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Mimosa, Bloody Mary, nice flute of champagne — or maybe a favorite tipple in your coffee. Make yourself one and join me at our own Algonquin Round Table, the spirit of Dorothy Parker abides.
Happy Sunday, dear friends! Well, this past week has been one for the books. Not even halfway into the New Year and between Creepy Joe’s farewell tour and the Los Angeles basin engulfed in flames, the phrase of the week would appear to be FUBAR. I do admit to a tiny bit of schadenfreude watching the panicky game of pin-the-blame-on-the-closest-donkey with Gov. Hairgel and Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass spending more time has blaming each other than in fighting the fires.
Dears, I always have champaign with our lavish brunch, but this past week I’m also offering up a full bar.
Too early for martinis? Let’s get to it. L’Chaim!
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This news anchor tried to come to the defense of elected Democrats by claiming that Rick Caruso was wrong about firefighters not having water to put out fires but then the reporter on the ground jumps in to confirm that there’s NO WATER.
This is criminal. pic.twitter.com/dzDMrXIy00
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) January 9, 2025
Legacy media is busy trying to circle the wagons around CA Democrat politicians. Facts keep getting in their way.
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This is a very important symptom of mass immigration: The gradual disappearance of women from crowded public spaces out of fear of harassment.
People don't talk enough about this.
— ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) January 7, 2025
Weirdly, it is taken for granted that Judaism was a huge leap forward for the status of women. And those Judeo-Christian, Bible-based values are foundational to modern Western civilization. And it is all being thrown away.
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Helluva job, Gavin!
Let’s start from the top. The Los Angeles County Fire Department sent a load of their “surplus” gear to Ukraine in 2022, because it felt right to do that. From KTLA in 2022: “Boots, hoses, nozzles, body armor and medication were among the items packed and shipped out.” Don’t need extra of those. You’re welcome, Slava Ukraini!
And don’t forget: Growing firefighter diversity has been the main priority for the LA department of late, with a whole special equity bureau. And much has been made of the beautiful rainbow leading the department, run by a lesbian. Should I care that a lesbian saves me lesbianly? You might say, you’re already a woman married to a woman, you’re doing enough. But it’s true: Unless the firefighter is singing “Come to My Window,” I won’t get on the ladder.
And what’s an LA story without unchecked crime? With all first responders tied up, into the breach ran those who love chaos and want more homes to loot. Friend of The Free Press Andrew Huberman took this video of a group of men starting a new fire. And of course, there are missing hydrants all over the city because people have been stealing them for years. “Between January 2023 and May 2024, more than 300 fire hydrants were stolen from LA County streets, according to data from the Golden State Water Company, which manages the fire hydrants.” Some of the hydrants are sold as scrap metal. Residents are asked to call if they notice a missing hydrant.
And we thought the Keystone Kops went out of fashion in the 1920s.
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Confirming that FEMA is kicking people out of hotels right now.
On the phone with a man and his girlfriend, hotel kicking him out as we speak.
He's frantically screaming into the phone, "THERE IS SNOW EVERYWHERE AND I DON'T EVEN HAVE A TENT MAN, PLEASE HELP ME!"
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 11, 2025
Blank check for Los Angeles, the bum’s rush for North Carolina.
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Nice to have a win against the Transgender Cult once in a while.
Huge win! Biden's radical Title IX rewrite has been defeated in court again. For now, Hoosier girls and girls nationwide are protected from biological males being able to infringe on their private spaces. Proud to be a part of the coalition of like-minded AGs fighting for this… pic.twitter.com/Uk66gBMd50
— AG Todd Rokita (@AGToddRokita) January 9, 2025
Riley Gaines, a student-athlete who competed against a male in college swimming, also lauded the ruling.
“Huge win for girls and women everywhere!!! This morning, a federal court ruled in favor of reality. Biden’s Title IX rewrite has been vacated nationwide. Common sense is slowly returning,” Thank you, [Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti]!”
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Cute overload:
baby turtles are so cute pic.twitter.com/J3RtbjjSg9
— why you should have an animal (@ShouldHaveAnima) January 6, 2025
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There are still heroes among us.
The man on the left, Robert Trinkkeller, is a hero. By the grace of God he stayed behind when the evacuation order was given. When I called the man on the right, our neighbor, in Boston to be sure his 94 year-old father had been evacuated, he was devastated that a replacement… pic.twitter.com/CeQBiLhCiv
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 10, 2025
Complete text:
The man on the left, Robert Trinkkeller, is a hero. By the grace of God he stayed behind when the evacuation order was given. When I called the man on the right, our neighbor, in Boston to be sure his 94 year-old father had been evacuated, he was devastated that a replacement caregiver had left his father behind. Sara and I couldn’t get back up through police barricades, so I called Robert and managed to get him. By the time he got to the elderly father’s house, the house next store was ablaze. I had gotten through to the Fire Services finally, and they met Robert who guided them to the father. His son flew out immediately and today all three of us and Sara put out the fires on our hillside with buckets of pool water. If you are blessed to have such wonderful neighbors, you are luckier than you know.
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Yikes! This morning has flown by! I so enjoy our time together — good food, good drink and good friends. What’s not to love? Now go and enjoy the rest of your Sunday and we’ll meet here again next week. Cheers!
featured image original graphic by Darleen Click
Scott says: Good stuff Darleen, and glad that James Woods has good neighbors. He truly is a voice in the wilderness out there in Hollywood..
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