Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Henry Kissinger, the most significant American diplomat of the cold war has died at the age of one full century. He was pilloried for working as Richard Nixon's Secretary of State. He was frequently mocked in the media. But in later years, Henry Kissinger was praised as a voice for moderation in US Foreign policy. Remembered as a very significant figure in the 20th century history of the Middle East, Kissinger talked Sadat into peace with Israel at Camp David, through his famous shuttle...
He has been called the most famous owl in the world. People have been tweeting about him since his February escape from the Zoo. A vandal or vandals broke the bars to his enclosure, for reasons unkown, and Flaco (sometimes spelled Flacco) flew the coop. Flaco is a male Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped his long-time enclosure at Central Park Zoo in New York City and took up residence in Central Park in February 2023. As an exotic species in North America, and one that was confined to a small...
A group of pro-Hamas protestors shut down traffic near The Grove for about an hour on Third Street and Fairfax Friday. Traffic was rerouted They were chanting slogans such as “Biden Biden, you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide!” At 1 pm PST, the demonstration broke up. After half an hour in the grove, the demonstration moved to the intersection of Third Street and Fairfax. The Los Angeles Police Department has declared a tactical alert citywide due to the protestors. "“Shutting down” B...
At a debate in Santa Monica, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon denied that his progressive policies had lead to an increase in crime. sixteen candidates, mostly members of the District Attorney’s office, are competing to replace Gascon in November. Gascon called criticism of him "fake news." He denied that his progressive policies had lead to an increase in crime. He said that crime has risen nationwide since he was elected 3 years ago, “and violent crime is actually down in LA ove...
The 99 Cents Only Store located next to the Whole Foods Market in Venice is about to close. The store is at Lincoln Blvd and Rose Avenue. According to the company, they were unable to renegotiate the lease for any amount of rent that made sense. 99 Cents stores sells all kinds of products from fresh fruit to electronics, to pharmaceuticals and clothing and housewares. Not all of their items cost 99 cents. I recently saw a small tree for sale there for $39, which is kind of at the upper end of...
Someone stole the United States flag from the post office on Nielson Way in Ocean Park. The postmaster noticed it missing around October 31st, 2023, but believes the disappearance has nothing to do with Halloween. The flagpole at a Santa Monica Post Office flies only the MIA/POW flag now, says the postmaster at the contract post office. He has ordered a new flag,. but they are apparently on back order with the Chinese company that makes America flags for US Post Offices. No, I’m not making t...
A pair of climate activist vandals in a London museum took hammers to attack a $90,000 painting on Monday, Nov. 6th. The painting from 1651, depicts the goddess Venus reclining and looking into a mirror help by her son, Cupid. After attacking the masterpiece with hammers, the couple naturally delivered a speech. "Women did not get the vote by voting. It is time for deeds and not words,” said the female destroyer. “Politics has failed us!” continued her boyfriend. Hopefully they’ll get a lot of...
12: A woman who was hit on her bike Friday at the corner of Idaho and 19th Street, died of her injuries Saturday night. Her family terminated life support one day after the collision, as no brain activity could be detected. Friday morning at approximately 8:45 a.m., Santa Monica Police Department officers responded to the intersection of 19th and Idaho for a traffic collision involving a vehicle and a cyclist. The victim, a 69-year-old woman who was struck on her bicycle, was treated by Fire...
On October 23, 2023, the New York Times in a rare admission, said that it misinformed on it's early coverage of the blast at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. When Islamic Jihad, not Israel bombed a hospital parking lot in Gaza, falsely saying 500 people had died (it was about ten), the NY Times Quickly Blamed Israel. "The Times's initial accounts attributed the claim of Israeli responsibility to Palestinian officials, and noted that the Israeli military said it was investigating the blast....
A University of California Davis assistant professor threatened 'zionist journalists' in a social media post that implied threats of murder, home invasion, and kidnapping. She is identified as a UC Davis Assistant Professor and also a Faculty Advisor. "UC DAVIS Professor Jemma Decristo is threatening to hunt down Jewish journalists in their homes," tweeted conservative journalist Charlie Kirk. "Using knife, axe, and blood emojis and talking about their addresses being public. Jemma Decristo is...
Update 713 am PST 10.26: The massive search for 40-year-old Robert R. Card II of Bowdoin involves more than 350 police and continues into Thursday afternoon, after he was named the lone suspect in mass shootings in Lewiston that killed 18 people and injured 13 more.—Bangor Daily News 13 people have now been confirmed to be injured with 18 confirmed dead. Numbers are likely to rise as the suspect is still at large. The suspect, Robert Card, had been a National Guard gun instructor. This before h...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has requested a formal investigation into about 300 protestors who took control of the Capitol building's main rotunda room on Wednesday. The protestors, some Jewish, were protesting the Israeli response to Hamas' incursion from Gaza into Israel. I am formally requesting that the United States Capitol Police preserve all video surveillance footage, photographic evidence, police reports, and arrest records from all House Office Buildings on October 18, 2023. "There is...
Scandal erupts at Stanford University after Ameer Hasan Loggins, a Stanford instructor, made Jewish students stand in a corner so that they could "feel what Palestinians have been feeling for decades." He also belittled the Holocaust while doing it. Shaming white people for their "privilege," is central to Critical Race Theory, or CRT. CRT is the most racist philosophy to be taught at American schools and universities in 50 years. "No scandal. He was immediately dismissed. End of story."...
Analysis: Last Saturday Hamas committed the worst terrorist attack in the Western world in 20 years. With no warning, Hamas’ Al Aqsa Martyr’s Brigades slaughtered 1400 people, raped women and beheaded babies in their cribs, just for being Jewish. Hardly partners for peace. Israeli PM Netanyahu committed his country to total war. “Everyone in Hamas, you are all dead men” he said looking in the camera. The 300,000 men and 600 Merkava tanks the IDF assembled on the border of Gaza backed up his thr...
The mother of Shani Louk, the 32 year old woman whose body was seen on video in the back of a pick-up truck driven by Palestinian terrorists to Gaza, released a statement earlier today. Speaking in German while displaying Shani's picture on her phone, Ricarda Louk appealed for help to find her daughter. She confirmed she had seen her daughter on the video and asked the public for help with more information. She displayed her daughter's identity papers, which indicated her nationality is German....
Israeli forces using a bulldozer to destroy a pizza restaurant in the West Bank that had used its social media account to mock an elderly Holocaust survivor taken hostage by Hamas. A Pizzeria in the West Bank Town of Huwara thought it would be Funny to create a Pizza Ad using the Image of a Israeli Holocaust Survivor. The 95 year old woman, suffering from dementia, was Captured by Hamas during its recent surprise attack and massacre. She is currently being held in Gaza probably in a tunnel...
A couple on a train in Colorado has filmed what looks like a sasquatch. The man in the unidentified couple is named Brandon from Florida. On Instagram he is @bt92.travels. Needless to say, some on X formerly Twitter were skeptical. “Why is it Bigfoot never has a clear image on camera? If i saw Bigfoot, I would simply zoom the camera in and take a high resolution photo of him" tweeted @PopBase. "it’s been over a hundred years since cameras came out idk how there’s not one picture of him, bro....
"Image of the damage to the police station in Sderot following armed clashes today, posted Mario Nawfal Saturday night 10.7.23 at 810 pm PST. "We saw an Israeli bulldozer destroy the building to force the 10 Hamas members out. We then saw reports they may have escaped. Israel then conducted a 'sweep' and eventually killed all those involved." "The operation to free the Police station was completed about 2 hours ago. 20 Police Officers were killed. A majority of the Officers are said to have...
Update: The website was backonline at 3 am PST on Sunday Oct. 8th 2023. The Jerusalim post website, www.jpost.com, was down Saturday night PST. This could indicate a DOS attack in the wake of Gaza’s invasion of Israel Friday night PST. Meanwhile, Hamas eleased a statement on its attack on a radio installation in Northern Israel: "The groups of Martyr Haj Emad Mughniyeh in the Islamic Resistance has attacked three positions of the Zionist occupation in the Shabaa fields of Lebanon, which are:...
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy has been removed from his position, after a motion from Matt Gaetz (r) Florida. Gaetz accused McCarthy of being too soft on Democrats. Gaetz blasting members of Congress for being owned by "lobbyists and special interests" right before McCarthy was ousted. "I take no lecture on asking patriotic Americans to weigh in and contribute to this fight from those who would grovel and bend knee for the lobbyists and special interests who own our leadership."...
Laphonza Butler president of political advocacy group Emily's list, has been chosen as new California senator by Cal. Gov. Gavin Newsom. "Gavin Newsom will appoint EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler to fill the seat of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, elevating the head of a fundraising juggernaut that works to elect Dem women who support abortion rights, per a person familiar," tweeted Politico Sunday night, Oct. 1, 2023. California's governor Newson chose someone not currently running for...
Hold everything! Turns out that Laphonza Butler, the political hack chosen by Newsom to serve in the US Senate, actually resides in the State of Maryland. This according to her voter registration, her Linkedin bio, and her other social media accounts. "It appears EMILY's list has removed the final line in Laphonza Butler's bio that states she lives in Maryland." Tweeted Ashley Zavala. "Newsom's office confirms she moved to DC area for EMILY's list, but is a CA homeowner and will reregister to vo...
Dianne Feinstein died of extreme old age Thursday evening September 28th. She was 90 years old and in poor overall health. Her death clears the way for Dem. Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint her replacement, to serve until the end of 2024. Newsom has pledged to appoint a black female to the seat. She had said she would not run for another term, so there are a number of people who have announced for her seat. Most prominent among them is Oakland congresswoman Barbara Lee, who is black and female, but...
In a puzzling video posted to Twitter, a male walrus uses his tusks to puncture the flotation devices surrounding a Russian small boat as it is lowered into the Arctic sea near Franz Josef Land. "What are you doing?" asks a puzzled Russian sailor. It appears that the Walrus wanted to prevent the boat from being deployed, as he damages it badly. A second walrus, also with tusks, looks on during the action. It's unclear why the marine mammal would behave in this manner. But some on twitter...
Smoke from the fires across Quebec and Eastern Canada and Western Canada has found its way to Greenland, on the far Northeastern corner of the continent. That smoke has also gathered just north of the border near the Great Lakes. Computer guidance forecasts suggest some smoky conditions will continue in a wide area beyond Canada. With 20,000 residents, Nuuk is the largest town in Greenland. 40% of the country's population live in Nuuk, formerly Godthab. From the Washington Post: "An...
