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Another Broadway quality protest song at L.A. City Council meeting: 'They don’t care about democracy'

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There's something Dickensian in Stacey Segarra-Bohlinger singing her public comments to L.A. City Council. 

She’s like Madame Defarge knitting.

Stacey delivered another Broadway quality protest song at the Los Angeles City Council meeting Jan 24. 

Lyric transcribed below watch her sing it here :

(Video is cued close to 01:34:10 where Stacey's public comment / song begins)

STACEY: [SINGING] 

Number seven under chapter two of the L.A. City Council rules clearly states that you shall hear us speak near the beginning of the meeting.

Nithya* why are you so afraid to do the work for which you're paid?  I hate that for the folks who call in to the meetings they are likely to be prevented from speaking because Council body is only power seeking, they don’t care about democracy.

[Editor’s note, the melody Stacey has improvised to sing these words is Broadway quality, as is her voice, making her appearances at L.A. City Council meetings a highlight, a reason to return to watch next meeting on L.A. City Clerk’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@LACityClerk  ]

STACEY: [STILL SINGING] Kevin DeLeon resign, I haven’t forgotten your crimes, it's just that  Nithya has failed she is complicit as well.  Her promises are only lies she tells when it comes to racism.

[Buzzer sounds speaker’s time expired. End of transcript]

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At this very critical time in American history, we all need to find unprecedented ways to get information out past the censors and controllers.  

And because it's L.A. where half the population has probably at one point been performers of some kind, the City Council should have more artistic expression.

It's tres L.A. 

I love to watch public comments at meetings, in Florida, Michigan, Huntington Beach... Americans are going a weird kind of crazy right now and I'm observing from six thousand feet up on three laptop screens at once, feeling very futuristic. 

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* Nithya is Nithya Raman, current council rep for District Four 

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Related Posts https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/search?q=Stacey+Segarra 

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More to come here at City of Angels Blog, I'm sure. 

Posted by Kay Ebeling from the High Sierras as it's not just L.A., the city of angels is everywhere 

 

Connect on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kay.ebeling 

or Twitter https://twitter.com/CassandraofTro2

-ke   

"I don't know why we're putting stars on sidewalks while there's people dying on them."

Another Zinger from Stacey Segarra-Bohlinger at L.A. City Council mtg Jan 19, re priorities "Item four Walk of Fame. I don't know why we're putting stars on sidewalks while there's people dying on them." (Watch at 38:03 below) Posted by Kay Ebeling

DOD et al predicted mass migration due to climate change for years; several of those reports and articles linked here.

graphic credit BBC Wikipedia

Millions of humans displaced by climate change would cause mass migration, DOD and other agencies have warned for more than a decade, repeating that human displacement could be a serious security risk.  

LINKED BELOW:

Several reports from DOD, security and science experts warning that global warming would cause mass migration, linked below at My Blog today:

Climate change will stir 'unimaginable' refugee crisis, says military

The Guardian 8 years ago

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/dec/01/climate-change-trigger-unimaginable-refugee-crisis-senior-military

Dec 1, 2016 — Climate change is set to cause a refugee crisis of “unimaginable scale”, according to senior military figures, who warn that global warming is ... https://www.theguardian.com/us

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Now the Pentagon tells Bush climate change will destroy us

The Guardian 19 years ago

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver

Feb 21, 2004 — They warn that 8,200 years ago climatic conditions brought widespread crop failure, famine, disease and mass migration of populations that ...

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REPORT on the Impact of Climate Change on Migration

The White House 2021 37 pages

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Report-on-the-Impact-of-Climate-Change-on-Migration.pdf   

This report marks the first time the U.S. Government is officially reporting on the link between climate change and migration. The United Nations High ...

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New climate threats force U.S. to reassess security / migration challenges

Mainstream News November 2021

 

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/us-world-news/2021/11/04/new-climate-threats-force-u-s--to-reassess-security--migration-challenges-

Nov 4, 2021—The report said that migration caused by climate change could exacerbate existing geopolitical tensions, displace millions of people and deepen...

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The Defense Department is worried about climate change – and also a huge carbon emitter

The Conversation and several other outlets June 2019

https://theconversation.com/the-defense-department-is-worried-about-climate-change-and-also-a-huge-carbon-emitter-118017.

Jun 12, 2019 — Scientists and security analysts have warned for more than a decade that global warming is a potential national security concern.

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GAO dot gov  Sept 2022

Climate change poses threats to national security, as effects like rising sea levels and catastrophic storms threaten both military and civilian infrastructure and can even affect migration patterns. 

https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-105830#:~:text=Climate%20change%20poses%20threats%20to,can%20even%20affect%20migration%20patterns.

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Defense Secretary Calls Climate change an Existential Threat

DOD dot gov April 2021

Apr 22, 2021 — "Today, no nation can find lasting security without addressing the climate crisis.” Lloyd J. Austin - As families risk their lives in search of safety and security, mass migration ... DOD Integral to Combating Climate Change in Western Hemisphere.

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Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War

Feb 25, 2019 —New research shows that climate change is spurring conflict, which is driving people to abandon their homelands and seek safety elsewhere.

Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs 46 pages

Tackling the Climate Crisis  https://www.defense.gov/Spotlights/Tackling-the-Climate-Crisis/

The planet's changing climate has a significant effect on Defense Department missions, plans and installations. DOD is elevating climate change as a national security priority, integrating climate considerations into policies, strategies and partner engagements.

DOD dot gov  undated but recent…

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Climate migration is here. Is Biden ready? E&E News Climate wire September 2021

Sep 29, 2021 — Rising temperatures are expected to trigger the mass movement of people this century as food, safety and jobs become more unstable. Earlier this ... https://www.eenews.net/articles/climate-migration-is-here-is-biden-ready/

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Climate May Force Millions to Move and U.S. Isn’t Ready, Report Says– Bloomberg Nov 2018

Nov 23, 2018 — Global warming may push millions of Americans away from the coast, and the U.S. isn't prepared for the consequences of such a mass migration ..

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U.S. Intelligence Officials Warn Climate Change Is a Worldwide Threat

Inside Climate News 2019

Jan 30, 2019 — Their annual assessment says climate hazards such as extreme weather, droughts, floods, wildfires and sea level rise threaten infrastructure, health, and security.

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There are more articles out there, I'm sure, but I want to go outside and play now

As far as I can see and remember, all those warnings have been ignored at least the last ten years.  

-posted by ke

 

 

 

I can't help feeling USA deserves everything that is about to happen to us

With our decades of war crimes, I can't help feeling USA deserves everything that is about to happen to us.  

Since Dems are intimidated into inaction, I'm not really mourning the end of USA. Dems’ timid response to MAGA’s onslaught against democracy shows me that WHOEVER is orchestrating this coup is holding something over the head of every politically active Democrat.  

Except Bernie Sanders.  And Jamie Raskin. And Jasmine Crockett. A few voices try and are buried under the barrage of nonsense from Trump / MAGA. 

Every one of them is scared to take a strong stance, and it can only be because of what news stories will come out next day about them. Glad I'm so poor I've got nothing to lose…

 

 All the way at the end of above clip, Biden says he "understands" the protesters and he's trying to get Israel to decrease the war. I am glad to see all of this 

 Biden re antiwar protesters: "I understand their passion and I've been quietly working with the Israeli government to get them to reduce and significantly get out of Gaza, using all that I can to do it." At 1:10 into this clip after “Look folks”

However, the disinformation attackers are leaving Biden's efforts out of the reports and instead are convincing progressive leftists that Biden is guilty of genocide, period. I think he's doing all he can do. 

I think Netanyahu is demonic, a barbarian, shocking Biden too, and it must make the President frustrated and sad to see Americans, who should see the real threat we are facing, just giving in and believing propaganda stories that are blanketing the nation, destroying USA from within. 

Propaganda created MAGA in 2017; now wonder what wonderful new thing will grow out of propaganda aimed at the Left. 

Yes! The End by The Doors, 11 minutes of it, just what I need during this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXqPNlng6uI

-ke

too late now, should have stopped Fox News in the nineties...

Trump walked out of court just now, got in front of cameras, and started dictating, talking nonstop for several minutes, not taking questions, just holding the gaggle of reporters around him enthralled. He's already our dictator. It's pre-arranged. All we can do is watch...

All he has to do to win ANYTHING coming up is appeal to the Supreme Court, which he owns. It's arranged. All we can do is watch...

AL Jazeera has best coverage of the downfall of USA here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCNeDWCI0vo

-ke