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Old Solar: Venetian Vernacular
There's a reason why they are called Venetian blinds. The weather in Venice requires some heating in winter, shading and ventilation during the summers, and humidity is always a concern in a city...
View ArticleLarry Johnson Will Speak in Los Angeles/Valley (Go!)
On Monday morning, Larry will be a guest on Stephanie Miller's nationally syndicated radio show. Listen online or on a local station that carries Miller's show. On Monday and Tuesday nights, Larry will...
View ArticleVenice Restaurant Giving Charity to "Poor Americans"
How far has American standing in the world fallen during the Bush years? This articleabout an Italian restaurant offering discounts to "poor Americans" suffering from economic woes is more symbolic...
View ArticleFollow the Money: Not Just Oil, CASINOS
We know what's been going on among Israel, Iran, and the United States: Mostly, the US has been playing the stooge for Israeli interests who have a bug up their butts about Iran. With his, "make it...
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DK Greenroots - VENICE is for Lovers . . . of Ecocities & Eye Candy
One stop on my recent trip to Europe was Venice. Visiting my parents (who live in nearby Vicenza) on my way to attend the Ecocity World Summit in Istanbul, I felt like I had arrived in the ultimate...
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Victory is Sweet
Venice, CA, Thursday, June 10, 2010. My home town is still in mourning from the lost of it's favorite son, Dennis Hopper. I saw the freshly painted mural to his life as I went to the polls on Tuesday....
View ArticleThe Venice Co-op
I ran this co-op for awhile. It's gone now. West Los Angeles is less for it being gone.
View ArticleVenice Beach "Everyone is Disappearing"
This was in my INBOX this morning: Subject: Everyone is Disappearing They took Eric while he was changing his battery in his car. Claimed he lived in his car. A few days later they went to 3th Street...
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A Death in Venice
They found Jimmy James dead in his van on Rose Ave in Venice, CA about 10:30am today. Ibrahim said he first noticed something was wrong when he saw the van got a parking ticket on Monday. He said that...
View ArticleBREAKING: Protesters Plan Massive "Day of Wrath" in Egypt Today
UPDATE 11:35am pst It is night time now in Cairo. The protests called by April 6th from their Facebook page [87k likes] and started this morning continue into the night. I have a webcam view of a...
View ArticleThey Should Have Helped That Street Vendor
"2 Million in Alexandria. Almost 3 Million in Cairo. Around half a Million Suez. It's happening." read an Anonymous tweet I received this morning about the massive day of protests in Egypt. I have been...
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Pink Clubhouse.."You may have the universe if I may have Italy." ~ Giuseppe...
On this day in 421 Venice, Italy is born at twelve o'clock noon, according to legend. While there are no historical records that deal directly with the obscure and peripheral[7] origins of Venice,...
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When the Law is wrong It turns the Police into Thugs
Los Angeles Councilman Bill Rosendahl has brought into Venice, CA a special squad of 21 LAPD officers for the expressed purpose of vigorously enforcing LA MC 85.02 which forbids "living" or sleeping...
View ArticleFriday 13th Unlucky for Homeless in Venice
A few days ago the Spirit of Venice sent out this: VENICE CA --As if by some act of cruel fate, on Friday, May 13, 2011, at 3:00 am in the morning - under cover of darkness - LAPD officers rousted...
View ArticleWhere is Constantine the Great’s Tomb?
The fate of the final resting place of one of the most powerful men of the last two thousand years in the west, the emperor god Constantine, has very little documentation as I can find. There are...
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Please help me continue my work with WikiLeaks
It is clear from US government pronouncements since the beginning of the public demonstrations in Syria that the Obama Administration wants the leadership in Syria to survive. Thus begins a political...
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My Achilles Heel
You don't realize how important and delicate your Achilles tendon is until you damage it, which I did on my bicycle just about two weeks ago. It is the largest tendon in the body, it supports all of...
View ArticleMust Read in the Times Today
The Self Destruction of the 1% is a cautionary piece well worth bringing up for wider discussion. (Digby also picked up on it.) The gist of the commentary is that the elites of this country, by...
View ArticleMorning Open Thread - The Pull of Place
Good Morning Kossacks and Welcome to Morning Open Thread (MOT)We're known as the MOTley Crew and you can find us here every morning at 7:00 am Eastern (and perhaps sometimes earlier!). Feel free to...
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