Victor Davis Hanson "Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services.
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Brace Yourself For What's Coming in 2024 -
Pro-Hamas Protestors Interrupt Macy's Thanksgiving Parade by Gluing Themselves to the Ground –
RedState A group of anti-Israel protestors interrupted the biggest holiday parade of the year by forcing the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade to alter its route, according to several reports Thanksgiving morning.
According to those reports, the group - which was seeking to raise awareness for Palestinians but espousing pro-Hamas propaganda - was clad in white jumpsuits and carried with them a large banner that read "liberation for Palestine and planet."
#BREAKING: Protesters SHUT DOWN Macy's Parade route by GLUING THEMSELVES to the ground, demanding "Liberation for Palestine and Climate" blocking Sinclair Oil Corporation Dinosaur balloon.#Thanksgiving#MacysParade
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) November 23, 2023
Video by Ken Lopez Desk@freedomnews.tv to license pic.twitter.com/ib2HM5QnYc
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This is the movement these silly, dangerous people support!
Very graphic video of Hamas and Israeli children May not open. You must know what Hamas did when learning of those who rally in support of them.
Speaking of pro-Hamas, you need to hear this"journalists". brilliant question:
The first question that left me speechless (but only for a second): pic.twitter.com/P4Bh0SKtl9
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) November 23, 2023
How Israel's new laser defense system will turn the tables on Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran
Israel’s defenses took a giant leap forward this week when — for the first time ever — it used a laser beam to shoot down an incoming rocket fired by terrorists in Gaza.
"This isn’t science fiction, but the product of years of research and experimentation.
"The US military is doing its own laser-beam or “directed energy” research, and Israel and the United States cooperate.
"Lockheed Martin and Israel’s Rafael are developing Iron Beam, and ultimately it can mean not only ground-based laser defenses but lasers to mount on ships and planes as well.
"Israel fielded the weapon for the first time in combat a few days ago, and it could change the country’s air defense posture in the next few years.
"It’s called Iron Sting and is part of the larger Iron Beam laser defense system.
"Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system is well known, and it works beautifully: 90% effective.
"But it is expensive: Each Iron Dome battery can cost $100 million, and each interceptor costs between $40,000 and $50,000.
"As Hamas fires its thousands of rockets and missiles at Israel — it’s fired an estimated 10,000 since Oct. 7 — the costs of defense mount and the supply of interceptors can run out.
"Iron Dome batteries typically have about 60 to 80 interceptor missiles at hand.
"What if Hezbollah or Hamas fires 100 missiles at one location?
"A laser system overcomes these problems." . . .
WATCH: IDF Releases Extensive Footage of Hamas Tunnels Under Hospital—Bathrooms, Weapons, Even A/C – RedState . . ."Despite breathing hard and being in a terrifying place, she manages to deliver a powerful statement about what they’ve found:
As we move along, walking down that tunnel, now we know the network of tunnels that Hamas holds in Gaza underneath sensitive spots like hospitals, pulling the civilians of Gaza hostage and abusing their right to medical treatment, to human rights, to any base human right that they have.
. . ."Here's a much longer tour, running at over nine minutes. "Dear world, is this enough proof for you?" the caption reads. IDF described the footage on their YouTube site: "IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari reveals a hidden Hamas terrorism base beneath Gaza's largest hospital—stark proof of Hamas' direct threat to innocent lives."
Dear world, is this enough proof for you? pic.twitter.com/Z3HNDPNV3O
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 22, 2023
The liberal left continues its war on normal America
Trumpenfreude strikes another business that made anti-Trump waves - American Thinker "Trumpenfreude, which I believe is a word that Don Surber coined, happens when we get a warm glow learning about people who struck out at Trump or those close to him and, instead, managed to destroy themselves. While we should feel guilty about regular schadenfreude (e.g., delighting in other people’s misery), Trumpenfreude is something to be celebrated. The latest, somewhat delayed, comeuppance for a Trump hater is The Red Hen, the restaurant that, in 2018, proudly ejected Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family in the middle of their meal.
At the time, the mainstream media, of course, lapped up the story of the brave restauranteur:" . . The announcement comes several years after The Red Hen faced massive scrutiny for removing Trump Administration Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family from the premises in the middle of their meal after triggered left-wing employees called the restaurant’s left-wing owner, Stephanie Wilkinson, requesting that she take action to remove the family from their midst.
Continuing this thread from earlier this week: The Tunnel Wall: Restaurant That Ejected Family of Trump Spokeswoman Closes!
We know so much about the Rainbow Bridge incident…except for the driver’s name
Andrea Widburg - American Thinker "Yesterday, the news was filled with reports of an attack at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the United States and Canada near Niagara Falls. It was a dramatic incident that ended with a fiery explosion. Very quickly, though, we were told, “Not to worry. It was just a guy speeding.” What we haven’t been told, though, is the names of the people involved. In this day and age of cynicism and paranoia, I find that silence weird.
"In the footage below, you can see the car at the very top of the screen, in the background, as it begins to soar:
. . ."CNN even gave us the driver’s age—56.
"And that’s it. The news stories I can find are, at the latest, from early yesterday evening. Since then, there’s complete media silence.
"But have you noticed the one thing missing from this whole narrative? Yup, the couple’s identity.
"Now, it’s possible that they’re not releasing the name until relatives have been notified, but that’s not usually the case when something is headline news, the way this crash was. Instead, the names of the people involved instantly appear on social media. And given the level of detail we have about the couple—where they lived, how old the driver was, what they were doing that evening—you’d think someone would know their names." . . .
Sources Tell Fox News NY Vehicle Explosion at Rainbow Bridge Border Crossing Is Attempted Terror Attack (resistthemainstream.com) "Explosives were found in the vehicle that left the two vehicle occupants dead. One border officer and one civilian, a 27-year-old man, were injured in the blast and transported to Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital. . .
. . ."An Iranian passport was found at the scene.
"All bridges are closed in the area and government officials in the region are on high alert. Several buildings have closed out of an abundance of caution.
"There is speculation the vehicle exploded prematurely and was headed to New York City’s annual Macy’s Day parade."
‘No Sign of Terrorist Activity’ in Vehicle Explosion at U.S.-Canada Border, Hochul Says | National Review Consider the source.
CNN Leaves Out Why Mother's Daughter Was an Israeli Prisoner –
This video doesn't cover why her daughter was arrested and detained. She attempted to stab an Israeli police officer.
Twitchy "There have been some really revolting takes trying to find some equivalence between Hamas releasing 50 hostages it took October 7 and Israel releasing 150 Palestinians from prison. What did the hostages do to be kidnapped aside from being Israeli? Israel isn't releasing hostages, it's releasing prisoners who were either convicted or awaiting trial.
"CNN International decided to talk to the mother of one of the Israeli prisoners scheduled to be released." . . .
Another example of the idiocy American culture and the media have led us into:
"Yes, trans liberation. "Trans genocide." And the White House press secretary just honored Transgender Day of Remembrance and said that America grieves for the 26 transgender lives lost. Like the trans Antifa activist who shot at a cop."
Part of the agreement between Israel and Hamas involves the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.@nimaelbagir spoke with one mother who is hoping she may soon see her long imprisoned daughter once again. pic.twitter.com/rE7LPMH8ZO
— CNN International PR (@cnnipr) November 22, 2023
Not Surprisingly, Climate, Trans Activists Align With Hamas Hostage-Takers –
"It's pretty clear that when it comes down to it, all of these so-called activists are Marxists at their core. They're commies, and commies stick together. The co-founders of Black Lives Matter referred to themselves as "trained Marxists" — they just swapped out class for race and ran with the playbook.
"So it's no surprise that these activists have found a common cause with the Palestinian people.
It was last Sunday in Amsterdam that the world's view of Greta Thunberg suddenly shifted. She was bundled up against the November chill, wearing a gray, quilted jacket as she stood on a stage in front of a vast crowd. Her hair fell loosely over her shoulders.
Event organizers estimate that 85,000 people turned out, making it perhaps the largest climate demonstration in the history of the Netherlands. But Thunberg, as shown by the black-and-white Palestinian kaffiyeh wrapped around her neck, had something else on her mind. As a climate justice movement, "we have to listen to the voices of those who are being oppressed and those who are fighting for freedom and justice." The reference was to the Palestinians.
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Joe can’t BS his way to a second term
People know we’re in a dangerous time and place. Joe Biden made it much more so. Connect the dots between Afghanistan, Ukraine and Gaza, and layer on top of that picture a porous border and a woke U.S. military. Voting for four more years of Joe is reckless.
"Joe Biden has always been considered not very bright and not very honest. Beyond that, he’s thin-skinned and hot-tempered according to White House staff. His ability to remember and his ability to think – never very good – are worsening. He’s spent 40% of his time in the White House not in the White House, but on vacation at the beach in Delaware.
"He has a creepy thing for other people’s young daughters which an irate dad might someday react to in a way Joe doesn’t anticipate.
"As for his casual relationship with facts, he certainly lies on occasion, as when it comes to his family influence-peddling business, for example.
"But his real forte is simple BS’ing.
"He BS’es that he had conversations with an Amtrak conductor a year after the conductor died – a BS dropping that he’s repeated a dozen times even after being fact-corrected by friendly media like CNN.
"He BS’es that he earned academic awards that he didn’t. He BS’es that he earned three college degrees when he didn’t. He BS’es that the driver of the truck that was in an accident that killed his first wife was drunk, when he wasn’t – in fact, the accident was his wife’s fault.
"He BS’es about who he is and what he’s done. He BS’es that he was arrested when visiting Nelson Mandela. He has a history of plagiarism and cheating – the academic equivalent to BS’ing.
"He BS’es that he received an appointment to the Naval Academy, and was a football star. Untrue and untrue.
"He BS’es that he was at the 9/11 site the day after, while in fact it was nine days after. He BS’es that he used to drive an 18-wheeler; he never did.
"He gets away with this because the media lets him. They let him because they don’t want a Republican in the White House." . . .
He’s spent 40% of his time in the White House not in the White House, but on vacation at the beach in Delaware. He has a creepy thing for other people’s young daughters which an irate dad might someday react to in a way Joe doesn’t anticipate. As for his casual relationship with facts, he certainly lies on occasion, as when it comes to his family influence-peddling
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Restaurant That Ejected Family of Trump Spokeswoman Closes!
The Gateway Pundit | by Guest Contributor ‘Telling 2/3 of the local population’ they are unwelcome is not the best business strategy
"Apparently telling two-thirds of the local population they are not welcome at your business is “not the best business decision,” suggests a report at National File about the closure of the “Commie Cluck” restaurant.
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| Sarah Huckabee Sanders |
"The report noted that Lexington, Virginia, facility actually was named The Red Hen, and it became infamous in a moment for a decision back in the day to eject from the premises then-Trump Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family.
"Because she’s Republican.
"The report explained the owners have confirmed the business will close down, and later a new restaurant with a new name will replace it.
"The press secretary’s family was ejected from the restaurant in the middle of their meal in 2018 after “triggered left-wing employees called the restaurant’s left-wing owner, Stephanie Wilkinson, requesting that she take action to remove the family from their midst,” the report recalled.
"Wilkinson wildly claimed to the Washington Post at the time it was a “moment in our democracy when people have to make uncomfortable actions and decisions to uphold their morals.”
"The restaurant soon became known to critics as the “Commie Cluck” and while it became a destination eatery for the “elites” in Washington, locals stay away in droves.'
"Chef Matt Adams claimed the “core values” of the business “will live on.” . . .
This Thanksgiving, Joy-Ann Reid Has Much To Be Thankful For -
Ann Coulter "[This column is adapted from one that originally ran Thanksgiving Week 2021.]
"I will take on faith, Joy-Ann, that your life up to age 16 — spent in the racist hellscape that was 1980s Denver, Colorado — was practically a maelstrom of cross burnings, Night Riders and segregated water fountains.
Let’s focus on the recent past.
"Consider:
" 'You were admitted to Harvard with SAT scores that would have gotten an Asian kid disowned by his parents.
"You manage to keep your show at MSNBC with ratings that would get a white person canceled.
"People try harder to laugh at your excruciating jokes than they would for a male of any race.
"Plus, I have it on good authority that no one at MSNBC has pestered you about touching your hair.
"Your brief daytime show on MSNBC made ratings history, garnering only 38,000 viewers in the demo its first day on air — the lowest for the entire network! That inched up to 56,000 viewers two days later, the second lowest for the network. Ronan Farrow’s show debuted the same week. But while he was quickly cashiered for poor ratings, you were promoted, even though he is white and you are black. Dodged a bullet there!
"You weren’t prosecuted for making a false FBI report when you claimed that right-wing saboteurs had hacked your blog, planting long, venomous threads about gay people. It seems your go-to attack for celebrities and Republicans is to accuse them of being gay. (For example, you described Dick Cheney “topping off” Sean Hannity — gay slang for oral sex — and repeatedly ran your “Top 5 ‘totally not gay celebrities of the year.'”)
"Nor were you fired for your preposterous, and quickly disproved, lies about having been hacked when it was you who mocked people for being gay — including Oprah.
"Your many, many blog posts sneering at gays were written just 10 years earlier, when you were an adult and a professional journalist. Meanwhile, teenagers — even white ones! — are being thrown out of college for the stupid things they said on Snapchat when they were 15. But you came through like a champ, without consequence — despite being black!
"Indeed, instead of firing you, MSNBC gave you a prime-time show. This is the network that canned Chris Matthews(astonishingly, another white male) for telling girls they’re pretty. And who took the humiliated Matthews’ time slot? YOU DID! Despite the fact that he is white and you are black." . . .
More Hamas Atrocities Documented, Strongly Supported By Palestinians and Ignored By Western Feminists
Survey by Palestinian polling firm shows 75% support for October 7 massacre. Defeating Hamas is just the first step if there ever is to be peace. Palestinian society is going to have to change, much like German and Japanese societies changed after their defeat.
"We shouldn’t have to do this. But lowlife scum have been spreading false claims either that the Hamas massacre on October 7 never happened (e.g. The Palestinian Authority, you know, ‘the moderates’) or that Israeli did the killing (internet clickbait personalities like Jackson Hinkle and pathological anti-Israel fanatics like Max Blumenthal).
"So we continue with the video and other documentation of the Hamas atrocities.
"Huge Crowds of “Civilians” Taunting Hostages Reflect Palestinian Society
We’ve all seen the video of Shani Louk in the back of a pick up truck, mostly naked and her legs bent unnaturally, being beaten, spit upon, and molested by crowds. Until seeing this video, however, I didn’t realize how large the crowds were. It’s unclear if it is Louk in the trucks or other hostages and murder victims, because the white Toyota pick up trucks are common Hamas vehicles. But is looks like the terrorists in the rear of some of the vehicles are not the same ones in the Louk vehicle, so these likely include other victims. The crowd appears to be at least several hundred deep, maybe thousands. These are your innocent civilians we keep hearing about."
Video shared on social medias show the moment when the convoys of Al-Qassam Brigades (Hamas military wing) reached the central Gaza strip with the captured/kidnapped civilians and IDF soldiers from Southern Israel, as well, corpses from those Killed in Action (KIA) during the… pic.twitter.com/s7Z9oksAni
— Emeka Gift Official (@EmekaGift100) October 7, 2023
Lucianne.com News Forum - How Hamas Nazis Became an Environmentalist and Gun Control Cause From Q***rs for Palestine to marchers carrying signs reading, “Palestine is a Reproductive Justice Issue”, the Hamas Nazi cause has been vertically integrated throughout the Left. Greta Thunberg was booed after injecting anti-Israel chants into environmental rallies. The BLM movement was a longtime foe of Israel, but Asian Studies departments recently joined in. The leaders of March for Our Lives and the Sunrise Movement, a gun control group and an environmental protest group, signed a letter to Biden warning that young people wouldn’t vote for him unless he forced Israel to stop attacking Hamas Nazis.
In red America, standing up for Israel isn't controversial (nypost.com) . . ."Ever since Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake gave rioters “space” to “destroy” in 2015, many municipal leaders have taken a hands-off attitude toward destructive mobs (at least those mobs aligned with the left, which to be fair is pretty much all of them).
"This has been bolstered by the criminal-justice “reform” approach of not charging or prosecuting for most crimes even people who are arrested.
"University administrators have shown a similar unwillingness to enforce basic principles of social order and provide a basic level of security and protection for students and faculty targeted by angry mobs.
"So it’s actually kind of newsworthy to note not everywhere operates that way.
"It’s possible for people to engage in free speech without official toleration of violence — in fact, it’s official intolerance of violence that makes free speech for everyone possible. " . . .
The Biden Economy and How It Could Be Fixed
"A recession is defined, traditionally, as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. At least it was defined that way before the financial press redefined it prior to the 2022 midterms, ensuring that despite two consecutive quarters of negative growth, President Biden’s policies couldn’t be labeled recessionary. But regardless of the definition, this negative growth meant declining standards of living, fewer job opportunities, lower wages, and increased poverty for the American people. Overall, we have become a far less vibrant and far less prosperous society on the verge of a serious recession.
"The hard economic times we are experiencing are especially striking as they come on the heels of the Trump boom, which opened our eyes again to American economic potential when we have low taxes, reduced regulation, and a bountiful supply of domestic energy. Everybody, particularly minority and low-wage earners, reaped the benefits in the Trump years of abundant job opportunities, increasing wages, historic highs in family income, and historic lows in rates of poverty and unemployment.
"Consider some of the metrics. In 2019, the last year before the pandemic, median family income grew to nearly $73,000. It went up $4,600 in that year alone, a 6.4 percent increase over 2018—the largest annual increase going back to 1967. That amounted to 45 percent more growth in one year than the $3,200 increase that the Obama administration achieved in eight years. And contrary to what would become an election year talking point, the economic benefits were widespread. Every racial group experienced a record high median family income level: for white Americans it rose 5.7 percent; for black Americans, 7.9 percent; for Hispanic Americans, 7.1 percent; and for Asian Americans, 10.6 percent." . . .
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