Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Someone is about to lose his job at the printing palace in Moscow. Russian posters featuring the USS George Bush aircraft carrier, and the sunken Russian cruiser Moskva, have accidentally been printed in Russia. This according to Illia Ponomarenko, correspondent for the English language Kyiv Independent. "Russia just can't live without such things every single year," tweeted Ponomarenko. "Today is their navy day. So a media outlet in Bashkiria released a greeting pic...
"The most precious thing we have in this life is our ability to take the ordinary and make it something truly extraordinary." - G Sparkl Santa Monica is definitely opening up again. I've been wandering into stores to meet people and check things out. On Santa Monica Blvd near the promenade, I found myself wandering into a the Sparkl Fairy Couture Store, where I spoke to Gabrielle Hall and Ashlie Roswell. Gabrielle Hall (aka Gsparkl on instagram) the owner and designer is 26....
Becoming the first US Speaker of the House to visit Taiwan since Newt Gingrich in 1997, Nancy Pelosi visited the rogue Chinese island nation Tuesday evening local time. She was met by cheers of citizens and actually, very little in the way of military activity from the Mainland Chinese. In video, Taiwan's children chased after the Speaker's car in excitement. A loudmouth Chinese broadcaster connected with the Chinese Communist Party had suggested that the PLA shoot down...
Nichelle Nichols, the actress who played the Iconic Star Trek character Uhura on the original series, has died at 89, says her family. She was said to have been a victim of elder abuse in later years. In her youth, she was a ground breaking actress, who took part in TV's first interracial kiss in 1968. Nichols died of natural causes in Silver City, New Mexico, on July 30, 2022, at the age of 89. On Star Trek, Uhura is a translator and communications officer who specializes in...
7/31: Santa Monica Police announced today that they have arrested a suspect in the stabbing death of a homeless man at the Santa Monica Public Library. The stabbing occurred in the North Courtyard of the library, rather than inside the building itself. The North Courtyard is immediately next to the main entrance to the library. The Suspect is Quade Larry Colbert, 34. The SMPD press release, written by Lt. Erika Aklufi, SMPD public information officer, reads as follows: On...
The Santa Monicans for Renters Rights is bitterly divided over competing proposals for this year's annual rent increase. At a time of high inflation, some members of SMRR, the organization that has run Santa Monica since 1979, want to raise all tenants 2.5%, an adjustment that is only about a quarter of this years increase in the cost of living i.e. inflation rate. Another faction of SMRR argues that high income tenants, for example those paying $5000 a month for a two...
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi will arrive in Taipei, Taiwan for a Tuesday night visit, on August 2nd. This according to Ting Ting, a reporter with ties to the Taiwan military. Pelosi and several other Congress members are visiting Singapore -- their first official stop in a high-profile Asia tour that has attracted international attention over speculation she may visit Taiwan. "From my sources, @SpeakerPelosi is arriving in Taipei tomorrow night."...
It's a small victory for the neighborhood. But the 100 year old mini-market on the corner of 4th Street and Hollister Avenue appears to be preparing for a new tenant. And that tenant might even be... wait for it... a mini market. Workmen were seen re-paving the parking lot on July 28th. They knew nothing about the new tenant, and said several people had walked by and asked them the same question. We assumed the market would be torn down to make way for expensive "affordable"...
After a three year hiatus, Starbucks Coffee Inc has opened a location on Main Street in Santa Monica again. Main and Ashland, to be precise. It offers no seating, nothing to steal in the small lobby. Not even a cash register to rob. But it does offer the full menu of Starbucks products. The store, which replaces the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf that moved out two years ago, has no seating. And you can't just walk in and order; you have to use the mobile app. (In the interest of...
Five new lawsuits have been filed against the Los Angeles Dodgers alleging that the club provided security security intentionally assaulted fans who attended Dodger games in 2022. They allege that the fix is in between the Dodgers organization and the Los Angeles City Attorney. The prosecutor looks the other way to known problems among security at Dodger Stadium. "The LA City Attorney has turned a blind-eye to the continued illegal and perverse intimidating pattern of...
Update, July 28 2022: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said “there are no agreements” on a U.S. request to release WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan from Russian custody. Peskov told reporters that Moscow was aware of media reports of a U.S. proposal for the release of Griner and Whelan. “Since there are no agreements that have been finalized now, I have nothing more to add,” Peskov said. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he will discuss...
The LAPD and others are reporting a mass shooting around 3 pm Sunday afternoon in San Pedro's Peck Park, directly South of downtown Los Angeles. "Around 3:50 p.m. Harbor Division officers responded to 911 calls of a shooting with multiple victims at Peck Park. NOT an active shooter situation. PIO is en route. Unknown number or condition of victims at this time," tweeted LAPD HQ. Early reports said there were several shooters with flak vests. Early reports of mass shootings...
21: Walking down Montana Avenue reveals post covid retail moving in. Actually, Montana Avenue has notoriously high retail rents, and stores move out and move in as time passes. But the changes this summer have been unusually dramatic. Pharmaca's location at Lincoln and Montana Avenue is now Medly Pharmacy. "Medly is a Brooklyn-based chain that over the last several years, has opened many locations on the East Coast," explained Manager Jay Wadsworth. "They opened our...
He may be the world's richest man, but Elon Musk still can't get laid in a whore house with a fistful of fifties. Ok, fine, he didn't actually say that, but he did say "I haven't had sex in ages." "This is total bs," tweeted Musk, referring to rumors of an affair between himself and Sergei Brin's wife which appeared in the Wall Street Journal. "Sergey and I are friends and were at a party together last night! I've only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many...
Samantha Flores has been recognized for academic achievement by the National Society of High School Seniors. She is an incoming senior at Santa Monica High School. Samantha is the co-captain of SAMOHI's cheer squad. "I and have worked for these past four years to receive as many academic achievements as possible as a "tribute" of sorts to my mom who didn't get the opportunities that I have today," she says. Next year, she will be the first person in her family to enroll in...
A former U.S. Navy Seal has been found guilty to a June 11, 2016 murder of a 58 year old Santa Monica resident, after a confrontation on Santa Monica Beach. Theodore Krah became concerned that a man who would ultimately become his murder victim, was photographing minor girls on the beach. The two exchanged words on surveillance footage, then parted company. As we reported in 2016: Decorated Navy Seal Theo Krah was watching a paddleboard tournament on Santa Monica beach one Sat...
In dramatic video posted to social media, Ukraine military intelligence rescues a black cat abandoned by Russian soldiers on snake Island. In the video, one soldier is seen handing the small black cat to another soldier. It was not immediately know what condition the cat was in, or where she was taken. "Ukraine's military intelligence operators, among other missions, have evacuated a cat 🐈 that has lived months under Russian occupation on the Snake Island and was ab...
At midnight on Sunday July 17th, First Citizens Bank replaced One West Bank at 17th Street and Montana Avenue. "First Citizens Bank has been operation for 124 years (founded in 1898), and we're the largest family controlled bank in the United States," explained Frank Smith in an email. Smith is the Sernior Communications VP for the company. "While we're headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, we've served customers in California since 2003." "OneWest Bank previously...
Update: “2 Americans, a Canadian and a Swedish citizen were killed July 18 when a Russian tank opened fire on them during an hourslong battle north of Siversk, their commander confirmed to me. The Americans killed were Luke Lucyszyn and Bryan Young.” Reports Christopher Miller, of Politico. The US State Dept. has confirmed that two American servicemen fighting for Ukraine, have died in a Russian artillery attack in Eastern Ukraine. "Out of respect to the families of the deceas...
14: He has been speculated to have Parkinson's, poisoning and various forms of cancer. I have speculated as much as anyone else, but US and UK intelligence chiefs are in agreement that Vladimir Putin, 69, appears to be in good health and in no risk of dying. "There is no evidence" that Putin is ill, MI6 chief Richard Moore told reporter Jim Sciutto, echoing what CIA Director Bill Burns said on July 20th. Putin is said to be expecting another child with Russia's secret fir...
21: A power outage Tuesday morning in Santa Monica denied power to 24,000 residents. The area affected was said to be West of 15th Street, and North of Broadway Avenue all the way to San Vicente Blvd. The outage lasted from 6:15 AM to 10 AM; in some areas it lasted until noon. Many the businesses on Montana Avenue West of 15th Street were closed. Power provider Southern California Edison did not have immediate information on the cause, though one could speculate it was...
Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of former Pres. Donald Trump, has died at age 73, the family told reporters. She was found dead in her Manhattan apartment by police, who said the cause of death was a "Cardiac Event." The mother of Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, Ivana was a quiet, behind the scenes figure. The Trumps divorced in 1992. The former president immediately issued a statement. “I am very saddened to inform all of those that loved her, of which there are m...
They are called Milbloggers, which is short for military bloggers. They have cheered the invasion since day one. They believe Putin's problem is he has held back and not used enough brute force on cities like Kyiv and Kharkiv. Their opinions are so important, expressed as they are on Telegram, that Putin himself has met with a group of them in the Kremlin, to ask them to lay off the criticism in the name of national unity. But now, one infamous military blogger has concluded...
It is a landmark known around the world. The Santa Monica Pier is 112 years old, but this is the first year where retailers have had to close stores due to "unsafe conditions." Starbucks cited safety as the reason the woke corporation was closing six west coast stores, including one on Hollywood and Vine, and one on the Santa Monica Pier. People in Santa Monica are furious about the crime and dirt in their formerly beautiful city, though not necessarily angry enough to stop...
16: The Ukrainian Army confirmed that a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) supplied by the US, has hit and destroyed a command center near Kherson, occupied Southern Ukraine. "It is reported that the Russian Major General Nasbulin, Colonel Kens and the Chief of Staff of the 22nd Army Corps were killed as a result of HIMARS attack on the headquarters in Kherson region. In total, 150 dead soldiers are reported." https://www.5.ua/ru/rehyoni/v-khersonskoi-oblast...
