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Hipster Billionaire gets taken in Vegas
Takis Magazine ^ | May 2017 | Bill Bob Biggs

Posted on 05/14/2017 10:23:02 AM PDT by vooch

Edited on 05/14/2017 4:31:56 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

PALM BEACH, Fla.

(Excerpt) Read more at takimag.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: comedy
Hilarious Send up
1 posted on 05/14/2017 10:23:02 AM PDT by vooch
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To: vooch

Send up? If it had been more about Hunter Thompson instead of someone no has heard of or gives a damn about, plus maybe using an editor to shrink the article down into something less monotonous. it could pass as an obscure time waster. But as for being a send up, what exactly is being sent up? One assumes it is true.


2 posted on 05/14/2017 10:40:39 AM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: vooch

The whole article is a fine read. I might have to dig out my old copy of Fear and Loathing and give it another go through.


3 posted on 05/14/2017 10:43:50 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: VanShuyten

I don’t know what’s more pathetic, the ultra rich “mark” or the author attempting to ride the coat tails of HST...

But i did get a tingly feeling when my leg fell asleep reading this on the throne.


4 posted on 05/14/2017 10:52:23 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (Hot sauce aside, every culture has its pancake, just as every culture has its noodle.)
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To: vooch

Takimag is a gem...a site unafraid to take on the truth of race head-on.


5 posted on 05/14/2017 11:04:00 AM PDT by montag813
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To: vooch
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of.

On a warm San Franciscan night.

6 posted on 05/14/2017 11:16:52 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: vooch

Very interesting. Thanks for the link. My relative’s father was the only medical person in Las Vegas in the 1940’s, once there were coal miners in the area that needed a doctor. In 1995 I asked him, “What do you think of Las Vegas today?” He said, “Vegas is a wonderful town. I still go to the same Catholic church on the Strip.”

Thompson was crazy and died young because of his sins. Funding a large gay club in Vegas will drive out families. Amazon bought Zappo’s in 2009? So that’s why looking at shoes on Amazon is smooth.

Tony Hsieh’s projects will fail: everyone needs and wants boundaries.


7 posted on 05/14/2017 1:50:46 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94))
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To: montag813; vooch
I was unfamiliar with this e-zine. After reading the article (and clicking to read both pages), I found it interesting enough to spend some time exploring other articles. I enjoyed the time spent.
8 posted on 05/14/2017 3:52:31 PM PDT by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: vooch

It’s OK son, we’re not like THE OTHERS.

I didn’t tell him about the manta bats
I figured he’d see them himself soon enough.


9 posted on 05/14/2017 4:00:46 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: lonevoice

yes it is interesting Taki is a boring name dropper, but the rest are rather interesting


10 posted on 05/14/2017 4:07:26 PM PDT by vooch (America First)
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To: montag813
Takimag is a gem...a site unafraid to take on the truth of race head-on.

Derbyshire's rules are a must read - and he still write for Takimag.
11 posted on 05/14/2017 4:19:28 PM PDT by farming pharmer (www.sterlingheightsreport.com)
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To: vooch
GREATEST HITS

CONTRIBUTORS ABOUT US

What do they have to do with this story?

As far as the story itself, it was too hard to follow............Can you give me a synopsis?

12 posted on 05/14/2017 4:23:15 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If a cow ever got the chance, heÂ’d eat you and everyone you ever cared about.)
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Joe Bob is a very funny satirist. You have to understand that to fully appreciate his writing. He used to be the Dallas Morning News’ Drive-IN Movie Critic if you know what I mean—and I’m sure you do.


13 posted on 05/14/2017 7:57:47 PM PDT by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain for a slasher, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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yup he is a funny guy. A fine sense of the absurd and good sense of what used to be called common sense


14 posted on 05/14/2017 8:45:51 PM PDT by vooch (America First)
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