Palisades arsonist became 'fixated' with Luigi Mangione before deadly blaze: prosecutors

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"These insufferable younger generations with their hands out perpetually. How on Gods green earth do they believe someone else OWES Them a future or survival . It’s absolutely exhausting how these people incessantly complain and spew vitriol against people who’ve had success in life . Grow up."  Reader comment

"The deranged firebug accused of igniting the devastating Palisades Fire had become “fixated” on Luigi Mangione in the lead-up to the deadly blaze — and then allegedly suggested the inferno was started out of “resentment of the rich,” prosecutors said.

"Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, was obsessed with the accused health care CEO killer and had routinely searched “free Luigi Mangione” and “lets take down all the billionaires” online, court documents show.

"In the weeks and hours before allegedly sparking the blaze that triggered the catastrophic Palisades Fire, Rinderknecht — who worked as an Uber driver — ranted to customers about Mangione’s arrest, too.

“Many of defendant’s Uber passengers on December 31, 2024 and January 1, 2025, described defendant as angry, intense, driving erratically, and ranting about being ‘pissed off at the world’ and Luigi Mangione, capitalism, and vigilantism,” prosecutors noted in a trial memorandum." . . .More...  

This specimen, Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass are a combination typical of the once-great state of California. Please take that in the spirit which it was intended. TD

Can Our Civilization Survive Its Betrayal By Elites?

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"Our societies have become suicidal, sometimes in a literal way (ask Canadians about that). Our elites have flooded our countries with barbarians who are raping and murdering." 

This is an elite?

"Sometimes you have to wonder what the point of fighting the decline of Western Civilization is. 

"It seems inevitable, and enough people seem to tolerate it that it's easy to think about giving up, moving someplace where the deterioration will take longer or be avoided by a large enough concentration of people who share our values, so sanity will prevail. 

"I continue to believe this attitude is wrong, morally, strategically, and tactically. It may be tempting to go down that path, but we are not put on this Earth to do easy things; we are put here to do important things, which are often hard. 

"I have taken to keeping a running tab of outrageous stories about crime, not because I am obsessed with or worry much about crime impacting me, but because the evolving attitude about crime in Western societies is symptomatic of a larger cultural disease." . . . 

A Swedish court has ruled that the Eritrean migrant who raped 16-year-old Meya Åberg won’t be deported because the rape didn’t last long enough.

The rape took place on September 1st last year when Meya missed her bus and was walking through a pedestrian tunnel after finishing… pic.twitter.com/OArqfdMt1U

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Elizabeth Warren 1, Spirit Airlines 0

 The Morning Briefing: Elizabeth Warren's Commie Dreams Just Killed 17,000 Jobs – PJ Media

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Another victim of the Democrats.  . . . "President Trump tried but failed to engineer a $500 million dollar bailout. Government bailouts are anathema in principle to free markets, but in this case it can be argued that government obstructionism made Spirit’s desperate push for the bailout inevitable.

"During its death spiral, Spirit abandoned 90 routes and dropped from 23,000 jobs in 2023 to about 7500 as of a week ago. Now, zero. Meanwhile, the upper management of American, Delta, Southwest, and United Airlines are likely (quietly) grateful to Senator Warren and her Massachusetts constituents, who continue to stick with her through thick and thin."

Elizabeth Warren Gets Wrecked by Community Notes for Trying to Spin Spirit Airlines Comments – RedState

Warren was shredded on X for her shameless spin.

What was marvelous was that she then got wrecked with a couple of savage Community Notes, which didn't let her get away with that contradiction. They reminded her how she called it a "Biden win for flyers," but now, with the shutdown, there were fewer flights and less competition.

Safe to say, she was ratioed into oblivion. " . . . More...

 Warren blames Spirit Airlines closure on Iran war after advocating against JetBlue-Spirit merger | Just The News  

“The 14,000 employees at Spirit who’ve lost their job loss, the travelers who will now pay higher fares, and the shareholders and debt holders who have been wiped out can thank Elizabeth Warren,” Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) wrote on X on Saturday. “Electing left politicians, who have ZERO business experience, has consequences.”

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz reposted a critical Warren post and wrote, “Stunning.” . . . 

..."I've warned for months that a  @JetBlue - @SpiritAirlines  merger would have led to fewer flights and higher fares. @JusticeATR  and @USDOT were right to stand up for consumers and fight against runaway airline consolidation," she wrote on X. "This is a Biden win for flyers!"... 

UPDATE:  2023 Video: Buttigieg Brags of Helping Kill Spirit Airlines, JetBlue Merger  Posted by Izengabe 

 "I don't think America has ever had a more incompetent Secretary of Transportation than Mayor Pete."

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