"What a repulsive 'photo op' they achieved. They are 'touring the damage'?"
If there was one extremely interesting subplot of the year just past, it was Prince Harry’s full embrace of the Surf Ranch life. The spare heir to the British throne has taken his talents to the Lemoore, California facility a handful of times, now, even potentially learning to barrel, though a visit in October was met with scorn. “The contrast of King Charles interrupting his cancer treatment to perform royal duties on the other side of the world with his self-indulgent 40 year old wastrel son at a surf park is a very stark one …” conservative Australian columnist Gray Connelly penned at the time.
Undaunted, the carrot-topped prodigal took his young son to Surf Ranch to share the joys of artifice and was even captured on film by the legendary Raimana van Bastolear, Derek Rielly sharing, “In the deleted photo, we see Harry and Archie or, to use the lil man’s correct title, Prince Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, sitting on Raimana’s jetski, waiting for the train to roll down its track and create the famous perfect wave.”
Criticism was muted, that time around, with pundits seemingly happy for a peek into the fancy life or maybe they were just keeping their powder dry, saving it up for a later date which appeared to come yesterday.
Prince Harry and his wife Princess Megan Markle visited fire-scorched Los Angeles over the weekend, touring destroyed areas etc. though their relief efforts were not enjoyed by all.
Actress and twin Justine Bateman took to X, posting a video of the couple possibly handing out bottles of water and declaring, “Meghan Markle and Harry are no better than ambulance chasers. What a repulsive ‘photo op’ they achieved. They are ‘touring the damage’? Are they politicians now? They don’t live here; they are tourists. Disaster Tourists.”
Ouch.
Not yet done, Bateman went upon the news to slam Los Angeles’ handling of the deadly firestorm, demanding heads on spikes.
Thoughts about who’s to blame or was there no way to prevent the scope and scale of the disaster being called one of the worst in U.S. history?
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I actually had no idea who Meghan Markle really is. I faintly knew she was some actor of sorts. So a wiki search brought me this wondrous nugget of potential fact; “Markle was politically vocal before marrying Prince Harry. At age 9, she and her friends reportedly campaigned against the Gulf War.”.
Incredible. The brand of self-serving, performative empathy runs deep in Meg!
Haz has forgotten that he’s not a royal anymore and no one in the US really gives a shit about whatever it is he and Megan get up to.
eat me in&out’s donnie. lovie https://twitter.com/i/status/1878806505551802620
She was so hot back in the day
When she was in Suits?
keaunu…reeves…grieves…
More than 10 years ago Donna was way hotter
Where’s a good tunnel, and paparazzi when you need one?
I love winter in California…
Watching the leaves change colour because they’re on fire…
45°F in LA this morning.
Much too cold for comfort.
Oh FFS.
Fox outrage nonsense as usual.
Does being a fire crotch make you more drawn to fire stricken areas?
Doubt you’d want that near anything that’s been heated up, wrecked, wet down, and left to dry.
VTA Fire Pulse map has had a surge of medical emergencies. No doubt due to peeps watching the fires burn for days on the telly and wondering if they’re next. I know I am. To ease the stress I tuned into With Love, Meghan. She’s was cooking Malibu chicken then the power went out.
BTW Gladstones survivied but Moonshadows did not. Maybe if was all the prayers. Seriously, there are many ways to assist those who lost everything…but my power just went down…Back to wandering the streets…
Intro is the best chord progression ever?
Babylon sisters shake it
So fine so young
Tell me I’m the only one
Here comes those Santa Ana winds again
girls were young played ’em dat song. still don’t speak @me
You had me at “Disaster Tourist” so for at least the next week I will work that phrase into as many conversations as possible. Shifting to the real Q in the article. This fire wasn’t preventable as nature is undefeated BUT could the scope and devastation of the fire have been diminished? I believe the answer is most definitely maybe(any other answer is just as guess worthy as mine) and now that nature has created a temporary fire break for Palisades they can rebuild and wait for the hillsides and canyons to revegetate…until the next time, is anyone surfing?
Its flat and kegging offshore wind here.
I checked the cams this morn and Lowers looked like a lake. It’s capital-F, Flat.
Diminishing windswell over last few days to nuthin’ this morning, here on this side of pond.
Gonna get to “6m swell” by Friday, whatever that ultimately means at the beaches. Too big for my kooky ole ass.
Salt looks like it has possibilities while likely choppy and populated with groms and their agro parents
the ultra fat tide this morning had a surprising dish or two out there this manana; like something to sink one’s teeth into. negative low by work’s end, and thinking it might be doing things, rush back to find it…FLAT
Tell me you weren’t surfing in the sewage?
I’m seeing a lot of “read the room”. Try to double down and throw that in the mix..
how could you say “maybe” in these calamitous times you heartless bastard! the real answer is, “perhaps?”
And while I am indeed a heartless bastard, you do realize that perhaps is a synonym of maybe? And yes, my guess worthy qualifier provides me with a prophylactic cushion in my own mind.
One can clamor on all day about blame and prevention. But, they currently don’t know who (or what) is to blame, although plenty of douchebags want to assign blame NOW to anyone and everyone they dislike politically. How that is achieved seems to not matter. It’s a sad state of affairs for the insane division in this cuntry but taking advantage of disasters and tragedy to further a political idea/agenda is the bottom of the bottom for both sides of political idiocy.
And if you make a comment, don’t delete the fucking thing after you realize you look like an idiot. It’s kinda like upvoting your own posts.
Nailed it!
rest camp near a fish camp near a rum drop off site~
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open your ports…put the red-light on~
B, please tell these fucks about the difference between a wildfire and an urban conflagration. It’s tough to imagine some of these cats have ever been outta Oklahoma, or even perhaps watched like the damn Rose Bowl, with their expert takes on the geography and ecosystems of the nation’s 2nd largest city.
If only they swept up the mighty forests of the Santa Monica range…