Morning Greatness: Obama White Knights for Credibly Accused Scofflaw Rep. Ilhan Omar

 American Greatness   

"There isn’t enough space to list all the ways in which Obama has “selectively target[ed] individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.” Maybe he can sponsor Ilhan Omar and her family for citizenship."

. . . "Former President Barack Hussein Obama has stepped in on X to defend his comrade Ilhan Omar from unjust attacks by a weaponized Trump Administration. “It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say.”

"And he continued to explain, “The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president.”

""Full weight of the government, eh? The Obama machine and his deep state vultures relentlessly attacked elected official President Donald J. Trump with witch hunts, hearings and investigations. They abused the FISA process, spied on his campaign, and planted lies in the media that were used to “justify” further government overreach. During the four years of the “Biden” administration, the Obama machine sent storm troopers to Trump’s private residence complete with pre-arranged media coverage, staged evidence for photo ops and ransacked his wife and child’s private belongings. His operation worked with disgruntled characters to file civil suits against the president and changed the law to prosecute Trump for manufactured crimes in New York. Obama’s henchmen had a television producer create a prime time broadcast spectacle of a “hearing” for the J6 protest on the taxpayer dime. Don’t get me started on what they did to the J6ers with SWAT raids, debanking, surveillance, financial ruin, lawfare and ritual defamation. Obama’s posse obtained the banking records and personal information from random, blue hair, memaws who bought a Trump hat or donated $10 to the Trump campaign. How could I forget about all the disbarment efforts against every  lawyer who worked with Trump, like the wonderful John Eastman or Jeff Clark who are still fighting that battle today. His friends also spied on senators, congressmen and the media." . . . More.

Remy: Choosin' Texas; Remy is two-steppin' out of California.

Reason  

"Remy has friends in low (tax) places.  Parody of Ella Langley's Choosin' Texas, written and performed by Remy. Mastering and backing vocals by Ben Karlstrom.

Just when I thought he loved our single
Mile of high-speed rail
Our water supply for fires that is
Basically a pail

Doesn't he love our various high taxes?
On income, property, car, and gases?

October 7 on Camera: Evidence They Can’t Ignore

 travelingisrael.com

Reader comment: "I can hear the emotion in your voice as you narrate. I imagine this video was hard to make. Thank you for remembering these people and for telling their stories. We will not forget."

Indiana Dem Offers Hilarious Explanation for Her Sloppy Debate Performance That Went Viral

 RedState 

"Well, there you have it. Yeah, Jaime West was, as you probably suspected, drunk. And, yeah, she'll still never sit down for a frosty Coors Light with anyone who doesn't adhere to her admittedly sloppy brand of politics." 5:40 in this video

 "Indiana Democrat Jaime West has gotten more earned media over the past week than any super-downballot candidate could reasonably dream of getting – and it's all because of a questionable pre-debate action she took to calm her nerves.

"As RedState's Nick Arama reported last week, West – who is running for Fayette County Council, District 4 in Indiana – went viral after giving a candidate-forum performance that was, shall we say, a tad difficult to forget.

"When asked what decision she might make that might be unpopular with her constituents but would be in the best interests of the country, West responded, “Firing all Republicans!” She went on to say she doesn’t actually talk to Republicans because she doesn’t like them, declared that MAGA voters are “racist” individuals who “aren’t very intelligent at all,” and then topped things off with a final, emphatic message for voters:

“'We have guns too.” . . .

Nation Of France Films Massive Campaign Ad For Republicans

 

Presumptuous Politics

Babylon Bee parody  

"PARIS — The nation of France has thrown its support behind the American conservative movement, graciously spending the past week filming a massive campaign ad for the Republican Party.

With midterms just over two weeks away, the entire nation of France took it upon itself to film a sprawling attack ad, demonstrating with incredible realism the dangers of voting Democrat.

"Wow. Thanks, France," said Republican Senate candidate Jon Husted. "This must have cost billions of dollars to film. We really didn't expect this level of support from the French. Honestly, you didn't have to go so far as burning down actual historic buildings, but we appreciate the commitment to showing the consequences of Democrat policy. It's an incredibly effective ad you guys made."

The French, for their part, stated that they were more than happy to see their country burned down to help the Republicans' chances. "Yes, it has caused untold financial damage, and we have lost several priceless artifacts, but it is the least we can do," said local man Gerard Dubois. "We have captured so much great footage of what America will become under Democratic control. It is our great pleasure to do this for the Republican Party that we love so much. Au revoir!"

At publishing time, the nation of Italy had announced that it would join France in filming ads for Republicans ahead of the coming midterms."

Not working in our favor"

‘Queen of the bad take’: Greta once again chooses the wrong side

10 Times Abdul El-Sayed Was Absolutely Wacked Out; His extremism is off the charts.

The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

"In a podcast episode this spring, El-Sayed decided to personally attack and mock Second Lady Usha Vance, who was eight months pregnant at the time, and obsess over her children’s race."

AfterMath - Home

"On Monday, the Detroit Free Press endorsed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan’s open Senate seat with the justification that it is his opponent, Mike Rogers, who is the real extremist.

“Everything you’ve heard about Michigan’s U.S. Senate race is true: An extremist is asking voters to send him to Washington, masking an agenda far out of step with Michigan’s mainstream under the pretense of normalcy. If elected, this man would urge America down a dark path, changing the shape of our nation, perhaps irrevocably,” said the Detroit Free Press. “But that man is not Abdul El-Sayed.”

"Of course, anyone — left or right — who examines El-Sayed’s record cannot help but come to the conclusion that this is a man who is wildly to the left of mainstream American politics. (RELATED: Abdul El-Sayed Rewrites the Meaning of ‘Democrat’ in Michigan )

"As for Mike Rogers, the Free Press’s attack on the former Army officer and FBI agent amounts to going after his pro-life position, which the newspaper characterized as a willingness to “deprive Michiganders of essential rights.”

"El-Sayed is so off-the-charts extreme that it is difficult to grasp the full extent of it. This is the man who is the political protégé of antisemitic extraordinaire Linda Sarsour, formerly of the Women’s March. Sarsour, in a comment characteristic of her usual drivel, once said women couldn’t be true feminists if they supported Israel’s right to exist. According to Just the News, Sarsour had an essential role in raising El-Sayed’s political profile when he ran against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2018. (RELATED: The Electoral Integrity Issue Isn’t Israel — It’s Islam)

"Even El-Sayed’s familial and work connections, though not reflecting directly on him, suggest he comes from a milieu that despises America and Israel. His half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, has been charged with committing aggravated battery at an anti-ICE protest. Additionally, Mariam Muhammed Odeh, who worked for his Senate campaign, has been charged with conspiring to threaten University of Michigan officials and law enforcement officers as part of her anti-Israel activism. El-Sayed has also chosen time and again to associate himself with (and even campaign with) Hasan Piker, who famously said America deserved 9/11 — a comment which El-Sayed refused to condemn. Earlier this month, Piker also said he believes “America conducts more terrorism in the world than al-Qaeda.” (RELATED: Hasan Piker and the Democrats Who Embrace His Violent Rhetoric)

"The Detroit Free Press, which asserts that calling El-Sayed “dangerous” is “a descriptor laden with racist subtext,” would likely say it is racist to note the milieu to which El-Sayed belongs. It is nevertheless a warning sign that accompanies a long record of extreme, wacked-out comments. I’ll present just 10 of those comments that show the Detroit Free Press’ idiocy in endorsing him." . . .More.

“We Will Use Your Democracy to Destroy Your Democracy”

"How America’s freedoms have been subverted and weaponized against us - where is the line between principles and self-preservation?"

Yuri Bezmenov and Hector Herrera

“A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen: but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property & all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.” Thomas Jefferson

Years before ISIS existed, the Islamist cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed reportedly told journalist Patrick Goodenough something that seems to be willfully ignored by the vast majority of people in the West:

"“We will use your democracy to destroy your democracy.”

"In one sentence, Bakri identified the vulnerability at the heart of a free society.

"Islamism treats Islam not merely as a religious belief, but as a governing political order. Some Islamist movements have been remarkably candid about their rejection of liberalism and their ambition to replace it.

"Bakri’s remark is interesting precisely because it removes the comforting assumption of reciprocity. A western liberal hears “freedom of speech” and thinks of a principle. Someone like Bakri hears “freedom of speech” and thinks of a vulnerability in the enemy.  The western liberal assumes that we are all playing the same game, disagreeing perhaps viciously over policy, interpretation and the application of the rules, but accepting the basic constitutional framework within which our opponents retain their rights if we win.

"The revolutionary may have no such intention. He can believe in our freedom instrumentally. He can use free speech without believing that free speech should survive his victory. He can use freedom of religion while believing apostasy should eventually be punished. He can use democratic elections while regarding democracy merely as the vehicle by which democracy can be brought to an end.

"This is not a new problem. What may be new is our reluctance—or hubris—to admit that anyone, especially our enemies, thinks this way." . . . More.

Same red-green network that boosted anti-Israel protests in US at center of French unrest, riots | Just The News

Media Still Reports on French ‘Student Protests’ but It’s Clearly a Red-Green Alliance Revolution – Discern Report

The Riots In France Are A Warning For America

"What that will look like in America we have yet to see in full. But if you want to get a rough idea, look at the riots in France. If we don’t put an end to Muslim immigration, that’s what our future holds." . . .

. . . "Among the “protesters,” we don’t see a broad cross-section of French society but overwhelmingly nonwhite males, immigrants and the children of immigrants. The barricades are being raised largely by Muslim youth of North African and Middle Eastern descent. Outside many schools, students weren’t chanting about funding cuts or classroom conditions, they were chanting “we are antifascists” and other such slogans. In Marseille, rioters flew the flag of Algeria and Hamas, not the tricolor. It was the same at a number of high schools that saw rioting." . . .

Every Position Inside a 5-Man Panther Tank Ranked From Safest to Deadliest

Inside the Steel

"Inside the Steel goes inside the tanks of the Second World War to tell the part of the story most histories skip: what daily life was actually like for the men sealed inside them. How they ate with shells stacked around their knees. How they slept in shifts under the hull. How they stayed warm, stayed sane, and got out when the armour finally failed.

"Every episode is built from crew memoirs, veteran interviews, after-action reports and period technical manuals, then told as one continuous story rather than a list of facts. Some moments are dramatised to bring those accounts to life, but the machines, the conditions and the events come from the historical record. "If you want to know what the war felt like from three feet behind the armour, subscribe — new documentaries are posted regularly.

"Inside the Steel examines the design and ergonomics of the World War II German Panther tank. By analyzing wartime crew manuals, engineering reports, and hull layouts, this investigation reveals how internal placement and specialized roles determined the survival odds for each of the five crew members during combat operations."

 More.

Why German Engineers Were Stunned After Testing a Captured Sherman   "In the spring of 1943, German engineers took apart a captured American Sherman tank at the secret Kummersdorf proving ground south of Berlin.

"They measured. They tested. They documented. And what they found inside that tank did not make them laugh. "It made them quiet. "This is the story of what they discovered in War Daddy 2 — and why, two years later, Albert Speer kept their report in his pocket as the artillery closed in on Berlin. 00:00 The tank that arrived at Kummersdorf 11:40 The engine that started the first time 23:20 The transmission that hummed 34:10 The stabilizer the Germans could not build 47:50 The verdict that Germany already knew

Rome's final reckoning in Judea, the Sicarii of Masada and the end of the Jewish revolt

 History Time   

"Masada's last stand, how a desert fortress became a symbol that still divides the world

"When Rome finally breached the walls of Masada, they found not victory but silence, and a story that would echo across centuries. From the ashes of the Great Jewish Revolt rose a legend that shaped Judaism, Christianity, and the identity of a modern nation."

 More.

  

UPDATE: Masada: 10 Facts You Should Know - Chabad.org    

Masada (מְצָדָה), an ancient fortress atop a high plateau in the Judean Desert, was the site of the last remaining stronghold of Jewish forces during their 1st-century revolt against the Romans. Masada is currently one of the most popular tourist attractions in Israel. Read on for 10 facts about this iconic historical landmark.

Alberta Votes on Leaving Canada; Separatist Movement Likely to Outlast Expected Defeat

 U.S. News  

"Partly to address the grievances that have driven separatist sentiment in Alberta, Carney has overturned some environmental policies and supported a proposed oil pipeline that would increase Alberta's exports to Asia."

"Oil-rich Alberta holds a nonbinding referendum on Monday on ⁠whether ⁠the western province should secede from Canada, a debate ⁠many believe will not be settled by what is widely expected to be a defeat for the separatist cause.

"Polls ​have consistently shown that a majority of Alberta voters oppose splitting from Canada. Economic grievances have fueled the independence campaign in the province, which is home to 5 million people and ‌slightly smaller than Texas despite having one-sixth the ‌population.

"The Alberta separatist movement adds to the pressures on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has made defending Canada's sovereignty a central mission as he confronts US tariffs and ⁠President Donald Trump's repeated ⁠calls for Canada to become the 51st state.

"Many Alberta separatists believe the Liberal Party-led federal government ​in Ottawa has constrained the Conservative-governed province's oil industry through environmental policies, and that Alberta, the country's energy heartland, contributes more to Canada's economy than it receives in return.

""Canada has an imbalanced system which feeds the central population and government at the expense of the outlying producing provinces such as Alberta," said Cory Morgan, founder of a pro-separation advertising organization called Pathway to Independence.

"Carney, ​who grew up in Alberta, spent much of the past week campaigning for the "stay" side, urging supporters to vote and appealing to national pride.

"Polls are ⁠scheduled ⁠to close at 8 p.m. MDT ⁠on Monday (0200 GMT on Tuesday) with ​results published as they arrive. 

"An Angus Reid poll released Friday showed 66% of Albertans plan to vote to remain in Canada, but three in five believe "there ​will never be an end to the separatist ⁠movement" in the province." . . . More.

Do Quebec sovereigntists compare to Alberta separatists? | CBC News

. . ."The two, along with lawyer Keith Wilson, lamented that Quebec’s quest for independence is seen as legitimate while they say Alberta separatists are sneered at.

"During a visit to Calgary last year, St-Pierre Plamondon said he would recognize an independent Alberta should the province vote to separate. Rath said he met with the PQ leader during that visit.

"But while they believe in the democratic process of a referendum, many Quebec sovereigntists do not identify with the Alberta separatists.

"Former PQ leader Jean-François Lisée did not mince words when asked about Monday’s referendum. 

"'It's mostly a waste because defeat is certain," he said. “There's really nothing much to gain from watching the Alberta independence movement, except maybe negative lessons."

"It’s a feeling shared by other sovereigntists." . . .

Highlights of the week

 Don Surber

ITEM 1: On Wednesday, a judge said President Trump violated the First and Fifth amendments in kicking CNN, Politico and MS NOW out of the White House.

"Also on Wednesday, MS NOW reported FBI Director Kash Patel was in Russia for a secret meeting. He was at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, 5,000 miles from Moscow. Missed it by this much.

"ITEM 2: Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan is running for the Senate. She tweeted, “My Ojibwe name is Gizhiiwewidamookwe, which means ‘Speaks in a Loud and Clear Voice Woman.’”

"I can see why she shortened it to Peggy.

"ITEM 3: ABC tweeted, “After years of political back-and-forth and several violent mishaps in Central Park, including one where a tourist lost their life in the summer, New York City is set to ban horse-drawn carriages in less than two years, officials announced Tuesday.”

"Illegal aliens continue to kill people but New York remains a sanctuary city. Maybe we can get Jose and Mohammed to pull tourists around Central Park in rickshaws." . . .

ITEM 21: AOC said, “Public colleges should be tuition free. They [Trump administrators] are attacking women’s ability to get an education! They don’t want women to go to college!”

"She said this while campaigning for Allahu Akbar El-Sayed who supports terrorists who don’t believe in sending girls to school."

After-Tax Take Home Income Is Still Up $2,000 Under Trump

 Unleash Prosperity  "Yesterday’s September inflation report checked in at 3.7% year-over-year, driven by higher prices at the pump. That makes six months in a row that the inflation rate has been not just higher than Fed target of 2%, but high enough to outpace wages.

"But wait. Those are before-tax incomes. If we adjust for the Trump tax cuts, most middle-income families still have rising real purchasing power.

"At this stage of the Biden presidency real wages were down nearly 5%.