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The Bear Growls: In hibernation? Not really …
Monday, October 3rd, 2011Many people have asked when another growl will be published. The answer is, I don’t know. For the past few months, I have been preoccupied with other endeavors. It is likely to stay that way into the foreseeable future. Though there is plenty to growl about, I am not on a time schedule. As I [...]
The Bear Growls: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office refuses to get involved in criminal abuse of patron by Fantasy Springs Casino
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008A friend was recently accosted by casino guards and physically forced into the backroom of Fantasy Springs Casino near Indio, CA. His cell phone was grabbed from his grasp by casino guards while he was trying to call 911 for help, and he was subsequently handcuffed. The thugs eventually released him. The victim tried [...]
The Bear Growls: RIP Reno Siena — It has downgraded itself to a low-level grind joint
Friday, June 13th, 2008As reported in the June issue of Current Blackjack News, Siena has lowered its table max to only $300. A pit employee recently told an inquiring patron, “Management doesn’t want anything but small action anymore.” There is now a laughable $3 minimum, $200 max double deck where on a recent visit, most patrons were [...]
The Bear Growls: “21″ the movie — A waste of time and money
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008The movie was awful. I wanted to leave about thirty minutes into it, but my wife talked me into staying. I thought the movie would never end — it got worse and worse as it went on. There were so many errors it was ridiculous. I don’t think even a Kate Bosworth nude scene would [...]
The Bear Growls: Police and casino security assault elderly woman. Don’t they ever learn?
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007From the article Great Grandmother Strip-Searched At N.Y. Casino: Meanwhile, she says she was taken to a room and interrogated by a man she says turned out to be a plain clothes state trooper who then accused her of hiding the winning slip, in an apparent scam to get another. One has to wonder if [...]