January 11, 2019
Lurene around 2004 Los Angeles


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7 AM
[I know there are errors in typing. I will correct. -- Lurene]


HENRY KISSINGER WITH CHARLIE ROSE; LONG INTERVIEW; SUPERLATIVE; TWO HOURS AND TEN MINUTES;

Link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn8ZvlrnDV4


I value highly the section of interview when Kissinger tries to explain how lifelong residents or hostages or prisoners

of dictatorial/anarchic/communist or fascist regimes escape them, but can't take freedom.

That is, many, now in a liberal democratic nation, are never able to recover intellectually or understand routine

commerce.

I've seen this myself with individuals who arrived in San Francisco after the fall of The Berlin Wall.

In San Francisco, we'd suddenly have neighbors that had a hard time understanding daily commerce and occupations

which had rules and boundaries and transparency in the world. They only knew Black Market Economics.

Some emerged into the new world and believed the Jews engineered and maintained The Holocast, made money

through Adolf Hitler. I am not joking.

Some were healthier, though, too.

I knew exactly when I was seeing, though.

In the 1990s, I would calmly hand my guest his coffee and say, "Oh, no, sweetie. It honestly was Adolf Hitler, Josef

Stalin, Mussolini, Genocide in Europe, Russia, Asia. The Jews did not choose to life in concentration camps...."

I am talking about old Czechoslovakia sometimes, for example. It as not always true, but sometimes was.

Also, in Israel in the late 1980s, many surviving victims of Concentration Camps lived for decades with their

grandkids, but nearly completely demented, insane. Other survivors were able to recover easier, especially kids.

-- Lurene

The interview:

Leonie Sauer
Published on Dec 7, 2017
Henry Kissinger and Graham Allison on the U.S., China, and the Thucydidess Trap  11, 2017 at the Harvard Club of

New York City.
The White House.

İlber Ortaylının Amerikanın ünlü siyaset bilimcisi Henry Kissinger ile Dolmabahçe sarayın da geçen anısı.
Many viewers of last nights PBS Newshour Democratic Debate might be confused by the strange focus on former. --30--

-- lkg, January 10, 2019....photo two years back? I must update the photo.

Just a Start!

.........................

'...I think populations/cultures are half-consciously running like scared squirrels back to the 20th Century in many ways.

I have my personal theories on why large numbers of people would do this without realizing what they are doing, but I should write it on paper, edit it for brevity and then discuss it with others. --  by Lurene, but I left no date for those two ideas. I am simply up late trying to clean up old work....'

(It may have been a Facebook post I sent to Dana, around midnight, December 28, 2017. I think I should try to

make something of the idea, explain it. -- Lurene, Dec. 28 2017

-- lkg, January 10, 2019


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THE 1920s; documentary with Dick Cavett narrator:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO_m0ovgxZU&t=276s

NEW YORK IN THE 1920s; WALTER CRONKITE HOST; 1961 DOCUMENTARY; RUNS 30 MINUTES;

PROBABLY MADE FOR TELEVISION BROADCAST SINCE CRONKITE IS HOSTING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJli7fcy670

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JULY 16 2018 FIND; DOCUMENTARY; RUSSIAN HISTORY; ON YOU TUBE; FROM EPIC HISTORY TV


DOCUMENTARY PARTS ONE THROUGH FIVE; LINK BELOW; HISTORY OF RUSSIA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Wmc8C0Eq0&t=79s

FROM:

Epic History TV
Published on Dec 24, 2016
From Prince Rurik to the Russian Revolution, this is a compilation of the first 5 episodes of Epic History TV's

History of Russia. Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/EpicHistoryTV

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MOSCOW HISTORY DOCUMENTARY

DOCUMENTARY FOCUSED ON MODERN MOSCOW; 45 MINUTES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKMB939sGSw

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There's so much to get through....Happy New Year, Lurene, January 10, 2019   3:30 in morning

IRAN-CONTRA HEARINGS, JULY 1987, WASHINGTON D.C. PHOTO BY LLOYD FRANCIS

This news photo taken by Photojournalist Lloyd Francis in the summer of 1987 from the Iran-Contra Hearings was one of his best, in my opinion. 

Lloyd worked as a photojournalist all over the world, including nine tours of Iraq, I believe.

This photo is about the press in 1980s Washington D.C. The boundaries between the government and the press seemed sharper in 1987. Today, we're too often getting our news from folks who do not even have an AP Stylebook.

It tells us much about the American press and the relationship our free press has with the American government and the American people. 

After the Dot-Com Boom, journalism changed tremendously. Voters in 2016 are nearly waterboarded with "breaking news" all day, all night. We consume too much media, become overwhelmed and consequently, know less.

One can't be bombed with news every day; the voter begins to hear the news like he/she hears traffic outside. 

In 2016, people must be their own news reporters and learn the basic rules of editing. 


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PHOTO BY LURENE TAKEN LATE 1980s, DIAMOND PARK, OAKLAND, CA

Photo by Lurene Helzer, unpublished, late 1980s, Oakland's Diamond Park.

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There is no news story to go with this picture. I was just walking around with my camera, had it loaded with 400 speed black-and-white film. Stumbled into Oakland's Diamond Park, saw this small group in playground.

I post it here today, July 9, 2010, because Oakland saw more rioting lastnight. This photo was not out to predict anything, of course, but with the shadows of chains on man, the grim girl in his lap, the man posed as what seems like a guard in rear, the photo, to me, speaks plenty about the problems of African Americans in Oakland, CA.

Again, this photo was not staged. I just asked if I could snap a photo on that sunny day. I did not see the shadows of chain on man's arms until in darkroom later, developing pic.

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476. "...WE SHOULD JUST GIVE THE FUNDS TO THE ONE HOMELESS PERSON IN EL CERRITO. IT WOULD BE MORE ECONOMICAL.” -- EC councilman Howard Abelson

Published news story by Lurene Kathleen Helzer, partial clip is undated, but probably published after February, 1990, The El Cerrito Journal, “New Development Commission Nixed By Time-Frugal Council”. (Photo of me, 2007)

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This, I hope, is the last entry for these two news blogs, bayarealurene and bayarealureneb. I can concentrate on other areas now, some editing.

I was tempted to finish last week, but decided to throw these last few old news stories in at end. I like this last story because of Mr. Abelson's funny remarks. The Bay Area has lost its tolerance by 2010 for frank local leaders like Abelson, takes itself too seriously today:



With the El Cerrito city staff two to four weeks behind in their work, redevelopment agency members scoffed at the prospect of forming a new commission to help attract developers to the city, saying it would further burden the staff.

Redevelopment agency Executive Director Pat O’Keeffe said an economic development commission would require additional staff and “would cause a significant decrease in my effectiveness.”

Councilman and Redevelopment Agency Chairman Charles Lewis, IV, said Monday night El Cerrito business leaders on the proposed commission could help the agency promote El Cerrito and provide feedback from El Cerrito business leaders.

One of the disadvantages of a commission, according to a staff report released at the meeting, is that the commission’s duties would overlap with duties of existing city departments.

“I hadn’t intended that this would be a mini-planning commission,” said Lewis, who brought up the idea at the February 17 agency meeting. “El Cerrito business leaders are a resource we’re not currently tapping.”

Another point brought up in the report was the current overload of work. The report said the processing time for policy and development plans would be “doubled as a result of staff having to move proposed projects and plans through two policy bodies for decision.”

The report said “some of the projects we have already established are not being given proper attention.”

Councilmember Howard Abelson also criticized the council for contributing to the staff’s overload of work.

At a previous council meeting, staff members were directed to study the city of Richmond’s request for $1,100 toward the Richmond Rescue Mission.

Abelson said at the earlier meeting, “Instead of spending staff time studying the issue, we should just give the funds to the one homeless person in El Cerrito. It would be more economical.”

During an interview Abelson said, “I get the impression that these requests for reports take staff time away from things that are more important to the city. Council members ought to be able to make a few phone calls themselves.”

During the Monday night meeting, Abelson asked City Manager Ronald D. Creagh how much money and time had been spent studying the issue.

Creagh said the study took 10 to 11 hours of staff time, or from three to five hundred dollars to complete.

O’Keeffe and Creagh both refused to comment when asked to give more details on the backlog of work. But Creagh complained at an earlier meeting that he didn’t have time to prepare a report on homelessness.
Lewis and Howe were the only council members who supported the idea of an economic development commission. Most said O’Keeffe was doing a god job and the commission would be a waste of city resources.

The staff surveyed 10 Contra Costa cities in making the report. They found that Concord had a commission similar to what El Cerrito might require.

The Concord commission advises the Redevelopment Agency on redevelopment plans and policies, budget matters, and advises the agency on its potential for participation in redevelopment projects, the report found.

El Cerrito’s Land Use Committee, similar to what an Economic Development Commission would be, was disbanded after initial redevelopment planning for the city was complete, according to the report. –end--


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475a: San Francisco State, Angela Davis, History of the African-American Woman, 1991

There are so many course notes I've lost. I've never been able to cite them, for this reason. I took course by Angela Davis, who was teaching at SF State around 1991. Ms. Davis is quite famous in her own regard. (Photo by HK, 2006, found on Wikipedia.)

Angela Davis was an American communist in the 1970s, activist on a number of issues. She'd been in trouble with American federal authorities in the 1970s, but was able to prove herself innocent with a team of attorneys. It's a detailed story, but a fascinating one in American history.

So, here she was teaching. I was (and am) not a leftist radical at all, but could not pass up opportunity to hear her views on American history, whatever my disagreements might have been.

The class went well for me, though. Some good history about Black women in the days of American slavery, other subjects. I wanted to learn something about women as they were under American slavery, the days of Jim Crow, and she was able to bring some light to that little-studied subject for us.

What was she like? I remember she relied on reputable scholars and documents, and spoke in moderate tones during lectures. So, I never really knew the radical Angela Davis of lore, of 1972. She was more mature by the early 1990s, spoke only briefly on her experiences of the 1970s.

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475. El Cerrito, Redevelopment, IBEX, 1990

Published news story by Lurene K. Helzer, December 6, 1990, The Journal, “EC moves to obtain IBEX project area; Angered businesses on target site may face legal action”. Only a portion of this clipping is available.

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Photo above, from http://www.opacity.us/ is from interior of abandoned building in Detroit, not El Cerrito. When cities begin redevelopment programs, they are usually trying to avoid growing urban or suburban blight. Once blight's rooted, it's expensive for a city to fight. People leave in droves.



EL CERRITO – The Redevelopment Agency may have to slap lawsuits on some El Cerrito and business property owners to make way for the IBEX project.

“It’s going to hurt my business tremendously. I’ve got a lot of walk-in business here and now I’m going to a place where I’m not even known. It’s going to take time for that walk-in traffic to build up,” complained Shirley Levias, who leases office space for her insurance business at 11722 San Pablo Ave.

Levias said she will move to 12962 San Pablo – and pay rent three times higher than the rent she is now paying.

“They’ve had me on hold for almost two years,” Levias said. “They have given us the month they’re going to tear us down so many times…Do you know what that does to a business?”

The agency passed four resolutions Nov. 25 authorizing the agency’s staff “to acquire the properties and leasehold interests by eminent domain.”

The agency is required in its agreement with IBEX to acquire the site for development.

The four parcels of land which are being acquired through eminent domain are all on San Pablo Avenue, where IBEX Group plans to develop housing and retail shops.

Raphael and Maria Sosa, who ran the former Bert’s Place Bar, Ramillaben and Gidda S. Patel, who own the Bay Bridge Motel, Shirley Levias, who owns the Levias Insurance Agency, Eugene and Vivian Agnitsch of the Silver Dollar Restaurant and Jean Wightman of the Wightman Bookkeeping and Tax Service are all named in the resolutions.

Acquisition and relocation are separate matters, Redevelopment Agency Director Gerald Raycraft said Friday. Addressing the issue in general, he added, “Sometimes being in a redevelopment project area scares people.”

“I think her type of business can relocate in a relatively easy fashion and still maintain contact and continuity with her clients,” said Raycraft.

Levias complained the agency offered her no compensation for the relocation other than moving assistance. But Raycraft said the agency has limits set by law.

“We have to be very careful,” Raycraft said. “If we offer her something that she’s not entitled to, it could be construed as a gift of public funds.”

Another business owner who leases space in the same building as Levias is Jean Wightman.

“In my lifetime, I didn’t want to move this office again,” Wightman said.

But Wightman, who was planning to retire or sell the business within five years, said she would begin moving her office to 12960 San Pablo on Dec. 3.

“I’d just rather not move,” Wightman said.

Although she is satisfied with her new Richmond location, she dreads losing clients and tolerating the inconvenience.

The IBEX Group intends to build 136 apartment units and a 19,000-square-foot retail complex on San Pablo Avenue. The development agreement, signed with the agency in July of this year, requires the agency to adhere to a timetable in delivering the site to IBEX. – end of clipping –