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Some interesting numbers:
- $17.6 million. That’s what the LA Mayor Bass cut from the budget, impacting the fire department.
- 100 billion gallons of fresh water. That’s what flows out to the sea to save the GD smelt.
- 7 years. That’s how long Adam Carolla had to wait to have his fire department application approved (see his Congressional testimony)
- 50 years. LA has the same number of firefighters today that they did 50 years ago.
- 60. The number of LA fire department vehicles currently in disrepair and need of service
LAFD launches it’s first ever diversity, equity and inclusion bureau – ABC7 Los Angeles
Adam Carolla GUTS Phony ‘White Privilege’ Narrative Before Congress
Not sure which is worse…Bass’ lack of presence or Newsom’s presence. There’s a significant lack of water to address the fires, and Newsom — and his predecessors — and the Dem legislature have done little to nothing to alleviate the water shortages in this state.
Trump should get a judge to rescind all executive orders issued since the election on the grounds the guy signing them isn’t competent.
Sounds like the way to go. Lots of evidence to support the fact that Biden is non compos mentis.
It’s longevity. The one that sticks out to me is HW Bush. He led the CIA and had a relatively inauspicious presidency, followed by a quiet post presidency (meaning he didn’t launch the Bush global initiative and seek celebrity…just like his son). I wouldn’t have thought that would score most admired points (and yes, I admired him at times though have revised my view of neocon republicans in recent years.).
Do you think GHWB would have been re-elected if Perot had not run? Clinton got 43.0% of the popular vote, GHWB got 37.4% and Perot got 18.9%. My sense is that he largely drew from Bush, but what do you think?
PJP2 had a really high profile during the Cold War. He did transcend Catholicism in my view.
I would agree with you there.
Good points. Let’s also throw in the state override law, in which the state can override local building processes as long as the builder has a substantial percentage of “affordable” housing. In October 2022, California’s Governor (who is desperate to add to the housing stock) the “Affordable Housing and High Roads Jobs Act” which allows affordable housing to bypass the approval process. This is on land that is located in commercial corridors, otherwise typically used for strip malls and parking lots.
Also, the Housing Accountability Act set new standards for “Builder’s Remedy” projects. The law has some pretty interesting elements, including exemption from appeals to the California Coastal Commission. Say goodbye to that pristine coast. Also, they want ADUs now. And fee deferrals for builders, building code amnesty for noncompliant ADUs and other goodies:
California’s 2025 Housing Laws: What You Need to Know | Insights | Holland & Knight
Combine that with the recent law that allows up to 10 housing units on existing single family home lots…well, California had to do something to accommodate all the illegal/unauthorized (pick your euphemism) aliens living here.
The bill had an analysis performed that indicated it would produce between 300,000 and 400,000 affordable homes across CA.
Incredible.
Speaking of Thomas Jefferson, his gravestone lists three accomplishments. Being President isn’t one of them:
- Writer of Declaration of Independence
- Founded the University of Virginia
- Drafting the Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom
A law enforcement source identified him as 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar. The source said he was carrying an ISIS flag in the truck.
Islam: The Politically Incorrect Truth
46,517 religiously-driven murders since 9/11.
Next year is America’s 250th birthday. Thought I’d just remind everyone that in 1788, when America was barely a country, our sailors were taken and enslaved by the Muslims in the Mediterranean. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams confronted the Muslim ambassador, stating “we weren’t in the Crusades, we weren’t in the Spanish war…why do you attack our ships and enslave our sailors?” The Muslim ambassador, Sidi Haji Abdrahaman replied “because the Qu’ran allows us to do so.” TJ replies “then we will send a great navy to crush your state.
And he did. Barbary coast corsairs from Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli and the Sultanate of Morocco caputred American merchant ships. Between 1 mm and 1.25 mm. Europeans were sold as slaves by Barbary pirates between the 16th and 19th centuries.
The Pasha of Tripoli demanded a $225,000 tribute on Jefferson’s inauguration as president. Jefferson refused, then the Pasha declared war against the USA. In 1802, Congress built a navy. American marines won a series of battles and the First and Second Barbary Coast War (in 1815).
The Tripoli monument is the oldest military monument in the United States, transported from Italy by the U. S. S. Constitution. If you visit the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, you can see it there.
This says that Newsom had a weird year. I’ll say…
More than curious is almost 15M voters who voted for Biden chose to sit this one out. 15M? Harris couldn’t even rally enough support from Biden’s base to win? How does that happen?
Did you hear about the year that 7 million American children disappeared? That’s right, 7 million American children. But it wasn’t a scandal. It wasn’t a tragedy. What happened was, the Internal Revenue Service mandated that taxpayers listing dependents had to list both the dependent and their Social Security number. In other words, they had to prove that they had those dependents.
And not too surprisingly, 7 million American dependents vanished.
Why? Occam’s Razor. Simplest explanation. People cheated.
Now let’s take Beeg Dawg’s excellent question. What happened to 15 million votes? Well, a small part of the answer is that some votes are still being counted. The 2020 election had 157,780,079 votes which was an astounding 16.09% increase over the 135,909,066 cast in the 2016 election.
Why was this astounding? Because the American population only increased 2.61% in that time period, from 323.1 mms. to 331.5 mms.
From 2020 to 2024, the U. S. population only increased 1.77%, from 331.5 mms. to 337.4 mms. Yet the total vote decreased from 157,780,079 to 143,044,208, a 9.34% decrease.
How could that possibly be?
Well, let’s look at one other interesting fact. 14 states and DC do not require any form of voter ID, including CA, OR, NV, MN, IL, PA, NY, NJ, MA, VT, ME, NM, HI and DC. Notice anything interesting? Kamala Harris won 13 of the 14, all but NV.
Here are the states where photo ID are required: WI, IN, OH, NC, SC, GA, TN, MS, AK, MO, TX, KS. All won by Donald Trump.
There are three states where ID is required to vote, but not photo ID: ND, WY and AZ. All won by Trump (assuming Trump wins AZ).
Here are the states where ID is requested but not required to vote: WA, ID, MT, UT, CO, OK, IA, SD, MI, NH, CT, RI, FL, AL, LA, WV, KY, VA, DE. A mix of mainly Trump wins and a few Harris wins.
Here’s the map, see for yourself. Voting in the 2024 election? You’ll need an ID in these states.
Emerson national poll, 1,000 likely voters shows KHarris’ lead down to 1% at 49% to 48%. At this point in 2020, Biden’s lead was 4% in the same poll…
Kamala Harris Gets Bad Sign from New National Poll (msn.com)
The Hill calls her Fox interview a disaster. Tedious, unprepared, poorly informed.
Harris loses lead in Nevada and Michigan. Tied in both:
Kamala Harris Loses Lead in Two Swing States in New Poll (msn.com)
Twice as many Pennsylvania Democrats as last year switching to other parties:
Democrats See 103 Percent Increase in Pennsylvania Voters Leaving the Party (msn.com)
Daily Mirror claims that Trump has a 13 point lead in their model. Trump takes a 13-point lead in election prediction model (msn.com) Quinnipiac and Emerson surveys have Trump building support in swing states: New Swing State Polls Show Trump Gaining Momentum (msn.com)
The Telegraph says that liberals are starting to panic.
Liberals are starting to panic. Donald Trump is going to win in a landslide (msn.com)
Best line: 60 Minutes ran a preview of its interview with Harris that prominently included one of her signature no-calorie word salad emissions.
In 2021, Newsom vetoed 8% of the bills. In 2022 and 2023, it was 15%.
He just vetoed a slew of bills and has over 800 sitting on his desk. Big news is that he’s countering progressive initiatives in his desperate attempt to reverse his California decline in advance of the 2028 election. He only has two years left before he terms out and starts to run against either President Trump or President Harris.
