Headlines

Manafort's surrender shows Mueller investigation's overwhelming force

Florence lumbers inland, leaving 7 dead, communities flooded

Six gay candidates running in Connecticut -- as Republicans ...

Hillary, Obama associates in Mueller's crosshairs?

Pompeo, Kerry clash in remarkable standoff over Iran

Facebook's stealth attempt to one-up Amazon: shipping a product before you think of buying it

121,965,000 Americans on govt health insurance ...

Ronan Farrow reports Kavanaugh accuser refuses to come forward, no witnesses

Sexual assault claim leaves Kavanaugh nomination in limbo

Take my Trump Tower apartment instead of my money, Manafort tells Mueller

Feinstein under fire from the Left for Kavanaugh letter handling ...

Don Jr., Kim Guilfoyle pair up on campaign trip in Ohio

Headlines

All from Internet news sites, Guess which ones from Politico?

Kushner used private email to conduct White House business

Fall is in the air -- nearly 40 people shot in Chicago over the weekend

NKorea accuses USA of declaring war ...

Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months in sexting case

Tony Blair says the left has lost its way

22-year-old with concealed carry stops Tennessee church shooter

Swarm attack by armed drones pose 'grave threat' to Trump ...

Pittsburgh Steelers boycott national anthem, stay in locker room

Trump continues NFL clash: NASCAR fans won't disrespect our flag

London mayor compares Trump with ISIS

In dire straits, Connecticut faces 90 days without a budget ...

McCain calls brain cancer prognosis 'very poor'

Impeachment!

Judge Derrick Watson of Hawaii has joined with six other judges from Washington, Oregon, California, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut in issuing a restraining order prohibiting President Trump from using his Twitter account to communicate with the American people. This gaggle of jurists has indicated that nowhere in our Constitution does it state that tweeting is included in our First Amendment protections.

Were President Trump to violate this injunction, Representative Maxine Waters of California is prepared to initiate impeachment hearings in the House with the proviso that any member who is a Twitter fan of Trump's will be ineligible to vote in this matter. Senator Chuck Schumer has gone on all the major networks reading a statement in support of Water's initiative and adding that, were a trial to be held in the Senate, these same voting restriction will apply.

Le Jeux Sont Fait

What was once a sure bet ... building a casino ... has turned sour. The $2.4 billion Revel Casino in Atlantic City has just declared bankruptcy after less than a year of operation (see: CNBC Story ). The losses should top $1 billion for the initial investors and Atlantic City will continue to take it on the chin after years of hoopla.  This is an oft-repeated story. The casinos in Rhode Island are have been in steady decline for years.  I stopped going to them when it became obvious that their payout percentages were being reduced to make up for declining business ... which, of course, caused even greater visitor defections ... a vicious cycle.

Now the native-American casinos in Connecticut, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, are also apparently on the downward slope and have extended their hands to Uncle Sam for some more sugar (see: Breitbart Story).  Six years ago these casinos were on a building binge ... expanding their gambling, lodging, dining, and commercial retail areas.  Now this optimism appears to have been misplaced.  Plus, Massachusetts is on the verge of authorizing slot parlors and destination casinos which will surely erode business away from Connecticut.  And, if the potential investors in these Massachusetts casinos are the slightest bit perspicacious, they probably should re-jigger their financial models to account for what is apparently a growing aversion to tossing away money on the part of the Supp-hose set.

The chips are down.