Joe Mama
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TIL: Firefighting Mop-Up importance. Academic look at 2010 fires in Portugal. fs.usda.gov/psw/publicatio…

Six months from now... A Pali settlement gets CA what they want (density, transport, mixed income, diverse). For cash pymt, CA gets thousands of Pali properties. Offer pre-fire land value - combined with insurance gets families out of LA City. Avoids punitive award.
Big day for Women's sports. Does Tyrus get an apology for having to verbally compete on a level playing field?

Did Iran use Family Handyman for their ventilation design? Or would they put in a few 90 degree bends spanning a couple hundred feet? Just in case ... of bomb?

Post the Ten Amendments in schools not a religious artifact. Have Church on your Sabbath (Sundays mostly). BTW, no baseball, soccer, etc before 1 PM on Sundays. (just for fun, no alcohol sales either -- just plan ahead!)

What's happens to CA when CA's 11-13% Cap Gains tax brings in zero and Feds don't bail them out? Hasn't meaningfully happened since 2008. (except 2022 when Feds flushed cash everywhere). SP500 total return below.

Grok labels Detroit a rapid rise/fall. From first assembly line in 1913 to BK in 2013. What's Los Angeles path? 1930 - starts as fifth largest city (passing Cleveland) holding Olympics in 1932 plus oil, Hollywood, and soon a WW2 defense boom. Will LA get to 2030 w/o BK?

My summer reading. Lots of good stories. If a building/engineering team can read/share books like this, they can get on same page. California High Speed Rail is case study #1 (in poor planning).

Those of us who are sarcastic to be annoying or funny won't ever be VP. A VP says: "I'm being sarcastic in service of a point" x.com/gotrice2024/st…
JD Vance shuts down reporter and shows them why he was the best choice for VP.
Remember this fun photo Fun from Bel-Air fire of an ex-president? Afterward the Santa Ynez reservoir was built for FIRE PROTECTION. Then, under Mayor Bass' watch it was emptied of its 117,000,000 Gallons of water and not filled for fire season.
