Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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Santa Monica City Hall issued a new order again requiring that businesses and their customers wear face masks. It is the 20th Covid-19 related order; the City has gone back and forth on masks. This order says that if you and the guy helping you at a local business aren't wearing a mask, you could be fined $100 for the first offense. More interestingly, when you simply pass by another person (within 30 feet of another person, in fact); you must wear a mask. Masks are required when you walk into...
According to a post at the City's official website for news and information, www.santamonica.gov, a City Councilmember appointed just two years ago has suddenly resigned. Restauranteur Greg Morena said he has to focus on his own business, in the wake of Covid19. Morena's term ends in 2022, so the Council will appoint someone to fill out his term over the next thirty days. The official press release is below. Today, Santa Monica Councilmember Greg Morena announced that he will resign from his...
Editors note: 30,000 people have signed an online petition asking SM Police Chief Cynthia Renaud to resign after 131 Santa Monica businesses were looted, and a few burned, on May 31st. This is her side of the story: Sunday, May 31st is an unforgettable moment in Santa Monica history. On that day, peaceful protestors raised their voices against the killing of George Floyd. Sadly, a much smaller group of people with criminal intentions caused terrible damage to our community by looting and...
Angry at the police, protestors have set fire to the Third Precinct Police Station just before 11 pm local time in Minneapolis, MN. In life he was a security guard, and his surviving girlfriend begged people not to commit crimes in his name. But the police station is reportedly on fire Thursday night. Minnesota Governor calls in the National Guard. 500 troops are heading to Minneapolis-St. Paul, as local authorities completely lose control over South Minneapolis. The City of Minneapolis tweeted...
Protesting the death of Minnesota security guard George Floyd at the hands of white police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, about 100 protestors walked down Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica from the Santa Monica Police headquarters, to Windward and Pacific. The protestors chanted "I can't Breathe," and ironically were escorted by police officers. The SMPD Equine Patrol provided 2 officers on horseback; about a dozen were in SMPD vehicles as well. Both sides kept their distance from each other (no...
It's about math. They didn't have enough police/guards to carry out a city-wide effort until today. All they could do before was scramble around trying to put out fires. Literally. Guard was requested on Wednesday, but it takes a while to scramble together all of those barbers and farmers and teachers spread throughout a big state. They waited until about 20 minutes after curfew, then they came in from all sides on any large group. The largest group we're walking along a street. The LEOs cut in...
Ever since the COVID-19 disease began spreading through the world, countries and localities have been publicizing the number of cases and deaths from COVID-19. In Los Angeles County, this metric is updated daily. As I write this, with a click to the county website, I can discover there have been a total of 47,822 cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles and purportedly 2,143 deaths due to the virus. These numbers are presumably given in order to inform the public, but like many statistics, the way they...
The Los Angeles county registrar of voters has released the following results as of 10 PM Pacific standard time, Tuesday night. The winner of the selection will only serve until January. Both candidates will face off again in November. This is a special election to fill the Congressional seat of Katie Hill, who resigned in some controversy over her plural marriage and an ex husband who posted embarrassing photos of the Democratic Congresswoman. The seat is in Santa Clarita and North East Los...
5/9: As part of State-wide “Open California Now" demonstrations, about 80 protestors at the Santa Monica Pier demanded that California reopen immediately. Some wore masks and others did not, and they were tired of socially distancing. One man who told me he was an independent contractor and an Uber driver, said that he had not worked for two months. "I'm tired of being at home and being broke," he said. He was not wearing a mask, but a protestor named Lori, herself suffering from an a...
Following the example of the state and county, Santa Monica is allowing certain types of businesses to reopen today in a limited fashion. The city began closing businesses during the third week of March, ending with a complete shutdown of all but "essential" businesses March 19. Ever since, restaurants, retail outlets, and business offices have all been off-limits. But today, our wiser and more knowledgeable overlords are allowing certain, very select businesses to open their doors , albeit for...
Is Kim Jong Un really Kim Jong Deux or Kim Jong Trois? Human rights advocate Jennifer Zeng has pointed out on Twitter that the Kim who opened a fertilizer factory on April 30th, appears to have minor differences from the previously pictured Kim. "Is the Kim Jong-un appearing on May 1 the real one? 4 things to watch: 1. Teeth 2. Ears 3. Hair 4. Sister", Zeng posted on May 3rd. The last being a reference to Kim Yo Jong, Kim's younger sister, who often appears with him. The implication is that...
One of the loudest Coronavirus alarmists in the United States, California Gov. Newsom said Friday that California will Reopen in "days not weeks." This is the man who just days before had tried to close Orange County beaches, over the objections of local officials. I think it was the mayor of Newport Beach going on Fox News. He said that Orange County had 3 million people, more than 22 states, and had just 50 Covid-19 deaths. "That's 0.001% of the population," he said, adding that Orange County...
In a weekend appointment that says they must have met in secret before meeting via Zoom, the Santa Monica City Council appointed one of their own as City Manager: City Attorney Lane Dilg. This leaves open the question of who will run the City Attorney's office. Lane is known for not offending anyone, if possible. And for doing what the Council asks, for example, by resisting districting even after the City lost a lawsuit over it. We are in the middle of a pandemic, and it is perhaps no surprise...
City Manager Rick Cole has offered his resignation to the City Council. In recent meetings, dramatic budget cuts due to Covid-19 have been discussed, but never formalized. His letter is articulate, but my take on it is the City budget is a train wreck and Rick Cole wants to get out of the way of it. Covid-19 and Coronavirus only hastened what was in the cards anyway. A small beach city couldn't build its way out of promising 10,000 pensioners six figure pensions. Not to mention employing 2000...
4/14/20. California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered his daily press briefing Tuesday, looking forward to a day in the future when the nation's largest State begins to reopen. "When will we reopen? We have to be able to answer all those six questions." The governor referred to a list of questions that had just been posed by Dr. Sonia Y. Angell, California Department of Public Health Director and State Health Officer: California's 6 indicators for modifying the Stay at Home Order. 1.) Ability to...
At his press conference today, April 15, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a plan to give $125 million in direct disaster relief to the undocumented aliens living in the state. $75 million of the fund comes from government coffers, and the other $50 million is being donated by various philanthropic entities. Prefacing his announcement of the aid, Newsom pointed out that half of the children living in the state have at least one immigrant parent, though he did not point out how many of...
Coronavirus has led to numerous conspiracy theories. Below is a summary of Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai's sweeping conspiratorial claims contained in a Youtube video, left. At bottom is Wikipedia's critique of Shiva Ayyaddurai. On the video, Ayyaddurai says: "There's this bogeyman called the virus. And you need the vaccine to save you. Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton and the Clinton foundation will bring it to you. "The truth is, your own immune system could save you. There is this third cylinder of the...
Police with conflicting orders fought with shields and batons on a bridge leading out of coronavirus epicenter Hubei Province, reports the South China Morning Post. The Hong Kong based, English language newspaper posted video of the two provincial police forces fighting each other. People who had been locked up in Hubei province, but not residing in Wuhan, were allowed to leave the province for the first time in 60 days on March 25th. But people in Jiujiang, the neighboring province, did not...
At a white house press briefing Sunday, Vice President Pence threatened an online broker who claimed to have 10,000,000 masks in a Los Angeles area warehouse. He said that if the broker didn't sell the masks to the Feds, they would us the Defense Appropriation act to seize them. He also said the USNS Mercy would go to Los Angeles. It would not serve coronavirus patients, but other emergencies. President Donald J. Trump said that he did not need to threaten companies to make masks or...
Tweeting last night what many of us have been thinking about Covid-19, that the cure is worse than the disease, US President Donald J Trump tweeted last night that the shutdown will last no more than 15 days. Today the stock market fell another 4%, and the major indices are now at about the levels they were when Trump was elected in 2016. The president has used the stock market as a measure of his success as president. "WE CANNOT LET THE CURE BE WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM ITSELF," Mr. Trump tweeted...
Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events. He was not aware of any direct contact with any infected person. Separately, Angela Merkel is in quarantine after her doctor tests positive for Coronavirus. "Senator Rand Paul — who voted against the Coronavirus aid package last week — has tested positive for #COVIDー19" tweeted one twitter user....
What if the Chinese Communist Party Politburo wanted to drop a bomb on the US, as retribution for its tariffs, economic retribution on China, and other offenses, real and imagined? Releasing Novel Coronavirus on the world would do exactly that. An examination of the timeline and progression of this crisis looks awfully suspicious. Consider the following progression of the worldwide Wuhan coronavirus pandemic: 1. In response to Trump trade tariffs, China warned us of a reprisal on May 29, 2019 -...
February 24 was a sight to be seen at Ahmedabad's Sardar Vallabhai Patel Airport in Gujarat, India. The Air Force one landed in India and US President Donald Trump descended down the steps greeted by Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and a sea of Indians. In what will go down in history, as possibly the largest gathering for any head of state anywhere in the world. 129,000 thousand Indians welcomed President Trump at the world's largest sporting venue in the world, the Motera stadium....
South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg has suspended his presidential aspirations. He will announce tonight that he is dropping out of the race. He will deliver a speech on the importance of "Unity" The "also ran" candidates such as Buttigieg are under tremendous pressure from the party establishment to head off a disastrous Bernie Sanders nomination, by coalescing around Sen. Joe Biden, 77. At just 38, Buttigieg has a tremendous political future at least potentially. His youth and the fact...
You don't need a PhD to vote, unless you live in Los Angeles County. LA County residents began to vote on Saturday 2/22/2020, as part of a new high technology early-voting system. 20 percent of the nearly 1,000 new voting centers were open Saturday. The other 80% of polling stations opened February 26th, four days in advance of "Election Day." Voters who missed the deadline to register can cast a conditional ballot anytime during early voting up until Election Day. Eligibility will be verified...
