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Bona fides Welcome to this week’s Reno News & Review.

As I was re-reading Dennis’ cover story before sending it to the printers, I asked him, “How long before you think we get a letter pointing out that we’re owned by a California company?”

He laughed and replied that we could counter that the Chronicle Publishing Company, which used to own the San Francisco Chronicle, was incorporated in Nevada.

My point is this: We understand that, to the mindset that thinks California is some invasive, imperial enemy, the Reno News & Review, is seen as part of the problem. And yes, it’s true that we’re part of a small, familyowned chain of three newspapers. Be sure to check our sister papers in Sacramento and Chico.

If you believe some of the folks who write us angry letters, you should find those rags floating in the streets alongside the excrement of illegal immigrants.

But something I like to point out as often as possible is this: Every person who works in the newsroom of the RN&R has lived in Northern Nevada for a long time.

We’ve attended schools here. We eat at local restaurants, drink at Reno watering holes, read books

by Nevada authors.

We’ve got a new guy here in the office. Welcome aboard, Matt Bieker! He’s been writing for us for a couple of years and has done some great work. For example, you might remember “Packin’ heat,” his cover story about concealed weapons for our June 21 edition.

Out of curiosity, I just asked him: He was born here in Reno, at Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center.

Just like me. And my son Clyde.

So, call us Cali cronies if you want, but our Nevada bona fides are legit. And we’ll call it straight: This whole “don’t let Nevada become California” line is bullshit.

Total bullshit. A bullshit conspiracy, like voter fraud, meant to protect the rich and powerful.

—Brad Bynum bradb@ ne wsrev i ew . com

Cars and A&W—grasp the concept Re “Roots cut” (Upfront, July 12): Y’know, these folks who are going to put a massive car lot into the vacant Kietzke/ Plumb intersection are really missing the boat by 86ing the old A&W. Folks will be really pissed and probably boycott/badmouth them.

(Me, for sure!)

It is a place for displaying classic cars.

Duh, cars=cars. It’s an ongoing traditional social interaction with community. It’s always good to have any kind of extra “draw” at/near your establishment (especially food).

Craig Bergland Reno

The next step Imagine, if you will, a man sitting alone in his Oval Office, trousers undone, as he scarfs the remaining morsels of his KFC and Cheetos dinner and washes it down with a fourth Diet Coke.

A demonic grin suddenly fills his bloated, orange-hued face as thoughts of delight dance in his head: “Trump, you’re a goddamn genius! You’ve got a dimwitted Nazi base of diehard followers that’ll believe anything you tell them! They’re the ones that got you this gig, and they’re your bitches! However, there are others who may not be, shall we say, quite as loyal, and they need to be dealt with! They’re the pseudo-intellectual middle-classers, and the pain in the ass, elitist, partisan witch hunters. With them, you have to be really clever with your gaslighting skills! Start a fire, and while they’re trying to put it out, start another! Throw them off their guard!

Keep them confused, disoriented, off-kilter!

Distract, and deflect! Lie, and deny! Praise, then malign! Pit them against each other!

Wear them down! Let chaos reign supreme!

They won’t know what the fuck hit ’em!

You simply have to keep the bastards in line, and you’re just the guy to do it, Jessica Santina, Todd South, Luka Starmer, Bruce Van Dyke, Ashley Warren, Allison Young Our Mission: To publish great newspapers that are successful and enduring. To create a quality work environment that encourages employees to grow professionally while respecting personal welfare.

To have a positive impact on our communities and make them better places to live.

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Trump! You’re the goddamn President of the United States! No, not just that, you’re the leader of the friggin’ free world! No, even more, you’re the king of the fucking universe! Yeah, that’s right, Donald, you are the fucking king! Hmm. Make Universe Great Again. We’re gonna need new hats!”

Not so hard to imagine, is it?!

Mark Murray Reno

Written protest I have for years been amused and amazed by the myriad of letters/communications sent to your letters section regarding Bruce Van Dyke’s so-called foul mouth.

Invariably these seem to be (otherwise) fairly intelligent, perhaps well-meaning people. Yet they do not see the power of the written word, even as they respond to it in righteous indignation.

Graffiti and filthy language have a rich tradition of changing a society’s mores and its identify. For better or worse would not be the point. The point, in fact, is that the written word and the spoken are the most powerful revolutionary tools we possess. Van Dyke’s detractors fear revolution.

This letter was prompted by a whitehaired, red-necked person who sat down next to our group in a restaurant. He wore a T-shirt that read, “FUCK LIBERALS.” When the right’s frustration leads to this kind of desperation instead of to dialogue and at least a semblance of partisanship, we are indeed in trouble.

When lefties see Trump-like childish behavior in a public setting, why would all you prissy, sensitive Van Dyke haters begrudge us our outrage? And if you are not outraged these day, you are not paying attention.

Thank you, Bruce, for hysterical humor and democracy in action.

K. Davidson Douglas County

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Correction (“Go Public,” Tahoe, Aug. 23) After the publication of this article, we received a call from Sierra State Parks Foundation tour guide Kelly Cave. In the article, we quoted Cave as saying the HellmanEhrman family fell on difficult financial times and sold their Lake Tahoe home and lands to the state in exchange for $6.5 million dollars and the forgiveness of delinquent taxes.

The truth of the matter is that the State of California was interested in the land, and the family no longer wanted it, in part due to the cost of its upkeep. The family chose to sell their home and lands to the state in 1968 for $6.5 million. We apologize for the error.

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California, friend or foe to Nevada? aSked at WeSt Street pLaza, 121 WeSt St. Stephanie pre ader Stay-at-home mom

I’m from California. We’re locals now, but I love California.

They take care of their people.

I’m all about that state. I think they take better care of, like, the average person—because we know the difference now, and they definitely take better care of their people better out there. tim priSco Night crew supervisor

I mean, they definitely stand a lot differently politically, but that shows up, like during the elections. Reno’s where a lot of Californians moved to, and it came up as a blue [county]. I know back in the day it used to be all Republican. … I think there’s pros and cons.

Bruce tituS Web designer/poker dealer

Democrats cross a line Nevada Democratic Party: “[Adam] Laxalt joined a U.S. Supreme Court case supporting fake clinics that discourage women from making their own health care decisions.”

Steve Sisolak mailing: “[As] attorney general, Laxalt lobbied the Supreme Court to back abortion bans in other states, supported shady ‘clinics’ that discourage women from learning about their reproductive rights.”

Aaron Ford mailing: “The Reno/Sparks Crisis Pregnancy Center spreads lies about safe and legal abortion methods to mislead women and has also thrown lavish fundraisers with extremist organizations.”

Democrats have long supported abortion rights, though it took a few years for Steve Sisolak to get there, and they are on solid ground when they do so. But they cross a line when they try to hamper the legitimate activities of crisis pregnancy centers, funded and staffed by anti-abortion activists who try—legally and non-violently—to reduce the number of abortions. Democrat Bill Clinton popularized the notion that abortion should be “safe, legal and rare.” Those goals always overlapped. Surveys have shown clearly that there are those who want abortion to be safe and legal but still find the procedure morally troubling while wanting the decision left to the individual and government out of it. This is an issue with nuance, which explains why some abortion opponents support the Democrats.

But the Democratic Party’s stance on abortion has changed from supporting abortion rights to trying to interfere with the rights of those who oppose abortion, even using state power to get the job done. The California Legislature went so far as to require crisis pregnancy

centers to post signs advertising abortion services that constituted compelled speech. Fortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned that law. We tried to find independent studies that showed a pattern of misconduct or unethical behavior by pregnancy centers that prompted enactment of the California signage law. We found none. It all kept coming back to a one-sided report by the National Abortion Rights Action League, and the Atlantic Monthly reported that the California Legislature relied almost entirely on the NARAL report in crafting the law. That’s appalling behavior. How did such a thing happen, even in a legislature that is overwhelmingly Democratic?

Here’s how: “Planned Parenthood spent more than $38 million dollars on campaigning for Democrats from 2008 to 2016,” according to Lainey Newman, the college student who made a splash as a Clinton supporter in 2016.

Newman also argues, “The Democrats could face the reality that there are simply not enough staunch abortionrights supporters to have electoral success. ... [T]he political exclusion of pro-life voters only damages the electoral success of Democrats, and limits their ability to pass policies that support and provide reproductive care to women.”

Ford, Sisolak and the Democrats, through their verbiage, are trying to stigmatize crisis pregnancy centers without any independent proof that those clinics are doing anything wrong. If they have such proof, they should present it—and not just occasional anecdotes but evidence of a pattern of conduct by these clinics generally.

We’re waiting, gentlemen. Present your evidence or stop abusing the clinics. Ω

I don’t think California is either friend or foe. I think a lot of what California does is very progressive, and it’s very necessary. … They swing a little bit too far to the liberal side, but, overall, I agree with what most of California does.

L arry pizorno Retiree

California is not being very friendly to Nevada. Because people come here, and they say, “My god, you don’t have this. Why don’t you have that?” I say, “We don’t!

See, everything is nice here; we’re not California.” … The California way of life is an enemy to the Nevada way of life.

anthony Lucero Laborer

I say friend because they’re right next to each other. There’s a lot of business opportunities coming in and out of both states. That’s a hard one because I’m not from here, and California sucks. This place is a lot fucking better than California.

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Two rallies, two outlooks “They had forsaken home and family, and gone into the unknown of a new land with only courage and the hands that God gave them, and had given us in our turn the right to be born American.”

With those words, Nevada’s muchbeloved author Robert Laxalt exquisitely told the story of his own immigrant family, a story brimming with the dignity of hard work by his own father, a Basque sheepherder who immigrated to Nevada’s “promised land” in search of a better life.

Those insightful words were adopted as a call to action by a group of protestors last Saturday, whose T-shirts were emblazoned with the Laxalt quote on the back and the words “Immigrants Welcome to this Sweet Promised Land” on the front. The protesters set up on a corner of Highway 395, about a mile from the Corley Ranch where the author’s great-nephew, Adam Laxalt, was hosting a fundraiser for his political action committee as he runs for governor on an anti-immigrant platform one imagines his great-uncle would abhor.

Laxalt traded on his family heritage by using a traditional Basque Fry as a fundraising device, inviting supporters to the ranch to mingle with right-wing Republicans as they held forth on GOP campaign themes. Saturday’s event produced surreal moments as speaker after speaker insisted that Nevada is being threatened with a takeover by an imaginary hoard of invading progressives from California, arguing that the election of Republicans up and down the ticket is our only hope of salvation.

Participants heard from Nevada’s U.S. Sen. Dean Heller as he promised forcefully to prevent Las Vegas from becoming a “sanctuary city,” an action virtually no one is planning. Heller also attacked the media, specifically Reno Gazette Journal political coverage, accusing the paper of writing “puff pieces for all Democrats,” a statement that will surprise many a Democratic candidate who might argue that Republicans are the ones treated far too gently.

National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch urged the crowd to take notice of the “scourge” of Californians moving to Nevada who “are bringing their socialist values with them” and suggested that perhaps building “another wall” around Nevada might protect us from the California migrants “who think we can’t have guns, we have to have high taxes, and the government has to tell us what to do every second of our lives.”

Back on the corner of the highway, home-grown progressives were framed by the Trump chicken—an inflatable balloon with a decided resemblance to the president—serving as a counter-point to Laxalt’s guests, who also included Kellyanne Conway and Republican U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes of California. This crowd was very diverse, full of descendants of the original peoples of Nevada from several local tribes, families who have lived in Nevada for generations and immigrants who have called Nevada home far longer than candidate Laxalt, who

moved here in 2011 from his home in the D.C. area.

Perhaps most striking were the number of youth represented at the rally, indicative of the national surge of newly registered voters and emerging political activism from those under 30 years old. Flyers outlined the protestors’ grievances, ranging from the Trump/Heller/Laxalt war on women and health care to the GOP attacks “on our land, water and communities.”

They also were critical of Laxalt’s stand on gun safety and background checks and the GOP’s “inhumane immigration policies that divide parents from their children.”

While Nevada’s GOP leaders yucked it up at the Fry with recycled Ron Knecht gags about re-naming our state Eastern California—a joke that wasn’t funny in 2003 and is just as ludicrous now—there’s something vital they failed to notice or acknowledge. Nevada’s progressives aren’t massing at the border with California. We’re already here. Ω

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by Dennis Myers

AttAck recAlled In a magazine article, Nevada District Judge Charles Weller said he knew of Darren Mack’s hostility toward him before Mack’s assassination attempt.

“I was suddenly being anonymously criticized on the website of an organization that usually argued that family courts are unfair to men,” Weller wrote.

“I contacted a member I knew. He named the person responsible for the internet attacks. It was the fellow who eventually shot me.”

In addition, Weller—who presided over Mack’s divorce—became aware of someone’s unhealthy interest when a bogus ad for an imaginary motorcycle sale at Weller’s home was placed in the Sparks Tribune’s Big Nickel. And the dogs at Weller’s home were barking during nights immediately preceding the attempt on his life, he wrote.

Mack later pleaded guilty to stabbing his wife Charla to death during a custody exchange on June 12, 2006, then drove to a downtown parking garage where he fired shots from a high powered rifle into Weller’s office across the Truckee River. Weller was injured by glass shards from the thick, double-layered window glass that was blasted inside, and his administrative assistant, Anne Allison, was hit with bullet fragments.

Weller’s article was published in Case in Point Magazine, a publication of the National Judicial College, based in Reno. The piece contains information for judges to use in protecting themselves from violence. Weller, who studied court-related violence at the NJC after the attack on him, has been speaking to law enforcement and judicial groups on the topic.

Weller acknowledges that such violence is rare, that “the likelihood that any individual judge will become the victim of a targeted attack is statistically small.”

“The unplanned, spontaneous outbursts of violence that sometimes occur in courtooms are not usually targeted violence,” he wrote. “Targeted violence is a premeditated attack intended to injure a specific individual or individuals. More than half of the perpetrators of targeted violence intend to kill. … It is uncommon for a courthouse attacker to have accomplices. Most act alone. … Forty years of record keeping show that the person most likely to be killed in courthouse violence is the perpetrator.”

Data also shows nearly all courthouse violence occurs in family court-type cases.

thAt Aging new nevAdA On Aug. 27, Democratic nominee for governor Steve Sisolak sent out a fundraising mailing that touted a “New Nevada.”

“Technology. Logistics. Manufacturing. This is the new Nevada,” the message read.

“We face a New Nevada,” Gov. Robert List said in his January 1979 inaugural address.

Gov. Brian Sandoval revived the term when he became governor: “We all want to tell our grandchildren that we were the architects of the New Nevada—that we were here when Nevada needed us most.”

It’s also the name of Sandoval’s political action committee—the New Nevada PAC.

—Dennis Myers

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A Verdi billboard suggests pot purchases on the way to Burning Man. PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS

Burned Traffic stops show limits of marijuana tolerance Burning Man this year received its usual wide attention.

The East Bay Times debunked five alleged Burning Man myths.

Salon reported that a “staggeringly high suicide rate among Burning Man’s seasonal workers is just one symptom of a toxic work environment.”

The London Daily Mail reported that the “Me Too movement has also called the appropriateness of the signature ‘Orgy Dome’ into question.”

The New Zealand Herald ran a “survival guide” for Burning Man attendees.

The New York Post reported on “How the one percent do Burning Man,” an evergreen story that can be done every year.

The Rib Cook-Off is a week away, but downtown Sparks is closed for two weeks for the one-week festival. Venders say they need that much time for set-up.

PYMNTS, a trade journal for the “payments industry,” had a piece on the economics of Burning Man.

CityLab reported on Burning Man’s administrative structure, concluding, “If you love bureaucracy, Black Rock City is the alternative desert utopia for you.”

The size of the town on the playa fluctuated. The San Francisco Chronicle said 60,000, most reports said 70,000, and the Reno Gazette Journal upped the ante to 80,000.

But this year is likely to be remembered as the year of the highway crackdown.

The Pyramid Lake Tribe, whose reservation festival attendees cross to reach Black Rock City, entered an agreement with law enforcement agencies for rigorous highway stops in advance of the start of the festival. The action was not announced in advance. However, if anyone was busted on the way to the festival, they had been warned in another way. Three days before the BM start, the Gazette Journal reported, “The Nevada and California highway patrols are joining to crack down on distracted and reckless driving on I-80 from San

Francisco to Wendover, according to an announcement from NHP. … There will be extra troopers on duty from Aug. 27 to Sept. 3, according to the NHP.” Although the report, which was online several days before it hit print, referenced only Interstate 80 and not Nevada Highway 447, it did advise, “The effort is designed to coincide with Burning Man and the Nugget Best in the West Rib Cook-Off.” The police—there were conflicting reports on how many agencies participated, but Bureau of Indian Affairs officers were the most visible—used minor traffic violations such as obscured license plates, burned-out lights or drifting too close to the center line to halt vehicles and sometimes to search them.

A U.S. Interior Department spokesperson said the stops had “nothing to do with Burning Man,” a claim that was not taken seriously. “Are they saying these stops would be being made if everyone was on their way to a Ducks Unlimited gathering, or a state wildlife department thing?” asked one critic. “This has everything to do with Burning Man.” With only one Burning Man under their belts before this, marijuana shops have concluded that BM is to dispensaries what April 15 is to accountants. One shop’s billboard inside the California border in Verdi virtually invited BM participants to take the risk of carrying pot to Burning Man by stopping at the dispensary “before & after the burn.”

drUg MOneY It was all a forceful reminder of how thin the new veneer of voter and political tolerance of drugs is, and how easily a return to punitive enforcement of prohibition can happen in a system where law enforcement opposes the evolving public policy and has a financial incentive to do so.

As a candidate, Donald Trump said in Sparks on Oct. 29, 2015, “The marijuana thing is such a big thing. I think medical should happen—right? Don’t we agree?

I think so. And then I really believe we should leave it up to the states. It should be a state situation. … But I believe that the legalization of marijuana, other than for medical, because I think medical, you know, I know people that are very, very sick, and for whatever reason the marijuana really helps them … But in terms of marijuana and legalization, I think that should be a state issue, state-by-state.”

As president, Trump has done nothing to up hysterias that resulted in renewed harsh enforce that view on his appointees. He has enforcement. said or written things as president about not The administrations of Gerald Ford and interfering with marijuana use, but it has been Jimmy Carter reduced punitive policies followed by action. In reality, his appointees in favor of treatment only to be followed have become more punitive. A month after he by the administrations of Ronald Reagan was sworn in, his press secretary said, “I do and the first George Bush, both of whom believe that you’ll see greater enforcement of it staged national furors over drugs, with the [marijuana].” result that states backed off on their own Attorney General Jeff Sessions more flexible stances. Nevada, which revoked the Obama policy that enacted medical use in 1979, left states alone if they made repealed it in 1987. marijuana legal or available Some marijuana supportfor medical use. New ers believe that with states federal rules were adopted like Washington, Colorado, making Small Business Nevada and California Administration loans now becoming dependent more difficult to obtain on marijuana taxes, there for firms that do busiis no way the newly ness with the marijuana evolved tolerance can be Donald Trump industry. rolled back.

October 29, 2015, in Indeed, the administraBut law enforcement Sparks tion has been so harsh on also relies on money taken in marijuana that Congress started drug bust forfeitures. The federal processing legislation, taking enforceComprehensive Crime Control Act of ment from the federal level and moving it to 1984 allows law enforcement agencies to the states, with Republicans leading the way. keep drug forfeiture funds it generates with Sessions’ punitive approach has been given busts, a conflict of interest that has led to credit for fueling that effort. abuses, but police agencies do not want to Trump, meanwhile, has received praise lose those funds and would join any new from prohibitionist organizations like Smart effort to bring back punitive marijuana Approaches to Marijuana. enforcement.

Over the years, some administrations In fiscal year 2016, the Washoe County have taken less punitive approaches to drugs Sheriff’s Office received $114,058 in drug only to have subsequent administrations stir forfeiture funds. Ω

“We should leave it up to the states.”

Big year

The Reno High School Class of 1968 gathered at the Grill at Quail Corners last weekend for a 50th reunion dinner.

Their 1967-68 senior year began with Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy alive. During that year, more than 4,400 U.S. servicepeople died in Vietnam and an unknown number of Vietnamese. A massive Vietnamese offensive against U.S. forces during the Tet new year’s holiday turned many in the states against the war. The biggest hit singles were “To Sir With Love” by Lulu and “Hey Jude” by the Beatles. The biggest selling albums of the year were Are You Experienced? by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and More of The Monkees.

PHOTO/DENNIS MYERS

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Bear in mind Tahoe black bears The Lake Tahoe region is home to hundreds of black bears, and, as summer cools down, they’re getting especially hungry. It’s an annual biological process.

“It’s hyperphagia,” aid Ashley Sanchez, the public information officer for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. “They’re getting ready to go into hibernation, so they need to fatten up. ... They eat upwards of 25,000 calories a day. And it always happens when there’s also an explosion of berries and fruits on trees.”

That’s why, this time of year, NDOW is busy getting the word out for residents to pick berries and fruit on their properties.

“What we want people to do is pick the fruit right as it’s ripe, and also keep the dropped fruit from your trees picked up off the ground,” Sanchez said. “Another thing people can do that is actually a great solution—we promote it heavily—is electric fencing. You put it around the bottom of your trees and around your gardens.”

NDOW will help install electric fencing for Nevada residents. But the bears aren’t just after berries. According to Jason Holley, a senior supervising wildlife biologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, black bears are opportunistic omnivores, and “sometimes their natural food availability isn’t the whole story.”

“Why would they spend up to eight hours a day in the wild foraging for all of these calories they need during hyperphagia, if they can get everything from breaking into a house or going through a dumpster in an hour or less?” he said.

According to Holley, black bears are adapted to exploit human food resources.

And, unfortunately, that can lead to problems for both bears and people.

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There are hundreds of black bears in the Lake Tahoe region, and they’re eating enormous amounts of food to prepare for hibernation.

Both the CDFW and NDOW recommend residents invest in wildlife-resistant trash cans. In Washoe, Carson and Douglas counties, Sanchez said, there are ordinances requiring them. Other advice from Sanchez and Holley includes keeping vehicle and home doors locked and not leaving food lying about—even inside. Lake Tahoe black bears have showed their willingness to “bearglarize” homes.

“In … the greater Homewood area, on the west shore, we have had more than 20 reported break-ins of bears since the Fourth of July,” Holley said.

Holley said the number of bear breakins has increased alongside Tahoe’s human population. He estimates there have been at least 100 bear break-ins or attempts on the California side of the lake this year.

And when bears get into houses, he said it’s important for people to heed this advice: “Don’t try to scare it off as you might if you’re hiking in the woods,” he said. “If there’s a bear in your house, get out of your house or otherwise secure yourself within your house … and then call the authorities.”

A quick Google search of “black bears Lake Tahoe” brings up a non-profit bear advocacy group called Bear League among its top hits. The group’s website lists a phone number people can call for “bear emergency.” But Holley and Sanchez don’t recommend this. For California residents and visitors, Holley said, call CDFW. Nevada residents should call NDOW. “We all work to get messaging out there, but we have our biologists here, so we prefer that people call us—and ... it also goes to our data,” she said. “We love that we live with bears. … We just want to make sure we keep them wild and out of neighborhoods.” Ω

Learn more about black bears from NDOW (https://bit. ly/1M2dNyQ) and the CDFW (https://bit.ly/2MXa6lU).

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this election year, two politicians have been running against California. So far, they seem to be the only two who detected California as a threat in Nevada. Nearly everyone else has been talking about issues.

One of the two is Dennis Hof, brothel owner and likely state legislator since his Republican primary win in a rock-ribbed GOP Assembly district. While running his race for the legislature, he also ran a campaign against petition measures that would have put brothel prostitution on the ballot for a vote of approval or disapproval. His ads included some that read, “KEEP CALIFORNIA OUT,” whatever that means.

The other is Adam Laxalt, Republican nominee for governor, whose campaign against California lets him avoid discussing issues like regressive taxation, corporate welfare, or Nevada’s crappy quality of life.

The Laxalt/Hof ticket is counting on the notion that Nevadans are more concerned with California than they are with health care, education or jobs.

Nevada has long had a cozy relationship with California. The Washo tribe stretched across today’s California and Nevada. When Nevada seceded from Utah Territory in 1859, it chose Isaac Roop of California as its provisional governor. When Congress approved statehood for Nevada, contingent on a state constitution being drafted and adopted, two constitutional conventions were held in Carson City, and they followed the California Constitution as a model in writing the Nevada Constitution. Presiding over the second convention was former California governor Neely Johnson.

The overlapping commerce and media between the two states have kept them close.

When San Diego was chosen as the site of the 1915-1916 Panama-California Exposition, Nevada gave money and built a large building in Balboa Park. When Reno was named the site of the 1927 Transcontinental Highway Exposition, California gave money and built the California Building in Idlewild Park. When Nevada had a presidential primary in the 1970s, the first winners of both Republican and Democratic primaries were California governors.

Many Nevadans—including this writer—were born in California, and many of them still have family there. (Seventy-six percent of Nevadans were born elsewhere.) When I was growing up in Reno, my family went back to southern California for regular visits because we had family in Santa Ana. On one of those trips on July 17, 1955, we were at the opening day of Disneyland. The two things I wanted to do were go up into the castle and go inside the rocket. Both turned out to be props with no insides, not unlike the Laxalt/Hof tactic. (I returned in 1988 and finally got to go up inside the castle.)

Nevada’s once dominant gambling industry has always been dependent preponderantly on Californians. Nevada jobs depend on California spending. Californians buy products and produce exported from Nevada. They visit tourist attractions in Nevada, from the Lost City Museum to Great Basin National Park to Pyramid Lake.

When California does poorly economically, so does Nevada.

“We are also part of California’s supply chain, so any problem in California can be very disruptive to us,” according to economist Elliott Parker.

When California tribes began opening casinos, it was a body blow to Nevada casinos, which have

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never recovered, though Nevada gambling is still heavily dependent on California gamblers.

Stereotyping and demonizing places and regions has long been an effective propaganda technique. Edmund Burke may have declared, in defense of the North American Atlantic coastal colonies of England, that “I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people,” but we do it all the time. Until Sept. 11, 2001, New York-bashing was a national sport, even in commercial advertising—“This stuff is made in New York City!” Of course, people always target the big and successful, in people and entities, and California certainly fits that description, thus bumper stickers reading “I DON’T CARE HOW THEY DO IT IN CALIFORNIA!” But, in Nevada, it’s usually a joking matter. One of those bumper stickers is on a car in the parking lot of a low-income housing location in Reno. It’s next to a car with a bumper sticker reading, “LONG LIVE MONO LAKE,” an endangered California attraction.

One map of the United States designed by AlphaDesigner defines states by their stereotypes.

Nevada: “Retired pop stars.” California: “Fake boobs and oranges.” Another map, at Big Think, names California and Nevada as among the 10 most bigoted states, based on the number of derogatory tweets they produce.

Arkansas was branded as backward after its governor in 1957 suddenly tried to stop a planned peaceful integration of Little Rock schools, which was unfortunate because it was the governor who was backward. The state of Virginia has a considerable history of being hated. It was the second capital of the Confederacy, and it closed some of its schools rather than integrate.

So perhaps Virginia’s Adam Laxalt

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feels justified in applying the same treatment to California.

After John Kennedy was assassinated, anti-Dallas and anti-Texas sentiment swept the nation. Two days after the assassination, the New York Times ran an article, “Dallas Asks Why It Happened; Worry Over ‘Image’ Is Voiced.”

This is not a process that is unknown to Nevada. Its current confrontation with the federal government over installation of a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain is a product of an Eastern feeling that the Great Basin is not good for much and is a dandy place to put unpleasant projects. Thus, the in-state bumper stickers reading, “Nevada is not a wasteland.”

It can legitimately be argued that Nevada’s own leaders of the 1950s and later years fostered that reputation by being willing to accept any economic activity, no matter how untried, dirty or doubtful, if it would create jobs—rather like Lincoln County today. The legacy of the nuclear testing period takes a lot of forgetting.

What few Nevadans—certainly not the newer ones—realize is that the state’s reputation as a wasteland preceded the atomic testing era. Historians believe that it was so well established by the 1840s that it is one of the reasons for the Donner Party disaster. Today, it seems illogical that the unfortunate party did not turn back to the Truckee Meadows to winter over, but the Great Basin was so well known as a hell hole that turning back was seen as a dreadful fate. Getting through the basin and not looking back was the aim— “Hurry along as fast as you can” is the way survivor Virginia Reed described it.

Nevada made it easier for politicians from other states to exploit that reputation. After all, a state that not only tolerates but invites atomic testing, prostitution and mob activity can’t be all that choosy.

This stereotype is set so deep that it is not something that can be easily or quickly overcome—as Nevada leaders like former Governor and U.S. Senator Richard Bryan hoped—by attracting respectable corporations like Citibank or building a few supposedly family-oriented megaresorts.

Golden state In the Aug. 9 edition of this newspaper, columnist Sheila Leslie wrote, “Workers have a lot to admire in California’s minimum wage, now set at $10.50 an hour and due to gradually rise to $15 by 2023. California’s leaders are visionary, not only acknowledging climate change but actively working on strategies to combat it. … The ‘trash California’ campaign focuses on the perceived threat of liberal politics that embrace LGBTQ+ communities and sanctuary cities. What goes unsaid are 14 | RN&R | 08.30.18

the things the GOP is really worried might spread—immigrant workers insisting on their rights, growing demands for a share in the state’s prosperity by people of color who are now the majority population in California, fewer and fewer Republicans.”

Reader Stephen Bloyd of Carson City wrote, “California prosperity? Are you kidding? They can’t even clean up the streets of San Francisco of human excrement and used hypodermic needles. Has Ms. Leslie been to central California lately? Tents in people’s yards. Back alleys used as toilets.

The countryside of orange trees and grape vines are littered with plastic bags and human waste. Food trucks routinely dump their waste products on back roads. It looks a lot like Mexico (not known for their environmental concern). It has been a long time since I have read an article so disconnected with reality.”

Bloyd has the anecdotes, but Leslie has the facts. By all reliable measures, California is booming, and Nevada is benefiting from its adjacency.

From January 2013 to December 2016, the number of jobs in California rose by 8 percent compared to the national figure of 6.

Fortune magazine: “It has 12 percent of the U.S. population, but has contributed 16 percent of total job growth between 2012 and 2017. California’s gross domestic product also went up by $127 billion from 2016 to 2017.”

Last year alone, California’s gross domestic product grew 3 percent. And, incidentally, while that was happening, Donald Trump was pulling the United States out of the Paris climate accord. Many state governments, including California, decided to ignore him and continue compliance with the treaty.

Prostitution lord and legislative candidate Dennis Hof ran this slogan as part of one of his newspaper advertisements opposing a ballot measure on legal brothels.

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Fortunately, we have the Laxalt/Hof ticket to protect us from this California type of prosperity.

It’s also true that reckless, dangerous and polluting businesses are better off in Nevada, because state regulation—opposed by Laxalt—is so slight they are less likely to be caught, much less penalized. Laxalt and Hof will no doubt preserve our Nevada values that way.

one size fits all Laxalt got his notion of Nevada politics from his grandfather, who left Nevada in 1975 and never returned to live here and thus never knew the political terrain of a rapidly changing state where things like environmentalism and a large Latino population are now major factors. When, toward the end of Paul Laxalt’s U.S. senatorship, the issue of Yucca Mountain was emerging, he said Nevada had no right to reject such undertakings and that by fighting off nuclear projects, the state was risking becoming known as a “peacenik” state.

Nor is Adam Laxalt, who spent 80 percent of his life on the East Coast, well attuned to Nevadan sensibilities. For instance, when he tried to pressure casino regulator A.G. Burnett to intercede in a civil action on behalf of casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, it was a serious breach of long standing practice in Nevada.

While politicians may get too cozy with casino execs—Laxalt’s grandfather as governor accepted freebies like plane travel from the casinos—they were expected to not let anything taint regulators themselves or the casino regulatory process.

Even by Nevada standards, Laxalt’s approach to Burnett was shocking.

That raises questions about his feel for Nevada. Since his arrival in the state, many of Laxalt’s public statements have had a boilerplate sound to them, as though they were standard pitches that could have been made in any state or any conservative conference, much the way former Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons lifted a conservative pitch from Alabama’s state auditor and read it as his own

laxalt asks, “does anyone want to turn into California?” instead of “does anyone want to be as prosperous as California?”

Under a state measure enacted in 2006 imposing targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, California hit that target four years early, in 2016, while creating jobs faster than the rest of the nation. The California Chamber of Commerce had called the targets a job killer. Meanwhile, Donald Trump tries to drive California emissions back up by taking authority away from state governments and reserving it to the feds, like a good conservative.

California—once the world’s eighth largest economy—is so prosperous and powerful that it’s now the world’s sixth largest economy.

It’s the only state the International Monetary Fund ranks with countries.

speech in Elko. Nevada conservatism is not like that in some other states. It tends to be more libertarian. Laxalt’s pronouncements often sound a little off-key rather than tailored to Nevadans, even its rightists.

In July 2017, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke to a law enforcement audience in Las Vegas. In the course of the speech, Sessions told some horrific crime stories about California, then said, “Removing criminals like these from our streets makes Nevada safer. It would make Los Angeles and San Francisco safer—if they would do it.” A Los Angeles Times reporter covered the speech and his story was headlined, “Jeff Sessions has a message for Nevada: Don’t be California.”

Attending that meeting was Adam Laxalt, who also introduced Sessions.

Ten months later, in Fernley, Laxalt, as a candidate for governor, mentioned issues like transgender bathrooms, sanctuary cities and the Second Amendment. And he said, “Do you think it should be a crime in a restaurant to give you a straw when you’re trying to have a drink?

How about cancer warnings on your coffee? ...

These are things we’re seeing in our neighbor California. These are the things I’m willing to fight against so Nevada does not become like California.”

How to demonize California without stumbling over its fabulous success? By singling out oddball incidents that sound trivial in the glare of politics, Laxalt is able to portray the nation’s largest state as freaky and not have to deal with the real booming California. Of course, that also means that a candidate for governor is talking to audiences about trivia instead of substantive matters that concern them. He asks those audiences, “Does anyone want to turn into California?” instead of “Does anyone want to be as prosperous as California?”

It’s fortunate for Sessions that he mentioned anecdotes, however horrific, because the two states have similar crime rates. In most of seven types of crime tracked, the states are near each other’s rates. California has higher murder and larceny/theft rates and Nevada has higher rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and car theft rates. By staying away from statistics and facts and—you know, reality—Sessions was able to pit people (in two states!) against one another, which often seems to be the single most important policy goal of the Trump administration.

And it was fortunate for Laxalt that he used anecdotes, too, because he was talking about things decided by school boards (bathrooms),

city councils or town boards (sanctuary cities), and the federal government (the Second Amendment)—while running for governor. No doubt it’s easier to debate those things than explain how he will repeal the commerce tax without cutting school funding, or whether as governor he will leave gambling regulators alone.

That, of course, is the whole point. As long as he can talk about California, he won’t have to say what he wants to do about real Nevada issues or show a depth of knowledge about his new state. For instance, if he succeeds in repealing the commerce tax without cutting school money—which he has promised to do—what is he going to cut? Transportation regulation? Environmental protection? Law enforcement? Casino regulation?

Naw, better to talk about plastic straws.

Coda But why California? Why not go after Arizona, with its foibles and political loons?

Why not Colorado or one of the Dakotas, or Massachusetts, or a state with a poor quality of life? What’s he got against California? Paul Laxalt once noted that Nevada is treated like an “outlaw state.” Why does Adam Laxalt want to similarly abuse California?

Sociologist James Richardson said of Laxalt, “He’s just playing on people’s fears and concerns. … There’s such a thing as ‘the Other,’ the fearful other. They’re different from you and me. That’s his whole game.

The animosity toward German immigrants in the period before World War II, Italian immigrants who were working hard and trying to find their place—it’s similar to what

A bumper sticker in Reno makes the vehicle owner’s sentiments clear.

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is happening to immigrants now. If you can stoke fear, that’s a winning combination.”

He said this technique even works on large, successful targets, like Californians.

“In Fernley, they don’t believe life is better in California,” Richardson said. “People like Laxalt are telling them about that, reinforcing what they already believe.”

Laxalt and Hof have not been terribly specific about what it is about California that bothers them. Yosemite? The Beach Boys? Raisins?

The state’s prosperity certainly doesn’t bother Laxalt. Reporter Cy Ryan reported Laxalt has raised “more than $67,000 [for his campaign for governor] from 28 firms or individuals in the neighboring state.”

Perhaps it is the California culture.

In that case, the Laxalt/Hof ticket might force the Burning Man festival, born in California, out of Nevada the way some of their ideological predecessors drove the Gay Rodeo out of Nevada. It’s not like Western Nevada needs the millions Burning Man brings. The cultural taint perhaps should leave—even though economic development executive Mike Kazmierski has told the Reno Gazette Journal, “It gives us exposure to an incredibly successful part of the business community, nationally and internationally, as they come through the Reno-Sparks community on the way to the desert. It shows them what we have in our region, and we have found that many people

coming through here for Burning Man mention us as a place for business.”

Or perhaps it is the quality of life. What do Laxalt and Hof want to preserve in Nevada life and what do they want to block us from doing like California?

Would it be Nevada’s rankings for teen pregnancy, suicide by senior citizens, suicide generally, pollution, tobacco use, tobaccorelated death, alcohol- and drug-related death, firearms death, homicide against women, rate of working people in poverty, toxic releases, dropout rate (at both high-school and college levels), infectious disease, infant mortality, health care costs, all of which are higher than in California?

Or might it be Nevada’s rankings for prenatal care, voter turnout, children’s health, health generally, health insurance coverage, child immunizations, reading skills, all of which are lower than in California?

If there is one thing that makes today’s Nevada distinctive and infamous, it is national rankings, so much so that we have our own local cliché—Nevada is high in everything you want to be low in, and low in everything you want to be high in.

Can we truly count on the Laxalt/Hof ticket to preserve Nevada’s standing in these fields and prevent us from emulating California? Ω

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Sean Mick’s office is the kind of nerd lair that most geeks dream about. The walls are lined with DVDs, Blu-Ray discs and CDs. There are shelves and shelves of movie memorabilia, including action figures, lunchboxes and games. There’s Batman, Yoda and the Beatles. There’s an entire case of Game of Thrones toys. A poster for The Wild Bunch towers over his desk. Bruce Lee appears again and again in various sizes of plastic and an innumerable poses in pictures and posters on the walls.

“I’ve always been a movie geek since I was a kid,” Mick said during a recent interview at the Carson City home where he lives with his wife and two kids. He’s the warehouse manager of a furniture store, and he also runs a small eBay business selling movie memorabilia, comic books, antiques and other collectibles—the stuff he collects.

Growing up in California during the ’60s and ’70s, his father used to take the family to the drive-in movie theaters. And there they saw everything—Westerns, action flicks, comedies and more.

“We were at the drive-in probably every week, seeing everything,” Mick said. “I saw The Godfather when I was 12—first run in the theater. I saw The Exorcist when I was 13 … first run in the theater.”

He caught the movie bug. He and friends from the neighborhood shot kung fu, zombie and science fiction movies with a Super 8 camera. He studied film at Sonoma State University near where he grew up. He wanted to be a movie director.

And then: “I got inspired to start writing by—of all people—Sylvester Stallone.”

Around ’79 or ’80, he read an interview with post-Rocky, pre-Rambo Stallone, who launched his career as an actor and director by attaching himself to the excellent Rocky screenplay, which he wrote.

“Back then, I was kind of disparaging—well, shit, if Stallone can do it, as a writer—then I can do it,” Mick said. “Now, I have a whole different perspective on Stallone. He did go to school. He’s a reader.

He’s a lot smarter than people give him credit for.”

Mick began reading and writing screenplays, reading books on the subject, and attending writing seminars. And now, this week, after 30 years of concentrated effort and dozens of scripts, he’s doing something he’s never done before: He’s flying to Los Angeles to attend the big screen premiere of a movie he wrote.

That movie is called Silencer. It’s an action flick produced by the indie company Status Media & Entertainment and director Timothy Wood, Jr., who also helmed the recent Western Hickok, with Luke Hemsworth and Kris Kristofferson, and some other well-crafted recent B movies.

Silencer stars Johnny Messner as a retired assassin who gets sucked back into a criminal adventure. The supporting cast includes MMA stars Tito Ortiz and Chuck Liddell. The prolific Danny Trejo plays the movie’s villain. Mick says this screenplay, which he started decades ago and has revised dozens of times, taps into the universal themes of a good adventure story “A good adventure—it’s in our DNA,” he said. “When I first wrote this script—all the hitman movies you’ve seen in the last 25 years? I was there first. I’m telling you.

The hero with the cool retro car, like John Wick? Yeah. I was there first. That’s the only thing I’ll brag about. And I have the script drafts to prove it.”

The movie is payoff for decades of frustration.

“You’d think the door was going to open, and then it wouldn’t,” Mick said.

“This, I thought was going to get made with two different actors at two different times.”

But he stuck with it because of his devotion to movies and love for writing.

Silencer will be available on-demand through streaming services on Sept. 4 and on disc later in the month. Ω

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“Which way to Sesame Street again?”

Strings attached It’s tough being a puppet these days. After what seemed like a surefire return to puppet glory with 2011’s The Muppets, 2014’s Muppets Most Wanted ended the cinematic Muppets momentum, and their 2015 TV series tanked.

So, with the stalling of the Muppets franchise, it seemed like a good time for a former Muppets stalwart Brian Henson (son of Muppets founder Jim) to take puppets in a more adult direction. After all, father Jim had a more adult incarnation of The Muppets in mind way back in the ’70s when they appeared on the first season of Saturday Night Live. (It’s true!) A raunchier band of puppets would seem an OK addition to the Henson legacy.

The Happytime Murders is not a Muppets movie—it’s a Brian Henson puppet movie, a product of Henson Alternative, an “adult” branch of the Jim Henson Company. The public will not be hankering for more adult puppet shenanigans after watching this listless, joyless, humorless exercise in how not to make a puppet movie.

The film is set up like your standard puppets-interacting-with-humans Muppets movie, but Kermit and company are banned from the set in favor of bland, seriously unfunny puppets that fail to distinguish themselves in any way. Brian Henson directs—his first big-screen directing gig since Muppet Treasure Island—and it’s a lost puppet cause. Henson’s directing chops have not aged like fine wine. They’ve aged like something more akin to a mango that got lost in the back of the refrigerator six months ago.

Melissa McCarthy, having a disastrous year with this and the terrible Life of the Party, takes the lead human role as Detective Connie Edwards, former partner of puppet cop turned private investigator Phil Philips (voiced by Bill Barretta).

The two find themselves teaming up again when puppet cast members of ’80s TV show The Happytime Gang start getting the cotton pulled out of

them in a series of visually uncreative deaths. OK, the one puppet getting shredded by a band of dogs led by a Boston Terrier made me chuckle a little, but it’s only because I have a Boston Terrier, and I’m pretty sure she would shred a living puppet if given the chance.

While there are hints of some funny premises to be had—Connie got a puppet liver transplant, so she’s tragically addicted to sugar—none of them are taken to fruitfully funny extremes. That’s because writer Todd Berger’s screenplay thinks something should get laughs just because it’s naughty. There’s no room for wit or depth in his land of puppetry, just F-bombs and silly-string ejaculate. Frankly, I’m surprised the film doesn’t have an overload of puppet farts. Puppet farts might actually be funny. They’d sound like wind passing through sheets left out on a line to dry on a sunny summer’s day.

Other human actors looking totally lost include Joel McHale as an FBI guy. (I couldn’t help but notice that McHale’s hairpiece/transplants look less convincing than the hair on the puppet heads.) Maya Rudolph fares a little better as Philip’s human secretary, but Leslie David Baker appears to be in serious pain delivering his typical police chief lines. Elizabeth Banks gets the worst gig as Jenny, the only human member of the Happytime Gang, forced to make out with Philip.

Let it be known that I, more than many, was very much up for some nastily funny puppet activity. I still think Team America: World Police is one of the century’s funniest movies, and The Happytime Murders had good people involved. Alas, a mundane McCarthy and babbling blue felt heads lead to what will stand as one of the year’s lousiest, and perhaps qualify as a new century worst.

I’d say nothing good comes out of The Happytime Murders, but maybe its failure will create an old-timey hankering for the return of Kermit and friends. Ω

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Alpha

This story of man’s first interaction with a dog turns out to be a winner if 1) you’re a dog person, and 2) you can watch a movie set 20,000 years ago and believe that the inhabitants could have such stylish leather jackets. No way somebody without a sewing machine could’ve put these things together way back then. If so, they were the Versace of their day. Directed by Albert Hughes (From Hell, Menace II Society), this is a sweet hypothetical story about a long-ago boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee), lost in the wilderness after a hunting trip gone awry, befriending a wolf. It’s not a syrupy sweet story; the two go through a sort of hell trying to find the boy’s homeland during the onset of winter. But if you are a dog person, and I am, the gradual warming of their relationship as they rely on one another to survive is nothing short of adorable and powerful. Hughes doesn’t simply rely on his sweet story to score a win with this one. His movie is often gorgeous, featuring majestic landscapes, excellent CGI work, and a damn fine dog as the title character. Smit-McPhee—the boy who cried “Poppa!” in The Road—is on screen for most every scene, relegated to a fake caveman language for his dialogue. All said, he delivers some career best work here, and sufficiently carries the human half of Alpha’s story. Cavemen movies usually suck. 10,000 BC … sucked.

Caveman starring Ringo Starr … sucked. Quest for Fire starring a pre-Hellboy Ron Perlman … really sucked. So it’s refreshing to see a film set in prehistoric times that actually engages, provides some thrills and warms the heart.

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Ant Man and the Wasp

Ant-Man and the Wasp is a fun continuation of what returning director Peyton Reed started with Ant-Man three years ago. I whined a bit about the decent original, a movie that I wanted to be more subversive, having known that Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) was supposed to direct it. I’m over it. Reed kicks some Marvel ass, and his sequel is actually better than the first. After the well done but admittedly gloomy Avengers: Infinity War earlier this year, Ant-Man and the Wasp joins the likes of Thor: Ragnarok as a fun, slightly eccentric diversion from the serious Marvel shit. This one, for the most part, just wants to have a good time, and it succeeds. As the title implies, this is no longer a one-man show for the always entertaining Paul Rudd as Ant-Man. Evangeline Lilly returns as Hope Van Dyne and gets a bigger part of the limelight as the Wasp, who has decidedly better martial arts skills than professional burglar Scott Lang. The Wasp lets the kicks fly in an early scene with a crooked businessman (Walton Goggins), and she owns every moment she’s onscreen. While the stakes aren’t quite as high as the usual Marvel fare—the entire universe isn’t at risk in this one—Reed and his crew make it more than compelling. They also make it funny, thanks mostly to Rudd, ninja master of comic timing.

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BlacKKKlansmen

The great Spike Lee has returned with what amounts to his best film since Malcolm X 26 years ago. Based on a true story, with some significant tweaking, it centers on Ron Stallworth (John David Washington, son of Denzel), a black police officer in Colorado who, on a whim, decided to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan by posing as a redneck. It wound up being a two-man sting, with Stallworth pretending to be a white man on the phone while sending in a white partner (depicted here by Adam Driver) to do the face-to-face work. Stallworth’s investigation eventually leads to him being named head of a local chapter of the KKK, and direct dealings with David Duke (Topher Grace), Grand Wizard of the KKK and all-time major asshole. The movie is as crazy as the story was, with Spike balancing intense drama and humor perfectly. Washington is as good as his old man in this movie, and Driver continues to show he’s always a cast MVP. Lee, shooting on celluloid again, makes a fantastic-looking movie; he’s a master of period pieces, with this one set in the ’70s. The film’s conclusion uses current events news footage—including

Charlottesville—showing the unfortunate and all too real racism parallels between the events in this film and the current state of America.

The movie is a great watch, but it is also a loud, absolutely necessary wakeup call.

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The Meg

It’s been over two decades since author Steve Alten released his big shark story Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror, the first of many Meg books. From the moment the first book hit stands, producers have been attempting to make a movie out of it. Many directors have flirted with making the movie, including Jan de Bont, Guillermo del Toro and, as recently as 2015, Eli Roth. The property eventually ended up under the directorial guidance of one Jon Turtletaub, the guy who made Cool Runnings, the National Treasure movies and, wait for it, 3 Ninjas. The result? A movie as misguided, sloppy and boring as you would expect from the guy who directed 3 Ninjas. Let’s just get the obvious problem out of the way good and early in this review. The Meg is rated PG-13, and probably could’ve pulled a PG. This is not a horror film. It’s an undersea adventure with a big, messy CGI shark and sci-fi twist. Roth left the project because they wouldn’t let him gore it up, and they wouldn’t let him star as deep-sea diver/adventurer Jonas Taylor. Instead, we get Jason Statham as Jonas, and hardly any need for makeup artists on the set due to a supreme lack of bloodletting. Like I said, this thing could be PG. And let’s be very clear, Jaws, the mother of all shark movies—and the greatest movie ever made, thank you very much—had a shit ton of bloodletting, and it was PG.

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Mission: Impossible—Fallout

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Puzzle

Tom Cruise is his maniac self in Mission: Impossible—Fallout, the sixth installment in his steady franchise and proof that the actor is spectacularly certifiable. The movie is one “Wow!” moment after another—and proof that the guy shows no signs of slowing down more than half way through his sixth decade. The movie stacks stunt after stunt featuring Cruise doing everything from jumping out of airplanes to scaling cliffs to piloting his own helicopter. It also features Cruise leaping from one rooftop to another and breaking his ankle against a building. That stunt shut down production for weeks but remains in the film in all its bone-breaking glory. Thankfully, the plot is the sort of fun, twisted story that has become the hallmark of this series, so you’ll be interested even when Cruise isn’t risking his life. The labyrinthian hijinks still feel fresh overall. Henry Cavill ups his stock worth with a great performance as an agent sent along to shadow Cruise’s Ethan Hunt; Cavill finally gets a chance to really show what he’s made of as an action star. Cruise is sick in the head for a myriad of reasons. Thankfully, one part of his sickness provides for movie stunts like the ones mentioned above.

Kelly Macdonald is terrific as Agnes, a mother of two and wife to Louie (an also excellent David Denman). Agnes is loved by her family, but they tend to not pay attention to her at times, and she’s beginning to lose interest in their mundane routines. She finds solace in jigsaw puzzles, and realizes she has a talent for putting them together fast. She sees a posting for a person looking to find a “puzzle partner,” gives them a call, and strikes up a friendship with Robert (Irrfan Khan) an eccentric millionaire with a shared fascination for puzzles. As the two meet twice a week to train for a puzzle competition, things go beyond friendship, and Agnes is forced to make some decisions about her home life. Marc Turtletaub’s minimalist direction works like a charm for this story, which plays a lot better than it sounds. Macdonald is first rate every second she’s on screen in this one, but especially in her scenes with Denman and Khan. Khan brings a lot of dimension to Robert, basically a nutty, lonely guy. Denman does a remarkable job of making Louie likeable, even if he is a bit of a dick at times. It’s not a film I was especially anxious to watch given its premise. I was pleasantly surprised.

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Isabel “Chavelita” Zarco (front), Jennifer Zarco, Jose Zarco and Ivania Etupinan serve up Mexican specialities at Chavelita’s.

Taco ’bout it Tucked next to a busy freeway interchange, there is nothing fancy about recently opened Chavelita’s Cocina Mexicana. It’s tiny. The decor is minimal, and the counter staff aren’t completely familiar with the menu. None of that matters, because the food is pretty damn good, and the service is really quick.

A serving of tortilla chips gave my companions and me a chance to sample the salsa bar. It has a good variety of salsas, from mild and fruity to spicy and smoky—plus items to customize dishes, including roasted hot chiles and onion, chopped onion and cilantro, radish slices, lime wedges and curtido, a mildly pickled slaw. A pair of crispy pupusa ($2 each), one cheese and one chicharon—fried pork skin—made good use of the curtido, along with a red sauce that was considerably more flavorful and spicier than the traditional Salvadoran variety.

I ordered a variety of tacos ($1.50 ea), including al pastor (spit-roasted pork), cabeza (beef head), carne asada (grilled, marinated beef), buche (pork throat and stomach), chorizo (pork sausage), pollo (chicken) and carne molida (ground meat) with lemon and pepper. I also tried a few tacos that cost a bit extra—carnitas (slow-cooked pork) ($1.75), tripitas (pork intestine) ($2), and lengua (beef tongue) ($2.50). In all, it was 10 tacos on two big plates, each one a pair of little corn tortillas topped with a lot of meat and nothing else. I dressed them with onion and cilantro and dug in.

The tortillas held up well, and the meats were tender and well seasoned. The chicken breast was marinated and grilled. The lemon pepper ground beef was surprisingly good. The tongue and cow’s head were both top notch, and even if intestines and pig stomach aren’t your thing, these could change your mind. These were easily the best guts I’ve been

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served. The intestines had a smooth texture imbued with amazing flavor. The chopped stomach could have passed for dark meat chicken, as long as you didn’t look too close. The only one I found off was the sausage, which suffered from an unfortunate overabundance of salt.

The saltiness of a chorizo and cheese mulita ($6.95) was tempered with refried beans, lettuce, tomato, onion and avocado, sandwiched between a pair of grilled, housemade corn tortillas. It was messy and fantastic. So was the pambazo ($6.95), which was made with pretty much the same ingredients—plus potato—placed in a large, soft sandwich roll soaked in guajillo pepper sauce. A “Philly cheese” torta ($6.95) in no way resembled a Philly cheesesteak but was a good combination of carne asada and bell pepper with all of the other sandwich goodies.

I’ve often been disappointed with this trendy favorite, but a shared plate of carne asada fries ($6.95) with meat, cheese, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream was better than I expected.

Combo plates came with healthy servings of rice and beans—both excellent—and a nice ensalada of lettuce, onion, tomato, guacamole and sour cream.

The aromatic pepper of a chile relleno ($8.95) was seriously stuffed with melted cheese. A big plate of carnitas verde ($9.95) in thick, spicy green sauce was so loaded with slow-cooked pork, it was almost too much for one meal. It’s fortunate this joint isn’t closer to my house, or I’d be tempted every single day. Ω

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by AndreA Heerdt

Sara Gracey and Andrea Santos have been working on this project together for nine years.

Sister act Shanti Shanti Sisters Sara Gracey and Andrea Santos were exposed to many different religions, cultures and types of spirituality growing up—one of them being a spiritual experience led by an Indian priest chanting the 5,000-year-old language Sanskrit.

They found the Sanskrit chanting captivating and incredibly beautiful when they first heard it at the ages of 7 and 9, and they wanted to replicate it through song ever since then. At such a young age, they found reading, writing and chanting Sanskrit easy to learn, so the two decided they wanted to expose other people to the beauty of the language.

According to Santos, Something Beautiful, the latest album by their duo Shanti Shanti, was created to be userfriendly, so it’s easy for people to follow along with the Sanskrit chanting. In each song there’s also an English translation, so the words from the ancient chants are easy to interpret and help deliver positive messaging to the listener.

“We wanted the really high positivity, really feel-good music and that spiritualness, that gentle spiritualness,” said Santos.

The second track “Who Am I” focuses on how life gets complicated and how people may find themselves lost spiritually, but to Santos, you can’t lose yourself to all of the negativity cluttering your mind, otherwise you lose perspective.

“The language of your heart gets replaced by all this stuff in your head,” said Santos.

Gracey said the album was recorded to be as organic as possible. They left a lot of natural sounds, like breathing or a baby’s hiccup, to give it a more human element rather than editing it out for the sake of perfection. “We didn’t take out [noises] intentionally,” said Gracey, 22 | RN&R | 08.30.18

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“A lot of [the recording] was done with children around.”

In the past, this influence of Sanskrit in music has been popularized by artists like the Beatles. The song “Across the Universe” contains the Sanskrit phrase “Jai Guru Deva Om” (“I give thanks to Guru Dev”). What Gracey and Santos did with their music was chant Sanskrit with original pronunciation but new harmonies to make the music their own.

Santos and Gracey were singing before they could even remember. Their parents built Granny’s House Recording Studio and passed on their knowledge of production to Santos, who did most of the production on Something Beautiful. Collectively, Santos and Gracey play piano, drums, violin and cello on the album in addition to singing and songwriting.

Their brother, Micah Forman, can be heard singing on the album, and their father, Robert Forman, played guitar and helped with production, too. In addition, Lane Cameron assisted with the mastering.

The sisters say that because they’re a spiritually-driven band, they’re able to incorporate many different cultures and religions into their music. Santos’s Catholic church choir chanted Sanskrit on the album.

The duo have also performed for a wide variety of events like Buddhist ceremonies and Quinceaneras.

As part of the release of Something Beautiful, the band has created a project called Feed Your Soul, Feed the World. Part of the proceeds from CD sales will go to charities who work to feed hungry families.

“Now that we have families, we’ve realized, ‘How do you work on your own enlightenment, how do you work on your own spirituality when you can’t even feed your kid?’,” Santos said. Ω Shanti Shanti will play a benefit show and perform healing mantras at rounds Bakery on September 7. tickets are available at shantishanti.com, and proceeds will go to Food Bank of northern nevada. Attendees are also encouraged to bring cans of food to donate.

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The Holland Project 140 Vesta St. 742-1858

Karaoke, 9pm, no cover

Dance party, 10pm, $5

Dance party, 10pm, $5

Jonny Mojo, Joaquin Fioressi, 8pm, no cover

Funksalot, 9pm, no cover

Shave, 9pm, no cover

Squaw Valley Electric, 9:30pm, no cover

Squaw Valley Electric, 9:30pm, no cover

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10042 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee, (530) 587-2626

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Roger Scimé, 5pm, no cover Cole Adams, 9pm, no cover

Skyler Lutes, 9pm, no cover

The Improv at Harveys Lake Tahoe, 18 Highway 50, Stateline, (775) 5886611: Tony Baker, Billy Bonnell, Thu-Fri, Sun, 9pm, $25, Sat, 8pm, 10pm, $30 Laugh Factory, Silver Legacy Resort Casino, 407 N. Virginia St., (775) 3257401: Nick Guerra, Thu, Sun, 7:30pm, $21.95; Fri-Sun, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, $27.45; Greg Hahn, Tu-W, 7:30pm, $21.95 LEX at Grand Sierra Resort, 2500 E. Second St., (775) 789-5399: Jon Schieszer, Fri, 6:30pm, $15-$20 The Library, 134 W. Second St., (775) 683-3308: Open Mic Comedy with host Jim Flemming, Sun, 9:30pm, no cover Pioneer Underground, 100 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-5233: Jon Schieszer, Fri-Sat, 8:30pm, $12-$19

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George Souza, 6pm, no cover

George Souza, 6pm, no cover

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Frankly Ficticious, 9pm, no cover

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Erica “Sunshine” Lee, 6pm, no cover

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Tyler Stafford Band, 7pm, no cover

Trey Stone, 7pm, no cover

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Beatles Flashback, 7pm, no cover

Emancipator, 8pm, Tu, $25-$30 Traditional Irish Session, 7pm, Tu, no cover

Open Mic with Lenny El Bajo, 7pm, W, no cover

Keyser Soze, 7pm, no cover

Combo Chimbita, People with Bodies, 8pm, $7

140 Vesta St., (775) 742-1858

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The Hajj, The Bannetons, Bat Country, 8pm, $5

E-40, Nef the Pharaoh, OMB Peezy, 7:30pm, $30

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Trivia Night, 8pm, no cover

Live music, 9pm, no cover

246 W. First St., (775) 329-4484

Smooth Jazz Sunday with Bob Irons, 10am, no cover

Soundpieces, Shiny Things, Tiger Fresh, 9pm, Tu, $5-$10, The Untz x Wormhole Tahoe, 10pm, W, $5-$10

NoMoFOMO with Party Platoon, 7pm, no cover

219 W. Second St., (775) 800-1020

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M.A.N.D.Y. and Friends, 10pm, M, $5 Worthy, Christian Martin, MANSION, 10pm, Tu, $5-$20

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Wretched Fuck, At the Heart of the World, Dissidence, Devotion, 8pm, $5

The Vibrators, The Shames, Infirmities, The Grimtones, 8pm, W, $7 Open mic, 7pm, M, no cover Comedy Night, 9pm, Tu, no cover

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Laughing PLanet Cafe

Jazz Jam Session Wednesdays, 7:30pm, W, no cover

941 N. Virginia St., (775) 870-9633

Living the good Life nightCLub

1480 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 841-4663

Smithwick/Francone Fundraiser with Greg Austin, 7pm, no cover

Canyon Jam/Open Mic, 6:30pm, Tu, no cover

the Loving CuP

Mystic Braves , Creation Factory, 9pm, $5

188 California Ave., (775) 322-2480

Midtown wine bar

1527 S. Virginia St., (775) 800-1960

DJ Trivia, 7pm, no cover

MiLLenniuM

10007 Bridge St., Truckee, (530) 587-8688

PaddY & irene’S iriSh Pub

906-A Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 358-5484

Dylan Jakobsen, 8pm, no cover

Wednesday Night Jam, 8pm, W, no cover High & Tight, Friday Night, 9pm, no cover

235 Flint St., (775) 376-1948

1559 S. Virginia St., (775) 322-8864

Dylan Jakobsen, 8:30pm, no cover

Acoustic Wonderland Sessions, 8pm, no cover

PigniC Pub & Patio the PoLo Lounge

Dylan Jakobsen, 8:30pm, no cover

T-N-Keys, DJ Bobby G, 6pm, no cover

Ladies Night with DJ Bobby G, 8pm, no cover

Dirty Rugs, MAMM, 8pm, no cover Erika Malone, 9pm, no cover

Saints and Sinners Wednesday Night Blues Syndicate, 8pm, W, no cover

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Shea’S tavern

Swine, Qarin, A Devinstating Christastrophe, 8pm, $5-$6

SParkS Lounge

Tony G’s Thursday Night Blues Jam, 9pm, no cover

1237 Baring Blvd., Sparks, (775) 409-3340

Bryan Titus Trio, 8pm, W, no cover DG Kicks Band, 8pm, Tu, no cover

the Saint

715 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-4774

Emancipator Sept. 4, 8 p.m.

Cargo Concert Hall 255 N. Virginia St. 398-5400

Banda Movil, Banda Refaga, Banda Zeta, Fulanito, 10pm, no cover Los De La Cuadra, 10pm, $30

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T-N-Keys, 4:30pm, Tu, no cover Joey Grillo, 7:30pm, W, no cover

Jason King, 8pm, no cover

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Swingin’ Utters, Kevin Seconds, 8pm, Tu, $15-$17 The God Bombs, 8pm, W, $5-$6 Reverse the Cycle, 9pm, no cover

The Jokers Wild Blues Band, 6pm, no cover

Rockin’ Roadhouse Blues Jam, 9pm, Tu, Karaoke, 9pm, W, no cover

Guest DJs, 9pm, no cover

Saturday Dance Party with DJ Tigerbunny, 10pm, no cover

Sunday Services with Reverend Rory Dowd, 7pm, $5

Speaker Child, Rell Money, Dee Day The Scorpion, 9pm, $10

Jake Nielsen’s Triple Threat, 9pm, no cover

G-Life, Charlie Madness, Deeday tha Scorpion, Logic One, 9pm, $5

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Farah & Sons, 1446 Victorian Ave., Sparks, (775) 499-5799: Karaoke, Sat, 9pm, no cover Jimmy B’s Bar & Grill, 180 W. Peckham Lane, Ste. 1070, (775) 686-6737: Karaoke, Fri, 9pm, no cover The Point, 1601 S. Virginia St., (775) 3223001: Karaoke, Thu-Sat, 8:30pm, no cover Spiro’s Sports Bar & Grille, 1475 E. Prater Way, Ste.103, Sparks, (775) 356-6000: Karaoke, Fri-Sat, 9pm, no cover West 2nd Street Bar, 118 W. Second St., (775) 348-7976: Karaoke, Mon-Sun, 9pm, no cover

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219 N. Center St., (775) 786-3232 1) Showroom 2) Sapphire Lounge 3) Plaza

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1) The O’Jays, 8pm, $55-$75 2) In-A-Fect, 8pm, no cover

2) In-A-Fect, 8pm, no cover Just Us, 10pm, no cover

2) Just Us, 8pm, no cover

2) The Vegas Road Show, 8pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

2) Jason King, 6pm, no cover

2) Paul Covarelli, 5pm, no cover John Palmore, 9pm, no cover

2) Paul Covarelli, 5pm, no cover John Palmore, 9pm, no cover

2) Gary Douglas, 5pm, no cover Stephen Lord, 9pm, no cover

2) Tandymonium, 6pm, M, no cover Jonathan Barton, 6pm, Tu, no cover Jason King, 6pm, W, no cover

Buddy Emmer Band, 7pm, no cover

Buddy Emmer Band, 7pm, no cover

Buddy Emmer Band, 7pm, no cover

Buddy Emmer Band, 6pm, no cover

Chris Twomey, 6pm, M, Tu, W, no cover

1) Samantha Fish, Alastair Greene, 9pm, $17-$20

2) The Humidors, 10pm, no cover

2) DubFyah & DJ Paul, 10pm, no cover

1) The BoDeans, Tolan Shaw, 9pm, $23-$25

1) Cirque Paris, 7pm, $19.95-$49.95

1) Cirque Paris, 8:30pm, $19.95-$59.95 2) Marcy Playground, 9pm, no cover

1) Cirque Paris, 5pm, 8:30pm, $19.95-$59.95 2) Marcy Playground, 9pm, no cover

1) Cirque Paris, 5pm, $19.95-$59.95

2) Throwback Thursdays with DJ Mo Ayala, 7pm, no cover

2) DJ Oasis, 10pm, $20 3) Take Two, 6pm, no cover

2) DJ Clutch, 10pm, $20 3) Take Two, 6pm ,no cover

1) Volume Burlesque, 8:30pm, $30-$40

1) Volume Burlesque, 8:30pm, $30-$40 2) DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

1) Volume Burlesque, 8:30pm, $30-$40 2) DJ/dancing, 10pm, no cover

1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $24-$38

1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $24-$38

1) Solid Gold Soul, 8pm, $24-$38

1) Hot Jersey Nights, 7:30pm, $27-$37

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FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 30, 2018 For a complete listing of this week’s events or to post events to our online calendar, visit www.newsreview.com.

CIVIL WAR DAYS AND BATTLE TRAINS: Hundreds of Civil War reenactors battle out great scenes on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad and even right in the middle of C Street as part of the Labor Day Parade. Thu, 8/30-Mon, 9/3. Various locations in Virginia City, (775) 847-7500, www.visitvirginiacitynv.com.

COIN PRESS DEMONSTRATIONS: Visitors to the Nevada State Museum can watch the museum’s historical Coin Press No. 1 mint coins. Two-person teams of volunteers will work the press and talk about its history with museum visitors.

The demonstrations will take place from 9am-noon and from 1-4 pm. Fri 8/31, 9am. $8 adults, free admission for children under age 17. Nevada State Museum, 600 N. Carson St., Carson City, (775) 687-4810.

DISCOVER YOUR WAY: Families with children on the autism spectrum and with sensory processing disorders are given special admission before the public.

This monthly program provides an opportunity to enjoy sensory-friendly time at The Discovery and allows parents to network. Sun, 9/2, 10am. $10-$12.

Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, nvdm.org.

FOOD TRUCK FRIDAYS: The summertime event features 30 food trucks, pop-up restaurants and food trailers every Friday. Local bands and artists are featured each week. Fri, 8/31, 5pm. Free admission. Idlewild Park, 1800 Idlewild Drive, facebook.com/renostreetfood.

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1 and at noon on Sunday, Sept. 2, at Hungry Valley Pow Wow Grounds, 266 Loop Road, off Eagle Canyon Drive, Sparks. Admission is free. Call 470-1100 or visit www.rsic.org/32nd-annual-numaga-indian-days-pow-wow.

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A HIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY: Jared Blumenfeld’s talk will combine his hiking photographs, stories of adventure and insights about the current state of environmental politics. Thu, 8/30, 5:30pm. $10. Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village, (775) 881-7560, tahoe.ucdavis.edu.

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Two dozen of the world’s top barbecue cookers compete for cash prizes and a shot at winning the title of best ribs in the West during the 30th annual event.

The winners will be announced on Labor Day, Sept. 3. The end-of-summer festival also features a kids’ area, craft vendors and live entertainment on two stages.

Thu, 8/30-Mon, 9/3, 10:30am. Free. Nugget Casino Resort, 1100 Nugget Ave., Sparks, (775) 356-3300, nuggetribcookoff.com.

discuss The Tea Planter’s Wife by Dinah Jeffries. Sat, 8/31, 1pm. Free. Meeting room at Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200.

HIGH SIERRA WRITERS: Bring your written work to share and critique with published and unpublished writers. Wed, 9/5, 7pm. Free. Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 5555 S. Virginia St., highsierrawriters.org.

LABOR DAY PARADE: Celebrate the American labor movement and all the achievements of workers in our country during the annual parade along C Street.

Mon, 9/3, noon. Free. Downtown Virginia City, (775) www.visitvirginiacitynv.com.

SMALL WONDER WEDNESDAYS: Tots ages 5 and younger can participate in story time and explore The Discovery for a full hour before it opens to the public.

Wed, 9/5, 9am. $10-$12. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 7861000, nvdm.org.

STROKE SUPPORT GROUP: Saint Mary’s Therapy Department hosts a monthly stroke support group for stroke survivors and family. The group meets on the last Thursday of every month. Thu, 8/30, 5:30pm. Free. Saint Mary’s Center for Health, 645 N. Arlington Ave., Suite 350, (775) 770-6169.

TAHOE/TRUCKEE ALPEN WINE FEST: The 30th annual festival features an all-inclusive wine tasting from more than 40 wineries, a silent auction and live music from Beyond the Rails and Jeff Jones. All proceeds benefit Can Do MS. Sun, 9/2, 2-6pm. $40-$60. The Village at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley, squawalpine.com.

CONVERSATION CAFÉ: This a drop-in conversation forum open every week except holidays. Participate with people sharing diverse views and a passion for engaging with others over topics and news. Thu, 8/30, 10:15am. Free. Aspen Grove Community Center, Incline Village, (775) 832-1310.

FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR AT GAR WOODS: Celebrate the Labor Day weekend with this free fireworks show for the community. Donations will go toward North Tahoe and Truckee school sports programs. Make reservations in advance to dine at Gar Woods. Sun, 9/2, 8pm. Gar Woods Grill & Pier, 5000 N. Lake Blvd., Carnelian Bay, www.garwoods.com.

FREE OUTDOOR MOVIES AT SQUAW VALLEY: The movie series concludes with a screening of the 2018 action film Black Panther. Thu, 8/30, 8:30pm. Free. The Village at Squaw Valley, 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley, squawalpine.com.

PACIFIC FINE ARTS FESTIVAL: Homewood Mountain Resort celebrates Labor Day weekend with the final Homewood Handcrafted Designs under the Pines of the year. The event brings together a group of 50 artisans showcasing an assortment of collectable and wearable arts and crafts in a variety of media, including paintings, ceramics, jewelry, woodwork and photography. Fri, 8/31Sun, 9/2, 10am-5pm. Free. Homewood Mountain Resort, 5145 Westlake Blvd., Homewood, www.pacificfinearts.com.

SKI RUN FARMERS MARKET: The market offers organic, farm-fresh produce, local eats, a bounce house for kids, live music and locally made arts and crafts.

Fri, 8/31, 3pm. Free. Ski Run Farmers Market, Ski Run Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, skirunfarmersmarket.com.

TAHOE CITY FARMERS MARKET: Enjoy fresh, local produce, delicious food and lake views every Thursday through Oct. 1. Thu, 8/30, 8am. Free. Commons Beach, 400 N. Lake Blvd., Tahoe City, tahoecityfarmersmarket.com.

TAHOE STAR TOURS: Star guides Tony and Ryan Berendsen offer an intimate look at the stars. View the cosmos through high-powered Celestron telescopes.

Enjoy comfortable seating, blankets, outdoor heaters, hot chocolate, s’mores and more. Thu, 8/30-Sat, 9/1, 7pm. $40. Northstar California’s Dark Skies Cosmoarium, 148 Northstar Drive, Truckee, www.northstarcalifornia.com.

YOUNG ADULT WRITERS’ MEETUP: Meet with fellow writers for discussion and writing.

Laptops available. Snacks provided. Sat, 9/1, 3pm. Free. South Lake Tahoe Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, (530) 573-3185.

ART ARTIST CO-OP GALLERY RENO: Nevada and the West and Loving Nevada. Members Larry Jacox and Ann Weiss host the gallery’s August show. Thu, 8/30-Fri, 8/31, 11am-4pm. Free. Artist Co-op Gallery Reno, 627 Mill St., (775) 322-8896.

BLACK ROCK PRESS: Bruce Licher’s letterpress printed music ephemera, including posters, CD and record packaging and stamps, is on display.

Licher will give a presentation at 6pm on Nov. 1. There will be a reception at 4:30pm on Nov. 2. Tue, 9/4-Wed, 9/5, 9am. Free. Black Rock Press, Jot Travis Building, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N. Virginia St., (775) 784-4278.

CCAI COURTHOUSE GALLERY: Visual Oasis: Creative Growth. The Capital City Arts Initiative presents its group show. The exhibition includes mixed media, 3D art and 2D works. Thu, 8/30-Fri, 8/31, Tue, 9/4-Wed, 9/5, 8am-5pm. Free. CCAI Courthouse Gallery, 885 E. Musser St., Carson City, arts-initiative.org.

COMMUNITY CENTER SIERRA ROOM: Jenny Raven—The Creative Growth Years 19791984. Jenny Raven lived in San Diego until the mid-1970s. Following surgery for a brain tumor that left her disabled with limited short-term memory, her family moved to Berkeley. There she was able to access purpose and artistic guidance at Creative Growth Art Center. Raven worked in a variety of media, but she preferred drawing with pen and ink. She died at age 23, but during the last five years of her life, she thrived as an artist at CGAC developing a mature style in her art. The show runs Monday-Thursday through Oct. 18. Thu, 8/30, Tue, 9/4-Wed, 9/5, 5-8pm. Community Center Sierra Room, 851 E. William St., Carson City, (775) 283-7421, www.arts-initiative.org.

E. L. WIEGAND GALLERY, OATS PARK ART CENTER: The Middle of Nowhere. Recent sculptures, paintings and collaborations

by Jay Schmidt. The show runs through Nov. 17. Thu, 8/30-Wed, 9/5. Free. E. L. Wiegand Gallery, Oats Park Art Center, 151 E. Park St., Fallon, (775) 423-1440, www.churchillarts.org.

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH MIDTOWN RENO: Artist Showing and Wine Tasting. Meet the artist of the month. Thu, 8/30, 6pm. Free.

Fountain of Youth Midtown Reno, 724 S. Virginia St., (775) 964-4888.

GALLERY EAST, MCKINLEY ARTS AND CULTURE CENTER: Untitled: A Venture into the Unknown. The exhibition features works by artist Quynh Tran. Thu, 8/30-Fri, 8/31, Tue, 9/4-Wed, 9/5, 9am-5pm. Free.

McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-6264.

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GALLERY WEST, MCKINLEY ARTS AND CULTURE CENTER: A Splash of Color. McKinley Gallery West presents work by painter Courtney Jacobs. Thu, 8/30-Fri, 8/31, Tue, 9/4-Wed, 9/5, 9am-5pm. Free. McKinley Arts and Culture Center, 925 Riverside Drive, (775) 334-6264, www.reno.gov.

GUIDED HIKE: Enjoy a guided hike through Galena Creek Park with a local specialist.

Please bring appropriate clothing and plenty of water. The hike intensity varies, depending on the audience. Sat, 9/1, 10am. Free. Galena Creek Visitor Center, 18250 Mount Rose Highway, (775) 849-4948.

GARAGE DOOR GALLERY, SIERRA NEVADA COLLEGE: MFA-IA Theses Exhibit. The exhibit features work by Karen Krolak, Sarah Lillegard, Chelsea Mandell and Sam Shear. Thu, 8/30. Free. Sierra Nevada College, 999 Tahoe Blvd., Incline Village, www.sierranevada.edu.

RENO ACES: Reno’s minor league baseball team closes its 2018 season with a fourgame series playing the Albuquerque Isotopes. Fri, 8/31-Sat, 9/1, 7:05pm; Sun, 9/2, 6:05pm; Sun, 9/3, 1:05pm. $11-$45.

Greater Nevada Field, 250 Evans Ave., (775) 334-7000, www.milb.com/reno.

KIRK ROBERTSON GALLERY, OATS PARK ART CENTER: Homage to Collage. Featuring Kirk Robertson’s mixed media works from three decades. The show runs through Nov. 17. Thu, 8/30-Wed, 9/5. Free.

Kirk Robertson Gallery, Oats Park Art Center, 151 E. Park St., Fallon, (775) 4231440, www.churchillarts.org.

CLASSES ART ADVENTURES: Kids ages 6-10 will explore a different art medium each week. Classes will be held on Wednesday through Oct. 17. There will be no class on Oct. 3. Wed, 9/5, 2:45-4pm. $60 for six classes. Room A4, Rollan Melton Elementary School, 6575 Archimedes Lane, www.artsforallnevada.org.

METRO GALLERY, RENO CITY HALL: Winnemucca Valley—Nevada’s Serengeti.

The Reno City Hall Metro Gallery exhibits Erik Holland’s landscape paintings of Winnemucca Valley. The show runs through Sept. 7. There will be a reception on Sept. 6, 5-7pm. Thu, 8/30-Fri, 8/31, Tue, 9/4-Wed, 9/5, 8am-5pm. Free. Reno City Hall, 1 E. First St., (775) 334-6264.

THE ART OF FLUID PAINTING: Learn different techniques of fluid abstract painting, the basics of color and how to have fun with it all. Fri, 8/31, 5:15pm. $30. Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-1128.

SPARKS MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER: The Biggest Little Watercolor Show. Sierra Watercolor Society presents its latest exhibition of original watercolor paintings by local artists and its annual judged show. A reception with the artists will be on Sept. 22, 1-4pm. Thu, 8/30-Sat, 8/31, Tue, 9/4-Wed, 9/5, 11am. Free. Sparks Museum & Cultural Center, 814 Victorian Ave., Sparks, sierrawatercolorsociety.com.

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The 29th annual festival offers samples of 40 types of beers from 25 breweries plus live music from The California Honeydrops and Mojo Green. All proceeds from the event will benefit Achieve Tahoe. The event takes place from 2-6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, at The Village at Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, 1750 Village East Road, Olympic Valley, Tickets are $10-$40. Visit squawalpine.com.

ongoing classes are designed to give beginners a proper introduction to various computer programs. Seating is limited. Registration is required. Fri, 8/31, 1-3pm. Free. Sparks Library, 1125 12th St., Sparks, (775) 352-3200.

ST. MARY’S ART CENTER: Summer Exhibition.

Artwork by Edward Durand and Tynan Wheeler, Mimi Patrick, Casey Clark, Patty Lassaline, Joanne Pinnock, Pinion Pottery, Malissa Sparks, Grey Wolf Leather Works and Paula Saponaro. Fri, 8/31-Sun, 9/2, 11am-4pm. Free. St. Mary’s Art Center, 55 North R St., Virginia City, (775) 847-7774.

MUSEUMS NEVADA MUSEUM OF ART: Andrea Zittel: Wallsprawl; Art of the Greater West; BLOOM: Ken Goldberg, Sanjay Krishnan, Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg; Celebrating Israel’s 70th Anniversary: Michal Rovner and Tal Shochat; Hans Meyer-Kassel: Artist of Nevada; History of Transportation: A Mural Study by Helen Lundeberg; James Turrell: Roden Crater; Manet to Maya Lin; Maya Lin: Pin River—Tahoe Watershed; The Nuclear Landscape; Trevor Paglen: Orbital Reflector; Judith Belzer: The Panama Project; The Lasting World: Simon Dinnerstein and The Fulbright Triptych. Thu, 8/31-Sun, 9/2, Wed, 9/5, 10am. $1-$10. Nevada Museum of Art, 160 W. Liberty St., (775) 329-3333.

TERRY LEE WELLS NEVADA DISCOVERY MUSEUM (THE DISCOVERY): MEGA Body.

Discover how the human body works from the inside out by taking a hands-on, walk-through journey through The MEGA Body, a scientifically accurate 50-footlong, 12-foot-tall inflatable replica of the human body. Fri, 8/31-Sun, 9/2. $10$12. Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery), 490 S. Center St., (775) 786-1000, nvdm.org.

PLAY WITH CLAY: This beginners class

FILM SCUMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: Live screening of Scumdance Film Festival entries celebrating the best (and worst) of lowbrow culture. Sat, 9/1, noon. Jub Jub’s Thirst Parlor, 71 S. Wells Ave., (775) 3841652, www.facebook.com/Scumdance.

THIS GUN FOR HIRE: The Carson City Classic Cinema Club presents a screening of the 1942 crime drama film directed

by Frank Tuttle and starring Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar and Alan Ladd. Tue, 9/4, 6pm. $3-$5, free for members, Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King St., Carson City, ccclassiccinema.org.

TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT: Artemisia Moviehouse presents a screening of the 2016 drama directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The film stars Marion Cotillard as Sandra, a laborer whose co-workers have voted to accept a 1000-Euro bonus—on the condition that Sandra be fired in a salary-reducing maneuver.

Already suffering from the aftermath of a nervous breakdown, Sandra has just one weekend to convince the others to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. Sun, 9/2, 6pm. $5-$9. Good Luck Macbeth Theatre Company, 124 W. Taylor St., www.artemisiamovies.weebly.com.

MUSIC 9/11 MEMORIAL CONCERTS: Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus will conclude their 2018 Tahoe Summer MusicFest with a four-concert series. The series, which kicks off on Sept. 2, commemorates the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy. Sun, 9/2, 4pm. $15-$40, free admission for youth under age 23 in general admission seating. St. Gall Catholic Church, 1343 Centerville Lane, Gardnerville, toccatatahoe.org.

ULTRAFAUX WITH EVAN PRICE: The Baltimorebased group, led by guitarist/composer Michael Joseph Harris, performs original music influenced by Manouche guitarist Django Reinhardt, Balkan folk, gypsy swing, be-bop, traditional jazz, funk and French musette. Evan Price is a two-time Grammy award-winning, classicalcrossover violinist who now plays with the renowned jazz supergroup Hot Club of San Francisco. Wed, 9/5, 7:30pm. $22$30. Valhalla Boathouse Theatre, 1 Valhalla Road, South Lake Tahoe, (530) 541-4975, valhallatahoe.com.

BLUESDAYS: The 10th annual summer music series concludes with a performance

by Cedric Burnside Project. Tue, 9/4, 6pm. Free. Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, 1960 Squaw Valley Road, Olympic Valley, squawalpine.com.

LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE: The Grammy and Latin Grammy-winning norteño music legends perform. Fri, 8/31, 8pm. $49.50$89.50. Reno Ballroom, 401 N. Center St., (775) 325-7333.

MUSIC ON THE BEACH: The summer music series concludes with a performance by bluegrass group The Wrinkle. Fri, 8/31, 6pm. Free. Kings Beach State Recreation Area, 8318 N. Lake Blvd., Kings Beach, northtahoebusiness.org.

AN EVENING WITH TIERNEY SUTTON: The Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist will perform a concert of big band jazz and enduring classics accompanied by the Reno Jazz Orchestra. Sat, 9/1, 7:30pm. $29-$89. Sand Harbor State Park, 2005 Highway 28, Incline Village, laketahoeshakespeare.com.

ONSTAGE ANIMAL: Restless Artists Theatre Company presents Claire Lizzimore’s darkly comic play about the underside of domesticity, the complexity of the brain in chaos and the thin line between sinking and survival. Thu, 8/30-Sat, 9/1, 7:30pm; Sun, 9/2, 2pm. $8-$15. Restless Artists Theatre Company, 295 20th Street, Sparks, www.rattheatre.org.

LEGALLY BLONDE: Sierra School of Performing Arts presents the award-winning musical based on the hit movie. Sorority star Elle Woods doesn’t take “no” for an answer.

When her boyfriend dumps her for someone “serious,” Elle puts down the credit card, hits the books and sets out to go where no Delta Nu has gone before: Harvard Law. Along the way, Elle proves that being true to yourself never goes out of style. Thu, 8/30-Sat, 9/1, 7:30pm. $15$45. Robert Z. Hawkins Amphitheater, Bartley Ranch Regional Park, 6000 Bartley Ranch Road, (775) 852-7740.

for kids ages 8-14 will include handbuilding and throwing with final glazing.

Students will have the opportunity to create their own world and characters through clay. This class will take place on Tuesdays through Sept. 25. Tue, 9/4, 4pm. $90 for four sessions. Arts for All Nevada, the Lake Mansion, 250 Court St., artsforallnevada.org.

PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF RENO: The group meets every Wednesday. There is painting from life models (no instruction). All artists are welcome.

For more information, email psor2016@ gmail.com. Fri, 8/31, 5:15pm. $10 drop-in fee. Nevada Fine Arts, 1301 S. Virginia St., (775) 786-1128, www.nvfinearts.com.

RENO FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT CLASSES: Learn to move well again, reduce pain and stress and improve balance and performance through Awareness Through Movement classes. Sat, 9/1, 10am. $8-$15. Cathexes Building, 250 Bell St., (775) 240-7882, renofeldenkrais.blogspot.com.

WEEKLY WONDERS SPARKS ART CLASS: Arts for All Nevada offers 90-minute workshops for people with intellectual disabilities every Thursday evening. Art supplies are provided. Aides/caregivers are welcome to attend the workshops as needed. Thu, 8/30, 4pm. Free. Larry D. Johnson Community Center, 1200 12th St., Sparks, www.artsforallnevada.org.

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Having it small I met somebody online, and we have a real connection, but he is agoraphobic and hasn’t really left his bedroom for 10 years. I have a job and a life, so it’s hard to keep up with his barrage of messages.

However, it seems unfair to bail on dating him just because he has this condition. What causes agoraphobia? Is it treatable?

The term “agoraphobia” starts with “agora,” the word for the ancient Greek version of a ginormous open-air shopping mall and outdoor auditorium. However, agoraphobia is not simply a fear of big, open spaces. Agoraphobics also fear—and avoid—unfamiliar environments and situations that leave them feeling their safety is beyond their control—like being in a crowd of strangers with little room to move.

Additionally, the “my duvet is my continent!” lifestyle, in severe cases of agoraphobia, can develop out of a fear of having these dreaded situations trigger a panic attack. Evolutionary psychologist and psychiatrist Randolph Nesse explains that panic, a form of fear, appears to be an “adaptive” reaction—meaning one that evolved to protect us—driving us to flee from “life-threatening danger.” It does this by kicking off a “coordinated pattern” of changes in the body, emotions and behavior.

In the body, panic causes your adrenaline to surge, ramping up your energy. Your lung capacity increases, and your blood flow gets redirected—away from your brain and to your arms and legs, so you can kickbox somebody into submission or—if you got a D in ninja school—run for your life.

Mentally, panic turns you “Aaah! Lemme outta here!”-centric.

As Nesse explains it, “the mind becomes focused on finding escape routes. If none are obvious, anxiety rises quickly,” and there’s an “overwhelming” motivation to seek shelter in protective places and be near protective people.

If you’re staring down a lion or an angry mob, this response will help you survive. And Nesse notes that “mild ‘normal’ agoraphobia seems” to be a reaction akin to “fear of leaving the home range in territorial animals, a situation fraught with danger in the wild.” However, Nesse explains that extreme

agoraphobia—like that experienced by your friend—seems to be an over-functioning of a survival mechanism, an excessive response leading to the avoidance of not just meaningful danger but the stuff of normal day-to-day life.

But there is hope for agoraphobics. Clinical psychologist Michelle Craske reports that the mind and body can often be successfully retrained through a form of cognitive behavioral therapy. It’s called exposure therapy, and it involves a therapist gradually and repeatedly exposing a patient to something they’re irrationally afraid of (like spiders, social rejection or leaving their bedroom).

These experiences can eventually lead the patient to see that their fear is unfounded and—in time—to react more rationally, both consciously and in their subconscious physical reactions. So, for example, going to the grocery store would eventually give rise to the bodily reactions of any other tedious to-do list item—as opposed to the adrenalized reactions that go with being chased down the cereal aisle by a guy with an ax.

The thing is, this is a long process—often rife with setbacks— and you aren’t this guy’s doctor.

As for your notion that it’s unfair to nix a relationship with him because of his condition, you seem to be conflating sticking by a person you love—that “in sickness and in health” marriage vow—with doing it for a person you hope to love.

You may also be falling prey to the “sunk cost fallacy.” This is a cognitive bias—an error in reasoning—that leads us to irrationally decide to continue an endeavor based on how much we’ve already invested (in, say, time and energy).

But that prior investment is gone.

The rational way to assess whether to continue is to see what we’d get out of any future investment.

In other words, you should only consider this guy a viable prospect for a boyfriend if you’re willing to sign on for the day-to-day reality—a relationship that takes place entirely in his bedroom. Ω

ERIK HOLLAND

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave., No. 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com).

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by ROb bRezsny

For the week oF August 30, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19): In Alice’s Adventures in

Wonderland, our heroine encounters a talking caterpillar as he smokes a hookah on top of a tall mushroom. “Who are you?” he asks her.

Alice is honest: “I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.” She says this with uneasiness. In the last few hours, she has twice been shrunken down to a tiny size and twice grown as big as a giant. All these transformations have unnerved her. In contrast to Alice, I’m hoping you’ll have a positive attitude about your upcoming shifts and mutations, Aries. From what I can tell, your journey through the Season of Metamorphosis should be mostly fun and educational.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Juan Villarino has

hitchhiked over 2,350 times in 90 countries.

His free rides have carried him over 100,000 miles. He has kept detailed records, so he’s able to say with confidence that Iraq is the best place to catch a lift. Average wait time there is seven minutes. Jordan and Romania are good, too, with nine- and twelve-minute waits, respectively. In telling you about his success, I don’t mean to suggest that now is a favorable time to hitchhike. But I do want you to know that the coming weeks will be prime time to solicit favors, garner gifts, and make yourself available for metaphorical equivalents of free rides. You’re extra magnetic and attractive. How could anyone resist providing you with the blessings you need and deserve?

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One of the big stories

of 2018 concerns your effort to escape from a star-crossed trick of fate—to fix a long-running tweak that has subtly undermined your lust for life. How successful will you be in this heroic quest? That will hinge in part on your faith in the new power you’ve been developing. Another factor that will determine the outcome is your ability to identify and gain access to a resource that is virtually magical even though it appears nondescript. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because I suspect that a key plot twist in this story will soon unfold.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Potential new allies are

seeking entrance to your domain. Existing allies aspire to be closer to you. I’m worried you may be a bit overwhelmed; that you might not exercise sufficient discrimination. I therefore urge you to ask yourself these questions about each candidate. 1. Does this person understand what it means to respect your boundaries? 2.

What are his or her motivations for wanting contact with you? 3. Do you truly value and need the gifts each person has to give you? 4.

Everyone in the world has a dark side. Can you intuit the nature of each person’s dark side? Is it tolerable? Is it interesting?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): While a young man, the

future Roman leader Julius Caesar was kidnapped by Sicilian pirates. They proposed a ransom of 620 kilograms of silver. Caesar was incensed at the small size of the ransom—he believed he was worth more—and demanded that his captors raise the sum to 1,550 kilograms. I’d love to see you unleash that kind of bravado in the coming weeks, Leo—preferably without getting yourself kidnapped. In my opinion, it’s crucial that you know how valuable you are, and make sure everyone else knows, as well.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Romanian philoso-

pher Emil Cioran loved the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. “Without Bach, God would be a complete second-rate figure,” he testified, adding, “Bach’s music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded as a complete failure.”

I invite you to emulate Cioran’s passionate clarity, Virgo. From an astrological perspective, now is an excellent time to identify people and things that consistently invigorate your excitement about your destiny. Maybe you have just one shining exemplar, like Cioran, or maybe you have more. Home in on the phenomena that in your mind embody the glory of creation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I foresee the withering of a hope or the disappearance of a prop or the loss of leverage. This ending may initially make you feel melancholy, but I bet it will ulti-

mately prove beneficent—and maybe lead you to resources that were previously unavailable.

Here are rituals you could perform that may help you catalyze the specific kind of relief and release you need: 1. Wander around a graveyard and sing songs you love. 2. Tie one end of a string around your ankle and the other end around an object that symbolizes an influence you want to banish from your life. Then cut the string and bury the object. 3. Say this 10 times: “The end makes the beginning possible.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “If a man treats a life

artistically, his brain is his heart,” wrote Oscar Wilde. I’ll translate that into a more complete version: “If a person of any gender treats life artistically, their brain is their heart.” This truth will be especially applicable for you in the coming weeks. You’ll be wise to treat your life artistically. You’ll thrive by using your heart as your brain. So I advise you to wield your intelligence with love. Understand that your most incisive insights will come when you’re feeling empathy and seeking intimacy. As you crystallize clear visions about the future, make sure they are generously suffused with ideas about how you and your people can enhance your joie de vivre.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “My tastes

are simple,” testified Sagittarian politician Winston Churchill. “I am easily satisfied with the best.” I propose that we make that your motto for now. While it may not be a sound idea to demand only the finest of everything all the time, I think it will be wise for you to do so during the next three weeks. You will have a mandate to resist trifles and insist on excellence. Luckily, this should motivate you to raise your own standards and expect the very best from yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Russian play-

wright Anton Chekhov articulated a principle he felt was essential to telling a good story: If you say early in your tale that there’s a rifle hanging on the wall, that rifle must eventually be used. “If it’s not going to be fired, it shouldn’t be hanging there,” declared Chekhov. We might wish that real life unfolded with such clear dramatic purpose. To have our future so well-foreshadowed would make it easier to plan our actions. But that’s not often the case. Many elements pop up in our personal stories that ultimately serve no purpose. Except now, that is, for you Capricorns. I suspect that in the next six weeks, plot twists will be telegraphed in advance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Would it be fun

to roast marshmallows on long sticks over scorching volcanic vents? I suppose. Would it be safe? No! Aside from the possibility that you could get burned, the sulfuric acid in the vapors would make the cooked marshmallows taste terrible, and might cause them to explode. So I advise you to refrain from adventures like that.

On the other hand, I will love it if you cultivate a playful spirit as you contemplate serious decisions. I’m in favor of you keeping a blithe attitude as you navigate your way through tricky maneuvers. I hope you’ll be jaunty in the midst of rumbling commotions.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): People will be

thinking about you more than usual, and with greater intensity. Allies and acquaintances will be revising their opinions and understandings about you, mostly in favorable ways, although not always. Loved ones and not-so-loved ones will also be reworking their images of you, coming to altered conclusions about what you mean to them and what your purpose is. Given these developments, I suggest that you be proactive about expressing your best intentions and displaying your finest attributes.

You can call Rob Brezsny for your Expanded Weekly Horoscope: (900) 950-7700. $1.99 per minute. Must be 18+. Touchtone phone required. Customer service (612) 373-9785. And don’t forget to check out Rob’s website at www.realastrology.com.

by DENNis MYERs

Reality check

People say that the pendulum always swings back, that one of these days we’ll become reasonable and dignified again.

Fred Lokken is a political scientist at Truckee Meadows Community College.

We’re at midpoint or a little later in the campaign. Give it a letter grade for its civics book-quality of educating the public.

It used to be—even during this meanspirited, polarized era— campaigns would start out polite and at some point they would go negative. Now they just start out negative.

Exactly. And the reason for that is … the reality is that all the outside money pours into the state right off the bat now. They were ready. They were launching. They did the spending all through the summer. Now,

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Either a D-minus or an F-plus. There’s been very little effort by any of the candidates in any of the races to do anything to really inform. Television ads and newspaper ads … have been outrageously negative. They’ve demonstrated each campaign’s ability to dig up the dirt on the other, but you could count the number of positive ads that are trying to explain what the candidates stand for on one hand and only using a couple of fingers. At this stage in the race … there’s no effort to really explain the stances. That’s what the advertising in this campaign is supposed to be about, so that people can make a judgment, and they have nothing to make a judgment on at this point.

we also know that most voters don’t pay much attention during the summer. And we also know that most Nevada voters [were] so inundated with negative advertising in campaigns over the last four election cycles that we’re now kind of numb and anesthetized to it. But that being said, it’s still that they’re at a high volume, and they’re destructive. It’s not good for the democracy, actually for any candidate that wins because a lot of that negative stuff just hangs out there. And what happened this election cycle is the negatives began in the primary. And roll forward, now, into the general election, so you’ve had—anyone that’s even paying attention to the ads [has] had some five months of negative advertising already. And we wonder why we have a cynical view of politics, why we hate our politicians, why we don’t trust them.

I’m less and less optimistic because this is such a trend. The Supreme Court decisions need to be changed.

The notion that you have freedom to contribute [money] and to do so in an uncontrolled and regulated manner is destroying our elective system at the federal level and sometimes at the state level. … But, no, too much money, from dark sources. Now, they don’t even have to tell us who they are. This is horrible, and it just gets worse every election cycle. … The system is not selfregulating. It can’t fix itself anymore. ...

A Reno Gazette Journal letter to the editor said the writer sees lots of Laxalt ads but few Sisolak ads. Why is Sisolak not out there as much?

Basically, he chewed up his war chest in the primary, whereas Laxalt was given a gift when [other Republicans stayed out of the primary]. The reality, too, is that we have a lot [more] outside money coming in for Laxalt than we do for Sisolak. [An] ad now points out the connection with one of the Koch brothers. Adam Laxalt is not a Nevadan by any stretch of the imagination.

He’s a carpetbagger politician who came back funded from outside the state of Nevada [by] financial interests. This is an engineered candidate that they’re trying to take some place. And I’m hoping Nevada voters will pay attention to that. Ω

by BRUCE VAN DYKE

Not ready for prime time politicians Back in the early ’70s, National Lampoon was king of humor, with a monthly mag that was uproariously irreverent, nasty and way funny.

It featured a cast of talented folks who became the essence of Saturday Night Live and Animal House, among its many achievements.

There was an album NatLamp put out called That’s Not Funny. That’s Sick! that was a classic. Bill Murray, John Belushi, Richard Belzer and Gilda Radner were featured. It was an absolute triumph. One of the bits was a hysterical quickie about a phone number you called to get insulted, a public service that provided the needy masochist with the daily diss he/she required to get by.

One of the more memorable insults was, “You’re a pathetic, cringing, little milksop!”

That line bubbled up in my memory recently when I stopped to consider the response of ReTrumplicans after that ultra-yummy

Cohen-Manafort Courtroom Tag Team Tuesday. (Finally! We get a bone!) Mitch McConnell’s reaction to this mess was telling, with Mitch responding to a simple request for a comment by absolutely choking, eyes open wide, mouth froze up, the only sound being the gentle flapping of his flaccid, flabby jowls in the breeze. Hey! Mitch! Anybody home? We really are ready for your sage comments on your buddy Donaldo being exposed as a flaming fricking felon by Cohen and Stormy.

Please? Something? Bulging eyes staring into headlights—in obvious need of jumbo tequila shot. Nyet?

OK, super, and thanks for showing us (again) what a pathetic, cringing little milksop truly looks like!

Heller was just as bad. Just as silent. Just as pathetic. Just as milksop. It’s the perfect window sticker. “The Republican Party— just a bunch of pathetic, cringing, little milksops.” Why would anyone

vote for any Republican ever ever ever again?

• John McCain’s best moment?

Easily last summer, on the night he went thumbs down on Trumpcare and shoved that POS up Twitler’s tailpipe. The most heroic vote ever.

Of course Trump was gonna be a spiteful jerk after McCain’s death.

Being clueless, after all, is his very special talent. So pick your colorful locker room description of Agent Orange response. (1) Stepped on his own dick. (2) The guy could fuck up a wet dream. Either one is just dandy!

• Malevolent Incompetence, part 397—at least 500 Hispanic kids still separated from parents, with horrific possibility that many will never again see their folks. The lasting shame of Dum Dum McFakeprez.

Want to do something? Give to the ACLU or RAICES. Ω

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