, the buffet are carving stations fea- grilled and diced chicken breast turing Roasted Prime Rib of Beef, served over baby kale, quinoa, Chinese Style Orange Roughy and arugula, teardrop tomatoes, dried Maple Glazed Roast Salmon. In ad- cranberries and blue cheese, topped dition, the buffet offers a variety of with apple cider vinaigrette. seasonal salads, hand-crafted chow- —Wednesday: Swiss Steak, ders and seasonal vegetables. The simmered in a rich red wine sauce, Seafood buffet includes one glass served with buttered noodles of wine per guest and is available and seasonal vegetables; West- every Friday and Saturday from 4 ern Chicken Salad Bowl, grilled to 10 p.m. chicken breast, diced and served Lunch Buffet with chopped romaine lettuce, The Garden Buffet serves lunch crumbled bacon, black beans, corn, Monday through Friday 11 a.m. tossed with a smoked tomato ranch through 3 p.m. for $9.95 with a Ca- dressing and fried onion strings. sino Club Card or $13.95 without a —Thursday: Parmesan Crust- Casino Club Card. January 3-9, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 17 LifestyLes

The Polar Express: A Place Beyond Your Imagination By Sandy Zimmerman rience” films, watch for the special ef- Las Vegas Tribune fects. The films seem to jump out at you Photos by the “Ultimate 4-D and take on a character of their own. Experience” TICKET PRICES: One Show - $9.99 per The Polar Express “Ultimate 4-D person; Two Shows - $12.99 per person; Best Experience,” at the Excalibur Hotel Value! Three Shows - $14.99 per person; 3 & Casino, is a beautifully written, FOR $57 PACKAGE. skillfully crafted journey to the North THE POLAR EXPRESS 4-D Experience: Pole. Suddenly a little boy awakened to Guests are invited on an extraordinary ad- the arrival of the Polar Express train. venture to the North Pole this holiday season Viewers have a front seat as they watch on THE POLAR EXPRESS with the Sim his adventures to the North Pole. Ex-Iwerks 4-D Version of the holiday classic! The dazzling animation brings the San Andreas 4-D Experience: A heart-rac- film to life with scenes of dancing ing, non-stop adventure that follows a res- train conductors on the ceiling, Santa cue-chopper pilot on a dangerous journey Claus flying through the sky in his sled, to rescue his daughter after a massive earth- explosive fireworks, the train speeding quake in California. by, and other imaginative scenes. Journey 2: The Mysterious Island — The The film expressed a message, “You 4-D Experience: The show features an all-star have to believe there is a world where cast in a one-of-a-kind adventure through an your dreams become a reality.” A per- elusive island. fect family film. The LEGO Movie 4-D Experience: Set When you see any of the Excalibur after the events of the blockbuster movie, Hotel & Casino’s “Ultimate 4-D Expe- Emmet and his Master Builder friends find

themselves entangled in an Evil Secret Guests can see one show for $9.99, two Plot led by scheming villain named Risky shows for $12.99 or three shows for $14.99. Business. Tickets are available at the Excalibur Box About Simx-lwerks Entertainment: “We Office and at the theater. The Ultimate 4-D specialize in designing, building and operat- Experience is located in the Excalibur’s ing special F/X driven cinematic attractions popular Fun Dungeon and features a dy- that feature blockbuster content from the namic theme park quality queue experience world’s major film studios. We build success- complete with cinematic lighting and music ful partnerships that provide 4-D Experience to build excitement for each film. films and services to over 150 attractions in * * * * * more than 30 countries. Our attractions gen- Award-winning syndicated columnist erate revenue, drive attendance and provide Sandy Zimmerman is a Show and Dining family-friendly memorable experiences to reviewer as well as travel, health, luxury over 50 million guests each year. living and more. Sandy is talk show host of The Ultimate 4-D Experience, located in Sandy Zimmerman’s Las Vegas TV. For infor- the Fun Dungeon area, is open daily from 10 mation, questions, or to recommend subjects, a.m. to 10 p.m. Shows run every 20 minutes, please call (702)-731-6491 or email www. with each experience playing once an hour. [email protected]. Page 18 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / January 3-9, 2018 CITY BEAT City of Las Vegas Cultural Arts January 2018 Calendar of Events Programs subject to change Free and open to the public. 18, 4 to 6 p.m. Cultural Arts & Community Events West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake Free admission and open to the public. programs: www.artslasvegas.org Mead Blvd. Las Vegas City Hall Chamber Gallery, 495 West Las Vegas Arts Center A monthly forum for established poets and S. Main St., second floor. Winter 2018 Class Registration open-mic participants featuring the best local This exhibit features the work of public (all ages) talent. For more information, call 702-229- service employees from a variety of depart- Registration available through Jan. 3 for ARTS (2787) or visit www.artslasvegas.org. ments and services throughout the state of six-week class session Jan. 3–Feb. 10, 2018. * * * * * Nevada. Call 702-229-ARTS (2787) for more West Las Vegas Arts Center, 947 W. Lake information. Mead Blvd. * * * * * Cultural arts classes offered include Kemetic Yoga, African Dance for Children, African Dance for Teens/Adults, African Drum, Ballet for Children, Ballet — Begin- ner/Intermediate, Ballet — Intermediate/ Advanced, Modern Dance — Intermediate, Windows on First: “Appropriation” Hip Hop/Funk — Beginner, Hip Hop/Funk featuring the Artwork of Camilla Quinn — Intermediate/Advanced, Introduction Through March 1, 2018, and available to to Chess — Empowering the Student, Re- view at all times. cording & Engineering - The Relationship Open to the public on First Street; no of Mind Over Matter, and the Cultural Arts admission fee. Ensembles — Children’s African Dance En- Las Vegas City Hall, Windows on First, semble and Youth Performance Ensemble. To FLY Dance Company 495 South Main Street, along First Street. register online, visit www.artslasvegas.org or (all ages) “Appropriation” explores the history call 702-229-ARTS (2787). Saturday, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m. and evolution of the mandala. Originally a * * * * * Cost: $20 (adults); $10 (under 18). Buddhist and Hindu geometric figure repre- From Refuse to Reuse Charleston Heights Arts Center Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. senting the universe, the mandala has been Jan. 4 to March 22; hours Monday-Friday, Winter I 2018 Class Registration Brush St. appropriated by many religions, cultures, and 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; closed weekends and (all ages) Known as “The Gentlemen of Hip Hop,” has even found its place in pop culture. Using holidays. Registration available through Jan. 10 for FLY is pure fun — youthful energy, risk-tak- neon inspired by the lights of Las Vegas, these Meet-the-Artists Reception Thursday, Jan. classes that begin the week of Jan. 10, 2018. ing movement, and clever choreography set vibrant mandalas are designed to unite the 4, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. to a mix of surprising musical selections. numerous mandala appropriations and have Las Vegas City Hall Grand Gallery, 495 Brush St. Enjoy this dance concert for the whole been fashioned using elements found within South Main Street, First Floor Fine arts courses offered for youth, teens family! FLY Dance Company will present the various mandala styles. For more infor- There is a movement in art where artists and adults include visual arts; drawing; a 90-minute performance with emphasis on mation, call 702-229-ARTS (2787) or email use found or thrown-away objects that they ballet; adult theatre; and private lessons in variety, high energy, and fun entertainment. [email protected]. re-purpose for their own ideas and art me- piano, voice or ballet dance by appointment. This project received support from the Ne- * * * * * diums. Come see how different artists use For more information, call 702-229-ARTS vada Arts Council, WESTAF, the Western these found and thrown-away materials in (2787). To register online, visit www.artsl- States Arts Federation; and the National En- finished pieces that will surprise and shock. asvegas.org. dowment for the Arts. For more information, Artists in the exhibit are Alex Huerta, Brian * * * * * visit www.artslasvegas.org or call 702-229- Mock, David Faye, Geoffrey Gorman, Glynn Rainbow Company Youth Theatre ARTS (2787). Galloway, Jennifer Gilbert, Jud Turner, and Winter Classes Registration * * * * * Terrien Hale. Call 702-229-ARTS (2787) for (ages 4-17) EXHIBITIONS more information. Registration available through Jan. 13 for classes that begin the week of Jan. 10, 2018. Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St. Seven-week classes available in Story Drama (ages 4-6), Performance Fundamen- “Past Perfect” Exhibition tals (ages 7-9), Acting Skills for Youth (ages Artist Jeana Eve Klein 10-12) and Acting Skills for Teens (ages 13- Through January 20, 2018 17) on Saturdays or Wednesday evenings. For Reception and Artist Lecture Friday, Jan. details and registration, visit www.artslasve- 12, 6 to 8 p.m. gas.org online or call 702-229-ARTS (2787). Free admission and open to the public. * * * * * Charleston Heights Art Center Gallery, Rainbow Company Youth Theatre 800 S. Brush St. Spring Break Drama Abandoned houses haunt my waking Workshop Registration dreams. I think about who once lived there, Registration opens Jan. 3 for March 26-31 what their stories were, and why those stories Spring Break Drama Workshop. weren’t important enough to be preserved. I Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. wonder when the first broken window was Brush St. left unfixed, when the first roof tile wasn’t Join the award-winning Rainbow Compa- replaced, and why the former inhabitants ny for a week of fun! Students in grades 2-6 fled. –Jeana Eve Klein will experience theatre games, improvisation, Call 702-229-ARTS (2787) for more acting exercises, rehearsal skills Monday-Fri- information. day, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and a presentation on * * * * * Saturday morning for family and friends. * * * * *

Chinese Heritage: Year of the Dog Through March 24, 2018. Meet-the-Artists Reception Thursday, Feb. 15, 5 to 7 p.m. Free admission, by appointment only. Downtown Cultural Series: King Ibu Historic Fifth Street School Mayor’s Gal- (all ages) lery, 401 S. Fourth St. Friday, Jan. 19, noon to 1 p.m. “Red” Aerial Gallery Banner Exhibit This annual invitational exhibit includes Free and open to the public. Through May 3, 2018 artwork created with a focus on Chinese Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse Vinyl banners will be available to view heritage. Artists in American culture (and Jury Assembly Room, 333 Las Vegas Blvd., at all times on First Street from Boulder to all ethnic backgrounds) explore the idea and South. Bridger avenues. imagery inherent in the upcoming Chinese * * * * * Senegalese musician, King Ibu blends The Aerial Gallery along the First Street New Year. For the 2018 Chinese New Year, Celebrating Life Masters Exhibition traditional West-African folk music steeped Art Trail is the newest rendition of this the animal that is specific to this year, is the Jan. 25 to April 25, 2018 in ancient traditions with contemporary ar- long-running banner artwork program. Art- dog. This collaboration of local culture will Meet-the-Artists Reception Thursday, Jan. rangements and textures, even using playback works by Lyndia Radice, Camilla Quinn, hopefully instill a reverence and respect for 25, 6 to 8 p.m. instruments such as loopers and live perfor- Valentin Yordanov, David Ryan, Matthew beliefs and customs that are researched by Free admission and open to the public. mance computer software programs. During Couper, JK Russ, Gig Depio and Andrew each artist and found to have personal and Charleston Heights Art Center Gallery, his performance, King Ibu plays bass, lead Colunga are featured on light poles spanning cultural significance. This exhibit has grown 800 S. Brush St. and rhythm guitar, sings in five languages and eight blocks from Boulder to Bridger ave- from year to year. In 2017, the exhibit includ- This is the third year of this part of the plays the complex African instrument known nues. Other artworks along the trail include ed at least 40 artists who all made artworks Celebrating Life annual juried art exhibit as Boobah or Tama (the talking drum). For the Windows on First temporary public art in- that highlighted the Year of the Rooster. Call program. It includes three artists that have more information, visit www.artslasvegas. stallations, Mary Hill’s Cycled Musings bike 702-229-ARTS (2787) for more information. won three or more awards over the past 17 org or call 702-229-ARTS (2787). racks, and Jesse Smigel’s Snowball in Vegas * * * * * years. This year, the artists were chosen based * * * * * cat sculpture. Visitors are invited to bike and Public Employee Art Exhibition on the texture present in each of their works The Poets’ Corner walk the trail to explore and discover. For Dec. 21, 2017, through Feb. 8, 2018; hours and the visual similarity in the subjects each (ages 17+) more information, call 702-229-ARTS (2787) Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; closed artist presents. Artists this year include Rainer Hosted by Lablaque. or email [email protected]. weekends and holidays. Bertrams, Yaffa Cary, and Vija Hamilton. Call Friday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m. * * * * * Meet-the-Artists Reception Thursday, Jan. 702-229-ARTS (2787) for more information. January 3-9, 2018 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 19 From Resolution to Lifestyle: This is Your Year By Doug Dickerson fit into this time-honored tradition “There is a time for everything, of resolutions? and a season for every activity Instead of “New Year’s Reso- under the heavens.” — Ecclesi- lutions” I prefer and embrace the astes 3:1 notion of a lifestyle. While resolu- During WWII General Douglas tions usually carry a certain intent, McArthur asked an engineer how a lifestyle has a certain permanence long it would take to build a bridge to it. across a certain river. “About three I’d like to challenge you to think days.” The engineer was told to go about the leadership lifestyle that ahead and draw up the plans. Three you would like to develop, nurture, days later McArthur asked for the and commit yourself to living. Un- plans. The engineer seemed sur- prised. “Oh, the bridge is ready. You like a resolution when done check can cross it now. If you want plans, it off; your leadership lifestyle is you’ll have to wait a little longer, always under construction. we haven’t finished those yet.” Here are three questions to ask DoUg DICkErsoN yourself as a leader to help you A new year tends to bring up a What are my strengths? know now to respond to you. think about what a leadership life- nostalgic notion in many people. Sound familiar? Every leader I know has While we all struggle with style means to you. On a sheet of They make resolutions to lose According to a survey about 45 strengths. They have certain skill weaknesses, we do not have to let weight, quit smoking, go to the percent of Americans make New paper answer these questions as you sets that come naturally to them or them define us or prevent us from gym, diet, etc., — which on the Year’s resolution but only about sketch out a blueprint for a leader- they have developed over time that living a leadership lifestyle that surface sounds good but seldom 8 percent have success in keeping ship lifestyle and your intentional serve them well. What are yours? It makes a difference. It simply means lasts more than a few months. those resolutions. So where do you plan for growth. may be that you are a great people that we are human and we are all person or you are in your element trying to figure it out together. BEHIND THE MIKE in front of other people. It could be Who can help me? that you are a visionary and see the Every leader I know needs help. big picture before anyone else and I know I do. And as leaders, we The Rest of the Story you can help others see it. were never meant to go-it-alone. By Michael A. Aun person, but I conclude that I will Your strength is someone else’s We need each other. And in my I remember it like it was yes- modestly accept my plight in life. weakness and your strength is go- weaknesses, I can learn from your terday. It was Christmas Eve at What are the mile markers in ing to compliment that person. Your strengths, and from my strengths, Midnight Mass. The year was 1972, your life? Do you celebrate them, strength is not meant to be hoarded you can perhaps learn a few things almost 45 years ago to the day. Do regret them or simply try to forget but shared. Be humble and willing to help you along in an area of you know where you were? They them? If we fail to acknowledge to add value to those in your circle weakness. The idea is simple- find say there are glorious junctures that these significant events they will of influence because when you do someone who can help you. happen in life that define us forever. fade from your memory. Conse- everyone benefits. Proverbs 27:17 says, “As iron What are my weaknesses? This was one for me. quently, we may fail to benefit sharpens iron, so one person sharp- Another occurred when I was from the glory of the victory or the Every leader I know has weak- ens another.” And this is the lead- walking out of 10th grade Latin disappointment of the defeat. nesses. We all do. For some the ership lifestyle I am committed class with Mrs. Iva Littlejohn. Since defeat in life is much more thought of speaking in front of a to- growing in my strengths, grow- It was November 22, 1963. Our common than victory, we should crowd is enough to make them lose ing through my weaknesses, and Principal Hamlin Shull had just choose to benefit from setbacks. their lunch. You may struggle with helping all I can along the way. Will announced that President Kennedy The lessons aligned therein are insecurities and self-doubts about you join me? had been assassinated. Shocked and far too valuable to ignore. As poet your abilities and it holds you back Doug Dickerson is a syndicated from attaining all that you are ca- columnist. He writes a weekly col- dumfounded best described that MICHAEL A. AUN and philosopher George Santaya- cataclysmic moment. girl? “That one…the one with the na observed “Those who cannot pable of achieving. You may be too umn for this newspaper. To contact I was flying home from a speak- blue eye shadow.” remember the past are condemned outspoken and a little rough around Doug Dickerson, email him at ing engagement in Ft. Lauderdale, Isn’t it weird how you remember to repeat it.” the edges and some people may not ddickerson@ lasvegastribune.com. FL on January 28, 1986 when the odd things that eventually become It should therefore follow that pilot announced that The Chal- a milestone in a relationship? They we have as much to gain from re- lenger had exploded shortly after do not have to be momentous, just membering the victories along the takeoff, killing all aboard. Thunder- memorable. Memories are what way. Good times give us perspec- struck was the mood of the instant. make them significant. tive when bad times come… and I remember sitting with my As you march through life, bad times will come. grandfather and uncles watching hand-in-hand and side-by-side with For me, the best thing that ever the World Series when Don Larsen a person you love and respect, you happened in my life was when I threw his perfect game on October recall the memories that help define met and fell in love with Christine 8, 1956. I was 7 years old and in your relationship. Along the way, Marie Thiel. The rest of the story love with sports. That passion was you cannot help but feel you are simply pales in comparison. confirmed that day. not worthy of her. Michael Aun is a syndicated According to the date in my Your friends use terms like “You columnist and writes a weekly col- very first journal, I began to write over-married” or “You’re fighting umn for this newspaper. To contact at the age of ten. My grandfather out of your weight class.” I agree I Michael Aun, email him at maun@ Eli Mack was in the final stages of am not worthy of such a wonderful lasvegastribune.com. his life. He gave me a gift, a blank journal. When I commented it had no value because it was empty, he told me what I put in it would make it valuable. That was June 1, 1959. It was the first of over 250 journals I have written since and the very basis of my entire career. Random dates on a calendar are hallmarks in one’s life, all of which are their own unique chapter. Get- ting back to December 24, 1972… I was attending Midnight Mass with a beautiful girlfriend named Chris- tine Marie Thiel. Her whole family attended as well as my own. During the Sign of Peace, a Catholic tradi- tion, I slipped an engagement ring on her finger and asked for her hand in marriage. I met Christine earlier that year. I remember the exact date because I wrote it down and kept it in my wal- let for many years before losing it. It was April 13, 1972 and I knew she Sundays from 12.30 to 2 p.m. was the person I wanted to be with Please call 702-706-6875 the rest of my life. I commented to for information a co-worker Bill that “I will marry that girl one day.” He asked which Get Your Book Published With

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If you’re one of them, you may have And, unfortunately, there’s not a problem: Social Security benefits even a guarantee you’ll get a raise may not be as substantial as you — even on paper. Since 2010, expect and living off those benefits COLAs have averaged just 1.35 could be very tough. A quick look at percent per year. In three of the past Social Security statistics — which 10 years, seniors didn’t get a raise show an average monthly benefit of at all, and in 2016, the COLA was just $1,404 for all retired workers just 0.3 percent. and just $2,340 for a senior couple 3. Medicare premiums are receiving benefits in 2018 — re- paid out of Social Security veals the issue. Seniors on Social Security are These numbers should make you typically covered by Medicare. very nervous if you’re counting However, contrary to what many on Social Security to support you. believe, Medicare isn’t free. Pre- Looking at low average benefits miums are typically charged for doesn’t even tell the whole story, as Medicare Part B, which covers Social Security benefits may actual- to because it does not accurately the general population. Unfortu- increases. Food and housing cost routine visits to the doctor. These ly be even lower than they seem at reflect seniors’ spending patterns. nately, in 33 out of the past 35 years, increases are also outpacing COLA premiums are directly deducted first glance. Here are four reasons Seniors often devote more of healthcare costs have risen at faster for retirees on Social Security. from Social Security checks for why your Social Security benefits their income to medical costs than rates than Social Security COLA If Social Security benefits don’t (See Bieber, Page 21) may be a lot lower than you expect. 1. 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In fact, many report, erage monthly fee of $3.85. Every they can enjoy a genuinely com- six months I can turn in my receipts fortable, low-stress retirement on and receive a maximum refund of their Social Security alone. $105 per month for any sales taxes That’s relatively hard to do in the paid, which is deposited directly United States, where the average into my local bank account.” Social Security benefit is $1,374 Mexico for a retired worker — or $2,090 One of Chris and Rex Mc- for a couple. Caskill’s favorite things to do these “If you’re looking at retiring on days is relax on their rooftop ter- your Social Security check alone race, enjoying views of the stunning in the United States or have just a surrounding countryside and the modest amount to supplement it, comfortable, never-too-hot climate you’re likely to find yourself living that stays in the 70s most days. frugally,” says Jennifer Stevens, After rewarding but long careers Executive Editor of International GRANADA, NICARAGUA in the U.S., the couple (self-con- Living. pinpointed as good-value escapes ty taxes and increasing monthly three-bedroom, three-bathroom, fessed workaholics) were ready to “But take that modest budget for retirees include Ecuador, Mex- homeowners’ association fees. two-story condo cost $115,500 and retire. Chris, 66, worked for elected overseas to a place where your ico, Nicaragua, Colombia, and “Month by month, it was be- get this — my annual property tax officials in the field of public policy dollars stretch, and you’ll find you Cambodia. coming harder and harder to live was $88 in 2015… $55 in 2016… and Rex, 65, was a software devel- can be free from money woes. Ecuador only on my fixed Social Security and this year I paid $44, compared oper. Five years ago, they moved “Boomers living on modest bud- “I no longer feel anxious and benefits and retirement pension. to $4,800 annual property taxes from Austin, Texas, to San Miguel gets overseas may not be living like worried when I review my financ- I was feeling trapped, with high back home. de Allende in Mexico’s Colonial royalty, but they’re dining out when es,” says Bartley D’Alfonso, retired anxiety—how was I ever going “And talk about having the se- Highlands. they feel like it, they’re benefitting in Ecuador. “It is very comforting to continue to live like this? How nior citizen discount kick in. Under Affordability was a big moti- from good-quality healthcare they to know that I can now occupy my could I survive? Something had to Ecuadorian law, all citizens who vator, since in Mexico a couple can afford, they’re no longer living mind with what fun activities I will change...” reach 65 years of age and have a can live comfortably on as little as hand-to-mouth. And with less stress do daily, rather than how I would It did, when Bartley moved to cedula (national identification card) $1,800 a month. and better weather, they report a try to survive day-by-day if I had the highland university town of get to enjoy substantial reductions “In Austin, we were paying $700 much higher quality of life than stayed back in the U.S. Cuenca, Ecuador. with the expenses of daily living. a month for heat and air condition- they’d have in the United States on “A few years ago, I found myself “After a three-day real estate “I recently turned this magical ing. We were paying property taxes the same budget.” as a solo retiree with an expensive tour, I sold off my Californian con- age, and my bus fares were lowered of $12,000 a year and now live Five low-cost countries In- California condo mortgage to pay do and bought a newly built condo to 12 cents per ride, instead of the comfortably with taxes of $200 a ternational Living’s editors have for, along with excessive proper- in Cuenca,” he explained. “My regular 25 cent fare. My annual (See Five Countries, Page 22) Bieber (Continued from Page 21) duced. Social Security benefits are percent reduction = $1,310. providing such a limited income, Try to work up to saving at most seniors. reduced by five-ninths of 1 percent Being forced to retire early start saving early to build a nest least 15 percent of your income for Most retirees pay a standard for each month before FRA that could also impact benefits in other egg so you don’t have to rely on retirement. While this may seem Medicare Part B premium and are you retire. If you retire more than adverse ways. Your Social Security Social Security. daunting, start small. Making little protected by hold-harmless provi- 36 months before FRA, benefits benefits are based on formula fac- If you have access to a 401(k) lifestyle changes to cut spending sions preventing premiums from are reduced by an additional five- toring in your highest 35 years of at work, talk to your payroll or like skipping meals out, plan- rising more than a Social Security twelfths of 1 percent. This reduc- earnings, adjusted for wage growth. HR department about setting up ning weekly menus to avoid food COLA adjustment. If premiums tion is permanent. Consider how If you’re forced to retire earlier than automatic contributions so money waste, and cancelling unnecessary rise $20 but COLAs provide only retiring early impacts an average planned and don’t have 35 years of is diverted to retirement savings subscriptions could make a surpris- a $10 raise, you’ll only pay $10 $1,404 Social Security benefit if earnings, you’ll have some years of each paycheck before you have a ingly big difference in freeing up more. However, seniors with mod- FRA was 67: $0 earnings factored in. The aver- chance to spend it. If you don’t have money in your budget. ified adjusted gross incomes above Age 62-30 percent reduction = age wages your benefits are based a 401(k), set up a tax-advantaged You’ll be happy to have the $85,000 for singles or $170,000 $983; Age 63-25 percent reduction on will be lower. account such as an IRA at a bank extra cash as a senior and grateful for married couples must pay an = $1,053; Age 64-20 percent reduc- Don’t let yourself depend or brokerage firm and automatically for your efforts when you’re not income-related monthly adjustment tion = $1,124; Age 65-13.3 percent on Social Security benefits transfer funds from your paycheck struggling to survive on a Social amount and aren’t protected by reduction = $1,218; Age 66-6.7 With Social Security benefits to the account on payday. Security benefit that is far too low. hold-harmless provisions. 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If you put off your claim until AARP full retirement age, you can file a What do I get the most mail “restricted application” for a benefit about? Winner by a mile is the ques- based on your spouse’s earnings, tion of when to file for spousal (or without also claiming the personal divorced spousal) benefits. Lots of benefit you’re owed. At age 70, you you misunderstand the rules, with can switch to your personal benefit, the result that you’re leaving money which will have grown at 8 percent on the table. per year plus the inflation rate. So here is your guide to spou- What if you’re divorced? sal benefits. I’m writing from the You get the same benefits as a point of view of a wife filing on her current spouse, if your marriage husband’s earnings record, but the lasted at least 10 years and you are same rules apply to either spouse. now single. Also, you can claim the First, what is a spousal benefit even if your ex has spousal benefit? not retired, provided that he is eli- It’s a payment originally de- gible for benefits and you have been signed for women who left the divorced for at least two years. If workforce to raise children. You you’ve been working, however, you need 10 years of work (40 quarters) will probably find that sticking with to claim a retirement benefit of your your own benefit is the better deal. own. If you worked less (or not at Special rules cover the disabled all), or your earnings were very low, or retirees with children who are you can get a spousal benefit based under 18. But for most of you, this on the earnings of your husband. road map works. How much is the claim earlier, you’ll receive less. based on your personal earnings. time. You will receive the higher Jane Bryant Quinn is a personal spousal benefit? What if you worked 10-plus When he finally quits work and of the two. finance expert and the author of It depends on your age when years and earned a goes on Social Security, the spousal There’s an exception for people How to Make Your Money Last. She you claim it. If you wait until your Social Security retirement amount you can receive depends who were born on or before Jan. 1, writes regularly for the Bulletin. full retirement age (somewhere benefit of your own? on your personal benefit’s size. If between 66 and 67), you’ll get half Here’s where claiming gets it’s higher than what you’d get as a of what your husband could get at tricky. If your husband has not spouse, you’ll continue to receive his own full retirement age. If you retired, you can file for a benefit that same, higher amount, says Phil- ip Moeller, coauthor of Get What’s Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Five Countries Your Social Security. If your per- (Continued from Page 21) And retirees are discovering sonal benefit is smaller, it will be year,” says Chris. they can stretch their retirement topped up to the spousal level. “Here in San Miguel, economics dollars, thanks to a lower cost of If you file when your husband and lifestyle go hand in hand. We living and favorable exchange rate. has already retired, Social Security spend money on quality of life “The Colombian peso has been will normally assume that you’re things, not air conditioning or taxes. hovering around 3,000 to the U.S. claiming your personal and your We can take our money from Social dollar since late 2015,” says IL’s potential spousal benefit at the same Security and our quality of life is Colombia Correspondent Nancy pretty darn good.” Kiernan “Obviously, cost of living Nicaragua will depend on what type of life- “Moving to León has not only style an expat wants, but monthly saved my life financially but en- rental costs range from about $300 riched me so much,” says Dolly in the smaller towns to $1,500 and Lee. more for a penthouse or a sprawling “I was a single parent raising a country home. daughter in the U.S. and working in “However, in many areas of logistics management. Every time I Colombia the total cost of living was laid off, which happened sever- can easily be $2,000 per month, or al times, I was thrown into complete less. I live in Medellín´s upscale panic—how would I pay my bills neighborhood of El Poblado for 60 and keep a roof over my child’s percent less than it cost me back head? It was the most horrific fear in Maine. My combined utilities I’ve ever experienced. Each time (water, waste, gas, electric, trash re- I built up savings, the next layoff moval, cable, internet, home phone) would deplete them. I endured this average $94 per month.” for close to two decades. Cambodia “In May 2016, I suffered another Southeast Asia is another region layoff. After being at home for a that offers great value for money few weeks, I realized that I was now and a cost-of-living much lower eligible to collect Social Security at than in the United States. San a reduced rate. Diego-native Tom Richter lives in “My Social Security check Phnom Penh, Cambodia. would not be adequate to pay my “This country has made me feel bills and the private medical insur- 15 years younger, compared with ance I would need to purchase. So, living in the States,” says Tom. “I I started looking into the best places made the right decision coming to retire on a budget.” here, and I know it. Dolly discovered Nicaragua, and “My check from Social Secu- in June of this year moved to Leon, rity comes to just over $1,000 per the country’s second largest city. month. But in Phnom Penh that’s a “So far it is the best move I have sizable amount. What I like most is ever made,” says Dolly. “My bud- that there is a very local vibe that get with housekeeper, rent, utilities, comes from people in Phnom Penh. groceries, internet, cable TV, phone, “Apart from being extremely and food for three animals is about friendly and happy to meet for- $1,000 a month. 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In anti-inflammatory, offering meta- more times), laugh, listen to some used all reasonable care in com- tions — adds up. And while they fact, research shows that a signif- bolically healing nutrients and sec- favorite music, or find a good place piling the current information but are wonderful times, you can be- icant number of us fail to drink ondary compounds. They will also for quiet time. Meditating can help. it may not apply to you and your come overextended without really proper amounts of fluids each day. help protect your body from the It has been found through research symptoms. Always consult a doctor knowing it. Drinking water (from the tap or stresses of this time of year while that even 5-10 conscious breaths or other health care professional The weeks leading from Thanks- a bottle) is the best source of fluid boosting your immune system so can shift how you feel. for diagnosis and treatment of giving well into the new year can for the body. 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