California’s Pot Farms Are Going Up in Smoke

[rkohut]

https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/california-s-multi-million-dollar-pot-farms-are-going-smoke-n810451?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

They are beginning to believe the Mexican drug lords may have set them.

A quote from senior Department of Homeland Security officials;
"The suspicious timing and sheer destruction of the fires has led them to believe the Mexican drug cartels – infamous for their ruthless tactics – had a hand in starting them. These cartels, which run a large share of the world’s multi-billion dollar illegal drug trade, certainly have the means to pull of an attack like this.
They also have an enormous incentive to drive up prices and hurt their competitors, and these fires are already accomplishing that. If Mexican drug lord involvement is confirmed, it will likely spark an international crisis between the United States and Mexico over the latter’s failure to rein in its criminal cartels."

California screams for unlimited illegal aliens to enter and then blames the Mexican government! WTF is wrong with those politicians?

[leftyo]

i dont believe there is enough bandwidth to describe what is wrong with them! LOL

[blackhawknj]

Not surprising. Criminal organizations know how to deal with competition.

[AZshooter]

Awwww ... tough break. I read where one particular grower had saved up all his ill-gotten gains over illegally selling pot since he was 15, and bought a nice ranch. Crop insurance wasn't available for growing weed, and he had thousands of dollars in cash for paying his [illegal?] farmhands. All went up in smoke.

Other growers, illegally growing on Fed lands, are also unable to file for compensation.

The druglords story sounds like bull$hit to me.

[rkohut]

The druglords story sounds like bull$hit to me.

I think you're pretty safe in saying that for the record.
Because if it were true, it would NEVER be reported by MSM.

[Dick Hosmer]

"WTF is wrong with those politicians?"

Well, would you be surprised to learn that that they are mostly Democrats?

[Dan Shapiro]

The Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia is run by and for the benefit of the Democratik Party.

[barretcreek]

Can't think of slow enough punishment for 'em.

[TomSudz]

I understand that there's a LONG line of volunteers willing to go help with the pot fires!

[JB White]

They say they can still extract the resins from the charred plants for cookies, cakes, and brownies. To that suspect list, I would add Duncan Hines!