Beauty is truth, truth beauty
Link to quote: Was Palisades Reservoir Empty When The Fire Started? Fact-Checking Viral Claim | Times Now
Today's title was taken from the most famous line that John Keats ever wrote. In 1819 he wrote Ode on a Grecian Urn . The line goes ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.’ In that case California Senator Adam Schiff must be fairly ugly. The congenital liar who became only the third member of the House of Representatives to be censured since the turn of the century. Schiff was censored for blatantly lying about Donald Trump colluding with Russia.
Schiff was at it again yesterday when he told ABC host Jonathan Karl that as far as he knew the Palisades CA reservoir was full at the time of the recent California wildfires.
You can find the outrageous lie at about 16:40 of the tape: I had to provide the entire interview. (I couldn't find a transcript yet)
For the record the reservoir was empty:
"A large reservoir in Pacific Palisades that is part of the Los Angeles water supply system was out of commission when a ferocious wildfire destroyed thousands of homes and other structures nearby, the Los Angeles Times found.
Officials said that the Santa Ynez Reservoir had been closed since about February for repairs to its cover, leaving a 117-million-gallon water storage complex empty in the heart of the Palisades for nearly a year.
The revelation comes amid growing questions about why firefighters ran out of water while battling the blaze, which ignited Tuesday during catastrophically high winds. The Times reported early Wednesday that numerous fire hydrants in higher-elevation streets of the Palisades went dry, leaving crews struggling with low water pressure as they combated the flames."
Newsom orders probe into why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline during fires - Los Angeles Times
Schiff went on to wonder if the incoming President would care for Californians in this time of need. It was projection at its worst since treating local disasters differently was one of Joe Biden's tendencies.
It is always better to be honest, lest people never believe you. That is today's lesson.
In the news:
Senate confirmation hearings are set this week for more than a dozen of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks. It will be a test of GOP unity and democrats' chance at civility.
Crews have made progress fighting the wildfires, but forecasters expect another round of strong winds to hit the LA area again starting today.
The outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray admits in a stunning interview on CBS 60 Minutes that he has completely failed to protect America from China. There are plenty of Chinese sleeper cells in the US that could shut down all kinds of infrastructure.
Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended California’s costly and time-consuming environmental review process for homeowners and businesses whose property was damaged or destroyed.
Desperate one-percenters are dropping small fortunes on private professional fire crews to protect their mansions as California’s most expensive wildfires continue to devour some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
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There are those questioning this bill:
Is it a $1 charge for the blandest of all Cheese or a tax on being white?
LMAO, the value of being white is now only worth a dollar, too funny.
Those evil whites! /S
.50 cent is doing a rap song about $1 whites.
Oh ya, the drug dealer.
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It's not a DEI donation?
Shame on you. (Well, that IS the point ain't it?)
It. Was funny to see some of the comments justifying it as a tax on white people. There are progressives who actually think that would be fine,
Lol. It doesn't take much to get them going!
Danish leaders have sent private messages to President-elect Donald Trump’s team in recent days in a bid to pacify his ambitions for taking over Greenland , according to a new report.
Copenhagen is allegedly open to allowing US military presence on the autonomous island to boost security and appease Trump, who claimed “military coercion” could be deployed to bring Greenland under US rule, sources familiar with the talks told Axios .
The Danish government, which is responsible for Greenland’s defense, wants to avoid clashing with the US and hopes to assure Trump that Greenland will be safe from Russia and China without the need for American annexation, the sources added.
Denmark offers Trump security concession for Greenland in effort to appease him: report
So, we can set up a military presence there. Very good.
Trump hasn't even taken the oath yet and we already got what we needed from Denmark!
On 9 April 1940, the Danish Ambassador to the US Henrik Kauffmann commenced an agreement with the US that permitted the US military to help Denmark defend its colonies from advancing German forces, who had begun occupying the Danish mainland under a protectorate government.
Thule Military Air Base: Greenland's Crucial Role in US Air Force Strategy
Now we intend to protect America.
You mean we haven’t protected American since 1940? WOW news flash.
After the two world wars through which Europe committed suicide, the US has taken on the burden of protecting a good deal of the world.
And what does this have to do with you stretching the truth about bases in Greenland? NOTHING as usual.
And when did I stretch the truth?
You don’t remember your own words, or are you just ignoring them. I vote for ignoring them.
Carry on.
You ignore FACTS.
Newsome made the same lie then was checked on it.
I heard. Newson also said he has a "Marshall Plan" to rebuild CA but won't tell us what it is.
So the reservoir was shut down for repairs, that leaves the upper and lower stony ridge built to serve west LA and surrounding cities to cover for PP…Lower Stoney hold a bit over 100 millions gallons and upper Stoney hold 3.3 Billion and there is the Encino reservior that hold another 3 billion gallons to cover for the lost of PP and it’s 100K supply.
Evidently it wasn't enough. Newsom is calling for an investigation, right?
Btw, last year California passed a bill providing free healthcare for illegals. How can the state afford to rebuild all that has been lost?
Did you miss a decimal point or 2?
You should stick to the subject, healthcare has nothing to do with water supply in which there was more than enough but planes were grounded…DUH
Demand money from the Feds and then blame trump when he doesn't get it. or the ever popular, make the rich pay their fair share.
117,000,000 or 117million which it very tiny compared to Stoney and Encino at 3 plus billion each.
No, it doesn't but it directly relates to Newsom being able to have a Marshall Plan to rebuild California.
As far as the water supply goes:
The department's three water tanks, which hold about a million gallons each, ran out Wednesday morning, Janisse Quiñones, chief engineer for the Los Angeles Fire Department of Water and Power told reporters at a press conference that day.
Lack of water is hampering LA fire battle. Why not use ocean water to fight fires?
It has a lot to do with water.
With all your pissing and moaning about Pacific Palasides have you forgotten or don’t you know that the Altadena fire was more destructive and deadly than PP?
Did you check out the fire hydrants and reservoirs there?
Keep swinging you make hit something in the future.
How many have died, Kavika?
have you forgotten or don’t you know that the Altadena fire was more destructive and deadly than PP?
They were all devastating. I'm interested in causation.
So not 100K thanks......deflection noted.
No deflection at all a typo. The deflection is you not not being able to accept that there was billions of gallons of water available without the PP reservoir.
That's an indication that he has no plan.
16 in Altadena and 8 in PP. more structures have burned in Altadena than PP.
No, your not you are
interested in assigning blame and DEI seems to be your weapon, as full of shit as it is.
CA has a $27 billion deficit in 2023‑23 and a $55 billion deficit in 2024‑25.
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So much for the "economic hub" people claim they are.
Except for where it was needed in the PP.
Funny that even the governor understands this was a problem and is demanding an investigation. But somehow the experts on NT assure that everything was perfectly fine. Reminensicst of the "don't believe your eyes, Biden is as sharp as ever" campaign of Spring of 24.
Causation is a long list already.
Odd, as YOU are the first to mention DEI. That's not even close to being on my list of causes.
So your saying that those reservoirs were empty?
Good for the governor, that is what should be done. Could you copy and paste on here where I said everything was fine. Having lived there for 45 years I have a much better idea of the problems with fire and where the reservoirs are they than you do, as do a few other people that currently live in that area. Biden has nothing to do with my comment or the article. Stick with what this is about.
The deflection is your obvious ignorance on not understanding that the delivery was limited from those two reservoirs.
In case you reading ability is inhibited this morning my comment was not directed at you, unless you changed your name to VIC.
Nope. Just fine.
Don't care. Did you forget how sites like this work?
LOL
My guess he is going to protect his ass and appoint friendly lackeys that will inevitably point the finger at everyone BUT him.
Didn’t forget how it works at all, seems that I just don’t care what you have to say.
The Santa Ynez reservoir, located in the PP, was empty. Don't let CNN gaslight you into believing otherwise.
ng lived there for 45 years I have a much better idea of the problems with fire and where the reservoirs are they than you do
lol.. Sure. At least I know enough to know that firefighters having access to water is important.
Biden has nothing to do with my comment or the article. Stick with what this is about.[✘]
Then explain 4.1.22
No where did I say that Santa Ynez was full, as you well know. I stated that other reservoirs that serve the area were full also showing the amount of water they hold which is far superior to Santa Ynez…
I doubt that, since you have no idea where the water is…
Not at all, you ignorance on the subject matter was entertaining to say the least.
It's too bad Biden won't be around to bail them out.
There is blame here. This was mostly preventable.
It is the ideologues who have ruined California that were full of shit.
Pay attention:
Those are the people who are complaining the most about firefighters standing next to empty hydrants.
The people living there say there was no water!
Even fucking Newsom said he will investigate.
This comment is directed to both Vic and Kavika. This part the thread was removed for a slapfight. Knock it off! Only warning
The Palisades Fire that has devastated Los Angeles and killed at least eight people may have reignited from scorch marks left by an earlier inferno that is believed to have been caused by fireworks set off on New Year’s Eve, according to a report.
The remnants of the New Year’s Eve fire likely could’ve been reignited by strong winds — which have made the current blazes difficult to control — even six days after it was put out, the Washington Post reported.
As Los Angeles battles its worst fires in history, the fire department’s highly paid diversity head is facing an inferno of backlash after a bizarre comment surfaced in which she appears to defend DEI hiring by blaming victims.
In a video defending the department’s DEI hiring practices, Deputy Chief Kristine Larson — who heads the Equity and Human Resources Bureau — addressed accusations that female firefighters aren’t strong enough to carry a man out of a burning building.
Her response: “He got himself in the wrong place if I have to carry him out of a fire.”
The video went viral on social media after the fire department was caught off guard and ill-prepared when an outbreak of wildfires began to tear through the Pacific Palisades — one of the oldest and wealthiest neighborhoods in the city — last week.
LAFD's diversity chief sparks fury for defending DEI by blaming the victim
This encapsulates so much of what is wrong with left wing politics.
The problem is demonstrated by this tragedy from the start to finish. You have about 200,000 homeless people in the greater LA area and temps are in the mid to low 30s at night and they light fires at night. Then in 2018 when there was a fire allegedly caused by one of these homeless people the mayor told a reporter to not even go there. It seems that homelessness is also now sacred along with the radical green new deal and other far left policies. So, LA started out with a mayor who ruled out such possibilities and the governor won't even discuss possible causes bad things inevitably will happen. Mayor Bass was told about the 100 mph winds, and she was aware of the water problem, but she elected to go to Africa as a DEI show, leaving her assistant who was in trouble for making a bomb threat in charge. You can get a sense of how rotten things are out in CA.
I feel badly for the Californians despite the woke crazies that they supposedly kept voting for.
Do I want to bankrupt the nation for them? NO!
It's the big change we've seen in democratic local governance the last few decades. Democrats have always been corrupt and used the government as a cash cow for friends and family. But the old school machine democrats recognized that they had to be competent and provide local services in order to get away with all the corruption at the edges. Put criminals in jail, keep finances in order, build things to satisfy citizens' needs etc... The knew they had to be competent.
Compare that to the new generation of progressives. They still excel at grifting, but instead of solving local problems they spend time whining about Israel Palestine, or trying to solve global warming, or instituting crackpot themes of restorative justice while taking jaunts to Africa for no benefit. As we've seen in California in particular, that leaves the localities to go to shit, in the case of San Francisco, literally. They've abandoned competence, or even the attempt to govern competently. Contrast that to the hyper competence of governors like DeSantis and its no wonder people are voting with their feet to leave those areas.
the very definition of projection ...
The movement of people tells the tale. I just read somewhere that both CA and NY will be losing representatives due to the loss of population and Texas and Florida will be gaining reps. It will be meaningful in future tight elections.
“It will be meaningful in future tight elections”
As long as those transplants don’t vote the looney liberal way.
Hopefully their have learned their lesson.
He is either a lying sack of shit or incompetent. Either way he is the perfect LWNJ.
And some fools continue to think that this latest fire is caused by climate change as falsely stated in many articles.
It has to be climate change. Planning, water supply and all other preventative and reactive measures were fine. S/
And then there this Dementia riddled loudmouth - Maxine Waters:
She's fixed it all. Pay your taxes and devastating fires won't happen
She really is going to be pissing and moaning when many of those rich people that lost their homes will be moving out of the state.
I wonder if she considers her millionaire ass as paying her fair share? s/
Things aren't looking good for Newsom
Saw a brief interview with one of the firefighters who stated that the CA required fire sprinklers in homes contributed to the low water pressure and loss of water at the hydrants. I haven't found any other sources to support or refute the veracity of the claim. Open sprinkler systems in several thousand destroyed structures could drain a lot of water.
The claim that sprinkler systems contributed to the problem does sound plausible.