chris murray
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Looking at the stars from the double-gutter.
Las Vegas
Joined April 2012
To read a book merely in order to reach its ending is, I think, to misunderstand the true purpose of reading. The pleasure of suspense or surprise is no doubt real and important; yet even if I find out how a story ends, it doesn't ruin the book for me, as the phrase goes, it
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Earlier this year the BS Budget Bill reduced the tax deduction for gambling losses to 90%. In response, I introduced the FAIR BET Act to restore the commonsense 100% tax deduction to protect professional and recreational gamblers. I was the first in Congress to introduce this
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NL2 challenge paused
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@WangChangBackup “You can’t escape death and time will pass you by until the new world is almost unrecognizable” me: what could they mean by this
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@Michael1988NL @cafreiman Spassiba, tovarishch! Lodging applications for people’s coop movement with Politburo, supply of Cuban coffee, roasting pans and boiling pots with State Planning Commission, and for background music with the Ministry of Culture imminently.
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Episode 57 Insomniac overnight sessions with crotchety Bellagio regs https://t.co/NZuTBB1m3z via @YouTube
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When you die, you can't legally have your ashes scattered in a casino (unless given permission by the owner). Workaround: Have someone distribute them into the casino's ashtrays.
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how to win at poker, explained graphically
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it only gets better
She went viral but didn't know it ⁉️ Meet Rose: The woman in @ClubWPTGold poker twerking video speaks out👇 https://t.co/d85jPluaUA
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I wrote about many reasons the poker boom is not coming back. Hint it is not because players today do not have enough personality. Here is one of the reasons the rest are in the link below:
The poker boom is not coming back. It was fueled by a dream that has been killed and dissected, deliberately. That an everyman had a puncher's chance to get in the ring with the "best in the world" and emerge triumphant and rich.
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I used to think that society would, over time, have fewer and fewer false beliefs because of how easily correct information could be could be obtained. But there are just *so many* things passing as conventional wisdom that are simply untrue, and the romanticizing of air travel
This NYT article on the "golden age" of air travel is an amazing example of an unthinking journalist failing to make contact with reality. The narrative: air travel used to be much better, but less affordable. 1/
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the relationship of "send fish our way and we will praise your name" is one of serf to lord. if you want the game to thrive, make the game you sit in better.
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