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“ITRIBUNE may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” — Voltaire Activist Sheriff nixes ICE 287(g) same day alien murders deputy By Denise Mraz evidence that reckless public safety violators. We need to put public let that happen. We must not forget Las Vegas Tribune policies like this are exactly the safety first, including the safety of about the victims of crimes.“ In a move on Wednesday, Oc- reason the DOJ staged the Deputy our law enforcement personnel. In the same speech, illegal drugs tober 23, Las Vegas Metro Police Attorney General Jeffrey A. Ros- And that is why we are concerned were cited as the leading cause of Department leadership put illegal en’s remarks at the SBA Major with a new kind of problem: the crime and unnecessary loss of life. aliens’ “rights” before public safe- Cities Conference right here in Las emergence in some cities of District And such was the case when Dep- ty by refusing to cooperate with Vegas on October 9, 2019. Attorneys that style themselves as uty Sheriff Brian Ishmael of Placer- ICE 287(g) on non- violent alien Sheriff Lombardo’s decision “social justice” reformers, who ville California was ambushed by criminal-hold. There is no lack of directly flies in the face of the DOJ undercut the police and refuse to multiple shooters, illegal Mexican directive where AG Rosen stated, enforce the law. The Attorney Gen- aliens, who were in the process of “Nationwide, however, our efforts eral Barr and I are concerned that robbing an illegal grow house, a My Point to fight crime are being disrupted by those cities are headed back to the private residence. certain state and local governments days of revolving door justice by The grower called the police that refuse to cooperate with fed- implementing policies that don’t in fear. Ishmael responded with a of View eral law enforcement, particularly work, only to end up with more ride-along off-duty deputy, and they By Rolando Larraz so-called “Sanctuary cities,” for BRIAN ISHMAEL crime and more victims. We can’t (See Ice 287(g), Page 4) I am back! My apologies to my enemies who were celebrating my absence from this front page twenty-two-year old column but I VegasStrong funds not being believe in loyalty and I was forced to do what I had to do. Someone close to me, the gen- eral manager of this company, has released to massacre victims been hospitalized for several weeks By Denise Mraz and I was obliged to be by her side; Las Vegas Tribune Perly Viasmensky fell down and In an unfathomable raping of pu- broke a shoulder and was forced bic goodwill, documents published to have a hip replacement that will by Angela Blass, Director of Recall keep her off work for at least six Sisolak, a campaign to remove weeks; and while in the hospital Steve Sisolak from the Governor- she suffered two, not one but two, ship, prove funds intended for the heart attacks. victims of the Route 91 Massacre I was compelled to be by her side were not dispersed to the victims or because that is what friends do for their families. friends when they are in distress. I Calls to the Las Vegas Victims’ was her right leg and her right arm Fund have gone unanswered, but at and am still doing it as I am writing last count, the fund had collected this column and will be doing until from people all over the world in she gets one hundred percent well. excess of $32.5 million. The fallen I want to thank all others who are annually commemorated by a sincerely called asking for me grand memorial of 58 handcrafted and asking about my well-being white crosses displayed on the because they miss my column and (See VegasStrong. Page 8) wanted to know how they can help. It is refreshing to know that I still have people concerned with my health and willing to help, no Asylum seekers should prove their claims matter what the situation may be. By Thomas Mitchell Barr — is currently pending before the 9th U.S. No, I did not forget that I have Nevada’s Democratic Attorney General Aar- Circuit Court of Appeals in California. some dirty secrets on local shark on Ford joined with other attorneys general this In a press release announcing the filing of Benjamin Childs that the world past week in filing a friend of the court brief in the brief, Ford was quoted as saying, “Facing should know, but that can wait until a case challenging another Trump administra- violence or persecution, asylum seekers look my friend is well health-wise and tion rule attempting to curb the flood of asylum to us for help and safety. As Attorney General, out of danger. seekers. my ultimate goal is to welcome and protect Yes, that was me last month at The rule would deny asylum to those who Nevadans, and I will fight every attempt by the the Esmeralda Restaurant, with the passed through a safe country en route to the Trump Administration to turn its back on those previous and present head of the U.S., but did not apply for asylum in that country in need of dire assistance.” Latin Chamber of Commerce. and get turned down. The lawsuit challenging the The press release said the rule subjects asy- Otto Merida and Peter Guzman rule was brought by the American Civil Liberties lum seekers to trauma and perils in dangerous took me out to lunch and they start- Union — styled East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. (See Asylum Seekers, Page 4) ed passing the bill back and forth, waiting for me to pick the check, but it never happened, I was invited Trump announces death of ISIS leader in US raid to lunch and I was not about to pick By Morgan Chalfant effort to track down the elusive up the check. The Hill ISIS leader, who had been reported Next week I am scheduled to President Trump announced killed multiple times in the past. meet with them again and I already Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr Trump described the “dangerous make it clear to Otto Merida that al-Baghdadihad been killed in a and daring” operation in detail, say- he will have to pick the check up U.S. military raid in northwest ing Baghdadi detonated a suicide to make sure that I would not write Syria. vest after being cornered in a tunnel anything bad about him. “Last night, the United States by U.S. special operations forces Peter Guzman is the one that brought the world’s Number One with three of his children. Trump should rush to grab the check; he is terrorist leader to justice,” Trump said test results gave “totally pos- the one making the money now that said in remarks from the East Room itive” confirmation that Baghdadi he has taken over Otto’s position in of the White House. “Abu Bakr was killed. the LCC. al-Baghdadi is dead.” “The thug who tried so hard I try to keep this column within Al-Baghdadi’s death represents to intimidate others spent his last the local issues, but today I need to a significant symbolic victory in moments in utter fear, in total panic open up a little bit to the national the battle against the terror group and dread, terrified of the Ameri- aspect because this issue of the and marks the end of a years-long (See ISIS Leader Dead, Page 7) impeachment procedure is driving me crazy and I think that Dictator Adam Schiff is abusing the system Time for Las Vegas to shut down “Camp Poop-a-Lot” that we so proudly have enjoyed By Chuck Muth No, it’s not. It’s criminalizing for so long and is trying to turn our The City of Las Vegas is con- camping out on public sidewalks system into one equal to the one in sidering the adoption of a common and pooping in downtown streets Cuba or Venezuela. sense ordinance that says homeless when shelter beds are available. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan people are not allowed to set up Nevertheless, the usual gaggle says a House vote on a resolution campsites and outdoor outhouses of liberal Dudley Do-Rights have to formalize the Trump impeach- on public sidewalks and private come out of the woodwork to ment inquiry can’t undo what’s property in the downtown area moan and groan in high dudgeon already been done by the lack of as long as there are shelter beds while clutching their pearls over due process. available. such a benign effort to protect the This Jim Jordan could be a per- You bastards! general public and private business fect candidate for Speaker of the Indeed, critics of the ordinance owners from the unsafe and unsan- House in the near future; actually, are having a collective conniption; itary conditions wrought by Camp he would have been the perfect claiming the city is “criminalizing Poop-a-Lot. (See My Point of View, Page 2) homelessness.” (See Camp Poop-a-Lot, Page 3) Page 2 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / October 30-November 5, 2019 Closeted for 50 years American Commission on Law Enforcement finally comes out By Denise Mraz Mally Mal. And it proved the case that much Las Vegas Tribune The intended purpose of the more—the need for the commis- President Trump is establishing move leaves no doubt Trutanich sion is real, the time is now. So get a new executive Commission on doesn’t mind cop killers, gangs, and ready. Like the other Commissions, Law Enforcement and the Admin- mob rule in Sin City. Perhaps since the public will be asked for data istration of Justice, the first such he just arrived, he thought that’s and documents, testimonials, and American commission on law en- how it’s done around here, because any information including their forcement in half a century. that’s the way it’s been since before opinions supported by facts the This just in on the heels of the he was born. Commission may need to restore Law and Order. US Attorney General Nick Trutan- Rule of Law judges will be run- As is his style, it appears Trump ich who disappointed hugely Oc- ning away from the bench, not for placed Trutanich as a test; either tober 21, 2019 with a “no cajones” the bench, until this is fixed, and sweep the House of Justice clean Press Release about Grand pimp with good reason. Surviving in the with his new broom, the Executive criminal cesspool environment Tru- Commission, or find yourself in tanich marked as his territory wrote the pile. That’s been the pattern at in putrid yellow cursive ‘Anything The ‘prosecutorial discretion’ in team will be ordering up all kinds of every appointment for administra- Goes for Las Vegas’ wouldn’t be the Mally Mal case was a pedal on emails and reports from Lombardo tive government, the DOJ, Chief of TRIBUNE for the types of judges who think the gas effort for criminal enterprise Central, to track exactly what is Staff, and so forth. Trump’s hand is VOL. 21, NO. 36 Marbury vs. Madison was a good which served to fuel trafficking, the going on, which produces whis- flush with aces against jokers who ruling. seven days it lived. I bet Trump’s tleblowers. are cunning, but unwise. FOUNDER Rolando Larraz My Point of View PUBLISHER (Continued from Page 1) is bugged, tapped or whatever you James Comey and Robert Mueller, — bring them here and let them find AND candidate for that position instead want to call it. they could find plenty of places the stupid bugs. EDITOR IN CHIEF of Paul Ryan from Wisconsin. President Trump needs to find to hide little microphones to hear Maybe my conspiracy theory Rolando Larraz Remember Paul Ryan? He was an outsider to check the ceiling, the everything that is going on in the will work for the best of the nation a presidential candidate running pipes, the toilets, under the carpets, old Black... I mean White House. and I remind the President that GENERAL MANAGER against Donald Trump and later on the hollow walls and everywhere No one wants to listen to me while I speak with an accent, I do Perly Viasmensky became the Speaker of the House else where bugs can be placed. It is because I speak with an accent but not think with an accent. working against President Trump. too much of a coincidence that out I keep telling everyone the same My name is Rolando Larraz, and MANAGING EDITOR I cannot imagine anyone so of all the houses and mansions in thing and have for the last three as always, I approved this column. Maramis Choufani business intelligent, so to speak, the national capital the only house years: from November 8 to January Rolando Larraz is Editor in MEDIA MANAGER as President Trump is, to be so Barack Obama could find was two 20 there are thirty-six days to be Chief of the Las Vegas Tribune. POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR unlucky with people who work blocks from his old residence at placing bugs in the most conspic- His column appears weekly in this Denise Mraz with him. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. uous places. newspaper. To contact Rolando I have kept saying this for a very Between him, the Clinton Clan, What President Trump needs to Larraz, email him at: Rlarraz@ PRODUCTION long time, but no one ever wants old Harry Reid and little “angel” do is to hire someone from outside lasvegastribune.com or at 702- Don Snook to listen to me: the White House Mitchell and her “pet associates,” — and I mean outside the country 272-4634.

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To receive a complimentary link to every new issue of the Las Vegas Tribune, please send an email to [email protected] and give us the email address where you would like your copy sent. We look forward to having you as a subscriber to our publication. October 30-November 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 3 Democrats unveil impeachment procedures By Cristina Marcos president who abused his power the typical format of congressional mittee, which would be tasked with The Hill by using multiple levers of gov- hearings, in which members of each formally drafting and approving House Democrats on Tuesday ernment to press a foreign country party alternate with five minutes of articles of impeachment. unveiled a resolution to outline the to interfere in the 2020 election. questioning. The Judiciary Committee would next phase of their impeachment Following in the footsteps of pre- The format is similar to how be authorized to “promulgate ad- inquiry that will bring their case vious impeachment inquiries, the lawmakers on the three committees ditional procedures as it deems before the public after weeks of next phase will move from closed leading the impeachment inquiry necessary for the fair and efficient closed-door witness testimony. depositions to open hearings where have been conducting the depo- conduct of committee hearings.” The resolution, unveiled by the American people will learn sitions behind closed doors in a The resolution is not meant to House Rules Committee Chairman firsthand about the president’s secure facility in the sub-basement formally authorize the impeach- Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), sets up misconduct,” they said in a joint of the Capitol for the past month. ment inquiry that is already ongo- procedures for open hearings by statement. Republicans would have to pro- ing, as Republicans and the White the Intelligence Committee and The resolution further outlines vide “detailed written justification” House had been demanding for releasing witness testimony. the format for the upcoming public to suggest subpoenas or request weeks. But it does state that the It also allows Republicans to re- Committee Chairman Adam Schiff hearings, which will provide for witness testimony. But Democrats relevant committees involved in quest witness testimony and docu- (D-Calif.), Foreign Affairs Chair- extended time for questioning and have veto power to block Repub- investigating the Trump adminis- ments, similar to previous impeach- man Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), Judiciary allow committee staff to cross-ex- licans’ requests with a party-line tration “are directed to continue ment inquiries. But Democrats on Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) amine witnesses. Only House committee vote. their ongoing investigations as part the Intelligence panel still have the and acting Oversight Chairwoman Intelligence Committee Chairman The resolution also directs the of the existing House of Represen- ability to block the requests. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) — said Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and the House Intelligence Committee to tatives inquiry into whether suffi- The resolution is expected to hit that the resolution will prepare panel’s ranking Republican, Rep. issue a report on its findings and cient grounds exist for the House the House floor on Thursday. lawmakers for the next stage of Devin Nunes (Calif.), or commit- recommendations. of Representatives to exercise its The leaders of the commit- the inquiry. tee employees are allowed to ask The resolution further outlines Constitutional power to impeach tees involved in the impeachment “The evidence we have already questions. the process for transferring mate- Donald John Trump, President of process — House Intelligence collected paints the picture of a That would be a departure from rials to the House Judiciary Com- the United States of America.” McConnell: We’ll see if Pelosi’s impeachment rules resolution ‘passes the smell test’ By Alexander Bolton is slated to outline her plan for protections that the president and Murkowski (Alaska) and Mitt The Hill proceeding on impeachment later his team are certainly entitled to, Romney (Utah) — have not signed Senate Majority Leader Mitch Tuesday. It is expected to include a just like President Nixon was and on, meaning Vice President Pence McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday vote to formally launch the process President Clinton was,” McConnell might have to cast the tiebreaking he has not decided whether to hold and give Republicans and President told reporters. vote if the resolution comes to the a floor vote on a resolution con- Trump’s legal team more power to A separate Senate GOP res- floor. demning the House impeachment participate. olution condemning the House McConnell was noncommittal process, adding that he is waiting “We’ll have to take a look at impeachment process has 50 Re- when asked if the Senate will vote to see the Democrats’ plan for pro- what the House produces later to- publican co-sponsors, including on that measure. ceeding with the inquiry. day and see if it passes the smell test McConnell. Three GOP senators “We haven’t made a decision on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of providing the kind of due process — Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa (See Smell Test, Page 4) Camp Poop-a-Lot (Continued from Page 1) Mr. Moore goes on to explain solved. Nevertheless, the upcoming Mr. Moore by his own admission Naturally, the morally-superior that most homeless people “stay Of course, those aren’t Mr. city council meeting to debate this — who WON’T help themselves. Sisters of Perpetual Indignation on the street” rather than go to a Moore’s solutions. Instead, he proposal to shut down downtown’s Especially those who won’t take have cranked up the ol’ propaganda shelter so they can “maintain their wants us to treat folks like him as Camp Poop-a-Lot is going to be a help when offered if strings such as machine. And anyone who dares habit of drinking or other ways of “citizens who need help, not as a circus. “don’t drink,” “don’t do drugs” and try to defend the ordinance will self-medicating or because they law enforcement problem.” Self-righteous advocates will “don’t gamble” are attached. be dragged through a public meat find the shelter rules unreasonable.” But if help is offered — in- show up in droves — with bellies I refuse to feel guilty or be grinder as a Cold, Callous, Uncar- So I’m supposed to feel guilty cluding beds and breakfast at a full of warm croissants and arriving cowed into silence by people like ing SOB. because someone CHOOSES to taxpayer-funded shelter — and from their quiet suburban homes in Mr. Moore who have made bad But since those are among my keep drinking, thus perpetuating the you CHOOSE not to accept it and comfy, climate-controlled SUVs — choices in their lives and some- many middle names, once more cause of their situation, or refuses instead CHOOSE to pitch a tent to protest this “inhumane” proposal. how think WE — who have had to unto the breach… to abide by the rules established as on a public sidewalk and poop in But if these people really have make our own tough choices and Part of Camp Poop-a-Lot’s PR a condition of the taxpayers’ gen- the street, sorry, but that IS a law the hearts of gold they pretend to decisions to provide for ourselves campaign was an op-ed written by erosity? I don’t think so. enforcement problem. have, what they ought to bring with and our families — are responsi- a homeless guy named Ron Moore Mr. Moore then proceeds to bite Lastly, Mr. Moore demands them is a flyer bearing their home ble for their plight and owe them and published Sunday in the Las the hand that feeds him, literally, that you and I “accept that no one address and an open invitation for something. Vegas Review-Journal. It’s sup- by accusing the good Samaritans would choose this lifestyle. We the homeless to come camp and Enough is enough. The “rights” posed to go unchallenged. You’re who selflessly stand on the front didn’t choose homelessness; we are poop on THEIR sidewalks and of the homeless end where the supposed to accept the author’s lines every day trying to help the a victim of it.” front yards. rights of others begin. And that arguments and conclusions without homeless of being interested in Ah, playing the ol’ victim card. And spoon-feed them three includes pitching a tent or pinch- question. nothing more than “to control us Classic. squares a day out of their own ing a chalupa on public or private But, um, I have some questions. and maintain order.” Sorry, Charlie… or Ron. If you pockets. property. Sorry. Maintain order. Can’t have that, choose a lifestyle of substance Oh, and lend them their car so It’s going to be an agonizing vote Mr. Moore writes that he’s can we? Bring on the anarchy! abuse and gambling, you, by your they can go to job interviews or for Las Vegas city councilmembers “intelligent, persistent and a hard Mr. Moore then goes on to claim own choices and actions, have treatment centers. to shut down downtown’s Camp worker.” Says he’s “traveled the he woke up one day with an earache chosen to accept the consequences Don’t hold your breath. Poop-a-Lot. But it’s the right thing world and been president of a and the security guard at the shelter of YOUR bad decisions, including As a community, we have an ob- to do. national union.” And yet he says refused to call 911. Supposedly homelessness. That’s not on me. ligation to help those who CAN’T So let it be written; so let it be he’s “been homeless seven times told him “to find a pay phone and That’s on you. help themselves, not those — like done. in five cities.” call myself.” Mr. Moore, however, “I would find a job,” he wrote, chose not to do so and claims he “then, after a time, the combination suffered a hearing loss as a result. of alcohol and mental illness would “I will never forgive the shelter cause me to lose my job.” for the callous way they treated You see, he’s not responsible for me,” he wrote, conveniently ignor- MOVING? MOVING? his own actions. The devil made ing the fact that he chose not to take him do it. care of himself. Mr. Moore continues. Tells us Mr. Moore then complains that he lost a job in San Antonio. Then the shelters “exist not to help us but NEED A TRUCK? NEED A TRUCK? a female “friend” invited him to to keep us off the street.” Las Vegas. “The only problem,” Which, of course, is the purpose he explains, “was that my friend of homeless shelters; to provide changed her mind” while he was shelter for the homeless so they enroute on the bus. don’t have to be on the street. It “So I arrived in Las Vegas with shouldn’t take a Mensa to under- nowhere to go,” Mr. Moore contin- stand this. ues, “and not nearly enough money But now for the kicker… to start a new life.” Mr. Moore says the shelters are For some reason I’m having only half-full on the first of the trouble believing this. What kind month because many homeless of “friend” invites you to come live “receive a disability check” — also with them — and then changes their paid for by taxpayers. But soon mind without reason or explanation thereafter, he informs us, they’re while you’re on the way? Some- back in the shelter “after they gam- thing’s fishy. There’s got to be more ble their money away.” to this story. Again, I’m supposed to feel Either way, what we have here, guilty because someone CHOOSES again, is someone who appears to to gamble away their taxpayer-pro- have made a bad decision. And vided disability checks? I don’t bad decisions have consequences. think so. Homey don’t play that. But those consequences should be Mr. Moore then declares that born by the person who chose to “There are no easy solutions to the make those bad decisions, not the homeless problem.” rest of us. Hey, I got one: Stop drinking, It’s called “self-responsibility.” doing drugs and gambling! 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The Hill “One of the concerns that I have with the Top Republicans in the House said Mon- cherry-picked leaks and withholding of key day that Democratic leadership’s decision information is that I am abiding by these to bring a resolution on impeachment pro- rules,” he said. “I am told that if I don’t abide cedures to the floor on Thursday is too little by the rules it’s a violation of House rules too late. and an ethics complaint can be filed, and Since Democrats announced their plans the people who are lecturing me about what to move forward with a formal impeachment the rules are and what the consequences are inquiry five weeks ago, Republicans have then go on to a Sunday morning news show hammered their colleagues across the aisle and then leak the substance of information.” on procedure, arguing the process Democrats In a letter to members of her caucus on have conducted lacks transparency and is ille- Monday, Pelosi said that while she does not gitimate since the full House did not authorize believe they need to hold a vote to legitimize the inquiry in a floor vote. the impeachment inquiry, it could help pro- The news of the upcoming resolution, vide them with leverage as the White House however, did little to appease them. attempts to stonewall the inquiry. House Minority Leader Kevin McCar- “This resolution establishes the procedure thy (R-Calif.) said Monday the resolution for hearings that are open to the American “proves everything we were saying was cor- people, authorizes the disclosure of deposi- rect,” telling reporters that Pelosi should have tion transcripts, outlines procedures to trans- launched the impeachment inquiry with a real facts.” lot that I have been talking about this entire fer evidence to the Judiciary Committee as it vote and answered the questions he laid out in Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) — a member of process that should have been corrected a few considers potential articles of impeachment, a letter on the rules of the probe earlier in the the House Judiciary Committee who led a weeks ago,” he added. and sets forth due process rights for the Pres- process. McCarthy argued that Republicans group of Republicans to storm the sensitive Zeldin, a member of the House Foreign ident and his Counsel,” she wrote. had been denied fair proceedings for weeks. compartmented information facility last week Affairs Committee, said he’s frustrated that “We are taking this step to eliminate any “Did you ever get to cross-examine? Did in protest of the closed-door hearings — said the current rules prevent members in atten- doubt as to whether the Trump Adminis- you get to have a witness, to bring a witness he believes the decision to bring a measure dance at the hearings from talking about tration may withhold documents, prevent in?” he said, adding that he doesn’t believe to the floor is a direct result of Republicans’ the substance from witnesses’ testimonies, witness testimony, disregard duly authorized House Intelligence Committee Chairman calls to open up the process. alleging that Schiff is selectively leaking and subpoenas, or continue obstructing the House Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) should be leading the “I think that Nancy Pelosi is not someone breaking his own rules by talking about the of Representatives,” she added. investigation. He said the new measure “now who usually calls audibles, and the fact that proves that they were wrong from the start.” she’s calling an audible here, adopting as House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R- her message for the week something that she Smell Test La.) said he doesn’t believe the measure referred to just weeks ago as a Republican (Continued from Page 3) “The resolution is about due process,” Mc- will help bring transparency to the process talking point, indicates that they were feeling that yet,” McConnell told reporters, adding Connell responded, saying it was “critical” as House Rules Committee Chairman Jim the heat,” he told The Hill. that “the next step” will be “to take a look in pressuring Pelosi and House Democrats McGovern (D-Mass.) — who is slated to Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) said he still and see whether the House is now going” to to promise a formal vote that would allow introduce the measure on Tuesday — said it is needs to see the text of the resolution Dem- “try to handle this in a more transparent way House Republican lawmakers to subpoena intended to do, blasting Democrats for opting ocrats plan to put forward but said he feels that meets basic standards of due process that witnesses and Trump’s defense team to to hold the hearings behind closed doors and the vote is long overdue. every American would be entitled to.” cross-examine witnesses. allowing only members of the House For- “We’ll see what the resolution looks like, Asked if he viewed the House impeach- The GOP leader said Democrats, embold- eign Affairs Committee, House Intelligence as I’ve been saying this entire time with ment inquiry as illegitimate, McConnell ened by their new majority after the 2018 Committee, and House Oversight and Reform regards to the ability for the minority party responded, “Impeachment, as a practical midterm elections, “have been on this path Committee to attend the depositions. to call witnesses, to have an equal allocation matter, is whatever a majority of the House for three years.” “From what we’re hearing, it sounds like of staffing, for all of the transcripts to be re- decides it is at any given moment.” “The first headline I saw, I think it was all they’re trying to do is codify the Sovi- leased to not just members of Congress but McConnell was pressed by reporters on in The Washington Post before the president et-style impeachment process that they’ve to the American public,” he said. how Republicans can consider themselves was sworn in, was the impeachment process been running where they don’t let both sides “For the president to be able to have impartial jurors in a Senate trial considering was beginning,” he said. called witnesses,” he said. “It’s all Adam council president to cross-examine witnesses, articles of impeachment passed by the House “This is just further evidence that this Schiff’s personal show to try to build a case present evidence, exert executive privilege if they back a resolution condemning the was what they had in mind from the very of innuendo because they don’t have any when appropriate, and more — there’s a House process. beginning.” ICE 287(g) (Continued from Page 1) with his decisions. I call on The Las Vegas City Vegas July 12, 2017 to make it ICE’s 287G program which allows were ambushed upon arrival. The Tourists count on Las Vegas to Council and County Commission, very clear, “We need cooperation his local deputies to enforce immi- off-duty deputy was also shot but delegate by our vote our govern- the Governor, and the electorate to between law enforcement at the gration law. This is just the type lived. One of the illegal shooters mental authority to uphold the Rule take steps necessary to sanction the federal, state, and local levels. I of force multiplier that we need.” was severely wounded by return of Law to people who will uphold budget of the Sheriff’s office until understand that we have a good Remember that, Sheriff Joe? shots fired by Deputy Ishmael. their oath. Maybe it’s time to take they comply with the law. measure of that cooperation right Sessions’ last words were, The illegal was taken to Marshall that delegation of power back from If my memory serves me cor- here in Las Vegas and that the “Don’t be like California.” Hospital in Placerville and his life Lombardo. rectly, Jeff Sessions was in Las Sheriff has enrolled his force in I couldn’t agree more. was saved by a team member where a good number of Ishmael’s own SPONSORED BY THE LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE family members work. Who pays his medical bills? AP News reports did not reveal the status of the culprits, but I have learned they were illegals. And even if they have never been con- victed of a felony, it wouldn’t mat- ter, because they are here illegally and they were robbing the residence of contraband. LVMPD police who accept the decision of their Chief Lombardo to trade their safety for the “rights” of “non-violent” ille- gals are hiding their heads in the sand. This could happen to any one of them. Illegals are criminals, and they walk around. If they were here for merit immigration, then they wouldn’t be illegal in the first place. Lombardo’s reckless choice will be overturned eventually. This will be advanced to the 9th District, and if necessary to SCOTUS, and the people will win. But how many will die or be injured before then? The United States Attorney General mandates victims must be the focus, not the criminals. It’s Halloween; Terror Tourism is in full swing this time of year; but terrorists and tourists have to coexist all year long according to Sheriff Joe Lombardo. I’m won- dering how excited tourists will feel about traveling to Sin City knowing it is a sanctuary city geared towards harboring illegals, some of whom may not have been caught yet com- mitting crimes, but are criminals nonetheless. Aliens have been pouring in for years. It was reported in June a con- tingency of 10,000 Islamic Foreign Nationals is at the Mexican border mixing in with asylum-seekers. Katie Ishmael and her three fa- therless children will be separated from Brian forever. Let’s interview the next family of an illegal alien crime fatality and ask them if they think it’s fair and reasonable for Lombardo’s decision to put the rights of illegals ahead of their dead family members. I wonder if the victim or their family would approve of him sleeping soundly and safely every night in his cozy, gated Summerlin home content October 30-November 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 5 GOP vows to take new steps to protect Trump By Scott Wong Republicans “to get tougher and and Juliegrace Brufke fight” back against impeachment. The Hill Republican lawmakers did just Republicans are vowing more that the very next morning. action after they stormed the se- Protesting what they complained cure impeachment hearing room was Democrats’ secretive im- last week, disrupting a deposition peachment process, a brigade of and grabbing headlines that were roughly three dozen GOP law- cheered by President Trump. makers stormed the secure room The problem is they just don’t in the Capitol basement — known know what to do next. as the SCIF — and disrupted the Republicans could continue to deposition of a key Defense official protest and disrupt future closed- for hours. door hearings, but that move has The publicity stunt, led by undermined their own complaints Trump loyalist Rep. Matt Gaetz about the Democrats’ impeach- (R-Fla.) and Minority Whip Steve ment process and raised concerns Scalise (R-La.), captured the news about the GOP violating security cycle and halted momentum from protocols. Democrats who just a day earlier They’ve also tried to censure had heard explosive testimony from the Democrats’ point person on im- the acting ambassador to Ukraine, peachment, Intelligence Chairman impeachment fight — for now — as political rivals. contradicting Trump on Ukraine; William Taylor, that Trump had Adam Schiff (D-Calif.); that vote House Democrats flex their muscle Some rank-and-file Republicans Mulvaney later walked back the engaged in a quid pro quo. failed along party lines. and demonstrate the power that privately have expressed frustration comments. The storming of the SCIF did not And top Republicans fired off comes with holding the majority: with Trump and the White House Word leaked out Friday that go unnoticed by the president, who a letter to Democrats, demanding They control the impeachment over a lack of long-term, overar- the White House is considering took to Twitter to applaud the move. that they call the anonymous whis- process, determine which witnesses ching impeachment strategy. A re- hiring former Treasury Department But the protest caused alarm for tleblower who triggered the im- to call, blast out subpoenas and set cent White House strategy session spokesman Tony Sayegh or former some Republicans. Several told The peachment probe to testify publicly; the calendar. between Trump and his staunch Florida Attorney General Pam Hill they deliberately decided to Democrats have ignored that letter Democrats “control the flow of congressional allies produced little Bondi to lead communications and skip the protest, and others raised and the whistleblower’s attorneys access and information. That’s the in the way of an impeachment game messaging efforts on the impeach- concerns about lawmakers bringing in an op-ed on Friday said there’s benefit of winning elections,” said plan that could be shared with GOP ment battle, which could stretch their cellphones into a secure room no reason for their client to given one House GOP aide close to the members on Capitol Hill. into December or January. where classified national security public testimony. impeachment fight. And while Trump has the bully But Trump seemed to pour cold issues are discussed. Rep. Mark Across the Capitol, Sen. Lindsey The Democrats’ probe has pro- pulpit, GOP allies argue, he doesn’t water on that idea, telling reporters Meadows (R-N.C.), who had been Graham (R-S.C.) has rolled out a duced powerful testimony from have a team in place dedicated to hours later that he doesn’t need a listening to the deposition, later said resolution condemning Democrats’ multiple State and national security fighting Democrats’ month-old “team” to fight back against the he collected his colleagues’ devices secretive process, but it’s non-bind- officials that has painted a scathing impeachment inquiry. Trump’s Democrats’ impeachment probe. and brought them outside the room. ing, meaning it will have no teeth picture of Trump and his allies son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been “Here’s the thing,” he said. “If anybody brings a phone in, or effect. withholding nearly $400 million involved in impeachment strategy “I don’t have teams. Everyone’s that’s a problem,” said Alabama The GOP’s “throw-everything- in security aid from Ukraine until talks, as have acting White House talking about teams. I’m the team. Rep. Mike Rogers, the top Repub- at-the-wall” strategy underscores its government agreed to launch chief of staff Mike Mulvaney. But I did nothing wrong.” lican on the Homeland Security the party’s disadvantage in the investigations into the president’s Mulvaney has been on thin ice What Trump has instructed his Committee, who’s spent countless ever since he admitted in a tele- GOP allies to do is to get more hours in the SCIF. Asylum Seekers vised news conference the White aggressive against Democrats. At Schiff has vowed that the next (Continued from Page 1) cards to non-naturalized immi- House engaged in a quid pro quo, a Cabinet meeting, he called on (See GOP Backs Trump, Page 7) countries, such as Mexico and grants who have come to rely on Guatemala. Sounds like the sort of government welfare — known as stereotyping rhetoric the left is al- the public charge rule. ways accusing Trump of spouting. At the time, Ford wailed, “I The attorneys general of Cali- pledged to protect Nevada’s fami- fornia and Massachusetts, who are lies, and I will continue to protect taking the lead in the brief filing, our families from the Trump Ad- issued an almost identically worded ministration’s numerous attacks. press release. This proposed change is not only California Attorney General mean-spirited, it essentially makes Xavier Becerra is quoted as say- legal immigrants choose between ing, “Again and again, the Trump maintaining their legal status and Administration proffers sloppy receiving assistance to meet basic reasoning at best for decisions needs, like food, health care and that have lasting consequences on housing. It’s unconscionable.” the lives of real people. Countless Asylum seekers are required to people are being put at risk by a rule prove persecution on one of five that runs afoul of one of our core grounds — race, religion, nation- principles — welcoming homeless ality, membership in a social group refugees to our shores. This rule is or political opinion. That covers a unreasonable and disturbingly cal- lot of ground. lous. We’re going to do everything In June, then-acting Home- we can to stand up for the rights of land Security Secretary Kevin those seeking refuge from persecu- McAleenan told a congressional tion and violence.” hearing that a recently conducted Both press releases claim the study of 7,000 family units revealed rule is particularly injurious to that 90 percent failed to appear for unaccompanied children, LGBTQ immigration hearings and simply applicants, and women, for whom vanished into the countryside rather applying for asylum in a third than face the judicial process. In country is said to be perilous. “For 2018, fully 65 percent of asylum example, two-thirds of LGBTQ cases that were heard were denied. Central American asylum-seekers Despite this, Nevada’s senior reportedly suffered sexual violence U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, while transiting through Mexico a Democrat, signed onto a letter and, in Guatemala, children are with other senators opposing a frequently targets of recruitment Trump administration immigration by criminal gangs,” both releases rule requiring asylum seekers at say. “In addition, the rule will cause the southern border to remain in state agencies and non-profits to di- Mexico pending hearings. vert resources to address the added As further witness to the lack trauma asylum-seekers will suffer of validity of asylum requests, this because of precarious conditions past week Immigration and Cus- in third countries and will force toms Enforcement and Customs states to lose out on the economic and Border Protection in the El contributions of those who might Paso area identified 238fraudulent otherwise have been welcomed to families, as well as 50 adults falsely the country.” claiming to be minors. 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Democrats in raising the corporate Many economists and poli- In their new book, University tax rate back to the level where cymakers across the ideological of California, Berkeley econo- it was prior to President Trump’s spectrum had thought that the U.S. mists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel tax-cut law. corporate tax rate was too high Zucman, who produced revenue Trump’s 2017 tax-cut law cut the when it was at 35 percent, because estimates of Sanders and Warren’s corporate tax rate from 35 percent that rate was among the highest in proposed wealth taxes, float an to 21 percent. While no Democrats the world. effective U.S. corporate tax rate of voted for Trump’s law, a number “I think most economists would 30 percent, which is equivalent to agreed with Republicans that the agree that raising the U.S. corpo- a 35 percent statutory federal rate 35 percent rate was too high. rate tax rate back to 35 percent plus state corporate taxes. They also But in recent weeks, some Dem- is not a good idea,” said Howard float a 25 percent country-by-coun- ocratic candidates across the ideo- Buttigieg’s campaign said that insurance. Gleckman, a senior fellow at the try minimum tax. They suggest that logical spectrum have suggested the candidate is planning to release Besides Buttigieg and Sanders, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Cen- these changes could be part of a that the rate should once again be an international tax plan in the former New York City Mayor Bill ter, which is led by a former Obama way to pay for universal health care 35 percent. future to address concerns about de Blasio(D) had proposed raising administration tax official. “When and education. South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete corporations moving earnings the corporate tax rate to 35 percent the U.S. rate is so far out of whack Saez and Zucman argue in their Buttigieg last weekend called for overseas. before he dropped out of the pres- with the rest of the world, all you’re book that globalization isn’t pre- restoring the corporate tax rate to Buttigieg’s comments come idential race. De Blasio positioned going to get is opportunities for venting countries from having high where it was before the GOP tax after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) himself as a progressive. avoidance and evasion.” corporate tax rates, and that even if law was enacted, in order to pay for earlier this month called for raising Several other moderate Demo- During his presidency, Obama only some countries start coordinat- his “Medicare for All who want it” the corporate tax rate to 35 percent cratic presidential candidates have proposed cutting the corporate ing with each other, they can better health-care plan. as part of a broad corporate-ac- proposed raising the corporate tax tax rate to 28 percent while also curb corporate tax avoidance. He said on “Meet the Press” curbing business tax breaks and countability platform. rate more modestly. For example, Michael Linden, executive di- that his health plan — which establishing a minimum tax on U.S. In addition to the corporate-rate former Vice President Joe Biden rector of the progressive Ground- would automatically enroll people companies’ foreign earnings. increase, Sanders is calling for and former Texas Rep. Beto O’Ro- work Collaborative, said it makes without health insurance but allow Conservative organizations and eliminating many tax preferenc- urke have floated increasing the sense to think about returning to a those with coverage through their business groups have been warn- es for corporations, taxing U.S. corporate tax rate to 28 percent 35-percent corporate tax rate. He employers to keep it or join a gov- ing against raising the corporate companies’ domestic and foreign — the rate that former President argued that there’s no evidence ernment plan — is estimated to cost earnings at the same rate and taking Barack Obama backed during his tax rate. that the pre-Trump tax law rate was about $1.5 trillion over 10 years. other steps to prevent the use of off- time in office. “Proposals to raise taxes car- impacting job creation and wages, Buttigieg said $1.4 trillion of the shore tax havens. He is proposing to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) ry harmful consequences for all and also said that the rate cut under cost could be paid for by going back use much of the revenue raised by has said that she wants to reverse Americans,” the RATE Coalition Trump’s law didn’t do anything to the pre-Trump level. his proposed corporate-tax changes Trump’s tax cuts for corporations — a pro-corporate tax cut group except “pad the bottom line of the “The vast majority of that can to help fund his Green New Deal and has called for a 7-percent surtax of businesses that includes AT&T, owners of these companies.” be recovered by rolling back the plan to combat climate change. on corporate profits above $100 Ford and The Home Depot — said While Democrats are divided on corporate tax rate cut portion of It’s notable that Buttigieg and million but hasn’t explicitly said in a statement. the extent to which the corporate the Trump tax cuts,” Buttigieg said. Sanders have floated the same what she thinks the corporate tax “Tax hikes on American work- tax rate should go up, it’s not sur- When the Joint Committee on corporate tax rate because on many rate should be. ers and job creators would crush prising that the party’s presidential Taxation scored the final version other issues, Buttigieg is running as Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) our booming economy, increase of the Trump tax law ahead of its a centrist to Sanders. The Vermont has also talked about wanting unemployment, and reverse wage candidates across the ideological passage, it estimated that the law’s senator describes himself as a Dem- to undo Trump’s tax cuts for the growth,” the coalition added. “A spectrum are interested in raising corporate rate cut would reduce ocratic socialist and has offered a wealthy and corporations and has globally uncompetitive tax rate the rate, given that they will need federal revenue by $1.35 trillion “Medicare for All” single-payer said that she wants to tax foreign would move America backward.” to raise revenue to offset the costs over 10 years. health plan that eliminates private and domestic income at the same But some progressive economic of their spending plans. US ‘gains’ to reduce pollution ‘offset’ by China in ‘one month’ By Sean Moran to the United States’ record on the transformed the entire Appalachian Breitbart.com environment,” Brouillette said. region. If you were to hold that out Department of Energy (DOE) “Not a single signatory.” as a country, it would be one of the Deputy Secretary Dan Brouillette Further, he said that while Amer- largest energy-producing countries spoke with Breitbart News Daily ica has continued to reduce carbon in the world. Appalachia alone.” host Alex Marlow regarding Amer- emissions, China has continued to Brouillette said that Trump “is ica’s leadership to reduce pollution, pollute the world. committed to developing infra- President Donald Trump’s decision The energy deputy secretary structure that would move” Ameri- to withdraw from the Paris climate said, “All of the gains that we have can energy to the market. However, treaty, and new initiatives the made are offset exponentially by many states, such as New York, DOE is pursuing to reduce carbon the Chinese. It shows the fallacy of have refused natural gas pipelines emissions. an agreement of the Paris Accords. to areas such as Boston, Massachu- His interview with Breitbart We have reduced our energy-related setts. New York’s blocking of pipe- News Daily follows as Energy emissions by 14 percent. That has lines has led to a Russian oil tanker Secretary Rick Perry plans to been offset exponentially by the selling natural gas to Boston instead step down, and Trump nominated Chinese in probably a month or of Pennsylvania shale natural gas. Brouillette to be the next secretary. professional, I have no doubt that Brouillette said that the country, maybe a month and a half. They are “We had a Russian tanker parked “At the same time, I am pleased Dan will do a great job!” under Trump, has managed to re- making near-zero progress regard- in Boston harbor, selling Russian to nominate Deputy Secretary Dan Trump announced late Wednes- duce emissions beyond other Paris ing these types of issues.” gas to American consumers be- Brouillette to be the new Secretary day night that he will confirm one of treaty signatories while growing the The energy secretary nominee cause we couldn’t get the gas to of Energy. Dan’s experience in his key 2016 presidential campaign American economy. then noted that America’s growing consumers through to New York the sector is unparalleled,” Trump promises by withdrawing from the “There is not a single signatory Marcellus Shale natural gas de- to Boston,” he said. ” That’s an wrote in a tweet last week. “A total Paris climate agreement. to that accord that has come close velopments have “fundamentally outrageous development.”

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He said he realized peachment inquiry into President at the expense of national security grenade” who was going to “blow there was a “difference of opinion” Trump’s alleged abuse of power in pressuring Ukraine to open in- everything up.” Taylor corroborated between the NSC staff and the track has come from a man who has yet vestigations into former Vice Pres- those statements and offered his that he was pursuing with Perry to utter a word publicly about the ident Joe Biden, his son Hunter own assessment of the danger of and Volker. probe: former national security Biden, their involvement with the jeopardizing Ukraine relations, “We had regular communica- adviser John Bolton. energy company Burisma Holdings calling it “folly.” tions with the NSC about Ukraine, Testifying witnesses have placed and alleged Ukrainian interference One of Bolton’s descriptions, both before and after the July meet- Bolton at the center of some of the in the 2016 U.S. elections. according to testimony, likened it ing,” Sondland testified, “and nei- most explosive scenes related to Trump has maintained that rais- to a “drug deal.” ther Ambassador Bolton, Dr. Hill, questions of abuse of power by the ing those issues was part of a U.S. Bolton is regarded as extremely nor anyone else on the NSC staff president and officials he tasked policy focused on weeding out cor- disciplined in his work ethic, hav- ever expressed any concerns to me with a shadow foreign policy in or if he would paint those actions as ruption in Ukraine. But testimony ing an almost photographic mem- about our efforts, any complaints Ukraine, described by one witness an abuse of power that’s damaging in the impeachment inquiry paints ory and encyclopedic knowledge about coordination between State as an “irregular channel.” to the rule of law and order. a starkly different picture. of world affairs. Should he testify, and the NSC, or, most importantly, Those officials include Trump’s “He’s not a friendly guy, but he William Taylor, a top U.S. dip- he’s likely to provide detailed and any concerns that we were acting personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, does know right from wrong,” one lomat to Ukraine, has provided even colorful testimony. improperly.” Ambassador to the European Union former colleague said of Bolton. some of the most detailed testi- Investigators will be keen to Lawmakers will also ask Bolton Gordon Sondland, Energy Secre- “He’s been around the national mony in the probe. He described understand Bolton’s motivation for more details about why military tary Rick Perry and then-special security scene for a long time. He key moments between many of to direct NSC staff to alert White assistance to Ukraine was delayed. envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker. knows what’s appropriate and what the major players embroiled in the House lawyers after a July meeting Taylor has testified that even In witness testimony, Bolton is isn’t.” controversy and centered on the between administration officials though he was aware of a hold on presented as a key figure counter- Bolton has so far made known question of the decision to delay and Ukrainian representatives. military assistance, he was never ing the efforts of those accused of he’s no personal friend of the pres- military assistance to Ukraine for That meeting, described in given an appropriate reason. pressuring a foreign government to ident. His last public statement, the promise of going after one of testimony, has Sondland connect- House investigators have sent influence the 2020 U.S. presidential posted on Twitter, was a swift re- Trump’s political opponents. ing a future Oval Office visit by out subpoenas for more witnesses, election on behalf of Trump. buke of Trump’s characterization Taylor also raised the question Ukrainian President Volodymyr including Tim Morrison, who took Bolton could soon appear before that he had “fired” Bolton. of the involvement of Giuliani, who Zelensky with “investigations” — over at the NSC after Hill’s depar- House investigators; his lawyers “I offered to resign last night,” was allegedly directed by Trump to referring to the conspiracy theories ture; two officials from the Office are in talks with impeachment Bolton tweeted, “and President follow through on efforts to open surrounding the Bidens and 2016 of Management and Budget, likely investigators about testifying be- Trump said, ‘Let’s talk about it investigations into the Bidens, election interference. questioned over instructions to hind closed doors. And while he is tomorrow.’” Burisma and 2016 election inter- Stay away from domestic poli- withhold military aid to Ukraine; one of almost two dozen potential Shortly after leaving the White ference. tics, Bolton told NSC staffers, di- and State Department officials. witnesses on investigators’ wish House, Bolton was described as Sondland, in his testimony, recting them to the lawyers, accord- Bolton has yet to give any media list, his testimony could prove to disparaging the president at a pri- corroborated that the president ing to testimony. The account puts interviews since leaving the White be the most damaging depending vate event in New York. Attendees had directed Giuliani to take on further emphasis on the argument House but has reportedly signed on where he comes down on the recalled Bolton did not have “any- this mission, and investigators are that administration officials were a deal to publish a tell-all book, ideological spectrum. thing positive to say about Trump” working to understand the former using their positions to pressure a though a publication date has not Bolton is a staunch conservative and criticized the president’s policy New York City mayor’s efforts foreign government to disparage a been announced. who views the president’s powers on Iran, North Korea and Afghan- to influence White House foreign as expansive and has defended pre- istan. policy. Two of Giuliani’s associates emptive military strikes. But it’s un- He also called Trump’s plan to were indicted for allegedly attempt- GOP Backs Trump clear whether any testimony from invite the Taliban to Camp David ing to make political contributions (Continued from Page 5) protesting and disrupting the next him would defend Trump’s actions on the 9/11 anniversary “disre- on behalf of foreign governments phase of the impeachment process round of hearings this week. Law- as an extension of executive powers spectful.” without disclosing the source. will be public, televised hear- makers are vowing to continue ings, which will occur as soon as fighting, though no final decision ISIS Leader Dead mid-November. Some Republicans has been made on next steps. are making the case that their par- “I can’t disclose anything right (Continued from Page 1) decision to withdraw U.S. troops just happened!” ty needs to think beyond one-off now. But we aren’t done fight- can forces bearing down on him,” from northern Syria — a move his Trump said Sunday that he sent publicity stunts that draw attention ing back,” Rep. Bradley Byrne Trump said, claiming that Baghdadi critics argue greenlighted a Turkish the tweet after U.S. forces had to how Democrats are shutting out (R-Ala.), who is running for the died “whimpering.” military operation against U.S.-al- safely returned, and that he did so the public. Senate, told The Hill. The president also said he lied Kurds. Many have worried of to alert the news media. “There will be a public fight that “The fact that this is going on watched “much” of the operation an ISIS resurgence in the region Trump thanked Russia, Turkey, plays out, so you need a substantive behind closed doors leaves us no in the Situation Room, though he following the withdrawal of U.S. Syria and Iraq for cooperating argument,” said one GOP source. choice but to do whatever we can did not go into detail. The White troops. with the mission and recognized One senior GOP aide said Fri- to expose their sham process. We House later released a photo of “Last night was a great night for the Kurds for providing helpful day there are “internal talks” about won’t be silenced.” Trump alongside Vice President the United States and for the world. intelligence. Trump said the Kurds Mike Pence, National Security A brutal killer, one who has caused did not play a military role in the Adviser Robert O’Brien, Defense so much hardship and death, has operation. He also thanked U.S. Secretary Mark Esper and other been violently eliminated,” Trump forces and intelligence officials military leaders in the Situation said Sunday. “He died like a dog. involved in the mission. Room on Saturday. He died like a coward. The world is Trump also continued to defend Trump said the raid spanned now a much safer place. God bless his decision to withdraw troops two hours and concluded with U.S. America.” from northern Syria, arguing it forces taking “highly sensitive Al-Baghdadi’s death deals a didn’t serve U.S. interests to keep material” related to ISIS. Trump blow to ISIS, which has already soldiers on the border between said no U.S. personnel were lost in been significantly eroded by the Turkey and Syria. the operation and that “many” of U.S.-led coalition, though it does “We don’t want to keep soldiers al-Baghdadi’s cohorts were killed. not mean a complete demise of the between Syria and Turkey for the Trump said he had known about terror group. next 200 years. They’ve been fight- the plans for the mission for three Trump declared that al-Baghda- ing for hundreds of years. We’re days, adding that he did not notify di’s death demonstrated the United out,” Trump said, adding that the congressional leaders out of fear States’s “relentless pursuit of terror- U.S. is leaving some troops in the of “leaks.” ist leaders and our commitment to region to secure oil fields to ensure “A leak could have caused the the enduring and total defeat of ISIS they don’t fall into the hands of death of all of them,” Trump said, and other terrorist organizations.” ISIS fighters. later noting that he spoke with Reports began to surface late Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Saturday that U.S. forces had car- and Richard Burr(R-N.C.) about ried out a raid in northwest Syria the operation on Sunday following targeting al-Baghdadi and that the its conclusion. militant leader was believed to have The announcement will serve as been killed. 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Get first month box For more information and immediate response, call or email: rent FREE with any (702) 902-5050 U-Haul truck rental [email protected] Page 8 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / October 30-November 5, 2019 Judge reopens Covington Catholic teen’s $250M lawsuit against Washington Post By Valerie Richardson media as harassing and blocking Mr. Phil- The Washington Times lips until lengthier video showed the older A federal judge in Kentucky has reopened man approaching the group of Covington the $250 million defamation case filed by Catholic boys and wading into their cheer a Covington Catholic student against The circle as they waited for their bus to return Washington Post after dismissing it in July, to Kentucky. allowing the lawsuit to proceed but narrowing Some of those who accused Nicholas of its focus. bullying and “smirking” at Mr. Phillips later U.S. District Judge William Bertelsman apologized. The Diocese of Covington in agreed to permit discovery on three of 33 Covington, Kentucky, issued an apology to allegedly libelous statements in The Post’s the boys after initially saying that they would coverage of the Jan. 18 incident pertaining be subject to discipline, including expulsion. to teenager Nicholas Sandmann. The Post The three statements identified by the has insisted that its reporting was fair and court were: accurate. A quote in three articles from Mr. Phillips All three flagged statements from the saying that Nicholas “just blocked my way newspaper’s coverage refer to Omaha Na- and wouldn’t allow me to retreat,” a state- tion elder Nathan Phillips being blocked or ment attributed to Mr. Phillips saying that impeded by Nicholas, a student at Covington the teen “was blocking him from moving,” Catholic High School, during their viral en- and a tweet using the quote from Mr. Phillips counter at the Lincoln Memorial stairs. regarding these statements and their context. serves the heart of the Nicholas Sandmann’s saying that Nicholas “just blocked my way “The Court will adhere to its previous The Court will then consider them anew on claims. We can consider this a huge victory and wouldn’t allow me to retreat.” rulings as they pertain to these statements ex- summary judgment,” he said. and look forward to initiating discovery In his July 26 dismissal, Judge Bertelsman cept Statements 10, 11, and 33, to the extent Attorney Todd V. McMurtry, who rep- against the Washington Post.” said that the older man had a First Amend- that these three statements state that plaintiff resents the Sandmann family with attorney The Sandmann attorneys have also filed ment right to “offer his subjective point of ‘blocked’ Nathan Phillips and ‘would not L. Lin Wood, called the judge’s order a “huge separate $275 million defamation lawsuits view, and the Post had a right to report it.” allow him to retreat,’” Judge Bertelsman said victory.” against CNN and NBCUniversal for their A spokesperson for The Washington Post in his Monday order. “The Sandmann family and our legal coverage of the incident. Both media or- declined to comment. “Suffice to say that the Court has given team are grateful that Judge Bertelsman has ganizations have also denied defaming the “Nicholas Sandmann deserves his day in this matter careful review and concludes allowed the case to proceed,” Mr. McMurtry Covington teen and filed motions to dismiss. court against WaPo. Now he will get it,” Mr. that ‘justice requires’ that discovery be had said in an email. “The Court’s ruling pre- Nicholas was portrayed initially on social Wood tweeted. VegasStrong (Continued from Page 1) the Red Cross are as little as sin- of the donations to the Fund will tition by God-given skills, than the Travolta in Hairspray, and Hilary Astroturf in the shadow of the ‘Wel- gle-digit percentiles of donations be used to assist the families of blatant dishonesty of relabeling a Swank in Boys Don’t Cry, Cate come to Las Vegas’ sign. Instead and funds reaching the victims, the decedents and the victims who permanent DNA sports team? Blanchett, and Angelina Jolie. The of storing the handcrafted donated and it is reported by Slate, “ARC’s were physically injured as a result There is an “I” in Team after all. only conspiracy that remains is crosses in a protected location leaders have misled Congress. In of ‘1 October’ and sought prompt It comes in the form of corrupt pol- that The Company isn’t the Head from the merciless desert sun, the a scathing 2015 report, the federal medical treatment.” iticians pillaging the good-hearted Puppeteer of it all, flaunting it right City piles them behind a dumpster Government Accountability Office The same protocol calls for the American pocketbook traumatized in our faces, hiding in plain sight. just north of the municipal garage, noted that “no regular, independent Board to produce an audit with a by real live-action manufactured The former resiliency agenda uncovered, for the paint to bake evaluations are conducted on the caveat. No audit and no dispersions, crises, false flag events which I dis- promoted complacency and com- and peel off. impact or effectiveness of the Red except nominal, were made in 2017. cussed in my previous article Ne- plicitness. Strong America needs No bother though. The Crosses Cross’s disaster services.” The Route 91 Massacre has Glo- vada Was Born Corrupt, Part One. no more tears. for Losses donor, Greg Zanis, of Lombardo and Sisolak estab- balist Agenda terror plot written all These same politicians subscribe to Trump has reignited National- suburban Chicago, repainted and lished Vegas Strong. Don’t Cali- over it. Notice how Globalist pup- the left “black eye club” leadership. ism and #ConstitutionStrong. We placed the crosses as a memorial fornia Our Nevada first reported pets began usurping historical truth Horus is the hawk-headed Egyp- are transformed by our dutiful, after the Oct. 1, 2017, Route 91 the Vegas Strong Victim funds to match it up with Globalist dating tian god of War and Vengeance. proactive vigilance for liberty as Harvest festival shooting, and scandal in a September 18, 2018 tactics. To create total confusion, He is the son of Isis. Ever seen that we proverbially guard our hearts again a year later in October 2018. article indicating Strong funds are and essentially erase history, they word, ISIS, before? The sleek char- with all diligence, for out of it is In 2019, Clark County asked he directly tied to the Rockefeller began using nomenclature such as coal obelisk with an etched Eye of the wellspring of life. instead place them outside the Resilient Cities Program. “The Las 1 October. There is no “1 October”; Horus at the site of the MGM Luxor VegasStrong now will be strong county government center down- Vegas Resilient City program was it is as mythical as unicorns. The was witness to the largest massacre for Liberty, strong for our patriotic town from noon to 2 p.m. only on activated by the false flag Harvest Massacre occurring on 10.01.2017, on American soil. No better resil- calling, to defend America from Tuesday, citing ‘pedestrian safety Festival Massacre on October 1, or October First or October 1, 2017 iency then persevering on the World enemies both foreign and domestic, concerns.’ The public outcry on the 2017 at 10 p.m., just in time to and should always be expressed in Stage after being voluntarily socked even against The Company, not to attempt to minimize the display was drain the community of funds for this manner, since that is what the in the Left eye! be confused with companies of free led by Zanis, who saw through the the holidays and then the (2018) headstones of all 58 murder victims Much ado has been made of enterprise. ArmyStrong will not heavily contested primaries, under say too. scheme to place crosses where no Hollywood royalty admitted to be defiled, AmericanFirst patriots the auspices of helping their fellow The NutShell History one would photograph them, slowly the “Black Eye Club,” for the duped into a blue pill alter reality man. Steve Sisolak, running for of the Strong Franchise erasing the memory of the Harvest illuminated Club Horusites. The needing “resiliency and tolerance” Governor of Nevada, published Ve- Today is the day we plant a new Festival Massacre. leftist Islamic Pope and his elite are red-pilled to the reality of man- gas Strong within hours of the mas- flag, #ConstitutionStrong. Canceled Zanis commented to the press he followers received a black left eye, ufactured tragedies designed by a sacre, at 9 a.m. (October 2, 2019) and effective immediately are for- didn’t want to sound arrogant, but so do the snuff filmmakers, the One World Government touting with a logo, website, and all the mer contracts for cabal-based no- he has “The Key to The City for Pedogate Cabal, performers who a One World Religion. Sheep no trappings, subsequently draining menclatures of what the Strong and the Crosses for Losses” and he will have portrayed a female—Tootsie, more. stand the crosses up for massacre $22.5M from the community, and Stronger franchise was. LiveStrong victims by the traditional Vegas even worldwide donors. The fund was first incepted and normalized Sign display this year and every still hasn’t released relief payments to us by Lance Armstrong, a pur- year. It almost feels like the County per its own protocol of 9/13/2018, posefully disgraced cyclist who wants everyone to forget about the except for a few shekels last year, knowingly employed unauthorized victims, and the fund. in December 2017.” injectable hormones and steroids. Resilient Cities even renamed A man enhancing his manliness Aaron Rouse, the special agent the Houston Strong, Chicago was illegal, according to the Tour in charge of the FBI field office Strong Centers as “Resiliency De France. during the massacre in which 851 Centers.” Subsequently, Chief Yet, in the utter hypocrisy of people were injured and the world Resilient Officers were hired in the the transgender mafia, normalizing was emotionally traumatized is same manner all across the United injectable steroids and hormones to still in charge now. Assistant FBI States, where urban areas over a compete is equitable and reasonable Special Agent Patrick Brodsky re- planned rollout phase-in period when the chemically castrated tired in the middle of the Las Vegas architected by Agenda 21 Global- man, injected and identifying by shooting investigation, the most KIOF 97.9 FM ists used the Strong fund to collect enhanced feminization, becomes a high profile federal investigation public money. “womyn.” Conversely and deemed that the FBI in Las Vegas has ever While www.VegasStrongResil- appropriate, augmented biological been tasked with handling. iencyCenter.com used to display women, identifying as masculine “Welcome to Julian Assange of WikiLeaks has the protocol, now it doesn’t; you by injectable testosterone enhance- repeatedly published hard evidence have to know to go the LVVF. Ac- ment is a good thing, according to Fabulous Las of FBI linked “terror plots” to false cording to the December 15, 2017 the contemporary sports world. flags. These events are then fol- Las Vegas Victim’s Fund Final What better way to obliterate the lowed up by The Strong Franchise, Protocol, “One hundred percent Olympian spirit of honest compe- Vegas Public which is able to always be right there, within hours of any tragedy involving shootings or natural Radio and the disasters, preying on the tragedy of loss, draining the community of funds, then holds the funds for Entertainment other purposes. Connections to The Strong campaign and other false flag events have indicated the same Capital of pattern where situational crisis, “false flag” events, have occurred. the World, From a suburb of Chicago, The Tribune reports, “Jul 23, 2019, five months after the Aurora ware- Where Dreams house shooting, victims’ families DO YOU NEED AN EDITOR? still have not received any of the Have you been embarrassed lately when someone $500,000 raised by the city’s Au- pointed out to you that you misspelled a word in your Come true!” rora Strong fund.” And today, on report or maybe had a whole sentence all messed October 29, they still haven’t been up? Have you personally felt that you could’ve done YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY NON distributed. a much better job on that manuscript but just didn’t PROFIT 501 C 3 RADIO STATION And corruption within the Amer- have the time? 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(702) 425-4088 the Hurricane Harvey relief effort.” [email protected]. 1-775-513-0942 Reports of the trickle-down of October 30-November 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 9 Vaccines Got Hijacked By Unicorn Makers By Denise Mraz lack tolerance for disturbing phe- Part 4 of a 4-part series nomena known as rapid-onset Unicorns are mythical Crea- gender dysphoria (ROGD) or trans- tures, but transgender-promoting genderism through peer pressure. Scholastic books in Common Core According to The College Fix, schools have them factually poop- Cave is not alone. There are now ing rainbows. support groups forming all over Pedagogic logic the country — Cave is a member Ask school children and you will of one of them — where mothers learn that being a unicorn solves the of ROGD-afflicted college students world’s problems through hope and can provide support for one another persistence such as “You Are My amid all this gender madness taking Magical Unicorn” by Joyce Wan. place on college and university “You are magical my little one. campuses. Reach for the stars, the moon, the “Many liberal colleges have sun.” So begins this enchanting, significant percentages of students adorable board book about a uni- suddenly identifying as transgen- corn who, representing your little der,” Cave is quoted as saying. one, chases colorful dreams and “And as you may know, all it takes never lets fear stand in the way. is a simple visit to an informed-con- In the pretty-in-pastel story, your sent clinic where girls get testoster- child will gleefully point to lovable one injections (vaccines) to help characters like smiling stars, flow- them look like males.” Autism and er-clad deer, and of course, a mag- transgenderism often coincide, ical unicorn that leaves rainbow as much as 50 percent by some trails behind — all while learning studies. into retirement or worse, ditched on articles can only be conducted on that (the treatment) will be the right an invaluable life lesson about hope Autism, “being put on the rain- a false premise. CCSD then flooded sites like NVIC.org, closed-loop one.” He also criticized the manner and persistence. bow spectrum,” occurs when small schools with paid travel and living systems, that remain cloaked by of treatment given to many children In other books, the unicorn’s children are injected with flights expenses for 3,000 Muslim and Big Tech and are only easily found who claim to be transgender. horn is like a magic wand, and of vaccines. The mix increases Atheist Philippine and Mexican on search engines like Yippy. The “Many people are doing what just the lightest touch transforms toxicity and proves fatal all the teachers into the schools on green unimaginable suffering by the amounts to an experiment on these the cares and worries of the day way to patently deadly for lifelong cards, with no knowledge of the vaccine-injured was being used young people without telling them into sparkly stars and fairy dust, normal gender development. Look Constitution, to teach Common to manufacture an androgynous it’s an experiment,” he said via with no critical thinking involved at the vaxx patents owned by the Core. society that supports tribal cultures phone in an interview 9.19.2019 by the unicorn itself analyzing the CDC, BigPharma, and the military. Relatively few people correlate while the zombies look on. with The Fix. “You need evidence situation and applying common Clearly, it states an adverse effect the demise in scholastic acumen to I assert clandestine agendas for that and this is a very serious sense or logic. being death on every single insert. this clearinghouse event; our Clark by vaccines are anti-family and treatment. It is comparable to doing The organization Trans Student Other side effects, besides death, County, Nevada proficiency is less anti-constitutional because even frontal lobotomies.” Educational Resources (TSER) include seizures, blood clots, brain than 19 percent in grades 1-5 in the Freedom Documents say “all These science experts, pedant invented a happy little graphic inflammation, lupus and Guillain ESL, and only around 30 percent men are created equal.” Men, in the pediatricians, who receive exactly featuring a purple unicorn, like Barre Syndrome, a rare but serious Barney the purple dinosaur, with in Non-ESL. Folks, in case you are context of all people, are born and one-half an hour of training in eight autoimmune deficiency that causes its thoughts fixated on a colorful confused, that is all the children, 19 created perfect by a God in whom years of medical school regard- the immune system to attack and rainbow, offering students quick percent and 30 percent receiving we place our trust and who resides ing vaccines and are supposed to damage nerve cells. little lessons in “gender identity,” A-D grades on a dumbed-down in the Consciousness in each one receive VAERS training, Vaccine If you want vaccine truth and “gender expression,” “sex assigned scale where reading isn’t even a of us. Adverse Event Reporting Sys- even detox protocols, look to the at birth,” “physically attracted to,” “necessary, computational skill” Contemporary scientific arro- tem advisement, by BigPharma, sources we have listed in this se- and “emotionally attracted to,” until 4th grade. gance seeks to change that, so there have not received either. And they ries and know that Trump’s move while providing readers a scale to Common Core, a Pearson-based, is no equality to rise for individual know better, they are Hippocratic September 19, 2019, to investigate assess where they may be on the Muslim Brotherhood company, di- liberty, only subservience to a gov- Oath-takers. medical corruption with white hats gender spectrum. rects youth how to think and what ernment-sponsored agenda. So I circle back to the facts: at the Department of Defense and The scale they are being taught to think; Common Core itself frus- “Google blocks all anti-cancer, vaccines containing glyphosate and the DOJ takeover of the CDC was by a common core primary educa- trates and dominates educational “anti-vax” and anti-GMO websites other adjuvants such as thimerosal, for the purpose of all mankind, tion fictitious character, a friendly learning by forcing the chemically at the browser level” was reported aluminum, and abortifacients are to get vaccines working for the avatar named Ginger Bread Person, lobotomized whose frontal lobe by Natural News; the tech giant changing DNA and subverting health, safety, and welfare of all, teaches Common Core primary cortex (critical thinking and reason- goes all-in with pharma drug car- lifetime endocrine development of not against it. educational classroom inmates on ing) is swiss cheese, to use limbic tels.” Facebook has mirrored this testosterone. And the freedom to It’s no myth that Vaccines Got all the ways gender is fluid. brain function instead. That’s the action and on October 23, 2019, dissent this fact on the grounds of Hijacked. Don’t let the medically Parents and grandparents must part of our brain that tells us to Mark Zuckerburg testified on be- conscious objection and religious arrogant convince you that it is “be- be fine with all this educational fight, flee, or use anger and base half of Facebook to Congress, “Un- freedom has parents blacklisted by cause people are weak, genetically nonsense because all across the emotions, even sanctifying knee- less you type in the exact name of schools and in their community, predisposed etc,, vaccines injure country in 2019, parents hand over jerk self-centered basic emotions an anti-vaxx group, you are blocked while the willfully ignorant cannot them,” Because that is what they their children to the atheist govern- to express ourselves. by search algorithms to find such comprehend the mass depopulation need to tell themselves, and you can ment babysitter S.C.H.O.O.L. for These teachers subscribe to information.” Last I checked, agenda starting with the militant reject that lie. Nurses, doctors, and four to eight hours each day after the notion that biological sex is this would be called censorship. I passivity of the un-family culture, the complicit won’t ever admit they they have dutifully consented to the determined to exist as a concept was one of the first journalists to the transgenderism of America by have harmed their charges. privilege by following the current and subscribe to the theory that publically out this censorship in an its mafia boss, BigPharma. Enthusiasts for gun control pediatric Vaccine schedule, 54 factors other than their belonging article, Fascistbook: Secular CIA. Gender confusion is key to the have their sites on the wrong gun. vaccines by Age 2. These schools to that species, and survey for You see, in the spring of 2017, I division of children from parents It should be the vaccine gun, with offer free GMO-laden lunches and three things: physical characteris- published that title on The Blaze; and families. And it’s also been trillions of shots fired annually. sometimes breakfast, or parents tics, chromosomes, and genes on for that effort, Google shut down observed children aren’t actually Then again, probably all of them pay for these foods with their hard- those chromosomes. Here comes Glenn Beck and The Blaze for a suffering from true gender dys- are highly vaccinated and even earned dollars. Ginger Bread Person to help our month within 30 minutes of that phoria, but perhaps other mental unicorn-friendly. It’s all rainbows The parents must be reading youngsters identify who they are, article going live. issues stemming from their autism, and magic dust to them. Time Magazine who espoused this; which may be different on Tuesday I could see in 2017 vaccine truth caused by vaccines, diagnoses that * * * * * Time said that an easy way to gain or Wednesday. was blocked on every searchable make them ripe for the picking, so This four-part series published some understanding of trans people Vaccines for Chemical front. We need only to turn our to speak, when it comes to being in recognition of October Vaccine is to realize that gender and sex are Castration and Lobotomy Fresnel lens on such activities to “recruited” into transgenderism. Awareness Month will expose the two different things. They printed This week, Governor Greg Ab- see where the power of Deep State “If a child genuinely has gender corrupted Vaccine Adverse Event “sex is biological, determined by a bot of Texas handcuffed the chem- lies. When vaccine truth grew too dysphoria then, of course, they Reporting System and Vaccine baby’s birth anatomy” and then go ical castration of a seven-year-old loud, governments converted con- should get all the love and support Safety Act established in 1986 by on to call trans women “biological boy whose mother, a Texan pedia- sensual vaxx compliance to man- they need,” stated an educator who Congress. The Oblivion Agenda, males” and trans men “biological trician, was going forward without dates to force Joe and Jane Public wants to remain known as Carol. a carefully constructed Globalist females.” the consent of the father, to chemi- to comply, since guilt and “expert “But I believe that autistic children movement to depopulate the plan- Public Schools Purged cally castrate, by vaccination, their advice” couldn’t talk over the din of who are not transgender are being et for total government control Educated Thinkers biological son “because she wanted the autistic screams and wailings of exploited by the transgender lobby. used vaccines as the silent host to The Trans culture itself has a a girl.” Now the courts will decide injured families, mourning the loss They are being brainwashed into bring misery, malaise, and early new word, Womyn, for trans wom- the validity of such an action. of their children lost to vaccination. believing they are transgender.” death has been stopped by Donald en, and a whole host of pronouns Vaccine skeptics are targeted by Paul McHugh, a renowned When you can’t reproduce, J. Trump and the patriots. Peace being employed with our youth by Big Tech. I say this because the sto- psychiatrist from Johns Hopkins all you can do is recruit. will prevail when the mission is well-trained pronoun police, called ry of thousands of California girls University, stated he believes Mass recruitment mafias, in truth. Denise Mraz is the Execu- teachers, to oversee the schema. In and teens who are without breasts, transgender people are being ex- print, word, and deed, like CAVE, tive Director for AmericanFirst at Las Vegas, between 2012 and 2016, and some without life at all—they perimented on because the doctors Family Equality’s National Net- www.DontCaliforniaOurNevada. many normal, seasoned American are dead — are not known to the treating transgender patients with work and Strong Family Alliance com. Sign the petition to Repeal teachers and principals were forced public because a search for these hormones “don’t have evidence need to convince dissenters they the Act at Google caught burying vaccine info By Del BigTree the gate, the police, and they started points and actively defend Big The High Wire banging on my door… And so the Pharma and Big Ag products from Is advocating for safer vaccines a police decided that they were going open debate, justified scrutiny, and “fringe” idea? Google’s algorithms to call in additional forces. They scientific facts that may cast prod- seem to think so. In recently leaked called in the FBI, they called in the ucts in an unsavory light. documents, Google identified the SWAT team. And they called in a Google’s manipulation doesn’t search query “do vaccines cause bomb squad.” stop with the vaccine debate. Bay- autism” to be demoted/hidden using “[T]his is a large way in which er AG has been involved in three its algorithmic censorship methods. [Google tries to] intimidate their high-profile cases, with over 18,000 “(San Francisco, CA) A Google employees that go rogue on the more waiting in the wings, to de- insider who anonymously leaked company…” fend their Roundup herbicide from internal documents to Project Ver- “Partial video of the incident litigation claiming it caused cancer. itas made the decision to go public was provided to Project Veritas. During the course of all three trials in an on-the-record video interview. San Francisco police confirmed to and up to present day, Google’s The insider, Zachary Vorhies, de- Project Veritas that they did receive autocomplete results are purposely cided to go public after receiving a “mental health call,” and respond- hindering the public from finding a letter from Google, and after ed to Vorhies’ address that day.” truths about Roundup. he says Google allegedly called To date, Google has been pub- Looking at the data and facts, the police to perform a “wellness reason why I collected these doc- an anonymous account (which licly exposed for attempting to one could deduce that Google is check” on him.” uments was because I saw some- Vorhies believes belongs to a Goo- sway the 2020 U.S. election and its siding with Bayer AG to actively Along with the interview, thing dark and nefarious going on gle employee,) on social media as removal of certain news organiza- steer online traffic away from con- Vorhies asked Project Veritas to with the company and I realized a “leaker,” Vorhies was approached tions from its rankings and search- nections between Roundup, cancer publish more of the internal Goo- that there were going to not only by law enforcement at his residence es. However, Google’s censorship and information about Bayer’s gle documents he had previously tamper with the elections, but use in California. According to Vorhies, efforts have also extended into the lawsuits. leaked. that tampering with the elections San Francisco police received a health and food information sectors. When typing in the words Said Vorhies: to essentially overthrow the United call from Google which prompted Investigations have shown Goo- “Roundup” into Google search “I gave the documents to Project States.” a “wellness check.” gle’s ‘machine learning fairness’ engine, their autosuggest option Veritas, I had been collecting the Project Veritas reported that, Vorhies described the incident and algorithmic discrimination returns “Roundup for lawns” as the documents for over a year. And the “After having been identified by to Project Veritas: “they got inside to heavily favor industry talking top suggestion. Page 10 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / October 30-November 5, 2019 POLITICAL ANALYSIS GOP has a choice: Fight anti-Trump coup effort or surrender government to Democrats Republicans have two choices for how to handle the Resistance’s latest attempt to undo the 2016 election through dramatic means. They can sit there and take it, or they can fight. By Mollie Hemingway Complaints about decorum and The 2000 presidential election process in 2000 were likewise com- day ended without a clear winner plaints that Republicans weren’t sit- between Texas Governor George ting there and allowing Democrats W. Bush and Vice President Al to steal an election George W. Bush Gore. It all came down to Florida, had rightfully won. which was too close to call. State Using Bureaucracy law required close contests to go to Overturn Elections through a recount, and some coun- Is Dangerous ties handled it better than others. Efforts to steal an election in Miami-Dade County was iden- 2000 or overturn one from 2016 tified by Democrats as a county should be met not with passive where Gore could pick up new compliance but a righteous de- votes in a recount. Although state fense of the ballot box. And the law required full recount of the Resistance members, whether in county’s 654,000 ballots, the Dem- the bureaucracy, Congress, media, ocrat-controlled canvassers instead or the NeverTrump movement, focused on 10,750 ballots that had need to know that they are playing been rejected for one reason or an- with fire by trying to get around the other or where no clear pick could ballot box. be identified for president. Despite the belief of many career Then the canvassers tried to bureaucrats that elected political determine “intent” using their own leadership works for them, our subjective feelings. For instance, system is built on the idea that if a voter had by and large picked The media attacks were writ- not be inaugurated. Yes, all this was Congress and demonstrated that the permanent bureaucracy, such Democrats for other seats, or if ten, not coincidentally, after the before the inauguration. he had very little understanding as it exists, works for the elected a canvasser could claim he saw mini-protest was shown to have Within minutes of the inaugura- of the probe that bore his name. leadership, which in turn works an indentation where the chad worked. Within hours, the Demo- tion, the Washington Post published Mueller’s role had been used by the for and represents the American could have been punched out for crat-led board admitted that they that the “campaign to impeach Resistance to silence any criticism public. While it is tempting to look Gore, they would count that as a couldn’t comply with state law by President Trump has begun.” The of the probe or the Russia collusion at the three-year-long temper tan- Gore vote. They didn’t recount the Sunday deadline and stopped primary impeachment effort was theory in general. As soon as it was trum from the Resistance as being Cuban-American precincts that their attempted vote harvesting the Russia collusion hoax, in which obvious to the world that he had not entirely about Trump, it’s about overwhelmingly went for Bush and scheme. Sweeney was later nick- the Resistance embraced — or really participated in the probe so something much bigger. It is about where he might pick up new votes. named “Congressman Kick-Ass” pretended to believe — a patently much as been its titular head, the whether our elected government The situation was bad enough by President George W. Bush. absurd theory that Trump is a secret goalposts moved again. serves the people or whether it for Republicans, but then the can- If all this sounds similar to what Russian agent who stole the 2016 Following a few returning vis- exists to do the bidding of a cabal vassers decided to move the process some House Republicans did to election in a brazen act of sedition. its to the 25th Amendment fever of unelected, taxpayer-funded bu- to a closed room and restricted Rep. Adam Schiff’s star chamber Corporate media outlets pub- swamps, where Resistance mem- reaucrats and smug partisans of the media access to 25 feet away. Re- inquisition this week on Capitol lished and broadcast story after sto- bers fantasize that they could get corporate media. publicans were livid. Hill, that’s because it is similar. ry supporting this theory, which was Trump’s cabinet to undo the 2016 At some point it won’t just be Rep. John Sweeney, a Republi- Showing up in mass at the location later shown to have been invented election, or speculation that Trump marches on Capitol Hill from a few can congressman from New York, where Schiff runs his show, they and secretly funded as a Clinton might resign, they have landed on Republican congressmen that the told a staffer to “shut it down” and sought access to House records that campaign operation alongside the something Ukraine. Resistance will have to deal with. It dozens of Republican activists were denied to them by a Democrat Democratic National Committee. Corporate media is trying to is unclear what the proper reaction began causing a ruckus, pounding majority intent on keeping the pub- Foreign policy was put on hold, spin the Ukraine story as if it is to an unrelenting campaign to over- on the doors and shouting at the lic in the dark, exposing the farce key administration advisors were something other than what it is. turn the result of the 2016 election canvassers to stop their blatant at- of what the media describe as an fired and sidelined, investigations As if it were legitimate and quick- should be exactly, but they should tempts to push Gore into the lead. impeachment inquiry. into whether former Alabama Sen. ly moving. Mike Allen of Axios stop expecting people to be as polite (The New York Times was forced Lay Down or Fight Jeff Sessions was a Russian spy opined of impeachment that “It’s as they have been in response. to admit that Bush was the winner Republicans have two choices were launched. Following the fir- remarkable how fast it has gotten What we are facing now is not of the election and would have been for how to handle the Resistance’s ing of the mendacious and corrupt off the ground. You can see how partisan warfare, it’s not a mystery named so even if Democrats had latest attempt to undo the 2016 James Comey as FBI director, the quickly the Ukraine phone call novel, it’s not politics-as-usual. We won some of their challenges.) election through dramatic means. Resistance forced the launch of an came out of nowhere to become the are facing an attempt to tear down The media were outraged. They can sit there and take it, or intrusive and unstoppable special all-consuming impeachment topic the foundations of our republic “Right-Wingers Praise Antics of they can fight it. counsel probe, ostensibly headed — way faster than the impeachment by corrupt, unelected bureaucrats Bush Thugs,” wrote Joe Cona- Some Republicans can be count- by Robert Mueller. inquiries into Richard Nixon and who have decided the will of vot- son, calling it a “lawless… white ed on to sit there and take it. This Years later — after the special Bill Clinton.” ers is subordinate to their will to riot” and incitement of a “mob.” approach entails allowing Demo- counsel had stymied the Trump Yes, this is a really good talking power. It represents a fatal threat President Bush and other leaders crats to hold secret hearings where administration, fed the collusion point if you ignore literally ev- to our system of government, and were criticized for not speaking they handpick snippets to leak to conspiracy theory, rung up Trump erything that has happened since if this coup succeeds — whether against the “disgrace done in their a compliant media in service of associates for process crimes, November 8, 2016. through impeachment proceedings, campaign’s name.” What’s worse, setting a narrative. After the leaks and destroyed the lives and bank Again Republicans can either or through an election that (if the Bush and his vice presidential are published by the compliant cor- accounts of many Trump associ- follow the Resistance, including last three years are any indication) nominee Dick Cheney joked about porate press, these Republicans can ates — the probe ended with not a Democrats and their corporate me- the other side is clearly willing to it at a local hotel. The mob “lent a impotently push back on some of it. single American, much less a single dia supporters, or they can choose steal by hook or by crook — the touch of racial irony” to Republican The other approach is to learn American tied to the Trump cam- not acquiesce to the latest efforts to nation will cease to be a constitu- criticism of Jesse Jackson’s protests something from the previous few paign, much less Trump himself, undo the 2016 election but some- tional, democratic republic. in Miami at the same time. years. Trump’s surprising election found to have colluded with Russia. how fight them. This isn’t about Trump, or Re- Timothy Noah demanded action was followed by attempts to dele- Just Keep Throwing Crap Just as in 2000, the media publicans, or conservatives. It is against Sweeney, for his role in the gitimize the Republican victory Until Something Sticks screeching over Rep. Matt Gaetz about Washington needing to learn “siege of Miami” and “Miami may- in 2016 by claiming it was due to So then the goalposts moved and his colleagues fighting the that political differences have to be hem,” which, he said, was “possi- “fake news,” desperate efforts to once again. The argument went that secret efforts — which are literally settled at the ballot box lest they bly” against the law. Time’s Tim overturn the Electoral College, an- Trump, by being upset that he was being led by a man who lied to the instead be settled with an under- Padgett wrote of the “Mob Scene in ti-Trump riots in Portland and D.C., falsely accused of being a traitor public for years, falsely claiming mining of our constitutional norms Miami,” calling it a “GOP melee.” the Clinton-directed claims that who stole the 2016 election by he held evidence of Trump’s trea- and institutions. He claimed that Americans were Russia “hacked” the election, the colluding with Russia, might have sonous collusion with Russia to * * * * * horrified to witness the “strong-arm Russia collusion conspiracy theory, “obstructed justice.” Team Mueller steal the 2016 election — is not Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is tactics in what was supposed to be a the release of the completely ridic- couldn’t say, exactly. A report — an objection to what Gaetz and his a senior editor at The Federalist. showcase of democracy in action.” ulous dossier alleging that Trump clearly designed to be an impeach- colleagues did but anger that some She is Senior Journalism Fellow at He quoted a Democratic chairman was a Russian agent, the whisper ment report — was transmitted to Republicans have the audacity to Hillsdale College and a Fox News saying that the Republicans were campaign that the truth of Trump’s Congress to get things going. fight back against what Democrats contributor. Follow her on Twitter using “Brownshirt tactics.” collusion was so bad that he might But then Mueller testified before and the corporate media are doing. at @mzhemingway The Sunday morning tune-up — and then there was light By Chip Murray careful, and situationally aware… But everything exposed by the would have been lost as babes in the light becomes visible — and every- wilderness without His light. Last thing that is illuminated becomes a Thursday evening at Men’s Bible light. This is why it is said: “Wake Study, I watched as a father began up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and to realize our children are being Christ will shine on you. Be very lowed doctrine of stare decisis grants in St. Peter’s Square ordered into disorder in the very careful, then, how you live—not as — the rule that judges are bound As our God of Ephesians through places we send them to learn, by the unwise but as wise” — Ephesians to respect precedent—certainly ap- Maureen shines His light on the two very people we entrust to educate 5:13-15 plies to the lower courts, Supreme artists in the square… them…which brings us directly to There is no better example of Court justices owe fidelity to the Rodin commemorated the moral our charge in Ephesians 5:15…or man’s present state of moral “dead Constitution alone, and if their courage of men whose fortitude more specifically 5:11,Take no part to the light” darkness than the predecessors have construed it er- grew out of lives practiced in in the unfruitful works of darkness, question I received from a young CHIP MURRAY roneously, today’s justices must say the habit of virtue. He worked in but instead expose them. “Progressive” Liberal man from press to be as important to the life so and overturn their decisions.” — admiration of what Hemingway For days will come upon you REAL Warwick this morning, ask- and liberty of the American People, Myron Magnet, Clarence Thomas called “grace under pressure,” an when your enemies will build an ing me why inclusion, equality, and as sunlight is to a healthy garden. and the Lost Constitution aspect of character—an attribute embankment around you, surround climate-change are not principles? None of them put it as well as Jef- Which brings us to my absolute of the soul—unbeholden to wealth you and close you in on every side, Like the young Eagle Scout from ferson himself… favorite wordsmith/artist, Maureen or privilege. and level you, and your children last week unable to see behind the “Were it left to me to decide Mullarkey, who shines a brilliant Schmalz’ work, by contrast, within you, to the ground; and they BSA inclusion of gays and now whether we should have a gov- light on the ever-scheming patron derives from a downward cultural will not leave in you one stone upon young girls. Our young men aren’t ernment without newspapers or of “Enlightened Globalization”, shift: the displacement of hero- another, because you did not know stupid, they are dead to the light of newspapers without a government, Jeffrey Sachs in cahoots with ism by victimhood. Status as an the time of your visitation. — Luke objective truth and reality. They’ve I should not hesitate a moment to “(Pope?) Francis, a globalist to underdog, a casualty of the past 19:43-44 become actors much like Greta prefer the latter.” the bone, (as) its high priest”, and the accidents of living, is what * * * * * Thunberg, acting in a play, who But because we have come to and their “propaganda piece” (via earns placement on a pedestal in Chip Murray is a Singer/Song- refuse to come out of character. suffer the former, most of us are Schmalz) contribution to St. Peter’s St. Peter’s Square. Grievance (e.g. writer, Financial Advisor, Conser- Why? Because they’ve tragically in the dark about this fundamental Square; Migrants and Refugees—a those Cherokees), mistaken for an vative Tea Party Member, Devoted been led to believe the characters truth of their one precious work, comprehensive, undifferentiated, endowment, passes as grounds for Husband, Loving Step-Father of they are playing are better people and ALL that separates and shields impersonal category— are a maud- esteem. two from Warwick, NY…who has than who they really are… us from tyranny… lin abstraction useful in promoting Even Gideon’s 300, those special discovered the importance of living Our Founders understood a free “Consequently, while the hal- globalist dreams. — Shrine to Mi- men who were the most watchful, from the inside out. October 30-November 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 11 STOCK UPDATE FROM PRINCETON RESEARCH Charles Moskowitz and Michael King publish the Princeton Research Market Strategies Newsletter where they report on their Market Laboratory Holdings, their personal funds in the marketplace. NEW HIGH ON YTD GAINS using $400 and 10 TELL November ders Index, which subtracted 0.17 By Charles Moskowitz $9 Calls requiring $450. percentage points. The next biggest and Michael King The $100K account stock trades drag was building permits (-0.08 Week 43 was a gain of $619 are listed on page 7. The Stock ta- pp).In the six-month period ending bringing our YTD gains up to a ble has the following 26 positions: September 2019, the LEI increased new high for 2019 at $5,559 on 119 AA, AGQ, BOX, CTL (2), CVS, 0.2%, which was roughly the same trades with 60 profits and 59 losses. EYES (2), GBTC (2), GE, GSAT, growth rate as the prior six months. The bulk of the gains came from HL (2), INCY, LGORF, NUGT, The Coincident Economic Index our 100% Up Rule execution on the PKTX, KMI, KRMD, now REPR, was unchanged after increasing first half of the GLD 11/142 calls RWM, SAN, SDRL, SLV, UCO 0.3% in August. The Lagging Index position, the balance of which were and WORK. The options call for was up 0.1% after declining 0.4% sold the same day. We are carrying CHARLES MOSKOWITZ a $2,500 investment unless oth- MICHAEL KING in August. The key takeaway from positions in XLE 11/58.50 puts, both for product choice and the erwise stated; each stock position support briefly at about 160. Prob- the report is that it fits the narrative TELL 11/9 calls, HRL 11/42 calls ability to refine all of the different requires $5,000 unless otherwise lems occuring in the trading dispute of a growth slowdown unfolding in and the last piece of the CTL 11/12 oils such as WTI (lighter), Venezu- mentioned. Money management is between the U.S. and China seem the U.S. economy. calls. Total funds in use are $825. elan (heavier), Canadian (tar sands) based on a hypothetical $5000.00 to be disappearing, which had been In the six-month period ending The past week was full of earn- and our shale. for each stock trade unless oth- detrimental to the trucking industry. September 2019, the LEI increased ings, and this week will be the Schlumberger: SLB: $35.09 erwise posted. Going back to the SMH: $127.03 +$4.93 or 0.2%, which was roughly the same same. While there were some +2.58 or + 8.6%: Dividend $2.00; beginning of 2017; of the former -4.0%: Holding at the highs: Qua- growth rate as the prior six months. “actual” beats, many were lowered 5.7% yield. Long standing world- closed positions, 275 were gains druple (4– legged Gann type daily Nonfarm Payrolls increased by 136,000 for September vs the guidance disguised as beats, and wide Oil - conglomerate for all and 170 were losses. Profits taken bar top) pattern continuing to devel- Briefing.com forecast of 150,000. the statistic still remains, that if forms of drilling. The stock is down increased $1,238.00 to $38,541.00. op with semiconductors at possible During the past three months, job we continue on the same numbers from $80 last year with an excellent The open position loss came to high level. gains have averaged 157,000 per again this week, earnings will be total return potential. $3,798.00 which if subtracted Alibaba: BABA: $174.31 month. August nonfarm payrolls lower (not higher) by 2.9%. And CenturyLink: CTL: $12.89 + from the hypothetical profits taken +$5.18 or +3.1%: Rebounded from were revised to 168,000 from yet, the market continues to march 0.45 or + 3.6%: Dividend $1.00 or of $109,976.00, leaves a gain of a sideways pattern between $160 130,000. July nonfarm payrolls higher. There is really plenty of 7.8% yield. The dividend was just $106,178.00 for the last 2 years. and $180 after increasing S4.36 were revised to 166,000 from buying across almost all groups, FUNDAMENTALS cut from $2.16; the Company is the previous month; up S20.64 or + 159,000. and the action in TSLA and several Stocks were slightly higher the result of a merger with Level3 13% from the August lows: September Private Payrolls other big names seem to be stoking last week. The S&P was up 15.93 Communication. Risk is now out AMZN: $1,761.33 + $3.82 or increased by 114,000 below the the fire. The action in AMZN was of the stock due to over reliance on or 0.5%; NASDAQ rose 0.4% or +0.2%: A holding pattern follow- Briefing.com consensus of 120,000. nothing short of stupendous. After the dividend and focus on FCF (free 32.50; the Russell 2000 gained ing weakness within the overall August private sector payrolls trading down from the close of cash flow) with increased margin 1.6%; while the DJIA was off market; the world’s leading stock revised to 122,000 from 96,000. $1,780 it traded in the extended will rule the day. 46.39 — 0.2%.Seven of the eleven continues less decided on direction July private sector payrolls revised hours to $1,618 -162, a drop of CVS $65.10 -1.06 or -1.6%: S&P sectors finished in positive at key moving averages. to 122,000 from 131,000. The over 9%, only to finish Friday at Dividend S2.00 or 3.1% yield. territory. Health Care rose 2.0%, GDX 27.74 or +0.62 or +2.3%: September unemployment rate $1,761.33, right near the high of the Merger of CVS and Aetna: Stock is led by earnings gains from United Holding pattern at relatively decent was 3.5% versus 3.7% in August. day, lower by just $19.45 (1.09%). down from $100 but represents the Health (UNH: S244.91 — 0.43 — levels; VXGDX: Gold Miners ETF Persons unemployed for 27 weeks It’s hard to not be impressed with move of healthcare, Rx and insur- 0.1% on the week. Also, bullish Volatility Index 28.97 +0.10; Side- or more accounted for 22.7% of the that kind of recovery. AAPL was ance to provide total solutions with momentum was aided by news that ways following a small correction, unemployed versus 20.6% in Au- ungraded twice with new price savings based on the advantages of a consortium of five companies an improving holding pattern from gust. The U6 unemployment rate, targets topping out at $289 from their streamlined solution. This is including Johnson and Johnson, the previous week. which accounts for unemployed Morgan Stanley. It finished $246.58 really a total return story. were offering a $50 billion package VIX 12.65 -1.60 or -11.3% and underemployed workers, was +10.17 (4.3%). J.P. Morgan Chase: JPM: to settle the opioid lawsuits. JNJ The CBOE Market Volatility had 6.9%, versus 7.2% in August. The Sunday morning show $126.03 +S5.47 or +5.4% last also beat earnings expectations, another week of lower world prob- September average hourly earn- were pretty much taken up with week: div. $3.20 or 2.5%; Up 15% but it dropped Friday on news that lems. The lower volatility numbers ings were flat after increasing 0.4% the killing of Abu Bakr al Baghda- last six weeks: Fortress balance it recalled 33,000 bottles of baby remain to be a bullish catalyst for in August. Over the last 12 months, di. There was a press conference sheet, best in class, long-term total powder for traces of asbestos. equities; VXN: NASDAQ Volatil- average hourly earnings have that pre-empted 2 of the shows return with a yield. I-shares, MSCI USA Momentum ity at 16.17 - S1.65 or -9.3%: The risen 2.9%, versus 3.2% for the and Meet the Press really didn’t Conagra Brands Inc: CAG: MTUM: $119.02 + 1.33, Procter & continued decline creates a positive 12 months ending in August. The add much to the story. To listen $26.92 - $0.17, -0.9%: div S.85 Gamble PG: $123.25 +5.78 and outlook. average workweek in September to Mr. Trump, it was his idea and or 3.2%; the Stock is sideways to MasterCard: MA: $270.19 -0.44 ECONOMICS was 34.4 hours versus 34.4 hours his plan all along. So, there really slightly down last two weeks and — 0.2%, down S23.56 or -8% Industrial Production declined in August. Manufacturing work- wasn’t any discussion about the off from $40 in the past year. This from the high after being up 23% 0.4% m/m in September (Brief- week was unchanged at 40.5 hours. real-world issues here at home. major brands company would be this year. The MSCI momentum ing.com consensus -0.3%) on the Factory overtime was unchanged at I’m very impressed with the Trump in great shape if trends in many index reached an all-time high on heels of an upwardly revised 0.8% 3.2 hours. plan to build another wall between commodities reversed. However, August 29th relative to the MSCI increase (from 0.6%) in August. The labor force participation rate New Mexico and Colorado. Pretty China’s action had put a damper USA Value Index, which is now Total Capacity Utilization dropped was 63.2% in September versus certain that will keep those crazy on rallies and suggests making dropping. That ratio had also peak- to 77.5% down from the Briefing. 63.2% in August New Mexicans under control from the use of selling Call options for ed in March 2000, at the top of the com consensus expecting 77.7%, Consumer Credit increased by moving thru Colorado to get to that protection. dot-com bubble which ultimately lower from 77.9% in August. $23.3 billion in July vs the Briefing. great promised land of Canada. AT&T T: S36.91 - S1.56 or helped trigger a recession, but is Manufacturing output declined com consensus expecting $18.2 bil- I fully expect the markets to -4.1%; after having been up to now much steadier. 0.5% after increasing 0.6% in Au- lion, after increasing a downwardly continue to rally on the “sort of” S38.47 Last Week; the current div. 12 of the 30 Dow components gust. Mining output fell 1.3% after revised $13.8 billion (from $14.6 gains in earnings this week. At that is $2.04 for a yield of 5.5%; holding reported earnings last week. Procter increasing 2.4% in August. Utilities billion) in June. That is the largest point I’m sure that the Fed will up after gains of 20% since July & Gamble (PG), United Technol- output rose 1.4% again following a expansion since July 2018. Non-re- understand the error of their ways 23rd: Could be held with a covered ogies (UTX), Caterpillar (CAT), 0.2% boost in August. volving credit increased by $13.3 and lower rates for absolutely no write. Boeing (BA), Intel (INTC), Mic- Motor vehicle assemblies de- billion in July to $3.042 trillion. good reason. Actually, I strongly We are still recommending: rosoft (MSFT), Dow Inc. (DOW), clined 4.9% m/m to a seasonally Revolving credit increased by $10.0 doubt that there is absolutely no Long: 200 CAG first introduced @ McDonald’s (MCD), 3M (MMM), adjusted annual rate of 10.71 mil- billion in July to $1.081 trillion. good reason for lowering the rates, $22.36 ON 2/11/19 and 100 CVS @ Travelers (TRV), Visa (V), and lion units. Consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of and I think they know that, and will $51.97 ON 4/2/19. Price adjusted to United Technologies (UTX) were On a year-over-year basis, in- 6.75%, with revolving credit in- not bend to the wishes of Donald S49.87 (covered write) mostly positive. dustrial production declined 0.1%. creasing at an annual rate of 11.25% “Bankruptcy” Trump. CTL COMMENT: Transportartion Avg (DJT The capacity utilization rate of and non-revolving credit increasing Have a great week, and we’ll As I mentioned last week in this 10,856.41) +347.67 or +3.31%: 77.5% was 2.3 percentage points at an annual rate of 5.25%. try to provide some more good space, CTL seems to have reversed The Transportation Average con- below its long-run average. The key takeaway from the trading ideas. its long decline and has picked up tinued its upward spiral for Octo- The key takeaway from the report is the recognition that revolv- STOCKS FOR TOTAL some “upgrade” support. As you ber gaining 583 points or almost report is that the weakness was ing credit expanded at its fastest RETURN WITH OPTIONS can see on the weekly chart below, 6%; railroad and trucking stocks unduly influenced by the strike pace since November 2017. That PROTECTION collapsed on a daily basis. Norfolk we have put in a series of higher at General Motors (GM), which could mean one of two things: (1) The following list of stocks are Southern Corp, NSC ($188.25 lows starting mid-May, followed contributed to a 0.7% decline in the consumers are using revolving those with reasonable dividend by early August and then again 3 +S6.34 or +3.5%) rebounding manufacturing output for durables. credit more because they lack the yields and the ability to protect the weeks ago. We bought the third higher pattern after having been The Conference Board’s Lead- cash to cover spending on basic positions with either covered writ- higher low on 10/9 and sold half down -7.0% over three weeks from ing Economic Index (LEI) declined needs or (2) consumers are using ing of calls, the purchase of out of the position on the 100% Up Rule July highs, regaining to above the 0.1% in September (Briefing.com revolving credit more because they the money puts, or a combination @ $1.05 and then when we ran up uptrend resistance at180, may still consensus 0.0%) on the heels of a feel confident about repayment of both. Most are very solid names, into the resistance around $13.00 be struggling. NSC rallied sharply downwardly revised 0.2% decline capabilities due to feelings of job but with current volatility across all we sold 50% of the remaining after holding the S167-168 levell (from 0.0%) in August. The largest security. Only future economic stocks, these should be paired with balance. Thursday and Friday were which is now major support. Nor- drag on the LEI in September was data will tell the real tale, but in the some option activity. inside days, which give no real clue folk Southern Corp had continued the ISM New Orders Index, which context of a U.S. growth outlook, Kinder Morgan Oil and Gas: about what’s to come. I would like as one of the strongest Transport subtracted 0.17 percentage points. the expansion in consumer credit in KMI: $20.42 - 0.02 or -1.0%; to roll forward and up possibly stocks well above the lows when The next biggest drag was building July is apt to be taken at face value Dividend of S.80 for a 4.0% yield. to the 11/13’s or 12/13.50’s if we NSC Corp declined December permits (-0.08 pp). Stock prices as an encouraging sign. The company has outstanding stay here another couple of days. 26th to $138.65, after collapsing added 0.11 percentage points, * * * * * management, and now that the US Between the change in direction to its lowest levels in a year since which was the largest positive Mike King, Princeton Re- is the biggest producer, pipeline and the $1.00 dividend, I think a April 2018. CSX rallied from a contributor in September. search,3887 Pacific Street, Las usage growth makes this on a solid move to the $15.00 -$16.00 level sideways pattern last week; ($72.32 The Conference Board’s Lead- Vegas, Nevada 89121 Or: Charles grower. Richard Kinder continues is easily supported, as long as this +S10.83 +5.3%); UNP $172.33 ing Economic Index (LEI) declined Moskowitz, CAM@MoneyIn- to buy stock for his own account. market holds. +S10.83 surged last week. Union 0.1% in September (Briefing.com fo-LLC.com, 617-827-1296, Phone: Bought: 200 Shares @ $20.16. Last week there was one closed Pacific,which had bucked the trend, consensus 0.0%) on the heels of a (702) 650-3000, Cell: (702) 493- Valero Energy: VLO: $99.27 + stock trade and four option trades. had made a nice recovery before downwardly revised 0.2% decline 3683, mike@princetonresearch. S8.21or +9% last week: Dividend The net gain was $628.00. There leading the pack lower. UNP, which (from 0.0%) in August. com or cam@princetonresearch. $3.20 for a 3.2% yield. This is one are two remaining open option po- challenged the all-time highs at The largest drag on the LEI in com, also visit: www.princetonre- of the most flexible of all refiners sitions: 8 CTL November $12 Calls $180, in August, declined below September was the ISM New Or- search.com Page 12 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / October 30-November 5, 2019

A governmentE big enough toditorials give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. — Thomas Jefferson Our Point of View Can’t we yet grasp the meaning of Socialism? In the first decade of the new millennium, we were taken aback by a young U.S. senator by the name Barack Hussein Obama. And when he ran for the presidency of the United States, this newspaper was the first publication to endorse him. Later, we learned that his political campaign headquar- ters in Huston, Texas had a picture of a war mercenary socialist by the name of Ernesto “Che” Guevara and the Cuban flag on the wall of the campaign headquarters. We tried to get an answer as to why the campaign head- quarters of the presidential candidate for the United States allowed having the flag of another country, a communist country at that, and the picture of a mercenary communist, Judge blocks state sage on their wall, but no one wanted to give us an answer, refus- ing our telephone calls—so we withdrew our endorsement. grouse protection plans During his eight-year term as president we criticized By Thomas Mitchell The suit — brought by the West- him on many occasions, including his decision to “kiss the A federal judge in Idaho has ern Watersheds Project, the Wil- pulled the rug out from under the dearth Guardians, Center for Bi- boots” of communist killers Fidel and Raul Castro in Cuba, Western states that had worked with ological Diversity and the Prairie and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, but we never disrespected the federal public land agencies to Hills Audubon Society — opposed him; we may have criticized his policies and his socialist create separate plans to preserve the regionalized plans for grouse mentality, but we never disrespected him or the office of sage grouse habitat and yet still al- protection in Nevada, Colorado, the President of the United States of America. low fruitful economic activity such Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Oregon and as mining, oil and gas exploration, California. It is no secret that former Senator Majority Leader Harry farming and grazing. The state-by-state plans an- Reid is not one of our favorite persons and it is well known U.S. District Court Judge B. Lynn nounced in March backed off Obama that the relationship between the Democrat Senator and this Winmill granted an injunction block- administration plans that would have newspaper is strange to say the least, but we never called the ing those plans in a lawsuit brought largely blocked most economic ac- senator any names and never disrespected his rank and his by several self-styled environmental ThoMaS MiTchell tivity near grouse habitat. position; in fact when the “golden boy” of city politicians groups. The judge agreed that the Bureau of Land “The State of Nevada thanks the Bureau of Land Management plans announced this past spring failed Management for incorporating our concerns and showed up to meet with the senator in a white T-shirt, we to make a one-size-fits all, range-wide analysis, failed respecting the Greater Sage-Grouse habitat plan de- criticized the new millionaire for disrespecting the senator. to evaluate climate change and removed protections veloped cooperatively by Nevada state agencies and Everyone is well aware of the antagonistic relationship for the birds unjustified by science and conditions on local stakeholders,” Nevada’s Democratic Gov. Steve that existed between this newspaper and former District the ground. Never mind that the colorful fowl best Sisolak was quoted as saying at the time in a state- Court Judge Doug Smith, but we never walked into his known for its strutting mating ritual has never been ment conveyed by the BLM. “In particular, Nevada added to the Endangered Species list, though its pop- appreciates the BLM’s commitment to compensatory courtroom without a tie and a jacket as a respect for the ulation in recent years has declined from millions to mitigation as an integral part of the success of Nevada’s robe he wears. about half a million. (See Mitchell, Page 14) We were not fond of Supreme Court Judge Nancy Baker but we never called her by any of the names we might have ON A PERSONAL NOTE wanted to call her. We may question how it is that District Court judges Vincent Ochoa or many other Family Court judges keep It can’t be easy being a priest: getting elected, but we do not disrespect the office. Denying communion to presidential candidate Joe Biden It is not respect for the man, woman or officeholder; it is By Maramis after some of us were married. The respect for the office that the person represents, regardless There are many requirements for funny thing was, back in those days, of the opinion anyone in this company may or may not being a priest, and upholding the the big issue was really birth control. have, regardless of the party affiliation of the officeholder. Church’s teachings obviously is one It was a given that unmarried girls or The Democrats have taken all three years of the legally of them. At St. Anthony’s Catholic women could not even have sex, so Church in Florence, South Carolina there would be no reason for abortion elected President Donald J. Trump to criticize and insult this past weekend, a Catholic priest to be an issue. (That’s the way it was and disrespect the man, persistently attacking him, his had to deny holy communion to Joe back in those days.) But the even family and anyone who dares to get close to him or even Biden because his actions were not stranger thing was that for married show a liking for him, not to mention their defending him. in keeping with the beliefs of his couples who could not afford any religion as a so-called practicing more children — or perhaps the Booing the president — any president for that matter — Catholic. mother was simply not physically up is an act that shows little class and anyone who accepts it “Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to to having more — birth control was as normal behavior is a puppet of the socialist-communists refuse Holy Communion to former MaraMiS choufani still considered a grave (mortal) sin. who are out there trying to interfere with all the good the Vice President Joe Biden,” Rev. Robert Morey said in That left only one “acceptable” way to avoid getting president is doing for the nation and the people of this a statement on Monday. “Holy Communion signifies pregnant, and it was not guaranteed to be 100 percent great country. we are one with God, each other and the Church. Our effective—that was the Rhythm Method, which was a actions should reflect that. Any public figure who ad- combination of taking your temperature to determine There are only twelve months left before the next elec- vocates for abortion places himself or herself outside your most fertile days and refraining from sex during tion and instead of continuing to attack President Trump of Church teaching. As a priest, it is my responsibility those days and a few more. The most accurate method, for every move he makes, they should use that time to find to minister to those souls entrusted to my care, and I of course, was not having sex at all. That didn’t always a candidate who can give the president a run for his money. must do so even in the most difficult situations. I will go over very well for either one of them. There is a political candidate who refers to the president keep Mr. Biden in my prayers.” It’s a known fact that most Catholics do not obey Up until the age of about 30, I was Catholic. While all the rules and regulations regarding sex — as deter- as “the most corrupt president ever” and we wonder if he abortion was never something I ever wanted to consid- mined from the married couples themselves — and I of- ever heard of Bill Clinton or even, as much as we liked er, it came up for several of my friends both before and (See Maramis, Page 17) him, Richard Nixon? The Democrat Socialist-Communists can conspire against the president by holding secret meetings against Why do environmental Democrats him, but then they become crybabies because the president did not share a secret mission to take out the leader of ISIS. ignore massive Chinese pollution? Most likely, the president was advised not to notify his By Madison Gesiotto “We will address the catastrophic crisis of climate The Democratic Party seems to not really care change and transform our energy system away from enemies because they cannot be trusted and they most about saving our planet. The presidential candidates fossil fuel,” Bernie Sanders said during the presidential likely would betray the safety of the country just to make continue to prove this by proposing energy policies debate in Texas. Elizabeth Warren, another leading face him look bad. that would devastate the American economy while of the Democratic Party, pledged to “sign an executive Hopefully, we will never have to see those millionaires ignoring the appalling impact of Chinese pollution order that puts a total moratorium on all new fossil who today are supporting the Democrat Socialist-Commu- on the atmosphere. fuel leases for drilling offshore and on public lands” Marianne Williamson declared that we need to and upped the ante with a plan to ban fracking across nists who are trying to take over this great nation, taking act “radically” to avert “massive food shortages” and the country. every penny they have, their fancy homes, vacation chalets, “hundreds of millions of environmental refugees.” As A fracking ban would tear a gaping hole through the and luxury cars, all taken by the Democrat Socialist-Com- unhinged as she sounds, she is stating the Democratic fabric of the Ohio economy, which has benefited greatly munist political criminals they are so frantically defending Party platform as dictated by progressives such as from the shale boom. An Ohio University professor today. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. Williamson is not even an calculated that the shale industry contributed more than outlier among her fellow candidates, many of whom $22 billion to the state economy and supported nearly We hope that we do not have to prove how right we have endorsed the preposterous Green New Deal. 150,000 jobs in 2015 alone, and that was before the were when we tried to open their eyes because we wanted Some candidates have even crafted their own ver- energy boom we have experienced here since President to share our Democrat Socialist-Communist experiences, sions of the Green New Deal, but the most frightening Trump began rolling back the draconian Obama era and later, when they are penniless because the government manifestation of such climate extremism is that some regulations that kept our energy sector from reaching took all their wealth because there are no private wealthy candidates are now pledging to ban fossil fuels, a full potential. move that would dramatically raise energy prices in Behind the scenes, longshot candidates such as Beto people in a communist regime and we get to tell them we places such as Ohio, which is among the top states that O’Rourke, who has come out with his own multitrillion told you so. consumer natural gas in the country. 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VEditors note:iew The views expressed are entirely those of the writersP and do not necessarilyoints reflect the opinions of the Las Vegas Tribune. How Big Pharma is Ripping You Off… Even If You Don’t Pay for Your Own Prescription Drugs By Chuck Muth the generic companies the samples been doing is tweaking the drug take advantage of this loophole in They say everyone talks about they are entitled to. with some minor adjustment to our patent system. Take Humira, the weather but nobody does any- And some aren’t even subtle extend the patent — and thus their for example. thing about it. Well, the same can about it. As Pharmalot.com report- higher prices and higher profits. Humira is a drug used to treat be said about the skyrocketing cost ed in 2015, Jon Haas, director of For example, they might change severe medical conditions such of certain brand-name prescription patient access at Shkreli’s Turing the drug from a capsule to a tablet. as rheumatoid arthritis and in- drugs. Pharmaceuticals, came right out Or issue a “time release” version. flammatory bowel disease. It’s Everyone has heard about ginor- and admitted it… Or change the coating. Or adjust the manufactured by AbbVie and is the mous price spikes over recent years “If someone calls and asks for dosage. Or change it from a twice- best-selling drug in the world which — most famously Martin “Pharma 50 bottles of Daraprim, they would a-day pill to once-a-day. reportedly accounts for some 60 Bro’” Shkreli’s obscene increase in have to come to me for approval. . . In the industry this is called percent of AbbVie’s international the cost of Daraprim from $13.50 . Most likely I would block that pur- “product hopping.” sales. per pill to a whopping $750 per chase. . . . We would like to do our And successful product hopping And the amount of money that pill in 2015. best to avoid generic competition. results in the original patent being means is simply staggering. Unfortunately, the knee-jerk CHUCK MUTH It’s inevitable. They seem to figure extended well beyond the protect- “Sales of Humira totaled $5.1 reaction to this problem by all too itive product, the generic version out a way [to make generics], no ed lifetime of the drug — which billion during the third quarter” many public officials has been to must go through a lengthy approval matter what. But I’m certainly not freezes out generic competition and this year, reported Ned Pagliaru- propose government intervention process through the Food & Drug going to make it easier for them.” keeps prices artificially high. lo for BioPharmaDive.com last and price controls. Alas, the better Administration (FDA) to assure Legislation to end such There’s an easy fix to this — but week. “Overall company revenues, solution — always — is market the generic version is both safe and road-blocking — the CREATES one state legislators seem to avoid meanwhile, reached $8.24 billion competition. effective. Act — is pending in Congress. But in preference to pushing for govern- in the three months from July to But that’s where the problem is. But in order to submit its version Big Pharma’s big influence on Cap- ment price controls. All states need September.” In order to foster ongoing re- for such approval, it’s necessary itol Hill has thus far successfully to do is allow pharmacists to pre- That ain’t chickenfeed. search in the development of new for the generic company to obtain choked off the bill from coming scribe low-cost “near substitutes” Now here’s the thing… drugs, the United States issues samples of the brand name drug for to a vote. — meaning FDA-approved similar The original patent for Humira “patents” that allow drug-makers development and clinical testing The second trick pharmaceutical drugs matching the original patent. expired in 2014. However, AbbVie monopoly control over sales for a purposes. And by law, the brand companies have used to extend their But such a common-sense sim- filed 247 new patent applications set period of time — usually 12 to name drug is required to provide monopoly control and profits for a ple fix doesn’t generate near the — that’s right, 247! — in an effort 20 years. After the monopoly sales such samples. brand name drug comes from abuse headlines as price-fixing legisla- to extend the company’s monopoly period ends, generic competitors Unfortunately, in order to extend of the U.S. patent system itself. tion. So don’t hold your breath. control over the drug through the are allowed to enter the market. its monopoly hold on a captive As a drug reaches the end of Anyway, product hopping has year 2037. The first problem is that in order market, some brand name drug its patent life, and thus subject to proved to be so effective and so There’s an industry term for this, for generic companies to bring to manufacturers have “gamed the generic competition, what some profitable that some companies too. Filing multiple new patents to market a less expensive compet- system” by finding ways to deny pharmaceutical companies have have gone to extreme lengths to (See Muth, Page 14) Nostalgia — Ain’t it wonderful? By Mace yampolsky rather make it with a knothole.” The wagon (I wasn’t the only one) and him to the bar. He did not look in the (Editor’s Note: Warning, some other customers applauded. driven to the half-way point. Riders mirror. The bartender said, “What crude language ahead) Later I heard they separated. I had the option of driving half-way do you want, cowboy?” Several I find myself waxing nostalgic said to Al, “I heard you lost about or all the way. I convinced some- people took a picture with him He these days which is much better 180 lbs. of ugly fat.” one, whom I had never met before, didn’t know why until he looked in than waxing my eyebrows. Ask me He said, “We’re back together from the Knickerbikers (more a mirror. Needless to say, he was not how I know. I was getting a facial and she has lost weight.” Oops! on them later) to let me ride his amused. He was hopping mad and from an overzealous aesthetician The Well Hung Jury custom bike to the end of the race. threatened everyone with grievous and she waxed one eyebrow and I Bike Gang How’s that for persuasiveness? I bodily harm. But he calmed down screamed. She said beauty is pain- I used to ride bicycles with some completed the race and then rode and the legend grows. ful and I need to do the other one, buddies from law school, the Well to a restaurant in which they served There were many more inci- or I would look unbalanced. (I’ve Hung Jury Bike Gang (WHJ). I fish tacos. The bike owner followed dents: law school talent night with been called this before without wrote the theme song and had the me. They called me El Gringo Loco “Name that tort” and the liability advertising.) official WHJ laugh Kruser and the in the restaurant. I don’t know why, wheel, Brucie Boom Boom. The Why you may ask? Or not. I official imitation laugh. We did but I was a lot more energetic in tennis instructor that sashays to a recently went to my 40th law school Tecate-Ensenada, 75 miles with a those days. different drummer and Ira P wear- reunion (when I went to law school, MaCe yaMPoLSKy 7-mile hill in the middle, Mexica- That night we all went to the ing a Speedo and Glitter to the they didn’t have the subject called My buddy, Al Charmatz, got li-San Felipe 110 miles but it was only bar in San Felipe. I don’t theme from Rocky. history) and the wedding of the married in New York to ‘Hurricane flat. On the way to the race, we remember exactly what happened Captain, My Captain daughter of an old school buddy. Iona’ the day before we started law rode with the Knickerbikers, a huge (alcohol was involved) but I be- There was Spooky Old Alice’s I didn’t recognize a lot of people. school. She was fat, ugly and nasty group of riders that hired their own came involved in an altercation (SOA) Birthday party on the Bahia They looked so different (old!). I and those were her good points. Ev- bus. I was peeling a banana when and we were all thrown out. I was Belle, a party boat that circled San don’t feel that old and I hope that eryone hated her. She was throwing my buddy, Bird, said something that almost wheel-excommunicated Diego. I wore a captain’s hat for I don’t look that old. (Thank you, a surprise party for Al and for some I found objectionable. I snapped the by the WHJ. Not one of my finest the occasion. An outraged woman Clairol.) inexplicable reason chose me to ac- peel on to his forehead. It sounded moments. accosted me and complained that We reminisced about things that company her on the liquor-buying like a gunshot and it stuck. I was Ride’m, Cowboy! Yee Haw! the Women’s bathrooms were happened 40 years ago. Most of outing. We went to the Price Club almost wheel-excommunicated for The WHJ was involved in the closed and asked me what I was them I remember, some I didn’t. (a precursor of Costco). that incident. “Gay Cowboy” incident. They were going to do about it. I pointed to There was the infamous banana We were in the checkout line There were about 15 of us riding skiing at Mammoth when Dirk fell my captain’s hat and said, “See this incident; the “It’s rideable” situ- and for no apparent reason, she together and I was talking to the asleep. Someone wrote “Gay Cow- hat? I don’t do manual labor. Just ation in the Mexicali-San Felipe announces in a loud voice while rider next to me when I got too close boy” on his forehead with a magic hang it over the side like the guys bike race; getting thrown out of the pointing to me, “This man is not and caused a collision that wiped marker and an arrow to his mouth do.” Rumor has it she wrote a nasty only bar in San Felipe; the fish taco my husband. I am not married to out 10 of us. I got the worst of it. saying “insert dick here.” (BTW, I letter to the parent company and restaurant in which they called me this man.” My front wheel lost several spokes am not homophobic, or politically demanded that the rude captain be “El Gringo Loco”; the gay cowboy I responded “Married? I and bowed when I sat on it. I said, correct. It was a different time back fired. Some people have no sense incident, and ‘Hurricane Iona.’ I’ll wouldn’t marry you if you were “It’s rideable.” It wasn’t! then.) of humor. start with her. the last woman on earth. I would I was picked up by the sag They woke him up and spirited (See Mace, Page 17) POTUS is right: Never Trumpers are human scum! Larry Klayman calls on readers to defend president from establishment attacks By Larry Klayman poised to pounce once impeach- arized North Korea, to name just Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik, With the tremendous success of ment is voted upon, as a result of two looming crises. As I wrote in was also indicted, and Kerik was President Donald J. Trump in hav- smelling Trumpian blood in the my autobiography, “Whores: Why later convicted of felonies. No- ing orchestrated the killing of the water. and How I Came to Fight the Estab- tably, this criminal investigation leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Bagh- And make no mistake about it lishment,” it was the impeachment of Giuliani is being conducted by dadi, over the weekend — with full — not just Sen. Mitt Romney but of President Bill Clinton over the the U.S. Attorney of the Southern credit given to our brave Special also his fellow Never Trumpers like relatively minor (when compared to District of New York, which is an Forces, many of whom have died in former Ohio Gov. John Kasich are the other 40-plus Clinton scandals, integral part of the Trump Justice the service of our nation and whose tan, ready and rested to then make ranging from Chinagate to IRSgate Department. surviving family members I legally a move to run for the presidency as to Travelgate) Monica Lewinsky I am not going to say more in represent — there is not only virtual a Republican or otherwise in 2020. mess that ironically resulted in the this column, as I want all of you to silence by the so called “Never In this regard, the risk to Trump can American people being screwed, listen the embedded video below, Trumpers,” but their comrades in also come from a third-party candi- pun intended. For while the nation but let it be said that We the People was obsessed with the attempt to are now at a crucial crossroads in the Democratic Party. It’s clear date, such as former New York City remove Clinton over the wrong the country’s history. If President that no matter what our president Mayor Michael Bloomberg. While scandal, Osama bin Laden was Trump goes down, we all go down does, he can never get credit from he would hardly be a Reaganesque planning to execute the greatest with him. And, the prospects of the forces who wish to destroy him. Larry KLayMan leader during these dire times — attack on the United States since having to live in a socialist, rad- But this lack of acknowledgment “Special Prosecutor with Larry indeed, his high-pitched whiny Pearl Harbor. In short, the nation ical-leftist “Big Brother” state aside, the real threat to the president Klayman” of last week, embedded voice does not extol confidence — took its eye off the ball. should be enough to get most of lies in Never Trumper collaboration below, along with my appearance Bloomberg or someone else of his This is why Freedom Watch you to get off of the couch, put with the rabid Democrats to have on Jason Goodman’s “Crowdsource ilk could spend enough time and and I, in my private capacity as a the beer and popcorn down, turn The Donald convicted in the U.S. The Truth.” money to pry votes away from the lawyer and conservative activist, off cable news and get to work in Senate, after he inevitably is im- From Day 1, the Never Trump- president to have him defeated at ask you fellow patriots to join me saving the greatest nation God has peached in the Nancy Pelosi-Adam ers, comprised of the likes of Bill the ballot box, just as Ross Perot did in strongly defending President ever devised. Nothing less can or Schiff-Jerrold Nadler-Maxine Wa- Kristol, Karl Rove, Jonah Goldberg in 1992, then resulting in the defeat Trump. In this regard, his previous should be expected if we want to ters-and The Squad-run U.S. House and new arrivals such as so-called of President George H.W. Bush. lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has been remain a free people in His Grace. of Representatives. These jackels, Judge Andrew Napolitano and We the People cannot allow for taken out of the equation, as he * * * * * joined by the Republican estab- Fox’s Chris Wallace — to name just the Never Trumper “human scum,” now faces criminal investigation Larry Klayman is a former Jus- lishment, are poised, like Brutus a few — have run interference for as President Trump crassly but aptly and potential indictment, two of tice Department prosecutor and and the Roman Senate with regard those establishment Republicans put it, to jeopardize the citizenry his colleagues already having been the founder of Judicial Watch and to Caesar, to figuratively speaking in the U.S. Senate in particular during these dangerous times, with indicted in recent weeks. Years Freedom Watch. His latest book is fatally stab President Trump in the to take down our 45th president. a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran earlier another one of Giuliani’s “Whores: Why and How I Came to back. I outline this in my radio show Like crazed beasts of prey, they are on the horizon and already a nucle- associates, former New York City Fight the Establishment.” Page 14 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / October 30-November 5, 2019 A Tale of Three Revolutions For Cuban schools, it’s as if the American Revolution never happened By José Azel There is an extensive literature that compares and contrasts the American and French Revolutions, but a recent article by Patrick Estebe titled “A tale of Two Rev- olutions” made me think of the influence of those revolutions on the Cuban Revolution of 1959. As an adolescent in pre-1959 Cuba, I remember studying extensively the French Revolution and the in- fluence thereof on Enlightenment Era philosophers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau. However, I do not recall my teachers discussing the Ameri- can Revolution or the correspond- ing inspirational role of John Locke José Azel in the thinking of the Founders. these revolutions were the product I was puzzled as to whether of Enlightenment ideals that em- this teaching disparity was due to phasized natural rights and equality. Firing squads and totalitarianism were the legacy inherited by the Cuban Revolution from the French Revolution. my faulty memory, so I consulted Both were responses to oppressive executions by guillotine including Rousseau. Rousseau’s ideas ul- private property of the American with Dr. Eugenio Yañez and other monarchies that taxed heavily and that of King Louis XVI and his wife timately led to a government of Revolution. The Cuban Revolution learned colleagues. They reassured sought to subjugate. Yet, they had Marie-Antoinette during the “Reign absolute power and complete has much more in common with me that my memories were correct. very different outcomes. of Terror.” Robespierre himself was control over society. The French the anger of the French Revolution In Cuban education, the French The French Revolution started later guillotined without trial. struggle for “liberty, equality, and as exemplified by the thousands of Revolution was emphasized and as the United States Constitution As for the leaders of the Amer- fraternity,” is self-contradictory. firing squad executions following the American Revolution was not was adopted in 1789 and leaders ican Revolution, only one of the Government-imposed equality is 1959, and its single-party totali- studied as a revolution at all. It was like the Marquis de Lafayette, who 56 signers of the Declaration of inconsistent with liberty. tarian rule. mostly considered a war for inde- participated in both revolutions, Independence died a violent death. The American Revolution en- And I am left to wonder if there pendence of little worldwide socio- probably had a similar model of That death, totally unrelated to the gendered a “Bill of Rights” to is a cause and effect relationship in political intellectual consequence. government for France in mind. Revolution, was Alexander Hamil- protect individual freedoms. The the governments we end up with, Following the Cuban Revo- The American Revolution was ton who died in a duel with Aaron French Revolution produced a very and the tales we tell of these three lution this neglect became more led by practical concerns for rep- Burr. In fact, most of the American different document in the “Decla- revolutions. pronounced. In that “revolutionary” resentation. But it was anger, revolutionaries were honored after ration of the Rights of Man and * * * * * mindset, it became incongruous to resulting from abuses by the ruling the revolution and some, like John the Citizen,” which, although ad- José Azel left Cuba in 1961 as a refer to the American Revolution nobility and the clergy, which gave Adams and Thomas Jefferson, lived vancing basic rights, conceives the 13 year-old political exile in what as a revolution. The Yankees were rise to the French Revolution. This long lives of public service. absolute power of the state. Its third has been dubbed Operation Pedro imperialists and could not be stud- anger quickly turned to a govern- The American Revolution was article reads: “The principle of any Pan — the largest unaccompanied ied as revolutionaries. ment by terror and ultimately to philosophically grounded on rights sovereignty resides essentially in child refugee movement in the his- It is impossible, in a short jour- Napoleon’s rule. to “life, liberty, and property.” It the Nation. No group, no individual tory of the Western Hemisphere. nalistic article, to do justice to the Consider what happened re- promoted Constitutionalism and can exert authority which does not He is currently dedicated to the in- differences and similarities of the spectively to the organizers of the limited government as articulat- emanate expressly from it.” depth analyses of Cuba’s economic, American and French Revolutions, revolutions. Leaders of the French ed by John Locke. On the other Now, the Cuban Revolution social and political state, with a but I will highlight some topics that Revolution, like Maximilian Robe- hand, the French Revolution was has nothing to do with the civility, keen interest in post-Castro-Cuba serve my present purposes. Both of spierre, instigated thousands of influenced by the philosophy of democratic values, and defense of strategies. ON THE HOLMES FRONT Trump is twice as popular as Obama By Frank Holmes who gave less than $200. years ago.” Democrats are so worried about And Trump’s two major 2020 But the media should be used Donald Trump’s popularity that PACs have pulled in about half to that. The same thing was true in they’re sending out an SOS ahead their money from small donors… February 2018, and before the 2016 of the 2020 election. but it adds up. $115,697,683 and election — and Obama never had to By one critical measure for his counting. deal with 90-plus percent negative re-election, the president is actually “The populist edge he’s brought media coverage. twice as popular as Barack Obama to campaigning is clearly some- Obama won over the media and was at the same point in his pres- thing that is resonating,” said foreign leaders, but Trump connects idency… and it’s got Elizabeth Alex Baumgart of the Center for with the middle class in a way the Ivy League elitists on the Demo- Warren and the gang shaking in Responsive Politics, a campaign finance center. cratic debate stage never can, and their boots. Some Democrats blame the never will. The Beltway website Politico party’s leader, the rabid left-wing- Trump has tapped into “to- ran a headline that says it all: “Dem- er Tom Perez, who worked in the day’s blue-collar and working ocrats shudder at Trump’s money Obama administration. Americans,” said Michael Johns, machine.” Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Oh.), where he came close four years ago, “Tom Perez is as useless as a co-founder of the Tea Party Liberals are right to be worried. who pulled out of the 2020 race on like Minnesota and Nevada. tits on a boar hog,” said Dick movement. Trump doesn’t need to spend a Thursday: Ryan only has $158,000 “Democrats will never catch Harpootlian, a former member of Don’t spend too much time cry- huge amount of money to win the to give to other candidates! up,” said one Democratic strate- the Democratic Party’s leadership ing for the Democratic Party. It still presidency: he proved that when his That’s impressive — and it’s just gist in Texas. “It’s just too much team, who’s backing Biden. He told has billionaires in its hip pocket… massive rallies flipped blue states the beginning. Trump has raised money.” Perez to “quit, get out of the way or and one on its debate stage. red in 2016. more than $300 million this year “We don’t know if the Demo- do something different.” The left-wing Super PAC Pri- But Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, alone. cratic candidate is going to be able “Maybe they need to send a spy orities USA is concentrating all and the rest are petrified about how That’s not just more than Obama, to even compete,” another told to the Republican shop and find out its spending on four battleground much money Trump has collected, that’s more than any sitting presi- Politico. how they’re raising hundreds of states — Michigan, Pennsylvania, and who he’s been collecting it dent in history. The Democrats have a problem millions of dollars off of a guy like Wisconsin, and Florida — and from, since his improbable win Trump doesn’t spend a lot of besides the total amount of money Donald Trump,” he said. promises it “will be the largest three years ago. money on the campaign trail, be- on hand: it’s who Trump’s getting Perez already tried spying on the spender in the presidential race Trump’s re-election campaign cause voters line up for hours for all that money from. Trump presidential campaign, and for sure.” has $158 million on hand — about a chance to get into his packed It’s not millionaires and billion- that backfired, too. But the Democrats outspent twice what Obama and the Demo- stadiums and outdoor rallies… but aires, like the Democratic machine. It’s not just money. Trump is Trump 2-to-1 in 2016. Hillary Clin- cratic Party had this time in 2011, the money’s still going to help him It’s average, everyday people. popular with ordinary Americans ton’s campaign flushed $768 mil- before he coasted to re-election next Fall. Almost two out of every three in a way Obama never was. lion in her losing 2016 campaign. The liberal magazine “News- Money can’t buy you love. And over Mitt “Pierre Delecto” Romney. That money is letting Trump dollars the Trump campaign has week” must have lost its mind it can’t buy you an election, either. Compare that $158 million to expand the 2020 map into states collected came from small donors when it had to report in September * * * * * that “President Donald Trump’s job Frank Holmes is a veteran Mitchell approval rating this week averaged journalist and an outspoken con- (Continued from Page 12) across major polls surpassed that of servative that talks about the news habitat management plan. We look his predecessor President Barack that was in his weekly article, “On forward to working closely with Obama at the same time eight The Holmes Front.” the BLM Nevada Office and the Department of Interior leadership to ensure the revised habitat plans Muth are fully successful.” (Continued from Page 13) programs — such as Medicare and A year earlier, as the Nevada protect a drug whose original patent Medicaid. Plan was being finalized then-Re- is set to expire is called creating a And as long as brand-name publican Gov. Brian Sandoval “patent fence” around it. drugs are allowed to game the pat- also praised the cooperation the In Humira’s case, 110 of the 247 ent system to extend their monop- state was getting from the Trump follow-up patents in the United oly control over the sale of certain administration land agencies. “I States have been approved — thus prescription medications, the cost look forward to reviewing the draft blocking generic competition. out of your pocket to fund those Environmental Impact Statement However, Europe has refused to government programs through and I trust that the Department of play this “patent fencing” game. As higher taxes will continue to go the Interior will continue to engage undermined protections for the sage grouse population grow into the such, four generic competitors to up, up, up. with and value the opinions of grouse, then had the audacity to millions. Human activity actually Humira recently entered the Euro- As those old commercials for the impacted western governors,” claim these rollbacks would not im- caused the birds to thrive. Fires pean market — which has already Fram oil filters put it, you can pay Sandoval was quoted as saying. “I pact the species. The law demands and the lack of predator control resulted in price drops of anywhere for it now, or you can pay for it later. am confident we can find success more. This injunction is critical to have caused the grouse population from 10 percent to 80 percent. Make no mistake, if these abuses by working together.” protecting the sagebrush steppe and to dwindle somewhat, not mining, But let’s say you have a Cadil- of the patent system aren’t ended, Nevada’s Republican Sen. Dean this icon of the American West.” exploration, grazing and farming. lac health insurance plan in which YOU are going to end up paying Heller and Republican Congress- What most people forget is that Local common sense manage- you pay the same small co-pay through the nose one way or an- man Mark Amodei also thanked the this icon of the American West ment of the lands — not one-size- regardless of whether you get the other. And that, my friends, is a Interior Department for respecting never was seen by early explorers fits-none central planning — will expensive brand-name drug or the prescription for financial disaster. the work of Nevada stakeholders. of the American West in the 1820s preserve the sage grouse and jobs. less-expensive generic version. Chuck Muth is president of But the judge has prevented and 1830s, nor by the first wagon Thomas Mitchell is a former Why should you care? Citizen Outreach, a non-profit those regional plans from being trains in the 1840s. Not until settlers newspaper editor who now writes Here’s why… public policy grassroots advocacy used. brought in horses, cattle, oxen and conservative/libertarian columns You, as a taxpayer, are also organization and publisher of Ne- Courthouse News quoted an sheep, which fertilized the soil for weekly papers in Nevada. paying for the prescription drugs vadaNewsandViews.com. He may attorney representing the plaintiffs and ground the vegetation into the You may email Mitchell at thom- of fellow Americans who are get- be reached by email at cmuth@ as saying of the ruling, “The Bureau ground, while ranchers also im- [email protected]. He blogs at ting their drugs for “free” under lasvegastribune.com. He blogs at of Land Management deliberately proved water sources, did the sage http://4thst8.wordpress.com/. various government-funded health MuthsTruths.com. October 30-November 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 15 Why corporate America needs to have a code of conduct for China By Peter Harrell Signatory companies should control the sale of their products to The dispute between China and commit that they will not retaliate illicit ends in China while operating the National Basketball Association against employees, contractors, successfully in the Chinese market, after Houston Rockets general man- suppliers, and customers who make should stand for democratic values ager Daryl Morey tweeted support public statements critical of Chi- by committing to develop industry for the Hong Kong protestors is the nese policies or the Chinese gov- standards to ensure that American highest profile in a string of cases ernment. Every American should products sold in China are not used of the Chinese bullying American be confident that employer will not to facilitate surveillance and human companies. China made Marriott retaliate against them simply for rights abuses. apologize last year after a customer speaking out. Equally importantly, No voluntary code of conduct survey listed Taiwan, Tibet, and the signatories to a corporate code is a panacea. China would test Hong Kong as separate countries, of conduct should commit that they signatory companies that fail to toe and China also required United will jointly issue public statements its political line to see if American States airlines to stop listing Taiwan companies to sell their products to protect corporate market share in in defense of any individual com- companies will really stand up for as a separate country on their web- China, which is the second largest China. Companies worry that if pany that Beijing attacks, creating each other. Some American compa- sites. This bullying fits right into a market in the world. they do not cave and China starts a meaningful collective answer to nies also may not want to invest in growing global practice of China Corporate America needs to to limit their market access, other Chinese pressure. the kinds of due diligence required demanding multinational compa- stand up to Chinese bullying and companies that avoided contro- Companies should not only to ensure that Chinese customers do nies toe its political line if they want get ahead of government regula- versy by laying low on political commit to standing up to Chinese not in fact use American products to remain in its vast market. tions by taking the approach that issues will simply step in with their bullying. They should also commit for nefarious purposes. But the real- As the United States and China companies have successfully tak- competing products. to opposing Chinese human rights ity is that American companies are enter this era of strategic compe- en in other contexts and adopting A broad corporate code of con- abuses. Federal law already gener- going to face increasing pressure tition, American companies face voluntary corporate commitments duct in which American companies ally prohibits American companies from both Beijing and Washington growing pressure from their own to resist Chinese bullying while will commit upfront to stand up from selling their products to the in coming years as China and the government over business in China. refraining from selling products to bullying and to speak out in Chinese military. But American United States compete. A corporate Congress and the administration and services to Chinese companies support of others, however, would companies are not currently pro- code of conduct would give Amer- are concerned that American tech- and government agencies that chal- give them substantial leverage hibited from selling technology to ican companies greater influence nology may be facilitating Chinese lenge the values and interests of the to resist Chinese pressure. While many Chinese companies that may over their own fates, while standing activities that threaten United States United States. American companies China is happy to squeeze individ- in turn support Chinese surveillance for values against a China that in- national interests, from moderniza- therefore need a corporate code of ual companies, it does not want to and human rights abuses. creasingly tries to reject them. tion of the Chinese military to the conduct for China. squeeze American companies and While there are proposals in * * * * * growing mass surveillance state A formal corporate code of industries as a whole, especially at a Washington to begin prohibiting Peter Harrell is an adjunct and detention of more than a mil- conduct would help American com- time when the Chinese economy is such sales, new legislation is un- senior fellow at the Center for a lion Uighurs in Xinjiang province. panies stand up to Chinese bullying slowing and Beijing is interested in certain and lawmakers will have to New American Security. He served There is increasing support across by creating collective resistance. striking a trade deal with President mitigate potential unintended con- as deputy assistant secretary for Washington for new export controls For any individual business facing Trump. Collection action would sequences. Meanwhile, American counter threat finance and sanc- and sanctions that could sharply heat from Beijing, the commercial give American companies their own companies, which are best posi- tions at the State Department crimp the ability of American incentive is typically to cave to leverage to resist Beijing. tioned to understand how they can during the Obama administration. Afghanistan withdrawal could save billions and be a bipartisan win By Jonathan Bydlak and the public (59 percent) say the war in On October 21, news broke that the Afghanistan was not worth fighting.” Pentagon had been quietly drawing down What’s more, at a time when national its troop presence in Afghanistan. Eighteen priorities are more strained than ever under years after the conflict began, and shortly a $22 trillion national debt and historic defi- after peace negotiations had fallen apart in cits, these savings offer President Trump an September, Pentagon officials anonymously opportunity to reclaim his long-forgotten confirmed that total troop levels could sink campaign promises of reducing the deficit as low as 8,600. That’s about what the goal and saving taxpayer money. of the now-failed peace negotiations had When examining various cost-of-war been. But instead of a formal withdrawal, studies, our upcoming report identifies the troops are being cycled out and not replaced savings of a potential withdrawal at between as tours end. $150 billion to $280 billion over the next four Enthusiasm for the conflict in Afghanistan years. This estimate counts direct war costs has decreased among the public and among alone, and when factoring in other related at least some factions in the Trump adminis- costs such as veteran health care and wear tration. It’s not hard to see why. and tear on equipment, the cost savings could Setting aside the human cost, the price tag report estimating total costs in Afghanistan will be present for years to come. rise to over $400 billion. for the nation’s longest war is immense, to say specifically, an upcoming report soon to be Drawing down U.S. involvement — Foreign policy goals are complex and ev- the least. In her 2018 “Costs of War” report, produced by my organization will provide whether in the open by peace agreement, in er-changing, to be sure. But as the U.S. role Boston University scholar Neta C. Crawford just that. We draw from other reports and secret by cycling out or in another manner in Afghanistan has shifted and expanded over provides the most comprehensive total esti- budget requests over time to estimate that the entirely — has the potential to save billions the years from a strike against the culprits mate of overall U.S. war spending by totaling total cost of the war, including direct costs and please a nation weary of war. of 9/11, to nation-building, to an undefined Defense and State Department requests from as well as indirect costs such as medical and Most Americans, including most active and indefinite involvement, the time is ripe fiscal year 2001-2018. She finds that all wars disability care, could be as high as $2 trillion duty military members and veterans, favor a for rethinking these goals. Taxpayers should during that time cost $2.022 trillion. Of that, since the war began. new direction in foreign policy. They agree hope President Trump and his administration $975 billion (roughly 48 percent) was due Neither estimate, of course, can even with the president’s long-stated position continue in this direction. to Afghanistan. begin to fully account for other unseen and that it is time to wind down our nation’s Jonathan Bydlak is a fiscal policy expert But direct expenditures alone present an related costs, whether strain on equipment longest war in Afghanistan. A June 2019 and president of the Institute for Spending incomplete picture of Afghanistan’s true cost. that must be replaced or repaired sooner, or Pew Research Center survey found, in fact, Reform, which spearheads SpendingTracker. While there is not currently a standalone the immense human cost of the conflict that that “majorities of both veterans (58 percent) org. Trump’s unimpeachable foreign policy By Grady Means discussion of the situation in Syria dependent on Russian natural gas is For the past couple of years and the Kurds, would agree with a far greater threat to NATO than we’ve heard a drumbeat that Presi- Trump — time to go. anything Trump has done. To the dent Trump is an idiot and a traitor, On Ukraine, under Trump, the contrary, Trump’s U.S. energy pol- alienating key allies and caving U.S. has provided serious defensive icies allow the U.S. to offer Europe to the Russians. Former special military aid. If Ukraine is such a LNG to offset potential Russian counsel Robert Meuller put the lie vital issue for national security, political/energy blackmail. to that. why did President Obama cave to On Iran, many of our European For the past couple of months, the Russians and provide virtually “allies” who are upset by Trump’s we’ve heard that Trump has endan- no military aid at all? If anybody challenges to Iran also are involved gered America’s national security endangered “national security” in in lucrative trade and energy deals through his challenges to Iran, his Ukraine, you’d have to conclude with Iran. There are many more telephone call to the president of it was Obama and former vice strategic examples of our “allies” Ukraine, and his partial withdrawal president Joe Biden, not Trump looking after their own interests of troops from Syria. — the trumped-up (pun intended), than this, but suffice it to say that a For the past several days we’ve of the past 50 years. the Kurds American lives in their rumor-based, case from mid-level strong argument can be made that been treated to Adm. William The issues of Syria and the battles with the Turks. And the bureaucrats such as Taylor notwith- Trump is doing more to sustain and McKraven writing that the “re- Kurds are complicated. Arguably, Turks have a point that the Kurds standing. strengthen NATO than most of our public is under attack” because the America has completed its mis- have launched terrorist attacks Which brings us to NATO. European allies. president does not agree with his sion and reduced the effectiveness against Turkey. And it is worth Turkey is an important member Foreign policy is complex and and Gen. James Mattis’s “leave of ISIS. That is a good reason for recalling that the PKK (the Kurd- of NATO, and to be positioned to every situation needs to be coldly no Kurd behind” strategy. We’ve withdrawal. Staying will not disrupt istan Workers’ Party) reportedly fight them (as some retired generals evaluated on the basis of U.S. vital also endured William Taylor’s Syria’s alliance with Russia; our destroyed the Baku-Tbilisi-Cey- and admirals appear to advocate), interests. Trump has applied that rambling third-hand impressions- bets on supporting rebels in Syrian han natural gas pipeline through would be terrible foreign policy. principle as well as, or better than, about Trump’s interchanges with regime change have all been bad; Georgia, essentially helping the The rest of NATO also raises the his immediate predecessors. The Ukraine, which probably explains and we will not counter potential Russians during Vladimir Putin’s issue of allies and friends. Trump’s national security arguments his why Trump didn’t operate through Iranian influence in Syria with 2008 attack, to defeat then-Vice cranky, undiplomatic performance critics make against him are weak “official channels” (i.e., Taylor, a troops. So why, exactly, do we want President Dick Cheney’s strategy to at his first NATO meeting led and, although he often may appear top diplomat at the U.S. embassy more Americans killed and what is give Europe an alternative source of quickly to Europeans significantly to be ignorant and rude, the results in Kiev). the mission? natural gas other than Russia. increasing their contributions to — much like the U.S. stock market With all due respect to these cur- The Kurds have been helpful So, the Kurds certainly have NATO funding. It was followed by — are not bad at all. rent and former officials: nonsense. in the ISIS effort, and it has been played many sides against the European Union representatives There is no “foreign policy Now, it may well be that the mutually beneficial. The Kurds middle and it’s unclear why both coming to Washington to engage in case” for removing Trump from president neither takes his advisers’ also were a useful counterbalance Mattis and McKraven want to sac- serious trade talks for the first time the White House. Strike two for the advice, nor even reads their briefing in the north of Iraq after the fall rifice American lives in the Kurds’ in a long time. Democrats. books. He may not have a full grasp of Saddam Hussein, providing struggle with a U.S. NATO ally. Trump may overuse the stick * * * * * of the complexity of the issues. But a political counterweight to the Sensible foreign policy has and appall diplomats, but that does Grady Means is a writer and it also may be true that during his Sunni/Shiite-ascendancy struggle. been based upon the principle of not mean he is ineffective in ad- formerly managed large global business career he met more heads But, as Henry Kissinger repeatedly not committing the military unless vancing American interests. Also corporate strategy businesses. He of state and personally negotiated emphasized, nations have allies (in vital American interests are at stake on the friends and allies axis, Ger- served in the White House as a more deals with foreign officials this case, the Kurds in the struggle and the mission is well-defined. man Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policy assistant to Vice President than any of the U.S. presidents (and against ISIS), but not friends. My guess is that most Americans, policy of shutting down nuclear Nelson Rockefeller. Follow him on certainly government bureaucrats) Trump is right. We do not owe when presented with a complete power plants and becoming heavily Twitter @GradyMeans. Page 16 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / October 30-November 5, 2019 Al-Baghdadi killing heralds Trump’s dumping of Afghanistan By Sandeep Gopalan ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “like a dog,” “whimpering and screaming” like a coward, President Trump reported Sunday after the U.S. special operations raid in Syria. And Trump’s recent abrupt troop withdrawal from northern Syria, roundly con- demned by many on both sides of the political spectrum, swiftly turned into a victory lap. Next, President Trump likely will cut U.S. military ties to Afghanistan, just as he did with Syria. Contrary to popular belief, Trump’s foreign policy doctrine is not pure impulse and personal bias masquerading as strategy. Instead, it is framed in terms of return on in- vestment. Unlike his immediate predecessors, who framed their foreign policy in idealistic terms, Trump eschews the advancement of moral values and conducts foreign policy within a short-term transactional prism. Consider the stark differences over the U.S. president to ask for a direct quid pro drawal from Afghanistan will be disastrous. Even following the conventional approach, past 20 years. quo for the invasion of Iraq and the lives But Afghanistan is a disaster even with Pakistan represents the best-case outcome For example, President George W. Bush’s sacrificed there in the form of oil. And he U.S. presence there. According to one esti- for Afghanistan in 100 years. The American second inaugural speech explained that the made a campaign promise to bring American mate, the war has cost the U.S. $975 billion taxpayer is unlikely to pay trillions of dollars “policy of the United States is to seek and troops home. since 2001. U.S. military deaths total at least to create another Pakistan. support the growth of democratic movements Then, consider Trump’s decision-making 2,218, according to Department of Defense Trump did not get elected to follow and institutions in every nation and culture, framework built on these pillars: statistics (other estimates put the number conventional foreign policy with its endless with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in —“Great nations do not fight endless at 2,400) and more than 20,000 have been follies overseas. The electorate recognized — our world.” Post 9/11, Bush stated that the wars”; wounded. At least 147,000 people have died and rejected — the foolishness of these alien “survival of liberty in our land increasingly —Make other countries, including key since the conflict began in 2001, including entanglements and saw through the swamp’s depends on the success of liberty in other allies, pay for their own security; about 38,000 civilians. purported wisdom when they elected Trump lands.” —Build strong national borders; Trump has been hostile toward U.S. to office. And if past is prelude, a swift with- In contrast, President Obama’s foreign —Increase military spending and mod- involvement since the beginning. He has drawal from Afghanistan fits perfectly into policy goals embraced a limited military ernize defense assets; described Afghanistan as “a complete waste,” Trump’s decision matrix. It will surely evoke role and greater reliance on diplomacy and —Enhance American prestige, end saying we have been “serving as policemen in condemnation, but 19 years did not build a international alliances. As he explained in free-riding by “‘allies’ [who] are making Afghanistan, and that was not meant to be the stable state in Afghanistan and 19 more is one speech at West Point, “U.S. military billions screwing us”; and job of our Great Soldiers.” In recent remarks, not going to. action cannot be the only — or even prima- —Put America first. he said, “It’s a war that’s been going on al- Unless the American taxpayer is willing to ry — component of our leadership in every Conventional wisdom dictates that most 19 years and, frankly, it’s ridiculous.” commit another 80 years and over $5 trillion instance. Just because we have the best Trump’s precipitous troop withdrawal from His attempt at securing a peace deal with the more to bring Afghanistan into something hammer does not mean that every problem Syria was a disaster that encouraged Turkey Taliban was purely to dump and run. approximating a stable country, the present is a nail.” Perhaps to draw a distinction from to invade that country. Trump’s response is There is no immediate indication that strategy is too expensive. If Afghans care to the ambitious Bush doctrine, Obama noted “a that Turkey did not breach our border and it the situation in Afghanistan will change for establish a stable democracy, they must take strategy that involves invading every country is not his concern to protect Syria’s territory the better. The closest analogy for building control of their own destiny. that harbors terrorist networks is naïve and or the Kurds in Syria. In other words, a result a stable society in that part of the world is * * * * * unsustainable.” predicted by the direct application of the Pakistan — and it took the British Empire 90 Sandeep Gopalan (@DrSGopalan) is vice Aside from the differences regarding the Trump doctrine. years. Despite direct British rule for 90 years, chancellor and executive vice president of use of force, both presidents were unified by Applying Trump’s framework to Afghan- and colonial rule for over a 100 years before academic affairs at Piedmont International the pursuit of certain ideals in their foreign istan, it is inevitable that the president will then, Pakistan is not a stable democracy or a University in North Carolina. He previously policy doctrines. trigger a withdrawal of U.S. armed forces in model for anyone to emulate. was a professor of law and pro vice chan- Trump is cut from different cloth. He the near future. Again, conventional wisdom Expecting Afghanistan to turn out dif- cellor for academic innovation at Deakin consistently has opposed the use of Ameri- — espoused by the “deep state,” beltway ban- ferently in just 19 years, when the actual University in Melbourne, Australia. He was can military resources unless there is a clear dits, parasitic contractors and consultants in diurnal administration is at the mercy of dean of law schools in Ireland and Australia, economic payoff. He probably is the first the Washington swamp — will cry that with- a corrupt local government, is sheer folly. and has taught law in four countries. Repulsed by the ‘lynching’ scandal? Just wait for the impeachment trial By Jonathan Turley a venial sin for a Democrat but a mortal sin This week Americans saw a preview of the for a Republican. likely impeachment trial of President Trump. The same spin will be required in any trial, No, it was not the testimony of William as shown by the business dealings of Hunter Taylor, the acting United States ambassador Biden. Joe Biden dismissed any controversy to Ukraine, who certainly added damaging as entirely without merit, but the windfall information on an alleged quid pro quo payments to his son from a Ukrainian demanded by Trump. Rather, it was the ker- company will not be so easily set aside in a fuffle over Trump using the word “lynching.” Senate trial. A respected ambassador said he Trump thought it was appropriate to was so concerned about those dealings with compare the investigation of his alleged one of the most corrupt Ukrainian figures misconduct to lynchings, a word more often that he raised the matter with the staff of the reserved for racist murders carried out in vice president. He said he was shut down in this country for decades. It was yet another his efforts. Trump tweet that caused many of us to cringe The same is true of the outrage over seek- over his language. Former Vice President Joe ing investigations or evidence from foreign Biden expressed shock that Trump would use governments. The Clinton campaign denied the term. Republicans and Democrats joined that it funded the dossier investigation of in objecting to his tweet. Trump until the media proved that it had Then the stories began to surface of some lied. Former British spy Christopher Steele of the same politicians using the same word that impeachment trial of a judge, I had jury Constitution. Our country has a dark shame- sought information from foreign sources, in the past, including Biden, who actually figures like Republican Senator David Vitter, ful history with lynching, and to even think including Russian intelligence. The Obama used it in the same context of impeachment. who had escaped criminal charges over his about making this comparison is abhorrent. It administration investigated Trump campaign This is all a foreshadowing of what would admitted use of prostitutes in Washington. is despicable.” He is certainly correct, but that officials and sought information from foreign come with the impeachment of Trump. The Indeed, he sat there in judgment of a judge is not what he believed when a Democratic governments on alleged meddling in the 2016 problem in Washington has never been a accused of improper conduct involving gam- president was being impeached. election. lack of corruption, just a lack of clarity. The bling and other acts, such as the payment of During the impeachment of President None of that excuses Trump if he demand- public is in store for a drawn out process that a stripper by a lawyer. Clinton, Biden declared, “History will ed quid pro quo on Ukraine. The question takes the hypocrisy over this one word and Trump would be judged on self-dealing by question whether or not this was a partisan is whether a compelling case can be made multiplies it a thousandfold in a trial over a jury that would include Democratic Senator lynching or whether or not it was something if Democrats have to excuse the actions of self-dealing in office. Robert Menendez, charged with corruption that, in fact, met the standard.” To make themselves. It will not be enough simply to As I have said before, there is no question for exchanging official acts for gifts from a matters worse, House Judiciary Committee claim their corrupt contracts or foreign in- that the use of public office for personal gain wealthy doctor. All politicians are self-deal- Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Representative quiries were not as “deliberative” as those of is an impeachable offense, including the ers who use their offices to advance their Gregory Meeks, and other Democrats also Trump. If a case can be made against Trump, withholding of military aid in exchange for ambitions. It is in their blood. The fact is that have used the term. it will require a narrative that offers the public the investigation of a political opponent. You “public service” often means “self-service” When confronted with his own use of some clarity to distinguish the conduct of the just have to prove it happened. If you can to those in political power. Watching a trial the term, in the same context with the same defendant from those sitting in judgment in establish intent to use public office for per- on self-dealing with this jury is like having underlying point, Biden insisted there was a Senate trial. sonal gain, you have a viable impeachment Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman sit on no comparison. Him using the “despicable” Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor offense. The problem then becomes not the a college admissions board. They certainly word was merely incautious, while Trump of Public Interest Law at George Washington charge but the members of jury. have experience, just not the right kind. using it was “deliberative.” Biden apologized University. He also served as the last lead The Senate may be the worst jury in the That is why the “lynching” controversy but added that Trump “chose his words delib- counsel in a Senate impeachment trial and world. As someone who has tried a case be- is so instructive. Biden expressed absolute erately today in his use of the word ‘lynching’ testified as a constitutional expert in the Clin- fore that body, I would move to strike half revulsion with Trump using the term. “Im- and continues to stoke racial divides in this ton impeachment hearings. You can follow of them for cause in a real courtroom. In peachment is not lynching, it is part of our country daily.” The same act is apparently him on Twitter @JonathanTurley. Gesiotto (Continued from Page 12) of environmental protections, the reduce the levels of carbon dioxide Paris climate agreement is offset by jectives, proving they are exploiting dollar plan to “free ourselves from Democrats are shockingly uncon- in the atmosphere. about a monthly worth of Chinese the issue of climate change as a a dependence on fossil fuels and cerned about the devastating carbon “All of the gains that we have emissions increases. vehicle for their socialist ambitions. embrace renewable wind and solar footprint of China. made are offset exponentially by the “They are making near zero * * * * * energy technology,” are doing their This inexplicable hypocrisy Chinese,” said Energy Department progress regarding these types of Madison Gesiotto is an attorney best to keep pace with the front should be concerning to genuine deputy secretary Dan Brouillette in issues,” Brouillette added. and a commentator who serves runners. While these proposals climate activists striving to pro- a recent interview, noting that the The Democrats are well aware with the advisory board of the are understandably terrifying for mote clean water and air across 14 percent reduction in American of this problem, yet they tout ener- Donald Trump campaign. She was Ohioans, they represent the sort of the globe. After all, it is no secret energy emissions that has occurred gy policies that would cripple the an inauguration spokesperson and damage that elicits standing ova- that rampant Chinese pollution since President Trump withdrew the American economy without achiev- former Miss Ohio. She is on Twitter tions in Beijing. For all their talk will easily outweigh our efforts to United States from the disastrous ing meaningful environmental ob- @MadisonGesiotto. October 30-November 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 17 UN hypocrisy on human rights continues By Lawrence J. Haas Not surprisingly, it doesn’t. Created in After winning a rigged re-election last 2006 to replace the UN’s Human Rights year, Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro Commission, which became a laughingstock continues to jail his opponents, violently cur- of anti-Israeli obsessions, the council has tail street protests, strip power from the legis- proven even worse on that score by over- lature, and stack the courts with his lackeys. whelmingly targeting its investigations and So, you might wonder why, in recent days, resolutions on the Jewish state while giving the United Nations General Assembly voted far more serious human rights transgressors, to put Venezuela — which is also where a including some council members, a pass. socialist economy lies in ruins, millions of The council has made Israel its sole per- people continue to flee, and millions more manent agenda item and, thus, discusses the desperately need food, medicine, or other Jewish state at each of its three meetings a necessities — on its Human Rights Council. year but not necessarily any other particular “Electing the oppressive Venezuelan country. In its first decade, almost half of the regime of Nicolas Maduro to a human council’s 135 resolutions that criticized coun- rights council,” Hillel Neuer, who runs the tries over human rights focused on Israel. non-profit watchdog UN Watch, observed, elect 14 new members to the council, each members are replacing, among others, China When it comes to monitoring the human “is like making a pyromaniac into the town of which will serve for three years and be (which severely restricts free expression, rights records of governments, we have no fire chief.” eligible for a second term. limits the internet, and cracks down on reli- shortage of reputable groups. Most promi- Unfortunately, Venezuela’s selection to Along with Venezuela, the new members gion by, among other things, holding about nently, in its “Freedom in the World” report the UN’s key human rights body is par for include such models of human rights probity a million Muslim Uighurs in concentration each year, Freedom House assesses the polit- an all-too-common course, one that elevates as Libya (where an authoritarian government camps), Egypt (where Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, ical rights and civil liberties in every county the world’s greatest human rights violators or armed groups outside its control engage in who seized power in a coup, tolerates little and ranks them as “free,” “partly free,” and by ignoring their abuses. extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, human dissent and jails activists), and Saudi Arabia “not free.” The United Nations was born in the sum- trafficking, rape, and torture); Mauritania (where an absolute monarchy allows few Perhaps, while meeting UN rules for geo- mer of 1945 to — among other purposes (an Islamic republic with sharia law where political rights and civil liberties, women and graphical representation on the council, the outlined in its charter — “reaffirm faith in nearly 100,000 people are slaves, freedom religious minorities are second-class citizens, General Assembly should factor in the rank- fundamental human rights, in the dignity of religion or expression is punishable by and working conditions for the large popula- ings of Freedom House or another reputable and worth of the human person, in the equal death, prison torture is common, and human tion of foreign workers are poor). watchdog when selecting council members. rights of men and women and... to promote rights advocates and journalists are jailed); Nor should we forget that while China, In the meantime, for the columnist who social progress and better standards of life in and Sudan, where genocide, murder, rape, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia are departing, Ven- believes fervently in human rights and seeks larger freedom.” and torture were common and human rights ezuela and the other new members will join to shame public entities that don’t measure Presumably, the 47-member Human advocates and journalists were assaulted un- such remaining rights-challenged members up, the United Nations and its Human Rights Rights Council is the venue through which der Omar Al-Bashir, and where the military as Afghanistan, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, and Council are the gifts that keep giving. the United Nations would most appropriately government that ousted him this year has the Philippines. * * * * * pursue such lofty goals. Rather than promote cracked down violently on peaceful protests All of this might be forgivable, of course, Lawrence J. Haas, senior fellow at the human rights, however, the council demeans and shut down the internet. if the council pursued its mission — “the American Foreign Policy Council, is the them by virtue of its membership and its Lest anyone think that these new members promotion and protection of all human rights author of, most recently, “Harry and Arthur: activities. merely represent a temporary, albeit unfortu- around the globe” — with passion and fair- Truman, Vandenberg, and the Partnership The General Assembly voted last week to nate, turn in council membership, the 14 new ness, letting the chips fall where they may. That Created the Free World.” How Republicans can win back the suburbs By John Feehery wealthy, they are talking about taxing them. The path back to a House Republican Third, Republicans have to find the right majority runs through America’s suburbs. balance on cultural and social issues. They The question is: Can the Trump adminis- need to emphasize that they are both tolerant tration come up with a strategy to mobilize and traditional. Democrats are nether. enough base supporters to win back districts I betcha most Americans didn’t even that he won in 2016 but Republicans lost in know the word throuple, before California 2018? Democrat Katie Hill made it a thing before Suburban voters have been unreliable she resigned this week. A court case in Texas, GOP voters for more than a generation. where a mother wants to medically transition Mark Kirk, the former Illinois senator her 7-year-old son into a daughter over the and a former representative from a wealthy objections of her ex-husband, will most likely suburb, successfully came up with a strategy become a much bigger political issue. The in the mid-1990s to crack the suburban voter Yoder, another accomplished incumbent, out-of-control college expenses and all issues comments of Democratic presidential can- code by emphasizing local issues like trans- faced similar headwinds in his suburban in between. didate Beto O’Rourke, who basically wants portation and deemphasizing divisive social Kansas district. The more time Democrats spend on a to put the Catholic Church out of business, issues like abortion. Those districts are not expected to switch partisan fishing expedition, the less time they is a further example of the radicalism of the His suburban agenda was a model for back to the GOP this time around, but there are tending to the needs of their constituents. progressive left. many Republicans and helped the GOP to are enough other seats, 31 in total, where if This is an opportunity for House Republicans There is no place for any who hold keep its majority for most of the late 1990s Trump repeats his performance from 2016, to emphasize how their majority will focus traditional religious beliefs in the modern and much of the early 2000s. his Republican team should be able to eke on taking care of problems in their local Democratic Party and that goes well beyond That model won’t work in this polarized out a narrow majority. communities. the abortion issue. political environment, so the Trump cam- Twenty-five of these seats are an absolute Second, Republicans have to seize back You can be tolerant and traditional. You paign and the House Republican leadership certainty, I am told by a high-ranking House the tax issue. In many districts, especially in just can’t be that in the modern Democratic will have to forge a new model. Republican who has looked closely at internal New York and New Jersey, the president’s Party. The reason many Republicans lost was polling. signature tax reform law actually hurt Re- * * * * * pretty simple. Suburban voters, especially For the president and his team, three things publicans. Suburban voters in high-tax states Feehery is a partner at EFB Advocacy college-educated female voters, strongly have to happen. actually paid more because the law limited and blogs at www.thefeeherytheory.com. disliked President Trump and they wanted First, they have to make the most of the the state and local deductions. He served as spokesman to former Speaker to send him a message of strong disapproval. Democrats’ foolish foray into impeachment. No matter which candidate gets the Dem- Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), as communications Peter Roskam, for example, a good cam- Impeachment is a further example of par- ocratic nomination, they have all promised director to former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) paigner with a strong track record, couldn’t tisanship run amok. Suburban voters have to increase taxes on the wealthy. And subur- when he was majority whip and as a speech- escape Trump’s unpopularity as he went door practical issues that they are concerned about, ban voters are smart enough to understand writer to former House Minority Leader Bob to door in his wealthy Illinois district. Kevin from soul-crushing commutes to work to that when Democrats talk about taxing the Michel (R-Ill.). Mace (Continued from Page 13) faces in and out of my life, some will last, In the song “Everybody Has A Dream,” he Because you had to be a Big Shot, didn’t The Piano Man has returned some will just be now and then. Life is a says, “...let me lie and let me go on sleeping you...” His songs really speak to me. Another reason I have been nostalgic is series of hellos and goodbyes. I’m afraid it’s and I will lose myself in palaces of sand….” Everybody’s talkin’ ‘bout the new sound... that the Billy Joel Channel is back on Sirius time for goodbye again.” This is poignant for me because I miss the Funny, but it’s still rock and roll to me….” radio. I’ve been a big fan forever. I play Piano Whenever you move, you promise you beach where I grew up. I remember going Keep it to yourself. This is my life. Finally, in Man and play the harmonica and the piano at will stay in touch but it is just not the same. to a Billy Joel concert in Boston when I was “Keeping the Faith” he says, “If it seems like the same time. It brings me back to my teens One of my favorites that I play is “Only The in college, in a little club with my buddy I’ve been lost in let’s remember, if you think and early 20s. Good Die Young.” “I’d rather laugh with the Howie, who taught me how to play the piano. I’m feeling older and missing my younger Billy Joel hasn’t written a popular song sinners than cry with the saints. The sinners We had one joint and passed it around and days... Still, I would not be here now if I in over 20 years. But they are still classics. are much more fun... you know that only the everyone passed theirs to us. Less is more. never had the hunger… Say goodbye to the His playing is great but what I love are his good die young!” Amen I also remember going to an Elton John and oldies but goodies, ‘cause the good ol’ days songs. Great words to live by. It’s funny, but Life goes on and on Billy Joel concert in Vegas when he was big. weren’t always good and tomorrow ain’t as I’m sure that millennials don’t understand Even though he wrote these songs when I remember certain songs at certain times bad as it seems… I’m keeping the faith. Yeah, some of the references. he was in his 20s and 30s, he thought about of my life. When I moved to Vegas, I played yeah, yeah, yeah, keeping the faith…” “Slow down, you crazy child, and take getting older. In “Somewhere Along the “Easy Money.” “I got a one-track mind and a In spite of everything, I’m still keeping the phone off the hook and disappear for a Line,” which was on the Piano Man album good reputation laying on the line. I’ll either the faith. while.” What does that mean? You can’t take in 1974, he was only 25. “Hey, it’s good come back a bum or a king. Baby, I don’t * * * * * the cell phone off the hook. I guess you don’t to be a young man and to live the way you know.” Isn’t that quintessentially Vegas? For more information regarding Nevada need to answer it, but that is not the same. please... Yes, a young man is the king of Boom or bust! laws, or if you feel your rights have been Also, if you use the term, you sound like a every kingdom that he sees. There’s an old He skewers those who need it. In “Big violated, please call Mace Yampolsky & As- broken record. What does that mean? Do any and feeble man not far behind and it surely Shot,” he says, “Well, you went uptown sociates. Call or text us at (702) 385-9777. of the millennials know what vinyl is? will catch up to him somewhere along the riding in your limousine with your fine Park We are available 24/7 for emergencies. If you “Say goodbye to Hollywood,” he wrote line…” You can’t beat Father Time unless Avenue clothes. You had the Dom Perignon need help, CALL NOW before it is too late. when he was going back to NY. “So many you’re Tom Brady. in your hand and the spoon up your nose… We can help!

(ContinuedMaramis from Page 12) as restrictive, if not more. I did not leave the with everything associated with it, such as in keeping with its own teaching, yet we ten wondered how they still considered them- church because of its restrictions; I simply birth control—all kinds and any kind, even need to know that it is people who break the selves Catholic under those circumstances. did not believe in its dogma anymore. But masturbation, and the afterthought of abor- rules or the Commandments—people in any Yet they do, and many of them still receive back to the issue. tion when one realizes that one’s sexual act religion, and with any title, and we shouldn’t communion anyway. I have never heard of As a Catholic, I was taught that no one can has resulted in an unwanted pregnancy. While be surprised when the offenders are clergy, a case where a priest blatantly refused com- judge another’s heart and/or their intentions. I’m not an advocate of abortion, I know there entertainers, sports heroes, movie stars, big munion, except to a known outsider, maybe, “Judge not, lest you be judged,” so I was told. are some circumstances under which they business tycoons, or any other person with who might be playing a prank of some kind. There were times I was tempted to judge a could be necessary or even advised, but I any job title or position. It matters not what (Yes, priests sometimes have to make such person by their actions, but I’d always remind certainly do not believe in late-term abortions their religion is. under any circumstances. And post-birth So don’t throw the religion away (it’s judgments.) Yet that refusal, in front of the myself that you can’t always do that, not abortions (I can’t even believe that term has the offenders, not the religion). God has no congregation, is just like telling all those knowing the reason behind the actions. But to exist) is nothing but murder and should be prejudices and I’m sure you can love him who see that happen that he (the priest) had judging, for any number of reasons, is what treated as such. and practice the Golden Rule no matter what to pass you by because he knew you were in we generally all do. And what that priest, Abortion will likely always be an issue, faith you choice. mortal sin (the kind of sin that could send Father Morey, felt he had to do last Sunday. probably a lot more than whether or not Joe * * * * * you straight to hell if you don’t confess it and Sex, when not engaged in between mar- Biden should have been denied communion. Maramis Choufani is the Managing Ed- repent, according to the Church’s teaching) ried-to-each-other couples, and predominant- But people may be leaving the Church for itor of the Las Vegas Tribune. She writes a and he had no choice, as a priest. ly for the sake of procreation, can in and of reasons other than its stand on sex and/or weekly column in this newspaper. To contact I am not saying that Catholicism is too itself be sinful, according to the teaching I had abortion. We know that the Church’s repu- Maramis, email her at maramis@lasvega- difficult to follow. Many religions are just as a member of the Catholic Church, along tation regarding sex has been anything but stribune.com. Page 18 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / October 30-November 5, 2019 EntErtainmEnt “Bronx Wanderers” 1,000th Show Red Carpet Interviews By Sandy Zimmerman of stories, and a whole lot of ups and downs celebrate your 10,000th show!” Cole Maxwell described “Elvis Presley’s Las Vegas Tribune on the scale but also about succeeding in * * * * * Heartbreak Hotel” (Harrah’s) as “a musical Photos by Sandy Zimmerman show business. Our parody of famous songs Another guest, David Nickolas, Gram- journey through Elvis’ life.” With many of El- The “Bronx Wanderers” (LINQ) are is hilarious. This tells about show business, my Nominee, Billboard Award Songwriter, vis’ early songs and most of his hits “EPHH” recognized for their beautiful renditions of how to keep going, and how to make it.” Chippendale’s dancer, and producer, wants is now celebrating their 100th show! Cole the songs of the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s with SZ: “We are celebrating the Bronx Wan- to perform on a cruise ship. is known for his performances as Elvis in 1000 performances. Their songs have such derers 1,000th show and I hope you can * * * * * the Tony Award winning Broadway musical an addictive beat you feel like dancing to “Million Dollar Quartet.” the music. * * * * * Red Carpet Interviews: The “Bronx Wanderers” Show: 4 p.m., Anthony Cools is celebrating 15 years in 8 p.m., and 9:15 p.m. — Sunday, Monday, the longest running hypnotist show in Las Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Vegas (Paris). Saturday at the Mat Franco Theater, Link SZ: “People think they cannot be hypno- Hotel & Casino. tized but suddenly Anthony is in charge!” * * * * * Anthony added, “Very much in charge. Award-winning Sandy Zimmerman has My show is not for families! I also have an produced television programs, documenta- Ax Throwing Class.” ries, and travel specials: Beijing, the Yangtze SZ: “Why would I want to throw an ax?” River Cruise, and “Visiting a Kazakh Family Anthony: “It’s fun.” in a Yurt along Marco Polo’s Silk Road”-Chi- * * * * * na; “Castles, Wine and Trattorias” travel The cast of “FRIENDS-The Show,” announced, “We are celebrating almost one specials in Italy; and around the world as year at the D-Hotel and appear seven nights well as in the US: Bryce Canyon National a week.” Park, Zion Canyon National Park, and the * * * * * Grand Canyon North Rim National Park; America’s Got Talent Top-10 Finalist an authentic real Cattle Drive similar to the Daniel Emmet appeared at Caesars Palace for early westerns in Reno, Nevada; and more. his first professional gig! “What a beginning, With 25 years’ experience as a television where will Daniel be for his 1000th show?” talk show host of Sandy Zimmerman’s Las * * * * * Vegas Television, Sandy Zimmerman’s Las Marianne and Yvette said, “A producer is Vegas TV Show, and Discover the Ultimate interested in backing our “50 Pounds from Vacation travel specials, Syndicated Journal- Stardom” show.” ist- Show & Dining Reviewer, Travel/ Luxury. SZ: “This is an important moment prov- For information, questions, comments please ing your show is worthy and beginning the contact Sandy Zimmerman: (702)-515-0846, processes of preparing the show.” [email protected], Facebook@ Marianne, “We have lots of laughter, lots szlvtv or http://www.facebook.com/szlvtv.

Cole Maxwell —”Elvis Presley’s Anthony Cools, Hypnotist (PARIS) Celebrating their 1,000th show — “Bronx Wanderers” (LINQ) Heartbreak Hotel” (Harrah’s)

David Nickolas — Grammy Nominee, Billboard Award Songwriter, Chippendale’s dancer, producer. Cast of “Friends-the Show” (D-Hotel)

Marianne and Yvette — “50 Pounds from Stardom” show. October 30-November 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 19 Sammy Johnson announces Fall 2019 Tour in support of EP ‘Moonlight Lovers’ 22 at 10 a.m. through Citi Enter- tainmentSM. For complete presale details visit www.citientertainment. com. In addition, Caesars Rewards This Week members, Caesars Entertainment’s loyalty program, as well as Live Nation and Ticketmaster customers in Las Vegas will have access to a presale begin- ning Thursday, Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. PT. All presales end Thursday, Oct. By Mike Kermani 24 at 10 p.m. The current CMA and ACM En- tertainer of the Year and four-time held on February 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, Hall of Fame. GRAMMY Award winner Keith 19, 21 and 22 at 8 p.m. Boasting one of the most loyal Urban released “We Were,” his first Tickets start at $49.95, plus ap- fan bases in music, selling more new single of 2019 in May of 2019. plicable fees, and will go on sale to than 48 million albums, and win- “We Were” quickly entered the the general public Saturday, Oct. 19 ning four GRAMMY Awards, Billboard Country Airplay Chart, at 10 a.m. PT. Tickets will be avail- The Doobie Brothers continue marking his 40th Top 10 song. able for purchase at Ticketmaster. to write and record new material It comes after the 2018 release com, Venetian.com, any box office and tour the world. Their No. 1 of Graffiti U and his acclaimed at The Venetian Resort or by calling singles “Black Water” and “What “GRAFFITI U WORLD TOUR,” 702.414.9000 or 866.641.7469. a Fool Believes,” both gold, lead which played to more than 1 mil- The Doobie Brothers fan club a catalog of indelible songs that lion fans in seven countries on members will have access to a pre- include: “Listen to the Music,” three continents. Besides four sale beginning Wednesday, Oct. 16 “China Grove,” “Jesus Is Just All GRAMMY Awards, Urban has at 12 noon. Grazie loyalty members Right,” “Rockin’ Down the High- won 13 Country Music Association and Live Nation and Ticketmaster way,” “Long Train Runnin’,” “Take Awards, 15 Academy of Coun- customers will receive access to a Me In Your Arms,” “Takin’ it to try Music Awards, four People’s pre-sale beginning Thursday, Oct. the Streets,” “Minute by Minute,” Choice Awards and four American 17 at 10 a.m. All pre-sales will end “You Belong to Me,” “The Doctor” By Mike Kermani vated venue in September 2019, Music Awards. He is also a member Friday, Oct. 18 at 10 p.m. Now and more. Las Vegas Tribune Urban will now return with an all- of the Grand Ole Opry. through January 10, 2020, you can In all, the Doobies have tal- The smooth and sultry vocals new show, packed with hit songs, * * * * * show your support for The Doobie lied up five top 10 singles and 16 of Billboard chart topper Sammy explosive showmanship and usual ROCK & ROLL HALL OF Brothers by submitting your Rock top 40 hits. Beginning with their Johnson are coming alive this Fall unpredictability. The shows will FAME NOMINEES THE & Roll Hall of Fame fan vote here multi-million-selling sophomore when Sammy returns to the U.S. for be a once-in-a-lifetime concert DOOBIE BROTHERS once per day. The top five artists collection Toulouse Street, the an exhilarating 21 date tour! event — an arena-sized production ANNOUNCE EIGHT-SHOW with the most fan votes will com- Doobies have 3 multi-platinum, Somewhere between the charis- in a theater setting, up close and LAS VEGAS RESIDENCY AT prise the Fan Ballot, which will be 7 platinum, and 14 Gold albums. ma of Frank Sinatra, the empathetic personal. Keith Urban Live — Las THE VENETIAN RESORT tallied alongside the other ballots Best of the Doobies has sold more tone of Bob Marley, and the smooth Vegas will utilize The Colosseum’s Following yesterday’s Rock & from the industry voting body to than 12 million copies — a rare and sultry vocal runs of Lauryn Hill new general admission capability Roll Hall of Fame nomination, The choose the 2020 inductees. “diamond record.” lives the warm and kind voice of on the main floor for a dynamic Doobie Brothers have announced For over four decades, The * * * * * Sammy Johnson. The Australian and reimagined fan experience for that their first Las Vegas residency, Doobie Brothers have been known Mike Kermani is an entertain- native, New Zealand-bred soulful the landmark venue. The shows are The Doobie Brothers Live in Las for delivering mind-blowing, roots- ment writer for the Las Vegas reggae star hits the road this Fall scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Vegas, presented by SiriusXM, is based, harmony-laden, guitar-driv- Tribune newspaper. He writes a in support of his new EP Moonlight Performances are scheduled for: coming to The Venetian Theatre en rock and roll — all of which weekly column in this newspaper. Lovers, out now and available ev- January 2020: 10, 11, 17, 18 inside The Venetian Resort Las recently culminated in a nom- To contact Mike Kermani, email erywhere with tastemaker Mensch April 2020: 24, 25 Vegas in 2020. The shows will be ination for the 2020 Rock & Roll mkermani@ lasvegas tribune.com House Records! July 2020: 10, 11 Sammy has remained busy re- August 2020: 7, 8 leasing a constant influx of music November 2020: 20, 21 since his breakthrough self-titled Urban is one of the world’s most 2014 EP, which peaked at #3 on the electrifying live performers in mu- Billboard Reggae Charts. He has sic today. His concerts are critically since seen an organic growth as a hailed the world over and feature result of his hard work and dedica- many of his 24 chart-topping songs tion to his craft, working as a music including Graffiti U’s “Coming therapist social worker to a touring Home,” Ripcord’s “Wasted Time,” soul artist thanks in part to his first “The Fighter,” his mega hit “Blue viral video “Don’t Say Goodbye.” Ain’t Your Color,” and seminal Since his debut, Sammy Johnson No. 1’s including “Somebody Like has since enjoyed multiple sold-out You,” “Days Go By,” “Long Hot performances and large festival Summer” and “Stupid Boy.” Never appearances, and most recently knowing what will happen next, released his critically acclaimed EP crowds have seen Urban perform- ‘Moonlight Lovers’ last year. ing with fans, with special guests, For more information visit the giving away used show guitars website: http://sammyjohnsonmu- and performing solos perched atop sic.com audience seating. November 2nd @ Brooklyn Bowl General ticket prices beginning The LINQ at $69, plus applicable tax and 3545 Las Vegas Blvd South fees, go on sale to the general 7:30 p.m., 18+, $23-$25 public starting Friday, Oct. 25 at * * * * * 10 a.m. PT at ticketmaster.com/ KEITH URBAN LIVE — LAS keithurbanvegas or in-person at VEGAS 12 CONCERTS AT The Colosseum at Caesars Palace THE COLOSSEUM AT box office. Members of The ‘Ville, CAESARS PALACE IN 2020 Keith Urban’s official fan club, will Four-time GRAMMY Award have access to a presale beginning winner Keith Urban will bring Sunday, Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. Keith Urban Live — Las Vegas to Citi is the official presale credit The Colosseum at Caesars Palace card for Urban’s performances at for 12 unprecedented concerts to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. premiere in January 2020. After As such, Citi cardmembers will two sold-out performances at the have access to purchase presale award-winning and newly reno- tickets beginning Tuesday, Oct. Page 20 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / October 30-November 5, 2019 LifestyLes The Casino Entertainment Awards Exciting Event By Sandy Zimmerman Las Vegas Tribune Photos by Sandy Zimmerman I reviewed the Casino Entertainment Awards (CEA) at the Hard Rock Hotel and was impressed that every award was pre- sented with a fresh, clever approach by each presenter. The Vinyl Showroom was filled with celebrity presenters, and casino enter- tainers as well as many casino executives nationwide. Magician, Actor, Comedian, YouTube Celebrity, Host, NBC TV’s America’s Got Talent Award-winning Murray SawChuck (Tropicana) acted as MC with his quick wit and easy-going manner. The Casino Comedian of the Year was one of the funniest routines I’ve seen with (CEA) nominee Piff the Magic Dragon wearing his usual dragon costume (Flamingo) and Penn Jillette, duo of the Penn and Teller Magic Show (RIO), dressed in the same costume. What a coincidence! As the presenter of the Comedian of the Year Award, Penn wondered “Who is the winner?” A special Casino Entertainment Award was presented to the “Motown Extreme Review” (OYO Hotel —formally Hooters Hotel). We had the opportunity to see the cast entertain during the opening of the cer- Piff the Magic Dragon and Penn Jullette, of Penn and Teller. Piff won the Casino Comedian of the Year. emonies and later. I felt, “It was obvious why Gray, General Manager of Entertainment cial and tribal gaming professionals in North Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion Canyon they received the CEA for Casino Production Operations, Wynn Resorts Las Vegas. America, held this week at Sands Expo Con- National Park, the Grand Canyon North Show of the Year. Their For the full list of nominees and winners vention Center. G2E offers 25,000+ attendees Rim National Park, authentic real Cattle Broadway-style production numbers were see: www.casinoentertainmentawards.com. educational content, plus new products and Drive similar to the early westerns in Reno, first rate, exciting renditions of how Motown Among the many celebrities attending innovative technologies showcased on the Nevada, and other destinations in the U.S. should be presented! The mood, the music, the awards gala were John Katsilometes’, expo floor. Organized by Reed Exhibitions, With 25 years’ experience as a syndicated everything was perfect.” or KATS, Review Journal entertainment G2E is presented by the American Gaming Show and Dining Reviewer, Travel/ Luxury In recognition for her lifetime achieve- columnist — acting as a presenter this time, Association (AGA), the national trade group writer, Health, Photographer/ Videographer, ment in the casino entertainment industry, “SEXXY” — The Show star (CEA Presenter) representing the U.S. casino industry. Editor, and Talk Show Host of Sandy Zimmer- Motown recording artist Martha Reeves, Jennifer Romas, iconic vocal quartet The * * * * * man’s Las Vegas TV Show and Discover the “Martha Reeves and the Vandellas” received World Famous Ink Spots, Crazy Girls Las Award-winning Sandy Zimmerman pro- Ultimate Vacation travel specials. For infor- a Casino Entertainment Legend Award. Vegas host Dani Elizabeth, and many more. duces television programs, documentaries, mation, questions, comments please contact There were so many highlights and sur- The Casino Entertainment Awards are and travel specials in Beijing and on the Sandy Zimmerman: call (702)-515-0846, prises to the evening. Brit Pop Star Peter presented by Global Gaming Expo (G2E), the Yangtze River Cruise in China, travel specials Facebook@SZLVTV or sandyzimm2003@ Noone received the Casino Entertainer of largest annual gathering of global, commer- in Italy and around the world as well as for yahoo.com. the Year Award. Emmy-nominated recording artist Frankie Moreno was honored as Casino Musical Artist of the Year. Neil J. Miller, Executive Director of Entertainment, The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, received a Casino Enter- tainment Legend Award presented by Rick

Martha Reeves Lifetime Achievement Award “Extreme Motown Review” OYO Hotel, formally Hooters, winner of Casino Production Show of the Year.

Frankie Moreno, winner of Casino Musical Artist of the Year. Casino Entertainment Awards host Murray SawChuck. October 30-November 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 21 CITY BEAT 14 CASA volunteers step up and take oath to speak up for kids

A new batch of 14 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) volunteers took a pledge Oct. 28 at noon at Family Court, Courtroom 9, 601 N. Pecos Road to speak on behalf of kids who have been abused and neglected. The volunteers have gone through a training program that gives them the knowl- RICK GRIFFIN edge and skills they need to serve as a CASA Phoenix. Kuykendall is an experienced leader volunteer. The volunteers include those who and has handed multiple departments and know what foster care is like because they implemented positive change. Kuykendall is were in the system as children. Volunteers a San Diego native and a dedicated husband, also bring a diversity of experience including father and sports fan, cheering for the Vegas that of a husband and wife team, two bank Golden Knights. employees, a PhD clinical director, a PhD “Tim and Rick are outstanding additions executive director, students, a teacher, real to our team and bring a vast wealth of knowl- estate sales professionals, an attorney, and edge and hospitality experience with them an IT specialist. and we are truly excited to welcome them to There is a big need for CASA volunteers the OYO family,” said Abhinav Sinha, COO in Clark County to speak up for the approx- and partner of OYO Hotels & Homes USA. imately 3,000 children in the community “Together we are committed to enabling who are receiving services under supervi- our guests, both tourists and locals, to ex- sion of Family Court. For those interested perience #LivingTheGoodLife in one of the in volunteering with the CASA program. world’s most dynamic hospitality markets. Orientations are held on the first Wednesday Renovation planning is underway, while we of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the East Las continue to host guests in the hotel and our Vegas Library, 2851 E. Bonanza Road, the restaurants.” third Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. at “I am so excited to join the OYO Hotel & the Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Casino Las Vegas and Highgate family,” re- Pkwy. and every second and fourth Saturday marked Tim Kuykendall, general manager. “I (L-R) Officer Pete Wheeler, Officer Ian Ham, and Sgt. John Glenn at 11:30 a.m. at Child Haven, 701 N. Pecos look forward to continuing to grow my career Rd. The next CASA Orientations in Novem- the area of the “Click it or Ticket” program, initiative will partner with different organi- with Highgate and OYO Hotel & Casino Las ber are on Nov. 6 at 10:30 a.m. at East Las enforcing speed limits and reducing dis- zations throughout the country to support Vegas and working side-by-side with such an Vegas Library, Nov. 9 and 23 at 11:30 a.m. tracted driving. “Officers Wheeler and Ham women in their pursuits for a better future. outstanding and professional team.” at Child Haven, and Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. at the exemplify what Boulder City expects in law Pashion Footwear is the world’s first Rick Giffen has opened over 65 food and Government Center. enforcement officers,” said Boulder City Po- fully convertible high heel, changing from beverage concepts nationwide throughout his “When you give abused and neglected lice Chief Tim Shea. “They serve and protect, a chic heel to a fashionable flat in seconds. 35-year career in hospitality. Most recently, kids a CASA, you give them a voice. When treat residents and visitors with respect and The company launched earlier this year and Giffen served as the executive chef at T-Mo- you give them a voice, you give them hope. show great commitment to making roads safe offers three styles and four colors. Each pair bile Arena. His training began at the Hotel When you give them hope, you give them around the community.” of Pashions comes with a convertible tech Intercontinental in his native San Diego. He a future,” said Family Court Judge Frank Boulder City Police Department will team package, equipped with the removable arch became the youngest executive chef in the Sullivan, who will administer the oath to the up with other area jurisdictions for a number supports, removable heels, rubber heel caps Sheraton Hotel family when he took over CASA volunteers. “CASA’s are the ears and of Joining Forces events through September to protect the shoes when worn as flats, and operations in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. the eyes for the court. They provide a voice 30, 2020. BCPD received $46,600 from the a small velvet bag to store parts when they Giffen moved to Las Vegas in 1994 and has and offer stability for kids who are in foster Nevada Department of Public Safety, Office are not in use. Heels can be ordered in four served in executive chef roles up and down care and don’t otherwise have a lot of stability of Traffic Safety to support law enforcement’s and/or three-inch heights. Pashion Footwear the Las Vegas Strip, including The Strato- in their lives.” participation in the Joining Forces traffic is currently available in sizes 6 to 10 and 11. sphere Casino, Hotel & Tower, China Grill The CASA program recruits, screens, safety campaigns during the coming year. To learn more about Pashion Footwear, Properties at Mandalay Bay, Mon Ami Gabi trains and supports volunteers to represent The program has specific goals of reducing please visit www.PashionFootwear.com or at Paris Las Vegas and more. When not in the best interests of hundreds of foster injuries and deaths on the roadways within check out this video for Pavone’s startup the kitchen, Giffen can be found cooking, children annually. The volunteers speak on the State of Nevada. journey. golfing, traveling and hiking with his wife behalf of children in foster care who have More information about safe driving and * * * * * Michelle and their two labradoodles, Molly endured abuse and neglect. They give input the state’s Zero Fatalities goal is available and Snicker. Giffen is an avid golfer and Los in school, family team meetings, and in court. online at www.ZeroFatalitiesNV.com. Angeles Chargers fan. Volunteering for the program involves a two- * * * * * “I am thrilled to bring fun, new concepts year commitment and a willingness to spend Durango High School students to OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas,” said quality time with the children to advocate receive convertible high heels for Rick Giffen, director of food and beverage. for them. career preparation program “Together with my outstanding team, I look There are around 364 CASA volunteers Pashion Footwear, the world’s first fully forward to refreshing the iconic Hooters serving as a voice for children under the convertible heel-to-flat shoe, visited Durango Restaurant & Saloon while maintaining its supervision of the Family Court CASA Pro- High School to donate 300 pairs to students status as ‘busiest in the world’!” * * * * * gram. Many more volunteers are needed to from Nevada nonprofit, Jobs for Nevada’s David Helfrey has been advocate for the remainder of the children in Graduates (JNG). Kicking off the company’s nominated and accepted as a care. Last year, nearly one thousand children new #GetPashionate charity initiative, Pash- 2019 AIOCLA’S 10 Best in Nevada had a CASA volunteer to help them navigate ion Footwear was able to provide 25 students for Client Satisfaction through the system, deal with school chal- with new professional shoes that will help jumpstart their future career aspirations. An The American In- lenges and handle home life. TIM KUYENDAL “CASA volunteers have had such a pos- additional 275 pairs of shoes will be dispersed stitute of Criminal Oyo Hotel & Casino Las Vegas itive impact on children who need someone at later dates to other participating Las Vegas Law Attorneys has welcomes new General Manager and to speak up for them. They offer valuable high schools. recognized the excep- Director of Food and Beverage insight that is truly appreciated,” said Presid- Haley Pavone, the 23-year-old CEO and tional performance ing Family Court Judge Bryce Duckworth. founder of Pashion Footwear, was on site at OYO Hotel & Casino Las Vegas is proud of Nevada’s Criminal “Those who are looking to do something Durango to personally deliver the shoes to to announce the addition of new General Law Attorney David the excited group of junior and senior JNG Manager, Tim Kuykendall and Director of rewarding that makes a difference, should Helfrey as 2019 10 students. Pavone offered words of wisdom Food and Beverage, Rick Giffen. Both men consider volunteering as a CASA.” Best Criminal Law and empowering advice on confidence, bring decades of hospitality experience to Las The Nevada Eighth Judicial District Attorneys for Client goal setting and female entrepreneurship. Vegas’ newly reimagined property. Court judges and staff continuously work Satisfaction. The young students also engaged by asking Tim Kuykendall brings over 25 years of to develop new ideas, maximize efficiencies The American Institute of Criminal Law Pavone questions on business, college and experience to OYO Hotel & Casino Las Ve- and improve access to justice. For more Attorneys is a third-party attorney rating following their dreams. gas. Most recently, he oversaw three Laugh- information about the District Court, please organization that publishes an annual list of JNG has helped change the lives of more lin, NV properties for Golden Entertainment. visit our website at clarkcountycourts.us, the Top 10 Criminal Law attorneys in each than 11,000 students in Nevada. This growth Kuykendall has been with the Golden Enter- Facebook at Clark County Courts, Twitter state. Attorneys who are selected to the “10 has been accomplished with state government tainment family since 2008, serving as vice MPrice@LasVegasCourts or blog at https:// Best” list must pass AIOCLA’s rigorous and private enterprise coming together to president of The STRAT Casino, Hotel & selection process, which is based on client eighthjdcourt.wordpress.com. create a diverse funding base for programs Tower and multiple director roles, including and/or peer nominations, thorough research, * * * * * that yield a 97 percent graduation rate and director of customer excellence and director and AIOCLA’s independent evaluation. Boulder City recognized as Agency cut youth unemployment in half among of operations and special projects. Prior to AIOCLA’s annual list was created to be used of the Year for efforts with “Joining participants. Golden Entertainment, Kuykendall worked as a resource for clients during the attorney Forces” traffic safety program As a female-founded company, Pashion in Laughlin, Nevada and Biloxi, Mississippi selection process. Boulder City Police Department (BCPD) is extremely “pashionate” about giving back for Harrah’s Entertainment from 1994 to One of the most significant aspects of the has been recognized by the Nevada Depart- to women who are pursuing their dreams and 2008. He began his journey in hospitality selection process involves attorneys’ rela- ment of Public Safety as the Nevada Joining going after their goals. The #GetPashionate as a valet attendant at the Ritz Carlton in tionships and reputation among his or her Forces Agency of the Year for 2019. The clients. As clients should be an attorney’s City’s two motorcycle traffic officers, funded top priority, AIOCLA places the utmost under the crime prevention tax funds, also emphasis on selecting lawyers who have received honors and special recognition for achieved significant success in the field of their dedication to making our roadways safer Criminal Law without sacrificing the service through high visibility, multi-jurisdiction and support they provide. Selection criteria statewide efforts. Awards were presented at therefore focus on attorneys who demonstrate a conference this week. the highest standards of Client Satisfaction. Officer Pete Wheeler was recognized by We congratulate David Helfrey on this the state for his work as BCPD’s coordina- achievement and we are honored to have him tor. He serves as the main point of contact, as a 2019 AIOCLA Member. schedules each event, and communicates with You can contact David Helfrey directly at the other agencies to put together the events. 314-425-4914. He is also responsible for submitting the * * * * * documents needed after each event. Officer City Beat is a compilation of news and Wheeler acts as the face of the program in views of our editorial and writing team, along front of local media as well. with reader submissions and topics. Readers Officer Ian Ham was recognized for are invited to suggest a local topic or any outstanding achievement and excellence in other items of interest. Page 22 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / October 30-November 5, 2019 CITY BEAT Reno Jazz Festival announces inaugural scholarship program embraced the student ambassador program, Without Maxson’s intervention during which had grown to include representatives that lovely half-hour meeting — without him from each individual college on campus. I basically telling me to get my act together — I became the Arts College representative, and wonder if I would’ve become the first college we would meet regularly with Maxson and graduate in my family. I also wonder how talk about what was happening in our schools, different my life would look today. we’d do student-outreach drives, etc. Being Giovanna Sardelli has proven herself as involved in that program allowed me to get to an award-winning director, directing world know students from all the different colleges premieres of plays by Rajiv Joseph, Mat- whom I otherwise never would’ve met. thew Lopez, Theresa Rebeck, Lynn Rosen, What was also extraordinary about that Joe Gilford, Jeff Augustine, Lauren Yee, program is that early in my junior year, I was Zayd Dohrn, and Zoe Kazan, among others. having a very difficult time in school — so Working with Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Joseph much so that I almost quit going to class. has become something of a specialty for Well, to get selected as a student ambassa- Giovanna, who is now working on her 13th dor, applicants had to list their goals, both production with the highly esteemed play- for college and beyond. My goals included wright. Her recent successes include Joseph’s pursuing a career in theater outside of Las Guards at the Taj (Geffen Playhouse, Los Vegas, because at that time, there weren’t any Angeles), winning the 2017 Ovation Award realistic professional theater opportunities in for Best Production of a Play, also named by Students perform in the closing Festival Showcase and Awards ceremony Las Vegas. TheatreMania as one of its’ Favorite Regional during the 2019 Reno Jazz Festival. So when Maxson learned I was having Productions. In 2020, the Reno Jazz Festival will cel- academic issues, he called me into his office, Based in New York City, she has worked ebrate its 58th year of presenting excellence sat me down, read my goals back to me, and Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre, and innovation in jazz through three days of said, “Whatever is happening right now is not Vineyard Theatre, Playwright’s Realm, Sec- jazz clinics, competitions, and performances more important than your dreams and your ond Stage, and RoundaboutTheatre Compa- from April 23-25 on the University of Neva- goals. So let’s talk about what’s happening, ny. Her extensive regional theatre experience da, Reno campus. This year marks the launch let’s talk about how I can help you, and then includes San Diego’s Old Globe, the Actor’s of the festival’s new scholarship program let’s get you back on track.” Theatre of Louisville, Hartford Stage Com- that provides financial support for Title 1 To have anyone do that would be remark- pany, San Francisco Playhouse, LA’s Mark schools to attend the 2020 Reno Jazz Festival. able, but to have the president of a university Taper Forum, and the Cleveland Playhouse. Scholarship packages include complimentary notice you enough and care enough to do In addition to her freelance career, she hotel room nights and festival passes, reduced what he did, it was astounding and life-al- is also the Director of New Works for The- school group registration, and additional tering. Because I realized he was right: My atreWorks Silicon Valley. Giovanna earned discounted passes. dreams were bigger than this moment, and her MFA degree from the Graduate Acting Considered one of the best of its kind, this moment would not undo me. That’s Program of NYU in 1990. the Reno Jazz Festival has provided students when I got highly motivated academically, * * * * * from throughout the West an exceptional made up all the work I’d missed, and became City Beat is a compilation of news and music education experience since 1962. aware that I probably would need to extend views of our editorial and writing team, along “This scholarship program builds upon my education beyond UNLV if I wanted to with reader submissions and topics. Readers this legacy by ensuring that all schools and achieve my career objectives. And that’s what are invited to suggest a local topic or any students have the opportunity to learn from led me to NYU. other items of interest. some of the nation’s top jazz educators and GIOVANNA SARDELLI artists,” said festival directors and University TRAFFIC ALERT faculty, Peter Epstein and Adam Benjamin. “We want this festival to be accessible to all students and jazz programs and hope that this Born Into scholarship will help us achieve this goal.” Applications for the 2020 scholarship must be submitted online at unr.edu/rjf by the Arts Dec. 1, 2019, and will be awarded on a first- College of Fine Arts come, first-served basis. Hotel room nights have been generously provided by the Nugget Alumna of the Year Casino Resort and Grand Sierra Resort and Giovanna Sardelli grew Casino. The 2020 festival will welcome acclaimed up in a performing jazz vocalist and 2018 Grammy nominee household, so it’s no Jazzmeia Horn to the stage. Horn was named Farm Road Lane closures, the Best Jazz Vocal Debut by NPR Music surprise she made her Jazz Critics Poll in 2017 and is the 2015 winner of the Thelonious Monk Institute of name in theater. utility work through Nov. 2 Jazz International Vocal Competition. Vibra- It might be a stretch to say College of Fine The Nevada Department of Transporta- ling through the work zone, heed construction phonist Joel Ross will kick off the festival, Arts Alumna of the Year Giovanna Sardelli’s tion (NDOT) will reduce travel lanes along signage, and take alternate detour routes, if playing alongside the University of Nevada, career in theater was preordained. But as a southbound Farm Road between Durango possible. NDOT works with Waze to inform Reno faculty ensemble, The Collective. In Las Vegas native and daughter of well-known Drive and Tule Springs Road from 9 p.m. the public about planned highway restric- addition to evening concerts by guest artists, Strip entertainer Nelson Sardelli, she certain- until 6 a.m. nightly, continuing through the tions, but unscheduled construction changes, the Reno Jazz Festival offers daytime compe- ly was predisposed to the industry. And since morning of November 2, in northwest Las closures and restrictions are possible due to titions, workshops and clinics by dozens of departing UNLV with her undergraduate Vegas. The temporary lane restrictions are weather or other factors. For the latest state professional jazz artists and adjudicators for degree in theatre arts in 1987, Sardelli has needed for sanitary sewer work. highway conditions, visit nvroads.com or call more than 9,000 young jazz musicians and built quite a name for herself in acting and Motorists should use caution while travel- 511 before driving. the public. The three-day festival culminates directing circles on both coasts. in a festival showcase concert and awards Although she’s directed plays in regional Durango Drive Lane closures, ceremony to honor the best and brightest theaters across the country, Sardelli has spent young standouts. the majority of her career working extensive- utility work through Nov. 2 Group registration and passes are current- ly in New York and California. Her impres- ly available online at unr.edu/rjf. Festival sive résumé includes being named director of The Nevada Department of Transportation ling through the work zone, heed construction passes and tickets for the public will be new works at TheatreWorks in Silicon Valley, (NDOT) will reduce eastbound Durango signage, and take alternate detour routes, if available in 2020. For more information or which recently won the 2019 Tony Award Drive travel lanes between Farm and Tule possible. NDOT works with Waze to inform to volunteer for this event, please contact the for Best Regional Theater. Her honors also Springs roads from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. nightly, the public about planned highway restric- University of Nevada, Reno School of the include a pair of prestigious awards for her continuing through the morning of November tions, but unscheduled construction changes, Arts at (775) 784-4278. directing skills: In 2008, she won the Joe A. 2, in northwest Las Vegas. The temporary closures and restrictions are possible due to The Reno Jazz Festival is presented by Callaway Award for her direction of the play lane restrictions are needed for underground weather or other factors. For the latest state the School of the Arts and receives financial Animals Out of Paper with the Second Stage utility work. highway conditions, visit nvroads.com or call support from the National Endowment for Theater in New York; and in 2016, she and Motorists should use caution while travel- 511 before driving. the Arts, a federal agency; the Nevada Arts her team won the LA Stage Alliance Ovation Council, a state agency; the University of Award for Best Production of a Play for the Nevada, Reno; the University of Nevada, Geffen Playhouse production of Guards at Reno Graduate Student Association; and the Taj. the Associated Students of the University of After finishing her studies at UNLV, Sar- Nevada, Reno. Hotel rooms are provided by delli headed east to earn a master of fine arts Eldorado Resorts and marketing support by from the prestigious graduate acting program CLM Design. at New York University’s Tisch School of the In addition to the Reno Jazz Festival, the Arts. A decade later, after an acting career School of the Arts also presents the Perform- that included a stint as Nurse Claire on the ing Arts Series, Lake Tahoe Music Camp, as soap opera Another World, she returned to well as world-class visual art exhibitions, the grad acting program, graduating from musical performances, theatre productions, its directors lab. That was followed by more dance concerts and public arts events pre- than a decade spent as a guest artist faculty sented by the departments of art, music, and member at the Tisch School for the Arts in theatre and dance. Its degree programs pro- the dance department and in the graduate vide a strong foundation in a range of artistic acting program. disciplines, enabling students to contribute as On the way to earning a reputation as artists, educators and scholars at the local lev- a powerhouse female director in what has el and beyond. Finally, the school, as well as traditionally been a male-dominated field, the College of Liberal Arts, encourages broad Sardelli frequently selects works that show- Saguaro Street upgrades, lane campus and community participation in the case our world’s diversity. She often produces arts through its numerous performances, lec- and directs world premieres of new works closures thru Nov. 15 in Henderson tures, exhibitions, core courses and outreach that push the theater industry’s proverbial The Nevada Department of Transportation Motorists should use caution while travel- activities that explore diverse cultures and envelope. She’s also a member of the League (NDOT) will reduce westside travel lanes ling through the work zone, heed construction encourage lifelong learning. of Professional Theatre Women. along Saguaro Street between Taylor Street signage, and take alternate detour routes, if For more information about the School What moment or experience during your and Grand Cadence Drive in Henderson from possible. NDOT works with Waze to inform of the Arts, visit unr.edu/arts, call (775) 784- time at UNLV had the most profound impact 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. daily, Monday through the public about planned highway restric- 4278, or email [email protected]. Event informa- on your life and career? Friday, continuing through November 15. tions, but unscheduled construction changes, tion, news and photos also are available by In the early 1980s, several UNLV students The temporary lane restrictions are needed closures and restrictions are possible due to following the School of the Arts’ Instagram who were Las Vegas natives started the for a $169,000, 1/2-mile-long street upgrade weather or other factors. For the latest state and Twitter handles: @NVArts365 and Face- student ambassador program. By the time I that calls for new sidewalks and handicap highway conditions, visit nvroads.com or call book pages. arrived as a first-generation college student, accessible ramps. Las Vegas Paving is the 511 before driving. * * * * * then-UNLV President Robert Maxson had general contractor. * * * * * October 30-November 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 23 Being A Real Team Player By Doug Dickerson decide for yourself, if you are really “A team is not a group of peo- a team player or an imposter. ple who work together. A team is Does my attitude benefit a group of people who trust each my team or undermine it? other.” — Simon Sinek Teams that succeed do so with In an old Peanuts cartoon, Lucy players who have a positive atti- demanded that her brother Linus tude. There’s just really no other change TV channels and then way around it. Is your attitude one threatened him with her fist if he that lifts your team or tears it down? didn’t. Is your attitude a reliable one “What makes you think you can that others can look to and emulate walk right in here and take over?” and from it gain the confidence and asked Linus. courage they need in a moment of “These five fingers,” said Lucy. doubt or uncertainty? “Individually they are nothing, Or on the other hand, do you but when I curl them together like entertain those with a bad attitude this into a single unit, they form a by lending them a sympathetic ear? weapon that is terrible to behold.” DoUg DICkErsoN Remember, what you tolerate you “What channel do you want?” expands beyond having our own promote, and this is especially true sighed Linus. way. It can be complicated. as it relates to attitudes. of the team, can you really say that looking for ways to improve. Turning away, he looked at his What kind of a team player are Am I looking out for my you are a team player? Babe Ruth They realize that they can’t rest fingers and said, “Why can’t you you? It’s an important mark of your own interest, or what is was right when he said, “The way on yesterday’s win, and they must guys get organized like that? leadership and in today’s environ- best for the team? a team plays as a whole determines be open to new ideas. If you are As leaders, how we model ment, it matters more than ever. This is an age-old problem for its success. You may have the always resisting change and your teamwork is important. Unlike Here are a few questions to many team players. If you are only greatest bunch of individual stars mantra is “we’ve never done it this Lucy’s approach, we have to foster ponder. looking out for your own interests in the world, but if they don’t play way before,” then chances are you an environment of teamwork that After some honest reflection, and your own agenda, and not that together, the club won’t be worth are really not a team player you’re a dime.” simply standing in the way of those BEHIND THE MIKE If you are promoting your own trying to move forward. interests over the team, it’s likely Am I intentional and you really aren’t a team player. consistent about adding The Answer is in the Question Do I celebrate the value to my team? By Michael A. Aun making children responsible for successes and A team player is not out to pro- Having been in the insurance their parent’s debts? Filial responsi- accomplishments tect his or her own agenda or play and estate planning business for bility laws (filial support laws, filial of my teammates? politics. some 45+ years, one truth that I piety laws) are laws in the United One of the hallmarks of a suc- An honest team player truly have encountered is that the answer States that impose a duty, usually cessful team is realized when fellow wants to add value and do what’s is in the question. Literally speak- upon adult children, for the support team members can celebrate the best for the team. ing, if we pose a question correctly, of their impoverished parents or achievements and successes of one Are you looking for ways to it should help the client frame the other relatives. In some cases, the of its peers. At the end of the day add value and lift others? Are you answer. duty is extended to other relatives. they understand that when he wins, willing to put others ahead of your- For instance, when is the best Am I more concerned about my the team wins. If you are blinded by self for the good of the team? If so, time to begin to draw your Social life ending too early of me living petty jealousy or insecurities you chances are, you are a team player. Security? Some would argue 62; too long? Have I honestly examined are really not a team player. * * * * * others say wait till age 70. Either my “after-tax” statement for my Am I open to new ideas Doug Dickerson is a syndicated way, what if I died after you chose? IRA, 401-k and other investments? and to change or am columnist. He writes a weekly col- Would I feel cheated out of hun- Has my current advisor (s) I a hindrance to it? umn for this newspaper. To contact dreds of thousands of dollars of made me aware of the stretch IRA Teams that succeed are Doug Dickerson, email him at income with a bad decision? Ac- provisions becoming law nearly growth-minded and are always ddickerson@ lasvegastribune.com. cording to a recent Stanford study, MICHAEL A. AUN two decades ago? If not, why not? I should wait till age 70. Is it fair for my spouse to have to If I have not done something about Another such retirement ques- pay taxes at their rate and not mine? it, why not? Stretch IRA’s may go tion would be “How would I like Won’t I have lost one deduction and away after all. to be able to ensure that my heirs at the minimum one social security Will I have enough money if could receive some of your social check? most of my Social Security could security?” Do I feel there is likely to be end up going toward my health Is there someone at the IRS that I another financial disaster like 2007 care costs? am so in love with that I want them and 2008? Would/should I use the If there were a way to stay in to be the biggest beneficiary of my same strategy, or would /should I control of my money until I took life savings, retirement, 401-K, have tried something different? Is it my last breath (instead of giving IRA, 403-B or 457-plan? true that you can win by not losing? it to a nursing home or a hospital) Is there someone at the nursing Did you know that the average wouldn’t I want to know about that? home that I am so happy to know age of a widow is 57? Are you The USA Today says you should that I want them to get a whole aware that 80 percent of husbands plan to live to 95. Will you have bunch or even all my money when die married and 80 percent of wives enough money? The answer is in I die? die single? the question. If the government runs out of If I could insure my IRA, * * * * * money in the future, do you think wouldn’t I want my family to get Michael Aun is a syndicated they will turn to the 90 percent of it and not the government, creditors columnist and writes a weekly col- Americans who don’t have any or predators? umn for this newspaper. To contact money or the 10 percent who do? Am I aware that 30 states are Michael Aun, email him at maun@ Is it okay to continue to lose 30 now exercising their FILIAL laws lasvegastribune.com. percent-75 percent of my money when the stock market tanks? Would I like to know how to pre- Bob Beckett vent that from happening and to take advantage of it if it ever does? Attorney At Law Would I want to be rich or do I Elected 5 terms as Nye County District Attorney prefer that I never ever be poor? 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Imagine you worked for and if you’re nearing the end of 35 full years, but the Social Security your career without a whole lot of Administration (SSA) only has 33 savings, you’ll most likely do the years of work for you on record. If same. If you’re not careful, howev- you don’t take steps to correct that er, you could end up slashing your error, you could end up collecting benefits and getting a lower payout a lower benefit for life. in retirement instead. With that in That’s why it’s crucial to review mind, here are five moves to avoid your earnings statements regularly if you want to get the most out of and report any mistakes that might Social Security. negatively impact your benefits. If 1. Working less than 35 years you’re 60 or older, you should get Your Social Security benefits are a copy of those statements in the calculated based on how much you mail. Otherwise, you’ll need to cre- ate an account on the SSA’s website earned during your top 35 working and access them there. years. But if you didn’t work for 5. Not paying your taxes or 35 years, you’ll have a big fat $0 student loans factored in for each year you’re Falling behind on your student missing an income. Therefore, debt won’t just impact your credit; if you have the option to extend it could also cause your Social your career and work a bit longer, Security payments to be garnished. do it. For every year you continue The same holds true if you fail to working, you’ll replace a $0 with schedule would knock those pay- 2. Connecticut North Dakota, Vermont, and West make good on your tax debt ob- an actual salary, thereby boosting ments down to $1,493. If you file 3. Kansas Virginia offer no exemption at all. ligations. Now, technically, these your benefits. two years early, you’ll collect just 4. Minnesota Of course, this isn’t to say that you moves won’t reduce your benefits 2. Taking benefits ahead of full $1,386 a month. Though you’re 5. Missouri should automatically relocate just themselves, but rather, will prevent retirement age allowed to file for benefits as early 6. Montana because your state happens to tax you from getting your hands on that Though your Social Security as age 62, doing so will result in 7. Nebraska Social Security. Moving to another money until you’re paid up in full. benefits are based on your earnings the maximum possible reduction, 8. New Mexico state with no tax on benefits but Still, you should be aware that your history, the age at which you first which is reason enough to wait until 9. North Dakota a higher cost of living won’t do benefits can be withheld to repay claim them can cause them to get full retirement age, or even beyond. 10. Rhode Island you much good. Just be aware that certain debts you’re liable for. cut. If you file for benefits before 3. Retiring in a state that taxes 11. Utah unless you avoid these 13 states, Your Social Security benefits your designated full retirement Social Security 12. Vermont you might lose a portion of what could spell the difference between age, you’ll lose a portion of the full The state you live in during 13. West Virginia could end up being your primary paying the bills in retirement and monthly payment you’d otherwise retirement will dictate whether you Now the good news is that most retirement income stream. struggling financially throughout. be entitled to. This means that if lose a portion of your benefits to of these states offer some sort of 4. Not correcting errors on As long as you avoid these mis- you’re looking at a full retirement taxes. There are 13 states that tax exemption that helps you avoid your earnings statements takes, you’ll enjoy a more substan- age of 67 and a full monthly benefit Social Security to varying degrees: taxes on benefits if your income As you know by now, your So- tial income stream when you need of $1,600, filing one year ahead of 1. Colorado is low enough. But Minnesota, cial Security benefits are based on it the most. Get Your Social Security Benefit Statement (SSA-1099) By Barbara Duckett one is very easy to do and usually Social Security Public Affairs takes less than 10 minutes. Specialist in Las Vegas If you receive benefits or have Tax season is approaching, and Medicare, your my Social Security Social Security has made replac- account is also the best way to: ing your annual Benefit Statement —Get your benefit verification even easier. The Benefit Statement letter; is also known as the SSA-1099 —Check your benefit and pay- or the SSA-1042S. Now you can ment information; get a copy of your 1099 anytime —Change your address and and anywhere you want using our phone number; online services. —Change your direct deposit A Social Security 1099 is a tax information; form Social Security mails each —Request a replacement Medi- year in January to people who care card; or —Report your wages if you receive Social Security benefits. It work and receive Social Security shows the total amount of benefits disability insurance or Supplemen- you received from Social Security tal Security Income (SSI) benefits. in the previous year so you know If you’re a noncitizen who lives how much Social Security income outside of the United States and you to report to the IRS on your tax received or repaid Social Security return. benefits last year, we will send you If you live in the United States form SSA-1042S in the mail. The and you need a replacement form forms SSA-1099 and SSA-1042S SSA-1099 or SSA-1042S, simply are not available for people who go online and request an instant, receive Supplemental Security printable replacement form through Income (SSI). your personal my Social Security With a personal my Social Se- account at www.socialsecurity.gov/ curity account, you can do much myaccount. of your business with us online, A replacement SSA-1099 or If you already have a my Social and print your SSA-1099 or SSA- on your computer or laptop or even on your time, like get a copy of SSA-1042S is available for the Security account, you can log in 1042S. If you don’t have access to a email it. If you don’t have a my your SSA-1099 form. Visit www. previous tax year after February 1. to your online account to view printer, you can save the document Social Security account, creating socialsecurity.gov to find out more. The two most popular ages for claiming Social Security By Dan Caplinger Instead, the survey showed that retirees The Motley Fool have more patience than you might think. It’s important to maximize your Social Age 65 was the second-most popular choice. Security benefits if you want to be as finan- About 22 percent of retirees surveyed in 2018 cially secure as possible in retirement. Doing took their Social Security when they were so requires thinking carefully about exactly 65, up from 19 percent of those surveyed when you’ll start claiming your benefits, last year. because the wrong choice can be a costly For generations, 65 has been the socially mistake that can last the rest of your life. The accepted age at which people chose to retire. longer you go without Social Security early Lawmakers and the Social Security Admin- on, the greater the monthly payments will be istration have sought to change that general when you do choose to start getting them. idea, raising the full retirement age in part to There’s plenty of analysis that can help encourage longer careers. But even though you figure out what your own personal ideal recent retirees have to take a modest reduc- age for claiming Social Security might be. tion in their monthly payments when they Yet for many people, the experience of their choose to retire at 65, it hasn’t stopped them elders is a helpful learning tool. Thanks to from doing so. By contrast, only 16 percent the new 2018 Retirement Confidence Sur- of retirees first took their benefits between vey from the Employee Benefit Research 66 and 69, and just 5 percent waited to max Institute, you can see when current retirees out their monthly payments at 70. decided to start taking their benefits and Waiting longer to boost how it compares with your own ideas about most common being survivor benefits based Yet the trends are moving away from your Social Security Social Security. on a deceased spouse’s work history, which early claiming. The 2018 figure was down Apart from the most popular ages for When most people most survivors can claim as early as age 60. 6 percentage points from 2017’s number of claiming, the big takeaway from the EBRI claim Social Security By claiming at age 62, retirees were 40 percent for claimers at 62. That suggests survey was that retirees have gradually By far the most popular age at which cur- willing to take a substantially lower monthly that more people see the benefit of waiting a waited slightly longer before taking Social rent retirees started getting monthly Social payment. For those whose full retirement bit longer before taking their Social Security. Security, with the biggest percentage reduc- Security payments was when they turned 62. age was 65, the reduction amounted to 20 The big surprise at No. 2 tion applying to those taking benefits at their About 34 percent of those surveyed picked percent of what they would have gotten had Based on the tendency for people to take first opportunity at 62. age 62 for their start date. they waited three extra years. More recent their benefits as early as possible, you might Waiting as long as possible isn’t always That’s not surprising, because 62 is the retirees with full retirement ages of 66 have think that 63 would be the next most popular the best answer, but in general, being able to earliest age at which most people can claim seen typical reductions of 25 percent by age for Social Security retirees. Yet even hold off on Social Security a bit longer can regular retirement or spousal Social Security claiming early, while for those in the future, when you combine 63- and 64-year-olds raise the amount of desirable guaranteed in- benefits. There are only limited situations in the cut will rise to 30 percent because of the claiming, they add up to just 9 percent of come that you can rely on lasting throughout which retirees can get benefits sooner, the boost in full retirement age to 67. those surveyed. your retired years. October 30-November 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 25 What You Need To Know By Dr Nina Radcliff Tips for Halloween Preparedness & Safety By Dr. Nina Radcliff, MD to look at intersections, on medians Very soon little ghosts, super- and curbs (and backing out and heroes, crowned princesses and pulling into driveways) their friends will be on our streets Preparation to Head —Discourage new, inexpe- —Don’t use candles around decay from sweets, the Ameri- and sidewalks enjoying Halloween into the Dark of Night rienced drivers from driving on doorsteps, walkways, landings, can Dental Association’s Mouth festivities in search of treats. But, When choosing costumes, con- Halloween curtains, small children, and pets Healthy Halloween Campaign, for parents and neighbors, it can sider: Safety First! —Never leave open flames suggests: be tricky. Here are some tips that —Comfortable shoes; avoiding As children take to the streets unattended —Eating candy and sweets will help you manage that fine line costumes that are too long to avoid to trick-or-treat, their risk of being —Consider battery-operated during, or soon after, meals when between Halloween fun and safety. falling, and soft and flexible acces- injured by motorists increases sub- candles, LED or glow-sticks in saliva production increases. Saliva Be Prepared sories in the event of falling on it. stantially. Safety tips include: jack-o-lanterns helps to neutralize acids produced Halloween falls on Thursday —Testing makeup on a small —Ensure children are more —Ensure all smoke alarms are by bacteria as well as rinse away this year, and with just days to go, area of skin to avoid skin reactions visible by dressing them in bright working food particles. “treaters” are finalizing plans to —Flame-resistant costumes, costumes or reflective tape on Moderate Candy Intake —Avoid hard and sticky candies be out. Inevitably, some will race masks, and accessories costumes and bags — and carry Halloween bounty can last for that increase the length of time excitedly to your door. Take extra —If wearing a mask, ensure it flashlights or glow sticks. days, even weeks. Decrease sugar that sugar and acid are exposed to precautions: fits securely, that your child can —Walk on sidewalks whenever and calorie consumption by: your teeth —In the light of day, address breathe easily, and the eye holes are possible, or on the far edge of the —Avoiding trick-or-treating on —Drink plenty of water to wash your lawn, driveway and front path large enough to permit full visibility road facing traffic to stay safe an empty stomach—hunger and a away food particles for any trip hazards like exposed Young children, excited about —Cross the street at crosswalks bag full of candy is a temptation —Make sure to brush for two tree roots, cracks in concrete or the night of trick-or-treating, should or signal lights and make sure to few can resist minutes, twice a day, along with missing pavers. be supervised by a responsible look left, then right, then left again —Instead of candy, hand out flossing — all year round! —Make sure the path to your adult. before crossing, and continue to toys or non-sugary and wholesome Be safe out there and have a home is bright enough for trick-or- Older children and young teens look as you cross. foods such as granola bars, canned happy Halloween! treaters to approach safely. who are trick-or-treating without an —Pay attention! Watch for cars! or dried fruit, popcorn, pretzels, This article is for general in- —Turn-on porch lights, earlier. adult should consider planning and — don’t walk and text!! and apples formation only and should not be —Chances are your dog is reviewing the route they’ll take — Beware of Fire Hazards —If hosting a party, provide used for the diagnosis or treatment friendly but if some Halloween reminding them: Whether vandals or accidents a variety of fruit, veggies, and of medical conditions and cannot costumes are convincing enough to —Never accept rides from are to blame, there are many more cheeses. Consider creative Hal- substitute for the advice from your frighten small children, those same strangers or visit poorly lit homes fires on Halloween than a typical loween recipes like cheesy Colby medical professional. Dr. Nina has get-ups could be equally disturbing —Walk in groups and carry a October night, according to the Jack-o’-lanterns, carrot fingers, or used all reasonable care in com- to your pooch — particularly on flashlight Federal Emergency Management “boo”-nana pops. piling the current information but such a high-energy night. Experts —Stay in touch and abide by Agency (FEMA). Decorations with —Limit candy consumption in it may not apply to you and your recommend keeping your dog in a curfew flames are often used to create a the days that follow to one, two, or symptoms. Always consult a doctor an indoor space that’s comfortable —Keep a cell phone readily festive atmosphere. However, they three treats a day or other health care professional and secure. accessible, but not to be distracted present serious fire risks. Take Dental Health for diagnosis and treatment of —When driving, take extra time by it when walking precautions: To decrease the risk of tooth medical conditions.

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October 30-NovemberJuly 10-16, 5, 2019 / LAS VEGAS TRIBUNE / Page 27 anis, predictionsastonishing based70 percent on lots growth of em- thusAs far technologies to look in more mature detail (al on- ingmate short modeling battery to dolife groundbreak and lack of- frompirical the data year about prior. how Moving much global for- lowinga regional for basis,better especiallybattery storage given charginging research stations into (limiting the likelihood the vehi of- ward,average analysts temperature expect is expectedaround 13 to andthat extendedclimate change driving has range) not onlyand cles’things range), like asfloods well asin high the up-frontPacific percentrise and annualby when. compound growth manufacturerslarge-scale but ramp also up local production conse- purchaseNorthwest, costs, expected are moisturestill holding flux in the“Global EV sector climate for modelsthe foreseeable (GCMs) andquences. prices These come so-calleddown according regional- manyconvergence of us back and ensuingfrom taking drought the future.simulate the interactions between ly,climate consumers models will (RCMs) begin workto look by all-electricin the Southwest, plunge. and, even further theBloomberg atmosphere, New ocean Energy and landFi- exclusivelymagnifying atthe EVs resolution when shopping of GCMs afield,But the projected writing climateis on the change wall nance,to project a research future climate, arm of thebased New on forin anew small, cars. limited area of interest, forand gas impacts guzzling in Southeast passenger Asia. cars York-based media company, ex- Indeed, a recent survey of 2,000 as we overcome these short-term assumptions about future emissions typically within a 3,000 square The analytical techniques being pects sales of passenger EVs to adults living in either California or hurdles. With about 15 percent of greenhouse gases,” reports the mile radius. Only by creating and pioneered at UW are being shared overtake conventional internal the Northeast Tristate Area (NY, NJ, of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions Climate Impacts Group at the Uni- analyzing RCMs can we assess the with researchers around the world combustion-based vehicles by 2038 CT) by consulting firm West Mon- emanating from the tailpipes of versity of Washington (UW). influence of myriad fixed geograph- with the hope that more and more (with EV sales topping 50 million roe Partners found that the majority our internal combustion cars and According to ClimatePrediction. ic conditions and other local factors scientists will start to run RCMs in a year as compared to conventional (59 percent) of respondents think light trucks, and gasoline becoming vehiclenet, a volunteersales of 47 millioncomputing by then). and theirsuch nextas land vehicle height, will land be anuse, electric lakes, moretheir ownand more regions expensive, to help theplanners inev- Afterclimate that, modeling EVs, with projecttheir lower out on of- car.sea breeze,Not surprisingly, mountain ranges the survey and lo- itableplan andswitchover improve to EVspeople’s — despite lives goingthe UK’s fuel andUniversity maintenance of Oxford, costs, foundcalized that weather Gen patternsZers (those on climate born effortsdespite by the the warming Trump administration climate. willglobal continue climate taking models over more(GCMs) and afterimpacts 1996) for area particular especially metropoli inclined- to reduceGCMs nationaland RCMs fuel are efficiency both im- moreare designed of the market to calculate every year, what call the- towardtan area, EVs. state or country. standardsportant tools and inbolster figuring the ailing out howoil ingclimate the veryis doing future (in ofterms the ofinternal wind, That“For said,the practical only 16 planningpercent ofof industryto cope with— is thegoing effects to be ofa win-win climate EarthTalkDear EarthTalk:® Whatis pro are so-- tologistsIn 2018, specifically EVs made love up to onlycreate called regional climate models aboutmodels six of percent how the of totalplanet U.S. and new its combustiontemperature, engine humidity, passenger etc.) atcar a respondentslocal issues suchare drivingas water around resources in forchange, consumers whether and a theworst planet. case 2038 sce- andduced why bydo weRoddy need themScheer given carvarious sales, natural but that systems figure and represents cycles intonumber question. of discrete points on the EVsor flood today, defenses, and concerns countries includ require- can’tnario comeis borne too out soon! or something not thatand we alreadyDoug have Moss pretty decentfor will react with the input of way too Earth’s surface as well as in the information on a much more lo- quite so cataclysmic. atmosphere and out at sea. The cal scale than GCMs are able to * * * * * globalthe 501(c)3climate models? nonprofit -- Rich W., many greenhouse gas emissions in Seattle, WA the atmosphere. Climate science points are then laid out in a grid provide,” adds ClimatePrediction. EarthTalk® is produced by EarthTalkScientists (and. Toeconomists donate, and has come a long way since its covering the planet’s surface. The net. “Regional models provide one Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss for businessvisit www.earthtalk.org. people) love to create early days a few decades back, but more points at play, the finer the res- solution to this problem.” the 501(c)3 nonprofit EarthTalk. models to help predict future out- most of what we think will happen olution (and accuracy) of the model. UW’s Climate Impacts Group To donate, visit www.earthtalk. comesSend as questions a way to direct to: quesplanning- regarding global warming comes Nowadays climate researchers has been able to leverage its exper- org. Send questions to: question@ [email protected]. preparedness efforts. Clima- from global climate models — that are applying what they have learned tise in global and now regional cli- earthtalk.org. Dear EarthTalk: I see more and more EVs out of the road. When will they start to outnumber inter- nal combustion cars on American roads? — Jane L., New Bern, NC Electric vehicles (EVs) have been around about as long as cars themselves. In fact, primitive EVs were the dominant form of auto- motive transportation at the dawn of the auto age in Europe and the U.S. in the late 19th century. It wasn’t until the 1920s — when the U.S. road system was starting to be built out and cheap oil was available from newly tapped Texas oil fields — that internal combus- tion cars began to take over as the predominant vehicles across the United States. And we never looked back. Until recently, that is. Nowadays, EVs (Teslas, Leafs, Bolts, etc.) are indeed everywhere. Analysts estimate the EVs will be cheaper to buy than internal combustion cars as soon as 2022. Beyond that, it’s probably only a matter of two decades before EVs represent the majority of cars, light trucks and It looks like we might have to wait some two decades for electric vehicles (EVs) SUVs plying American roads. to displace internal combustion cars as the kings of the American road. This graphic shows the United Kingdom as represented in a Global Climate Model (GCM), a Regional Climate Model (RCM) and actual observations. LASLAS VEGASVEGAS TRIBUNETRIBUNE CLASSIFIEDSCLASSIFIEDS

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