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    Quote Posted by norman (here)
    Who remembers, the day after Trump won, a few, at least I know it was more than one, isolated house burnouts in the LA area ?

    I don't mean isolated houses, I mean houses just like these but only single house burnouts surrounded by undamaged houses.

    If someone can find the footage I'd like to look at it again. I may have it myself, as part of a "And We Know" curated news review ( daily ).


    I found it. How far is Ventura from these fires?

    https://rumble.com/v5muwaq-11.7.24-s...tml?start=1435
    NOTE: This is Norman's video. I've only inserted it, as was the case for seehas's video.

    Jump to 24 minutes.
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    In this video by The People's Voice, he claims the fires are about making way for 15 minutes cities. At 2:40 it shows video of some kind of scalar waves coming from Area 51 and directed at Southern California. The insurance companies must have been tipped off because they canceled people's policies before the event. Society is being dismantled by design. The video ends with a clip of Klaus Schwab talking about the great reset.

    Klaus Schwab
    Quote Børge Brende has been the president of the WEF since 2017. His name translated from Norwegian to English is Bail pronounced the same way as Baal. His last name translates to Burn.
    The elongated skull on the Baal figurine implies he's with Anu's Anakh Empire. Bali the island and a province in Indonesia anagrams to Bail.

    Encyclopedia Galactica
    Quote P142. The Anunnaki are also known as The Anakh Empire.
    WE Are The Cattle; but Who are the Herders?
    Quote United States converts to Anu Detests It. America translates to No Mercy for the Sheep according to David Wynn Miller. A-MERI-CA in Latin is A=NO, MERI=MERCY, CA=SHEEP. That would mean that California abbreviated CA is the state of Sheep.
    01/09/25 (18:52)


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    Quote Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
    A small but possibly important point that I'm not aware has been explicitly suggested, though I dare to say it may be kind of obvious as a possibility.

    Many have pointed to the strong likelihood of arson, some citing homeless people as maybe being the cause.

    But if hostile, anti-US 'sleeper cells' have been crossing the southern border in large numbers, as there's VERY strong evidence is the case, how easy would it be for those people to swing into action and begin starting wildfires everywhere?

    So much easier than a truck bomb or even a mass shooting. And far, far more destructive. Just a gallon of gasoline and a match in the right place.

    The test of that hypothesis would be if this now continues to happen, all over the country, again and again and again.
    This is Terrorism and the facts line up that the main TERRORISTS include those who are appointed to OVERSEE the prevention of fires and the remedy for fires. The arsonist with GPS and 5 cell phones knows who sent HIM (maybe) BUT WE know who prepared the ground. This is the kind of FURY I never felt. I feel like this is the last straw where revenge is calling. This is not my usual state. I think I am picking up the emotions from the collective.

    I do not know what to do EXCEPT look at my community leaders plans. This is galvanizing me to look at what is happening here around fire response. I live in a NO GO zone from agenda 21 at the Georgia end of the western NC, Tenn patch.

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    Default Re: The Pacific Palisades and other fires burning

    looks like the definition for probable cause changed too?


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    https://x.com/catturd2/status/1877779352877711524



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    Karen Bass the mayor of Los Angeles might actually have to resign. This is pretty damning.

    She requested an additional 49 million to be cut ONTOP of the 17 million just days before the fires.

    THIS WOULD HAVE SHUT 16 STATIONS



    https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/1877790335079702559




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    Now ask yourself this: WHY would the state of California empty its reservoir after the LA mayor slashed the fire dept. budget by $17 million, donated firefighting equipment to Ukraine, and was warned by insurance companies that the state was not prepared to fight wildfires? 🤔
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    BREAKING: A reservoir in the Palisades that holds 117 million gallons of water was offline this month for previously scheduled maintenance. It was empty when the Palisades fire exploded, per the LA Times


    https://x.com/latimes/status/1877759691767357461




    updated with more details

    https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1877766434815726006




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    NEW: LA Mayor Karen Bass called for $49M in additional cuts to the fire department just *one week* before the LA fires which would have shut down 16 fire stations.

    California: We deserve better leaders.

    The revelation was made by the Daily Mail who obtained a leaked internal memo.

    "The LAFD is still going through a [financial year] 2024/2025 $48.8million budget reduction exercise with the [City Attorney's Office]," the document read.

    "The only way to provide a cost savings would be to close as many as 16 fire stations (not resources, fire stations); this equates to at least one fire station per City Council District."
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    Quote Posted by Delight (here)
    Quote Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
    A small but possibly important point that I'm not aware has been explicitly suggested, though I dare to say it may be kind of obvious as a possibility.

    Many have pointed to the strong likelihood of arson, some citing homeless people as maybe being the cause.

    But if hostile, anti-US 'sleeper cells' have been crossing the southern border in large numbers, as there's VERY strong evidence is the case, how easy would it be for those people to swing into action and begin starting wildfires everywhere?

    So much easier than a truck bomb or even a mass shooting. And far, far more destructive. Just a gallon of gasoline and a match in the right place.

    The test of that hypothesis would be if this now continues to happen, all over the country, again and again and again.
    This is Terrorism and the facts line up that the main TERRORISTS include those who are appointed to OVERSEE the prevention of fires and the remedy for fires. The arsonist with GPS and 5 cell phones knows who sent HIM (maybe) BUT WE know who prepared the ground. This is the kind of FURY I never felt. I feel like this is the last straw where revenge is calling. This is not my usual state. I think I am picking up the emotions from the collective.

    I do not know what to do EXCEPT look at my community leaders plans. This is galvanizing me to look at what is happening here around fire response. I live in a NO GO zone from agenda 21 at the Georgia end of the western NC, Tenn patch.
    There's been several huge fires that seem suspicious over the last year or so. The ones in Wyoming and Montana come to mind. Not to mention all the food processing plants, chemical fires, etc that have also went up in smoke.

    Then these bizarre storms with disastrous results.....many of these events do seem eerily connected somehow.

    Toss in some drones and plasma balls and hell, we got us a full blown freak show and end of the world sci-fi movie going on.
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    This book came out just after the Maui fire in 2023. The title parodies Build Back Better.

    Burn Back Better: Lahaina: A Perfect Storm? Or A Perfect Crime? goodreads
    Quote On August 8th, 2023 beautiful historic Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA was destroyed. Although fences were immediately erected around the burn area to prevent reporters, journalists, and families from investigating the destruction, there are questions some brave people have been compelled to ask. The boots-on-the-ground investigative journalists and skeptics have surprising evidence that the fire in Lahaina was not put out before hundreds lost their lives and thousands lost their homes and businesses due to nefarious intentions by the Hawaiian government.

    Among the questions this book will pose and later editions will continue to investigate

    Why were sirens not sounded to alert residents and visitors in Maui that there was an emergency?Why were exits out of Lahaina blocked?What role may D.E.W’s (Direct Energy Weapons) or Climate Engineering have played in this event?

    What is being planned in Maui that may have compelled governing bodies to allow the city to burn?
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    Mel Gibson describes never seeing such random but COMPLETE burns....


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    After watching some videos, the fire department seemed to be powerless because there was no water available. Don't the modern firetrucks have a pump in the vehicle with which you could suck water directly from a swimming pool, for example? In these wealthy LA neighborhoods, almost every house has a swimming pool.
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    Quote Posted by mountain_jim (here)
    Mel Gibson's house was reduced to ashes by the LA wildfires while he was appearing on Joe Rogan's show.

    Gibson took aim at Governor Gavin Newsom, calling him a failure, and described the destruction as unparalleled.

    "It's like someone deliberately set out to destroy every inch of it," he said.

    "I've never seen anything so perfectly burnt."

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    From the UN/WEF perspective, Newsom is a complete success. From today's latest revelations, it's becoming extremely obvious that this was a coordinated and premeditated attack expertly crafted to look like a comedy of errors. For Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass (obviously in on it after the $49 million revelation), hanging for treason would be an excellent start:







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    This post is not meant to be humorous in any way.

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    "Scorched Earth warfare is nothing new."

    This is a synchronous podcast because it was planned but comes in an emergency.

    Countering The Scorched Earth Land Grab w/ Traci Derwin & Shane Buell
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    She does not know how water gets to the fire hydrants? She is blaming others... they let the fire department down.


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    IN september, there was hardly any cash available in the FAIR program for homeowners. Many were in the program because rates for insurance were unafordable.




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    Another report from an LA podcaster. "He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire." Assistant Chief of Los Angeles Fire Department

    A Los Angeles Fire Chief Really Said THIS?
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    Quote Posted by Delight (here)
    Another report from an LA podcaster. "He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire." Assistant Chief of Los Angeles Fire Department

    A Los Angeles Fire Chief Really Said THIS?
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    Quote Posted by mountain_jim (here)
    Viva Frei

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    Just putting together a list of the systematic failures leading to the catastrophic fires in California. Let me know if I missed anything.

    1. Diverting fresh water into the San Joaquin Delta to protect the Delta smelt, a fish that is actually not even native to California, and hasn’t been seen in six years.
    2. Insurance companies canceling fire insurance - Allstate canceling 30,000 policies in the area - due to the heightened risk of fires, and the inability to increase premiums above a certain percentage without state authorization.
    3. Poor forest management, in particular in terms of removal of debris, dry brush, etc. which has exacerbated the otherwise natural phenomenon of wildfires in California.
    4. Antiquated infrastructure resulting in fire hydrants running dry.
    5. Budget cuts by mayor Karen Bass of 17 million (less than the 23 million she wanted).
    6. Budget dedicated to fighting homelessness, instead of firefighting infrastructure.
    7. A fire chief dedicated to “Creating, supporting, and promoting a culture that values diversity, inclusion, and equity” instead of firefighting.
    8. Vaccine mandates pursuant to which over 100 firefighters were fired/put on leave for refusing to get the jab.
    9. Apparent arson either setting/exacerbating the fires.
    10. Donating firefighting equipment to Ukraine.

    Does this about cover it?

    But yeah, by all means, blame the “climate crisis” and send a few billion more dollars to Ukraine.

    It's eerily similar to the administrative failures leading up to the Lahaina catastrophe. It's all so strategic upon reflection, because how in the world do you prosecute the criminals responsible? In nearly every situation, the player(s) responsible can simply pass the buck or parrot the old party line, "I was only following orders," and the media will paint them as unwitting victims. Like everything else in this crazy world, the question I always find myself asking is, "how many involved truly understand and took the oath to never betray the big picture, and how many are simply useful idiots and empty vessels?

    p.s. you and I are getting pretty good at those close posts seehas, great minds...

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    OZ Sky News today 1/10/2025.

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    I did not know Adam Corolla. This is his evacuation story


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