Yerington is the new state champion for meanest little town in Nevada. The contest was close (see below) but the new title is richly and Richfieldly deserved. I’m going to start a campaign to have the town revert to its legendary name, “Pizen Switch” because poison is now the official bi-partisan position of Lyon County, state government and Gov. Veto El Obtúsè. In case … [Read more...]
Just When You Thought There Was No Good News
If you haven’t noticed any good news lately, you’ve come to the right place. I’ve often written that if you reflect on your life and wonder how in hell you ended up ensconced in the confines of the High Desert Outback of the American Dream, it’s because this place, its people and other resident critters need all the help they can get. Here’s a Barbwire 2-for-1 sweet upper … [Read more...]
Flying Machines in Pieces on the Ground, Part Deux
NEWS THAT AIN’T NEWS. YET. By the time you read this, I will be the worse for wear. On Monday and Tuesday this week, the Nevada State AFL-CIO met to endorse primary election candidates. The biggest fireworks were expected between Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls Christina Giunchigliani and Steve Sisolak, both Clark County commissioners. Northern Nevada unions have not … [Read more...]
Flying Machines in Pieces on the Ground
NEWS THAT AIN’T NEWS. YET. Here’s a roundup of big stuff that will break after I upload this on Monday, past deadline as always. (Sorry, boss, as always.) PIZEN SWITCH SWATTED. If there was ever any doubt that Terri Keyser-Cooper has long been and remains the best civil rights lawyer in Nevada, last Thursday’s shutout at the Reno federal courthouse sealed the deal. U.S. … [Read more...]
Marked for Life for Making a Phone Call
Noah Christiansen has been given a life sentence for making a phone call. The McQueen High student committed a treasonous crime during last month’s national school walkout for gun control: He called his congresscritter. Arturo Garzon <arturo.garzon@mail.house.gov> answered the phone at Republican Mark Amodei’s south Reno office. Mr. Christiansen said something along … [Read more...]
From the Den of Iniquity to the Holy of Holies
CHARLEY SHEEN FOR PRESIDENT. Now that we’ve got a real-life libertine in the White House, it’s time for CBS to bring back “Two-and-a-Half Men.” (Hey, if “Dallas” and “Roseanne” can revive killed-off characters, anything goes.) Donald Trump is nothing if not a mush of father fixations trying to prove worthiness to an abusive dad. Charley Sheen’s actual dad, Martin, played a … [Read more...]
What’s Harder: Finding a Doctor or Stormy Daniels?
It’s easier to find Stormy Daniels movies than doctors in Reno. I just tried both. What did I expect in a town where the UNR basketball coach’s wife can pose naked for a local magazine and nobody notices but me? (Barbwire Feb. 7) Perhaps it’s better to be divorced from reality. The clerks with whom I spoke at several local “adult” shops did not know Stormy Daniels or why … [Read more...]
A World in Fear: It’s Always 9/11 Somewhere
Osama bin Laden remains the most powerful man in the world. He permeates every society as this monster mannunkind increasingly lives in fear and suffers from exploitation for power and profit. The malady is simple to diagnose but impossible to cure as long as human weakness trumps human kindness, as long as greed triumphs over respect, as long as ignorance subsumes … [Read more...]