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Category Archives: Los Angeles
Culver City King Fahad Mosque Played A Key Role In 9/11
I admire America’s tolerance of a fifth column in its midst. How come this mosque wasn’t knocked down and its leaders deported in the aftermath of 9/11? Because of the Constitution. Three cheers for tolerance! In a normal country, these … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Los Angeles, Saudis, Terror
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Los Angeles Needs Congestion Pricing
Los Angeles Times: End the gas tax and replace it with congestion pricing: a user fee for major highways that goes up at peak times and drops off as traffic diminishes. Half the trips during rush hour are not work-related; … Continue reading
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Kosher Certification On LA Restaurants
A Mashgiach Temidi (only the Mashgiach will have keys to the restaurant, no entrance without the Mashgiach, unless you can lock up all the fridges separately) is the new community chumra (strictness of Jewish law) for kosher restaurants and it … Continue reading
Posted in Kashrut, Los Angeles
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Why Can’t We Have Nice Things?
Comment: But of course, we’re not allowed to notice why we can’t have nice things like civilization and tolerance. From today’s paper: Father accused of fatally shooting son because he was gay Jim Key, spokesman for the Los Angeles LGBT … Continue reading
Posted in California, Islam, Journalism, Los Angeles
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The Benefits Of Rounding Up Gangbangers
Steve Sailer writes: According to reporter Sam Quinones, this 11-year-old government program of mass round-ups of gangbangers really works. My recollection was that in 2005, around the time Los Angeles elected its first Mexican mayor in a century, overgrown juvenile … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Crime, Latino, Los Angeles
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Sailer: Another SoCal Contribution to World Culture: The Televised Car Chase
Steve Sailer writes: It’s a cliche, but I have to say that police pursuits televised from helicopters still make for pretty hypnotic TV. The cops have been chasing a carjacked pickup truck around the San Fernando Valley this afternoon. Finally, … Continue reading
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Letter From A Los Angeles High School
Link: Dear Hillary, I attended L.A. public schools for about half a school year, back during forced busing in the early 1970s….. Never once, not ONE TIME, did I see a white student harass, intimidate, or humiliate a black student. … Continue reading
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Reviews Of The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Perhaps it is not intrinsically that Metro is so horrible but that many of the people who use it are particularly horrible, and most of the bus drivers are surly. Reviews on Google: * US has done a better job … Continue reading
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Where Is Dead Man’s Curve On Sunset Blvd?
Steve Sailer writes: In 1982 I was driving with a college friend from Houston through Dead Man’s Curve on Sunset Blvd but there was a traffic jam. Eventually, we saw why: Scott Baio, star of the then hot new show … Continue reading
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Is Your Neighborhood Racist?
Tamara Shayne Kagel writes: Amid our ongoing national conversation over race, the denizens of my liberal Los Angeles neighborhood—who like to think of themselves as being Caucasian by accident while being upper-class by dessert—bubbled over with defensiveness when someone politely … Continue reading
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