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Leslie Eastman

I am an Environmental Health and Safety Professional, as well as a science/technical writer for a variety of news and professional publications. I have been a citizen activist since 2009, and am one of the co-founders of the San Diego-based group, Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 25, 2018 11 Comments
The last time we reported on ExxonMobil, the Big Oil giant was counter-suing municipalities that had sued iy for suppressing climate change impact data. At the time, the company noted that though these same cities and counties claim that they are seriously threatened by floods and other environmental problems because of “climate change”, they clearly failed to disclose these dire concerns to potential bond investors.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 24, 2018 17 Comments
Anton Yelchin, the “Star Trek” actor who portrayed Ensign Pavel Chekov in the rebooted movie series, died tragically in 2016 when his SUV rolled down his driveway and trapped him against a security gate. His parents have now reached a settlement with the makers of the SUV model Jeep Grand Cherokee.
A confidential settlement between Victor and Irina Yelchin and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, which manufactures the Jeep Grand Cherokee that crushed Yelchin, was filed this week in Los Angeles Superior Court. The details of the settlement were not disclosed.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 20, 2018 26 Comments
During the slaughter at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, several of the Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets acted heroically to save the lives of their classmates.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 20, 2018 49 Comments
During a recent video rant, a Washington, D.C. lawmaker blamed a late-winter snowfall on a famous family of Jewish bankers, accusing them of controlling the climate and creating natural disasters.
Council member Trayon White Sr. apologized for the comments he made in a since-deleted video on his official Facebook page posted Friday morning as snow fell over the capital.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 18, 2018 25 Comments
The recovery operations continue after the collapse of Florida International University pedestrian bridge. As crews labored to lift, cut and dig through 950-tons of debris, the death toll has risen to six people, with 10 more reported as sustaining serious injury. While the causes of the disaster are still being investigated, there is news that cracks in the structure were reported to the state's transportation agency two days before the collapse.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 17, 2018 28 Comments
California isn't just at war with Donald Trump. It is conducting a culture war against several red states in the form of Assembly Bill 1887. The measure prohibits state-funded and state-sponsored travel to Alabama and several other red states Thursday due to laws that could discriminate against the LGBTQ community (e.g., prohibiting adoptions).

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 17, 2018 4 Comments
Thank heavens that the Irish aren't threatened by the cultural appropriation that occurs on March 17th each year. While Americans don their green shirts, drink their green beer, and listening to great music (check's Mike's post for some wonderful songs), I thought it might be a fun idea to focus on the news coming out of Éire.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 17, 2018 12 Comments
Legal Insurrection readers may recall that Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, an illegal immigrant who had been deported numerous times and was a convicted felon, was acquitted of murder by a San Francisco jury in the July, 2015 fatal shooting of Kate Steinle while she was walking along the city's famous pier with her father. The small solace that many of us had after this travesty of justice was that the federal government immediately unsealed an arrest warrant that included violations related to the charges of a felon in possession of a firearm, involuntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon. He was remanded into the custody of the U.S. Marshals to be transported to the Western District of Texas pursuant to the arrest warrant, and remains incarcerated.
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