Category Archives: California

California Burning (1-16-25)

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 Real talk vs tv news talk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYDQLQOl8f004:00 Karine Jean-Pierre was not selected as White House press secretary for her excellence12:00 NYT: We Have to Stop Underwriting People Who Move to Climate Danger Zones, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/opinion/la-fires-climate-home-insurance.html15:00 Los Angeles mayor facing growing … Continue reading →

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Is LA Doomed? (1-15-25)

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 NR: Mayor Karen Bass Partied While Her City Burned, https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/mayor-karen-bass-partied-while-her-city-burned/04:00 LAT: L.A. fire officials could have put engines in the Palisades before the fire broke out. They didn’t, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-14/firefighters-lafd-response-lack-of-staff-engines-pacific-palisades-fire11:00 L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is Bad in a Crisis. Here’s … Continue reading →

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The Dog Who Didn’t Bark – Nobody Argues California Has Great Governance (1-14-25)

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 NR: Why Did California Cut Fire Prevention Spending While Keeping a Rainy-Day Fund?, https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/why-did-california-cut-fire-prevention-spending-while-keeping-a-rainy-day-fund/12:15 The FBI is terrible at background checks, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtgtSNMGBt014:50 Jonathan Haidt is wrong about morality | Prof Kurt Gray, https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/jonathan-haidt-is-wrong-about-morality19:00 Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War … Continue reading →

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Who By Fire? (1-13-25)

Posted on January 13, 2025 by Luke Ford

01:00 Judaism’s Haunting Prayer/Unetaneh Tokef, https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/255977?lang=bi08:00 New York: Los Angeles shouldn’t rebuild the same way, https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/los-angeles-shouldnt-rebuild-the-same-way-after-wildfires.html11:00 Bloomberg: These Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain WhyIn Pacific Palisades and Malibu, some houses with fire-resistant designs remained standing amid neighborhoods of … Continue reading →

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Decoding LA’s Fires (1-12-25)

Posted on January 12, 2025 by Luke Ford

05:00 WSJ: Fighting Fires—and the Rumor Mill—as L.A. Burns09:00 Politics Fueled LA’s Fires, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15855510:00 California voters destroyed private home insurance, https://apple.news/AeXdYZP1qSfeNes1AGLzSAg11:00 Fire experts describe how we can reduce these urban blazes, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-11/fire-experts-asses-los-angeles-blazes-amid-changing-times12:00 Disputes kill people, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzHFz5Jj7a021:00 Your Home Can Survive … Continue reading →

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