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Reagan did this back around 1970. Yes, absolutely one of the initial homeless causes in California. Many of those mental patients were shuttled into apartment houses converted into residences/shelters. I worked in one in Santa Monica back in 1972. Almost all failed and reverted back into separate residence apartments.

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Was the Mark Lane PB interview a good one?

Where I live, the majority of city council members are rental property owners! In Monterey recently, every one! Rental property owners are so aggressive in protecting their interests. I was told by someone high up in Water management that the main force against building new housing ( at least in our area ) was the wealthy that own rental property. They don't want to lose the incredible one-sided supply and demand advantage they have in rental property. That demand keeps their ability to charge higher than take home pay rental fees and 25 page 100% landlord favoring lease agreements intact. These rental property owners know where the power is in this game. City, county and state government. Studio apartments are $2,000 a month here. For each added bedrooms add $300 to $500 more a month. A $16 an hour full time job pays $2,000 a month take home. Not even enough to pay the rent, let alone water, utilities, food, transportation ( car repair, upkeep, registration, insurance and gas ) health care, clothing, etc. etc. In the 1950's and 60's and even 1970's, the federal government General Services department actually issued cost of living advice which stated that American citizens ideally should not pay more than 1/3rd of their take home pay on housing. To keep to that healthy living housing budget advice today...the typical Californian would have to earn at least 6,000 dollars take home pay a month. $45 to $50 an hour! And people wonder why the homeless problem is exploding? The cost of basic living in California versus wages for 65% of it's working or fixed income citizens is actually a real "Public Health" crisis. It's stressing millions in unprecedented ways. Doing without other basic needs, never ending mental worry and anxiety with related health problems day in and day out for years. Young people by the millions ( even 30 to 40 year olds ) can't even afford apartments on their own and have to live back with their parents. Young people are not marrying and having kids because of the unprecedented imbalance of job pay versus rent. Unaffordable housing on this scale and for decades now has had massive societal impact...in the worst possible ways.

Thanks for sharing about that greatest pitching duel. What an incredible game! I missed that one. We kids loved listening to the Giants so much, we would carry a transister radio with us to do so. Marichal so often had one-on-one duels with the likes of Hall Of Fame pitchers Koufax, Drysdale, Spahn, Gibson, Bunning, Ferguson Jenkins. And incredibly, he won more times than he lost against those other super star pitchers. Check his career won/loss record! Man, baseball in the 60's had so many superstars. Pitchers and hitters. Hitters like Aaron, Mays, Mantle, Clemente, Banks, Cepeda, McCovey, Stargell, Frank Robinson, Jimmy Wynn, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Lou Brock, Frank Howard, Harmon Killebrew, Richie ( Dick) Allen, and on and on. Pitchers like I mentioned in the National League including Tom Seaver. Others Whitey Ford,Gaylord Perry, Denny McClain, Mike Cuellar, Mel Stottlemeyer, Dave McNally, "Sudden" Sam McDowell, Jim Maloney, etc. Great decade to watch and listen to the game. Ticket prices were even affordable as well as hot dog and beer prices! Baseball was king in the US back then. Bigger than football and basketball.

Then, what year and month is the Garrison Playboy issue? Looks like it was the October 1967 issue. I stand corrected from my earlier post citing the February Issue. I believe the February, 1967 issue is the "Mark Lane" issue.

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Cal Neva...what a dump.

Bingo, Bravo, Right On! To WN for his incredible commitment and effort to such a humanitarian and extremely difficult and frustrating cause. To BC for his sincere praise for WN and his efforts and sympathy for those afflicted. There is a You Tube site titled " Soft White Underbelly" that delves into the world of drug addiction, homelessness, mental illness and every other form of human character affliction and disfunction. It's a stark look into the tragic side of America. The documentarian's interviews of these people are mesmerizing. He gives these people a chance to tell their stories. Without judgment or condescension. It's often easy to judge homeless or drug addicted people negatively. Many of them really are bad character people. Dangerous and preying on their own. Selfishly taking and never giving back. But that is just one part of this issue. Most homeless are not dangerous victimizing thugs. Yes, some are. But in my lifetime experience I think that 75 to 80% are not. Hundreds of thousands of homeless live out of a car. You don't see them on the street. No one can afford these rents here in California. It will take a huge budget and commitment "war effort" to seriously bring this situation to anything close to eliminating it. I don't think the entire societal will to do this is there though. There are many, many reasons America is seeing millions of homeless. IMO there are two reasons specific to California where I live that stand out. I am reluctant to express these because some will label them as socialist or racist. The rents here in California are criminally high imo. A very small percentage of people in California own most of the residential rental property. There is a gold rush going on here where this small group is making gold strikes because they make so much money in astronomical rental fees. For the common good ( the majority of Californians are renters and with one primary property owners a huge majority) we need legislative reform that would make it so difficult to own more than your own single residential property and at the same time make it easier for renters to buy a home. Even with government down payment assistance. This proposal would be fought against by the wealthy rental property owners like it was WW II all over again and the enemy is the millions of people who have been held down for decades and are being stressed to breaking points regards rent being higher than their entire take home pay incomes. And any legislative representative promoting their one home seeking cause. Another reason is unchecked illegal immigration. Tens of millions of illegals pouring into our country and especially California. I understand their life and death desire for a better life here than Mexico and the other Central American countries. Yet, these new millions all need housing. They keep the supply and demand for housing so one-sided in favor of the rental property owners that there just isn't enough housing to offer to not just the homeless, but the entire huge and growing population of low income residents. They pay the high rents even if it means 10 to 12 live in one rental house or apartment. So, we build another two million new housing units ( not $500,000 dollar cost ones ) then what? With unchecked immigration and millions still flooding in...the demand for rental housing will never abate. They'll need millions more. Population control is probably going to have to be seriously considered and confronted to end the ever growing demand problem...imo anyways.

WOW!!! That is a famous issue because of Garrison isn't it? Maybe you can share some of Garrison's words from that interview? Uh...just curious...who was the centerfold in that issue? Was it ...Phyllis Diller...Nancy Kulp...or Kim Farber? The winning guess gets to ask me any question they would like. Jim Garrison: Interview with Playboy: Introduction On February 17, 1967, the New Orleans States–Item broke a story that would electrify the world — and hurl district attorney Jim Garrison into a bitter fight for his political life. An enterprising reporter, checking vouchers filed with the city by the district attorney’s office, discovered that Garrison had spent over $8000 investigating the assassination of President Kennedy. “Has the district attorney discovered valuable additional evidence,” the States–Item asked editorially, “or is he merely saving some interesting new information that will gain for him exposure in a national magazine?” Stung, Garrison counter–attacked, confirming that an inquiry into Kennedy’s assassination was under way and charging that the States–Item’s “irresponsible” revelation “has now created a problem for us in finding witnesses and getting cooperation from other witnesses and in at least one case has endangered the life of a witness.” New Orleans and the JFK Assassination On February 18, newsmen from all over the world converged on New Orleans to hear Garrison announce at a press conference: “We have been investigating the role of the city of New Orleans in the assassination of President Kennedy, and we have made some progress — I think substantial progress.… What’s more, there will be arrests.” As reporters flashed news of Garrison’s statement across the world, a 49–year–old New Orleans pilot, David Ferrie, told newsmen that the district attorney had him “pegged as the getaway pilot in an elaborate plot to kill Kennedy.” Ferrie, a bizarre figure who wore a flaming–red wig, false eyebrows and make–up to conceal burns he had suffered years before, denied any involvement in a conspiracy to kill the President. Garrison, he said, was out to frame him. Four days later, Ferrie was found dead in his shabby three–room apartment in New Orleans, ostensibly of natural causes — though he left behind two suicide notes. The press had greeted Garrison’s initial claims about a conspiracy with a measure of skepticism, but Ferrie’s death was front–page news around the world. Garrison broke his self–imposed silence to charge that Ferrie was “a man who, in my judgment, was one of history’s most important individuals.” According to Garrison, “Mr. Ferrie was one of those individuals I had in mind when I said there would be arrests shortly. We had reached a decision to arrest him early next week. Apparently we waited too long.”

Big Jim D. Listened to it on the radio I think. Another memorable baseball watching experience. I was watching the Giants on TV. Will Clark was coming up to the plate. One of the play by play announcers (Mike Krukow or his partner?) just blurted out to the other..."Will Clark is going to hit a homer...right now!" The other announcer, taken back silent for a second or two, said something like ...that's quite a bold prediction there. The prediction announcer said he couldn't explain it but that he just had the strongest feeling Clark would do this. The very first pitch...Will Clark hit a home run! The other play by play announcer expressed sincere astonishment at his partner's fulfilled prediction. Even the announcer who made the prediction seemed taken back. Slightly embarrassed, he said something like he had never made a prediction like this before, especially on air. Another time the Giants were playing the Houston Astros. The game was tied in the bottom of the ninth. Willie Mays hit a deep drive to center. The ball went right to the top of the fence. Russ Hodges ( or was it Lon Simmons...not sure ) was just about to yell his signature "Tell It Bye Bye Baby!" But a split second before he could, the great Astros star centerfielder Jimmy Wynn ( a mini Willie Mays ) made a magnificent great leap...and caught the ball! My right arm and fist was ready for a bottom of the ninth game winning Mays HR thrust and cheer...and then "WHAT? NO WAY!" I swear this is true. The game remained tied until Willie Mays came up again a few innings later. 1 or 2 pitches and then CRACK! Mays hits "another one" to and over the Astrodome centerfield wall! Exactly where his last HR effort ball was caught! But THIS ONE was never in doubt. Giants win! Mays was my hero.

These facts scream an illogical business sense/extreme Trumpism political bias mix that is truly troubling. Musk may be worth billions...but his practical business and societal understanding and judgement capacities are being exposed as so emotionally driven effected, stunted and misguided with this Twitter gamble ... he's bound to fail.

Cory S. Why did Joe DiMaggio refuse to let Frank Sinatra attend MM's funeral service?

Elon Musk is immediately turning Twitter in the FOX NEWS of social media. Just what we need. Another massive influence nation dividing wedge.

In my 70 plus years I've never been past the Grand Canyon going East from my home state of California. My wife always ends my occasional musing about getting two of those Greyhound Bus Ameri-Passes and seeing the rest of the U.S. before I die with: "Oh, and I know. You would make sure to see Roswell and where JFK was killed in Dallas Texas." I know now this isn't going to happen, but at least I know that Dealey Plaza is still there and looking just like it did back on 11,22,1963. A shrine to our late president's place of his most ignominious barbaric murder. I also always dreamed of sitting in Ruby's Carousel strip joint looking just as it was in 1963. Smelling it's old rancid beer and champagne soaked wooden flooring, hearing the Wa Wa strip band and imagining all the crazy things that went on there. Like a young, beer soused Jim Marrs getting up on stage with a stripper and making a fool of himself. Jack Ruby jumping off the stage and beating the crap out of some out-of-control stripper ankle grabbing loudmouth and tossing them down the stairs. Watching Jada do her animalistic growling indecency law breaking act, or Little Lynn or Kathy Kay? Maybe catch Beverly Oliver singing "The Eyes Of Texas" on stage between acts? Cops coming in and getting free drinks and ogling the strippers themselves including Henry Wade. Wish I could have purchased the Carousel building myself. I would have preserved the 1963 Carousel Club forever.

What...no seconding of my proposed Joe McBride congratulatory toast for his original thread inspiring 1,000 pages of response postings?

Listening right now to Jim Di Eugenio being interviewed on FM radio station KKUP out of Cupertino, Ca. Taped I imagined. Entertaining as always.

Once listened to a Marichal/Koufax pitching duel game. Mays hit a home run off of Koufax. Giants won 1 to 0. PITCHER Tony Cloninger of the Atlanta Braves once hit (2) GRAND SLAMS in ONE game against the Giants in 1966. I was feted on my 34 birthday ( 9/21/1985 ) with a special game visit to the Giants against the Dodgers in Candlestick Park. I was driven in a limo from my friends parked car upon arriving. We were served lunch in the Stadium Club. When finished my friend and his family were seated in the first row right behind home plate. I was then escorted to the radio broadcast booth where I got to sit with game play by play announcers Dave Glass and Hank Greenwald. They announced my name and birthday just as the game started. I drank too way much Vodka at my lunch and was just bombed the entire broadcast time. Greenwald was going to ask me some questions during the broadcast but could see I was out of it. He did ask one time...Well Mr. Bauer...what do you think of the game? I heavily slurred..." Ish Greatsh." My wife was listening on the radio at home and told me I did this. I couldn't remember. They flashed my name on the scoreboard during the 7th inning stretch. Saying "Happy Birthday Joe!" The Giants Lost 11 to 0. Even before the game ended I was carried down to the lower parking lot level and my friends drove me home 125 miles South back to Monterey. I was still pretty out of it the entire ride home. Last fun story. I got to a Giants game at the stick real late. I drove in the back of the big parking lot. A guy waved me to an open spot. He told me I had to pay $20 to park there. He then ran with my twenty dollar bill super fast out the gate and into the Hunters Point projects. "What a sucker!" I am sure he laughed on his way out the gate.

Only 100 pages? Am I misreading the 999 number? What is that...the number of thread responses?

Congratulations to JOE McBRIDE for introducing this forum thread which has generated ONE THOUSAND pages of response postings! That's amazing. Very seldom have I ever seen a more followed and engaged individual thread in the years I have been a member of the forum. Is it a record? Curious. I believe this thread has seriously increased forum engagement and member numbers. It's a controversial thread in it's less JFK and more current event area of commentary. It was started during the first Corona virus wave when the entire nation ( including us here on the forum ) were fearfully and obsessively concerned with our daily survival. It was hard to stay focused on just the JFK assassination alone. However, the moderators allowed it, and imo understood we members needed to talk about the nightmare crisis all around us to some stress and concern "release valve" degree as well as JFK related subjects. And it has offered a wider interest venue for those who sometimes want to take even a small break from the strictly JFK assassination debate. And yet still keep connected to it. The thread has been purposely separated from the lower, larger traditional JFK subject threads. It's so easy to ignore for those who find it an integrity diluting distraction. Joseph McBride...glasses raised...3 cheers!

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Different? Sadistic more like it. Richie Allen was a great power hitter. Really feared by every NL pitcher. Phillies had Jim Bunning as well. One of the greatest pitchers of that era. A super star. Even Mays had a hard time hitting against Bunning. Bunning was right up there with Koufax and Bob Gibson.

Bingo Jim D.

Maybe this is too simplistic in it's selective dot connecting premise But one could reasonably consider that Oswald was being groomed for the "fall guy" role in a JFK elimination plot by the anti-Castro Cuban controlling U.S. intelligence community. Oswald is taken to Sylvia Odio's apartment, visibly shown and identified by name. Later Leopoldo makes it a point to quote this loco gringo as saying the Cubans didn't have the guts to take out JFK to Ms. Odio. Oswald is told to take a pot shot at Walker to prove he is a crazy, murder minded far right wing avenging communist sympathizer. His back yard photos hugely enhance this image. Oswald makes a press covered spectacle of himself by handing out pro-Castro leaflets in broad daylight downtown New Orleans. A city brimming with thousands of hot headed Castro hating exiles. Of course sparking a brawl with the exiles leader Bringeur. Crazy illogical as a bull horn Marine recruitment drive in People's Park in Berkeley in 1969. So, "they" tell Oswald he would be a hero to the Castro regime if he helps with the TXSBD shooting scenario. But, in reality, Oswald of course knows all of his pro-Castro sheep dipping image is false. He is actually a plant monitoring these JFK death wish Cubans and maybe even "thinks" the shooting will purposely fail. He immediately realizes he is the dumb fall guy and is now running for his life. Two days after 11,22,1963 he himself is eliminated. Closing the trap door with him taking the rap as JFK's lone nut killer forever. What a sad, poor dupe story. And I was always curious about Orestes Pena mentioning that Oswald puked soon after drinking some lemonade in his bar. I wondered, did Oreste's brother purposely spike Oswald's lemonade with grill cleaner? Or some other toxic chemical?

Tom Haller. Forgot him. I guess Bobby Bonds did develop a drinking problem later on. So did Mickey Mantle! Dick Deitz had TWO controversial play calls with Drysdale that both cost the Giants important wins against the Dodgers. The hit by the pitch one...and another outrageous call of a home run by Dietz off of the big DD. Dietz's hit ball did hit above the outfield fence home run line. Replay after replay showed this. But the ref who made the final decision no home run call would not budge from his dumb stubborn error decision. I swear, the umps favored the Dodgers in their own park. And Juan Marichal took a bat to Dodger catcher Johnny Roseboro when big bodied Roseboro came at him after Marichal rightfully made a big angry fuss after he was almost decapitated by the Dodger pitchers aiming at his head! Good for Juan. He was a fighter. In his birth place of the Dominican Republic... "you don't take no Chit like that man " without a fight!