Sunday, November 5, 2023
Barack REFUSES to pick a side: Obama condemns 'horrific' actions of Hamas but says 'what's happening to Palestinians is unbearable' |
A Jewish Political Realignment?
Following the terrorist massacre of Israeli civilians and even before the military response, young woke progressives turned stridently against the Jewish State.
Power Line (powerlineblog.com) "Gaza’s genocidal war against Israel has torn the Democratic Party apart by revealing the anti-Semitic core of its dominant left wing. Axios headlines: “Biden’s 2024 team roiled by Israel-Hamas war.”
Part of President Biden’s political team is in turmoil over the Israel-Hamas war, as some aides see the White House as abetting an immoral attack on Palestinians — while others believe Biden is showing “moral clarity” in protecting Israel from terrorists.
… The strife within the Democratic National Committee (DNC) — which Biden is leaning on for his re-election campaign — reflects larger generational and political divisions among Democrats.
Those divisions are chiefly between older pro-Israel Democrats and younger progressives who are more sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians.
"And are entirely indifferent to mass murder, gang rape and the beheading of infants, where the victims are Jews.
"At the Daily Mail, Alan Dershowitz writes that the relationship between Jews and the Democratic Party has been profoundly altered:
The Hamas atrocities of October 7th have forever fractured any political alliance between centrist and liberal Jews and woke, anti-Israel progressives.
It’s either them or us.
The coalition is at civil war." . . .
Because they will not bear the truth of those who hate Jews and their actions. TD
As the end of daylight saving time looms this year, the U.S. Congress is still hung up on whether to make it permanent.
"When told the reason for Daylight Saving Time, the Old Indian said,
"Only the government would believe that you can cut a foot off the top
of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and get a longer blanket.'
This Saturday, Just Say No To The Clock-Changing Madness: It’s Pointless And Dangerous – Issues & Insights (issuesinsights.com) "This weekend, hundreds of millions of Americans will dutifully set their clocks back one hour, convincing themselves that they’ve “gained” an hour – despite spending at least part of it resetting all their timepieces.
"Americans should instead refuse to play along. Few government mandates combine such utter pointlessness and serious public health harms than the twice-a-year switch on and off Daylight Saving Time. It’s time to end the madness.
"First, despite its label, “Daylight Saving Time” does not save daylight. It doesn’t even save energy. Two studies looked at energy use before and after changes in DST laws. Indiana went on daylight saving time statewide for the first time in 2006, and in 2007 when President George W. Bush’s godawful energy bill started DST three weeks earlier.
"Both found no energy savings. Energy use in Indiana actually went up when it went on DST. So if switching back and forth each year doesn’t save energy, what does it do?
"What is clear is that it is a real public health hazard.
"A study in Health Economics found that “springing forward” causes “the suicide rate to rise by 6.25% and the death rate from suicide and substance abuse combined to increase by 6.59% directly after the time change.”
"Another study published in Sleep Medicine found a significant increase in traffic fatalities on the Monday after the switch to DST, because people are sleep-deprived by having to get up an hour earlier.
"But the study also found that traffic fatalities climbed on the Sunday after everyone “falls back” to standard time. As the researchers noted:" . . .
The Climate is Indeed Changing – Grab a Warm Jacket
The mini-ice age of around 1500 A.D. led to the fall the Ming Dynasty, freezing of the River Thames, and generalized famine. History teaches us that civilizations and humans prosper during warmer periods, and struggle when temperatures drop and kill off food crops.
Brian C. Joondeph - American Thinker "Over the past few years, we have been lectured to by professed scientists to “follow the science,” echoed by the corporate media that often sees financial gain in following particular views of science.
"For example, Pfizer is alleged to sponsor 15 television news shows, a sure fire way to get their version of “the science” (and their products) out to the masses.
"Much of the COVID dogma broadcast by the medical establishment and health authorities turned out to be wrong, from masks and lockdowns to vaccine efficacy and safety. Yet these views could not be challenged without threat of losing one’s employment or licensure, in the case of health care workers. And as time goes by, we learn that much “science” was propaganda.
"People are catching on, perhaps explaining why, “Less than 3% of eligible Americans have gotten the new COVID booster this fall” according to the CDC.
"Or Steve Kirsch’s recent unsettling analysis, “The data is clear and consistent. The COVID vaccine killed 3.5X as many people as the COVID virus.”
"What are other examples of science morphing into propaganda? How about global warming, a.k.a. climate change?" . . .
. . ."Shouldn’t scientists and government agencies be looking forward to how humankind will manage and survive the next cooling period and mini-ice age, not to mention the future glacial period which is on schedule in the next few centuries based on historical precedent?
"Rather than listening to ill-informed progressive legislators or cranky Swedish teenage climate scolds, here is where it would be helpful for government agencies and the media to truly “follow the science.”
. . ."The only “consensus” in climate science is that governments must spend taxpayer dollars and increase centralized power in an ill-fated effort to stop Mother Nature and planetary forces. Any efforts of Al Gore, Bill Gates, King Charles, or Greta Thunberg is mere spitting in the wind of Earth’s billions of years of climate cycles." . . .
. . ."Facts don't care about your feelings on the climate, bro," he added, though he ignores the fact that there are only two biological genders. He also hand-waves away the science that an unborn baby is 100% biologically human the moment it is conceived and believes economics is a "conservative hoax foisted on us by the Illuminati and Ronald Reagan."
"That whole thing is, like, a big conspiracy, man," he said." . . .
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Biden: one state or two?
Biden pushes Mideast leaders to consider two-state solution after Israel-Hamas war ends | PBS NewsHour . . ."The push for a two-state solution — one in which Israel would co-exist with an independent Palestinian state — has eluded U.S. presidents and Middle East diplomats for decades. It’s been put on the back burner since the last American-led effort at peace talks collapsed in 2014 amid disagreements on Israeli settlements, the release of Palestinian prisoners and other issues.
"Palestinian statehood is something that Biden rarely addressed in the early going of his administration. During his visit to the West Bank last year, Biden said the “ground is not ripe” for new attempts to reach a permanent peace even as he reiterated to Palestinians the long-held U.S. support for statehood.
"Now, at a moment of heightened concern that the Israel-Hamas war could spiral into a broader regional conflict, Biden has begun to emphasize that once the bombing and shooting stop, working toward a Palestinian state should no longer be ignored.
"Until recently, Biden had put far more emphasis on what his administration saw as the achievable ambition of normalizing relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors than on restarting peace talks." . . .
However: The Masochist in Chief: Biden, Israel and the Middle East | Israel-Palestine conflict | Al Jazeera
Diversity Is Where Nations Go to Die
'Diversity' is not a virtue; it's morally neutral: A group of five white upper-middle-class liberal NPR-listening women is non-diverse; a group of four white upper-middle-class liberal NPR-listening women plus Sudan's leading clitorectomy practitioner is more diverse but not necessarily the better for it.
Mark Steyn (jewishworldreview.com)
~Forget the Fall of Kabul; America's joke military has moved on to losing the next war:
Naval Academy seeks 'Gender and Sexuality Studies' professor
~No such diversions from strategic priorities at the Hamas Military Academy. Our friend Laura Rosen Cohen is impressed by the sophisticated analysis such as one finds at New York magazine:
Maybe the babies cut their own heads off? https://t.co/sDkM5i58BS
— Laura Rosen Cohen 🪬 🪬 🪬 (@LauraRosenCohen) October 22, 2023
Sad to watch a man self-decapitating in public.
When I get weary of the BBC et al framing this story solely in terms of mawkish sob-sister drivel about the humanitarian toll in Gaza and I pine for more balanced coverage, I turn, of course, to Saudi Arabia's Al Arabiya. Here's the spunky Rasha Nabil showing the West's grisly Hamas suck-ups how to do it. You won't see this on the Beeb:"
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| Tamimi |
"Western leftists fell in love with her. Here’s just a sample of articles over the years from a variety of leftist outlets celebrating the “lioness” of Palestine:". . .
She wrote: "Come on settlers, we will slaughter you. We are waiting for you in all the cities of the West Bank. What Hitler did to you was a picnic. We will drink your blood and eat your skulls." This is the Palestinian version of blonds have more fun."
Here she is again: ‘We Will Drink Your Blood and Eat Your Skull’: A Legacy of Islamic Savagery - Raymond Ibrahim . . ."Much, as usual, can be said here, but of curious interest to me are the cannibalistic references, and the fact that they are common among Muslims -- and, as can now be seen, not just of the so-called “radical” variety.
The Islamic State, for instance, has repeatedly stated that “American blood is best, and we will taste it soon.” Nor was this just “picturesque” language. According to a 2017 report, “Islamic State terrorists are teaching their fighters to eat non-Muslims, it has emerged.” (I managed to save one picture, since likely expunged, of an Obama-sponsored Free Syrian Army “rebel” digging into the heart of a fallen Syrian soldier in 2013.)" . . .
Biden is still President. Still.......
Biden can stall until the next president - hopefully a Republican - replaces him and then, with squinted eyes and clenched teeth, condemns anything he, or she- does as cowardly. TD
I am anything but a warmonger. But this isn’t Ukraine. We are talking about repeated direct attacks on American troops. 28 and counting. No other American president, with the exception of Obama, would have been so unconcerned with attacks such as these. (But, what do we expect after the Afghanistan debacle?) Every other one of them, from George Washington to Donald Trump, would have retaliated in one substantive way or another. Though that likely wouldn’t have been necessary, as Iran would have known that, so the attacks probably wouldn’t have occurred in the first place. Does the Biden administration have a bizarre case of Stockholm Syndrome?
Teddy Roosevelt admonished us to “speak softly and carry a big stick.” The Biden administration often yammers on loudly…but can’t even find its twig."
. . ."We’ve been clear. The president’s been clear-- and I have been clear right here-- that if this doesn’t stop, then we will respond. And so we maintain the right to respond. We have the capability to do that. And we will respond at a time and place of our choosing." Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
Friday, November 3, 2023
Rashida Tlaib Accuses Biden of Genocide in Gaza in Incendiary “Ceasefire” Video That Features Genocidal Anti-Israel Chants
The Gateway Pundit | by Kristinn Taylor "Just days after Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) was given a pass for her anti-Semitism by her fellow Democrats in Congress–and a handful of Republicans–on a motion to censure her, Tlaib posted an incendiary Gaza ceasefire video on Friday that accuses Joe Biden of supporting “genocide” in Gaza while featuring video of pro-Hamas marchers in the U.S. chanting genocidal chants against Israel such as “From the river to the sea…” and “No peace on stolen land.” (UPDATE at end of article. Tlaib adds her explanation of “from the river to the sea.”
"Tlaib warns Biden he will lose her support as well as other pro-Hamas Americans in his 2024 reelection bid if he does not support a ceasefire in Gaza." . . .
"The video opens with Joe Biden, flanked by Kamala Harris, saying, “We stand with Israel” and cuts to footage of explosions in Gaza followed by images of bodies in sheets and an injured child covered in dust and then a dead child.
"The video switches to pro-Hamas marches in the U.S.: Michigan, California and Pennsylvania. Followed by an Ohio protest chant captioned, “No peace on stolen land!” and an Illinois protest chant captioned, “Free! Free! Palestine!” and “The occupation has got to go!”
"Tlaib is then seen speaking addressing Joe Biden, “Mr. President, the American people are not with you on this one.” . . .
Hamas started the conflict by sending death squads of 2,000 killers into Israel at a time of peace to surprise murder more than 1,000 Israeli civilians.There was no precivilizational, unspeakable atrocity that the butcherers did not commit—torture, beheading, rape, mutilation, and necrophilia. "The best way of understanding it is that Israelis are Jews and the ancient plague of anti-Semitism is again sweeping the globe" Victor Davis Hanson
"As Hamas gunmen moved through the kibbutz, the sounds were terrifying – the sounds of a massacre now underway.
“We heard them going house to house and spraying the people with gunfire,” said Dor, another security team member. “We heard them talking, shouting ‘Allahu akbar,’ laughing. There was the sound of endless automatic gunfire, fires burning, kibbutz residents screaming.”
Hunted by Hamas: reconstructing the attack on Israel’s Kibbutz Be’eri (reuters.com)
27 hours of slaughter and survival inside Israel’s Kibbutz Be’eri
Barbarism: Tape emerges of Hamas terrorist 'playing' with severed heads - Monica Showalter
Disturbing content:
— Israel ישראל 🇮🇱 (@Israel) November 2, 2023
They played with heads they severed and then were asked to document it.
Hamas must be eradicated. pic.twitter.com/20yUpzux2x
The source of the above is vehemently anti-Israel and prolific in its refutations. Yet it fails to disprove the bloodshed of all ages in the kibbutz Be' eri.
"By the time the brothers found the old man in his rocking chair, more than 80 residents of Be’eri were dead – almost one in 10 members of the kibbutz – and at least 30 had gone missing. Hamas militants killed more than 1,400 people in communities, army bases and at a music festival in the south of the country on Oct. 7, and took at least 240 hostage, Israel said." . . .
"In response to questions from Reuters, Osama Hamdan, a Hamas official in Lebanon, said the organization “totally and utterly” denies “all the Israeli claims mentioned in this report.” Several days after the Oct. 7 attack, Hamdan told Reuters the assault showed Palestinians had the will to achieve their goals “regardless of Israel’s military power and capabilities.”
PLO claims Israel planting bloody knives near the bodies of Arab terrorists | JTF
Jewish students report fear as antisemitism rises on college campuses - The Washington Post
WATCH: Hamas Terrorists Relate How They Would Commit Atrocities Against Israeli Citizens (freebeacon.com)
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Nearly 100 Ohio churches leave UMC amid homosexuality schism
Church & Ministries News (christianpost.com)
"Nearly 100 congregations in Ohio have left the United Methodist Church amid the denomination's ongoing debate over homosexuality, joining thousands of other churches in the United States that have done the same.
"At a special session of the UMC West Ohio Conference held last weekend, 96 churches were granted their request to disaffiliate from the mainline Protestant denomination.
"The session was held at Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church in Tipp City, with around 800 clergy and laity in attendance. Bishop Gregory V. Palmer presided over the gathering.
"In addition to the 96 disaffiliations, the session also dealt with budgetary issues, recommending the sale of two camping properties and electing additional delegates to the UMC General Conference.
" 'We were empowered to make some challenging decisions," said Palmer in a statement. "We brought glory to God by the patient, honest, and respectful way we engaged one another. In spite of the challenges, we have come through, our future is open because God is able."
"In June, the West Ohio Conference voted to allow 172 congregations to disaffiliate from the UMC, having allowed 80 churches to leave the denomination last year. It is estimated that, at present, the regional body covering over 50 counties has a little over 600 member congregations remaining." . . .
Harvard Student Surrounded by Pro-Palestinian Mob in Latest Campus Madness –
While we haven’t quite reached that point yet, the madness on college campuses continues, and recently, a crowd of pro-Palestine demonstrators surrounded a Harvard student on campus and yes, yelled “shame, shame, shame” at him. The incident occurred on October 18, but video footage was only posted on Wednesday.
The incident occurred at a “Stop the genocide in Gaza” die-in demonstration by the Harvard Business School, where hundreds of participants laid on the ground and pretended to be dead:
According to the Harvard Crimson, the school’s student newspaper, the confrontation at the demonstration was sparked when the accosted student “began to film demonstrator’s faces.”
“Within minutes, he was escorted out by protest organizers, who blocked his camera with their keffiyehs — traditional scarves worn by Palestinians that have come to symbolize Palestinian nationalism,” the newspaper wrote. “Demonstrators yelled ‘shame’ at the disruptor as he left.”
"One of the protesters has reportedly been identified as Ibrahim Bharmal, the editor of Harvard Law Review.
"This is allegedly our nation's best and brightest:"
Ibrahim Bharmal, the editor of Harvard Law Review at @Harvard_Law was caught on camera confronting and blocking a Jewish student from walking on campus. Read: https://t.co/WH07BN19ti
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) November 2, 2023
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The Left Only Sees Evil When It Fits Their Narrative (VIP)
What the Heck Is With Higher Education? Myriad Student Groups Express Support for Hamas Terror AttacksOne Sick War
Victor Davis Hanson; American Greatness
There are 500 million Arabs in the world, and nearly 2 billion Muslims—but only 9 or so million Israelis. Nearly fifty percent of the world’s oil reserves are found in the Muslim Middle East. Westerners, like tiny Israel, are considered too rich and powerful, while non-Westerners are romanticized as blameless, victimized underdogs.
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| One incredibly distressing picture shows blood smeared across a nursery |
@CBSNews learned that Israel body recovery teams have discovered beheaded babies and children in kibbutzim in southern Israel
— Norah O'Donnell 🇺🇸 (@NorahODonnell) October 10, 2023
"There is something surreal, even sick about the current Gazan war.
"Throughout European and American cities and campuses, tens of thousands of Middle East immigrants and students, and radical leftists chant nonstop “Free Palestinian from the River to the Sea.”
"More recently, they are also yelling, “Israel, you can’t hide, we caught you in genocide.”
"Consider the hypocrisy of that dual messaging.
"Hamas and its supporters are openly and eagerly calling for the genocidal end of Israel by wiping it out from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.
"Yet at the same time they also claim it is Israel that is committing genocide—the very current self-described agenda of Hamas and its expatriate community of devotees!
"The war has become crazier still.
"Hamas and its megaphones abroad also blast Israel daily for retaliating for the October butchery of some 1,300 Israeli infants, children, women, and the elderly.
"They further demand Israel must be selective in its airborne targeting of the Hamas killers, who burrow beneath hospitals, mosques, and hospitals and use civilians as shields.
"Hamas takes for granted that a supposedly heartless Israel nevertheless will be reluctant to strike the Hamas terrorists when and if they are surrounded by civilians.
"Indeed, Gazans are put in more danger by Hamas than they would otherwise be by the Israel Defense Forces." . . .
Kfar Aza kibbutz attack: Children, women, elderly 'butchered' in Hamas attacks on border communities, IDF says | CNN . . ."Maj. Gen. Veruv said his soldiers spent “about 48 hours” fighting “waves and waves of terrorists” on roads and in neighboring communities. He said he had started fighting militants in the Yakhini moshav (community) on Saturday, moving then “from battle to battle,” on the road to Sderot, before reaching the Be’eri kibbutz on Monday evening.
“ 'I saw hundreds of terrorists in full armor, full gear, with all the equipment and all the ability to make a massacre, go from apartment to apartment, from room to room and kill babies, mothers, fathers in their bedrooms,” Veruv said." . . .
Hamas killers 'roasted babies in an oven' during October 7 terror attack, Israeli first responder claims | Daily Mail Online . . ."Continuing, he says: 'As they opened the bag there was a gruesome sight, what appeared to be a baby.' He said the 'body was really swollen [and had] what looked like a heating element attached.
" 'They told us afterwards, after we left the room and they had worked on the body to identify it [that] after the terrorists murdered the parents in a very gruesome way at home, they then took the baby and literally put him into the kitchen oven.
" 'While the baby was still alive they put him into the oven and they cooked the baby alive,' he claims. 'The body was burned and unfortunately, as far as I could see, the body became swollen as a result [a] heating element of the oven became attached to the body itself.
" 'We must show the world these gruesome sights and to tell the world that it impossible to deny what these savages did,' he says." . . .
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