Super Bowl LVIII coming to Las Vegas in 2024

PumpkinAnarchy · 2021-12-17T00:52:20+00:00

Oh, wow. Tours.

Yep. You got me. That is totally not empty at all.

And $1,000,000 in revenue per month. Not profit, mind you. Revenue.

Yeah. Gamechanger, for sure...

PumpkinAnarchy · 2021-12-16T13:57:27+00:00

There are 12 events listed for the next 10 months though they haven't added the 2022 Raiders schedule to it yet. Even if you include UNLV football games, which are two-thirds empty and UNLV pays $150,000/game for, you're still only looking at 30-ish events per year at the building, tops.

PumpkinAnarchy · 2021-12-16T06:43:15+00:00

It's $4,000,000 that won't be spent else where.

It's $750,000,000 that won't be spent else where.

PumpkinAnarchy · 2021-12-16T04:55:56+00:00

I know you're joking, but...

There are roughly 150,000 hotel rooms in Vegas.

Let's say rooms averaged $1,000 per night for all three nights of that weekend. That'd be $450,000,000 in room sales. (This is a wildly optimistic number and the real number will likely be half this much.)

Thankfully, these sales wouldn't really be crowding out a lot of "organic" business either since early February is not a busy time for Vegas hotels.

The stadium tax is an additional 0.88%.

0.88% of $450,000,000 is just shy of $4,000,000 for the entire weekend.

That leaves $746,000,000 to go.

We'd need about 185 more weekends just like that, or almost four years worth of weekly Super Bowls, to pay for a building that sits empty 340 days of the year.

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-06-01T05:45:20+00:00

To be clear, if someone spray painted your car you'd just shrug and drive it to work?

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-05-27T17:36:11+00:00

Since you and /u/HotdogCaprecious said almost the exact same thing and since my reply to you would be little more than a rehash of what I wrote to him, please feel free to reply to that comment.

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-05-27T17:27:57+00:00

So you don't have any information that shows a causational relationship between lockdowns and reducing COVID-related moralities then?

That means these lockdowns are not "lead by science" but by speculation. Governors, including our own, is working off the assumption that there is a causational relationship between lockdowns and reducing COVID-related moralities. What we are not assuming is the economic devastation that lockdowns cause. And, if we are being led by assumptions, something we shouldn't ignore is that we can reasonably assume that there is the extreme cost of human life that will result from the undeniable economic devastation that these lockdowns have brought about.

If we have a scale with costs and benefits on each side, on the benefits of lockdowns side we have the assumption that we are saving lives, though the number can't possibly be known. On the costs of the lockdowns side of the scale we have the absolute certainty of economic devastation in addition to the assumption that hundreds of thousands of people, though primarily children, will starve to death as a direct result. That assumption is brought to you by the U.N.

Instead, we have lots of correlation between states reopening and more covid cases.

You say this and then provide the source of "common sense." I am disputing that and would like to see a source, especially considering the numbers I have seen coming out of states that have reopened do not suggest there has been a significant resurgence in cases in the wake of reopening. I even point you directly to Georgia, and yet you still provide not evidence, suggesting to me that you looked for evidence, couldn't find any, and then decided to cite "common sense" as your evidence.

Further, the concern isn't with "more covid cases;" it is with hospital capacities. That would be an example of you shifting the goalposts and for understandable reasons. If you can make it about "more cases," then of course these would be an increase, though across all localities, not just those that are reopening. Anywhere that has its testing capacity greatly expanded will naturally see a substantial uptick in the number of people testing positive for COVID, whether that place has reopened or not. So, again, the metric in question is the metric that was originally used to force enormous swaths of the economy to close in the first place; hospital capacity.

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-05-27T15:01:43+00:00

I'm not sure what question you think I asked, but what you shared doesn't address the question that was actually placed before you.

"Do you have information that shows a causational relationship between lockdowns and reducing COVID-related moralities?"

If one of the most damning articles you can find is that a single health official "suggests California is reopening too soon," then you may want to consider just how weak the argument is that you're making, whatever that argument is which, honestly, I'm not entirely sure other than a general reopening = bad.

Also, remember that the purpose of lock downs was to slow the spread of COVID so hospitals didn't get overrun with new patients. If you want to argue that the lockdowns need to remain in place I would suggest offering information that suggests that hospitals in states that are deep into the reopening phase have seen their healthcare resources get overwhelmed. Georgia has been reopened for more than a month now. Can you find an article regarding Georgia's hospitals getting overwhelmed during that time?

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-05-27T14:34:13+00:00

Do you have information that shows a causational relationship between lockdowns and reducing COVID-related moralities?

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-05-26T01:33:54+00:00

The LP secretary, Ms. Harlos, addressed this exact thing today in a Facebook video. You can watch it here: https://www.facebook.com/pinkflameofliberty/videos/678411852717649

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-05-24T23:28:44+00:00

When asked, "How much would the party be on the hook for if the convention is cancelled for COVID-19 related reasons," Nick Sarwark chimed in saying that it would be $105,000, which is patently false.

I'm not sure why you have access to a confidential contract, but as it states "...neither party shall invoke the COVID-19 virus as grounds for terminating this Agreement pursuant to this clause UNLESS there is a material change in Florida law or regulation or that of the County of Orange..." So the party can't simply say, "we changed our minds because of the virus." But if the State of Florida or the Country of Orange determine that the convention can't be held for COVID-19 related reasons, then the party will not be on the hook for anything, just as Mr. Hayes said.

Therefore, the only way the LP could end up owing that $105,000 is if they choose to cancel the contract in spite of the state and county still being open. Solution: don't cancel the convention. Problem solved.

Also, how does the Mises Caucus play a role in any of this? I get the sense that some people think the Mises Caucus is the catchall boogeyman within the LP now whenever anything happens that they don't like.

Amash drops out of race? -MISES CAUCUS!
Delegates decide to adhere to LNC agenda? -MISES CAUCUS!
75% of delegates agree to adjourn? -MISES CAUCUS!

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-05-23T13:55:08+00:00

Because Blacks and Latinos are far more likely to be religious than whites?

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-05-01T14:58:24+00:00

It isn't even that. In fact it's the opposite. This is a kettle calling a porcelain sink black.

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-29T01:55:49+00:00

It looks like the Mises Caucus has extended an invitation to Amash to join the debate they will be hosting May 10th at 7:30 PM EDT. Hornberger, Supreme, Jorgensen, and Gray have all been invited and I believe they've all confirmed they'll be attending. I suspect they'll hear back from Amash in fairly short order. (I thought at least one other candidate had been invited, perhaps Kokesh, but I could be mistaken.)

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-28T00:00:02+00:00

The vast majority of people on Reddit have never had a full-time job or had to pay rent/a mortgage. They are somewhere between starting middle school and finishing college. For a huge chunk of them, "the economy" means "allowance."

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-22T22:20:26+00:00

It's disappointing to see how breathlessly eager so many within the LP are to nominate a failed Republican for the fourth presidential election cycle in a row. I guess it's our brand at this point...

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-19T16:08:47+00:00

Nobody is disputing that government agents were killed while serving the warrant, but in your post you only mentioned the agents getting "gunned down" and failed to mention all the gunning down the agents themselves did of civilians.

I don't know what sort of magical power you think a piece of paper bestows upon those government agents. Like all the killing and maiming they did is perfectly acceptable because, look, a judge's signature?

As for escalation, the civilians didn't roll up on anyone's house, armed to the teeth. They didn't shoot their guns first (for the purpose of killing some puppies). The civilians didn't climb up on somebody's roof so they could climb into somebody's home.

The government agents kept firing their guns until they ran out of ammunition, and only then did they leave

The civilians, on the other hand, were on the phone with the local 911 dispatcher pleading for the the shooting to stop, but the government agents breaking into the house didn't have any form of communication setup between themselves and local law enforcement or anybody else so they had no idea. (And maybe they wouldn't have cared anyhow.)

There is nothing magical about badges and a piece of paper. Take those away and it becomes very clear who was in the wrong. This is not to say that everything government agents do is wrong, but would their actions be justified if instead of government agents they were a group of neighbors?

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-19T04:24:42+00:00

Do you believe it would be correct for these ATF agents to do what they did if they did not have those badges? If a group of their neighbors rolled up on their house the way they did, would they be right to defend themselves?

By the way, six civilians were "gunned down" by these government agents while they were serving this lawlthful warrant. Additionally, multiple residents were shot by them (including a mother that was shot while she was nursing her baby), and a dog and her puppies were "gunned down" by them as well.

These civilians knew these government agents were coming, and yet the agents rolled up packed inside unprotected horse trailers. If the civilians wanted to kill these agents, they could have easily done so then, but they didn't. The agents in fact were the first ones to fire their guns when they "gunned down" the mother dog and her puppies.

It is unclear whether the civilians started firing at the agents first, or vice versa, even though the whole event was filmed. The reason we don't know is because that film, which was only ever in custody of the government agents, happened to go missing and has never been made public. Sure as shit that film would have been evidence Item #1 if it actually showed that the civilians fired first.

But, please, tell me again how it was officers serving a lawful search warrant (for a non-violent crime).

You can find footage of the congressional hearings here.

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-18T16:33:30+00:00

I could be misremembering the requirements. This BT wiki page suggests the same thing. I don't remember it requiring a trip through a blackhole or anything...

Are there any bacteria type/quality combos that you haven't marked off in your collection?

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-18T04:48:56+00:00

You need to collect a mythical of every evolved bacteria type to unlock level 5 bacteria. To make this happen you pretty much need to ignore stats and just single-mindedly go for that objective. It isn't easy and a certain degree of luck most definitely helps to move things along, but finishing that takes sets you up nicely to get a level 5 of every evolved bacteria type.

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-17T01:00:09+00:00

“Jim Gray in 2012 didn’t make one national media appearance.” ~Gary Johnson

Why would we want to nominate a presidential candidate that, the last time they ran, they sat at home and didn't do anything to support their own (vice) presidential bid? Why should we expect more from Jim Gray this time around, especially considering he has skipped the entire nomination process up to this point?

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-07T15:55:59+00:00

Wait... Am I the NPC?

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-06T17:07:06+00:00

Non-lick envelopes have been fairly commonplace for a while now, though I do honestly miss the sweet, sweet taste of envelope glue.

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-06T15:48:45+00:00

If only it would. Democracy is government by mob rule.

PumpkinAnarchy · 2020-04-05T19:02:16+00:00

climate denier

This is a gross oversimplification of his position on an issue he rightfully saw as being extremely complex and nuanced. If you're interested in his thoughts on the matter, I'd suggest checking out his speech Fear Complexity and Environmental Management at the Smithsonian Institution, especially given how relevant "fear complexity" is to this exact moment in time.

Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USYbrhQWFR8

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