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Francisco 2.0

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  1. You got it all wrong. They can make more money (even a “visa”), get Medicare and social security if they give up the criminal life. You know that’s exactly what Trump believes.
  2. Probably; I’ve never stayed there. Places like Luxor, Circus Circus and Excalibur serve a purpose—-to allow the strip to be attainable to most anyone, regardless of economic class. Vegas needs that—-just like any other touristy area in our country. But, at the same time, to get to that status, places that I mentioned have forsaken maintenance and cleanliness in the name of lower prices. I’m not class shaming here; just stating the obvious. MGM could clean Luxor up, but the room rates would probably triple, and that would drive away a large segment of tourists.
  3. It really wasn’t…it was more of “did they clean the room because someone smoked in a non-smoking room” moisture to the carpet, or maybe someone had thrown up the night before and the carpet needed cleaning. Whatever it was, it wasn’t the entire room, maybe a third of it. Aside from that, however, the biggest disappointment to the room was the fried food smell permeating the room. Out on the balcony-walkway, it smelled like an Allsup’s. Higher up in the pyramid, it probably was not noticeable. We took the wrong inclinator after dinner and was on the opposite side of the pyramid, and there was no smell. One other thing on our walk around half of the pyramid on the walkway; there were a number of rooms with the door open and people loitering out around the rooms. It felt more like an apartment complex than a strip resort. We didn’t feel threatened or uncomfortable, but it was just….odd…to have maybe half a dozen rooms with doors open and the inhabitants spilling out onto the walkway, drinking beer and shooting the shit. Oh, and my wife reminded me of the giant bag of trash outside our room on the walkway when we arrived (and still there the next morning when we checked out).
  4. My wife and I honeymooned years ago in Vegas and stayed at Luxor. We didn’t really know any better at the time. Fast forward to last summer. It was our anniversary; we are staying at Encore (we’ve upgraded resorts for our Vegas trips) and a few weeks prior to the trip, on a whim, I ask her if she wants to spend one night at Luxor on the actual anniversary. She agrees, and I book the same type of room we had years earlier (corner king suite). $93 or something like that (before resort fees) for a mid-week strip suite is cheap. It had been years since we had even stepped foot in Luxor, so this was going to be a field trip of sorts. It was surreal packing an overnight bag, leaving Encore in a taxi, and going to Luxor. We didn’t have to check in; just used the app and our room was ready. We didn’t interact with a single employee at Luxor aside from the people at a bar we posted up in for a few hours. We slept fine. The room was…..ok, other than the smell of fried foods wafting up from the food court below (we were 8th floor, west facing side of the pyramid). There was a splash of what appeared to be red fingernail polish all over the bathroom counter. 2 towels, but no wash clothes or hand towels in the room. The carpet felt moist underfoot. But seriously, the rest of the property was just so, so, so disappointing. Deferred maintenance is one thing, but deferring it for a decade or two is something completely different. We laughed upon arrival, we laughed in the room, and we laughed the next morning when we checked out (amazing to me how long the lines were on check in and check out, when you can use a damn app and just be on your way). Oh, and as we were leaving, there was hundreds of people waiting by an exit, wearing trash bags. We figured it was for some convention, but no. It was for that damned Mr. Beast fiasco in Vegas last summer And here’s a recent article on a stay at Luxor https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/luxor-vegas-strip-hotel-stay-20211924.php
  5. It keeps being said that Trump bought a car. We all know this cheap fuck didn't actually scratch out a check to Elon or Tesla Motors. If anything, the White House petty cash drawer paid for the car.
  6. Meanwhile, Hannity is choosing to report on the news of the day
  7. I was told it was strong
  8. We really need Musk to ban Trump from Twitter and then gloat about it. I know Trump doesn't use Twitter, but the optics of it would be splendid. Follow up: Musk then should block the White House and all of the cabinet officers as well. Go all in. No half measures.
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