Grandma of dead suspect says stop rioting in France | HAKE NEWS Mon. 7-3-23

July 03, 2023 / James Hake

Hake News for The Jesse Lee Peterson Show, Monday, July 3, 2023 AD

End of Hour 1: Firework bans, they’re doing “drone shows” now (whatever that is) // Elon Musk limiting how many tweets you can see a day, dealing with AI mess // United tries to make amends for mass disruptions //

End of Hour 2: SoCal hotel “workers” (union[s]) on strike // Prices all over the place this year, still bad // Storms blowing through NE and Midwest. Hot out West // France: Grandma says stop rioting //

After JLP, The Hake Report

JLP Show Notes | Mon. 7-3-23

No notes, but it was great. Experts first hour on Affirmative Action, Supreme Court decisions… A great call that hour or 2nd, I believe. Super Chats, and more calls and crazy stories.

HAKE NEWS, Hr 1 | Mon. 7-3-23

Firework bans, they’re doing “drone shows” now (whatever that is) //
Elon Musk limiting how many tweets you can see a day, dealing with AI mess //
United tries to make amends for mass disruptions //

Cities declare their independence from fireworks

(Morning Brew Mon. 7/3/23) As smoky skies blanket the East Coast and the West enters another wildfire season, many US cities are beginning to acknowledge that pounding the air with pyrotechnics in the middle of the summer is maybe not the best idea.

Expanding a trend that began in earnest last year, a number of cities—particularly in the West—are scrapping their July Fourth fireworks displays in favor of drone shows.

Salt Lake City will hold its first drone show for Independence Day to be “conscientious of both our air quality and the potential for wildfires,” Mayor Erin Mendenhall said.
Boulder, CO, is doing the same, citing “increased fire danger fueled by climate change.”
In California, Lake Tahoe and La Jolla are also opting for drone shows.

Community leaders hope their residents will embrace the change like baseball fans have the pitch clock. Not only are drones safer and better for the environment than fireworks, but they’re also quiet, which is great news for dog owners. Plus, they can tell a story in a way fireworks cannot.

As more events around the world, from the Super Bowl to New Year’s celebrations, adopt drone shows, the market for them has grown from virtually nothing a decade ago to ~$1 billion in 2021, per Allied Market Research data cited by the NYT.

But the pryos aren’t going down without a fight

In fact, fireworks have never been more popular. Americans increased their spending on fireworks by about $100 million this year compared to last summer, according to the American Pyrotechnics Association. If spending reaches $2.3 billion this season, as expected, that would represent a 3x increase from just 11 years ago.

Compared to synchronized drones, fireworks are cheaper—a small drone show could cost $20,000, while a fireworks display can land under $7,000, per Flying Magazine. Plus, even the coolest drone shows don’t stir the soul quite like the experience of watching explosives detonate hundreds of feet above you and illuminate the night sky.

Bottom line: As drone choreography goes mainstream and fireworks sales soar even higher, both types of shows will probably coexist on the July Fourth itinerary.

Musk limits the amount of Twitter posts you can read.

(Morning Brew Mon. 7/3/23) Deploying the unusual business move of restricting how much people can use your product, Twitter owner Elon Musk slapped daily limits on the number of posts users can see each day: 1,000 posts for unverified users and 10,000 for paying verified users. Musk said the (temporary) rate limits are necessary to curb “extreme levels” of data scraping by organizations training their AI systems on Twitter conversations. Meanwhile, preparations for the Musk vs. Zuckerberg cage match appear to be progressing.

United tries to make amends for mass disruptions.

(Morning Brew Mon. 7/3/23) As its operations mostly returned to normal this weekend, United Airlines said it’s sending 30,000 frequent flyer miles to its customers most affected by last week’s travel chaos, when nearly 20% of United’s flights were canceled. And in a grievance that will sound familiar to people living in the NYC area, United CEO Scott Kirby blamed problems at Newark Liberty International Airport, a major United hub, for the widespread disruptions. Kirby said the airline will have to change or reduce its operations at Newark to minimize the risk of this happening again.

HAKE NEWS, Hr 2 | Mon. 7-3-23

SoCal hotel “workers” (union[s]) on strike //
Prices all over the place this year, still bad //
Storms blowing through NE and Midwest. Hot out West //
France: Grandma says stop rioting //

SoCal hotel workers go on strike.

(Morning Brew Mon. 7/3/23) Thousands of unionized hotel workers in the Los Angeles area channeled the July Fourth rebel spirit and walked off the job yesterday to demand an immediate $5/hour raise to keep pace with skyrocketing housing prices. The strike could hurt LA’s tourism economy on a busy holiday weekend that also includes the Anime Expo. Los Angeles has been a hotbed for labor organizing recently: Hollywood writers have been on strike for about two months, and dockworkers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach picketed before agreeing to a new labor deal.

Wimbledon begins today

(Morning Brew Mon. 7/3/23) BASED Novak “NO VAXX” Djokovic is the clear favorite in the men’s draw, but look out for Taylor Fritz (No. 9 in the world) and Frances Tiafoe (No. 10). It’s the first time since 2012 that two American men are ranked in the Top 10 entering Wimbledon.

July Fourth is tomorrow.

(Morning Brew Mon. 7/3/23) If you haven’t bought supplies for your cookout yet, you’ll find that sirloin steak and processed cheese for your burger are more expensive than last July Fourth (THX A LOT, SLEEPY JOE), but chicken and eggs are cheaper, according to Wells Fargo’s Chief Agricultural Economist Michael Swanson. Plus, filling up your gas tank will cost you about $1.30 less per gallon than a year ago, per AAA (b/c it was ridiculously high last year, still is this year).

Storms’ a’blowin’ thru

(NBC News Mon. 7/3/23) Severe storms blanketed the U.S. over the supposed holiday weekend from the Northeast to the Midwest. Now the Eastern Seabord can expect more scattered showers with damaging winds, and hail and tornadoes will be possible. In the West, heat alerts will continue through the holiday.

France a mess

(Morning Brew Mon. 7/3/23) The Tour de France grinds on in the southwest part of the country. WATCH OUT FOR VIOLENT INSURRECTIONIST IMMIGRANT RIOTERS…

Quote: “We want to calm things down.”

The grandmother of the 17-year-old who was fatally shot by a French police officer called on the rioters to stop their violent attacks following nearly a week of protests. The riots appear to be abating somewhat, but on Sunday, a Paris-area mayor’s wife and child were injured when a burning car hit their home in the middle of the night. The killing of the teenager, known as Nahel, at a traffic stop unleashed long-simmering frustrations SUPPOSEDLY over police ALLEGED mistreatment of French immigrants, particularly those of North African descent.

NOT READ: ANOTHER BLACK MASS SHOOTING?

(Morning Brew Mon. 7/3/23) Two people were killed and 28 injured (three of them critically) in a shooting at a block party in Baltimore on Sunday.

(NBC News Mon. 7/3/23) More than a dozen of the injured were minors, according to police.

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