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DennisMyers

When did it become the job of journalists to promote the state's tourism efforts? Why would the UN school of journalism permit such assignments?

To MikeyG: You ask, "Where is Hispania?" It is the Iberian peninsula, essentially Spain and Portugal. Hispania was the ancient Roman name for that territory.

Hookershaky wrote, "The war during his prime was the Vietnam war and he didn't serve there. He's just another chicken hawk like Cheney."

That's nonsense. He certainly did serve in Vietnam.

The governor cites Nevada Revised Statute 228.170(1) as his authority. But attorneys general in common law jurisdictions (and Nevada is one) get their authority from constitutions AND common law, and a mere statute cannot rob the attorney general of her independence under the separation of powers. Only a constitutional amendment can do that.

The version of this ad I saw contained a factual inaccuracy. It said something about who paid for a gambling licensing investigation and then said, "You did"-- referring to the watching audience members. In fact, license applicants pay for the investigations of themselves.