Althouse: Blue Las Vegas.

November 5, 2017

Blue Las Vegas.

From the past week, when I was in Las Vegas.

93 comments:

Yancey Ward said...: It's ok to be blue.; 11/5/17, 11:11 AM
tcrosse said...: It's not easy being green.; 11/5/17, 11:13 AM
Big Mike said...: You went to Las Vegas and saw the sky? The casinos don’t want you back, lady.; 11/5/17, 11:22 AM
Jaq said...: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mueller-has-enough-evidence-bring-charges-flynn-investigation-n817666

A lot of hand-waving here to tie this to "collusion" given that the man worked for Trump for 24 days.

I especially liked this line: If the senior Flynn is charged, he would be the first current or former Trump administration official formally accused of criminal wrongdoing by the Mueller team.

Ummm, there still haven't been any "current Trump administration officials" charged, this doesn't change that, but they wanted to write it so badly.; 11/5/17, 11:29 AM
rehajm said...: Saudi Prince Alwaleed Arrested

This one's tough for lefties to spin into standard MSM Trump hate as Trump openly feuded with the prince. Likely MSM will try to throw the new Saudi regime under the bus despite recent pro feminist reforms.; 11/5/17, 12:00 PM
walter said...: Creepy expression on David Cop-a-Feel.
Gonna check out the beefcake show?; 11/5/17, 12:17 PM
gadfly said...: So I search and searched the Althouse Flickr photos but found nary a pic of the Mandalay Bay with its busted windows. Nor were we kept apprised of the Vegas goings-on regarding the shooter's likely motives nor the mysterious shutdown of the disseminating of official news through press conferences - so the question is:

What the hell do you think we sent you out there for in the first place, Althouse?; 11/5/17, 12:22 PM
Sebastian said...: Should I feel harassed by that Girls' Night Out billboard?; 11/5/17, 12:25 PM
Ann Althouse said...: I saw. Mandalay Bay and even took pictures of the boarded up windows but I deleted them because I saw no purpose to that was not in poor taste.

I don’t do tourism on murder, and my trip plans predated the carnage.; 11/5/17, 12:27 PM
gadfly said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/5/17, 12:41 PM
gadfly said...: Ann - Sorry, I didn't mean to offend or to step on a sore toe - it was my poor attempt to be funny.

On a more serious note, many would be interested in your take on the after-effect of this horrible event on Vegas as a wall-to-wall party town. Surely there must be some talk.

Perhaps another time in another post?; 11/5/17, 12:46 PM
Humperdink said...: Speaking of David Cop-A-Feel, George H W Bush stated he voted for Hillary. W, a chip off the old swamp, abstained from voting in the presidential portion of the ballot.

Jeb, Neil, Dorothy, and Marvin were unavailable for comment.; 11/5/17, 1:19 PM
Humperdink said...: Some lefties commenting last night stated that it was too early to deem the attack on Rand Paul as politically motivated. In what comes as no shock to most, it was a politically motivated assault.

http://www.dailywire.com/news/23179/authorities-claim-sen-rand-paul-attack-was-emily-zanotti

As an aside, Paul was on the softball field when Steve Scalise was shot by the Bernie supporter. Since Paul was not injured, this slipped by the radar. The party peace, tolerance and love may want to rethink their mantra.; 11/5/17, 1:32 PM
Ralph L said...: Mass shooting at a Texas church this morning.
I've heard 24 dead.; 11/5/17, 1:58 PM
ALP said...: The last image is my hands down fav!; 11/5/17, 2:00 PM
Ralph L said...: Looks like those belt buckles would be uncomfortable to dance in. They'd have to completely undo them to bend over, and I bet some of them do so again after the show.; 11/5/17, 2:16 PM
walter said...: W and Gadfly..sportin' the "Don't blame me" bumper stickers.
Hey..what are folks here doing for Wednesday's Bark at the moon..err..Scream at the sky event?; 11/5/17, 2:16 PM
walter said...: Ralph,
They look sufficiently greased up so as to let them just slide off those pants.; 11/5/17, 2:18 PM
Kevin said...: George H W Bush stated he voted for Hillary. W, a chip off the old swamp, abstained from voting in the presidential portion of the ballot.

Still Lifelong Republicans in good standing, however.

How many Republican Senators voted for Hillary? McCain for sure. Graham probably not, because he was too scared it might get out.; 11/5/17, 2:50 PM
walter said...: For Laslo:
Tex Hooper; 11/5/17, 3:17 PM
Jaq said...: I drove my two daughters past Mar a Lago last Christmas so that they could roll down the windows and flip off Trump. I think that later they closed the road during the time he is there. It didn't help, they are still convinced that it's a matter of avoiding nuclear war to impeach him. I haven't had the heart to tell them what kind of Senate majority they will need to do that.; 11/5/17, 4:16 PM
Jaq said...: And after all of this hatred.

Yet for all his shortcomings, Trump runs a dead heat with Hillary Clinton among 2016 voters in a hypothetical rematch in this ABC News/Washington Post poll, underscoring Clinton’s own enduring unpopularity. Ninety-one percent of Trump voters say they’d support him again (albeit down from 96 percent in April). And marking a still-struggling opposition, 61 percent of Americans say Democratic leaders are mainly criticizing Trump, not presenting alternatives.

That's so depressing, that that many people would still vote for Hillary.; 11/5/17, 4:20 PM
Bay Area Guy said...: As a joke, Larry David would call this post, "Jew Las Vegas" instead of "Blue Las Vegas" and and then get in trouble by some people for some vague reason.; 11/5/17, 4:26 PM
MadisonMan said...: I envy your view of Blue skies. That would be a tonic.; 11/5/17, 4:39 PM
I Have Misplaced My Pants said...: I paid $6+ for a package of baby wipes at that Walgreen's.; 11/5/17, 5:19 PM
I Have Misplaced My Pants said...: Mass shooting at a Texas church this morning.
I've heard 24 dead.

Not too far from where I live; my local news is on the scene. Story so far is that it was a small congregation and there were about 50 people there, and he shot every single one of them, including the 14 year old daughter of the pastor and a 2 year old child.

Horrible.; 11/5/17, 5:26 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: “Devin Patrick Kelley has been identified as the gunman who killed at least 24 people at a church in Texas, a U.S. official tells The Daily Beast. A week before he committed the worst massacre at a place of worship in American history, Kelley posted a photo of an assault rifle to Facebook with the caption: “She's a bad bitch.”

Kelley, 26, was a resident of New Braunfels, a suburb of San Antonio, according to public records. Kelley was married and his mother-in-law listed a P.O. box in Sutherland Springs as a mailing address. San Antonio police reportedly raided Kelley's home on Sunday evening. A LinkedIn account appearing to belong to Kelley describes him as serving in the U.S. Air Force from his 2009 high-school graduation until 2013, after which he briefly taught at a summer Bible school.“

https://www.thedailybeast.com/devin-patrick-kelley-idd-as-sutherland-springs-church-killer; 11/5/17, 5:33 PM
HT said...: Open carry
Concealed carry
Thoughts and prayers; 11/5/17, 5:45 PM
veni vidi vici said...: How does one spend more than 2-3 days in Vegas, much less an entire week?; 11/5/17, 5:54 PM
Clyde said...: Kelley was married and his mother-in-law listed a P.O. box in Sutherland Springs as a mailing address.

You have to wonder if she attended that church, and if that had something to do with it.

All I can say is WTF is wrong with people like that asshole?; 11/5/17, 6:00 PM
narciso said...: Courtmartialed in 2014, dishonorably discharged; 11/5/17, 6:02 PM
Sprezzatura said...: "All I can say is WTF is wrong with people like that asshole?"

Islam.; 11/5/17, 6:03 PM
Sprezzatura said...: "I don’t do tourism on murder, and my trip plans predated the carnage."

You need to name it to defeat it. As w/ Texas today (and the many hundreds of other annual mass shootings in the States) this was not just murder. It was Islamo facist terrorism. Must be named to be defeated.

Duh.; 11/5/17, 6:10 PM
Jaq said...: If Islam has nothing to do with any of it, then given the nearly vanishingly small Islamic population in the United States, they should be showing up pretty rarely, somewhere around the numbers of Jewish mass murderers.; 11/5/17, 6:11 PM
rcocean said...: Devin Patrick Kelley - doesn't sound like a Baptist to me.

Sounds more like Irish Catholic.

Stereotyping?

Supposedly a member of Antifa and a atheist, per Twitter.; 11/5/17, 6:11 PM
HT said...: What difference does his religion make? And does it matter if he is Christian? Or only if he is Muslim?

What about Baptist or Catholic? Lutheran? Presbyterian?; 11/5/17, 6:13 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: Maybe he belonged to the Church of the Gun.; 11/5/17, 6:15 PM
Sprezzatura said...: TinV,

Jews rape gals, Muslims murder, blacks murder, black Muslims murder the most, whites have inexplicable outbursts.

Got it.; 11/5/17, 6:15 PM
Sprezzatura said...: "What difference does his religion make?"

If you can't name it, you can't defeat it.

Duh.; 11/5/17, 6:18 PM
HT said...: O MY GOD - what if he was a METHODIST?!!!!!; 11/5/17, 6:20 PM
Sprezzatura said...: HT,

He's Muslim. Same as the other many hundreds of mass murderers in the US every year.; 11/5/17, 6:22 PM
HT said...: o okay thanks; 11/5/17, 6:27 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: Maybe he included some gun safety tips when he taught Sunday school.; 11/5/17, 6:32 PM
pacwest said...: And in other news: Seth Rich is still dead.; 11/5/17, 6:39 PM
jaed said...: General request for information:

What the HELL is going on in Saudi Arabia? Does anyone know?; 11/5/17, 6:42 PM
Sprezzatura said...: "General request for information:

What the HELL is going on in Saudi Arabia? Does anyone know?"

That's what an effective Executive looks like. If DJT's law enforcement staff doesn't follow Tweet orders, he'll need to replace them so we can get some Saudi-style justice over here.; 11/5/17, 6:48 PM
narciso said...: Ptobablu atheist antifa, prince tale has many retainer in Frankfurt, Cambridge new haven; 11/5/17, 6:56 PM
Jaq said...: Jews rape gals, Muslims murder, blacks murder, black Muslims murder the most, whites have inexplicable outbursts.

No, whites certainly murder, and whites are punching above their weight in the serial killer department. It's just that given the fact that Muslims are such a tiny percentage of the population, they sure are punching above their weight in the mass murder department.

You seem to be the one in some kind of denial about statistics and probabilities. I guess because you think that stuff is for losers. Or at least your character here does.; 11/5/17, 7:03 PM
pacwest said...: "What the HELL is going on in Saudi Arabia? Does anyone know?"

Pure guesswork here...
Trump got the Suads to agree to shut down funding of the Wahabism during his early visit. That much was reported. Some of the players weren't to happy about it and now they are being purged. It's a rosy picture, but one of the possibilities. I've not seen any reporting to verify this. Darker interpretations are possible.; 11/5/17, 7:08 PM
bagoh20 said...: The Mandalay Bay windows have been replaced for a while now. I drive by it every day on the way to work, as well as that sign with those poor boys with no shirts and those terrible body disfiguring tumors all over them. Why would someone take that picture of them without giving them shirts first. I'm all for helping poor disadvantaged youths with horrible medical issues, but that just seems cruel exploitation to me. I bet they don't even get any of the money collected to help them. Shameful!; 11/5/17, 7:15 PM
narciso said...: Prince muqrin was son of for crown prince and spy chief,shot down over asir, a long time Al queda (aqap) stronghold, several of the hijackers and the bomb maker for the latter hail from there.; 11/5/17, 7:18 PM
D. said...: > Unknown said...

Maybe he belonged to the Church of the Gun.<

From Faceborg it look like he was in an atheist/CNN coven.; 11/5/17, 7:25 PM
narciso said...: So in that it makes sense
https://mobile.twitter.com/SaadAbedine/status/9272683558027427846; 11/5/17, 7:29 PM
D. said...: >https://mobile.twitter.com/SaadAbedine/status/9272683558027427846<

Sorry, that page doesn't exist!; 11/5/17, 7:51 PM
Big Mike said...: In breaking news, the “minor injuries” sustained by Rand Paul include five broken ribs and a damaged lung. You Democrats, you really are a pathetic bunch of disgusting criminals.

In other breaking news, Tom Perez, DNC chairman, thinks white men who own pickup trucks are all racists.

We have an odd crop of thoroughly illiberal “liberals” in this country.; 11/5/17, 7:57 PM
bagoh20 said...: Has anyone offered up a theory as to why Whites are so over-represented among serial killers?
It's a fascinating question.; 11/5/17, 8:00 PM
D. said...: >Has anyone offered up a theory as to why Whites are so over-represented among serial killers?<

Nobody wants to look too closely at the data?; 11/5/17, 8:11 PM
Sprezzatura said...: Big Mike,

Don't forget that Tom's #2 is Moooooslim.; 11/5/17, 8:13 PM
Big Mike said...: What does Tom Perez's co-chair have to do with Tom's race-baiting?; 11/5/17, 8:14 PM
Inga...Allie Oop said...: Rumor has it that Rand Paul was schtuping the guy’s wife and got his ass kicked but good.; 11/5/17, 8:34 PM
Jaq said...: Rumor has it that the guy was a socialist who believed that opposition to single payer was mass murder.; 11/5/17, 8:39 PM
n.n said...: why Whites are so over-represented among serial killers?

Two reasons. One, the numbers favor it. Two, the character favors it. Specifically, whites have been conditioned to do something and do it well (e.g. complete).; 11/5/17, 8:45 PM
FullMoon said...: bagoh20 said... [hush][hide comment]

Has anyone offered up a theory as to why Whites are so over-represented among serial killers?
It's a fascinating question.

Since 1990, blacks represent the greatest percentage of serial killers as defined by the FBI

http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Serial%20Killer%20Information%20Center/Serial%20Killer%20Statistics.pdf; 11/5/17, 8:49 PM
n.n said...: Perhaps "Church of the Illegal Gun Owner." A controversial sect of the Pro-Choice Church.

Think of the gun. Ban illegal gun owners.

... and scalpels. Ban abortionists and Planners/cannibals.; 11/5/17, 8:50 PM
n.n said...: Since 1990, blacks represent the greatest percentage of serial killers as defined by the FBI

Unqualified progress. Still, progress (i.e. monotonic change) nonetheless.; 11/5/17, 8:56 PM
D. said...: >Unknown said...

Rumor has it that Rand Paul was schtuping the guy’s wife and got his ass kicked but good.<

rumor has it you're a fucking idiot.; 11/5/17, 9:06 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: Unknown said...
Rumor has it that Rand Paul was schtuping the guy’s wife and got his ass kicked but good.

I heard it was his son.; 11/5/17, 9:07 PM
bagoh20 said...: "Since 1990, blacks represent the greatest percentage of serial killers as defined by the FBI"

That definition is not what most of us think of as serial killers, who are psychologically obsessed with killing. That definition includes gang killing which is something else. I already understand why that happens mostly with minorities, but why are Whites so over-represented among the other kind, who are very different and almost exclusively do it alone or with just one other person in the know. It's an entirely different thing, not better or worse, but definitely different.; 11/5/17, 9:07 PM
bagoh20 said...: "In other breaking news, Tom Perez, DNC chairman, thinks white men who own pickup trucks are all racists."

It's really overwhelming evidence at this point. I'm a bad man.

Tom, you are now responsible for any self-destructive behavior I my exhibit. You made me hate myself.; 11/5/17, 9:20 PM
D. said...: >, who are psychologically obsessed with killing. That definition includes gang killing which is something else.<

the stupid/anal retentive shows; 11/5/17, 9:29 PM
Etienne said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/5/17, 9:36 PM
Big Mike said...: ARM may think Rand Paul's injuries are funny. I trust this is a minority point of view.; 11/5/17, 9:36 PM
mockturtle said...: Rcocean writes: Supposedly a member of Antifa and a atheist, per Twitter.

Yes, according to his FB page [that has been deleted now, apparently] he was an atheist, Trump hater and had an 'Antifascist' emblem on his page.; 11/5/17, 9:52 PM
wwww said...: The news this weekend is horrible and strange. The church shooting is pure evil.

WTF is going on in Saudi Arabia?

The Rand Paul attack is bizarre. HIs neighbour is an anesthesiologist and Paul has 5 ribs broken. Why? What?? An anesthesiologist neighbour did this???; 11/5/17, 9:52 PM
wwww said...: Supposedly a member of Antifa

I obviously have no idea who this guy is -- but the profile of "antifa" isn't "anesthesiologist who lives in gated community next door to Senator."; 11/5/17, 9:54 PM
bagoh20 said...: D.,

So if a string of murder victims showed up dumped in the river or buried like serial killers do, you would suspect a 15-year-old gang member who does drive by shootings? Isn't it past your bed time?; 11/5/17, 9:54 PM
The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...: The revolution was supposed to begin yesterday but, on the University of Washington campus at least, they must have decided to wait for more clement weather. Nobody there but football fans and a smattering of waterproof Asians.; 11/5/17, 9:55 PM
wwww said...: Has anyone offered up a theory as to why Whites are so over-represented among serial killers?

I've got two theories.

1) Statistically, the majority of people in the country are white. Those types of serial killers are psychologically bizarre and fairly rare. It would make sense, from a statistical point of view, the profile would be a white man.

2) Totally unrelated. But African American church culture is based on community. The more people are intermeshed with community & church or other institutions, the harder it is to hide bizarre serial killings? Not as many loners?; 11/5/17, 9:57 PM
mockturtle said...: Twas the church shooter, not the Rand Paul assaulter, who was Antifa.; 11/5/17, 9:57 PM
mockturtle said...: But the Rand Paul assaulter was alleged to be a registered Democrat and had been a prolific poster of antiTrump messages. I doubt those features had anything to do with what was more likely a personal issue.; 11/5/17, 10:00 PM
mockturtle said...: Cracker says: The revolution was supposed to begin yesterday but, on the University of Washington campus at least, they must have decided to wait for more clement weather. Nobody there but football fans and a smattering of waterproof Asians.

The Huskies mowed down the Ducks and--Wow!--'Wazoo' beat Stanford! The Apple Cup should be very interesting this year! Go Dawgs!; 11/5/17, 10:16 PM
narciso said...: Its a complicated proxy war between price talals forces who were close to abdullah but also funded a sir amount of salami activity in the west, with prince salmon who seems to be running most of the country, in loco parente, the king supported radicals likevthosr in bosnia in the 90s, but seems to have turned a page.; 11/5/17, 10:28 PM
rcocean said...: White serial killers over-represented?

You must not understand that while its no longer a 90% white America - its still 75% white, and that "Hispanics" are counted as "White" in the crime stats.

Besides, if you'd been paying attention, the 12-14% of the country that is black is over-represented population. Not white people.; 11/5/17, 10:36 PM
Sprezzatura said...: "Go Dawgs!"

BTW, maybe that dude in Louisiana was asking for the lawyer gal that got $32 million from Bill O. She was a lawprof at UW (i.e., left coast UW, not the Althouse UW). Lawyer Dawg.; 11/5/17, 10:41 PM
narciso said...: Yes Islamic extremism is the usual word, but salafi is more specific

https://mobile.twitter.com/michellebvd/status/927370474606043136; 11/5/17, 10:41 PM
rcocean said...: I assume Senator Paul will issue a statement about how he "Forgives" his assailant and how it was all "Unfortunate" and "Politics get heated at times".

IOW, the usual wimpy, Republican, turn the other cheek, look at what a fine Christian Gentleman I am, nonsense.

Of course, why is Senator Paul mowing his lawn? If i was a US Senator, I'd be in the Senate doing my very important job or relaxing with my family. I wouldn't be arguing with my obscure, powerless "Neighbors".; 11/5/17, 10:42 PM
n.n said...: and that "Hispanics" are counted as "White" in the crime stats

The white Hispanic. I forgot about that weird twist of legal gerrymandering.; 11/5/17, 11:18 PM
WarrenPeese said...: We stayed at the Delano last August, which is part of the same complex as Mandalay Bay. I'm not sure we'll ever go back. We got a great deal on the room, but had to pay a $40 recreation fee, and everything else was absurdly expensive, like paying $14 for a couple of venti Pike Places at Starbucks. Having taken lots of statistics courses in college, the gambling is just a waste of money. If I were to spend money in Nevada, it'd be for skiing or golf at Tahoe.; 11/5/17, 11:26 PM
Lyle Smith said...: Amos Yee is in America. Not far from Althouse & Meade. He was in jail for 10 months apparently thanks to immigration issues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBNE71ZCobY; 11/6/17, 12:43 AM
grackle said...: The gunman in Texas was careful to choose a gun-free zone (also known as “shooter-magnets”). Churches are one of the few places in Texas where guns are illegal to carry. But after the gunman exited the church he also exited the gun-free zone and a passerby who had heard the gunfire shot the gunman as the gunman was attempting to leave the scene.

A good guy with a gun kept the gunman from possibly killing more people. The passerby, with another civilian, then followed the gunman in a car chase. After a few miles the gunman bled out and ended up running off the highway into a field – dead in his vehicle.

Any sizeable gathering in Texas is probably going to contain a few citizens who are armed and who will shoot back. So no matter if you are “crazy,” “deranged” or legally “insane,” if your intent is to murder some folks in Texas you need to be sane enough to plan carefully.; 11/6/17, 5:02 AM
HT said...: Churches have the right to choose, grackle.

Yes, according to his FB page [that has been deleted now, apparently] he was an atheist, Trump hater and had an 'Antifascist' emblem on his page.

“This was not racially motivated, it wasn’t over religious beliefs, it was a domestic situation going on,” Mr. Martin added.; 11/6/17, 5:04 PM
Bad Lieutenant said...: I guess the churches that don't want guns have some Father Brown scenario in mind where they calmly take the gun out of the madman's hands just as the police arrive too late. Then they want the poor sod to be threatened with jail for violating the No Guns In Our Church ordnance, whereupon the good father can perhaps show even a little more mercy and refuse to press charges.

Unfortunately this nameless motherless toad whose name I remember not at all to my great glee, did not see that movie, he saw Kill Bill Part 1.; 11/6/17, 8:26 PM
Bad Lieutenant said...: As we know more about what happened, which always takes time, and, and, we will hopefully have a better understanding of what happened.; 11/6/17, 8:34 PM