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Articles from the July 14, 2024 edition


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  • Anime Expo- a cultural collaboration between the US and Japan.

    Robert Butchko, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 14, 2024

    When a foreign culture enters the general American experience, it often carries as a standard bearer some iconic, reductive representation that creates an easy association. Italian culture is in some ways defined by the foods Italian immigrants brought to the USA, Irish culture by St. Patrick's day celebrations, Swedish culture by Ikea and meatballs. In recent times, Korea burst onto the American landscape through K-Pop, making defunct any previous association with poverty and the Korean war....

  • Santa Monica City Council Considers Bitcoin and Hemmati Says No Way

    Houman David Hemmati MD PhD, Special to the Observer|Jul 14, 2024
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    Dear Mayor Brock and Members of the City Council, I am writing to you today as a concerned citizen of Santa Monica and a PhD scientist and MIT-trained chemical engineer. Last night's decision to establish a Bitcoin Office within our city deeply concerns me, and I feel compelled to share the significant risks and adverse impacts associated with this initiative. My primary concerns revolve around the financial instability of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, as well as the severe environmental...

  • Sign on Third Street Promenade Condemning Santa Monica as Unsafe Deemed Unwanted by City Council

    Alyssa Erdley, Observer Staff|Jul 14, 2024

    June 28, 2024 - The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously to condemn a sign hung in a storefront on the Third Street Promenade that labels the city as unsafe and accuses City Manager David White of complicity in putting needles into the hands of drug addicts. The resolution has no legal impact and cannot force the store owner to take down the sign. The sign is sponsored by the Santa Monica Coalition, a group of residents and business and property owners. It says "Santa Methica is not...

  • When to Apply for Social Security Benefits

    Russsel Gloor, Association of Mature American Citizens|Jul 14, 2024

    Ask Rusty – We Want to Claim SS at 62. When Should we Apply? Dear Rusty: My wife and I are going to be taking Social Security at 62. She will be 62 on April 15, 2025. I will be 62 August 7, 2025. When should we apply for Social Security? Signed: Ready to file Dear Ready: Social Security recommends you apply for benefits about 2 – 3 months prior to when you want your benefits to start (to get them time to process your application). You will specify on your application when you wish your ben...

  • 2 Killed, One Injured in Failed Assassination Attempt on Former President Trump at a Pennsylvania Rally

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 14, 2024

    In an event likely to shake up the US election yet again, an assassin fired two or more shots at President Donald J. Trump, as he was speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania. "Staged" was trending on Twitter, because the photo of Trump at the rally was too good to be true. "i wonder what the shooters pronouns are?" tweeted one person. "She, her – as in Hillary." How did a shooter get into a rally, and close enough to kill Trump? The answer is apparently he was not actually in the stadium in B...

  • One Spectator Dead in the Stands at the Rally Behind President Trump. Two more injured in Secret Service Failure

    David Ganezer, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 14, 2024

    We are waiting for the identity of the deceased shooter. However, blood in the stands behind where President Trump was shot in the head, marks the spot where the deceased spectator sat. One spectator killed, two more were seriously injured in the stands behind President Trump. Aftermath of assassination attempt in Butler PA on 7/13/24. Picture of the police snipers as they are taking out the Trump shooter. Clearly the shooter was an excellent shot with high tech equi[ment. He was at a distance...

  • FBI Identifies Trump Shooter as Thomas Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park PA, a Young Man With Far Left Connections.

    David Ganezer, Observer STaff Writer|Jul 14, 2024
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    Just before 3 am EST, the FBI released a statement identifying the shooter at the Trump rally in Butler, PA as Thomas Crooks. The 20 year old white male has links on social media, to several left wing progressive organizations. This from Laura Loomer on Twitter: "The shooter was named as Thomas Crooks of Bethel Park, PA in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan area. The National Pulse has found Federal Election Commission (FEC) data matching the name to a location in Bethel Park, which–if the same p...

  • Innocent Trump Supporter Who Died in Saturdays Assassination Attempt on Trump, Was a 50 year old Retired Fire Chief, Corey Comperatore

    Stan Greene, Observer Staff Writer|Jul 14, 2024

    The innocent Trump supporter who was killed at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania yesterday has been identified as Corey Comperatore. He was a former fire Chief. His daughter Alyson Comparatore posted this tribute to her now deceased father online. “The media will not tell you that he died a real-life super hero. They are not going to tell you how quickly he threw my Mom and I onto the ground. They are not going to tell you that he shielded my body from the bullet that came at us.” Here is the ent...