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03/09/2025

Los Angeles Times May 13, 2024)

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY !!!!

03/06/2025

Nearly 332 million people visited America's national parks last year, a record high. That popularity hasn't shielded the agency from the Elon Musk team's purge of the federal workforce.

03/06/2025

Beverly Hills, California
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03/01/2025

“…….A Citigroup customer may have been surprised to see quite a few extra zeros in their account balance after the bank credited the account $81 trillion instead of $280 by mistake.……..the erroneous internal transfer occurred in April 2024 and was missed by a payments employee and a second official assigned to check the transaction before it was cleared to be processed at the start of business the next day. A third employee caught the mistake 90 minutes after the payment was posted to the account, and it then took several hours for the transaction to be reversed……..The transaction error is the latest in a series of such mistakes at Citigroup. In 2022, an employee of the bank accidentally added a zero to a trade, setting off a massive stock sell-off that caused a crash in Europe………..Last year, British regulators fined Citigroup 62 million pounds, about $78 million, over the incident. In 2020, the bank accidentally wired $893 million to a group of Revlon Inc. lenders, appearing to pay off a loan not due until 2023, when it actually intended to send a $7.8 million interest payment……..” ~ Yahoo Finance (March 03, 2025)

03/04/2025

(Photograph By: A Fellow College of Charleston TROG)

“Hurricane Matthew” – Wilmington, North Carolina
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02/27/2025

“NOAA (UPDATE)”

OCTOBER 06, 2016:
So Today (October 06, 2016), I woke-up to The Smell of Sulphur.

Ted Cruz is not here in Southern California.

Consequently, I had to do some research, and I discovered that Rush “Privatize All Government Agencies“) Limbaugh is in Los Angeles. The-only thing that Limbaugh along with his Fellow John Birch Society (JBS)-Libertarian Minions hate more than Federal Rules / Regulations, is seeing A Negro in The White House. The JBS-Libertarians plan to Privatize ALL Federal Government Agencies including National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS).

Why is Sulphur-Smelling Limbaugh here in Southern California?

After going-on-and-on about how government-operated weather reporting-related agencies never know what they are talking about, and how Hurricane Matthew will amount to little / nothing, Limbaugh wasted-no-time bringing his scared-a** out here to do his radio show, to avoid becoming a possible Victim of Hurricane Matthew.

If NOAA, NWS and other such federal agencies were privatized as Limbaugh and other JBS-Tea Party Libertarian Folks want, You would have to call-in (only if You are A Paid Subscriber), to receive Disaster-Updates.

Uh, NEWSFLASH:
Now, imagine not only paying to receive Emergency Updates, but even trying to use telephone service to receive Emergency Updates, when during such storms, cellphone communications is often the-first to be disrupted. Now that landlines are becoming basically non-existent, Good-Luck with telephonic communications during Natural / Man-Made disasters.

Meanwhile, Hypocrites such as Limbaugh don’t care, because while most of Limbaugh’s 3 million listeners do not have $800.00 in A Savings Account, Limbaugh has the financial means to quickly-leave the area, as he did this week, when he fled Libertarian-Led Florida, to seek-haven in Follow-the-Rules / Regulations-Led California. Ayn Rand-Acolytes such as Limbaugh only care about themselves, and how they can possibly capitalize financially because such folks never allow A Disaster (Natural / Man-Made), to Go-to-Waste.

~ Michael B. Parlor (October 06, 2016)

FEBRUARY 27, 2025:
“……As federal job eliminations strike the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service, scientists and environmental advocates are denouncing the cuts, saying they could cause real harm to Americans. About 5% of NOAA employees stationed around the U.S. — approximately 650 staffers — received a termination email…… The cuts shrank teams across all facets of the climate-focused agency, from experts working on weather forecasting, ocean health, climate change, fisheries and developments in space and the atmosphere.……… NOAA — which includes the National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center and the Tsunami Warning Center — is the latest in a string of federal agencies targeted for cuts by the Trump administration. An administrative………. Before the January firestorm that devastated parts of Los Angeles County, weather service officials had warned residents and local emergency responders about potentially life-threatening winds that could fuel extreme fire behavior. Forecasters remained a key part of the fire response, providing updates and planning assistance to the public, firefighters and other emergency officials.…….. While NOAA's most public-facing division is the National Weather Service, the agency also includes teams that manage fisheries, monitor rivers for potential flooding, track sea level rise and steward key satellites. It is the largest agency in the Department of Commerce……Project 2025, the conservative playbook for President Trump's second term called for NOAA to be dismantled something that climate scientists had denounced for months.……..” ~ Yahoo News (February 27, 2025)

(Is this where I type, “I-TOLD-YOU-SO”…….??????)

Semper Fi,
“Major Pain”

03/03/2025

“The Original Pantry Café” – Central City - Los Angeles, California
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02/03/2025

“……..Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday lost another iconic eatery with the closure of the Original Pantry Cafe, which had been serving up hot coffee, burgers and breakfast platters since 1924. News of the planned closure drew brisk business as patrons sought a farewell meal at the diner on the corner of 9th and South Figueroa streets. The shuttering itself was bitter. Once doors were closed, the diner's remaining 25 workers gathered inside, received manila envelopes containing their final checks and, with support from their labor union, refused to leave.……..The restaurant built its Los Angeles legacy not on elegant fare (it had a mediocre 3.7 rating on Yelp) but on its 24-hour service, making it a haven for night owls and early risers. The diner had survived past threats. It dodged a freeway project in the 1950s, moving its location to make way for an off-ramp. Former Mayor Richard Riordan took over the restaurant in 1981 as part of a larger land deal.……….But the isolation policies of the COVID-19 pandemic delivered a heavy blow, forcing the diner to limit its hours. Despite $1.7 million in federal loans (all but $500,000 of it forgiven) to preserve 82 jobs at the restaurant, workers said only about two dozen employees remained by Sunday's closure.…….. a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed in April 2023 on behalf of Pantry workers alleging unpaid wages for overtime, rest and meal breaks. Two weeks later, Riordan died. The wage case remained in settlement talks as recently as February……Ownership of the diner transferred to Riordan's trust, which said it sought to sell the asset to support its philanthropic endeavors. The union attempted to negotiate terms that would require any new owner to honor the existing contract. That didn't happen, and the labor union filed a grievance with the National Labor Relations Board.……..After the diner's doors closed Sunday, a representative of the trust arrived and attempted to distribute envelopes containing final paychecks. When workers would not step up to take them, she set them on a table.………..When workers attempted to stay behind, management called L.A. police, and officers eventually arrived to tell employees they faced trespass charges if they remained. The Pantry's workers left without incident, but Petersen from the union remained and was issued a citation……..” ~ Yahoo News (March 03, 2025)

03/03/2025

03/02/2025

“FREEDON NOW”

REDACTED:
On Pacifica Radio in Los Angeles that has been on the air for years, under attack for encouraging people to read a book. The show is a mix of Black history facts, political commentary, and interviews with authors. My surfing friend Tej produces the show that was started by her late partner Dedon, who was also a surfer. Professor Gerald Horne also contributes to the show. This is an attack on the 1st amendment.

MY RESPONSE:
As You already know Fellow Surfer Dedon Kamathi (RIP) and I went-way-back to The Early 1990s, when He, Dick Gregory (RIP), Zears Miles (RIP), Tarik Ricard (RIP) and Others saved-the-lives of such Folks as Legendary NBA Magic Johnson, because of the information which we shared on the Original “Front Page” on KJLH (102.3FM-South Los Angeles / Inglewood, California).

I was “So-Stoked” to see Surf Goddess Tejvir Grewell and The Luminary Dr Gerald Horne continue Dedon’s Legacy on “Freedom Now” o KPFK (90.7FM-North Hollywood / Glendale, California).

However, frankly, I am surprised that “Freedom Now” has lasted this long, because Pacifica Radio has allowed its WBAI New York Mafia to destroy much of what Pacifica was, when I originally listened to it, and when I financially-supported it during the Early 1980s.

It has become so-toxic with its censorship, since the last term of The Obama Administration, that I have not financially-supported KPFK / Pacifica Radio for several years.

Nary a week goes by, where I do not share with Journalists the following.:

“True Journalism is all-but-deceased, now that Fascism has become the world-wide-norm. I am surprised that Dr, Gerald Horne and ‘Freedom Now’ has lasted this long, because that show does not conform to Amy Goodman and The Old White Hippie Mafia in New York City, which has destroyed Pacifica Radio. In-fact, I recently-dropped nearly $1000.00 to purchase all of Dr. Gerald Horne’s books, because it is just a matter of time that not only will he be silenced on Pacifica, but when all of his books will become Illegal as Depicted in the 2002 film ‘EQUILIBROIUM’ Pacifica is A target of Project 2025, which I have been warning about since The Fall of 2023. The Heritage Foundation and the John Birch Society do not need to worry about Pacifica, because they are already doing a great job of performing as An Ouroboros Snake.”

Semper Fi,
“Major Pain”

03/02/2025

Downtown Los Angeles, California
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03/01/2025

“TOO-MUCH, TOO-LITTLE & TOO-LATE”

Today (March 01, 2025), there were thousands of Anti-Trump 2.0 Protesters (including many Faith-Leaders), in Downtown Los Angeles, California, who surrounded City Hall.

One leader for the Assemblies of God, publicly-apologized during an interview with news reporters from KNX (1070 AM / 97.1FM – Los Angeles, California), for having Supported returning Donald J. Trump to The White House.

(Hmmmm, he must be the same kind of Faith-Leader, who required his parishioners to see the film “The Passion of the Christ” and who claimed that “God said to re-elect George W. Bush”……)

Semper Fi,
“Major Pain”

03/01/2025

Constable F. R. Rigby, Gordon (“Chicken Coop Murders”) Northcott and Corporal Walker Cruickshank

03/01/2025

03/01/2025

03/01/2025

California State Route (SR) 180 – Mono County, California
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02/27/2025

“JOB INTERVIEW PARKING SPACE”

“THE BAD NEWS”:
Stuck-in-Traffic, and now running-late for a job interview, You become anxious as You pull into a full parking lot.

THE GOOD NEWS”:
You are A Proud United States (US) Armed Forces Veteran, and You just found an empty parking space which is reserved for US Armed Forces Veterans.

MITIGATING FACTOR:
Hopefully, You do-well in that job interview, and get that new job, because You along with thousands of Fellow US Armed Forces Veterans (including many Disabled US Armed Forces Veterans), have lost-your-jobs thanks to the John Birch Society-Libertarians along with The Dark Enlightenment DOGE-Led US whose desire is to Privatize ALL Government Agencies (including US Armed Forces, Firefighters and Law Enforcement), replacing Humans with Artificial Intelligence, Cyborgs, Robotics and Transhumanism.

02/28/2025

National Training Center (NTC) - Fort Irwin, California
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02/27/2025

“THANK YOU FOR THE SACRIFICE”

“THE GOOD NEWS”:
In a near-full-parking-lot, there is a parking space reserved just for Folks as You.

THE BAD NEWS”:
There will be many more available open-parking-spaces soon, because thousands of US Armed Forces Veterans (including many Disabled US Armed Forces Veterans), have lost-your-jobs thanks to the John Birch Society-Libertarians along with The Dark Enlightenment DOGE-Led US whose desire is to Privatize ALL Government Agencies (including US Armed Forces, Firefighters and Law Enforcement), replacing Humans with Artificial Intelligence, Cyborgs, Robotics and Transhumanism.