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Las Vegas Rolls Snake Eyes

The majestic neon signs are still aglitter atop Las Vegas casinos, but inside the slots are eerily silent and the tables empty. There are no tourists on the sidewalks of the world-famous Strip and along Fremont Street downtown, a stark contrast from last year when more than 42 million people from around the planet visited Las Vegas. The tourism, hospitality, leisure and gambling industries provide one of every three jobs in the state, but with the city shut down for nearly two months now, nearly 350,000 residents have filed for unemployment. Despite the gloom and doom, many Las Vegans have come up with creative ways to make ends meet and help less-fortunate neighbors. Here’s more from the Washington Post.

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Coronavirus Overreach

As the coronavirus lockdown enters its second month, governments are enforcing stricter measures to save lives. But are these rules really helpful or are they infringing on our civil liberties? In Florida, police are monitoring people with drones, North Carolina authorities announced on Twitter that protesting is a non-essential activity and, in Michigan, perhaps the most Draconian of all states, residents are prohibited from visiting friends or relatives, and people with more than one home are banned from traveling between them. And the media, of course, following in lockstep with these newly anointed tyrants, are insisting that government must set stricter rules. Enough already! People fed up and they can’t take it anymore! “It’s creepy how some people are so eager to have authorities boss us around,” says John Stossel. Here’s more from Stossel TV.

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