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Bob's avatar

One of the fire agency chiefs told 60 Minutes that it would take 26,000 fire engines to fight fires and save property. He doubted there were 26,000 fire engines in the entire state.

Any time someone from outside the West starts talking about water management in the West and especially California, you will here ignorance and bullshit whipped into a foul slurry of lies. Add in the stupidity of the likes of Tommy Tuberville, one finds the entire stew of venal hypocrisy. California contributes more money to the federal coffers than it receives in aid. Alabama is one of THE most dependent states taking much more from DC than it contributes.

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Joe Zias's avatar

Felonious tRumps, lack of empathy you refer to here, is a clear sign of one suffering from Narcistic Personality Behavior, unfortunately its one of those personality traits from birth, that's impossible to change. And now that he's the center of attention, he's so longed for, it will only get worse.

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Susan Feiner's avatar

Nailed it Nina. Tis truly a freak show

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Al Lewis's avatar

One word: Nero.

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Paul Carrigan Jr.'s avatar

Brilliant and scathing summation, Maestra.

That paper-towel tossing caper made me froth at the mouth. And at the time, the talking heads all went along for the ride.

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SophieM's avatar

Karen Bass is not a "hack," and you can stop repeating rightwing lies. I generally like Burleigh's writing, but not today. By all means, attack the black woman who is mayor of LA. You forgot to mention her former mayoral opponent, Caruso, who, along with his rich cronies, would love to kick Bass out of office.

I experienced the Tubbs fire in Santa Rosa in 2017. When there are extreme wind events, firefighters cannot contain a fast moving fire. And, the winds during the Tubbs fire were not 80-100, although quite gusty. Unless you have experienced that kind of fire, it's difficult to understand how fast various structures are destroyed. It was determined PG&E was at fault for that devastating fire. After the Tubbs fire, recriminations were rampant, but not on the level of the evil attacks we're seeing from trump and his minions. It remains to be seen what exactly started all of the different LA county fires. Blaming CA or LA officials is premature and only adds fuel to the vile rightwing propaganda machine. These assholes would like nothing better than to flip CA's legislature and lawmakers from Democratic to fascist Repugs.

Wonkette gets it right.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/la-mayor-karen-bass-taking-heat-wait?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1783367&post_id=154819186&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=uh0af&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Dennis Hathaway's avatar

One of the best things I heard as a young man was, "If you don't know what you're talking about, keep your mouth shut." A lesson obvious lost on critics who want to make political hay before all the facts are in and sober analysis has begun. Who doesn't believe that the commentary from Fox, et al would be completely different if California had a GOP governor and the city a GOP mayor? My only quibble with the piece is the reference to L.A. as the nation's largest city. I believe that's New York.

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PowerCorrupts's avatar

let's collaborate?

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