Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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March 18, 2022 - The City of Santa Monica prevailed against local business owners in its goal to demolish Parking Structure 3 on 4th Street downtown, but the site remains embroiled in litigation. The Santa Monica Bayside Owners Association still has a lawsuit pending against the transformation of the site from parking into supportive housing. Originally, Superior Court Judge Michael Beckloff granted an injunction against demolition, on grounds that the California...
Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released a video on Social media and to youtube.com, where he speaks directly to Russian soldiers in Ukraine, telling them the truth about their invasion. "I'm sending you this video because things are being kept from you," said the actor, who is from Austria. "Terrible things, that you should know about. But first, let me tell you about my Russian friend that I met when I was 14 years old." He then recounted a...
Update: The Russian army released Ivan Federov in exchange for 9 captured soldiers, on March 15, 2022. When Russian soldiers put a hood on the Mayor of Melitopol, Ukraine last week, and led him away to jail, probably few would have believed that this would be the lead up to a public execution. After all, Russia is a modern country which has hosted public demonstrations agains the war (albeit with the protestors being detained in Russian cities such as Moscow and St....
15 A three car collision on Pacific Coast Highway caused a car to roll into the sea on Thursday night just before 10 pm PST. After the vehicle rolled into the ocean, the driver and 2 passengers ran up the beach. The driver was captured later by police. Police took one man to the hospital, he is reported in stable condition. The driver is in custody. Police closed 2 lanes of PCH following the accident....
Novaya Gazeta decided to remain open after other liberal Russian news publications, such as "Rain" TV network, closed. But they said they could not cover Russia's special operation in Ukraine, due to a recent law that could make publishers of "fake news" liable for 15 years in prison. They are, as far as we know, the only Russian language news source to have published a photo of Marina Ovsyannikova as she walked into the camera frame with a protest poster during a live broadca...
The Azov Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claim that they have killed a 4th Army general, this time in combat near Ukraine. The heavily contested city has also been the site of around 2500 civilian casualties. Major General Oleg Mityaev, commander of the elite 150th motorized rifle division of the Russian army, was killed today near Mariupol. The Russian Defense Ministry has not commented yet on the claim. The Russians have lost 3 other Major Generals and no less than...
Courts & Rulings FBI wins narrow high court ruling on failed mosque sting operation The FBI can invoke privilege for state secrets to duck a lawsuit over a failed operation spying on Muslims after 9/11, the Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision Friday. Sheikh Yassir Fazaga, an imam with the Orange County Islamic Foundation, brought the suit with two other Muslim men over a decade ago, saying their rights were violated through the FBI counterterrorism investigation...
The Ukraine army confirmed that another Russian major general has been killed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. MG Andrey Kolesnikov, Russia's 29th Combined Arms Army commander became the third Russian Major General to die in combat. "This is yet to be confirmed," said Illia Ponomarenko. "But it's big if true - the elimination of military leaders on the ground gets really catastrophic for Russia." Ponomarenko is a reporter and a combatant, embedded with the Ukraine Army...
Update: Kyiv Independent identifies the woman who rushed the set of Vremya: "During the "Vremya" news program on Russia's main TV channel, Maria Ovsyannikova, a Channel One employee, rushed in front of the camera with a poster saying "stop the war, don't believe the propaganda." She recorded a video before interrupting Channel One's live broadcast. “What is currently happening in Ukraine is a crime. Russia is a country-aggressor.” Ovsyannikova said, in a translation by @Ju...
Ukraine Post Office Announces Winner of "Russian Warship, Go F@#K Yourself" Competition. The winning design features a soldier standing on a yellow and blue background, giving a warship the middle finger. The Ukraine post office website is at : https://www.ukrposhta.ua/en There is nothing about this competition on their website, which leads me to believe that it's probably just an internet meme. But it's still a pretty funny one. Another design features the logo "Finders...
We are receiving reports that amidst the Ukraine Russia War, Iran has launched 4 missiles towards the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq. No one was injured on the ground. 1830 pm EST, March 12: Multiple long-range ballistic missiles fired at US consulate in Erbil, Iraq, Sky News Arabia reports. "No casualties have been reported after #missiles reportedly struck #Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern #Iraq, Reuters reports citing the Iraq state news agency...
I talked with an Estonian analyst who has access to info and whom I regard as one of the best we have here. His main conclusion: "The danger is far from over but there is reason for a very cautious optimism. Russian advance has clearly stalled." More below: Since last Saturday, it's been relatively stable on the fronts. There is an expectation that the Russian Armed Forces will re-form units and press a new line of attack, but so far little evidence of it. "If Russia doesn't a...
UPDATE 3/11/22: "I received an update from a relative of Marianna - a pregnant girl from Mariupol's bombed hospital. They were able to reach her on the phone briefly. Last night at 10pm, Marianna gave birth to a baby girl! They are ok, but it's very cold in Mariupol and the bombing doesn't stop." Olga Tokariuk tweeted. The war came to Instagram on Thursday as individual Russians began to bully a pregnant mother to be, seen in photos worldwide Thursday. Russians bombed a...
It's directly from the Kremlin's playbook in Syria. Blame the victim, then use chemical weapons on them. "#Konashenkov: 🇺🇦nationalists delivered about 80 tons of ammonia to Zolochiv settlement near #Kharkov. Residents from there say nationalists teached them how to act in a #chemical attack. Nationalists planning a provocation with toxins to accuse #Russia of using chemical weapons." This is a tweet from the Russian defense ministry, in English. Britain and the US say Russia i...
Suddenly and unexpectedly, the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. But some of the Russian Army vehicles are tooling around Ukraine 30 years later, flying Soviet flags. What's that about? There is longing in Russia for the great days of the Soviet Union. Everyone knew what was expected of him, older people think. There was a sense of purpose. Soviet achievements in science and technology, the arts, sports, the space program; inspire Russians to this day. The horrible aspects of...
Ukrainian military intelligence service says Wagner Group dog tags have been found among Russians killed in action in Ukraine. This from Illia Ponomarenko, who is embedded with Ukraine Army troops in Southern Ukraine. This is significant because it corroborates Ukraine claims that the Russians have hired mercenaries to kill Ukrainian leadership, including Pres. Volodomyr Zelensky himself. This as part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on February 24, 2022....
In a story that this reporter anticipates will get Fox News Host Tucker Carlson fired; Carlson basically said that the US is lying about its bioweapons program in Ukraine, not Russia "Military biological development labs funded by the US are under development in Ukraine. That's the Russian claim," said Tucker "What exactly are they, the US Government, doing in these secret biological research labs? Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe, it's not exactly a hotbed of...
Ukraine pres. Volodomyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of carrying out "genocide" after Ukrainian officials said Russian aircraft bombed a children's hospital on Wednesday, burying patients in rubble despite a ceasefire deal for people to flee Mariupol. At least three people, including a child, were killed and 17 more were injured in the maternity hospital in Mariupol, city officials said Thursday, as foreign ministers from the two countries arrived in Turkey for their first...
Ukrainian forces say they have sunk the Vasily Bykov, the Russian warship that was immortalized when the border guards of Snake Island defiantly told it to "go eff" itself. The Ukrainian navy lured the patrol boat with another seemingly vulnerable boat. They then opened fire with a hidden onshore battery. Vasily Bykov was commissioned on 20 December 2018 in the Novorossiysk Naval Base [ru], becoming part of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship participated in the attack on Snake...
A second Russian general was killed during fighting in Ukraine, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense said. Ukraine also claims to have killed four Colonels. It is believed that Senior military officials have to supervise the fighting in the field, because normal secured communications systems have broken down. One source says a radio phone conversation between Gerasimov was intercepted by Ukrainian intelligence, which then did a drone strike on the General. Maj. Gen. Vitaly...
A Russian aircraft reportedly bombed and sank one of Ukraine's Island-class patrol boats. P190 Slovyansk was formerly known as WPB-1321 USCGC Cushing. She was given to the Ukrainian navy in February 2019, along with USCGC Drummond which is now P191 Starobilisk. She was bombed in Odessa harbor, where she awaited what could be an amphibious invasion by Russian marines. P190 Slovyansk displaces 168 long tons. She is 110 feet long; about 34 meters. Her crew totaled 16 men,...
"Ukraine's Marines: Thirty enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground at the Kherson Airfield." This tweet from Illia Ponomarenko, Kyiv's Independent's war reporter in Southern Ukraine. If confirmed, this would be a major victory for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There is another tweet from "Euromaidan", which says all 30 aircraft were helicopters, and identifying the name of the airfield as Chernobayivka. There's also a video purportedly of the incident: https:/...
Update 3.8.22: The Pentagon was apparently sandbagged by Poland's announcement. Tuesday afternoon the US Defense Dept. called the Polish proposal was "untenable," which seems to kill the deal for now. “It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it,” Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said. Hours prior, the Polish government announced its decision to supply the U.S. with its stockpile of MIG-29 jets, free of charge, to be later transferred to Ukr...
Quoting Winston Churchill to the British Parliament, Zelensky said Ukraine "will not give up." He received a standing ovation from United Kingdom's House of Commons when he said, "we don't want to lose what we have, what is ours, our country, Ukraine." Zelensky called for Russia to be named a "terrorist state" and for allies to "make sure our skies are safe. . . . we will not surrender, we will not lose, we will go to the end." Channeling British Prime Minister Winston...
March 3, 2022 - Health officials have moved forward the date for ending the mask mandate in Los Angeles county, removing the mask requirement for most situations starting Friday, March 4. Masks have been required indoors ever since March of 2020, two years ago. For a brief period during the spring of 2021 the fully vaccinated were allowed to take their masks off in indoor situations. But the Delta variant surge starting in the late spring put an end to that indulgence. The...
