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MidTexHorn

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  1. I just sent a Mayor Pete text around to my pretty liberal immediate family and my son surprised me by saying that his best buddy who is a pretty solid libertarian had just sent him a Mayor Pete article and said that he liked the guy. Not sure what to read into it, other than that a smart, coherent guy appeals to smart folks, even if they are of different political persuasions, especially in this time when we're ruled by morons.

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  2. Just now, OatmealRaisinCookie said:

    6 one way, half a dozen the other.

    The point is, for middle class folks, it will be much much more taxing instead of using employer insurance.

    Do you have a clue how much of your plan is being paid for by your employer? It's likely over $1,000/mo. If that was coming out of your pocket every month, you might feel a bit differently about your health insurer.

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  3. 5 minutes ago, pops said:

    Yeah, it will be a shit show. The week before is actually one of my favorite weeks in Vegas with all of the conference tournaments going on.  That's when I'll be there. 

    You won't get a table at one of the books on the strip unless you are there at 5AM like you said, but you might have better luck at something on Fremont (the D or the Nugget) or head South to the Southgate or way South to the M if you really want to chill and watch games. Usually crowds will dissipate farther from the epicenter. 

    Or you could really say fuck it and head an hour north to the casa Blanca in mesquite. 

    That being said... The energy at a place like Caesars when a game is close on the spread or a dog is about to cover/win outright that weekend is one of the coolest things ever. 

     

    Yeah, I have to experience it once. There are lots of places where you can reserve a table if you pay enough. That's probably what we'll do.

  4. 1 hour ago, Landomatic said:

    I was there once during March Madness and it was a shit show.  It was like all the worst parts of Vegas on steroids.  TONS of douchey groups of dudes everywhere and really hard to go anywhere or do anything.  Sorry to rain on your parade, but you couldn't pay me to go to Vegas during March Madness again.

    Fully expecting a shit show, that's why we've booked Top Golf one day and are looking to book something else for Saturday. I'm not waking up at 5:00 a.m. to grab a table.

  5. 12 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

    Absinthe sounds great. Actually saw the Beatles Love several years ago but, ahem, fell asleep due to excess inebriation.

    That's funny. I did that during Love too a few years back. I don't do the late shows any more for that reason. I'll third the Absinthe recommendation.

  6. 1 hour ago, Alvin89 said:

    Me and the wife are planning on going over Cinco De Mayo weekend for the Canelo fight. We've stayed at MGM, Vdara, Wynn,Caesars, and Monte Carlo on our previous trips. Hotels.com has Mandalay Bay at $203, Paris at $270, Mirage at $224,  Aria at $299, and Caesars at $242.  We have never been during pool weather, any suggestions on which one of those would be best pool wise?

    Probably Caesars or Mandalay, but I'm not really a pool guy. I'd vote Caesars for location.

  7. Heading out for first weekend of March Madness, first time doing that. Staying at Harrah's.  I'm a member of the March Madness in Las Vegas Facebook group which has a ton of info about watch parties, sports books, etc. but I'm looking for any first hand experience y'all have from that weekend. We have one afternoon booked at Top Golf in the top floor cabanas and are thinking we'll probably wander the Linq area one afternoon and probably hit downtown one night. Any specific experiences/watch parties that y'all recommend?

  8. 2 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

    There are some deplorables I keep around on my social media accounts for exactly this kind of potential schadenfreude.  

    Yup. I told my wife about that possibility and I've never seen her giggle so much. Would be glorious.

  9. As someone who voted Dem in reliably Republican Midland County, I think I can pretty safely say that more than anything folks out here are simply straight ticket Republican voters. They look at you like you're an absolute loon if you even suggest the idea of voting for anyone who's not a republican. I don't care how good the Democratic candidate was, or even how conservative he was, I think it would be nearly impossible to cut into that straight ticket margin.

    I would list the issues that I heard discussed by all of my Republican friends and co-workers, in order, as follows:

    1) Guns

    2) Immigration/caravan (lots of subtle and not so subtle racism in these comments)

    3) General jabs at liberals/SJWs/MeToo/liberal women/Kavanagh, etc.

    I'm sure religious conservatism and abortion underlie a lot of the undying devotion to the Republican brand, but those weren't hot topics of discussion this go round.

  10. Yup. I tried to have a political discussion with my father in law a month back and some of the first words out of his mouth were about how the Democrats are going to take away his medicare and social security. We just had to agree not to discuss politics any more. I was dumbfounded at the disconnect from reality.

  11. So looking at Zork's numbers above, it's really interesting to me that about 30% of the voters have never voted in a primary and about 10% haven't voted period. No clue about past elections, but those are some huge numbers and if they break hard for one candidate they could seriously impact the race.

  12. 4 minutes ago, Message Board User said:

    Just spoke with my parents who live in Scottsdale - my 76 year old Dad, who NEVER votes Democratic, cast his vote for Sinema. 

    But he's a fiscal conservative and he knows that those who care about fiscal responsibility and aren't seething with anger at "others" have no place in Trump's GOP.

    It’s refreshing to hear of open minded older folks who are still capable of thinking for themselves. My wife’s grandad is one as well, but they sure seem to be in the minority these days. 

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