ICYMI - 6 Stories And One Video From Last Week - And Congratulations To the Two Time World Champion Dodgers!!
The “So, Does It Matter?” Substack featured a lot of great, original content this past week. Below are the highlights!
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Congratulations on the back-to-back World Series wins by the Los Angeles Dodgers!
Before the Week that Was — Here’s One Good Read!
In his sharply written Substack essay “PlumpGavin,” Lloyd Billingsley dismantles California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s carefully crafted image. Drawing on the governor’s self-pitying comments from a recent podcast, Billingsley contrasts Newsom’s “hustlin’ latchkey kid” story with the reality of Getty-funded privilege and elite connections — a revealing look at California’s upper-class twit of the year.
6 Top Performing Items From Last Week… And A Video!
With Prop. 50 Up In The Polls A Newly Drawn CA40 Promises An Intraparty GOP Battle: Reps Calvert and Kim Facing Off, And Potentially Issa
Prop. 50’s Dem Gerrymander Creates Intraparty Battle
Did a Back Room Meeting Far from California Ensure The Passage of Proposition 50?
A Decision In The Dark?
One-On-One Interview With Will O'Neill, Chairman of the Republican Party of Orange County
🎙️ This Week on So, Does It Matter?
Top Ten Winners & Losers In California Politics This Week - Newsom, Essayli, The Navy, Zavala, Bass, Bonta & More…
Below is our Top Ten List of Winners and Losers for the Week. This feature available to all of our subscribers, free and paid.
One Video…
This week I did a little “unspin” on the federal government shutdown…
FOMO? No no.
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 to the archive here and scroll down!
ON THIS DATE IN 1947 - THE SPRUCE GOOSE TOOK FLIGHT
On November 2, 1947, the monumental flying boat H-4 Hercules—famously nicknamed the “Spruce Goose”—made its first and only flight in Long Beach Harbor, California, piloted by its creator Howard Hughes. Built primarily of laminated birch wood due to wartime material restrictions, the plane boasted an awe-inspiring wingspan of 320 feet—longer than a football field.
That day, thousands of onlookers watched as the eight-engine behemoth taxied into the harbor and suddenly lifted off, skimming about half a mile at an altitude of roughly 25 to 70 feet for about 30 seconds before settling back onto the water. Despite proving airworthy in that brief moment, the giant aircraft never flew again.
Today, the legendary “Spruce Goose” rests at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon, standing as a lasting symbol of American ingenuity, ambition, and the extraordinary vision of Howard Hughes.
Enjoy your Sunday! And just wow - what a game seven with for the Dodgers!
Jon