It seems like ages ago now. This thing called Pizzagate, a flippant name for a rather dark and uncalled for series of events from the Alex Jones glory days.
Back when Alex was really on a roll with his Sandy Hook crisis actor bullshit there was a big and totally fake story going around. “Free speech” demanded that equal time be given to a ludicrous story about how Hillary Clinton supposedly was involved in a pedophile ring run from the basement of a D.C. pizza parlor that doesn’t have a basement.
Often a selection of dodgy friends can be an indicator of selecting dodgy friends in real life. Two people with open arrest warrants in the same car. Generating not just initial law enforcement engagement, but a call for back up. Usually a possession of a firearm by itself is a parole violation, but regardless we can be pretty certain that even if not shot things weren’t going to end well for Welch that day. Fortunately, the shooting was limited to Welch and not multiple officers, the driver and another passenger.
In case you need the background info, Woods is on the list of celebrities on the downside of a decent Hollywood career who absolutely cannot keep quiet about pro right wing, often extreme, talking points. Right up there at the top of the list of celebs who just won’t give it a break. Personally, I find only Kevin Sorbo to be more common a name that shows up by annoying pro left wing amateur pundits. A source to mock instead of stopping at presenting the facts to counter what he said was wrong. A situation that really doesn’t help to foster a sense of cooperation and generate effective, meaningful societal changes.
As far Woods’s tirade about it not being climate change and his loss is because of “liberal assholes”, well, that’s exactly why he’s a target for left wing attack. The reality is that this is 100% climate change related. California is seemingly in constant drought alert status. And what’s really changed lately is the winds. Tiny sparks can travel fast and far starting new hot spots that catch hold of dried flammable material and spread. Water reservoirs adequate for firefighting decades ago can’t keep up with the extreme number and size of 2025 era California wildfires.
As for irony, I’ve heard it reported that Woods’s home was uninsured. And that’s the real tragedy. He probably could afford it, but insurance companies will not offer it because *they know* the risk is too great. Supposedly the uninsured status was mere months before the fire consumed his house.
Giving Woods some proper credit for behaving like a decent human being, note that he showed concern for an elderly neighbor with dementia. That’s the kind of world I’d rather live in than a, “you had it coming to you asshole” type of world.
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