West Seattle Dude

I have high cheekbones like David Bowie.

The Battle of Ia Drang in November 1965. The 1st Cav lost about 250 men in 4 days. They were surrounded and many of the U.S. wounded were shot and killed while in their stretchers while waiting to be evacuated. It was the result of over-aggressive patrolling and a huge tactical blunder. The NVA used a one of their soldiers to lure them into the trap.

It occurred at the same time I got a notice from my draft board to take my physical.

I read in the Seattle Times this morning that Seattle will increase property taxes to fund $400 million in renovations for the Seattle Public Libraries.

Look at all the billionaires who have left, or who are about to leave California because of the taxes: Charles Schwab, Larry Ellison, Steven Spielberg, Mark Zuckerberg and that Sergei guy who cofounded Google. Can’t say that I blame them. Stay tuned.

Ischemic stroke. About 700,000
Americans are affected every year.

The Ivies, Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame and the Military Academies all have a strong presence on Wall Street. It’s called networking. They hire their by own.

DeBoer’s biggest mistake was leaving the UDub for the Bama job. There are two CFB jobs that are coach killers, Alabama and Notre Dame. Whatever you accomplish, it’s never enough.

I would go to Berkeley at least once a week when I lived in Oakland, this included Cal football games and also eating at the various establishments on Telegraph at least once a week. I’ve been on the Berkeley campus at least 1,000 times over a 27-year period.

The real danger is the south of campus area nearby, including People’s Park. There were lots of muggings and strong-arm robberies at night in that area. I’m not sure if the area adjacent to UC was included in the data, but the Berkeley campus didn’t seem to be particularly dangerous.

There is an annoying street preacher who preaches with loud amplification outside of T-Mobile Park before Mariners games.

I believe Larry Ellison Oracle fame just bailed out of California.

When I moved to Oakland in the 70s, one of the first things I noticed was all the empty Old English 800 cans on the sidewalks adjacent to the liquor stores. I decided to give it a try and couldn’t finish a16oz can. Nasty stuff. Don’t miss Oaktown.

I read the London Times Mirror and U.K. Sun on a regular basis. Earlier this week, a 12-year-old. English boy was stabbed to death by a migrant in Birmingham. With the higher birth rate among the Muslim newcomers, it’s only going to get worse.