Two-state "solution"

 Mr. Sidney Silverman: “The Rt. Hon. Gentleman is not suggesting, is he, that any Jew who regarded a country in Europe as nothing but the graveyard and cemetery of all his relatives, friends and hopes should be compelled to stay there if he did not want to do so?” 

‘A Terrible Lot of Lies’: Winston Churchill on Palestine and Israel - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics    "People always ask me: “So what’s the solution?” What do I know? Surely, however, it’s time to forget the eight two-state solutions that have never worked. What about a three-state solution: Gaza to Egypt, West Bank to Jordan (the 1967 borders)? Then they say: “But they don’t want them back!” The answer is Churchill’s idea of the only things that work in the Middle East: “force and bribery.” Whatever it costs us to bribe them is less than a war, and we back the deal with air power. Better yet (in the words of an old friend in a ’70s panel discussion on the woes of the British car industry): “Go back to 1945 and start all over again.”

. . .Richard M. Langworth, CBE, is the author or editor of 10 books on Winston Churchill, including the quotations book Churchill by Himself, an expanded edition of which will appear in 2024.

Lawfare Fani making Trump’s point (Complete article here)

Silvio Canto, Jr. - American Thinker   

The important part is that Trump’s enemies always end up helping him. Add lawfare Fani to the list.

Toon added by TD

"It was interesting TV and the show is not over. As you know, there is only so much of the “Elderly Man with a Poor Memory” story that we can take. I guess that many of us want to wait until Special Counsel Robert Hur speaks publicly about just how bad the elderly man's memory is. So a little Nathan-does-Fani is a bit more interesting for now, even if she disputes what he did to her.

"According to Eddie Scarry, Fani had a plan:

It wasn’t clear that Willis would be compelled to give testimony, but it’s no shock that it turned out this way when she volunteered. The whole point of her performance was to ratchet up news and online commentary about her abrasive conduct and her “Uh-uh, don’t got there” demeanor. It’s a naked attempt to get Trump supporters and right-wing media to please, please, oh-pretty-please call her “angry.” That way she can go on “The View,” plus chat with MSNBC’s Joy Reid to do what she’s already been doing and accuse her critics of being racists who simply can’t stand seeing a black woman of color in power.

It’s a desperate, albeit rational attempt to distract from what the rest of Thursday’s hearing demonstrated -- that Willis and Wade likely lied to the court about the extent of their involvement, as Willis’ former close friend attested, and that Willis also probably lied about receiving improper gifts from Wade, whom she retained and paid with taxpayer money.

It’s all she has left. If it doesn’t work in the court, she will have lost nothing anyway. “The View” and Joy Reid will still call her a hero.

"I agree that Fani will have Joy Reid or "The View" to run to. And playing the race card comes naturally to Democrats, especially those who never planned to get caught.

"What I see here is a disaster for the anti-Trump crowd for two reasons:

"First, it exposes just how partisan, amateurish and arrogant this whole group is. This is about getting Trump; and,

"Second, it will harden the people voting for Trump. I want Trump to win so that we can shut down these banana republic tactics. I’m sick of this stuff.

"And yes, Fani will probably find a friendly audience at "The View." To be sure, Joy Reid will find the racial angle of this. I’m sure that Jim Crow made them do it. Doesn’t she always blame everything on poor JC? 

"The important part is that Trump’s enemies always end up helping him. Add lawfare Fani to the list."

 Donald Trump Is Blessed With the Very Best Enemies - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

. . ."Consider some of the current biggest enemies of Trump, as he marches through the Republican presidential primary and looks toward a general election rematch with President Joe Biden.

"First, there is Biden himself. The nominal president of the United States is an indescribable embarrassment to the nation — physically corpse-like, palpably senile, chronically misinformed, utterly lacking in judgment, and generally clueless as to where he is and what words emanate from his mouth. He is a disgrace to his office, and it is a shocking public disservice that his wife and handlers even permit him to seek reelection in such a debilitated state." . . .

"Consider some of the current biggest enemies of Trump, as he marches through the Republican presidential primary and looks toward a general election rematch with President Joe Biden.

"First, there is Biden himself. The nominal president of the United States is an indescribable embarrassment to the nation — physically corpse-like, palpably senile, chronically misinformed, utterly lacking in judgment, and generally clueless as to where he is and what words emanate from his mouth. He is a disgrace to his office, and it is a shocking public disservice that his wife and handlers even permit him to seek reelection in such a debilitated state." . .  .

"Third, there is Alvin Bragg, the Soros-funded lawyer in New York City now prosecuting Trump" . . .

"Finally, there is Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis, whose courtroom meltdown this week, and the likelihood that she lied in court about the timing of her extramarital affair with her own appointed special prosecutor, has crystallized what already seemed likely: The Georgia prosecution, which once seemed the most dangerous of Trump’s four criminal cases, is imploding." . . .

"It is a LIE!

Fani Willis Is Daring You To Call Her ‘Angry’ Because Race Baiting Is All She Has Left

 The Federalist

The performance of Fani Willis is meant to do one thing: goad Trump supporters into calling her ‘angry’ so she can call them racists.

"From the moment that Democrat Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis abruptly hurled herself into the court hearing on Thursday, it was obvious what she was there to do. And it’s hard to even blame her because it’s the only option she has left.

Before she was even asked to appear — before it was even clear she would be required to testify in the hearing about her relationship with Nathan Wade that could zero out her criminal case against Donald Trump — Willis entered the scene in a painfully bright pink dress and told the court she was ready for her close up. Her eyebrows frozen in a defiant arch, left hand on hip, she tossed a document onto the desk of her legal team and told the judge, “I’m ready to go.”

" 'She barreled into the witness box and demanded that a series of court filings be placed in front of her. When her own attorney requested a five-minute break so the documents could be located, Willis said, “I’ll sit here and wait for them,” lips pursed, eyebrows still plastered at the height of her forehead.

"Willis endured questions for two hours from her legal team and that of Trump’s associates related to the conflict-of-interest charge against her office that she has improperly and unfairly prosecuted the former president and those whom she has accused of aiding him to defraud Georgia voters in the 2020 election. Willis hired a special prosecutor to join her team, a curious choice given that he’s a defense attorney, though she admits to having been involved with him romantically (thus using taxpayer money to benefit both him and, consequently, herself — allegedly).

"And the entire two hours were hysterical. Willis, from the start, accused the defense team attorneys of lying and distorting her history with Wade, her now-former boyfriend who continues to oversee the case she’s bringing against Trump and his associates. She refused to answer yes-or-no questions with a single word, and when guided by the defense team or even the judge to remain within the parameters of the interrogation, she insisted she be allowed to characterize the motive and intent of the questions, which, again, she said were dishonest and malignant.". . .

🚨BREAKING: Fani Willis EXPLODES on the witness stand as she’s asked when her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade ended. Court takes 5 minute break for her to cool down. pic.twitter.com/Yrfjw8U8KM

— Bad Hombre (@joma_gc) February 15, 2024

How Progressive Policies are Designed for Civilizational Suicide

  John D. O'Connor › American Greatness

Evidence now clearly establishes that moderate liberals should face reality and reject the policies of the progressive vanguard, leading them to civilizational suicide.  

"We all understand, in the timeless words of the poet Robert Burns, that the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Most Americans are accustomed to assessing the various failed initiatives of our country’s leaders as well-intended actions that turned out badly. The Vietnam, Afghan, and Iraq wars, the 2008 financial meltdown, and the COVID pandemic overreaction, all in hindsight, can be viewed as simply the unfolding of human stupidity in the contingency of time.

"In accordance, it is understandable that many are inclined to believe that our country’s current serious problems are, once again, merely the failed result of well-intentioned policies. But what if, we ask, seemingly fumbled programs were intended to be the initial throes of civilizational suicide? What if apparent missteps were actually directed at the purposeful destruction of a prosperous, free, safe, and secure society?

"As we examine the policies pushed by the Biden administration progressives regarding climate, national security, crime, and the border, we can rationally conclude that they are being purposely implemented to render our society unsuccessful, not successful, in its traditional aims, causing what could be the ultimate destruction of a thriving, liberal enlightenment society.

"Let us begin with escalating climate mandates, now reaching gas stoves and tires, seeking the total elimination of fossil fuels. Because our mainstream media, more out of reflexive conformity than malevolence, constantly amplify climate alarmism, most Americans believe climate programs are designed in good faith to protect us from planetary disasters. Climate subsidies are aimed, they are led to believe, at increasing prosperity through good “green” jobs in emerging “green” industries, all part of the supposedly improved “Bidenomics” economy, however counterintuitive many think them to be.

"When Biden, immediately upon assuming office, stopped issuing new drilling leases, canceled the Keystone Pipeline, and issued EPA regulations effectively shutting down multiple power plants in the near future, was he, however idealistically, trying to wean our country off of fossil fuels in favor of clean, “renewable” energy? If so, what could be wrong with that?

"If the administration had calculated that lost energy from stifling fossil fuel sources could actually be replaced, these initiatives, even if overly optimistic, could be viewed as well-intended.

"However, within the climate camp, it has been well known that fossil fuels, which power 82% of world energy needs, cannot conceivably be replaced by renewable energy to any substantial degree." . . .

MS Society DEFENDS staff who sacked 90-year-old volunteer because she 'asked what pronouns meant' despite furious backlash | Daily Mail Online

. . ."Itkoff was let go via email after a representative at the company asked her began to start using pronouns on her email signature, but she did not know what it meant according to an interview she conducted with Libs of TikTok.

" 'I had seen it on a couple of letters that had come in after the person's name. But I didn't know what it meant,' the senior said.

" 'Because it sounds like you are labeling for females, not males, if you are just putting in she/her.' 

" 'A few days later, she received an email accusing her of violating the MS Society's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion guidelines." . . .

Trump Georgia Case: DA Willis Loses Temper, Receives Warning From Judge in Explosive Testimony

 Trump Georgia Case: DA Willis Loses Temper, Receives Warning From Judge in Explosive Testimony (legalinsurrection.com)

"Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis lost her temper on the stand as she faces allegations of financially benefiting from hiring Nathan Wade as special prosecutor in the case against former President Donald Trump and others.

"Trump’s co-defendant, Michael Roman, said Willis should be disqualified. It’s called a conflict of interest.

"Willis’s body language said it all before she took the stand: rage, nervousness, and trembling.

"Willis sparred with defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant from the start, leading Judge Scott McAfee to call for a five-minute recess.

"The testimony took a major turn when Willis’s former friend said Wade and Willis began their relationship in 2019 and not 2022. See, if it began in 2022, it wouldn’t seem as suspicious because Willis charged Trump in 2021.

"But 2019…that is something else. Willis and Wade also didn’t disclose their relationship:

Roman alleged in court filings last month that Willis should be disqualified from the case, claiming that she financially benefited from hiring Wade because of their personal relationship, and said she had “some choice words” about Roman’s motion, calling some of the allegations “dishonest” and “extremely offensive.” At one point, Willis held up a printed copy of the allegations against her in both hands and turned to the judge yelling, “this is a lie!”

Willis also called defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant’s interests “contrary to democracy.”. . .

“It is a LIE! It is a LIE!”
The Fani Willis courtroom meltdown was the hit romantic comedy America needed. This is better than anything Hollywood could script 🤣pic.twitter.com/dY7tWvexNy

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) February 15, 2024

Biden's plan to give Palestinians a state is a mess in the making

The Palestinians' leadership is corrupt. It has always placed self-aggrandizement before its people and the Palestinians, themselves, have generally failed themselves because they were always driven by a false narrative they came to believe and which worked, i.e.. victimhood. 

 Richard Berkowitz - American Thinker   "There is a report floating around which asserts Biden is about to shove establishment of a Palestinian state down Israel's throat. 

"According to the Washington Post:

 

The Biden administration and a small group of Middle East partners are rushing to complete a detailed, comprehensive plan for long-term peace between Israel and Palestinians, including a firm timeline for the establishment of a Palestinian state, that could be announced as early as the next several weeks.

 

The urgency of the effort is tied directly to a proposed pause in the fighting and release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas that is being negotiated by the United States, Qatar and Egypt.

 

An initial cease-fire, projected to be at least six weeks, would provide time to make the plan public, recruit additional support and take the initial steps toward its implementation, including the formation of an interim Palestinian government, according to U.S. and Arab officials.

 "The reason is not clear to me, but, in view of "Uncle Joe's" sinking poll numbers and his well-known moral corruption, it must have something to do with his desire to save his re-election. 

"Uncle Joe" has been loyal to Israel until "Bibi's" war lasted too long for our president's political tolerance so it has come time to pull the Persian tug out from under Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu since the latter intends to complete his goal of reducing the risk of a third Holocaust.

"There is no love lost between Bibi and Biden, nor was there any lost between Obama and Bibi." . . .

Nova Music Festival Survivor Speaks Out

 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews®

"Natalie Sanandaji speaks out about the Nova music festival and how she and her friend kept running for over two hours, which ended up saving their lives on October 7. Natalie explains how important it is for her to tell her story so the world knows and can connect to her experiences, reports Arutz Sheva:

 She explained that “It’s important for me to tell the story because I want people to see a face to this story. When the whole world is dehumanizing Jews and acting like this massacre was a form of resilience to ‘free Palestine,’ I feel that maybe putting a face to the story will show them how human this story is. Because if they’re just reading about this story in an article, if they’re just seeing someone on the news talk about it who wasn’t there, I don’t think they’re gonna feel as emotional about it. I don’t think they’re gonna feel connected to it.” “I hope that when they see my face, when they see that there’s a face to this story, that they’ll feel more connected to it. And maybe they’ll change their mind about how they feel about everything that happened on October 7. “If we let them take our joy away, the joy of living, then we’ve let them win. And we’re not gonna let them win. Of course we’re gonna dance again,” she concluded.

April Ryan: Jean-Pierre is Race-Based 'Foolishness'

 Mediaite     "Long-time White House correspondent April Ryan called out criticism of White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre as racialized “foolishness” from a “white male-dominated space” — that is, the press briefing room.

"Writing for the New York Times, Michael Grynbaum reported on the current and unique arrangement of press secretaries in the Biden Administration, given Admiral John Kirby’s recent promotion and increased presence during briefings on behalf of President Joe Biden.

"As the first Black and openly gay press secretary, Jean-Pierre cuts a historical figure in the briefing room, filling the rather big shoes of the well-received Jen Psaki, who moved to MSNBC. As with nearly all new press secretaries, Jean-Pierre’s tenure did not start without criticism but was reasonable and partisan.

"Grynbaum thoughtfully lists some of the critiques — namely an over-reliance on prepared talking points in her briefing notebook and that “some reporters grumbled that she occasionally seemed out of the loop,” among other things. Kirby, on the other hand, has received praise, perhaps in part owing to the focused area of his role, national security, and foreign affairs.

"Ryan, a columnist for The Grio, flatly claimed that Jean-Pierre’s standard for judging her is by nature racialized. Grybaum writes:  . . .Full article here.

A plurality of Americans think Biden's doing more to divide the nation.

 . . ."But as usual, he managed to stand up in one of America’s most violent cities and accept no responsibility for the homicides or crime and instead blame Donald Trump and that MAGA crowd."  Human Events

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

More Americans Say Biden Is Dividing the Country Rather Than Unifying It, Poll Finds (newsweek.com)   . . ."An overwhelming 92 percent of Republicans surveyed said Biden was dividing the nation, while 84 percent of Democrats said he was doing more to bring the country together. Half of independents, a key voting bloc that has been souring on Biden, responded that he was dividing the nation.

"Biden repeatedly called for unity on the campaign trail, in his victory speech and in his inaugural address. Just last week, the president made another appeal for harmony as he delivered remarks on the one-year anniversary of the deadly U.S. Capitol riot.". . .

Opinion | America Has Split, and It’s Now in ‘Very Dangerous Territory’ - The New York Times (nytimes.com)      . . ."McCoy and Press studied 52 countries “where democracies reached pernicious levels of polarization.” Of those, “twenty-six — fully half of the cases — experienced a downgrading of their democratic rating.” Quite strikingly, the two continue, “the United States is the only advanced Western democracy to have faced such intense polarization for such an extended period. The United States is in uncharted and very dangerous territory.” . . .

More Americans Say Biden Is Dividing the Country   "Biden has not just appeased the extreme left of his party by canceling pipelines and erasing the southern border, he has become its cheerleader while eviscerating everyone who voted against him in the 2020 presidential election as white supremacists, racists, and domestic terrorists. On Thursday, he continued that smear campaign during a speech in Philadelphia, where the murder rate has already hit 361 for the year and threatens to attain an all-time high, set last year. Biden’s speech was supposed to be about democracy but it turned out to be another rant about those “MAGA Republicans” whom Biden has scapegoated for all the crimes and ills besetting the country.

"If President Trump had stood before a blood-red background with military figures at attention, the media would have been apoplectic over the Nazi symbolism and the police state imagery. But Biden was allowed to use it without comment. I didn’t count the number of times he said MAGA, or how many times it sounded like maggot or mega, but it certainly dominated his speech." . . .

Report: Obama's CIA Had Foreign Allies Spying on 26 Members of the Trump Team –

  Twitchy   "Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, and Alex Gutentag report that President Barack Obama's CIA wasn't just illegally spying on Carter Page — they say the CIA enlisted help from allied nations to spy on 26 Trump advisors, triggering the "Russian collusion" hoax."

FBI started spying on the Trump campaign after foreign governments "by chance" discovered evidence that his advisors were colluding with the Russians, the government says. But now, multiple credible sources tell us that the CIA asked foreign allies to spy on 26 Trump associates. pic.twitter.com/YeJhZBSEVq

— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) February 13, 2024. . .

. . ."The new information fills many gaps in our understanding of the Russia collusion hoax and is supported by testimony already in the public record.

"Until now, the official story has been that the FBI’s investigation began after Australian intelligence officials told US officials that a Trump aide had boasted to an Australian diplomat that Russia had damning material about Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton." . . 

‘Uncle Leo Defense’ Works For Biden in Special Counsel Report: No Charges For An “Elderly Man With a Poor Memory”

 Devout Catholic Joe Biden Gives Up Cognitive Tests For Lent | Babylon Bee

. . ."No president in the history of the country has loved his faith more than President Joe Biden," White House Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre told the press. "His commitment to giving up cognitive tests for the next 40 days, and perhaps even forever, shows how deeply devoted he is to his religion and to the people of the United States." . . .

Biden, not Special Counsel Hur, brought up son's death in questioning: report; Fox News

Biden brought up son's death in Special Counsel Robert Hur investigation

Comment to this post: "This just gets worse and worse. And I remember when Robert Mueller found no grounds to charge Trump in the Russia collusion investigation the media went nuts saying that Trump wasn’t absolved of anything and that the Mueller report didn’t clear him. Now they take a similar investigation and claim that Biden was cleared of any wrongdoing. Biden said the same. No, he wasn’t cleared. In fact the report clearly states that he willfully retained classified documents. The only thing Hur did was decline to charge him."

Hur’s special report on Biden: Letters to the Editor — Feb. 13, 2024

"Hur’s findings in his investigation into Biden having top-secret documents are proof that Biden is in serious mental decline and not fit to be the leader of any country.

"However the liberal media, instead of throwing brickbats at Hur, should be sending him bouquets for getting Biden off the hook of facing potential charges."

How will Hur's excuse play in Peoria? - Silvio Canto, Jr.   "It turns out that Joe Biden had a lot of boxes full of papers from his days as vice president and senator. It's true that you can collect a lot of papers over a 50-year career.  We understand that.  However, Biden had a lot of papers that he was not supposed to have.  We learned that in Robert Hur’s report.  In fact, Biden has a lot of explaining to do, as Julie Kelly wrote:" . . .

. . ."It turns out that Joe Biden had a lot of boxes full of papers from his days as vice president and senator. It's true that you can collect a lot of papers over a 50-year career.  We understand that.  However, Biden had a lot of papers that he was not supposed to have.  We learned that in Robert Hur’s report.  In fact, Biden has a lot of explaining to do, as Julie Kelly wrote:" . . .

‘Uncle Leo Defense’ Works For Biden in Special Counsel Report: No Charges For An “Elderly Man With a Poor Memory” (legalinsurrection.com)

Rob Reiner makes it clear that leftists are coming for Christianity

  Andrea Widburg - American Thinker  

Fourth, because both men are leftists first and religious…well, not at all, no matter what they call themselves, their goal, as with all leftists, is to change what it means to be religious. 

  "During the Super Bowl, a very well-funded group ran an ad showing conservatives abasing themselves before leftist victim classes, with the tagline “He gets us,” with the “He” referring to Jesus. The message was clear: Whatever traditionalists say about Christ’s teachings is wrong. Leftists are morally and doctrinally correct, and it’s time for Christianity to get with the program. That’s not the only assault 2024 has on traditional Christian beliefs. Rob Reiner has a movie coming out challenging so-called “Christian Nationalism” and substituting leftism in its place.

"Four things to get out of the way before I get to the meat of this post.

"First, before he was politicized, Rob Reiner directed some wonderful movies, most notably The Princess Bride and This Is Spinal Tap. Others are fond of When Harry Met Sally… and Misery. By 1995, though, with The American President, Reiner stopped being concerned with his artistic vision, which was lovely and started becoming politicized. It went downhill after that.

" 'Second, the interview, which runs in Newsweek, is kind of incoherent because it’s not really an interview. Instead, it’s an insider conversation between two leftists who are less interested in informing people and more interested in proselytizing their utter dislike for Christians who believe in the Gospels as written and hating on Trump." . . .