And Then We Have Tucker -- April 27, 2023

Locator: 34500TU.

Most egregious story of the day, from The Los Angeles Times:

• there's no way this went on for eleven years without "anyone" knowing about this;
• a few others need to spend time in prison
• but let's go ahead and say what others are thinking: well, those UCLA co-eds are attractive; ready-made for a TV series: "Baywatch, the sequel: UCLA 90024." In high definition, 3-D, and optimized for Apple AR/VR
  
• meanwhile, the GOP is worried about RuPaul in schools and free cans of beer to Dylan; oh, give me a break

Ditto:

Readers: I'm getting surprisingly few (as in "none) e-mails regarding this subject. Maybe time to stir the tea leaves / ashes: link here. I don't need a weatherman to tell me which way the wind is blowing. LOL.

When one fires the #1 talk show moderator, there has to be something "huge" that precipitated that
the firing came out of the blue

• there had been no public controversy -- ever -- about whether he stays or goes
• it just happened
• and, yet, still no explanation

Apple savings, two links:

• too convenient? WSJ. Thesis: folks will use their savings account like an ATM machine.
• my first thought: a different reading of human behavior
• would you rather park your cash in a non-interest paying checking account?
• more to say on this later, perhaps
• Apple: sucking people deeper into their ecosystem. Okay. Link here.
• bigger news: did you see how "big" Apple Savings will become!
  

Motley Fool on BRK. Link here. Wow, it must be a slow day everywhere. 

California bullet train (s): now there are two.

• update on first one. Yes, I'm having a slow start, also, to the day.
• second one: LA to LV.
• one wonders: would a "big thinker / change agent" think differently
• how about an LA airport, perhaps at the junction of I-210 and I-15 dedicated to nothing but non-stops to LV (and return, of course)
• completely streamline the process
• start by allowing on TSA pre-check, LV-vetted flyers onto the complex and then go from there
• golf cart lifts from car to terminal
• guarantee no more than 15 minutes inside terminal
• no reservations: 
• scheduled departures on the hour at peak travel times; on the even hour during peak periods
• planes depart when 90% full, regardless of scheduled time of departure
  
• regardless, no plane sits on ground longer than 20 minutes
• think of this as a air-way (like the subway)
  
• this could be loads of fun 
  

Apple Valley: has anyone looked at the map; by the time you've driven to Apple Valley, you might as well just finish the drive to Las Vegas.

• San Pedro to Apple Valley: two hours
• Huntington Beach to Apple Valley: two hours
• flight time, Apple Valley to Las Vegas: one hour 
• San Pedro to I-210 / I-15 junction: one hour
  

Received bipartisan support this past week: