Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Why Trump is so far ahead in the polls

 There are a couple of really good Republican candidates (i.e., DeSantis and Vivek), but Trump is still untouchable. I think I know why. Bookworm Room

"Donald Trump currently seems untouchable. Leftists (aka Democrats) and RINOS (aka Vichy Republicans) cannot understand why. After all, even those who love Trump can’t deny that he has his flaws. Politically, he trusted the wrong people, he failed to tame the swamp, he gave too much power to Fauci and too much protection to the drug companies and, possibly worst of all, he failed to restore the rule of law. These are big and consequential flaws. At a personal level, his fighting spirit has him picking fights when discretion would be wiser, and his speaking style, at least for me, is grating.

If you’re a conservative but can’t stomach Trump, DeSantis and Vivek seem like perfect options. DeSantis is a proven leader and a conservative one. After a brief flirtation with lockdowns, he realized that this was the wrong tactic and brought liberty and sanity to Florida. He’s fought for parents’ rights in the schools and for children’s safety and normalcy across Florida. He’s truly pro-life. He’s also an extremely able administrator and, for those who keep saying he’s a fake, he was one of the founders of the Freedom Caucus in Congress. I like him and would happily vote for him.

"Vivek, unlike DeSantis, is an unknown quantity in politics. However, he’s saying things that need to be said and saying them without backing down. Indeed, here are his truths, and we all know that they are, indeed, true:

  1. God is real.
  2. There are two genders.
  3. Human flourishing requires fossil fuels.
  4. Reverse racism is racism.
  5. An open border is no border.
  6. Parents determine the education of their children.
  7. The nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to mankind.
  8. Capitalism lifts people up from poverty.
  9. There are three branches of the U.S. government, not four.
  10. The U.S. Constitution is the strongest guarantor of freedoms in history.

"I would vote for either man in a heartbeat, and most conservatives should, too, if either one tops the ballot. Based upon what I know about them, both would be competent presidents and good antidotes to the travesty that is the Biden administration." . . .

Hillary Clinton Calls for ‘Formal Deprogramming’ of Trump Supporters

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics


"Totalitarians want more than power. They want to use the coercive powers of government to control political and cultural thought and speech. Hillary Clinton in a recent CNN interview let slip her totalitarian instincts. After criticizing Donald Trump, who defeated Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, Clinton described Trump’s supporters as a “cult” and said they should be subjected to “formal deprogramming.” That is the language of totalitarianism — the language of Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot. And it is the language of Hillary Clinton." . . .

Republicans bash Hillary Clinton for floating 'formal deprogramming' of Trump supporters (yahoo.com)   "Israel’s military has discovered unspeakable horrors in an Israeli community that was attacked by Hamas on Saturday, including dozens of dead babies, some with their heads chopped off, Israeli media reported. 

"According to local Israeli outlet i24News, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers moved into Kfar Aza, one of the communities Hamas terrorists invaded early Saturday morning, and discovered about 40 dead babies, some decapitated — highlighting the brutality of the invading forces.

"The IDF were removing the bodies of victims found in the area when they found the children's remains. Israeli soldiers are attempting to use bones to identify the victims, according to the report.

"It’s not a war, it’s not a battlefield. You see the babies, the mother, the father, in their bedrooms, in their protection rooms, and how the terrorists killed them," IDF Maj. Gen. Itai Veruv said, describing the scene, i24News reported.

"It’s a massacre.". . .


More than 100 bodies found in Israeli kibbutz Be’eri after Hamas attack

 

Children


 More than 100 bodies found in Israeli kibbutz Be’eri after Hamas attack (msn.com)

 At least 40 babies, some beheaded, found by Israel soldiers in Hamas-attacked village (yahoo.com)    Israeli Soldiers Found Babies Beheaded by Hamas, IDF Says (resistthemainstream.com)   . . . "Business Insider reported an IDF spokesperson shared: “We can not confirm any numbers. What happened in Kibbutz Kfar Aza is a massacre in which women children, toddlers, and the elderly were brutally butchered in an ISIS way of action.”

"More information will surface as the fog of war clears.

"Zedeck noted how the horrific scene impacted IDF soldiers. Speaking over video of the scene, the correspondent said: “You can see some of these soldiers right now comforting each other, many of them reserves who jumped into action leaving their own families behind as well, not knowing the sheer horror that they were about to come to.' ” . . .

GRAPHIC IMAGES of slaughtered Israeli soldiers and civilians posted across social media (barenakedislam.com)

Time for A Firm Stand - Middle East Forum

Democrats fail Israel...as expected

Barack Obama's silent on Israel war because he made it possible  (nypost.com)  "Former President Barack Obama has a powerful presence in social and other forms of media. Just last week he took to the digital airwaves to mourn the passing of US football great Dick Butkus. 

"This makes his silence on the current war in Israel all the more repugnant. 

"As we write, he’s said nothing. But as thunderous as the silence is, it cannot come as a surprise. 

"This is the future of the Middle East that Obama, in effect, wanted, fought for and now has achieved: Iran ascendant; nascent normalization between Israel and Arab states in jeopardy; the terrorist group Hamas emboldened and abetted by Tehran to strike viciously against soft targets within Israel. 

"Why? 

"Because for Obama, a fundamental restructuring of the region was the paramount goal —  . . .

Former Adviser to US Ambassador to Israel Calls on Whitmer to Resign After 'Fraudulent' Response to Attacks (resistthemainstream.com)   . . ."In an early morning post to social media on Sunday, Aryeh Lightstone, who served as a senior adviser to former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman from 2017 to 2021, took aim at Whitmer for her comments following the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel.

" 'I have been in touch with communities impacted by what’s happening in the region. It is abhorrent. My heart is with all those impacted. We need peace in this region,” Whitmer wrote on X, with no mention of Israel."

“She watched this happen in real time. And to watch women and children be kidnapped and raped and murdered, and to not be able to say something? She should resign immediately,” Lightstone said of Whitmer.

 Ilhan Omar stokes outrage with plea against sending US weapons to back 'war crime' in Israel (nypost.com)

Bigot: Rashida Tlaib Again Reveals Her Appalling True Colors (townhall.com)   

Calls grow for Ilhan Omar, AOC, Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib to be expelled from Congress (msn.com)


Rashida Tlaib Faces Calls to Be Primaried Over Israel Remarks (msn.com)

Israel war: When Jews are murdered and raped, Rashida Tlaib blames the Jews (msn.com)

 And while they smile and cheer and celebrate the kidnapping, murder, and rape of innocents, these protesters prove that the Palestinian movement is motivated by one thing: hatred of Jews.  After all, how can you claim that anti-Zionism has nothing to do with antisemitism when gleeful Palestinians are chanting “f*** the Jews” in the streets of New York City?   

 Can we stop calling these murderers "militants" as some in the media do? Cal Thomas (jewishworldreview.com)

But we must understand, and Jews in the West must certainly understand, that this ideological rot, this abhorrent virus, this unimaginable disregard for life is not limited to a few thousand maniacs on American streets who happily spit upon the values of the country they claim to call home.

"No, because the disease of antisemitism has taken hold of the American media and government.

"Hosts of MSNBC are actively downplaying or defending Hamas, describing the terrorists as militants while subtly blaming Israel for these attacks.

"And then consider how Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) responded to the Palestinian invasion of Israel and the, again, kidnapping, rape, and murder of innocent women and children." . . .

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Israel attacks reveal a deeper hatred    "Scant days after Hamas  launched its brutal attacks on Israel, killing and raping indiscriminately and taking toddlers hostage, the Squad member took to X to denounce . . . the Jewish state. 

"She called Israel’s response to the attacks a “war crime” and demanded that Washington oppose it and cut off arms sales to the embattled nation. 

"No one should be surprised: Omar (D-Minn.) has made her hostility to Jews plain for years. 

"In 2019, she implied that American lawmakers who support Israel had been bribed to do so by AIPAC with a tweet saying “it’s all about the Benjamins baby.” In 2012, she tweeted “Israel has hypnotized the world.”

"When called on this, she claimed in her defense that “I certainly did not or was not aware that the word ‘hypnotized’ was a trope. I wasn’t aware of the fact that there are tropes about Jews and money.”

"Right. 

"She’s also equated Israel with the Taliban, tried to block funding for Israel’s anti-rocket Iron Dome system and co-sponsored legislation officially describing Israel’s founding as a “catastrophe.' ”  . . .

"Israel war 2023 Ilhan Omar stokes outrage with plea against sending US weapons to back ‘war crime’ in Israel  "In her hypocrisy, she has much in common with fellow Squad members. 

"Like Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib, who issued a statement Sunday attacking Israel and refusing to condemn Hamas. (Tlaib also once notably said that the thought of the Holocaust inspired a “calming feeling” in her.)" . . .

What Iran's penetration of Washington means -

  Caroline Glick (jewishworldreview.com)

This state of affairs is dangerous for the security of the United States. And it sends a clear message to Israel and other U.S. allies threatened by Iran.  Unless Washington cleans its house, it must be considered compromised.

"There is something terribly disturbing about the current state of Washington's foreign-policy establishment.

"Tuesday we were hit with the blockbuster reports by Semafor and Iran International exposing the depth of Iran's infiltration of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment and the Biden administration. The two simultaneously published reports revealed how beginning in 2014, Iran's Foreign Ministry established a circle of agents in Washington and Europe, which it referred to as the Iran Experts Initiative (IEI). Members of IEI were comprised of Iranian emigres sympathetic to the regime and its nuclear-weapons program.

"The experts were seeded in think tanks. The Iranian Foreign Ministry flew them to strategy sessions in various cities in Europe. The experts published a steady stream of articles supporting Iran, justifying its nuclear activities; sponsorship of terrorism; denial of civil and human rights to Iran's citizenry; and misogyny; among other things." . . .

Glick is the adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Center for Security Policy in Washington, DC and directs the Israeli Security Project at the David Horowitz Freedom Center.

Argus Hamilton: The two most-watched races will be between Democrats and Republicans for the presidency and the race between Virus and Climate for the control of mankind.

 The Walt Disney Company announced cut-rate ticket prices to all Disney amusement parks this winter to help families fight inflation. They reported that Disneyland along with the six Disney World amusement parks enjoyed record attendance this past summer. Only the Rio Grande drew more visitors.

 Argus Hamilton's Rogue Report - Argus Hamilton (jewishworldreview.com)

  •   The White House agreed last week to complete the twenty-one-mile section of the border wall in Texas begun by President Trump. This country's demographics are changing faster than I prefer. I went to the grocery store Friday to buy some apple pie and hotdogs and they were in the Ethnic Section.

 The Washington Post reported Sunday the long-simmering feud between President Biden and his Secret Service detail over Commander biting eleven agents. They spoke off the record. When asked if he should be put down, the Secret Service agents said no, impeaching him should work just fine.

 The New York Post reported Hunter Biden is weighing fundraising options to help pay the ten million in legal bills he's racked up. Last week Hunter pleaded not guilty to lying on his gun permit application about his drug and alcohol use. He defense is, when he filled it out he was high and drunk.

 The Capitol Police initiated an investigation into Democratic Congressman Jamaal Bowman who was caught on videotape pulling a fire alarm in the House Office Building to try to stall a vote on a budget deal. The swamp will never change. The investigation concluded that fire alarms are racist.

 CBS Sports reporter Jim Nantz was first to report Taylor Swift skipped the Kansas City Chiefs away-game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday. However Taylor Swift said she's going to bang the drum at the Chiefs stadium before Thursday's game. It sounds like Travis Kelce has a new nickname.

 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported Friday that there are thirty-two million ducks in the United States. It so happens that duck season is opening this week in the Midwest and in the South. In the book of Genesis when G od created the duck he said to waterproof that chicken and give it a kazoo.

 The First Family gave in to Secret Service and sent Commander back to their Delaware home to live in exile with the other Secret-Service-biting dog, Major. Why they're still around is a mystery to me. Joe probably won't do anything to muzzle his vicious dogs as long as they keep kicking back biscuits.

 Hillary Clinton was talking through her hat Thursday by saying Trump's voters are a cult whose members need to undergo de-programming. You learn a little about real cults here in L.A. Tom Cruise does his own stunts in every movie because death is the only way out of the church of Scientology.

 The Washington Examiner released a poll showing that violent crime is a top concern of voters as the nation approaches one year before the next national election. Big cities are at highest risk. Chicago is so violent on the weekend that Hamas just offered to send in peacekeepers to the South Side.

 Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel is at war with Hamas after the terror group invaded Israel from Gaza. They executed and brutalized Israeli citizens. Iran is supporting Hamas, not just politically and militarily, but Iran is also advising Hamas on how much any U.S. hostages might be worth.

 The White House denied authorizing building added border wall in Texas Friday while Homeland Security suspended two dozen environmental regulations designed to prevent any wall construction to obey a new White House directive to build the wall. What borders on stupidity? Canada and Mexico.

 The Cook Political Map was published on Friday showing how states will likely vote in the 2024 election. It's a busy political year worldwide. The two most-watched races will be between Democrats and Republicans for the presidency and the race between Virus and Climate for the control of mankind.

"Biden, resign! Resign NOW!"

 


Not Biden's fault

Biden, resign now! - American Thinker  "On October 7, when Jews celebrated the giving of the Torah by God to the Jewish people, Hamas massacred more than 1,000 Jewish civilians in Israel, shouting "Allah Akbar" (Our God is greater) over their desecrated bodies. 

Children, women, and the elderly were raped, mutilated, and tortured in the name of Allah by a terrorist organization created with a sole mission to eradicate the Jewish state.  Hamas Charter, Article 28 states "Israel, by virtue of it being Jewish and of having a Jewish population, defies Islam and the Muslims."

It was less than one month earlier that Joe Biden released $6 billion to Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism throughout the world whose stated mission is to eliminate the Jewish state of Israel. 

Hamas has admitted that the $6 billion freed up Iran's money supply.  It enabled Hamas to receive the needed weapons to carry out their massacre upon innocent civilians.   Since Iran is a well-known sponsor of worldwide terrorism with a parliament which regularly engages in shouts of "Death to America," it begs the question: Why would the Biden administration hand over $6 billion to a sworn enemy?  Giving aid to our enemy is clearly an act of treason; yet there have been no significant calls for his removal.  Perhaps the answer lies with Biden, a man who has never met a kickback he didn't accept.

Evidently, Iran's strategy was to bide their time and wait out President Trump's presidency.  They knew they had a friend in Biden." . . .

 While the world is in turmoil, Joe Biden has chosen to keep our southern border open and fly those who have entered our collective home without our permission to cities throughout our country.  It is a treasonous act worthy of removal.  For the good of the country, I call upon Congress and Americans of all persuasions to call for Biden's resignation. 

Biden, resign! Resign NOW!

Monday, October 9, 2023

How Nazis courted the Islamic world during WWII

"On the Muslim side one cannot generalize. Some of the Muslim allies of the Nazi regime — most importantly the famous Mufti of Jerusalem — shared the Nazis' Jew-hatred. In the war zones, in the Balkans, in North Africa, and in the Eastern territories, the picture is more complicated. In many of these regions, Muslims and Jews had lived together for centuries. And in some cases, Muslims would now help their Jewish neighbors, for example hiding them from the Germans."  But not this week.


Wasn't Nazi racism a major obstacle to collaborating with Muslims?  . . . "In the war zones, Germany engaged with a wide range of religious policies and propaganda to promote the Nazi regime as the patron of Islam. As early as 1941, the Wehrmacht distributed the military handbook "Islam" to train its soldiers to behave correctly towards Muslim populations. On the eastern Front, the Nazi occupiers ordered the rebuilding of mosques, prayer halls, and madrasas — previously destroyed by Moscow — and the re-establishment of religious rituals and celebrations in order to undermine Soviet rule.

"German military authorities also made extensive efforts to co-opt Islamic dignitaries. German propagandists in the eastern territories, the Balkans, and North Africa tried to use religious rhetoric, vocabulary and iconography to mobilize Muslims. They politicized sacred texts like the Quran as well as religious imperatives, most notably the concept of jihad, in order to foment religious violence for political ends.

"From 1941 onwards, the Nazi Wehrmacht army and the paramilitary SS recruited tens of thousands of Muslims, mainly to save German blood. Muslim soldiers fought on all fronts. German army officials granted these recruits a wide range of religious concessions, even lifting the ban on ritual slaughter, a practice that had been prohibited for anti-Semitic reasons by Hitler's Law for the Protection of Animals of 1933." . . .


Hamas Terrorist Added To Panel Of ‘The View’

  Babylon Bee

NEW YORK, NY — In a controversial decision, producers of the popular daytime talk show The View announced the show will be adding a Hama terrorist to its panel of hosts.

"This should really heat things up on the panel," said co-host Sunny Hostin. "With this member of Hamas being added to the lineup, viewers should definitely expect some explosive conversations. Wait, sorry, that's probably a poor choice of words. What I mean is they will take the attention of our viewers captive. No, sorry, don't print that. What I'm really trying to say is that this new member of the panel won't be afraid to unload on every topic with both barrels. No, sorry. Never mind. I'm sorry."

"The announcement was met with instant criticism, with many people pointing to this weekend's outbreak of war in Israel following the deadly terrorist attack by Hamas on the Israeli military and civilians. "This is really just horribly distasteful," said concerned viewer Erika Olla. "On second thought, stuff that's horribly distasteful is exactly what The View specializes in, so maybe it's a perfect fit."

"Other cast members refuted such critiques. "It's very easy to refer to Hamas as ‘terrorists,'" said long-time co-host Joy Behar. "We want to understand the viewpoints of everyone, including someone who wants to kidnap, rape, and murder innocent people."

"At publishing time, The View was reportedly having trouble filling seats in the studio for this week's tapings."

Interview on Barack Obama's enduring, disastrous legacy in Israel -

 

Resist the Mainstream.

CarolineGlick.com  "Last week I was happy to do a deep dive into Barack Obama’s enduring, and deeply destructive legacy in the Middle East generally and on U.S.-Israel relations with the Armstrong Institute’s Daily Trumpet. We also discussed the nature of the internal strife in Israel regarding what it means to be a Jewish state and the likely (postive) outcome of the left’s anti-Jewish riots on Yom Kippur which targeted 18 prayer services in Tel Aviv and many more in other cities in central and northern Israel."

Tragedy on Yom Kippur - The Left Embraces Anti-Jewishness - CarolineGlick.com

Why is there not overflowing disgust for MSNBC?

 No words: MSNBC personality claims Jews deserved to be slaughtered by Palestinian terrorists (watch) – Twitchy   "What the Hell is wrong with MSNBC?

"No, really.

"We keep asking ourselves this over and over again ... what sort of garbage outlet has someone like this toolbag on their network defending Palestinian terrorists who murdered women and children?

"Probably a garbage outlet that employs trolls like Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow:" . . .
MSNBC anchor Joy Reid's crying shame: Devine (nypost.com)   . . ." But for Reid, he is guilty of murder because he was born white. Every night she spews hatred against white people. 
"Who knows what pathology drives her, but it’s not healthy, for her or any of her dwindling audience. Shame on MSNBC for elevating such a hate-filled racist to prime time. 
"She has zero charisma and her ratings are lackluster. But for some unfathomable reason, she has Teflon protection at the network, even after being caught with homophobic and anti-Semitic comments on her blog. She implausibly pretended her blog had been “hacked” and got a free pass.
"But hateful bigotry still informs her every word. When talking about the Virginia gubernatorial election, for instance, she said Glenn Youngkin won because education is “code for white parents who don’t like the idea of teaching about race.”
"When Winsome Sears became the first black woman to win the office of lieutenant governor of Virginia, rather than acknowledge the achievement, Reid griped that Republicans “demand credit” for voting for black candidates. Then she nodded along vigorously as her guest smeared Sears as a “black mouth … who justifies and legitimates the white supremacist practices.”
"Reid has called black Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas “Uncle Clarence,” as in “Uncle Tom.' ” . . .

Israel’s 9-11: What Now? -

 Ironically, the barbarity of Hamas will — for a time — restore Israel’s image as an underdog under siege, not the “occupier” who oppresses. 

The Israeli government formally declared war and gave the green light for “significant military steps”

And now Hezbollah is attacking Israel – HotAir    . . ."But this morning, a new wrinkle developed in the ongoing war. Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel from Lebanon. Rather than quickly moving toward any sort of ceasefire, the war appears to be expanding. And at the bottom of all of this, Iran is clearly either pulling the strings or at least providing a tacit endorsement of the attacks. (Reuters)" . . .

The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  

On this day, Simchat Torah we must set aside our joy and mourn our losses. We must put our differences aside and unite and fight for our families, our homes and our homeland.” — Michael Oren, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. (2009-2013)

"Like America after 9-11, Israel is united.

"Yet, in both countries, nihilists question their nation’s moral legitimacy. They also favor radical judges who no longer interpret law, but make it. But Israel Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu overreached with his judicial reform plan. And his opposition also overreacted. A couple of weeks ago, even the brilliant historian Michael Oren seemed to suggest a connection between the Yom Kippur War a half century ago and “LGTBQ rights” today (he forgot the trendy “+” ).

"But Oren is also right. Although Netanyahu’s tenuous coalition relies on the growing ultra-orthodox parties, they must not force their religious observance or turn back the clock on women. This war reminds us that Israel is a small nation; its survival requires a universal military. Instead of refusing to serve, halakhic Jews should be inspired by their legendary rabbi and foremost Talmudic scholar, the heroic IDF General Shlomo Goren.

"Oren is the author, among his several books, of the definitive work Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East. If you haven’t read it, get it. American born and educated, and the son of a U.S. Army infantry officer who served in World War II and the Korean War, Oren emigrated to Israel in 1979.

"In a later book Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide, Oren described his frustration as Israel’s ambassador in dealing with President Barack Obama and his State Department sycophants, given Obama’s obsessive infatuation with the Muslim world and his alienation of moderate Arabs — amidst his destructive engagement with Iran. In 2015, when Oren was touring the U.S. to oppose Obama’s disastrous deal with Iran, he told me of his apprehension about the possibility of what we now know as “Israel’s 9-11.” Even then, he spoke of a Gaza attack in the South, perhaps coordinated with the huge number of Hezbollah rockets in Syria and Lebanon to attack the north, as part of Iran’s proxy war to destroy Israel, and the concern about what might be called “GPS arming,” and the doomsday scenario of an Iran nuclear capability. And we saw this weekend some form of “smarter rockets.” Oren also was concerned about the obvious — no matter the latest generation of Iron Dome or advanced tech, any defense system has its limit and can be overwhelmed." . . .

Retired NBA Superstar Eviscerates BLM Supporters, Politicians After Bloodshed in Israel (thefederalistpapers.org) Language: . . . “All you politicians who have something to say on the contrary. I see you. F*** you. All you Black Lives Matter people who always have something to say and always supported everything else and you quiet now. F*** you, too,” Stoudemire said, before praising Israel as the “[o]nly place in the world I can go and study Torah and eat Kosher food. Only place in the world.”

The six-time NBA All-Star reiterated his utter disdain for Hamas’ actions: “Some coward s***, dog, and all y’all support it. F*** you. On my mama, we don’t respect none of y’all for that. Peace.”

NBACentral on X: "“I woke up this morning with some disturbing news out of Israel that Hamas [are] kidnapping children, putting them in cages, killing women, killing the elderly. That’s some coward s**t. That’s cowardly. And for all y’all Black Live Matter [supporters] who ain’t saying nothing,… https://t.co/sQ9DBMow5J" / X (twitter.com)