34 minutes ago, Lhalo said:

I know almost exactly where the cover picture was taken as I've spent a large portion of my life vacationing nearby. Those are the Big Maria mountains in the background.

We're doing fine. I'd take the almond trees out of this state before I'd take the alfalfa out.

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA

I would also add tariffs to exports

And here's the gem:
 

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“It’s important to acknowledge that farmers are growing what people want and are willing to pay for. And the reason we’re using so much of the Colorado River water to feed cows is because of our demand for beef and dairy products,” he said. “And our demand for dairy, and specifically cheese, has been going up, which is causing expansion of dairies in a lot of the West and in the Colorado River Basin, and so that’s why they’re growing so much alfalfa.”

Richter said that as a scientist, he is reluctant to tell people what to eat, and thinks everyone should “act on their conscience.”

“Personally, once I started this research, I gave up beef consumption altogether,” Richter said.

 

Goddammit @Chuck!

And here we go...

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-03-28/alfalfa-hay-beef-water-colorado-river

Hay grown for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study finds

Queue incoming article from PETA about the protein from bugs being as delicious as my medium rare ribeye.

16 hours ago, REDneck said:

 

 

Whoops. Last time I was at a BBB was 45 years ago as a kid.

I remember him as a ginger, maybe that's why I like redheads.

 

Did you know redheads without light eyes/freckles are referred to as daywalkers? I never knew, learned that yesterday thanks to our friends and supporters at urbandictionary

14 hours ago, arch stanton said:

I bet the almond growers have rain collectors

I met a guy who runs an almond farm when I was camping over the summer.  Asked him about this when I was hammered one night.  He said most have seen the writing on the wall and have switched to drip irrigation and no longer flood the fields.  At least that's what I recall. 

15 hours ago, gotbeer said:

It only took the Raiders, A's, In N Out, Denny's and having workers being escorted to their cars/transportation by security before crime was taken seriously.  Nothing will be done.  Just like the CHP may have caught a few smash and grab looters in LA, but the problem continues to persist.

They need the Central Park Rangers

19 minutes ago, Taylor said:

That's Larry standing right behind the guy in the black hoodie.

The guy in the doorway?

On 1/12/2024 at 1:41 PM, cals said:

Larry tell us what it's like to be Capitalized!

Oh wait, you said Capital not Capitol.

3 hours ago, Lhalo said:

I'm black from the waist down.

Oh no, unfortunate frostbite experience?

6 hours ago, Lhalo said:

It's like blaze pressed up against the glass in the shower and took a pic.  Absolutely magnificent.  Someone call the Getty

On 1/8/2024 at 8:46 PM, Make Angels Great Again said:

Wouldn’t come back if I could. Because that means I could get a fucking kingdom out here.

Enjoy your coffee being served to you by some chick with a cock named blaze.

Don’t shit on blaze. He uses that cock to make designs in your latte. 

4 hours ago, St1ck said:

I looked it up and it appears the person that created the character Jar Jar Binks is a man named George Lucas. Not sure what other work he was also involved in because I got bored and stopped reading.

So, not the worst? 

3 hours ago, St1ck said:

7-9 made me reflect that maybe Episodes 2 and 3 weren't that bad. Episode 1 is still the worst though. Fuck that movie was trash. 

Jar Jar Binks is the worst movie character of all time.  Fuck whomever created that piece of shit right in their goat ass

The wealthiest Californians are fleeing the state. Why that’s very bad news for the economy

In a reversal from past decades, more college graduates and professionals are moving out of California than coming into it to escape the higher taxes and cost of living.

https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-12-19/the-wealthiest-californians-are-fleeing-the-state-why-thats-very-bad-news-for-the-economy

Even though California has experienced lopsided out-migration for decades, the financial blow has been cushioned by the kinds of people moving into the state: The newcomers were generally better educated and earned more money than those who left.

Not now: That long-standing trend has reversed. New state-to-state migration data show that for several years, thousands more high-earning, well-educated workers have left California than have moved in.

The reversal, largely in response to the state’s high taxes and soaring cost of living, has begun to damage California’s overall economy. And, by cutting into tax revenues, has delivered punishing blows to state and local governments.

For now, the Legislative Analyst’s Office is projecting a small improvement in income tax revenue over the next two years, but that’s cold comfort for policymakers and economists. California has $24 billion in rainy day general funds, less than half of what’s needed to cover the expected shortfall.

“It’s probably going to be some combination of cutting back spending and raising taxes,” Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at Loyola Marymount University, said of the likely response to the budget crisis. “But if we keep raising taxes,” he added, “we’ll keep chasing people away from the state.”

On 12/12/2023 at 3:21 AM, Jason said:

I hope everyone stays safe. Really scary stuff going on out there. 

Do we think this was the protest that blocked the 110 South?

Holy shi'ite look at this rabbit hole:

19 hours ago, cals said:

Saw this at my mother in law’s house and it made me think of porn.

So that was a Dr Seuss phrase?  I wonder if he used that on his ex wife as she was dying of cancer while he was banging his soon to be new wife.

3 hours ago, Lhalo said:

She's just a girl who claims that I am the one, but the kid is not my son.

https://www.on3.com/news/pasadena-police-confirm-suspects-colorado-locker-room-theft-versus-ucla-high-school-recruits/

Suspects in Colorado locker room theft at Rose Bowl were on UCLA official visit

12 hours ago, cals said:

But what was the weiner going into?

Her unblinking brown eye

1 hour ago, Jason said:

There was a dude on there that was posting close ups of his own wiener in the act of penetrating. That was uncalled for

Something Panda? 

1 hour ago, cals said:

Ah man, you were supposed to say if I don't know I can't afford it. 

Ah shit.  I figured a picture was worth a thousand words

On 10/27/2023 at 6:26 AM, AngelsLongBall said:

I saw someone theorize there may be more to this, as in an inside job and they knew where this guy would be and targeted him for cash, drugs, jewelry, Sofia Vergara nudes, etc

Alas, wasn't Sofia Vergara nudes

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-07/thieves-smash-into-car-on-the-10-freeway-and-rob-the-driver-a-jewelry-dealer-from-hong-kong

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The driver who was robbed by a group of thieves last month after they crashed into his car on the 10 Freeway was a jewelry dealer from Hong Kong, according to the California Highway Patrol.