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Lessons From The Los Angeles Fires
BY PORTFOLIO ARMOR
FRIDAY, JAN 10, 2025 - 5:03
Lessons From The Los Angeles Fires
There are a number of specific lessons we can draw from the Los Angeles fires, but the over-arching one is that Democrats are no longer capable of governing. Let's look at some of the specific lessons first, and then let Bernie Sanders demonstrate why he and his party should never be put in charge of anything again.
Lesson #1
In matters of life and death, hire based solely on merit, not DEI.
If you are the mayor of Los Angeles, don't go to Africa when you have been warned that your city is at risk of disaster.
This is related to Lesson #2: elect people based on competency, not DEI. It's worth noting that conservatives fall prey to this thinking sometimes too.
Especially if you are in an arid climate, fill your reservoirs when you have the opportunity.
Again, especially if you are in an arid climate, clear underbrush in your forests (often, the most practical way to do this is with controlled burns, burning off the kindling before it piles up).
Enforce laws against vagrancy. There are many reasons to do this, starting with making cities more pleasant, but there's also a safety factor, as bums often set fires.
Democrats are no longer capable of governing, because they refuse to learn any of the lessons above, or to enact effective solutions. Instead they hand-waive about insoluble things like "climate change", as Bernie Sanders does here.
BY PORTFOLIO ARMOR
FRIDAY, JAN 10, 2025 - 5:03
Lessons From The Los Angeles Fires
There are a number of specific lessons we can draw from the Los Angeles fires, but the over-arching one is that Democrats are no longer capable of governing. Let's look at some of the specific lessons first, and then let Bernie Sanders demonstrate why he and his party should never be put in charge of anything again.
Lesson #1
In matters of life and death, hire based solely on merit, not DEI.
In a clip widely shared on X, the assistant fire chief pictured above, Kristine Larson, admits she isn't physically capable enough for the job.The Los Angeles City Fire Department has an entire "equity" bureau which hopes to "advance DEI within the fire service." Last year, LAFD cut $7 million from the overtime budget, which impacted air operations and disaster response, but kept the DEI department. Insane.
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— Christopher F. Rufo(@realchrisrufo) January 9, 2025
Lesson #2
If you are the mayor of Los Angeles, don't go to Africa when you have been warned that your city is at risk of disaster.
Lesson #3
This is related to Lesson #2: elect people based on competency, not DEI. It's worth noting that conservatives fall prey to this thinking sometimes too.
Lesson #4
Especially if you are in an arid climate, fill your reservoirs when you have the opportunity.
Lesson #5
Again, especially if you are in an arid climate, clear underbrush in your forests (often, the most practical way to do this is with controlled burns, burning off the kindling before it piles up).
Lesson #6
Enforce laws against vagrancy. There are many reasons to do this, starting with making cities more pleasant, but there's also a safety factor, as bums often set fires.
The Over-Arching Lesson
Democrats are no longer capable of governing, because they refuse to learn any of the lessons above, or to enact effective solutions. Instead they hand-waive about insoluble things like "climate change", as Bernie Sanders does here.
They do this on every issue: ignore the time-tested solutions, and talk about addressing impossible tasks first.
It's time to stop electing them or appointing them to positions where they can continue to cause such damage.
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Democrats incapable of governing?Lessons From The Los Angeles Fires
BY PORTFOLIO ARMOR
FRIDAY, JAN 10, 2025 - 5:03
Lessons From The Los Angeles Fires
There are a number of specific lessons we can draw from the Los Angeles fires, but the over-arching one is that Democrats are no longer capable of governing. Let's look at some of the specific lessons first, and then let Bernie Sanders demonstrate why he and his party should never be put in charge of anything again.
Lesson #1
In matters of life and death, hire based solely on merit, not DEI.
In a clip widely shared on X, the assistant fire chief pictured above, Kristine Larson, admits she isn't physically capable enough for the job.
Lesson #2
If you are the mayor of Los Angeles, don't go to Africa when you have been warned that your city is at risk of disaster.
Lesson #3
This is related to Lesson #2: elect people based on competency, not DEI. It's worth noting that conservatives fall prey to this thinking sometimes too.
Lesson #4
Especially if you are in an arid climate, fill your reservoirs when you have the opportunity.
Lesson #5
Again, especially if you are in an arid climate, clear underbrush in your forests (often, the most practical way to do this is with controlled burns, burning off the kindling before it piles up).
Lesson #6
Enforce laws against vagrancy. There are many reasons to do this, starting with making cities more pleasant, but there's also a safety factor, as bums often set fires.
The Over-Arching Lesson
Democrats are no longer capable of governing, because they refuse to learn any of the lessons above, or to enact effective solutions. Instead they hand-waive about insoluble things like "climate change", as Bernie Sanders does here.
They do this on every issue: ignore the time-tested solutions, and talk about addressing impossible tasks first.
It's time to stop electing them or appointing them to positions where they can continue to cause such damage.
That's quite a statement. Most metrics favor democratic governors. (Education, health, income, etc)
The republican gov of michigan poisoned a town. Republican gov kansas crashed the state by going full trickle down.
No arguments that Rs are incapable of governing because of their fuck ups.
Instead, i think we should focus on the fuck up and keep that person out of office, regardless of party.
Ory, what happened to Rogan? Here are clips of when he had half a brain and it seems to me COVID made him dumber than ever. He's never been the same.x.com
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Ana is letting the Democrats really have it here...
Joe Rogan DEVASTATES MAGA GUEST Like You WOULDN’T BELIEVE!
ps...I do find Candice to be hot but she is so irritating.
Its really quite amazing that you think having a mayor of a different race would have made any difference to the LA fires.Lessons From The Los Angeles Fires
BY PORTFOLIO ARMOR
FRIDAY, JAN 10, 2025 - 5:03
Lessons From The Los Angeles Fires
There are a number of specific lessons we can draw from the Los Angeles fires, but the over-arching one is that Democrats are no longer capable of governing. Let's look at some of the specific lessons first, and then let Bernie Sanders demonstrate why he and his party should never be put in charge of anything again.
Lesson #1
In matters of life and death, hire based solely on merit, not DEI.
In a clip widely shared on X, the assistant fire chief pictured above, Kristine Larson, admits she isn't physically capable enough for the job.
Lesson #2
If you are the mayor of Los Angeles, don't go to Africa when you have been warned that your city is at risk of disaster.
Lesson #3
This is related to Lesson #2: elect people based on competency, not DEI. It's worth noting that conservatives fall prey to this thinking sometimes too.
Lesson #4
Especially if you are in an arid climate, fill your reservoirs when you have the opportunity.
Lesson #5
Again, especially if you are in an arid climate, clear underbrush in your forests (often, the most practical way to do this is with controlled burns, burning off the kindling before it piles up).
Lesson #6
Enforce laws against vagrancy. There are many reasons to do this, starting with making cities more pleasant, but there's also a safety factor, as bums often set fires.
The Over-Arching Lesson
Democrats are no longer capable of governing, because they refuse to learn any of the lessons above, or to enact effective solutions. Instead they hand-waive about insoluble things like "climate change", as Bernie Sanders does here.
They do this on every issue: ignore the time-tested solutions, and talk about addressing impossible tasks first.
It's time to stop electing them or appointing them to positions where they can continue to cause such damage.
What is there to discuss? Covid fried Joe's brain or all the ivermectin he took because he was panicked.
If you live in Pacific Palisades, you paid your dues...
Doctors, lawyers, agents, entrepreneurs, etc.
You believed in the American Dream.
You paid your taxes.
You trusted the system.
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Then you adopted luxury beliefs like Affirmative Action and DEI and Climate Change™ and Science™.
And they fucked you.
It's time to wake up.
Doctors, lawyers, agents, entrepreneurs, etc.
You believed in the American Dream.
You paid your taxes.
You trusted the system.
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Then you adopted luxury beliefs like Affirmative Action and DEI and Climate Change™ and Science™.
And they fucked you.
It's time to wake up.
Study from the Kelley School of Business.
Fake News on Social Media: People Believe What They Want to Believe When it Makes No Sense at All
Ory, listen to a real leader and take in the facts.
The Issue Is: Gov. Gavin Newsom & Bill Maher
Lets be clear.
Firefighting is socialism, a service paid by taxes and provided by the state.
Insurance is capitalism, a service paid by individuals and provided by capitalists only when they can make money from it.
In the US, socialist government services are intentionally underfunded while capitalists have decided to stop offering fire insurance to places where the payout is too hight make profit.
Lets be clear.
In the US, socialist government services are intentionally underfunded while capitalists have decided to stop offering fire insurance to places where the payout is too high which create huge amount of loss in hundreds of billion dollars loss that will cost the company to go bankrupt.
See that also government-bureaucracy / green agenda don’t allow you to fill up your water tank or water reservoir with water….. or allow you to removes dead bushes and dead leaf or dead logs to prevent fire or allow control burn. It don’t tare a rocket scientist to figure that fire disaster will happen again and again. It no longer statically viables for the insurance to insure high risk area. The fire insurance payout will cause your company go bankrupt!
There will be a major investigation into why the massive reservoir in Pacific Palisades was not filled, knowing about dry conditions, high winds, and elevated fire risk. Plus, Mayor Bass slashed the budget for the LAFD.
JUST IN: The Pacific Palisades reservoir was EMPTY AND OFFLINE when the firestorm exploded, per LA Times
This is CRIMINAL.
The reservoir holds 117 million gallons of water, and would’ve given firefighters ample pressure to effectively fight the blaze.
Overpaid Dept. of… pic.twitter.com/afvRlbLJ73
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 10, 2025
Meanwhile, Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass, used the typical Democratic Party playbook to deflect from the incompetence (DEI = DIE) of California politicians, using talking points that described California wildfires as "what a climate emergency looks like."
Markey should be called "Malarkey Markey"...
About man-made climate change.
"Incompetence in the limit is indistinguishable from sabotage," Musk wrote on X on Saturday.
While corporate leftist media blames 'climate change' for the wildfires, there is reason to believe that epic mismanagement by LA Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom contributed to the fire disaster.
Then there's this...
More reports of arson:
Reports of criminal gangs targeting mansions...
"Cars pull up, doors open, and groups of men running up our street going up to the doors of these houses."
“There were 100 people came up on scooters and were trying to get into any and all houses.”
REPORTER: "Did you… pic.twitter.com/0ckGivHbpy
— HustleBitch (@HustleBitch_) January 9, 2025
This time, Democrats won't be able to hide behind climate change farce. Real accountability is coming. People died, thousands lost everything, and even liberals in LA are turning on their far-left politicians who were never actual real competent managers, to begin with, just social justice warriors with
California-Based Insurer Crashes Amid Billions In L.A. Area Fire-Damage Losses
FRIDAY, JAN 10, 2025 - 09:50 AM
Out-of-control wildfires burning across the Los Angeles area continued Friday morning, destroying at least 10,000 structures and causing estimated fire damage over $150 billion. Meteorologists have issued warnings for "critical red flag" conditions throughout the day, signaling that fire damage to homes and businesses will broaden into the weekend.
Insurance companies are bracing for the worst-case scenarioas analysts at JPMorgan said Thursday that insured losses could top $20 billion.
JPM's Jimmy Bhullar said insured loss estimates could be revised even higher "if the fires are not controlled."
Bhullar said losses would be "confined mostly" to homeowners insurers like Allstate, Travelers, and Chubb, but noted that commercial property insurers like American International Group and Kinsale Capital Group could also be exposed.
Shares of Allstate dropped 5% in premarket trading, while Travelers fell 4%, Chubb -4%, AIG -3.5%, and Kinsale -1%.
Shares in Mercury General, whose insurance organization is mostly centered in California, crashed 35% in premarket trading. About 80% of its premiums of $4.6 billion in 2024 were derived from the state, making it one of the most exposed insurers to the LA County fire.
"This would make this event significantly more severe than the 2018 Butte County Camp Fire, the highest insured-loss wildfires in California's history previously," with insured losses of roughly $10 billion, the analysts said.
In a separate note, RBC Capital Markets' Scott Heleniak wrote, "We think these could be among the most expensive wildfires in U.S. history," adding the estimated insured losses so far could easily exceed $20 billion.
The latest AccuWeather estimate for the total damage and economic loss in LA County has surged to a staggering $135 billion to $150 billion, a massive increase from Wednesday's estimate of $52 billion to $57 billion.
As of Friday morning, five separate fires were raging in the LA County area. Containment levels are very low.
Catosphere bond news website Artemis noted, "We are still a long way off any loss estimates based on actual damage information, given the still-unfolding disaster situation in Los Angeles County."
FRIDAY, JAN 10, 2025 - 09:50 AM
Out-of-control wildfires burning across the Los Angeles area continued Friday morning, destroying at least 10,000 structures and causing estimated fire damage over $150 billion. Meteorologists have issued warnings for "critical red flag" conditions throughout the day, signaling that fire damage to homes and businesses will broaden into the weekend.
Insurance companies are bracing for the worst-case scenarioas analysts at JPMorgan said Thursday that insured losses could top $20 billion.
JPM's Jimmy Bhullar said insured loss estimates could be revised even higher "if the fires are not controlled."
Bhullar said losses would be "confined mostly" to homeowners insurers like Allstate, Travelers, and Chubb, but noted that commercial property insurers like American International Group and Kinsale Capital Group could also be exposed.
Shares of Allstate dropped 5% in premarket trading, while Travelers fell 4%, Chubb -4%, AIG -3.5%, and Kinsale -1%.
Shares in Mercury General, whose insurance organization is mostly centered in California, crashed 35% in premarket trading. About 80% of its premiums of $4.6 billion in 2024 were derived from the state, making it one of the most exposed insurers to the LA County fire.
"This would make this event significantly more severe than the 2018 Butte County Camp Fire, the highest insured-loss wildfires in California's history previously," with insured losses of roughly $10 billion, the analysts said.
In a separate note, RBC Capital Markets' Scott Heleniak wrote, "We think these could be among the most expensive wildfires in U.S. history," adding the estimated insured losses so far could easily exceed $20 billion.
The latest AccuWeather estimate for the total damage and economic loss in LA County has surged to a staggering $135 billion to $150 billion, a massive increase from Wednesday's estimate of $52 billion to $57 billion.
As of Friday morning, five separate fires were raging in the LA County area. Containment levels are very low.
Catosphere bond news website Artemis noted, "We are still a long way off any loss estimates based on actual damage information, given the still-unfolding disaster situation in Los Angeles County."
Manage your forests correctly or mother nature will do it for you, the former is much cheaper than the latter. But politicians have all the knowledge they know what's best. So you can't burn the underbrush and have controlled burns that's simply not allowed because so many animals could lose their habitat if you do that.
And water who needs water especially if it's going to kill a guppy so we'll just divert it to save the guppy and if there's $100B in damages then it's okay because tax slaves always get the bill.
And water who needs water especially if it's going to kill a guppy so we'll just divert it to save the guppy and if there's $100B in damages then it's okay because tax slaves always get the bill.
Yup, capitalist insurance will stop offering services if they can't make money on it.California-Based Insurer Crashes Amid Billions In L.A. Area Fire-Damage Losses
FRIDAY, JAN 10, 2025 - 09:50 AM
Out-of-control wildfires burning across the Los Angeles area continued Friday morning, destroying at least 10,000 structures and causing estimated fire damage over $150 billion. Meteorologists have issued warnings for "critical red flag" conditions throughout the day, signaling that fire damage to homes and businesses will broaden into the weekend.
Insurance companies are bracing for the worst-case scenarioas analysts at JPMorgan said Thursday that insured losses could top $20 billion.
JPM's Jimmy Bhullar said insured loss estimates could be revised even higher "if the fires are not controlled."
Bhullar said losses would be "confined mostly" to homeowners insurers like Allstate, Travelers, and Chubb, but noted that commercial property insurers like American International Group and Kinsale Capital Group could also be exposed.
Shares of Allstate dropped 5% in premarket trading, while Travelers fell 4%, Chubb -4%, AIG -3.5%, and Kinsale -1%.
Shares in Mercury General, whose insurance organization is mostly centered in California, crashed 35% in premarket trading. About 80% of its premiums of $4.6 billion in 2024 were derived from the state, making it one of the most exposed insurers to the LA County fire.
"This would make this event significantly more severe than the 2018 Butte County Camp Fire, the highest insured-loss wildfires in California's history previously," with insured losses of roughly $10 billion, the analysts said.
In a separate note, RBC Capital Markets' Scott Heleniak wrote, "We think these could be among the most expensive wildfires in U.S. history," adding the estimated insured losses so far could easily exceed $20 billion.
The latest AccuWeather estimate for the total damage and economic loss in LA County has surged to a staggering $135 billion to $150 billion, a massive increase from Wednesday's estimate of $52 billion to $57 billion.
As of Friday morning, five separate fires were raging in the LA County area. Containment levels are very low.
Catosphere bond news website Artemis noted, "We are still a long way off any loss estimates based on actual damage information, given the still-unfolding disaster situation in Los Angeles County."
Flood insurance, fire insurance and hurricane insurance are disappearing because climate change is killing the profit.
But at least you have this.
Right wingers are such easy marks.
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But have you LOOKED at the prices of homes in Palisades? 5-50 MILLION DOLLARS… if insurance is forced to insure these homes the rest of us pay the price. Build multimillion dollar homes in fire prone hills at your own risk, not mine.
Was that from before he supported Trump and then suddenly everyone on the left start hating him...well...because?
