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“authoritarianism on the far-left are corroding Western culture.” Is a quotable quote, appropriate this morning as the delightfully named Karen Bass of Los Angeles, the incompetent mayor who saw a third of her city torched, announced that the vast Palisades will be rebuilt “equitably” and “sustainably,” and dictated by an “outside consultant.” Dog whistles for not you and not as it was. The oblique answer of why owners were told permission to put their houses back would take 18 months (rhymes with never). Property rights are so vieux jeu and the “trained Marxist,” her words, sees opportunity in their incinerated homes. She is the ultimate authoritarian: what’s yours is now mine, because I know better.

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If LA voters do not get rid of her, they fully deserve her, and I'm afraid they may deserve her anyway. Same goes for Newsom, who's such a plastic narcissist it's painful.

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Getting better by the hour. The head Karen says she will “put multi-family dwellings on lots where single family dwellings used to stand.” East LA is on its way to the Palisades.

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She should have been pressured to resign by now. The fact she hasn't stepped down on her own speaks volumes, of course, but we're talking LA.

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The Bernini modello is delish. Like buttah.

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Bernini: I'm trying to wrap my head around "overpainting" and sculpture.

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Yeah, this is actually upsetting.

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I don't see a problem with the taste issue, as long as one has one's own taste and is secure in it.

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