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Category Archives: Los Angeles
LAT: Banc of California to review alleged ties to fraudster after investor’s demand
When a Bank is called Banc, it is usually a division of the original Bank, and often the persons in control want it for their own sketchy investments, but it is a weird business and it is always amazing how … Continue reading
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Los Angeles: A Vision of the Globalist Future
Matt Forney writes: Last month, I visited Los Angeles to attend the West Coast premiere of The Red Pill. While I’d technically first visited L.A. two years ago, it was on a layover to Tokyo and I didn’t get farther … Continue reading
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The Los Angeles Connection To The 9/11 Attacks
Wherever you have Muslims, you have increased support for Islamic activity, which includes terrorism. Wherever you have Jews, you have increased support for Zionism. If there had not been a Saudi-funded mosque in Culver City and a Halal restaurant on … Continue reading
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PANIC, ANXIETY SPARK RUSH TO BUILD LUXURY BUNKERS FOR L.A.’S SUPERRICH
Ordinary people can’t protect themselves from the onslaught of diversity as California and the South-West of the United States becomes more like Mexico every day. The rich get to live a life where the prices they pay to insulate themselves … Continue reading
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L.A.’s Dirty Little Brown Secret
David Cole writes: Outright racism by Latinos against blacks gets little coverage in the liberal press and no outrage from SJWs, and black “civil rights leaders” are scared shitless to confront it with the same merciless, take-no-prisoners attitude they reserve … Continue reading
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Who Owns The Neighborhood?
I argued with Orthodox Jewish friends the other day about who owns the neighborhood. They say nobody owns the neighborhood and people should be able to do what they want with the property they buy, including building a giant mansion. … Continue reading
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Los Angeles City Council president doesn’t pay his bills on time
NEWS: Herb Wesson, the president of the Los Angeles City Council, has received five default notices for being late with mortgage payments since he became the top council official in 2011, David Zahniser reports for the L:A Times. “In two … Continue reading
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California Muslim Convert ‘misunderstands’ Islam, beheads his foster grandparents in the cause of jihad
Alene Tchekmedyian, LATimes: A 35-year-old man accused of bludgeoning his foster grandparents to death last year in their Glendale home using an ax and a hammer was held to answer Tuesday to capital murder charges. After a preliminary hearing that … Continue reading
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Where Are The Latinos On HBO’s Hard Knocks?
I watched episode one last night of this new season about the Los Angeles Rams and I rarely saw a latino face. When the show wanted to present how wonderful and exciting Los Angeles is, they showed beautiful white women.
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LAT: What’s hot in Japan right now? Los Angeles, circa 1976
Look at what we’ve lost… Los Angeles Times: What’s hot on newsstands in Tokyo this month? Believe it or not, a 200-page Japanese magazine about life in Los Angeles — reprinted from 1976. Twenty-seven pages are devoted to life at … Continue reading
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