California's Role In Its Wildfires

California is never prepared for its wildfires and the cause is misguided environmentalism and excessive regulation (again) of timber.

Santa Monica's Money For Nothing

A California town repeats the mistake made by governments forever - they want price controls.

Medicaid, The Fraud That Keeps On Giving

California takes a ponzi scheme - Medicaid - and commits fraud.

Housing Regulation Equals Shortages

It's the oldest fact of economics - government intervention in economics produces shortages. California refuses to learn, and botches housing as a result.

The Pension Crisis

First published on November 22, 1016:

The state pension crisis has saddled the next generation with a multi-trillion-dollar debt crisis - this piece looks at Florida's while this one looks at California's.


UPDATE, May 4, 2017: An additional study showcases public employee greed.

Maxine Waters And Black Bigotry

Maxine Waters is a total fraud who lectures people even as she steals and character assassinates at will. Her hypocrisy is on display when she defends the savages behind the 1992 LA riots - which exposed black bigotry with blacks killing Koreans for no reason.

California's Dam Irrelevance

California's failure as a state is illustrated yet again by the burgeoning failure of the Oroville Dam, which serves as refutation of the "permanent statewide drought" predicted a year back and also an illustration of the stupidity of the state's system of water transfers - and also of Governor Moonbeam's obsession with the bullet train.

Politics Of Savages

Berkeley saw savages riot against a reporter for the Breitbart website, and it shows anew the derangement that is leftism.

California's Union Crisis

California unions control the state because of government meddling, and the result has made California a failed state.

California And The Self-Exemption Of The Anointed

California best illustrates the force driving national anger - the fact self-appointed elites dictate to everyone else and exempt themselves from their own rules.

California's New Border Fence

The new border fence will arc around California and will be patrolled by Drones provided by Cylon Technologies Inc., John Baltar Colicos CEO.

California Yet Again Leads From Behind In Housing

California has a housing crisis - and yet again it's because of limitation on supply and hatred of the concept of growth.

The Weaponization of Politics Reaches the Workplace

Once again the failed state of California shows the way

If you have had food delivered to your home or office from a favorite restaurant that doesn't offer in-house delivery service, chances are you've used a service called GrubHub.

Following Donald Trump's victory, Grubhub's CEO and Democratic donor Matt Maloney sent an email to the more than 1,000 employees the next day that read in part:

"I absolutely reject the nationalist, anti-immigrant and hateful politics of Donald Trump and will work to shield our community from this movement as best as I can. As we all try to understand what this vote means to us, I want to affirm to anyone on our team that is scared or feels personally exposed, that I (and) everyone else here at Grubhub will fight for your dignity and your right to make a better life for yourself and your family here in the United States.
If you do not agree with this statement then please reply to this email with your resignation because you have no place here. We do not tolerate hateful attitudes on our team.
While demeaning, insulting, and ridiculing minorities, immigrants, and the physically/mentally disabled worked for Mr. Trump, I want to be clear that this behavior — and these views — have no place at GrubHub."

Some employees said they got the impression they were not welcome at Grubhub if they supported Trump. On Friday Mahoney insisted his email was "misconstrued, technology-based." But that sounds more like damage control than anything else.

Refusal To Learn Economics

Price controls are the ripoff that people refuse to acknowledge to be a ripoff. And some cities in - yep - California are an example of refusing to get it.

California National Guard Members to Keep Improper Bonuses

The government tried to get back money that wasn't supposed to be given out

"After much controversy, the Pentagon is suspending its attempts to recover bonuses overpaid to thousands of soldiers in California more than 10 years ago.

In a Wednesday press release, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said:
I am ordering a series of steps to ensure fair treatment for thousands of California National Guard soldiers who may have received incentive bonuses and tuition assistance improperly as a result of errors and in some cases criminal behavior by members of the California National Guard.


While some soldiers knew or should have known they were ineligible for benefits they were claiming, many others did not. There is an established process in place by which service members can seek relief…. But that process has simply moved too slowly and in some cases imposed unreasonable burdens on service members. That is unacceptable."

California Fails At Climate Change

California passed AB-32, a law designed to reverse climate change. It has been a failure.

Why California's 15 Dollar Minimum Wage Will Fail

Minimum wage is a proven ripoff, forcing businesses to spend more than they are objectively supposed to - which makes California's crusade for a $15 minimum wage all the more foolish. Why it will fail - It already persecutes businesses more than other states, any minimum wage is a net taxation of businesses, California's weak jobs market won't be able to absorb it, and One Size Fits All never works. 

And the upshot indicating it isn't working is the exodus of people from California.

Governor Moonbeam's Debt

California is $220 billion in debt even as Jerry Brown lies about a "surplus."

The Subsidizing of Solar Failure In California

California's artificially high energy costs derive in part from subsidizing solar power.

California Leads From Behind

And gets its ass kicked.