John, you are over the target, but you need not euphemize… I have been saying for a while that—via stripping criteria of merit and job performance from public service—the blob has turned incompetence into a weapon of mass destruction, which can be used as dependably as any (designed) ballistic system. It’s the END in mind that’s significant, not the art involved. From the border of New Mexico to the Pacific coast to the Hawaiian Islands, it is clear how its been used. Whoever is behind the attempted take-down, they began with the Democrat party, as an accelerant. Incomptence is the weapon.
The Bakke decision in California helped, but no politician took heed of that. Affirmative Action "died" and DEI took its place. DEI now a disaster, but something else will probably rise to take its place. How Politically Correctness (Russia, communists, Lenin) turned to PC turned to Woke. These people don't give up easily.
These observations are of critical impact. All Californians should read this post or become aware of the questions posed. The rest of the world has been critical of Gov Newsom’s ineptitude in relation to our natural resources and response to on going predictable fires and water shortage.
Add to this, that Newsom is a WEF graduate (2005) of their young global leader program. Everything he is doing comes directly from their agenda. Like France's Macron, Canada's Trudeau, UK's Sunak (London mayor) and PM Starmer, they're all destroyers
Don't forget that Gavin has already said they want to build the Palisades back better. You know what this means? Everyone is equal - so people with less money living off the state (we know who they are) will also have a place to live in the Palisades.
They are forcing people who have worked hard for their money to live with people who do nothing but collect their monthly allotment.
Hopefully the environmental terrorists and tyrants controlling California will be revealed.
They're revealed, most of us know, but punishment is what's needed. What I liked about the EOs from Trump yesterday, was the declaration of the Cartels as a foreign terrorist organization. Newsom and Kamala and Schiff ARE making bank on the importing of Fentanyl. For proof of this, read Peter Schweizer's book, Blood Money. I hope from this EO, ICE, and Tom Homan can put a plan in place to make arrests. Just the anti-Trump crap which will cost us $50M we don't have, is rebellion.
I so agree with you. All the reveals right now are just the tip of the huge criminal iceberg.
There is a contingent in these criminal circles that don't care about money or environment - they hate us - anyone who is self sufficient and whom they feel is not deserving and that we need to give all our money, homes jobs etc to the so called "poor people" from all over the world.
Money means nothing to them - they don't even care if the "poor" people get anything - as long as we are crushed and we have nothing and our children are dead from fentanyl.
I'm a bit troubled when I read things like "people who worked hard for their money". California's median household income in 2023 was $95,521. Tennessee's median income was $67,631. I don't for a second believe Californians work harder than Tennesseans. More likely the opposite. We do NOT live in a meritocracy, our economy is deeply perverted. Those in the financial industry, who produce nothing make far more than producers. Incomes in academia, the medical industry, and government have far outpaced that of producers for decades. Not because they work harder, or produce more value relative to producers than they did before. I admit to being cynical, but I suspect if most of those who lived in the multimillion-dollar Pallisades homes never did another lick of work, we'd be better off. Our economy is still a meritocracy to the extent it still IS possible to work hard and make good money. But it's not ruled by market forces to the degree it was when I was younger. Fixing this may be impossible. Once segments get economic power, they have political and social power, making them very hard to rein in.
OK lets use the term people who are intelligent, tenacious, motivated, energetic and creative people who make money and also take care of their families and contribute to society...as compared to people who are not the above.
It's not a problem at all when it's true. I applaud it then. But to refer to people as having worked hard for their money because they live in expensive houses is what I object to. My view is the result of experience and observation. When I started my business, which I still operate, in 1982 my customers worked hard and were pretty flush with cash, able to hire, invest, and spend as needed. Today, they still work hard, but have nowhere near the economic clout they did, generally speaking. My customers are small businesses that produce goods and services for the local economy. In 1982 the inflation-adjusted cost of medical care and higher education was far less than today. Government work was not far more lucrative than the same job in the private sector, as it is today. The financial industry was profitable, but didn't siphon nearly as much gravy off the top as today. IOW, the productive sector got a MUCH larger slice of the pie. The changes aren't due to market forces. Medical care, higher education, and government work are tightly controlled segments of the economy. They don't contend with competition in the same way the free-market segment does. Some of those multi-million dollar homes may be owned by engineers and private-sector entrepreneurs. That's fine by me. I suspect most are owned by government lackeys, government contractors, doctors and health care executives, and others whose income is protected from market forces. Where I live, there are still some wealthy entrepreneurs. But most of the wealth is in the hands of the medical industry, financial industry, and government contractors. And it isn't because they work really hard and are making great contributions to society. Quite the opposite.
I feel that if you create and become successful in any state you will be targeted. But by whom? that is the big question right now - its a complicated global issue.
I have a saying that the more successful and wealthy some people become - the more guilt they feel and the more motivated and manipulated they will become AND THEN the more the middle class will pay.
They also want to point the finger at others to save their own wealth.
"They are forcing people who have worked hard for their money to live with people who do nothing but collect their monthly allotment."
Those are useful pikers. The big parasites likely behind it all don't bother with such puny pickings; they go for special privilege such as large subsidies and bailouts to the tune of billions at a crack.
The productive classes always pay and have no say; it's been baked into the cake from the start.
“The Constitution looked fairly good on paper, but it was not a popular document; people were suspicious of it, and suspicious of the enabling legislation that was being erected upon it. There was some ground for this. The Constitution had been laid down under unacceptable auspices; its history had been that of a coup d'état.
“It had been drafted, in the first place, by men representing special economic interests. Four-fifths of them were public creditors, one-third were land speculators, and one-fifth represented interests in shipping, manufacturing, and merchandising. Most of them were lawyers. Not one of them represented the interest of production — Vilescit origine tali. (the dice were loaded from the start)
-Albert Jay Nock, Liberty vs. the Constitution: The Early Struggle
I grew up in the old neighborhoods of East Brooklyn, NY. My neighborhood where I played in the 50s-60s was destroyed just like Philadelphia and other big cities. These neighborhoods were safe until mayors and other creeps built large projects one mile away.
The it was off to the induction center in the 60s. The blue collar people were called up for cannon fodder.
"Robert has 20 years of experience as an arborist and is an expert in California native flora. He has spent more than 48 years studying the plant kingdom and plant life in all environments, in addition to tracking and analyzing the fires across the state of California.
Since 2017 he has made 106 journeys to these various burn sites to examine the aftermaths of 38 forest fires. Robert estimates that only three of the 38 fires were caused by natural sources, and the vast majority of the fires exhibit glaring abnormalities that cannot be explained away by regular fire behavior; in other words, the aftermath contradicts the physics of fire.
An average surface fire on the forest floor can reach temperatures of 1,472°F
Key Takeaways:
Houses are decimated with little to no black ash.
The most vulnerable tree species are not burned or are still standing.
Water-loving trees are the first to burn, rather than the last.
Water-loving tree species are being cooked from the inside out.
Tree species that regenerate quickly are no longer regenerating.
Non-metal materials are rarely burned unless they are linked to metal.
Glass windows are completely melted (auto glass melts around 2700°F).
Instead of advancing uphill like usual fire behavior, the fire path follows the channel of the river."
The glass shattered due to the heat. According to the US Department of Agriculture, forest fires specifically often “reach or exceed temperatures of 2,000° Fahrenheit” (1,100°C). Less extreme fires on the forest floor would be slightly cooler, at 800°C. The exact temperature depends on factors such as fuel source and oxygen levels.
Glass softens over a wide temperature range, rather than melting sharply at a specific temperature. It’s true that glass does melt within the 2500°F to 2900°F range (1400°C to 1600°C) as one of the Facebook posts claims, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible for the temperatures of a wildfire to melt it in some cases.
Just to let you know, Threads censored the last post from Substack still up to their old games. It was the one regarding the people in WHO who are questioned over sexual assaults.
Sorry, I did not have time to watch the podcast. Rosa Koire talked about the depopulation and the depopulation of CA in particular. This is part of Agenda 21. The fires and droughts are being done on purpose. Here is a link to a podcast she did in the past. Sadly, she passed recently after being admitted to hospital, diagnosed with lung cancer, and passing in 11 days.
Thank you. A quick look back to the LAFD recommendations in 1961 after the Bel Air fire, is telling. Only one of their recommendations was implemented, the elimination of wood shake shingle roofing. Back then, hydrants went dry, also. Commonality? Democrats in charge.
At that time, (D) Mayor Yorty went on TV, claiming that the fire "might not be stopped."
He too, did a lot of traveling, much more than Bass. Yorty established Sister Cities, which is totally worthless in improving your own City. Nice PR, but that's all.
Since that 1961 fire, only one Republican mayor has been elected; Richard Riordan. Sadly, he was hindered by the Northridge Quake and the L.A. riots.
California does not wat to fix fires because that will destroy the cash cow for politicians & they will no longer have massive amounts of money to launder into their pockets.
Thank you so much John and Peter McCullough for all you are doing to bring awareness to these important topics. I watch all your shows and read as many substacks as possible. I used to live in San Diego for many years so I am very interested in what is happening in California. I also listen to Victor Davis Hanson and learn so much from him. I don't know what it is going to take for positive change. A change in leadership for sure. I agree with Matthew that there are a lot of different people in California. Interesting about the rail. I hear Victor talk about the rail and how it is full of graffiti now and just sitting there. What a shame. It seems like all the smart people are leaving. It is a state worth fighting for.
100% by design for the destruction of America
John, you are over the target, but you need not euphemize… I have been saying for a while that—via stripping criteria of merit and job performance from public service—the blob has turned incompetence into a weapon of mass destruction, which can be used as dependably as any (designed) ballistic system. It’s the END in mind that’s significant, not the art involved. From the border of New Mexico to the Pacific coast to the Hawaiian Islands, it is clear how its been used. Whoever is behind the attempted take-down, they began with the Democrat party, as an accelerant. Incomptence is the weapon.
The Bakke decision in California helped, but no politician took heed of that. Affirmative Action "died" and DEI took its place. DEI now a disaster, but something else will probably rise to take its place. How Politically Correctness (Russia, communists, Lenin) turned to PC turned to Woke. These people don't give up easily.
SCATUS is worthless. Can't the Congress come up with anything better?
These observations are of critical impact. All Californians should read this post or become aware of the questions posed. The rest of the world has been critical of Gov Newsom’s ineptitude in relation to our natural resources and response to on going predictable fires and water shortage.
Add to this, that Newsom is a WEF graduate (2005) of their young global leader program. Everything he is doing comes directly from their agenda. Like France's Macron, Canada's Trudeau, UK's Sunak (London mayor) and PM Starmer, they're all destroyers
He is a teaches people to infiltrate governments for the Nazi WEF cult!
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Don't forget that Gavin has already said they want to build the Palisades back better. You know what this means? Everyone is equal - so people with less money living off the state (we know who they are) will also have a place to live in the Palisades.
They are forcing people who have worked hard for their money to live with people who do nothing but collect their monthly allotment.
Hopefully the environmental terrorists and tyrants controlling California will be revealed.
They're revealed, most of us know, but punishment is what's needed. What I liked about the EOs from Trump yesterday, was the declaration of the Cartels as a foreign terrorist organization. Newsom and Kamala and Schiff ARE making bank on the importing of Fentanyl. For proof of this, read Peter Schweizer's book, Blood Money. I hope from this EO, ICE, and Tom Homan can put a plan in place to make arrests. Just the anti-Trump crap which will cost us $50M we don't have, is rebellion.
US 2383:
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-1999-title18-section2383&num=0&edition=1999
I would love it if Pelosi's and Schwab's hand-picked soi boi was busted.
I so agree with you. All the reveals right now are just the tip of the huge criminal iceberg.
There is a contingent in these criminal circles that don't care about money or environment - they hate us - anyone who is self sufficient and whom they feel is not deserving and that we need to give all our money, homes jobs etc to the so called "poor people" from all over the world.
Money means nothing to them - they don't even care if the "poor" people get anything - as long as we are crushed and we have nothing and our children are dead from fentanyl.
We should have no mercy for these creeps.
Why are your children abusive druggies?
they aren't
Not enough fentanyl and carfentanil. Why do you want to save the thieves?
This doesn't make sense.
No; keeping thieves from ODing doesn't!
I'm a bit troubled when I read things like "people who worked hard for their money". California's median household income in 2023 was $95,521. Tennessee's median income was $67,631. I don't for a second believe Californians work harder than Tennesseans. More likely the opposite. We do NOT live in a meritocracy, our economy is deeply perverted. Those in the financial industry, who produce nothing make far more than producers. Incomes in academia, the medical industry, and government have far outpaced that of producers for decades. Not because they work harder, or produce more value relative to producers than they did before. I admit to being cynical, but I suspect if most of those who lived in the multimillion-dollar Pallisades homes never did another lick of work, we'd be better off. Our economy is still a meritocracy to the extent it still IS possible to work hard and make good money. But it's not ruled by market forces to the degree it was when I was younger. Fixing this may be impossible. Once segments get economic power, they have political and social power, making them very hard to rein in.
What's wrong with the term work hard for money?
OK lets use the term people who are intelligent, tenacious, motivated, energetic and creative people who make money and also take care of their families and contribute to society...as compared to people who are not the above.
It's not a problem at all when it's true. I applaud it then. But to refer to people as having worked hard for their money because they live in expensive houses is what I object to. My view is the result of experience and observation. When I started my business, which I still operate, in 1982 my customers worked hard and were pretty flush with cash, able to hire, invest, and spend as needed. Today, they still work hard, but have nowhere near the economic clout they did, generally speaking. My customers are small businesses that produce goods and services for the local economy. In 1982 the inflation-adjusted cost of medical care and higher education was far less than today. Government work was not far more lucrative than the same job in the private sector, as it is today. The financial industry was profitable, but didn't siphon nearly as much gravy off the top as today. IOW, the productive sector got a MUCH larger slice of the pie. The changes aren't due to market forces. Medical care, higher education, and government work are tightly controlled segments of the economy. They don't contend with competition in the same way the free-market segment does. Some of those multi-million dollar homes may be owned by engineers and private-sector entrepreneurs. That's fine by me. I suspect most are owned by government lackeys, government contractors, doctors and health care executives, and others whose income is protected from market forces. Where I live, there are still some wealthy entrepreneurs. But most of the wealth is in the hands of the medical industry, financial industry, and government contractors. And it isn't because they work really hard and are making great contributions to society. Quite the opposite.
Could be - and maybe true. These parasites have always been around.
I feel that if you create and become successful in any state you will be targeted. But by whom? that is the big question right now - its a complicated global issue.
I have a saying that the more successful and wealthy some people become - the more guilt they feel and the more motivated and manipulated they will become AND THEN the more the middle class will pay.
They also want to point the finger at others to save their own wealth.
💯
"They are forcing people who have worked hard for their money to live with people who do nothing but collect their monthly allotment."
Those are useful pikers. The big parasites likely behind it all don't bother with such puny pickings; they go for special privilege such as large subsidies and bailouts to the tune of billions at a crack.
The productive classes always pay and have no say; it's been baked into the cake from the start.
“The Constitution looked fairly good on paper, but it was not a popular document; people were suspicious of it, and suspicious of the enabling legislation that was being erected upon it. There was some ground for this. The Constitution had been laid down under unacceptable auspices; its history had been that of a coup d'état.
“It had been drafted, in the first place, by men representing special economic interests. Four-fifths of them were public creditors, one-third were land speculators, and one-fifth represented interests in shipping, manufacturing, and merchandising. Most of them were lawyers. Not one of them represented the interest of production — Vilescit origine tali. (the dice were loaded from the start)
-Albert Jay Nock, Liberty vs. the Constitution: The Early Struggle
https://mises.org/library/liberty-vs-constitution-early-struggle
I grew up in the old neighborhoods of East Brooklyn, NY. My neighborhood where I played in the 50s-60s was destroyed just like Philadelphia and other big cities. These neighborhoods were safe until mayors and other creeps built large projects one mile away.
The it was off to the induction center in the 60s. The blue collar people were called up for cannon fodder.
15 Minute Cities
UN-NATURAL FIRES -- Expert Analysis by forensic Arborist Robert Brame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtOKf4rbKnY&t=214s
HOUSES GONE but TREES STILL STANDING?! Interview with Forensic Arborist Robert Brame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0XHs5W4Qk4
"Robert has 20 years of experience as an arborist and is an expert in California native flora. He has spent more than 48 years studying the plant kingdom and plant life in all environments, in addition to tracking and analyzing the fires across the state of California.
Since 2017 he has made 106 journeys to these various burn sites to examine the aftermaths of 38 forest fires. Robert estimates that only three of the 38 fires were caused by natural sources, and the vast majority of the fires exhibit glaring abnormalities that cannot be explained away by regular fire behavior; in other words, the aftermath contradicts the physics of fire.
An average surface fire on the forest floor can reach temperatures of 1,472°F
Key Takeaways:
Houses are decimated with little to no black ash.
The most vulnerable tree species are not burned or are still standing.
Water-loving trees are the first to burn, rather than the last.
Water-loving tree species are being cooked from the inside out.
Tree species that regenerate quickly are no longer regenerating.
Non-metal materials are rarely burned unless they are linked to metal.
Glass windows are completely melted (auto glass melts around 2700°F).
Instead of advancing uphill like usual fire behavior, the fire path follows the channel of the river."
https://www.nyfireinvestigator.com/articles/investigating-vehicle-fires
The glass shattered due to the heat. According to the US Department of Agriculture, forest fires specifically often “reach or exceed temperatures of 2,000° Fahrenheit” (1,100°C). Less extreme fires on the forest floor would be slightly cooler, at 800°C. The exact temperature depends on factors such as fuel source and oxygen levels.
Glass softens over a wide temperature range, rather than melting sharply at a specific temperature. It’s true that glass does melt within the 2500°F to 2900°F range (1400°C to 1600°C) as one of the Facebook posts claims, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible for the temperatures of a wildfire to melt it in some cases.
Just to let you know, Threads censored the last post from Substack still up to their old games. It was the one regarding the people in WHO who are questioned over sexual assaults.
Sorry, I did not have time to watch the podcast. Rosa Koire talked about the depopulation and the depopulation of CA in particular. This is part of Agenda 21. The fires and droughts are being done on purpose. Here is a link to a podcast she did in the past. Sadly, she passed recently after being admitted to hospital, diagnosed with lung cancer, and passing in 11 days.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtzHabBNmUY
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Why are Newscum and Bass still in office?
Cheat in elections.
Great program…please keep up the good works!
Thank you, John Leake - And occasionally in life but all too seldom, you hear people talking good sense.
Contemporary environmentalism is spelled.......MONEY!!! Special interests, propaganda and crony capitalism!!!
Thank you. A quick look back to the LAFD recommendations in 1961 after the Bel Air fire, is telling. Only one of their recommendations was implemented, the elimination of wood shake shingle roofing. Back then, hydrants went dry, also. Commonality? Democrats in charge.
At that time, (D) Mayor Yorty went on TV, claiming that the fire "might not be stopped."
He too, did a lot of traveling, much more than Bass. Yorty established Sister Cities, which is totally worthless in improving your own City. Nice PR, but that's all.
Since that 1961 fire, only one Republican mayor has been elected; Richard Riordan. Sadly, he was hindered by the Northridge Quake and the L.A. riots.
California does not wat to fix fires because that will destroy the cash cow for politicians & they will no longer have massive amounts of money to launder into their pockets.
What about water availability in ca reservoirs for lfighting the fires?
‘institutional and infrastructural breakdown’
Yes!
That’s exactly what it’s been
FEMA and the Red Cross have been so politicalized and are now so corrupt … we have no emergency response in this country!!
Thank you so much John and Peter McCullough for all you are doing to bring awareness to these important topics. I watch all your shows and read as many substacks as possible. I used to live in San Diego for many years so I am very interested in what is happening in California. I also listen to Victor Davis Hanson and learn so much from him. I don't know what it is going to take for positive change. A change in leadership for sure. I agree with Matthew that there are a lot of different people in California. Interesting about the rail. I hear Victor talk about the rail and how it is full of graffiti now and just sitting there. What a shame. It seems like all the smart people are leaving. It is a state worth fighting for.