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  • To date, Paola Armeni has raised the most money by sharing the link to the Las Vegas Victims’ Fund GoFundMe page. [RJ]
  • While more than $16 million has been raised, the fund would need over $560 million to compensate victims on a similar level as the victims of the Orlando Pulse shooting. [RJ]
  • Meanwhile, last night in Reno, a gunman was killed after firing shots from a high rise. [Las Vegas Sun]
  • Sexual harassment claims are often rejected by courts. [KNPR]
  • A jury convicted Bryan Clay of murder. [RJ]
  • (Unidentified) lawyers helped Las Vegas temporarily protected from deportation. [Las Vegas Sun]
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November 29, 2017 5:56 pm

Good for Paola.

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November 29, 2017 7:57 pm
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Come on. She reposted the link and raised $10,265 of which $10,000 came from Pat Clark. That means she really raised $265. I mean, good on Paola. But this is a news story?

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November 29, 2017 7:59 pm
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No such thing as bad publicity. I think Kramer (Michael Richards) said that. Or maybe Harvey Weinstein, or was it Matt Lauer?

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November 29, 2017 8:05 pm
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Um, I am little surprised it is newsworthy, too. I do a lot of pro-bono work and donate more money that, and I do not get any media attention. This is with the caveat that good for her raising money.

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November 29, 2017 8:05 pm
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Garrison Keillor said it.

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November 29, 2017 8:06 pm
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sorry for the typos

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November 29, 2017 8:19 pm
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I am tired of people trying to get their fame or publicity off of the shooting. The focus and attention should be on the victims. I am sure Ms. Armeni is not trying to do that. Sisolak and some of the other politicians have been doing that, and it is disgusting.

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November 29, 2017 10:12 pm
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On the night of the shooting, the Sheriff would yield the stage
to politicians who came down to the scene of the tragedy.

But most of them spent more time mentioning their office and when they were due for re-election, than they spent discussing the tragedy. They would speak about themselves at some length, and then, almost as an afterthought, talk about how their heart bleeds for the victims and how much they supposedly care.

At least Sisolak offered something reasonably specific and hopefully somewhat constructive, that being the fund, but the rest of them didn't even offer the pretense of really doing anything for the victims. It was, pretty much, "I care what happened here, but back to the topic that is really important, that being everything concerning me and my narcissistic ass…"

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November 29, 2017 10:15 pm
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Are the politicians themselves narcissistic, or is it only their asses that are narcissistic?

How about any other parts of their anatomy?

But, anyway, I hear what you're saying.

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November 30, 2017 12:03 am
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Paola is a BOG, and they suck. So, you finish the equation.

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November 30, 2017 6:00 pm
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It is nice to see she got a plug for her law firm

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December 1, 2017 12:09 am
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I thought the same thing.

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Anonymous
November 29, 2017 8:14 pm

On the pro bono front, I have little ones at home. I would volunteer more if there was day care, or we are allowed to bring our little one to the clinics, thoughts on this?

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November 29, 2017 8:24 pm

All of my problems solved, I entered the TurkeyDay giveaway.

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November 29, 2017 8:27 pm
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Thank you for the laugh.

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November 29, 2017 8:31 pm

Want you guys to know, that Lego is giving away Free Batman Mini-Figs, with a purchase of the Joker Manor.

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November 29, 2017 10:55 pm
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I want to play Batman.

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November 29, 2017 11:34 pm
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Who will portray the narcissistic asses discussed at 2:12?

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November 30, 2017 12:01 am
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The Joker will play the Joker. You can insert any of the County commissioners as the asses.

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November 29, 2017 8:51 pm

Concerning the fund to compensate victims of the Oct. 1 shooting, obviously the pecking order is to compensate the families of those killed, followed by survivors who were shot and suffer brain damage or paralysis.

Based on that, there may not be funds left for those who attended to concert but were not injured. If they believe their mental stress from the incident is severe enough to warrant compensation they can seek the proper treatment and evaluation and retain an attorney in the hope of eventually being compensated.

But one thing they can't do, if they truly expect to ever receive compensation, is to, decide they will not seek psych. treatment or evaluation and will not retain attorney, but instead will simply complain to the media, or at public meetings, about how unfair it is that they are not compensated.

There is one such women in the paper this morning. She was not injured. She has sought no psych. treatment or evaluation to determine mental harm from the incident, nor has she apparently consulted with or retained an attorney. Instead, her approach is that everyone simply take her word that she is traumatized and that she should receive substantial money from the fund, and, by implication, that her matter is comparable to those who were killed or permanently disabled.

I take her word that she was traumatized(I certainly would have been), but someone should tell her that her approach, even if she scored some media coverage for one day, will never result in any compensation. Never.

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November 30, 2017 4:28 pm

Bundys are going home. Sounds like the Government case is not going as advertised and Myrhe is blowing it again.