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Off Topic / Re: What happened to the Vegas I used to know.....smh
« on: November 11, 2025, 01:18:27 PM »
Wynn is up 10% and in general the strip is down 6% gaming revenue.  Wynn's room occupancy was down.  What this means is that they know their market.  THey stated they were not trying to fill rooms, so no lower pricing or comps to not their ideal market.  Seems like they learned from covid reopening as when they and Palazzo/Venetian gave free rooms to lower income people, they got lower income problems.  Like more fights on the casino floors.  Palaz/Ven were the first to revoke giving comps to this demographic, followed shortly by Wynn.

So Wynn's statement about not lowering room prices makes sense.

At least Wynn gives free parking to hotel guest. Most do not. Wynn's snacks/drinks avaiable in their rooms also is lower than other hotels on the strip.  I mean, they're still much higher than Walgreens, but not $25 for a bottle of water.
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Off Topic / Re: What happened to the Vegas I used to know.....smh
« on: November 10, 2025, 04:54:33 PM »
Quote from: QUIETShooter on November 10, 2025, 02:41:05 PM
My daughter is a teacher and keeps in touch with her former students.  2 of her former students are in Vegas right now.

Stuck at the airport. :(  Their flights have been canceled and the airlines are working to get them home.

Plus they said most of the places they went to eat at was junk.  Overpriced and one buffet they went to seemed to have food that was either from the day before or sitting under the heat lamp too long.

Moral of the story:  Don't eat at buffets since visitor count is down, the food will not be refreshed as often. :rofl:

At least they got delayed on the way back and not when going.

there are only 2 buffets on the strip worth it's cost. Bacchanal and Wynn.  All others are way overpriced.

The moral of the story is watch reviews before going.  Or ask friends who are regulars.  I guess many have old vegas in their mind still.
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Political Discussion / Re: Government shutdown
« on: November 10, 2025, 10:58:23 AM »
I hope they also use this for DOGE. All those who didn't show up are then fired.  It made no sense to not show up as you will eventually get your pay.  By not showing up, no pay. Unless sick pay or PTO/vacay was used, but then what is their sick pay protocol.
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Political Discussion / Re: Government shutdown
« on: November 10, 2025, 10:56:53 AM »
Quote from: Heavies on November 10, 2025, 10:31:14 AM
These clowns created the problem of Obama care and purposefully made it unsustainable to use it as leverage against the people and to launder the kickbacks from the insurance companies.  Nothing about this government healthcare helps people.  It helps these politicians and insurance companies make billions of dollars.

Trump posted that any subsidies should be paid to the individual and not the company.
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Political Discussion / Re: Government shutdown
« on: November 10, 2025, 10:01:10 AM »
Quote from: zippz on November 09, 2025, 08:28:51 PM
Exactly 60 votes seems suspicous.  I suspect most Democrats wanted the shutdown to be over but had to save face by just getting the minimum yea votes so they can continue to complain.

So the ACA goes back to it's original subsidy next year.  I think there will still be a blame game but I don't see another shutdown happening.  Most people will be able to afford the increase in healthcare.  The increased subsidies only made up $40 billion (or $450 billion over 10 years) out of the $1.5 trillion the Democrats were demanding during the shutdown.

Overall Republicans won.  People on SNAP will get their food.  Federal employees are gravitating towards Republicans.  Democrats lost respect from their own side.

Word is the DNC who voted for it are not up for re-election.
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Political Discussion / Re: Government shutdown
« on: November 07, 2025, 12:05:05 PM »
Quote from: Westside_Redneck on November 07, 2025, 11:38:49 AM

I hope that this government shutdown will hurt the Dems worse 10x than the Republicans come the midterms!

At this point I am in favor of keeping that government shut down until the "useful idiots" that make up 85% of the party at this point wake up and smell the fat $#!+ coffee they are being served by their selfish senators (looking at you Bozo & $hatz).

I hope the useful idiots come to their f@#%ing senses and turn on their blue-@$$3d constituents when it comes to voting time, seeing them as the ones to blame for the 2 1/2 (possibly +) months worth of pain they caused.

NY, CA, NJ, VA were all off-season elections that purely banked on the short term pain of the government shutdown and months of media driven TDS. The movement against them has got to remain united, America first, constitution first, and no in-fighting EVER!

It's good to have diversity of ideas but PLEASE until we secure a super majority next midterm keep your zionist conspiracy theories, uniparty black-pilling, tariff tantrums, and isolationist idiocy to your GOD D@MNED SELVES!!!  >:(

Trump posted about how this is currrently hurting the GOP for some elections that have taken place.

Schummer is saying the DNC wants a 1 year extetion of the "subsidies" for the ACA and they will sign a temp bill or something.

I hope the GOP doesn't give in because 1 year form now, the DNC will do the same.
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Off Topic / Re: What happened to the Vegas I used to know.....smh
« on: November 07, 2025, 09:08:53 AM »
The issue is "whales" want bigger rooms and not your standard 250sq foot one.  then the companies have various casinos for different clientel. A whale won't usually stay at Excalibur, but instead NYNY at min.

It comes down to diersifying and knowing your clientel.  The casinos pushed as hard as they could and alienated many.  This resulted in months in not a year of loss income from these people. Now they're trying to get them back, which would take time too.

I remember when Summer was slow, so they made summer specials during summer. But they did it too late as many people book vacays months in advance due to requesting time off from work.  This is their mindset, thinking of "what can we get away with". The majority demographic that would take this are the weekend drivers coming in from CA or so on last minute decisions.

All those emptry rooms, keep in mind 2 casinos are missing. So it would be even more.
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Political Discussion / Re: Government shutdown
« on: November 07, 2025, 07:37:21 AM »
Vegas is 1 airport that's going to reduce flights by up to 10%.
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Legal and Activism / Re: HIFICO, Wolford etal vs. Lopez (Hawaii State Sensitive Places Lawsuit)
« on: November 06, 2025, 05:18:49 PM »
Update:

THe amount of papers that the State has that needs to be printed increases the total from $11,000 to $18,000.
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Political Discussion / Re: To Date, there has never........
« on: November 05, 2025, 07:21:45 AM »
I have a theory about the cracking concret.  The rail was supposed to be up and running by then. This way they can blame the car weight, humid weather, and salt water for the crack as wear n tear.
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Political Discussion / Tommy Robinson is free
« on: November 04, 2025, 07:52:57 PM »
Elon Musk paid all his legal fees.

The judge ruled the police had zero evidence and tommy was targeted for politicial reasons.

He 1st reported on illegal migrants back during trumps 1st term when they were pouring into the UK and trump said thats a bad idea.

He was told to stop reporting on the crimes said illegals were committing. He refused and was jailed. There is no free press in the UK.

This time he was stopped and the police wanted the pin to his phone. He refused as he has confidential journalism stuff on it. They jailed him as a terrorist.

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Off Topic / Re: I Weep for the Future of Humanity
« on: November 04, 2025, 03:56:59 PM »
Quote from: macsak on November 04, 2025, 12:34:36 PM
i saw an IG reel that was saying that the people who seem t think 6-7 is so dumb are the same generation that ran around quoting beavis and butthead...

 At least BnB had meaning.  67 is just a random number like if someone said 19 and it had the same meaning of nothingness. Then morons laugh cause youre confused at nothing. But then again, this is the same generation that eats tide pods.
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General Discussion / Re: has anyone been pulled over with their CCW?
« on: November 04, 2025, 03:46:06 PM »
Quote from: Westside_Redneck on November 04, 2025, 02:51:35 PM

How about if are pocket CCing a non lethal device that's gun shaped but deploys pepper spray?

ex
https://thugbusters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Sabre-Aim-and-Fire-Pepper-Gel-Grip-right-hand-scaled.webp

Do non/less-lethal devices need to be disclosed as well? I assume not unless the officer asks about my "third wallet"

For more context as it applies to me, my device contains exactly the amount of pepper gel I am legally allowed to carry without a permit.
Just in case though, I did previously apply for a separate pepper spray permit from the PD back in 2021 before the local laws changed.

Nobody has questioned me about my "third wallet" as of yet and I go in and out of places all the time with it, even post offices
and the bank.

All other tools aren't required by law to be disclosed. I haven't looked into what you linked, so IDK the legality of it.
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Off Topic / Re: I Weep for the Future of Humanity
« on: November 04, 2025, 12:26:48 PM »
67 means nothing. It's a joke against those who don't know that it has no meaning as they try to figure it out or ask you what it means.

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Political Discussion / Re: I Want My EBT
« on: November 04, 2025, 11:19:07 AM »
Quote from: QUIETShooter on November 04, 2025, 11:02:02 AM
"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years"

Oh Oh.........

And he 3rd Reich waned 1000 years. Lose guys were nuts.
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General Discussion / Re: has anyone been pulled over with their CCW?
« on: November 04, 2025, 10:21:32 AM »
Quote from: QUIETShooter on November 04, 2025, 07:44:17 AM
I don't have a CCW but if I did have one and was stopped by an officer, when asked for Driver's license and registration I would hand over my CCW card also.

Then watch them jump 10 feet in the air, draw their weapon and yell "Out of the car with hands up you f*ckn puke of a criminal!!!!!"

 ;) ;) ;) :rofl:

I mean, dis is hawaii, right? :crazy:

You have to do more than that. Read my post above.
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General Discussion / Re: has anyone been pulled over with their CCW?
« on: November 04, 2025, 10:21:03 AM »
Quote from: Kalihi Uka on November 03, 2025, 09:51:18 PM
We can all imagine a nightmare scenario unfolding after we inform the officer we’re carrying.

Primarily I suppose it’s due to the fact that none of US know what THEIR protocol is in this situation - I.e. they ask to see the card & location of the gun, ask you to unload and make safe during the interaction - or what?

Who wants to show your gun to a cop????

It would really reduce a lot of stress around this if there were someone in the know to let us know what their protocol is.

The Honolulu ordinance states you need to disclose the location of the firearm and that you're carrying one and present your CCW IMMEDIATLY.

State law says you just have to inform the officer your carrying. But only if requested by the cop, do you have to disclose it's location and present your CCW.

Failure to do any of the above and if you get charged, you lose your 2A right in Hawaii for 20 years.

Makes you wonder, if you forgot your CCW permit at home, is it in ones best interest to state any of the above?  you're rolling the dice of the officer your interacting with if they let you go and don't log it into any report or their note pad. But then there's bodycam...
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Political Discussion / Re: C;mon man !
« on: November 03, 2025, 06:24:56 PM »
So they can trick you easier and you can use that excuse?
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Political Discussion / Re: Government shutdown
« on: November 03, 2025, 02:32:17 PM »
Quote from: macsak on November 03, 2025, 02:00:32 PM
or a dentist that calls themselves "doctor"...

They call themsleves "real doctors". Focus.
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Legal and Activism / Re: Rhoads is quitting
« on: November 03, 2025, 08:13:15 AM »
During this past mag ban that was very close to happening, he stated when asked if they will try again next session and he said no. I was surprised at this as he's anti 2a and this was he closest they ever got to the ban.

Now it makes more sense if he isn't going for reelection.  Which means a mag ban isn't as important as he stated it was in the past.

But, keep in mind that he still has next year to finish his current term.  So he could slide in all kinds of anti 2a bills as he's still head of the chair.
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