Aerial photo of Las Vegas in 1920 from Wikipedia "History of Las Vegas" page.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Las_Vegas#/media/File:Nevada_-_Las_Vegas_-_NARA_-_23942361_(cropped).jpg
Cool aerial photo of Las Vegas in 1920 looking NE to Nellis AFB and The Frenchman. You can clearly see North LVB running off to Nellis, and the intersection of Charleston and Fremont St / Boulder Highway bottom left.
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In case anyone from Las Vegas, Nevada is confused - no there wasn't a big grocery store here in 1899, this photo is from our Las Vegas, New Mexico namesake.
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The British would call all of them, men and women, "a bunch of feckless ass kissing c**ts" because that word is gender neutral there.
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This is the kind of petty snowflake who think they are gods we have running this country.
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Couldn't make up my mind what is worse - a really bad muscle cramp or back spasms. Then I remembered it's definitely the latter since it's the only pain I've experienced that has a) caused hyperventilation, b) had me literally paralyzed with fear, c) landed me in hospital dosed with fentanyl.
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As an atheist and humanist that's a no brainer. There are many more like him but their voices are drowned by the money and power hungry Christian Nationalists running this country. They are neither Christian or for this nation, they are just in it for greed and self-enrichment.
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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico
I think Bari Weiss' fingerprints are all over the decision of CBS to prevent Stephen Colbert from airing his interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico. And based on a mere memo that talk shows might need to comply with equal time rules for broadcast news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7D...
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Nevada OSHA said it was a violation then Lombardo, friend of Trump, stepped in to override it. After uproar Trump's Federal OSHA stepped in to reprimand Nevada OSHA for rushing to fine The Boring Company without following correct procedures. Shocker.
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She did pretty good.
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Google street view of 6th and Douglas Avenue
See: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6UYdrxXDbjhfRbW68
How it looks today...
17.02.2026 18:30 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
and Guardians Of Pedophiles.
17.02.2026 18:22 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Do you think Bari Weiss had her sticky little fingers on keeping him off the air?
Frankly ***k CBS and their orange ass kissing collaboration.
17.02.2026 18:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I see you have MAGA Christian Nationalist too, they are probably getting money directly from MAGA central. There's nothing Christian about them at all.
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"There's nothing Christian about Christian nationalism, it is the worship of power in the name of Christ, and it is a betrayal of Jesus of Nazareth".
Let that sink in, and well said @jamestalarico.bsky.social
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Another example of how Trump fueled anti American sentiment is going to hurt the ludicrously profitable US based payment companies Visa and MasterCard. Good for Europe, could you tackle social media next?
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Translation... US is down 22%
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I'll take them over the ones that elected the Godless Atheist Fascist antichrists.
16.02.2026 18:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hemant Mehta aka "The friendly atheist" is a great person for atheists to follow on Bluesky. You would also do well to peruse his follow list for many other people to follow. You'll also discover his penchant for crosswords.
16.02.2026 18:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
You do the (midterm) math: Trump's 36% approval, MAGA's $304 million
He's not on the ballot, but President Trump's rating will matter in November. Kitchen-table angst, too. Three key numbers give clues to what's ahead.
I want to know how many of the non-Dems who disapprove of him do so not because he's too fascist but because he isn't fascist and pro Christian enough. And even if not the latter my guess is few care about his lawless and self dealing presidency, they just want lower grocery prices.
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Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
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Very nice but can we have post editing next?
16.02.2026 17:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
They fully plan to put the homeless in them next. Once their Soylent factories are done processing all the brown people. They will come up with some catchy name for their workhouses... Freedom Factories?
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You nailed the purpose of religion - power and control, and if it wasn't so effective the elite would have eliminated it long ago.
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I always say that if they can prove that voter fraud accounts for x percent of the vote then they can require voter ID when the percent who don't have it is less than x. They can't prove fraud accounts for even one thousandth of a percent so when more than 99.999% of Americans have ID let's talk.
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I thought Trump destroyed Ian's nuclear program. Oops, that's embarrassing.
16.02.2026 06:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Scott's Smart Home
Massive new Tesla Supercharger site coming to Nevada. EV charging on the I-15 near Las Vegas. #ev
A massive new supercharger is coming on I-15 between Las Vegas and Primm including pull through spots for EVs towing.
#LasVegas #Nevada #EV
youtu.be/PDVNfjVWons
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But he persuaded Gallup to stop doing the favorability polling.
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And we should remember the water allocations are based on a lie - there was never enough water flowing in the Colorado River to support them in the 1900s when the multi State pact was signed. There is even less now. The current state and refusal to change is insanity.
#DeadPoolNow
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3.1M of California's allocation goes to Imperial Valley agriculture. Until recently they have taken every drop - until Federal money was spent to pay them not to. They do crazy stuff like grow alfalfa that is then flown to Saudi Arabia to feed cattle in a desert.
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FTR Las Vegas has a legal right to take 300K acre feet of water a year. But our net use is as low as 225K and efforts are in progress to reduce that by another 10%. 98% or more of indoor water supply is recycled, we are very efficient. CA and AZ take 4.4M and 2.8M respectively.
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