Digital Wanderer

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USA — 28, Ho-Chunk Casino

At night, after Hoolihan’s, we took a quick look around the Ho-Chunk tribe casino.

In case you didn't know, in 1987 the US Supreme Court ruled  that Native Americans are partially independent from the federal government, and therefore can build gambling establishments that don't fall under state laws, which makes things a whole lot easier. Obviously, a good chunk of the cash is raked in by non-Native hustler-organizers, but sometimes bonuses trickle down to the rank-and-file tribe members too. For example, the Cabazon tribe has only 50 people – those guys definitely live off the fat of the land. 

There are officially 562 Native American tribes in the US in total, and only half of them have sold out to the white devils and allowed gambling businesses to be set up under their name. The Navajo, for example, who number a whopping three hundred thousand, just hustle by making Dream Catchers.

A close-up of a brown leather dream catcher with a white web, beads, and fluffy feathers. It hangs against a blurred background of water drops and greenery. 
Dream Catcher, a souvenir heavily hyped up specifically to be sold to white people

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Драматизация

Пост про то, как американский National Geographic подаёт свои документальные фильмы по сравнению с BBC.
https://naturenet.net/blogs/index.php/2008/07/28/bbc_vs_ng
Речь идёт про большую драматизацию и театральщину, меньшее количество научных сведений и тому подобное.
Так что все мои замечания про лозунги и рэп-мышление в США имеют под собой основание.

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USA — 26, Arrival in Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton

Long story short, we ended up in Wisconsin Dells, literally meaning "Wisconsin ravines," though for some reason I always thought it was "hills". WD is a town not far from Madison, with a population of two thousand heads. Its surrounding area, informally called the Dells by Americans, gets five million tourists a year. My sister used to live there and worked at the largest American water park — Noah's Ark. In general, the Dells has 21 water parks — 3 outdoor and 18 indoor, so the Dells rightfully considers itself the water park capital of the world. It's probably redundant to remind you, but this is yet another maximalist motto, of which I've cited plenty already.

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