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Category Archives: Los Angeles
The Future Of Los Angeles
ChatGPT says: Alliance Theory treats Los Angeles as an alliance hub, not a city with a single destiny. Los Angeles survives because it hosts multiple powerful but loosely coupled alliances that do not need social trust to coexist. What Alliance … Continue reading
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Racial Succession In La Cienega Heights
Written with Gemini: The neighborhood historically known as Cadillac-Corning, now officially renamed La Cienega Heights as of 2003, serves as a poignant example of the complex social and legal dynamics that define modern Los Angeles. This 18-square-block area has been … Continue reading
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Does California Put Plants Over People?
City Journal posts: Governor Newsom has dismissed the lawsuits against the state as “opportunistic” and insisted that “the state didn’t start this fire.” The federal indictment supports his contention that a 29-year-old arsonist lit the match. But the evidence put … Continue reading
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The LAFD Didn’t Put Out A Key Fire Because They Valued Plants More Than People
The Los Angeles Times reports: An hour after midnight Jan. 1, as a small brush fire blazed across Topanga State Park, a California State Parks employee texted the Los Angeles Fire Department’s heavy equipment supervisor to find out if they … Continue reading
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Immigrant From Ecuador Cleans Up LA
From the Washington Post: Juan Naula moved to L.A. from Virginia late last year in hopes of finding funding for his ride-sharing start-up, but things didn’t go according to plan. He was running out of money — and hope — … Continue reading
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The LA Fires
If watching Charlie Kirk get murdered is the most painful thing you’ve ever experienced, you’ve led a charmed life. My mother died when I was three. My father was a pastor. He often did funerals, and sometimes they were for … Continue reading
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I Will Always Love You
LA County coastline included in the tsunami watch. pic.twitter.com/fMP77X01dy — Los Angeles Alerts (@AlertLosAngeles) July 30, 2025 A tsunami is coming. Just once I’d like to be blindsided by something *pleasant*. As the waters rise, I stand firm—not because I … Continue reading
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US Appears Poised To Attack Iran (6-11-25)
01:00 US ready to attack Iran? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/iran-us-iraq-diplomats-middle-east.html08:40 Coast to coast riots over ICE 25:00 I don’t find any depth in the Beach Boys, they have no meaning to me1:24:25 LA’s Immigration Riots EXPOSED by Independent Journalist Aldo Buttazzoni | The … Continue reading
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Live Coverage Of The LA Riots (6-8-25)
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Trump Sends National Guard To Los Angeles To Quell Riots (6-8-25)
01:00 LA riots against ICE28:20 Michael joins to discuss the LA riots, https://x.com/Michaelmvlog38:00 Trump builds the wall, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=16151150:00 We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine, https://www.amazon.com/We-Who-Wrestle-God-Perceptions/dp/05935425331:13:20 Does Jewish behavior affect how non-Jews react to Jews? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wehJlbfW71E1:16:00 Cory Booker … Continue reading
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