Things will start looking up in the Los Angeles basin in December when the new D.A., new LAPD head and in Jan when the fed courts get settled(plus prop 36!). Looking forward to cap punishment returning at the fed level.

First time I have actually thought it will become safe for "Metro" riders at any hour and for the world in 2028.

Only problem I can still see is there is not enough fuzx-force to clean this gutter of dystopia up.

As Zen Bob says, the jury is still out (at lunch, where there is NO zombies/bums in FRONT of LangersDeli !) .

It will take time to get up to speed!

The Clinton's were / are a wrecking crew with respects to Made in USA-hate.

If you can only say one thing about cue-card 46, at least that mess did not jump back in to the TPP! (though he made some noise about a 2.0 version he would sign)-

-glad we missed that detail while torching our border and funding the war machine -

Laken Riley was her name - never forget.

Highball 2025!

Speaking of NEVER FORGET:

Americana overseas: Converse closes Chuck Taylor All Star plant

LUMBERTON, N.C. -- The Chuck Taylor All Star basketball shoe is a throwback, an American standard that in 80 years has changed only in subtle ways.

By EMERY P. DALESIO
March 29, 2001

The forces of globalization hit home when the factory where Converse Inc. churned out eight million to 10 million pairs a year sent its 475 workers home

Plants in Mission, Texas, and Reynosa, Mexico, are also being closed by the 93-year-old company, which was forced into bankruptcy protection in January.

The company plans to sell off the rights to make and distribute Converse footwear in the United States, joining Nike and other competitors by operating exclusively through licensing agreements around the world.

Vans to End Shoe Manufacturing in State

By Patrice Apodaca
May 21, 1998

Bringing an end to its manufacturing history in California, Vans Inc. said it will close its shoe factory in Vista and fire 300 workers. The closure is the latest step in a three-year restructuring in which the maker of trendy footwear has emphasized marketing over manufacturing.

Vans, which was founded in Orange in 1966, closed its manufacturing plant in that city in 1995, and laid off about 1,000 workers. The following year it moved its headquarters to Santa Fe Springs.

The company said it plans to focus on marketing its products, and will contract out production to other manufacturers.

The Vista plant will close Aug. 6, the company said, after which production will move to Mexico and Spain.

The move will reduce its costs and boost profit, the company said. Vans’ stock closed at $10.19 a share, down 6 cents, in Nasdaq trading.