"The dream of absolute, universal equality is amazing, terrifying, and inhuman. And the moment it captures people's minds, the result is mountains of corpses and rivers of blood."
-Vladimir Bukovsky
I sort of follow and as a liberal I struggle to find much to get worked up over. Things I see: the number of friends who now own electric cars (all Teslas) well ten years ago truly scoffed at the idea. Tesla sold 1/2 million cars THIS LAST QUARTER. Their highest ever. That’s 1/2 million gas engines not sold. I attribute all of that to one person. Full stop. Anything else is delusional.
I saw fellow liberals protesting the Tesla cafe in Los Angeles. They’re actively discouraging people from buying electric. Global warming is the more important threat to our species and these fellow liberals are ACTIVELY DISCOURAGING people from buying and owning electric cars. Truly the mind boggles.
"Start with its environmental obsessions. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in 2019 sought to widen a fire-access road and replace old wooden utility poles in the Topanga Canyon abutting the Palisades with steel ones to make power lines fire- and wind-resistant. In the process, crews removed an estimated 182 Braunton’s milkvetch plants, an endangered species.
The utility halted the project as state officials investigated the plant destruction. More than a year later, the California Coastal Commission issued a cease-and-desist order, fined the utility $2 million, and required “mitigation” for the project’s impact on the species.
Since the milkvetch requires wildfires to propagate, the only way to boost its numbers is to let the land burn. A cynic might wonder if environmentalists interfered with fire prevention in hope of evicting humans from what they view as the plant’s rightful habitat."
"Start with its environmental obsessions. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in 2019 sought to widen a fire-access road and replace old wooden utility poles in the Topanga Canyon abutting the Palisades with steel ones to make power lines fire- and wind-resistant. In the process, crews removed an estimated 182 Braunton’s milkvetch plants, an endangered species.
The utility halted the project as state officials investigated the plant destruction. More than a year later, the California Coastal Commission issued a cease-and-desist order, fined the utility $2 million, and required “mitigation” for the project’s impact on the species.
Since the milkvetch requires wildfires to propagate, the only way to boost its numbers is to let the land burn."
"Consider the state’s response to crime and homelessness, which may have contributed to the fires. Last year’s Park Fire—the fourth largest in state history—was allegedly ignited by a man with two prior felony convictions who was on parole for a DUI. The Los Angeles Times reported in early 2021 that 24 fires on average were breaking out each day in the city’s homeless encampments. A fire in an encampment shut down an L.A. freeway last November, the second time that had happened in a little over a year.
Good Samaritans on Thursday detained a homeless man who they said used a flamethrower to incinerate Christmas trees and garbage cans, around the same time as a major fire erupted. Police arrested the vagrant on a felony probation violation—meaning he had been on parole for another felony—because they said they lacked probable cause to charge him with arson. The suspect reportedly claimed he was using a blowtorch to smoke marijuana."
Dr Oz is an American boarded cardiovascular surgeon, who performed many complicated surgeries, including cardiac transplants. He received his undergraduate degree in biology magna cum laude at Harvard University. He obtained MD and MBA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Penn's Wharton School. He completed his residency and fellowship at Columbia University.
Maybe you are so concerned because you get your information from MSM that is full of shit?
No one is questioning Dr. Oz’s training credentials. They are questioning his willingness to promote remedies with no evidence base, because it may reveal a degree of venality, or at least susceptibility to influence in ways that are at odds with the standards of his profession, let alone those of public service.
They didn't actually claim these people were stupid or lacked qualifications, just that they were "full of shit" and likely to give nonsensical medical advice, which they are all on record as having done.
So clearly their education and experience didn't stop them before, why do you think it will stop them now, when they've been hand picked to the job because of that previous bad advice?
>Maybe you are so concerned because you get your information from MSM
Dr. Oz IS THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
It is impossible for anyone, in any field, to be a domain expert, no matter what their experience or qualifications, if they spend the amount of time he does chasing fame and fortune on talk and news shows.
A domain expert must be immersed in their field constantly, not shooting their own show, appearing on Oprah twice per week, going on book tours, and running for office.
After throwing away all of his education and training and the lifetime of professional development needed just to stay current (nevermind get better) in order to pursue fame, a first year med student probably knows more about health than doctor fucking oz.
Dr Oz morphed into a MSM media quack, with his ridiculous TV show. He came to public view thanks to Oprah, who also foisted Dr Phil onto mainstream media.
