Poker Goes to the Dogs

Prof. Duncan Black, who blogs under the non de plume "Atrios" at the always-entertaining and often snarky Eschaton, is fond of referring to the stock market as a "dog track."

Here in Pensacola we have an old, authentic dog track. Now, all of you investors can gamble at poker there, too, while you lose money on the dogs as well as the stock market:

The Escambia County Commission voted 3-2 to allow poker at Pensacola Greyhound Track, reversing a December vote.

Of course, this is not about making money off desperate people who can't afford it. "First and foremost," the head of the track prevaricates for the News Journal, "this was about saving jobs and creating them."

Mark O'Brien seems to buy that. Speaking of suckers, we have a sleepy three-legged dog for him to bet on while he tries to fill that inside straight.