SUSS’ ‘Ghost Box (Expanded): The holidays are nearly here, which means many of us will embark on road trips through the desert or otherwise desolate places. Such environments cry out for a proper soundtrack, and this atmospheric recent album by a New York quintet is a counter-intuitive but rewarding choice once the carols have worn […]
Blog: Hemp is about to be legal under the 2018 farm bill. You can’t get high from it — but you can wear it.
“A 10-year wait will effectively bar many people from contributing to this new industry,” said Grant Smith, deputy director of national affairs with the Drug Policy Alliance. “This is a setback for efforts to help formerly incarcerated people get back on their feet, and the ban only reinforces the false notion that hemp needs to […]
Blog: Pullout from Syria weakens U.S. hand in the Middle East and boosts Russia
“Trump is withdrawing from Syria under Turkish threat, ceding one third of Syria and any influence over the political outcome,” Martin Indyk, a former U.S. assistant secretary of State and former ambassador to Israel, said on Twitter. “The days of American dominance in the Middle East are over. All hail Putin, Erdogan (and Khameini),” he […]
Blog: Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria marks a seminal moment for his ‘America first’ policies
“Obviously, it would be reckless if we were just to say, ‘Well, the physical caliphate is defeated, so we can just leave now,’” Brett McGurk, Trump’s own presidential envoy to the multinational Defeat ISIS Coalition, said last week. “Anyone who’s looked at a conflict like this would agree with that.” Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles […]
Blog: This map shows home prices in every LA neighborhood
See how Long Beach compares to the Valley Curious how Los Angeles home prices stack up neighborhood by neighborhood? A new interactive map from Property Shark shows the year’s median home prices for dozens of communities, from Long Beach’s Belmont Shore ($950,500) to Westlake ($610,000) to Mar Vista ($1.427 million) to Woodland Hills ($787,750). It […]
Blog: European Union and Britain act to cushion the chaos if there’s no Brexit deal
The European Union marked 100 days until Brexit on Wednesday by triggering an action plan to ensure planes can still fly and money can still flow between Britain and the bloc in the increasingly likely event that the U.K. leaves the EU without a divorce deal. The British government, struggling… Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles […]