Deadly winds, fires, and Biden hit LA

Tragedy has struck, and we have been impacted. From the Santa Monica Bay to the foothills, Los Angeles is burning. Even Hollywood has not been spared. January 2025 Southern California wildfires. Is it natural? It's at least partially manmade because of the unnatural drought that uses a ridiculously high ridge of air to keep moisture away. Weather wars are real and have been in use by the military since the U.S. War on Vietnam. Paradise got it, Hawaii got it, why not the most populous city in the most populous state? All around us are scenes of devastation and normality, intermingled in a way that we did not imagine the Apocalypse. We were expecting "The Big One," a massive quake to end all services, civility, and any semblance of law and order. Instead, it's quite nice. People are pleasant, if not the best drivers. Mountains are smoldering, but otherwise most people are just carrying on their day-to-day existence without a visible change, except maybe rushing home to watch the news. The revolution will not be televised but the disasters will. We have an incompetent mayor and an even worse egomaniacal governor. What was anyone to expect? It's the perfect formula for imagining something fishy is going on, something willed. This is not just incompetence. But try to prove it.

Live KTLA 5 coverage: Wind-driven Palisades Fire in LA destroys homes

(KTLA 5) BREAKING NEWS: Firefighters are battling a fast-moving wildfire that has destroyed an undetermined number of homes (seaside mansions between the Hollywood studios and Santa Monica Bay) in the very affluent Pacific Palisades area of west Los Angeles. Watch KTLA 5 News team coverage. Liveblog: trib.al/tBDjKJ0

Brush fire in Pacific Palisades in LA destroys homes, forces evacuations

BREAKING: Wind storm hits peak as fires burn hundreds of Los Angeles acres, more coming

It was just wind damage in the morning

'Life-threatening windstorm' over SoCal

High pressure wind Diablo, Santa Ana

(FOX 11 Los Angeles) Jan. 6, 2025: The NWS said winds will reach "dangerous levels" by Tuesday afternoon, hitting LA and Ventura counties. Meteorologists estimated widespread gusts of 50 to 80 mph, with isolated gusts of 80 to 100 mph across the mountains/foothills possible. Red flag warning in effect.

• VIDEO: Brush fire erupts in Pacific Palisades; homes possibly threatened: LAFD
• What's happening? It's the Santa Ana winds
• How Santa Ana winds spread wildfires (Washington Post)
• Brushfire hits Pacific Palisades, coastal LA
• Brush fire breaks out in Pacific Palisades (MSN)
• Where is Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles?
• Happening Now: First Santa Ana winds of the fall (RedZone)

SoCal sees its 'most destructive windstorm' in over a decade

(ABC7) Jan 7, 2025: Potentially destructive Santa Ana winds will blow through Southern California, elevating fire risk to dangerous levels for the next few days. abc7.com/los-angeles-weather-... Gusts up to 85 MPH, with sustained winds over 40 MPH, continuing for a few days.

Bag of wind visits SoCal to sign bill

We must not let Trump ruin this country like I ruined it, tried not to ruin it, y'know what I mean!

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Is it true you tried to hang me on Jan. 6th?

Meanwhile, the weather is being worsened by a bag of hot air (Genocide Joe Biden) on the loose out there, east of Los Angeles, looking for a photo op as he declares public lands around Joshua Tree National Park a new monument dubbed Chuckwalla. Having arrived yesterday to disrupt the traffic, lame duck Biden is trying to leave a positive environmental legacy on top of all the destruction he has wrought with the U.S. War Machine as an old-timer with decades in Washington, DC, doing nothing to commend him or establish a good reputation.

• VIDEO: Pres. Biden to preserve Coachella: Chuckwalla National Monument
• Chuckwalla National Monument

SoCal bracing for potentially destructive windstorm, extreme fire danger

Man accused of ramming Playboy Mansion gates

Man accused of ramming Playboy Mansion gates...
Daily News Wire Services (9-2-08)

The Daily News is reporting that a Ventura County man accused of ramming a car into the gates at the Playboy Mansion twice in less than a week pleaded not guilty today to a pair of felony vandalism charges. Glen Allan Meador, 55, is due back in court Sept. 12, 2008 for a hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to require him to stand trial.

The criminal complaint alleges that the crimes occurred late last month at the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner on Charing Cross Road, just north of Sunset Boulevard, in the Holmby Hills area. Hugh Hefner apparently was not home on either occasion. Meador remains jailed in lieu of $250,000 bail.

Rooted in Craving

Numerical Discourses of the Buddha

Book of Nines, Sutra 23 (Nyanaponika & Bodhi)

The Buddha said: "What are the nine things rooted in craving? "Because of craving, there is pursuit. Because of pursuit, there is acquisition. Because of acquisition, there is decision. Because of decision, there is desire and lust. Because of desire and lust, there is selfish tenacity. Because of selfish tenacity, there is possessiveness. Because of possessiveness, there is avarice. Because of avarice, there is concern for protection.

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"And for the sake of protection, there is the seizing of cudgels and weapons, and various unskillful, unwholesome things such as quarrels, strife, dissension, and offensive talk, slander and lies. These are the nine things rooted in craving."

• "Decision" refers to thoughts of deciding on the utilization or value of what has been acquired, whether it should be used or stored, etc.
• "Desire and lust" signifies a weaker degree of desire caused by unwholesome thoughts arising from the object.
• This weaker desire is intensified at the next stage, "selfish tenacity," the strong insistence on "I" and "mine."