Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Even though Donald Trump is way down with women in the polls, some women are posting sexy photos of themselves on twitter in Make America Great Again hats, and otherwise using their sexiest selves to promote The Donald's political aspirations. Dare to express a politically incorrect political opinion! And while you're at it, draw attention to that opinion by showing some skin! That goes back at least as far as the ancient Greeks and Romans. The hashtag #Tru...
A report has come out regarding the resources spent promoting Islamophobia that would be humorous if it were not so disturbing. Produced as a joint project of the Council on Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender, the report is titled "Confronting Fear: Islamophobia and its Impact on the U.S. 2013-2015." According to Legal Insurrection, the document contains a lengthy list of groups that CAIR claims spread hate of Muslims, including Fox News,...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will reclassify marijuana as a "Schedule Two" drug on August 1, 2016, essentially legalizing medicinal cannabis in all 50 states with a doctor's prescription, said a DEA lawyer with knowledge of the matter. Update 6/28: The Recreational Marijuana Initiative qualifies for the California's November Ballot. Will it be pre-empted by action of the DEA? http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/07/04/news/dea-source-confirms-sc...
A homeless man who assaulted an 11-year-old boy outside the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles was sentenced today, June 30, to six years in state prison. The man, Raul Villalba Ocampo, 33, pleaded to one count of child abuse. Last December, in 2015, the boy was standing outside of Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of a school field trip. Ocampo placed the boy in a chokehold and punctured his neck with a sharpened key, apparently a homemade weapon. He continued...
Update, 6/29, 5 pm PDT: Authorities report that they have killed the 120 pound bear involved in this attack. It's unknown whether or not the iPad was retrieved. Rangers hunted the hills above Altadena for a black bear who would not be Rickrolled one more time. He pushed through a tent wall, slashed a man across the forehead and stole his iPad. Stealing an iPad is a death penalty offense when it comes to black bears, authorities said. The small bear pushed through a tent wall...
In a striking case of product liability, the household name Ikea has been implicated in the deaths of six children due to a dresser that losses its balance when the drawers are out. Swedish furniture retailer IKEA Group is recalling almost 36 million chests and dressers in the United States and Canada that have been linked to the deaths of six children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Tuesday. The furnishings can topple over if they are not anchored...
Is there anything that says Summer Solstice better than a huge pile of wood being set on fire? Jonsok (St. John's Passing), or St. Hans (St. John's Day), i.e. 24 June, is a commonly observed holiday in Norway. It marks midsummer and the beginning of summer vacation, and is often celebrated by lighting bonfires the evening before. In Northern areas of Norway, this day has 24 hours of light, while southern areas have only 17.5 hours. T"he Sankthans (Midsummer) bonfire on...
As buyer's remorse settled in today, Brexit became #Regrexit. An online petition demanding another referendum on Britain's decision to leave the European Union has gathered 3 million signatures. Even people who voted to leave the EU, felt buyers remorse. Some voters said they didn't understand what the EU was, or what leaving would mean, or that their vote really counted. Meanwhile, other EU countries were talking of leaving the Union. Sweded threatened Swexit. Netherland has...
The L.A. County District Attorney's Office will seek to have convicted murderer Raymond Lee Jennings released from state prison on Thursday after new evidence was uncovered that raises doubts about his conviction in 2009. The D.A. will not discuss the nature of that evidence. Antelope Valley College Student Michelle O'Keefe, 18, was found dead in her Mustang in a dark parking lot in 2000. Raymond Lee Jennings worked at the mall attached to that parking lot, and like most men...
A strike by 1,300 registered nurses begins today at Kaiser's Los Angeles hospital. The strike is scheduled to last 4 days and involves the nurses' call for improved staffing. California Nurses Association/National Nurses United claims Kaiser made profits of $1.9 billion last year, money which should be invested in hiring more nurses and "protect economic gains." In other words, they want a raise. "Kaiser spends millions of dollars advertising that Los Angeles Medical Center...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Ten people were wounded - two of them with life-threatening injuries - on Sunday when counter-protesters clashed with members of a white nationalist group that planned to rally outside the California state Capitol building in Sacramento, authorities said. California Highway Patrol Officer George Granada said about 30 members of the Traditionalist Worker Party were gathering for a rally around noon Sunday when they were met by about 400 counter-protesters...
A Burbank man was charged today with the attempted murder of 10 Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies followed by an eight-hour standoff in Bellflower late Thursday night, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Juan Manuel Martinez (dob 7/19/76) is scheduled to be arraigned today in Department 2 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court in Bellflower. Prosecutors will ask that his bail be set at $11 million in case VA142260. Deputy District Attorney...
- Three people were killed and four others were critically injured when their 15-foot boat capsized Saturday on the far side of Catalina Island, authorities said. The Coroner’s Office identified the three men killed as Young Joon Park, 64, and Kyung Hwam Kim, 47, both of Los Angeles, and Jason Jung Noh, 62, of Buena Park, said Capt. John Kades of the coroner’s office. Everyone on the boat was Korean or Korean American, and they were out fishing in a boat so small that 4-6 foo...
LAKE ISABELLA, Calif. – A stubborn wildfire near Lake Isabella in Northern California has killed at least two, and probably 3. 3 firefighters suffered some inhallation injuries. 35,711 acres and 150 homes have burned, 1500 remain evacuated. The fire is 0% controlled. The tally rose from 80 homes as firefighters began going through neighborhoods in South Lake. They counted houses and mobile homes destroyed by the fire. In one mobile home, they found what appears to be a set o...
In a shocking reversal of pre-election opinion polls, Britons voted to leave the European Union. With all the vote counted, 51.9% of British people voted to leave and only 48.1% voted to remain. In the end, they wanted control of their country back from non elected technocrats in Brussels. The Bank of England has said it will face liquidity problems, and the electorate was warned. But more of the Leave voters showed up at the polls than anyone expected. Wales and England...
A moderate earthquake rocked Southern California this afternoon. It was felt as a sharp jolt at 6:45 pm PST. USGS reports 2.9 magnitude earthquake, just 4 kilometers SW of Santa Monica. The earthquake was felt across the westside, as far east as the 405. Authorities, however, reported no damage or injuries....
Update: After a 9 hour, 1500 mile flight, the first Twin Otter plane has successfully landed at South Pole Station. The outside temperature is 73 degrees, and there is as expected, no light. The Twin Otter plane has departed for Rothera with both patients on board. It is the coldest and strangest place on the planet. For three months, there will be no daylight. Yet one man's health requires other people to risk their lives, in the first winter over evacuation at South Pole...
June 22: A widespread outage starting at about 4 PM Los Angeles time, appears to be affecting Charter internet customers across the U.S. Citing sources within the company, Turlock California City news Says that the outage is due To a fiber optic cable which has been accidentally severed near Calabasas. Service was restored in Woodland Hills today just before 1 p.m. PST Downdetector.com says that outages have been reported in Charter Spectrum Internet, in Saint Louis, Los Angel...
As the fog rolled in to cool a hot summer day, the power went out West of 11th Street and North of California Avenue in Santa Monica on Wednesday evening at about 8:20 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. The power came back on at 8:59 p.m. Some residents reported that they heard a minor explosion. The Santa Monica Fire Department tweeted that it Is responding to reports of a Transformer fire in the 500 block of 7th Street, north of Montana Avenue. We could see lights on at the...
Amid concerns that his Secret Service detail was costing the nation too much (4360,000 a day); Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the first time appears to have conceded. "It doesn't appear that i'm gonna be the nominee, he said on CSPN. The fiesty 74 year old, speaking during a C-SPAN interview, said his presidential campaign is negotiating on an "almost on a daily basis" with presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's entourage, urging them to stake out the most...
Over 4,600 firefighters are battling 5 large wildfires in California. Crews are making progress on several fronts and as a result, evacuations have been lifted for several communities including the Potrero area from the Border Fire in San Diego County and the Duarte area from the Fish Fire in Los Angeles County. 534 out of 770 evacuated households have been allowed to return home. Fire officials said Wednesday that crews are making good progress on the San Gabriel Complex...
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - Three people were caught on an alleged vigilante mission with an arsenal of weapons, during a routine traffic stop at the Holland Tunnel on Tuesday, authorities said. John Cramsey, 50, and Dean Smith, 53, both of Zionsville, Pennsylvania, and Kimberly Arendt, 29, of Lehighton, each face several weapons charges. They were arrested as they passed through the tunnel around 7:40 a.m. The group claimed they were vigilantes on their way to...
The Reservoir Fire, which broke out near the Morris Reservoir dam, has burned 2,400 acres. The Fish Fire, which is located near Opal Canyon and Brookridge roads near Duarte, has burned 3,000 acres. The initial fire, dubbed the Reservoir Fire, started Monday when a pickup truck crashed off Highway 39 near Morris Dam and started a brush fire. The driver was killed in the crash and ensuing fire. The fires grew to more than 1,500 acres in a matter of hours. The blaze now exceeds...
Pacific Gas and Electric announced today their plans to close the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in 2025. The power plant, located near Avila Beach in San Luis Obispo County, started operation in 1985 with much protest. Several earthquake fault lines run under and near the plant. PG&E claims that it plans to replace the nuclear energy output with other types of renewable energy. "California's energy landscape is changing dramatically," PG&E wrote in a press release from...
Legislation being considered currently in the California State Assembly would sharply curtail the ability of religious colleges to direct the education of non-clerical students. Sponsored by state Senator Ricardo Lara, who identifies as part of the legislature's LGBT caucus, the bill, SB1146, would restrict religious exemptions currently given for federal Title IX regulations. These exemptions have until now applied to all students who attend religious colleges and allow...
