{"id":33623,"date":"2018-04-21T11:53:35","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T16:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33623"},"modified":"2018-04-21T11:57:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T16:57:57","slug":"paradise-in-la-la-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33623","title":{"rendered":"Paradise in LA LA Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"art-postmetadataheader\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/?p=52603\"><strong>Paradise in LA LA Land<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"art-postcontent\">\n<p>More is revealed with each passing day.\u00a0 You can count on it.\u00a0 But what exactly the \u2018more is of\u2019 requires careful discrimination.\u00a0 Is the \u2018more\u2019 merely more noise?\u00a0 Or is it something of actual substance?\u00a0 Today we endeavor to pass judgment, on your behalf.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/blog\/media\/2018\/04\/Judgment-day.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/blog\/media\/2018\/04\/Judgment-day.png 940w, http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/blog\/media\/2018\/04\/Judgment-day-300x208.png 300w, http:\/\/www.acting-man.com\/blog\/media\/2018\/04\/Judgment-day-768x533.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"444\" \/>Normally, judgment would be passed on a Thursday, but we are making an exception. [PT]<\/p>\n<p>For example, here in the land of fruits and nuts, things are whacky, things are zany.\u00a0Last month, State Senator, Dick Pan, introduced\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/leginfo.legislature.ca.gov\/faces\/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1424\">Senate Bill (SB) 1424<\/a>, which would require California based websites to utilize fact checkers to verify news stories prior to publishing them.<\/p>\n<p>Who exactly these fact checkers would be \u2013 the moral servants that would save the world from the ills of fake news \u2013 was conveniently missing from the bill. Ironically, the control freaks in California state government can\u2019t control themselves; they want to muck around with people\u2019s lives unconditionally.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, screwball proposals like this out of Sacramento fall into the mere noise category \u2013 for now.\u00a0 We estimate it will take another Presidential election cycle, or two, before such nonsense is taken seriously by the majority of state lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>At the local level, there are more demanding problems that require more demanding solutions.\u00a0 Here in Los Angeles County, according to something called the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, there is now a homeless population of precisely 57,794.\u00a0 For perspective, Chavez Ravine (i.e., the Dodger Stadium), has a capacity of 56,000.<\/p>\n<p>This army of indigents, roaming about the LA LA land paradise, has become a significant embarrassment for local leaders.\u00a0 Haphazard urban campsites litter the bank tops of the colossal, concrete Los Angeles River Channel between Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Long Beach.\u00a0 The massive collection of tents and makeshift shelters has become too much to ignore.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Paradise in LA LA Land More is revealed with each passing day.\u00a0 You can count on it.\u00a0 But what exactly the \u2018more is of\u2019 requires careful discrimination.\u00a0 Is the \u2018more\u2019 merely more noise?\u00a0 Or is it something of actual substance?\u00a0 Today we endeavor to pass judgment, on your behalf. 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