I owe California an apology for all those years I said (jokingly) that it should fall off the continent and disappear into the Pacific. I was wrong. It should have been the south falling off into the Gulf of Mexico, only it would take too long for it to disappear in such shallow waters (compared to the Atlantic and Pacific). Now that is a bad joke.
I keep hoping things will change in my lifetime. That's another bad joke.
The worst joke of all are the Repugs. The few that are decent human beings seem to now be outnumbered by the very people who are only too happy to stab everyone in the back.