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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: The best road to progress is freedom’s road.
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Scenes From The Philadelphia Flower Show — A great time was had, today, March 4, at the Philadelphia Flower Show.
LA Was Once Largest Farming County
By Joe Guzzardi
For the lucky few among us who grew up during the 1950s in Southern California, and specifically around the Pacific Palisades/Malibu area, the non-stop video coverage of the massive wildfire was impossible to watch. My thoughts took me back to when the state lived up to its golden image. In their book “From Cows to Cement,” authors Rachel Surls and Judith Gerberk documented Los Angeles County’s agricultural history which was once America’s largest farming county. Today, L.A., once a silkworm center, is the U.S.’ largest urban county. After World War II, around 1945, people moved to Los Angeles in waves to build factories, large office buildings, cookie cutter housing and other edifices that drove land prices ever-upward. Values slowly but inevitably rose; land boom followed land boom. As property assessments soared, farmers couldn’t resist the lucrative opportunity to cash in. A less esthetic L.A. survived, with farmland replaced by cement. By 2023, Los Angeles County had become the nation’s most populous, with nearly 10 million residents, more than about 25% of California’s total population. In 1950, the county’s population was 4.2 million. Today, L.A. County is one of the nation’s largest, covering more than 4,000 square miles. If it were a state, it would be the country’s eighth largest.
Underneath Los Angeles’ urban cement nightmare lay thousands of acres of once-productive farmland. Farming was Los Angeles’ hub from its 1781 founding into the mid-twentieth century. Over the four decades between 1909 to 1949, Los Angeles grew from a farming community into an agricultural powerhouse. Farmers experimented with a multitude of crops, from fruits and vegetables, to hemp, cotton, and flowers. Livestock was important too, with major stockyards that competed with Chicago and Omaha. Hundreds of dairy and poultry farms flourished.
Intrastate transplants went west for more than business opportunities. The sunny and warm weather was a lure. To mid-western arrivals, the beaches were unparalleled. California’s coastline which stretches out over 840 miles has over 420 public beaches, the star gem of which is Malibu. Beach Boys’ songs and movies like “Beach Blanket Bingo” drew a picture of non-stop fun in the sun. All age groups that in-migrated to California found their way to the beach to suntan, fish off the pier, dine in one of the popular just-caught fish restaurants or to hang out, but also to build homes as close to the beaches as their pocketbooks could afford. The celebrities and other wealthy elite built on the ocean’s edge unconcerned about the mudslides that heavy precipitation brings.
The recent Palisades fires followed by pounding rains have created an ecological threat to the Pacific Ocean. Debris and toxins released from the fires will damage kelp forests and lead to destructive algae blooms that snuff out ocean life. The much-needed rain will mark the beginning of the worst effects in the ocean. “The Malibu coastline is extremely unique,” said Dan Pondella, Occidental College biology professor and Southern California Marine Institute research director, “It’s probably the highest density of fishes throughout Southern California.” When rain mixes with debris from burn scars, a slurry of mud, rocks and rubble pour into ocean, which Pondella said acts like both sandpaper and a blackout curtain for the fragile kelp forests. “You’ll see anything from reduced light, which limits photosynthesis in plant and algal growth, to reefs actually being completely buried in ash,” he said. The ash layer remains in the environment for a long time. When the Woolsey Fire tore through Malibu in 2018, it dumped thousands of tons of ash into the ocean, which Pondella’s team was still finding in reefs five years later. More bad news: Wildlife officials reported that a toxic algae outbreak has left as many as 50 sea lions sickened and stranded on Malibu beaches in the past week.
For the next few years as clean up and rebuilding continue, Malibu’s good times are over. When friends ask what it was like to grow up near California’s beaches, I can’t come up with a description that would do my experience justice. I simply say, “I wish you’d been there with me to appreciate it.”
Joe Guzzardi is an Institute for Sound Public Policy analyst. Contact him at jguzzardi@ifspp.org
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: All is fair in love and war, but friendship there is truth.
Pro Wrestling Is Scripted But It’s Real
By Tevin Dix
I always like to have fun outside the political world.
I fell in love with wrestling when I was in middle school and I’ve been following ever since. I remember like it was yesterday watching an entire episode of Monday night Raw in May 2009 and I’ve been following it since. Jeff Hardy was my favorite wrestler at the time. Now it’s The Miz.
MEETING WRESTLERS: Over the years I’ve met guys like Rey Mysterio, Rhea Ripley, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Natalya, Joe Hendry, Hulk Hogan, The Miz, Alundra Blayze, Tiffany Stratton, Bayley, King Kong Bundy, Bob Backlund, Indy wrestlers and many more.
Meeting professional wrestlers means so much because they’ve entertained me so much. The wrestlers that I really want to meet are John Cena, The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Cody Rhodes, Asuka, Seth Rollins, Bianca Belair, The Undertaker, Ric Flair. But mostly Jeff Hardy because he was favorite WWE Superstar when I got into wrestling.
WHAT IS PRO WRESTLING: Professional wrestling is combat sports, intense choreography, stunt work, comedy, storytelling and its true performance art.
The risk and sacrifice that these wrestlers take to entertain millions and make fans happy. They put their lives on the line every week for this sport. It is scripted, but people who claim it’s fake are wrong. I’ve seen many injuries, marks, and bruises. That ring is not a trampoline there is plywood under the mat, the same plywood where you can get from Lowe’s or Home Depot. The weapons that they use like a kendo stick or a steel chair are not props as in a movie but real steel and wood.
GOING TO A WRESTLING SHOW: I’ll never forget when I attended my first wrestling show. It was a WWE non-televised event on February 14, 2010 at the Wells Fargo Center. It was the coolest experience ever. But later that same year, I attended my first televised event of Monday Night Raw on June 28th. Just being there on TV and hearing the loud Pyro was insane. I’ve been to 31 WWE events and a few Indie wrestling shows. So I think I’ve been to 40 Wrestling shows total.
Raws, Smackdowns, NXTs, WWE premium live event events, NWA, Monster factory pro wrestling. What makes it better is that I attended my first Wrestlemania last year. I have photos of all the events I’ve been to over the years.
MY WRESTLEMANIA EXPERIENCE: I’ll never forget when I found out that Wrestlemania was coming to Philadelphia. It was July 28, 2022 and I was scrolling through Facebook and when I saw it. I immediately lost it and shared it with so many people. I had to double check and it was legit. Never in a million years I thought this would happen so soon.
Wrestlemania is the Super Bowl of WWE. It doesn’t matter what city they’re in. They take over and fans from all over the world come to get their Wrestlemania experience. I’ve met people from the UK, Europe, Australia, and Bangladesh.
I attended WWE World at the Pennsylvania convention center. The experience was so fun seeing all the memorabilia from WWE’s archive and what made it better was The Rock showed up.
WRESTLING IS POPULAR: For years I’ve heard that pro wrestling is for kids, a redneck sport, a man’s soap opera. That IS NOT true. It’s popular all over the world places like Japan, the UK, Europe, Canada, Mexico and Australia. Women love it just as much as the men. There’s people older than me that have been fans since the old school era.
What I don’t understand is the ones who say it’s for kids still get excited for Disney movies. Like if the new Toy Story 5 came out all the adults would shove the kids out the way.
WRESTLING COMPANIES: If you never watched wrestling a day in your life the first company that comes to your mind is WWE. In reality, there’s so many other companies out there and you don’t have to watch WWE to be a wrestling fan. There’s TNA, AEW, ROH, New Japan Pro Wrestling, WOW Women of Wrestling, MLW, NWA and many indy wrestling companies.
I think it’s good for fans to watch these shows besides the WWE because you’ll learn how other companies do things and you’ll learn new talent. There were some wrestlers I knew about before they came to the WWE you’ll feel a true fan.
I was bullied a lot growing up for my love for professional wrestling, but that negativity didn’t stop me at all. It just made me love it even more and I’m still a fan to this day. It’s a part of me. It’s helped me during bad days, it’s something that’s always put a smile on my face. I’m happy that I was able to tell my story.
Pro Wrestling Is Scripted But It’s Real
Pro Wrestling Is Scripted But It’s Real
Response To A Response
By Bob Small
Liberty4all asked in a comment to this article from Feb. 17 “What does the ratio of Left vs Right cases undertaken by (The Institute for Justice ) look like? And who is funding them now? “
First, taking a deep dive into current cases IJ listed; Cases Bowers v. Oneida County Industrial Development Agency This is an eminent domain case. “Can the government take your property just to hand it over to your business competitor? “ See article for the full explanation.
Then there was the free speech case Free speech or public nuisance? Nazareth resident fights ‘ which can be seen as neither left nor right.
Right ro privacy extends to another case: Pennsylvania Fish Cops
“First, in May 2023, WCO Moon pounded on the Thomas’ front and back doors, roamed around their yard and took pictures of their cabin, dock, and yard—all without a warrant—on the unfounded belief that Tim had been fishing without a license.”
Lastly, we have Norfolk, VA Camera Surveince “ In 2023, the city installed over 172 cameras around town. These are not your standard traffic cameras. The cameras are strategically placed to capture everybody’s daily travel. They’re straight-up surveillance cameras, set up to watch people 24/7 as they go about their lives. “
One couple who are donors, Jeremy and Katie Bencken How IJ’s Unique Narrative Counters Government Growth who are small business owners.;
Another long-time donor, the late Dr. John B. Wenders He was affiliated with the Commonwealth Foundation, among other conservative groups.
Brian Schar is a lawyer who says “We who fight for liberty are outnumbered and outspent by the multitudinous interests who depend on the state” His position seems libertarian, rather than simply left or right.
Rather than the Koch Brothers, I found a group called Four Pillars Society Supports IJ’s Future .
Looking through the article, there was again a mix of people,left and right and center. None of them, from my review, were named Koch.
My summation is that the Institute for Justice represents various interests and their theirdonors are a mixed lot who cannot be categorized.
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: For God hath not given us the spirit of fear: but of power, and of love, and of sobriety.
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
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Trump 2.0 Is Topic — Gary Heasley of Keystone Town Hall will have Trump 2.0 as his topic at United4Delco’s March 6 meeting, which runs 6 to 8 p.m. at Phoenix Bar and Grill, 4936 Pennell Road, Aston, Pa. 19014.
Heasley also hosts The Conservative Voice which airs noon to 2 p.m., Fridays on WWDB Talk 860
Participants are asked to spend at least $15 in food or drink.
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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