From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Jan 28, 2026 at 12:48:00 PM PST, "shawn"    
   wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:28:57 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Jan 27, 2026 at 9:41:46 PM PST, "Robin Miller"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  Mouth of the Wolf: Amanda Knox Returns to Italy     (special)   
   >>>  (12:01 am, Hulu)   
   >>   
   >> Why? Why would you ever go back there and give them another shot at   
   >> jurisdiction over you? Your case made the Italian government look like a   
   >> bunch   
   >> of clowns to the world. You don't think they want a little payback? Just   
   >> incredibly dumb.   
   >   
   > When I saw the title I thought it was just going to be a documentary   
   > about what happened with her revisiting what she experienced. Not that   
   > she was actually going back to Italy. As you say it's just giving the   
   > government another shot at prosecuting her.   
   >   
   >>>  LA Firestorm            [new; complete limited series]            (8, 9   
   >>>  and 10 pm, three episodes, Reelz)   
   >>>   
   >>>  In January 2025, firestorms tear through Los Angeles like a blowtorch.   
   >>>  Our epic 3x1 hour documentary series combines gripping personal stories   
   >>>  and never-before-seen footage to take you inside the most destructive   
   >>>  fire disaster of all time.   
   >>   
   >> Hopefully they don't just recount the story but also highlight why the fire   
   >> started and the colossal incompetence, negligence, and outright malice at   
   all   
   >> levels of state, county, and local government that followed.   
   >   
   > Don't forget that they need to cover the negligence of the homeowners   
   > and builders. I can understand how some home owners didn't realize the   
   > danger their home was in from the construction and how it could be   
   > fixed. Or from the trees and plants near their homes. The   
   > builders/developers, on the other hand, should have been aware of the   
   > dangers.   
      
   None of which would have mattered if Gavin Newsom's government had been   
   clearing brush off the state land like it was legally required to.   
      
   Or if Gavin Newsom's government hadn't prevented LAFD from completely   
   extinguishing the fire that occurred the week before and which was therefore   
   still smoldering when the Santa Ana winds arrived and blew those embers up   
   into a firestorm. All to protect a local weed.   
      
   Or if Karen Bass' water department hadn't drained a 117-million gallon   
   reservoir whose sole purpose was to make both water and water pressure (for   
   the hydrants) available in case of wildfire and left it empty for an entire   
   year.   
      
   And I could go on and on and on with the absolute appalling level of   
   government incompetence but it's actually starting to become more and more   
   apparent that letting an entire city burn and 12 people die was intentional.   
   Depositions are starting in the many lawsuits and dozens of on-the-ground   
   firefighters are claiming they were told to just stand aside and "let it burn"   
   when there was still the opportunity to save a significant portion of the   
   Palisades. If this turns out to be true, our district attorney, whose   
   performance I've been pleased with since he booted communist George Gascon out   
   of office, should file murder charges against any government official involved   
   in issuing that order, up to and including the mayor herself. Frog march that   
   vile woman out of her office in handcuffs.   
      
   > From what I've seen it was well known that the potential for the fire   
   > to spread was there.   
      
   Sure it was. The state itself acknowledges in its State Parks protocol manual   
   for Topanga State Park that "the neighborhoods of Casta la Mare and Palisades   
   Highlands that lie along the southern border of the park are at significant   
   risk during a wildfire event". They nevertheless had a "let it burn" policy   
   for wildfires in the park and specifically noted that "when wildfire poses a   
   threat, suppression techniques, especially with heavy equipment, are the main   
   concern due to their effect on special status flora and fauna and should be   
   avoided in the areas around those neighborhoods". In other words, sucks to be   
   them, the milk vetch weed is more important than their homes and their lives.   
      
   >  And given how simple some of the fixes were that   
   > might have limited the spread of the fire I'm amazed they weren't   
   > implemented. Things like covering the entries into the attics with a   
   > mesh screen to keep out the floating bits of embers would have saved   
   > many of the homes.   
   >   
   > Hopefully all of that will be taken into account with the rebuilds.   
   > Because with the climate it's a certainty that the fire will happen   
   > again, even if it's in a hundred years.   
      
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