Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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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...
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....
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...
A patrol group of 10 Russian soldiers were captured in an elevator by Ukraine territorial defense, claims the Eastern European news website 24 Visegrad. A security camera captured this photo of the soldiers, who look like they've just realized their error. They were apparently trying to reach the rooftop to take up sniper positions. The oldest rule of warfare, after all, is take the high ground. "A team of Russian soldiers wanted to use the elevator to reach the roof of an...
March 2, 2022 - A traffic study done by local business owners shows that the removal of Parking Structure 3 from use has already caused considerable traffic backup in the downtown area during peak retail and entertainment hours. This outcome was predicted by earlier traffic studies by the same company. The Parking Network (TPN) conducted a parking and traffic study for the weekend of the Super Bowl, February 12 and 13. While this might seem like an outlier regarding traffic...
March 3, 2022 - Yesterday the California Court of Appeal ruled against a property owner's group to allow the City of Santa Monica to demolish Parking Structure 3 on 4th Street in downtown Santa Monica. The parking structure has been a bone of contention between merchants, property owners, and residents on the one hand and the social-justice-minded Santa Monica City Council on the other. The city government intends to demolish the garage, which holds 336 parking spaces, and...
British singer Gordon Sumner (aka Sting) has re-released "The Russians Love Their Children Too" to highlight Russia's invasion of Ukraine. At the beginning, he receives this preface: "I've only rarely sung this song in the many years since it was written, because I never thought it would be relevant again. But In light of one man's woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful unthreatening neighbor, I sing it again. To the Ukrainians fighting this tyranny, and also to the...
People are criticizing Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R), after he apparently tweeted this screenshot of Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelensky speaking to Senators Saturday morning, from a bunker in Kyiv. US Security services apparently warned Senators not to tweet photos, least they reveal the endangered man's location to Russian intelligence or military. While there is nothing obvious about Zelensky's location to be taken from the photo, the screenshot may have been helpful to...
12: - Saturday’s evacuation of civilians from Mariupol has been suspended "for security reasons" after Russian forces failed to observe an agreed ceasefire, the Ukrainian parliament said. "I just spoke to Petro Andrushenko an advisor to the mayor in Mariupol, the Ukrainian city where Russia said it was opening a humanitarian corridor. He said they have had to halt the evacuation because Russia shelled the agreed evacuation point where people were to gather," said a s...
Courts & Rulings Legality of resentencing in chambers draws challenge Former Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley and victims' rights attorney Kathleen Cady yesterday filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court a document labeled "Victim's Notice of Appearance and Assertion of Rights" in which it was contended that state constitutional rights of the family of a man who was slain on Jan. 23, 1992, would be trammeled if the murderer were resentenced without a public hearing,...
Joe Biden actually said the following to Congress at his State of the Union address on 3.1.22: "Our troops are not going to fight Ukraine." Well that's a relief. "A pound of Ukrainian people. Proud proud people." "Putin may encircle Kyiv with Tanks. But he'll never win the hearts of the Iranian people." "I told Chinese President Xi Jin Ping, We'll build roads and bridges, and we'll do it to fight the dangerous infects of climate change." "Technology of the Internet,...
A trumpet player captured by journalist Kristina Berdynskykh (@berdynskykh_k) playing a poignant rendition of the Ukraine national anthem while others residents of Kyiv look on, is making the rounds on social media. The video may be seen at https://twitter.com/Francis_A_K/status/1498402863311208448?s=20&t=9XWPjSaqZ5C_JmIu7tSJ6Q "Listening to this gut-wrenching video of #Ukraine anthem played in a subway station turned bomb shelter. Telling myself that #Putin actually revealed...
Video has emerged of a Ukrainian farmer using his tractor to tow away a Russian Armored Personnel Carrier. In the video, which has a couple discussing the scene in the background while they laugh; a soldier runs after the tractor. Needless to say the video garnered a lot of comments on social media. "That's going to make a heck of a story one day. "My dad stole this tank at the beginning of WW3", wrote Sly Bry. "It is not a tank, by the way. Armored personnel carrier."...
Four days since the invasion began. In the past 24 hours, we have seen limited Russian progress according to multiple sources. My 4th set of observations, noting the ongoing lack of clarity & abundance of ambiguity. 1/24 2/24 Terrific reporting continues from many sources on the Russian invasion. This includes @KofmanMichael, @maxseddon, @IAPonomarenko, @RALee85, @shashj, @DanLamothe, @ikhurshudyan, @McFaul, @defenceHQ, @thestudyofwar, @OrlaGuerin, among many others. 3/24...
Someone in Ukraine's government tax office has a sense of humor. A post from Ukraine's tax office says there is no need to declare captured Russian tanks or other equipment as income. The release reads as follows: "Have you captured a Russian tank or armored personnel carrier and are worried about how to declare it? Keep calm and continue to defend the Motherland! There is no need to declare the captured Russian tanks and other equipment, because the cost of this ... does not...
