Judge Me By My Enemies

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Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine; August 1979 edition. Illustration by Tony Chen.

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About to sit down and read Strange Pictures.

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me when my friends pick up vocabulary from me and i pick up vocabulary from them

[rewritinganna]

my god, where is my peace of mind?

joan of arc

the ether - semler

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[yardsards]

but i stay silly! *←said in the most world-weary voice you ever did hear*

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“but I stay silly!”

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Reblog you stay silly

[weaselle]

on it boss

[akashicrecord]

Hey! Wanna fuck? Meet me on MyChart....

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[vintagelasvegas]

Tropicana, 1980

The Tropicana was sold to Ramada Inns Inc. in late '79 after Nevada gaming regulators concluded that organized crime had infiltrated the casino's operations through a skimming scheme. Although the Kansas City mob had profited from illegally skimming cash from the casino, it did not legally own the property. The sale proceeds therefore went to the casino's legitimate owners and investors. The principal recipients were Mitzi Stauffer Briggs, who owned roughly 80% of the operating company, along with Edward and Fred Doumani, who held a major interest in the real estate, and investor Deil Gustafson.

The sale itself proved contentious. Briggs later maintained that she suffered a substantial financial loss on her investment, while the Doumani interests and Gustafson became embroiled in litigation with Ramada over the purchase agreement. Although the sale ended the Tropicana's era of mob influence, it primarily represented a transfer of ownership from licensed private investors to a publicly traded hospitality company.

Postcards 1-2 circa summer 1980

Postcard circa Fall 1980. "Ramada" on the sign. TV's "Las Vegas Gambit" filming at the hotel.

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Starting a collection

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Hospice

Hospice

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