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Always turned right at the Pilot to go to Havasu. Didn't set foot in Kingman until I had jury duty there. Classic Old West courthouse. One of the bailiffs pointed out there was a spot at both tables for the attorneys to hang their cowboy hats.

One Saturday night while I lived there the Phoenix PBS station showed "Grapes of Wrath," and had a moment as the Joads prepared to cross the desert from Kingman, thinking, that's just up the road.

 

Trona, as everyone knows, is a non-marine evaporite mineral. The photogenic Trona Railway was founded to bring potash out of the Mojave to a grateful nation.

 

I'll hang up and listen to your reply.

WashingtonCNN — The backbone of America’s economy remains solid, despite a slowing job market, elevated interest rates and still-high inflation.
Sales at US retailers unexpectedly surged in July, the Commerce Department said Thursday, rising by a solid 1% from the prior month, up from June’s downwardly revised 0.2% decline. That trounced economists’ expectations of a 0.3% gain.
Retail sales, which are adjusted for seasonal swings but not inflation, make up a sizable chunk of overall spending. July’s reading is a boon for the US economy because the country’s economic growth hinges on Americans spending their dollars.
It is the economy’s latest show of strength in the face of several economic hurdles squeezing the US consumer.
The Dow jumped 408 points, or 1%, as investors cheered the retail sales report. The S&P 500 gained 1.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite added 1.6%.

 

Biden sounded like his old self. But GQP will jump on Harris not speaking much.

 

I just throw that out the window by now. If she'd dominated the conversation, they'd point and snicker about that.

 

Rail freight traffic is up for the most recent week and y-o-y. The Port of LA in July had a record high month for container imports of holiday merch and expect another record this month.

 

All this makes me anxious. I have anxiety.

 

I totally agree. A LOT of angry, disgruntled trumpian californians are leaving.

But here's the weird thing. When a house in the LA area goes up for sale, there is a frenzy for bidding. If you are selling a house, even a shit hole, you can name your price.

In the tone of Jerry Seinfeld, "Who are these people?" paying thisclose to $1,000,000 for a 3 bed, 2 bath, 1500 sq ft house? They can't all be investors, can they?

 

Same was happening in Ventura before we left -- only that price got you 2/1.5 in midtown. And they were being snapped up and people were living in them (not flipping).

 

Blythe California. This might be the only public bathroom at the gas station.

There's a little Keith Haring in Mob K graffiti artist.