Reno and Beyond: We Worship Wonkette
- Vote on the best name for Reno’s new pedestrian plaza so we don’t have to keep calling it that. We are keeping the poll up all week to get a good, and very scientific and statistically significant sample. Who’s Griffin by the way? And am I right to suspect that the owner of the 3rd Street Blues club or their friend reads Discontents? And somebody else suggested “Plaza de Minx,” I swear. I think it was even before the as yet unindentified cleavage appeared on this site. We are not trying to fix the results. The poll is up yonder on the left.
- Dina Titus returns a $10,000 campaign contribution she somehow solicited from herself. I do that all the time. Myrna, you really need to pay youself the $30 bucks it would take to get a good pedicure, your toenails are nasty. Ralston wonders if Muth will be quiet about it now….who can tell.
- How does rain cause a power outage? Was there lightening involved? Did the rain put out the fire powering Sparks? Wasn’t someone able to relight the pilot light? Me no understand.
- Rosalyn Carter will be in Reno on Thursday. Here’s the schedule of events:
- 9:30 a.m: “Coffee with the Carters” (Jack & Rosalynn) at Bibo’s Coffee, 680 Mount Rose Street, Reno.
- 11:30 a.m: Disability Awareness Day event, TMCC, 7000 Dandini Boulevard, Reno.
- 2:00 p.m: Tour and meeting with nurses at UNR Nursing Clinic, 401 W. 2nd St., Reno.
- Battle Born News Opinion endorses a Democrat? Okay, not really, but its probably as close as they’ll ever come. And they’re right, all politicians owe the voters specific information about the legislation they would support or offer, and about how they plan to spend their elected term. David Bobzien is obviously the better choice for Assembly District 24.
- Sometimes environmentalists and developers can sit down at the same table and come to an agreement. It worked in Martis Valley outside of Truckee to the possible tune of $100 million in funds for future conservation.
- George Munoz asks Latinos what their Nevada strategy is in an editorial in the Modesto Bee, urging Latinos to take advantge of their upcoming national stage.
- The other day I was doing my weekly grocery shopping in the “ghetto” Albertsons on Keystone as some call it and this bastard from California flicks my freshly lit cigar out of my hand and then takes the last brick of smoke Gouda in the deli isle. The nerve—those goddamned Californians are always trying to change our god-given lifestyle! Okay, not to be a brat or anything, but what is the “Nevada lifestyle?” Please enlighten us in comments.
- The Christian Science Monitor (super for international coverage btw) has an insightful article on two cities’ different approaches to building a community–suburban and urban. The US has almost 300 million people and only 13% want to live in cities. How much growth can we sustain? Tamping down on the number of unplanned pregnancies among young men and women would certainly help:
How fast cities and the nation grow also has an impact on how people live. For example: One reason the US is virtually the only developed nation projected to grow rapidly during the next few decades is its high fertility rate. Indeed, the US has the highest teen birth rate in the industrialized world: 22 percent of all women become mothers before age 20.
US population: 300 millionBy contrast, the rate is 4 percent in Sweden, 6 percent in France, and 11 percent in Canada. At the same time, 35 percent of US births are unplanned, a figure Population Connection president John Seager finds “astonishing.”
I’m sure all those abstinance only programs will start working any day now.
- Isn’t it funny how everyone is turning alcoholic lately? First Kennedy took out a lamp post and turned alcholic, then Ney who was taken out by Abramoff again and again and again turned alcoholic, and now Foley, who’s taken out several teens has just turned alcoholic. Rehap is turning into this decade’s cure or what ails the bastards. And Brit Hume’s attempts to compare adulteruos sex with pedophilia is completely disgusting.
- Was Foley doling out hush money to keep some of his fellow repubs quiet about his kid cruising?
- Andrew Sullivan links to Brian Ross’ latest on all the warning signs Foley’s colleagues ignored. And an anonymous source suggests there Foley was “one of a handful of members and staff whose behavior with pages was being closely watched.” Great…how many potential Foley’s are there circling those precious pages? I can hear Hastert deflating slowly like a tire on his SUV.
- All this talk of pedophilia is giving me a terrible headache, I think I need some cocaine. Hello Deli? Do you ship? Wouldn’t you know their website was crashed thanks to all the controversy.
- The Wonkette staff writes the funniest post, bar none, on the whole Foley thing. If we had a paid staff we could be that funny too.
- Sometimes I’m estatic to live in Nevada. Let’s face it, the likelihood of vibrators and other sex toys being declared illegal in this state is slim to none. Don’t get too hot reading that post or they might come for your computer.
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Actually I submitted the 3rd St. Blues name, merely as a patron who likes the place, due to its proximity.
Barney Frank has been known to solicit male prostitutes while in his congressional office. Why isn’t that a problem for democrats, but Foley sending sexual suggestives e-mails is a call to arms?
My God! Democrats are freaking out right now, and grasping at straws.
How do we know you are, “The hottest woman in Nevada blogging”?
Your “about” link is absent a image, care to post one for newbies like myself?
Griffin is Jeff Griffin former mayor of Reno and the trench (and every other thing wrong with Reno) is Officially His Fault.
Um, the only problem with your Barney Frank comparison is that everyone was an adult. No children were involved. Talk about grasping for straws…really.
Its not hottest in the Paris Hilton sense, its hottest as in that someone, at one point in time, thought my blog was pretty cool. They probably hate it now. Plus, I’m always sick and running a fever…
Nevada lifestyle…A whorehouse in most counties, 24-7 liquor, “old boy” (I’ve purchased my politician, so screw you) politics, get along lifestyle as long as I’m getting it, rape the land for mining, hose the workers for MY profits, etc…Nevafornian’s are a force, maybe for the better…
And the crazy thing, Ms. Myrna, is that half of Wonkette is written right here in Reno, by your loyal guest editor. Thanks for the nice words on your fine Reno site.
Awesome….