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From: Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
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Subject: Re: Will Late Night Roast Newsom And Bass For Fires? Don't Hold Your Breath.
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 04:30:45 -0500
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In article <vm3t24$20t9u$2@dont-email.me>, atropos@mac.com wrote:
> "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
>> atropos@mac.com wrote:
>>>  "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

>>>> Another possible source of comedy? HBO's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER. The 
>>>> long-running host has shown a knack for truth-telling regardless of 
>>>> party affiliation. He's been a thorn in the Left's side for several 
>>>> years, mocking progressives for their extreme culture war positions 
>>>> and woke overreach.
>>>>  
>>>> He's based in L.A. and might skewer pols who have made the problem 
>>>> exponentially worse. He's also a Climate Change alarmist and might 
>>>> focus on that angle, even if there's no evidence climate change played 
>>>> a role in the catastrophe.
>>> 
>>> Of course it didn't. There's only so many ways these fires get started.
>>> Either nature starts them-- almost always via lightning strikes-- or 
>>> humans start them. Sometimes it's because humans don't maintain the power 
>>> lines and they fall over during high winds and spark fires, or they're 
>>> caused by human negligence (a tossed cigarette butt) or arson.
>>> 
>>> There was no lightning when these fires started and they've ruled out 
>>> downed power lines. That leaves only one option left: someone started 
>>> the fires, either accidentally or on purpose. It was not fucking 'climate 
>>> change'.
>> 
>> Didn't they catch someone trying to start one with a blowtorch and another
>> with a cigarette lighter, and at least one is suspcted to be an illegal 
>> alien who is a member of a South Amercians gang?
>
>Yeah, the blowtorch guy was an illegal alien running around a neighborhood in
>the hills and lighting garbage cans on fire. He was literally tackled and
>disarmed by residents and held until the cops showed up, but the LAPD later
>said they didn't have probable cause to charge him with arson, so they 
>charged him with felony probation violation instead.

I did  not know about those details. I thought someone saw him on the side of
a road trying to ignite some shrubbery.

>But they didn't turn him over to ICE, because even an illegal that's trying 
>to burn down the entire city must be protected from being kicked out of the
>country.

At this point, I saw "screw California" and let them suffer the results
of being a "sanctuary state".

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