Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey Comes Under Fire for Wearing Blackface 52 Years Ago in College Skit
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Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) is facing calls for her resignation following the unearthing of a college skit from 52 years ago. Back in 1967, Ivey performed in a skit called “cigar butts” in which she wore blackface.
This will be the first test of “Democrat privilege” whereby Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and AG Mark Herring weathered photos of blackface surfacing from the 1980s. Is it only Democrats who are “privileged” enough to survived decades-old indiscretions? Or did Democrats lose a valuable piece of political weaponry in letting Northam slide?
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If anyone can withstand this onslaught of outrage from the perpetually outraged left, it’s Ivey. She has come under repeated fire for her stance on protecting Alabama’s Confederate statues, for banning “free speech zones” on public college campuses in her state, and for signing into law Alabama’s “Human Life Protection Act.” And she hasn’t blinked an eye.
It remains to be seen how this plays out. If the left thinks it’s found in Ivey a shrinking violet they can bully, they are in for a surprise when they discover that she’s a steel magnolia.
Small Israeli copter-drones blew up key Iranian missile equipment in heart of Hezbollah stronghold
William A. Jacobson
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something curious took place in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Two small-copter drones were downed, but not before at least one of them exploded. These were small drones that had limited range. Hezbollah claimed they were an attack by Israel aimed at Hezbollah’s media offices. While photos circulated showed damage to the media offices, no one believed Israel would bother to attack Hezbollah media offices, and not in the heart of Hezbollah’s stronghold. Any attack in Beirut would carry a risk of igniting a wider conflict.
So assuming these small drones were operated by Israel, what was worth the risk?
The Times of London claims to have the scoop: Israel blew up key and expensive Iranian machinery shipped from Iran to help Hezbollah convert its enormous unguided rocket arsenal into guided missiles.
The Jerusalem Post reported:
The two drones which crashed in the Lebanese capital of Beirut targeted crates with machinery to mix high-grade propellent for precision guided missiles, read a report by The Times.
According to intelligence sources quoted in the report, the Iranian-made mixer which was regarded as one of the key parts of precision missile technology was seriously damaged and the computerized control mechanism which was in a separate crate was totally destroyed in the blast.
According to Hezbollah the two drones which fell in the group’s stronghold neighborhood of Dahiya were both armed with 5.5 kilos of C4 explosives.
“After the Islamic Resistance’s specialized experts inspected and dismantled the first drone, it was clear that it was laden with a bomb which was professionally wrapped and isolated,” Hezbollah said in a statement.
“We confirm that it was not on a reconnaissance mission, and that its target was to carry out a suicide attack, exactly like the second drone,” the statement continued.
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So what really happened? The one thing we can rule out is that Israel attacked Hezbollah media offices. But were the drones operated by Israel and was this equipment targeted?
View it in context. Israel put on a substantial media display over the attack on Iranian bases, and also is in the midst of a media blitz about the Iranian missile program in Beirut. The IDF is naming names.
These 3 Iranian commanders are working on a secret¹ project with Hezbollah to manufacture precision guided missiles to attack Israel.
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¹not so secret anymore. pic.twitter.com/ZLFsOr9yLz
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 29, 2019
Since 2013, #Iran has been trying to arm Hezbollah in Lebanon with precision guided missiles. Here’s how: pic.twitter.com/S0d1ckvu3e
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 29, 2019
DECLASSIFIED: These are the senior Iranian commanders running Hezbollah’s precision missile project in Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/4bw24MBoco
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 29, 2019
Something is happening in Beirut that lends credence to the reports about the copter-drone attack. The Israeli message is that they know everything about what Iran and Hezbollah are doing, they know who is doing it, and they know where it is being done.
If Israeli has such precise intelligence, it also has the means to act on it with a lot more than small copter-drones.