uncletiger

The vast majority of the homes that were destroyed in Pacific Palisades were priced $5 million and up. The actual structures however, were not particularly expensive. Most could probably be rebuilt for ~$400K. The cost of the homes was entirely in the property, which as you've just confirmed, the bank can easily reclaim. So the actual risk to the banking industry is very small, and effectively zero for homes with less than 90% mortgages.

Almost, but it should be a consumption tax instead of an income tax. Everyone's allowed a minimum level of consumption per year tax free. After that, you pay on every item purchased. Billionaires don't "earn" anything. They get non taxable loans against their stock portfolios. Consumption taxes remove any incentive to play games with earnings, and even criminals have to buy things. It also simultaneously incentivizes people to make and do things for themselves rather than buying it. Honestly if a billionaire wants to live the same life as a pauper then there's no reason to tax them differently. But the instant he tries to cash in on it, he has to pay for the luxury.

A very interesting development: While everyone has been focused on the fires in California, Border Patrol has begun the process of deporting illegal immigrants throughout CA. They have started in Kern County, but have plans to extend the operation to other areas throughout the state. https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/01/kern-county-immigration-sweep/ The agriculture industry in CA is in turmoil. According to the above article, oranges are unpicked and will eventually start rotting on the trees. While I would never suggest the arsonists "climate change" who set the fires in Los Angeles were coordinating with a larger plan by the government, (because that would be a conspiracy theory and I know how much people on this forum eschew conspiracy theories), let me just say it is very convenient timing. Almost as if one event was designed to give cover for the other. None of the wealthy, Hollywood elite are concerned about the status of the illegal aliens right now, as their multi million dollar mansions are under threat, and the fires have kept this completely out of the news cycle. So much for California as a sanctuary state. An operation of this scale must have been planned for months. Convenient that the US Border Patrol magically picked the perfect time to begin these operations.

Nobody is Sane Washing anything though. Merely pointing out that if you try to interpret all of this nonsense in isolation and as organic in nature, rather than part of a larger, deliberate operation to achieve something, you are never going to understand what is happening. There is too much evidence these events are all part of a very long running psyop that's been going on at least the past 8 years, and has possibly even been in planning since JFK was assassinated. Don't allow yourself to be biased by emotion. I don't like being manipulated either, but that is what's happening, and it's all leading us somewhere. It's just the end goal that remains elusive.

A jury given improper instructions from a corrupt judge.

While you didn't directly address me, I would also say yes. So thank you. That's quite a complement. Proud to be in the same category as Trump standing up for justice and liberty.

And yet, for all that Trump is still your president, because the American people, know all of the claims you just mentioned are completely bogus. Just fabricated charges and politically motivated slander. All the corrupt politicians, media, law enforcement and judges in the world can push any lies they want, but ultimately they can't keep honest Americans from recognizing the truth.

I would just like to say: 1) Now that this is finally over, Trump will appeal and it will all be thrown out, so in the end nothing was accomplished. 2) How awesome is it that now America now gets a president with "street cred"? I find it amusing anyone thinks this means anything. Trump will still be your president. It is just one more event that will lead to the censure of the extremely corrupt judge Juan Merchan, and the exposure of all the corruption and criminal activity within the SDNY court system. History will record Trump as being politically persecuted by a faction of criminal globalist elites.

Interesting thoughts on this subject. Thank you for the replies. After watching how all this has developed, I personally am inclined to believe Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) got closest to the mark of what is happening. Trump is simply breaking the fake news. With a few days perspective, I tend to agree that all of this is just distraction and misdirection. But I thoroughly discount that it is any kind of nefarious plot or dark agenda by Trump to steal wealth. What's going on here is a psyop much bigger in scope and with much larger consequences for humanity than a few dollars or resources. That is way too boring and menial for an operation that took this much planning and coordination. Expand your thinking. Whatever is coming, it's going to be bigger than any of us can imagine.

One of the most important aspects of understanding a system is in being able to collect reliable data. For the at least the last 50 years, the data we have been fed by the globalists attempting to engineer a society amenable to their control with humans existing merely as mindless automotons ruled by fear, has made things appear as if they are too complex. The reality is that we have been manipulated with constructed falsehoods that are impossible to comprehend, because at their core they are necessarily illogical. As an extreme example of this: how can you understand society when you are told, and some people actually believe, that kerosene from aircraft and a few office fires brought down 3 steel framed buildings perfectly symmetrically into their own footprint at freefall speed? Internally, we all know this is nonsense, but we struggle to make sense of it because we don't want to believe the alternative. But the alternative is the truth. We are constantly being gaslit and manipulated to believe that things are much more complicated than they really are, and we are taught to distrust theories about occurrences that need to be considered. So it only APPEARS that things are becoming too complex, because we are having to sift through more and more noise and intentionally unreliable data. This serves the agenda of a few globalist, wealthy elite, but it doesn't help us deplorables to understand the purpose and patterns of how things function together in modern society. That doesn't mean that individual fields of expertise are not narrowing. Of course they are. People will continue to understand more and more about a smaller and smaller niche. But the stress and uncertainty you are ascribing to complexity, is in fact because we are being intentionally persecuted by a select few who are trying to enslave us and break us as a species. Manipulation and false data is the essence of our problem. So no, human existence isn't too complex. But for the next year or so, as the psyop we've all been living through finally starts to reach its zenith and we move into the declas and disclosure phase of the coming (mostly) scripted events, it's going to feel as though it's gotten completely incomprehensible. But for our grandchildren, even though technology will continue advancing as always, normal, every day comprehension of human existence and the social motivations that tie it together are going to be radically simplified.

Not only will Trump's conviction be overturned on appeal, but Merchan will be censured for the blatant and outrageous bias he displayed during the trial and in his instructions to the jury. Further, the extreme corruption of the SDNY courts will be exposed, resulting in a national spectacle of embarrassment.

Merchan has signaled in his written opinion that President Trump will face neither jail time nor penalties at his sentencing next week, but instead grant President Trump a conditional discharge whereby a case is closed without jail time, fine or probation. This will finally allow Trump to appeal the charges, which given all the corruption during Trump's show trial, will ultimately remove the conviction entirely. Hopefully. once the appeals court has ruled on the matter, it will lead to the censure and removal from the bench of Merchan.

Yes Danes. The man who wrote the Art of the Deal is coming after Greenland and he's serious this time. Looks like you're going to have to surrender that prime piece of real estate. Don't feel bad though. The US will also be annexing Canada, and wrenching the canal back from Panama. Obviously more is going on than meets the eye. I'm not taking any of these statements at face value, but Trump doesn't just make stuff up for the fun of it. There's a purpose to all of these statements, even if that purpose is something other than what he's saying directly. So any speculation as to why Greenland matters? What is hiding in or under there? https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113698764270730405

The other thing, which could change it quicker, is finding out that papers/data you trusted are in fact fraudulent. Don't underestimate the seriousness of scandals, such as those involving prestigious university professors and even Stanford University's presidents being fired when the truth is uncovered that they submitted fraudulent or "seriously flawed" research papers in the past. Sadly, more science than anyone cares to admit is being manufactured in order to justify grant money. This never used to be a problem, but as big money has poured into R&D, doing science for science's sake has taken a backseat to science as a business. So while this may not be terribly relevant to older studies like lung cancer, we need to be more skeptical of new studies during the last 30 years or so. Fraud and fabricated data rarely gets caught in peer review, but modern AI is already finding a lot that was missed.

Biden wasn't negotiating this, and everyone knows it. Trump was the one forced to capitulate and accept defeat.