A History of Hollywoodland and its Storybook Style Homes

 A History of Hollywoodland & Its Storybook Style Homes (theeastsideagent.com)

"An early enclave of Storybook Style exists right here in the heart of Los Angeles. The neighborhood of Hollywoodland began in 1923 when two developers purchased 500 acres of land nestled at the foot of Mt. Lee, just above the town of Hollywood. This was way back when before any houses dotted the hillside and the land was simply covered with oak trees, holly bushes, greasewood, and poppies. Ferns grew under the trees and there were natural springs where visitors would get their water. The developers laid out winding streets with steep hillside building lots ranging in price from $2,500 to $55,000. Imagine buying a hillside lot in that price range today! Here the developers planned to build a gated community of homes for the “movie people” who were just coming to prominence.

"To advertise their housing development, the Hollywood sign was erected. We, of course, all know the sign today but back in 1923 there were four more letters: L-A-N-D. The 13 letters were illuminated at night by 4,000 incandescent bulbs meant to shine so brightly they could be seen by all of Los Angeles below to build interest in the real estate development.

"Whatever happened to the sign’s final four letters? Well, LA legend has it that the in the late 1940s a landslide took out the L-A-N-D letters. While a fun story, sorry to say, that is not the case. In fact, only one of the sign’s letters collapsed in the 1940s: the H. Because by this time the sign was not being used to advertise real estate, it had fallen into disrepair. In January 1949 the city’s Recreation and Parks Commission ordered the sign demolished. But after the city council overruled the apparently unsentimental park commissioners, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce offered to restore the H if it could drop the L-A-N-D. Although the sign’s appearance has evolved over the years, its basic aspirational message remains the same: This is a place where magic is possible, where dreams can come true." . . . More...

Biden Goes Off-Script After His Speech — It’s WORSE Than You Could Imagine

 America Insider   "President Joe Biden delivered a speech during the signing ceremony of a proclamation to establish the “Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument” in Illinois and Mississippi.

"At the end of the speech, Biden went off-script and it didn’t go well.

"“Before I say even more what’s on my mind, I’m now gonna leave this podium,” Biden said. The video quickly went viral on social media as people mocked Biden’s apparent mental decline." . . .

“What a speech… Epic in its brilliance,” one person commented sarcastically. “So sharp, witty and funny,” another person said mockingly.

“ 'Before I lie even more, Im going to walk away,” another person said.

"President Biden is accused of lying during the speech by suggesting he participated in the Civil Rights movement.

"Biden talking about his time as a public defender. “It was a lesson I learned coming out of — not like real leaders in the civil rights movement — but when I came out of the civil rights movement as a kid as a public defender.” Biden said.

"Biden was a public defender for a brief time. After significant research, BuzzFeed found that Biden defended a cow thief in Delaware.

"A poll from NBC found that the majority of Americans (68%) believe Biden does not have the mental and physical health to serve as president.

"The poll also found that a staggering 43 percent of Democrats believe Biden is not mentally and physically healthy to serve as president.

"This concern among Democrats has doubled since 2020. Prior to 2020, just one in five Democrats were concerned about Biden’s mental acuity.

"NBC found that 89% of Republicans agree that Biden does not have the cognitive or physicial abilities to be president.

"Biden will be 82 years old in 2024 and claims he will seek re-election as the nominee of the Democratic Party. Given Biden’s long history of physical and mental struggles, it remains unclear whether the Democrat Party will rally behind him and win the White House."

Democrats love to lie and cover up for lies because they only care about power

It seems to me we discuss CNN so much, deservedly so, but forget the anger and vitriol gushing forth from MSNBC:  witness the racial anger-distorted face of Joy Reid, the brazen distortions from "mostly peaceful" and honest Ali Velshi to name only two. TD 

Why? Mr. Velshi.

 Jack Hellner - American Thinker   "Representative Dan Goldman now says, despite all Biden's lies that he never talked with Hunter or anyone else about Hunter's business deals, that yes, Biden did talk to the businesspeople, but only to be nice, about things like the weather.  What pure BS:

Goldman, though, rushed to the cameras to start moving goalposts and making excuses. Goldman said that yes, Hunter might have put his father on the phone with business partners, but that the words exchanged were just "niceties" and that "there wasn't a single conversation about any of the business dealings that Hunter had."

"That is similar to Loretta Lynch lying, when the Justice Department was doing its pretend investigation of Hillary, that her chance meeting with Bill was when he came to say hello and talk to her about his grandkids and vacation.

On Monday night, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton were both at the Phoenix airport, waiting on the tarmac. Lynch said that Clinton then walked to her plane, uninvited, to say hi. "He did come over and say hello," she said at a news conference on Wednesday, "and speak to my husband and myself, and talk about his grandchildren and his travels and things like that."

"And Chuck Todd, along with most of the media, continues to pretend there was no evidence against Joe.  This from the same people who lied continuously about Trump and Russian collusion when it was obvious it was fake news."  more at the link.

Tucker Carlson interviews Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer

 "From the comments to this interview: "Wow, Tucker has an amazing talent in getting answers from people who really don't want to implicate themselves. The way he stated the questions without being confrontational and got him to admit what we have all suspected about joe biden was masterful. I look forward to seeing the rest of the interview.' "

"Great interview. Archer appears a little guarded but reveals a reality that Joe's thanks letter to him, is very odd unless you understand he's grateful because Archers and his son's business involvement will ultimately and financially benefit Joe. This blows a hole in the assertion, that Joe never was involved in any business activity whatsoever. Archer knows more than he's willing to admit."

"The good thing about Tucker doing this interview it covers mainstream media who is not covering this at all. It is well known that the same amount or even more watch Tucker and plus mainstream media will be forced to watch this as well. I like how Tucker is using his "Tucknacity" on Archer. Smart move Tucker"

Don Surber's Highlights of the week

 Don Surber

"ITEM 7: Instapundit reported, “Anheuser-Busch lost a staggering $390 MILLION in second quarter after Bud Light’s sales to retailers plunged 14% after brand’s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Figures show that their total US revenue declined by 10.5% in the April-to-June period from a year earlier.”

"This is as I predicted from Day One. Mister Mulvaney ruined the brand by exposing the company’s hatred of its customers. The new customers the company seeks are drinking hard lemonade and smoking pot. They will never drink beer — or Bud Light."

"ITEM 8: Life Site News reported, “Canadian health officials asked an Ontario woman to donate organs of her husband who died after being denied an organ transplant because he did not receive the COVID-19 shots.”

"It is just the government’s way of laughing at you to your face.

"ITEM 16: The Daily Mail reported, “An indigenous transgender woman has slammed Canada’s healthcare system for rejecting her euthanasia request despite the pain she endures from a surgically built vagina.

" 'In social media posts, Lois Cardinal, a self-proclaimed ‘sterilized First Nations post-op transsexual’ said regret over her medical transition led her to apply for a lethal injection in January.”

"Considering the poor choices he/she/it has made, maybe the doctors know best."

"ITEM 13: CNN reported, “Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are people in costume.”

Breitbart Media reported, “CNN buried the story Tuesday of Devon Archer’s explosive testimony at the House Oversight Committee the day before, which implicated President Joe Biden in his son Hunter’s influence-peddling schemes and suggested the president lied to the country.”

"Red China lying is breaking news on CNN because Biden lying is his default setting."

ITEM 27: Fox reported, “New York, California lost more tax income than every other state as people fled liberal enclaves.”

. . . for Florida, Texas, Tennessee and other places that have no state income tax.". . .

More here at Don Surber (substack.com)