The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Jon Stewart on LA Wildfire Blame Game, Canada Not Into Statehood
Tue, 14 Jan 2025
Jon Stewart examines how Trump's finger-pointing, and the GOP's threats to withhold disaster relief for the LA wildfires are missing the bigger picture: nature is f**ked, and helping those in pain shouldn't be a political issue. Mark Carney, Canadian economist and former Governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, chats about his country’s response to Donald Trump’s desire to annex Canada: “It’s not going to happen.” They also discuss the impending financial crisis Canada faces if Trump follows through on his tariff threats and how the country’s upcoming election mirrors the 2024 U.S. presidential race. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What are the main issues surrounding the California wildfires?
Let me get someone who speaks to your frequency.
So I was talking to this guy and he was telling me, he goes, dude, one day, he goes, it's just gonna be the right wind and fire's gonna start in the right place and it's gonna burn through LA all the way to the ocean and there's not a thing we can do about it.
Now, of course, he did go on to say, lesbians will make it worse. Point is, man, we are humans. We build shit in difficult areas on the belief that we will figure out how to subdue God and nature. For God's sakes, 50 years they made a movie about what a dumb idea it would be to develop this city into the country's second largest metro area. Even they knew L.A.
wasn't a good place to raise your daughter or your sister.
Or your daughter. My sister, my daughter.
Movies were wild in the 70s. Like, you could do anything in movies. Like, there's no, like, slap court. Like, literally, they're like, Jack, do it again, this time with your fist. Like, they didn't give a . Sometimes things happen that are beyond the bounds of human infrastructure. Although, admittedly, the LA powers that be have not covered themselves in glory at this time.
Right now, if you need help, emergency information, resources, and shelter is available. All of this can be found at URL.
Look, I'm not saying she's Churchill, ladies and gentlemen. Don't worry. When the bombs start falling, don't worry. Just insert useful information here. So yeah, improvements can be made in leadership, in management, in design, in materials, in myriad ways. But sometimes fire a tornado and makes a mockery of human infrastructure and our ability to dictate the terms of our existence on this planet.
But the one thing it shouldn't dictate is the cruelty that we would show to those in pain because we don't think they consistently vote right. But if you are going to please. But if you're going to attach strings, I still think this announcement was too far.
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