107 SECONDS TO PARADISE

 Ann Coulter

"The Democrats’ problem is that their base and the media (also their base) are insane. About a third of their voters are of the “no English” or face-tattoo variety. At some point, nearly every Democrat is forced to do something repellant to normal people to impress their cretinous voters."

The Z Man

"With Zorhan Mamdani sailing toward victory in New York City’s mayoral race, I’m reminded that I still haven’t reviewed Kamala Harris’ book “107 Days” long after the raw excitement of her book tour.

"I’ve read the entire book, except for the part after the title. Her thesis is that the only reason she lost to Donald Trump is because of the brevity of her campaign. Yes, if only voters had seen more of her!

"In fact, Kamala lost because she’s a callow, arrogant imbecile with zero judgment, Cro-Magnon-like stupidity, entirely unwarranted regal arrogance and a gobsmacking difficulty speaking simple English. Even 107 seconds might have been too much exposure to that.

"Mamdani’s runaway popularity disproves her thesis but confirms mine, which is that the less time a Democrat is in the public eye, the better off he is, whereas the more time a Republican is in the public eye, the better off he is.

"Andrew Cuomo thought he was nailing Mamdani at the last mayoral debate, when he said, “You wouldn’t even know how to kill a bunch of nursing home residents with COVID!” Wait, no — that’s not what he said. He said:

"“You have never had a job. You’ve never accomplished anything. There’s no reason to believe you have any merit or qualification for 8.5 million lives. You don’t know how to run a government, you don’t know how to handle an emergency,” and so on.

"Yes, exactly. That’s why the betting markets currently give Mamdani better odds of being the Democrats’ 2028 presidential nominee than Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado or Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey, among others.

"On the other hand, actually becoming mayor is about to blow any chance Mamdani had of securing the nomination. Ideally, people would vote electronically the moment after Democrats settle on a candidate, before any questions can be asked. (Kamala seems nice.) That’s why liberals keep moving up the date of early voting." . . .

‘Activists from elsewhere’: Chancellor says Iran-linked agitators fuel protests

 Fox News

"The chancellor of Syracuse University revealed his belief that pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protests were encouraged and potentially orchestrated by Iran while speaking on a panel this week in Washington, D.C. 

"Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke on a panel Tuesday alongside the chancellors from Vanderbilt and Washington University in St. Louis and described the protest activity that took place on his college campus as well as other universities across the country. 

""When things happened that I really believe were encouraged from Iran," Syverud explained to the audience. "[The protests] did not have the involvement of very many, if any, of our own students."

"Syracuse’s top official also discussed the difficulty of holding individuals, including students, accountable because of the use of face masks or coverings intentionally used to shield identity. 

" 'People were using masks to avoid accountability for what they were saying and doing," Syverud added, noting that people in masks could have been "activists from elsewhere."

Anti-Israel agitator sentenced for hate crimes against Jewish protesters

Erased But Not Forgotten: Vandals Destroy Milan Mural Honoring Shiri Bibas and Her Sons in Chilling Antisemitic Attack  

. . . "The attack on Palombo’s mural is more than vandalism. It is a warning — that Europe’s oldest hatred, once thought to have been consigned to history, is again defacing its walls and consciences. The attempt to erase the face of Shiri Bibas is an attempt to erase accountability, to efface the line between victim and aggressor.

"Yet amid the desecration, one truth endures: remembrance cannot be destroyed. As long as artists like Palombo continue to paint, and as long as free societies refuse to look away, the erased face of Shiri Bibas will remain not a void but a mirror — reflecting what the civilized world must never forget."

New York’s Deal with the Devil

 

Mamdani

Here’s where big Wall Street firms are moving as NYC looks poised to elect a socialist mayor   "As Wall Street faces the prospect of left-wing firebrand Zohran Mamdani becoming the city’s next mayor, a fast-growing business hub down south is beckoning.

"Dallas — whose grab bag of major business moguls has included Ross Perot, Mark Cuban and Jerry Jones — has more recently become a major draw for big financial firms that were born and raised in the Big Apple.

"Goldman Sachs is building an 800,000-square-foot, $500 million campus in Dallas. It’s set to open in 2028 and consolidate over 5,000 employees. Last year, the mega bank hired Robert Kaplan, the former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, as its vice chairman." . . .

New York’s Deal with the Devil    "New York is poised to make its own Faustian bargain—selling its soul for “free” perks and socialist promises that will cost the city far more than it can ever afford to pay." 

. . . "Socialism, communism, Marxism, and leftism—whatever you call it—are fantastical, millenarian ideologies. It promises that which cannot be achieved and replaces religion, faith, and constant striving with shallow earthly comforts. In the end, of course, it delivers nothing of the sort. Indeed, in the end, it is far more likely to deliver hell on earth than anything remotely approximating paradise." . . .

Idiot Media Ignore 40 Years Of History To Pretend Trump Attacks On Cartels Are Unprecedented

The Federalist   

"So other than infantry assaults and shooting down planes and embedding Special Forces soldiers with Latin American militaries in a few hundred armed raids over the course of five-plus decades, it’s a shocking break with American political norms to use lethal force against the cartels. No one else has ever done it before, except for literally every single other president."

"The Trump administration is using lethal strikes against drug cartel boats in the Caribbean, and — as always — journalists are quite confident that nothing like this has ever happened before. He’s murdering drugrunners, executing them without due process, in an unprecedented use of military force! I could show you a dozen recent examples of this argument, but — as always — the dumbest, laziest example could come from just one source." . . .

Full article here...

Why Do Media Think Democrats Are Worth Cheating For? 

"There are no ideologues in the West like those who pose as objective reporters and editors. At times some have internal struggles with the real journalist within. But the propagandist always wins."

 "It would be helpful to voters to know that a “whistleblower” says ABC rigged last week’s debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. But outside of conservative media, it’s being largely ignored, because the legacy press covers its own and as zealously as it does the Democratic Party. Whether the claims are true or not – the existence of the whistleblower remains unconfirmed – the mainstream media’s loyalty to Democrats is uncomfortably similar to the relationship Pravda had with the Central Committee of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party.

" 'To quickly recap, the unnamed whistleblower said ABC agreed to fact-check Trump while ensuring “Harris would not face comparable scrutiny.” The plan was so detailed that “various people were assigned to fact check observations it was perceived candidate Trump would make during the debate.”

“ 'In fact,” says the whistleblower, the “Harris campaign required assurances that Donald Trump would be fact-checked.”

"These agreements were reached on calls that the Trump campaign was not a part of although all discussions regarding the rules and negotiations were supposed to include both sides.

"The affidavit also says Harris was provided with sample questions that, while not the exact questions that would be asked, nevertheless “covered similar topics that would appear during the debate.”

"There were also issues that could not be raised – Joe Biden’s health; Harris’ performance as San Francisco’s district attorney; her brother-in-law and “key campaign adviser” Tony West, who allegedly “fleeced taxpayers for billions to give to left-wing groups and lawyers” – since they would reflect poorly on Harris.

“ 'I have observed a pronounced bias against Donald Trump within ABC News,” the affiant continues, while also noting “many” ABC employees “questioned the clear bias that is well known throughout the company.”

"The network denies the charges, which is expected. It’s not going to issue a statement that says, “Yeah, you caught us, we cheated for the Democrats.”

Speaking of Gavin Newsom...

 Poll of California Voters Reveals Headspinning Contradictions – but They're Clear About Gavin Newsom

"A new Fox News poll of California voters will leave you scratching your head and thinking, “Is there something in the water out there?” The results make little sense, are contradictory, and show an electorate that does a lot more “feeling” than “thinking.' ” . . .

"Take, for example, Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom. Unbelievably, 55 percent of those surveyed approved of his job performance despite the state being a laughingstock to the rest of the country, with many residents fleeing as fast as they can.

"So you might think that looks good for the elegantly coiffed governor – but wait: Fifty-four percent say Newsom should not run for president in 2028. Make it make sense! 

"Proving, however, that there are still some functioning brain cells on the left coast, a whopping 68 percent are smart enough to know that Kamala Harris shouldn’t run again for the top job." . . .

The schizophrenic voters were not done, of course. They mostly panned Trump and his policies, but it doesn’t seem as if they’re all that thrilled with how California is going either. To wit, 62 percent have a negative view of the state’s economy, only 17 percent felt that they were “getting ahead” financially, 84 percent consider the cost of living where they live as “unaffordable,” and 80 percent consider crime to be “a problem.”  And yet they approve of Newsom’s job performance. Absolute insanity.

Nov 4th: Chain reaction: California's big gerrymandering bill prompts red states to gerrymander back

 Monica Showalter

. . . "That means the lumberjacks and rice farmers of Northern California will see their congressional representation dictated by the hot-tub psychobabble flakes of Marin County, California, who are much more populous than the rural northerners. The northerners' existence will be solely to secure a congressional seat for a leftist from Marin, and it won't matter how they vote now because the fix in. Any interests they may have in lowering taxes, or keeping boys out of girls' locker rooms, or ending greenie regulations will fall on deaf ears.

"Millions of Californians will be disenfranchised purposefully if Prop 50 passes.

"If you vote for this scheme, you are not the good guy in this story. pic.twitter.com/HoMZaQID9p

— OC Republicans (@OCGOP) November 4, 2025

 . . ." Expect the secession movement to join Idaho and western Oregon flare up again. For them, it's the new era of unresponsive government. As Democrat frontrunner for governor, Katie Porter said earlier, she doesn't need votes from Trumpers to win office, so she won't bother trying to get them.

"Meanwhile, down south, the back boonies of San Diego will lose their able and popular representation in Rep. Daryl Issa in favor of the thirty-something leftist grandson of a Black September terrorist mastermind -- one of the monsters who executed the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre -- whom he has yet to denounce; a man he has called 'a legend.' It's already been decided.

"That's all because he's the live-in boyfriend of radical left-wing Rep. Sara Jacobs, who has a lot of inherited money, and no significant work experience other than her seat in Congress. She hangs with 'the squad' and you can bet he will, too.

"Neither of this pair has any interest, or ties, to the districts they purportedly represent, and in fact, both have flitted around seeking different offices in different districts until Jacobs found one that stuck -- in my own district, which is already gerrymandered, independent commission or not." . . .

Replacing the gerontocracy with an infantocracy

Don Surber; Substack  

"Taking Congress next year will make it worse for Democrats because it will put Jeffries in charge of the House—a child who cannot take a meme of him in a sombrero. My point is simple. The gerontocracy is a problem for Democrats. An infantocracy is an existential threat."

"New York magazine decided that maybe the problem Democrats have is their congressmen and senators are too darned old. The party needs a new wave of young people who will save the United States from being great again.

"The trouble with going younger is the infantilism of the replacements. Say what you may about Nancy Pelosi, she plays hardball. Hakeem Jeffries cannot play T-ball because the sombrero keeps getting in the way. It’s so unfair.

"Rebecca Traister of New York magazine wrote:

Last year’s election debacle, rooted in the rapid decline of the then-81-year-old Joe Biden, took a heavy toll on New Hampshire congresswoman Annie Kuster. “It was the most painful thing I’ve been through since my own parents aging,” she said of her up-close experiences with the former president. “Nobody wants to face incapacity.” It forced Kuster to look hard at her party. Months before the fateful presidential debate that exposed Biden’s frailty, Kuster, at a mere 68 years old, announced her retirement, having served in Congress for 12 years after turning a red seat reliably blue. Though fit and healthy, she was feeling her age on some issues. “We were dealing with AI, cryptocurrency,” she said of her work on the Energy and Commerce Committee. “I am not the person best situated to be dealing with these issues. I did my best to learn, but it’s just time for us to move over.”

"You might say this term is Kuster’s last stand.

"She told Traister, “People keep asking, ‘What’s wrong with the Democrat Party? What’s the right message?’ They act like there are magic words. And it’s like, it’s not a question of just getting the right words. It’s that we are too freaking old.”

"Democrats did not complain about a gerontocracy when Biden was president. Now, well, they are trying to go young. That makes sense, except look at who they are bringing up—overeducated people with no visible means of support." . . .

Jewish FDNY commissioner hands in resignation — morning after anti-Israel Zohran Mamdani elected mayor

 NY Post   

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

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"New York City’s Jewish fire commissioner Robert Tucker handed in his resignation first thing Wednesday — just one day after anti-Israel Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was elected, The Post has learned.

"Tucker, a Jewish philanthropist and businessman, will step down from the role he has held for just over 12 months on Dec. 19, sources said.

"He will go back to running the private security firm, T&M, which he headed before joining Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, the sources added." . . .

". . . "He’s also been involved in various charitable endeavors, including serving as secretary of the FDNY Foundation, and has received honors from the New York Board of Rabbis and Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City.

"His Jewish faith was clear when his father held a copy of the Tanach – the Hebrew bible – for his swearing in, according to the Jewish News Syndicate. It was the same bible that was reportedly used for his bar mitzvah." . . .

Mamdani winning in NY means antisemitism can win elections, would impact Jews globally    "Every Jew across the world has been following New York City’s mayoral election, although it may be far away from where they live. By early Wednesday morning Israel time, we will probably know who won this mayoral race held on Tuesday, with results expected soon after polls close in the US.

"According to The Jerusalem Post’s election-day brief, “Mamdani, Cuomo, and Sliwa face off as New York City polls open,” and “the city’s Jewish community has been divided in its support of Mamdani.”

"Regardless of whether Mamdani wins, this election period in New York has caught the attention not only of the Jewish world but of the world at large. Its effects will be felt far beyond New York City.

"Mamdani has been called a “raging antisemite, a terrorist sympathizer, an ardent socialist, and a polarizing figure” – language that reflects why the campaign has become a global story.

"Mamdani’s own words have amplified concerns. In a 2021 clip resurfaced in the Post coverage, he said co-founding Bowdoin’s SJP chapter and anti-Israel BDS activism were the “crux of the reason” he joined the Democratic Socialists of America." . . .

. . . "If he wins, this is a clear message for the Democratic Party: Antisemites can lead; they are no longer in the margins. This means that being a supporter of a boycott of Israel – not just West Bank goods but also sovereign Israel – is normal.

"This means that globalizing the intifada, as he calls it, is a relevant call for destroying the only Jewish state in the world, while dozens of Arab and Muslim states already exist.

"Mamdani, though, created a counter-effect and united most of the Jewish community – including Reform Jews and Orthodox Jews, young and old – around this cause. Unfortunately, we needed a Mamdani to make that happen." . . .

Linda Sarsour: Mamdani's biggest financial backer is Council on American–Islamic Relations  

"Pro-Mamdani super PAC New Yorkers for Lower Costs “took $100,000 from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Unity and Justice Fund, an organization whose leader said that he was, quote, ‘happy about October 7th,’” he said in October, according to Politico."

Mamdani Poses 'Clear and Immediate Threat' to NYC's Jews

   "There is a clear and immediate threat to Jewish institutions and synagogues, most of which are secured by the New York Police Department," Akunis said. "These include those that have been targeted by these demonstrators in the past."

New York Will Learn of the Greatest of All Tyrannies

 

Rich Terrell

And now it’s ‘Overreaction Wednesday’ 

. . . "So we have an unapologetic Democrat socialist, or so he said last night before happy supporters.  At least he is honest about it!  Let’s see how Mamdani’s socialism works out.  It certainly has not worked well everywhere else.  It destroyed Cuba, and I know a little bit about that.  So good luck New York City.  I guess there is always Florida, if you get sour with the charming Democrat socialist.

"Over in Virginia, I was surprised that AG Jason Miyares lost his reelection to a man who fantasizes about killing opponents and their families.  That’s shocking to me.  Over in New Jersey, the polls were wrong again, because the Democrats won by double digits.  At the same time, nobody outside of Virginia or New Jersey is going to remember much about last night.

"Mayor-elect Mamdani is a different story.  He will become the face and the inspiration of a new Democrat party.  How is that going to work out?  Not well, and no one is happier than GOP candidates running in 2026."  Silvio Canto, Jr.

 Bill Maher 'warns' that Mamdani will get Republicans elected everywhere else

"Bill Maher on Zohran Mamdani: "He definitely has the power and influence to elect JD Vance, or whoever is the Republican candidate next time. It is a walking commercial for the Republican Party nationally.' "

New York Will Learn of the Greatest of All Tyrannies – RedState . . .

"We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about." Genuinely one of the most horrifying quotes I've ever heard from a politician.

. . . "To quote Ronald Reagan, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help.”

"The reason the words are so terrifying is self-evident. Wherever government is involved, inefficiency, corruption, and incompetence follow. It's as sure as death and taxes. That basic bit of knowledge is one of the key reasons so many people are planning to flee New York as I write this. 

"By the way, Texas is full. 

"But I can't put it any better than C.S. Lewis did, who has warned the Western world about people just like Mamdani, and I think his words should be repeated again, and again, and again: 

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. 

"Mamdani is exactly who Lewis was talking about. " . . . 

Will anyone rescue New York City from its dark destiny this time?

 The voices of young college-aged women cheering Mamdani's about his plans for New York's economy and police forces sound to me like the same ones I hear cheering Hamas's murdering of Israeli families, cooking infants alive in Jewish kitchen ovens, and making keffiyeh - muffled shouts of "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!" on American campuses. Being economically ignorant as is the childlike Zohran, they are all a complement with the likes of Jasmine Crockett, AOC,and most of those sitting to the right of the person giving the SOTU and can be spotted wearing matching (Usually white) outfits and flashing paddle signs.  The Tunnel Dweller

Will anyone rescue New York City from its dark destiny this time?   ..."Remember President Ford’s “Drop Dead” retort?

"Faced with New York City’s looming insolvency, New York State Governor Hugh Carey—an old school Democrat—recruited Felix Rohatyn, the distinguished, august senior partner at the largest investment banking house in both the city and the world, Lazard Freres. Rohatyn was an exquisite financial wizard, navigating, negotiating, and delivering complex financial deals—profitable, innovative, and durable.

"Felix Rohatyn might have been the most trusted and respected financial titan since the likes of J.P. Morgan and Andrew Mellon.

"Governor Carey, with Rohatyn, formed the Municipal Finance Corp. and the New York State Financial Control Board, which commandeered operational and financial control of New York City.

"Carey championed massive loan guarantees from New York and engineered state legislation to enact sweeping tax cuts and regulatory reforms that jump-started New York state’s economy. This provided the confidence and trust enabling Rohatyn to not only refinance New York City’s debt, but to convince President Ford to shelve his “Drop-dead” posture towards New York City. Ford signed the New York City Seasonal Financing Act, through which the city secured some $2 billion in direct loans and additional loan guarantees.

"So, here we are, fifty years later, with 33-year-old communist, antisemite, and Islamic terrorist sympathizer Zohran Mamdani, who knows nothing—zero, zilch about finance or governance in any public space or the private sphere—on the cusp of being elected Mayor of New York City.

"Mamdani’s communist manifesto for New York City, calling for higher taxes, wealth redistribution, rent control, free food, free health care, free transportation, and more, including dismantling the NYPD and FDNY, will not only defy gravity but will also make the city uninhabitable.

"Hugh Carey and Felix Rohatyn clones don’t exist. New York City’s dark destiny, which won’t be confined to the five boroughs, is a hellscape about to unfold and descend upon the greatest metropolis the world has ever seen." . . . 

New York City Has Fallen, Socialist Mamdani Elected Mayor    "The capital of American capitalism, a longtime beacon of prosperity, opportunity, and innovation, has just elected its first openly socialist mayor. He has pledged to punish the wealthy, crack down on landlords, freeze rents, open city-run grocery stores, make public transit free, and tackle the city's crime through “mental health services,” whatever that may entail. Mamdani will also be the city’s first Muslim mayor."

"What this moment makes clear is that Republicans must seriously re-engage in the debate between free markets and socialism, more vigorously than ever before. That means advancing economic plans that demonstrate the power, effectiveness, and fairness of the free market, not just more tax cuts. Republicans have too often lost the rhetorical battle over economic systems. For too long, capitalism has been equated with maintaining the status quo; it must now stand for something greater amid the growing discontent in America’s cities. Let’s restore the honor and dignity of work, revive the American work ethic, and reduce our dependence on government welfare programs and on government itself to solve our problems."