Saturday, January 11, 2025

Flotsam and Jetsam - LA Fires Rage On

About 1 more inch of fine white powder fell late last night here. Meanwhile, my home town, Los Angeles, continues to burn under the negligent rule of Democrats. LA Times, State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded. John Sexton at Hat Hair, Pacific Palisade Reservoir Was Empty When Fire Broke Out, Fire Chief Says City Failed. Across da pond at Da Mail, LA's $750k-a-year water chief Janisse QuiƱones 'knew about empty reservoir and broken hydrants' months before fires. Brandon Morse at RedState, Joe Rogan Reveals California Officials Knew of LA's Fire Risks Back in July of 2024, and They Did Nothing. "A video is now going around X featuring Joe Rogan speaking about a firefighter who warned him that if the conditions were right, LA would go up in flames and there would be absolutely nothing anyone could do about it." Matt Vespa at TownHall, Latest Update on LA's Political Leadership Leads to a Very Serious Question Regarding the Wildfires, while Bass was in Africa, deputy Mayor had been relieved of duty due to FBI investigation into a bomb threat he allegedly made. So who was in charge? Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Bass Demanded $49M in Additional LAFD Cuts One Week Before Wildfires. Ace, Karen Bass Slashed $17 Million from LA's Firefighting Budget, With the Monies Cut Mostly from Fire Prevention. Here's What Angelinos Got In Return. "They used that money to pay for "gay men's choruses" and "trans cafes." I'm sure you're all shocked. Stunned, even!" Insty, UNDER THE BUS WITH YOU: LA Fire Chief is dismissed by Mayor Karen Bass after lashing out over department cuts as deadly blazes devastate city. "Of course, now she has no incentive to keep quiet. . . UPDATE: Hmm: Josh Haskell@abc7JoshHaskell "NEW: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ office says the @MailOnline report that “LA Mayor Karen Bass dismisses fire chief Kristin Crowley” is FALSE @ABC7." Da Mail, Chaos as LA Fire Chief 'called in to be fired by Mayor'... but says she is still in her job. Beege Welborn at TownHall, BREAKING: LA Mayor FIRES Fire Chief...or Did She?. Vicky Taft at PJM, Don't Be a B-A** Like Karen

TYPICAL
Dan Greenfield at Front Page notes The LAFD is Run by Three Lesbians Named ‘Kirsten’. "The LA Fire Department went woke. Now LA is on fire." Jim Treacher, California Dreamin' Meets Reality "Thanks, Gavin." At the Freep, Paradise Lost. "The burning of L.A. is not just a natural disaster. It’s a man-made catastrophe." Rusty Weiss at RedState, CA Dem Becomes Sputtering Mess When Asked Why Assembly Is Holding Special Session on Trump As Fires Rage. At the NYPo, Ron DeSantis argues Gavin Newsom would have been ‘nailed to the wall’ over LA fires if he was a Republican. Stephen L. Miller@redsteeze, ""We must stop people from saying negative things about how we are handling the response to these mismanaged fires" sums up the last 4 years of Democratic Party policy perfectly.", Quote Conservative War Machine@WarMachineRR, "California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom whines about “misinformation” and “disinformation” during his discussion with Biden on the wildfires: “We got to deal with this misinformation.”

Beege Welborn observes An Awful Lot of 'He Did It/Wasn't Me' Going Around California Right Now. Vodka Pundit at Insty, DIRECTIVE 10-289: Eytan Wallace@EytanWallace "BREAKING: California Insurance Commissioner @RicardoLara4CA has issued a mandatory one-year moratorium that will prohibit insurance companies from enacting non-renewals and cancellations of coverage for home owners within the perimeters or adjoining ZIP Codes of the Palisades and Eaton fires in Los Angeles County regardless of whether they suffered a loss. The moratorium will expire on Jan. 7, 2026." and notes "Insurance companies were already pulling out of California." Bob Hoge at RedState hears Insurance Industry Claps Back at Kamala's Wildfire Claims—'False, Wrong and Dangerous'. "Many insurance companies have canceled insurance for a lot of the families who have been affected and will be affected, which is only going to delay or place an added burden on their ability to recover." . . . "He added, "So the implication that people who have insurance coverage effective on January 7th are being canceled — just to leave that impression with people and to create that fear — is irresponsible, in my view." Insurers won't insure if they can't make money. Stacy McCain, Hollywood Getting Red-Pilled? If this doesn't do it, nothing can.

Hat Hair, NC and Hawaii Weeps: POTATUS Pledges to Cover 100% of LA Tab for 6 Months. Emily Zanotti@emzanotti "The Biden Administration has now promised to cover 100% of recovery costs for Los Angeles for six months. But they gave 3500 homeless Appalachian families another 24 hours before they kick them out into a winter storm so it’s fine." Quote FEMA Region 4@femaregion4, "#NorthCarolina: Due to the incoming winter storm we are extending our Transitional Sheltering Program stays for 24 hours to those households who are scheduled to check out of their hotels/motels Jan. 11. If you STILL need assistance with housing, call 1 (800) 621-3362." Dave Strom, Remember Hurricane Helene? People Are Still Suffering But Elites Care Not At All. Also Twitchy, Bureaucracy Kills: CA Requires Inspection for Out-of-State Firetrucks Before They Can Help Los Angeles.  

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.09.25, Twitchy: DEI Literally Dangerous! Jemele Hill Throws Hissy Fit At Matt Walsh For Noticing The Obvious About LAFD, and “You Can’t Fight Fires With Platitudes, Pronouns, & Politics”, Louder With Crowder, Mayor Karen Bass goes silent when grilled over her policies causing LA to burn down and The warning a fireman gave Joe Rogan of how bad Los Angeles could get is eerily accurate, Vox Popoli: Gomorrah Burns, L’Ombre de L’Olivier: Firefighting By Kristen, Behind The Black: JPL shuts down due to threat from California fires, DeSantis: Put NASA headquarters in Florida, The new conservatives who have been mugged by a wildfire, The Lid: L.A.’s Fire Hazard Mayor Who was in Africa when Wildfires Hit Caught in Embarrassing Social Media Attack, Legal Insurrection: Five Fires in Los Angeles Leave Five Dead, Thousands of Homes Burned, Democrats Reach the ‘Republicans Pounce’ Phase of LA Wildfire Story, Victory Girls: Are Bass And Newsom Watching Their Political Careers Burn?, The Federalist: Here Are All The Ways DEI-Crazed Officials Made The LA Fire More Deadly, If Karen Bass Isn’t Recalled, Prosecuted, Or Forced To Resign, Democracy Is Wasted On L.A.

Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.10.25, EBL, Joe Biden tells Kamala Harris to “Fire Away” during press conference, Twitchy: Biden Gives LA A Blank Check While FEMA Leaves WNC Out In The Cold, Newscum Asks Biden To Crap On The 1st Amendment To Cover Up His Failure, and LAPD Says Not Enough Probable Cause For Arson Suspect Residents Say Was Starting Fires, Louder With Crowder: Meet LA’s assistant fire chief, who says in an OFFICAL VIDEO it’s your husband’s fault if he needs to be saved by her, Angry citizen demands answers from Gavin Newsom, so he pulls this pathetic move, American Greatness: Man Seen Starting Fires With Blow Torch in LA County Not Charged With Arson, Biden Sends Another $500 Million to Ukraine Ahead of Trump Inauguration, Chicago Boyz: The LA Fires and the CA Coastal Commission, The Geller Report: Photo of One of the Los Angeles Wildfires Arsonists, Hollywood In Toto: What Celebrity Will Be Red-Pilled Next?, Legal Insurrection, Los Angeles Fires: Arson Suspect Arrested Near Kenneth Fire, Newsom Complains About ‘Disinformation’ as Wildfires Destroy Los Angeles Area, This Ain’t Hell, Barbra Streisand blames climate change for Santa Ana winds, Victory Girls: California is Burning: Nero Newsom and the Amen Corner Media, Watts Up With That, Did the LA Fire Disaster Have to Happen?, The Federalist, While California Burns Gavin Newsom Begs Biden To Silence ‘Disinformation’, California’s DEI-Obsessed Anarchotyrants Threw Money At Everything But Water And Firefighters.

Althouse, "I was doing the Rogan podcast and I was kind of ill at ease while we were talking because I knew my neighborhood was on fire." ""So I thought, I wonder if my place is still there. When I got home, sure enough, it wasn't there ... The vehicles were gone, everything. It was completely toasted. I've never seen such a complete burn. It's like someone did it on purpose to really destroy every aspect of it." Said Mel Gibson..."

Da Caller, Biden Extends Deportation Protection To Hundreds Of Thousands In Final Days Of Administration. "The Biden administration announced on Friday it will provide protections to hundreds of thousands of El Salvadoran nationals living in the United States, citing stormy weather and heavy rain that took place in the country." Hat Hair's John Sexton sees Migrants Racing Against Time to Become the Last Person Let Into the Country by Joe Biden. At ET, Texas Lawmakers Double Down on Bills to Secure Its Border With Mexico. The Free Bacon acknowledges a Huge Bipartisan Majority Able To Overcome Far-Left Filibuster on Laken Riley Act. Matt Margolis at PJM, Laken Riley Act Advances With Decisive 84-9 Vote — but Don't Celebrate Just Yet.


Paul Bedard at WaEx thinks a Tie in Virginia governor’s race sees Spanberger up one point over Earle-Sears. If Democrats don't vote for Sears, it's because they hate Black women

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair hears CNN Lament Trump's 'Extraordinary Victory': In Like a Lion, Out Like ... A President' and Senate Dem: Resistance Is Futile? At WaEx, Trump prepares 100 executive orders to enact once in office. There's a lot of damage to be undone. Insty, RICHARD FERNANDEZ: wretchardthecat@wretchardthecat "President Vladimir Putin saying any U.S. move to claim Greenland would legitimize Russia’s own expansionist aims and ambitions to restore former Soviet territories, such as the Baltics, to its own sphere of influence and power." wretchardthecat @wretchardthecat, "Looked at the other way Putin is being paid back in his own coin. Greenland is Trump's countermove to Russia’s own expansionist aims and ambitions to restore former Soviet territories, such as the Baltics, to its own sphere of influence and power." At Unherd, Trump’s return to the Monroe Doctrine. "His sabre-rattling betrays a new foreign strategy." Steve Sherman at TownHall thinks Trump Should Fix Biden's US Steel Mistake. Rusty Weiss hears Trump Spills the Beans on THAT Viral Moment With Obama at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral: ‘We Just Got Along’

Da Caller on The Anniversary Of January 6 And Our Two-Tiered System. At Althouse yesterday, The Trump sentencing is in progress, with Trump participating remotely. Fox, Donald Trump sentenced with no penalty in New York criminal trial, as judge wishes him 'Godspeed' in 2nd term. Sundance, President Trump Receives Sentence of “Unconditional Discharge” Simply so Democrats Can Have a “Convicted Felon President” Narrative. Ace, Criminal Judge Merchan "Sentences" Trump to "Unconditional Discharge." "He made sure he got Trump sentenced so that the left's goal of calling him a "convicted felon" would be achieve. Jonathan Turley@JonathanTurley, "The conviction should be overturned on appeal. However, the most lasting judgment will be against the New York court system itself in allowing this travesty of justice to occur." and, With the Trump Sentencing, the Verdict is in . . . for the New York Legal System and at NYPo, Judge Merchan tries to defend himself after Trump sentencing — but he and Bragg are responsible for this monster. "Merchan knows that there is a fair chance this monstrosity will finally die on appeal, and he was making the case for his own conduct." Pop Times, Trump Blasts Hush Money Trial as “Embarrassment to New York” After Receiving Unconditional Discharge. At OTP, Trump On Today’s Felony Sentencing: ‘They Can Have Fun With Their Political Opponent.’ 

Misty Severi at JTN reports Federal Appeals court allows Justice Department to release Jack Smith report, "Garland has said he will not release the part of the two-volume report that centers on the classified documents case." Trump should appeal to the Supreme Court based on the argument that Smith was illegally appointed. 

Dave Strom at Hat Hair celebrates Zuck Spilling the Beans on Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan Experience #2255 - Mark Zuckerberg Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Mark Zuckerberg Exposes Alarming Details About Biden Admin's Social Media Influence "“Basically, these people from the Biden administration would call up our team and, like, scream at them and curse," Zuckerberg said. "It just got to this point where we were like, 'No, we're not gonna, we're not gonna take down things that are true. That's ridiculous.’" Althouse, Mark Zuckerberg talks to Joe Rogan about his dissatisfaction with the "neutered" corporate world. NYPo, Biden officials ‘screamed’ and ‘cursed’ at Meta execs to take down vaccine posts, Mark Zuckerberg tells Joe Rogan. Insty, I DO BELIEVE HE’S FALLEN UNDER ELON’S INFLUENCE: Zuckerberg does Rogan. "Alternatively, all the sociopolitical data he has from Meta has shown him which way the wind is blowing, and how hard it’s likely to blow. Either is fine with me." Robby Starbuck@robbystarbuck "Massive news: Meta is ending DEI. Only days after @finkd promised to end biased fact checks, now his company is ending DEI. I warned Meta in October that they were one of my DEI targets for 2025. . . ." Ace, Meta (FaceBook) Announces End of DEI Programs. "A surprise but a welcome one, to be sure. Axios is very upset by this and they say it's just Zuckerberg positioning himself to be friendlier to Trump. The thought that DEI programs are wasteful and illegal and racist and also lead to a bad workforce never, ever crosses their minds, not for a single moment." At Twitchy, Tyrannical Little Commissar: Rep. Dan Goldman Says First Amendment Doesn't Allow Free Speech on Facebook. Greg Lukianoff and Adam Goldstein at the Eternally Radical Idea, METACOMMENTARY: Why Meta’s move to community notes is good.

Dave Strom sees UK Targeting Elon Musk Again: "Risk to Britain." Insty, WITH TODAY’S MEDIA AND POLITICAL ELITES, THERE’S ALWAYS THE CHANCE THAT THEY’RE COMPLICIT. Winston Marshall@MrWinMarshall, "Shame on you @NewYorker The question is not why does
@elonmusk care about *on going* industrial scale rape and torture gangs in Britain. The question is - why don’t you
?" Quote The New Yorker@NewYorker, "Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has become fixated on child sexual exploitation in deindustrialized English towns—much of which took place more than a decade ago. What is he after? http://nyer.cm/22KsiBh"


Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby "BREAKING: Columbia University law professor, Katherine Franke, has left Columbia after an investigation found that she had discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students. In the complaint, it was found that Franke repeatedly violated Columbia’s anti-discrimination policy."

There are still lots of uncited articles at  the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.09.25 and the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 01.10.25

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