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Bee-dee bee-dee bee-dee

Monday, March 22nd, 2021 Alive 18,227 days

The Sahara branch of the Clark County Public Library

Am I the only one who thinks the Sahara branch of the Clark County Public Library is weird looking? Itʼs like one of those international-style buildings thatʼs all intersecting geometric shapes. The ones that were all the rage a half-century ago.

More to the point: It looks like the exteriors of New Chicago from the 1979 TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

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When everything is an emergency, nothing is an emergency

Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 Alive 18,025 days

An EAS alert from Clark County, Nevada

How to get people to turn off the emergency alert feature on their phones in two easy steps:

  1. Use the EAS system to tell people to get COVID tests.
  2. There is no step two.
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Sunday, December 23rd, 2018 Alive 17,407 days

A message from Clark County, Nevada

If the local government encourages you to take your family to one of the county shooting ranges on Christmas Eve and discharge firearms to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, you may live in Nevada.

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Tuesday, November 27th, 2018 Alive 17,381 days

A Mob Month poster at a Clark County library

If the library is holding “Mob Month,” you might live in Las Vegas. Or New York. Or Chicago. Or Pittsburgh. Oh, never mind.

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Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 Alive 17,361 days

Woo hoo! Clark County is the last county in the entire nation to start counting votes.

We put the “bent” in incumbent!

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Monday, November 5th, 2018 Alive 17,359 days

Schools are closed tomorrow. For Election Day. Why?

Because Clark County needs to use the schools as polling places.

So kids who canʼt even vote get Election Day off.

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Friday, October 19th, 2018 Alive 17,342 days

A Clark County “I Voted” sticker

God help us all.

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