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ONE VIDEO (I WAS INTERVIEWED!)
If you haven’t heard or checked out the State of Gold Podcast over on YouTube, well maybe I am going to give you the perfect excuse. Jon Slavet sits down and does interviews with people he thinks matter in California politics, and then apparently made an exception and also sat down with me! Click on the play button below and enjoy our conversation. We talk a lot about Prop. 50, but also about single-party rule, and what is the biggest challenge facing California.
And 5 Top Performing Items From Last Week…
Of course there were a number of other posts last week that you will not want to have missed. If you want to check them out, you can go here [ [link removed] ] and just scroll through them!
ON THIS DATE IN 1937
J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit Is Published!
If you’ve already read The Hobbit, you know how wonderful it is. I re-read it, and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, every seven years. Here’s a fun clip from the film [ [link removed] ], which is amazing. But there is nothing better than reading (or listening) to the book…
Order this book on Amazon [ [link removed] ], like now.
Have a great Sunday!
Jon

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