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Articles from the February 24, 2022 edition


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  • Vladimir Putin announces a special military operation to protect Donbas, "any Losses Are on the Hands of Ukrainians who Resist."

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Feb 24, 2022

    12: The wold watched in awe as Eastern Europe teetered on the edge of war, the kind of land war that Europe has not seen for 77 years. Pres. Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation to protect Donbas. Russia's plans do not include occupation of Ukrainian territories," which of course no one believed. Putin said he would not permit Ukraine to have nuclear weapons, which of course the Ukraine gave up in 1992, in exchange for a guarantee of peace from Russia. From the New York...

  • Housing Commissioner Leonora Camner Stands Her Ground, Insists There's No Conflict of Interest

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Feb 24, 2022
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    Background: Tonight the Santa Monica City Council will meet and consider a request from Councilmember Phil Brock to remove Leonora Camner from the Santa Monica City Housing Commission, on account of her employment by Abundant Housing Los Angeles. On Tuesday afternoon, Ms. Camner held a public event in Tongva Park, where she defended her position on the Housing Commission, which makes recommendations for development to the City Council. Update: At their meeting on 2/22/22, the Council voted 3-3...

  • Missile Strikes in Ukrainian Capital Kyiv, in Kharkiv 300 miles Away, as Putin Launches Attack on Ukraine

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Feb 24, 2022

    11 The war broke in Ukraine on American Television in real time, as CNN reporters Matthew Chance and Clarissa Ward said they heard a steady stream of strikes, explosions over the city of 2.8 million. "We don't know exactly what those strikes are hitting, but in Russia near Belgorad, we are hearing helicopters. People here are going to be waking up to a very different country than the one they went to sleep in. In Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million, Ward said she could also heard explosions,...

  • Controversial Tweet by Tulsi Gabbard Blames Biden, NATO For Putin's Paranoia

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Feb 24, 2022

    A controversial tweet from former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, is raising a lot of eyebrows. @TulsiGabbard·tweeted: This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin/NATO had simply acknowledged Russia's legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine's becoming a member of NATO, which would mean US/NATO forces right on Russia's border." Putin does not see NATO as a defensive alliance. He has seen NATO offensive operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. "NATO is...

  • Biden Announces More Sanctions Against Russia, but not the Removal of Russia From the Swift Financial System

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Feb 24, 2022

    President Joe Biden announced "strong sanctions" against Russia Thursday morning, calling it a "major hit to Putin's long terms ambitions." As expected, he said Russia would be excluded from dollar capital markets, and that there would be sanctions on Russian individuals and banks. However, he did NOT announce that Russia would be excluded from SWIFT at this time. More on that below. He said that "our forces will not be engaged in the conflict in Ukraine," but that more forces will be deployed t...