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To the knowledge of principled, modestly engaged, CNN-watching citizens, President Joe Biden stands strongly with Israel as it faces unprecedented threats to its existence. So, it appears, cheers are in order for Joe, our strong President. But not so fast. Perhaps more than any leader on the planet except Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Biden’s actions were a causative factor in bringing on the recent devastating invasion of American ally Israel. And more than anyone else, Biden presently is both weakening Israel strategically, and strengthening Hamas militarily, as Israel desperately seeks to assure its safety. This criticism of Biden, at first...

The U.S. Air Force's termination of an unarmed LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) over the Pacific Ocean had prompted mockery from sources in Russia, where major weapons tests have just taken place.There are around 400 of the nuclear-capable Minuteman ICBM at U.S. Air Force bases in Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota. They form a key part of the U.S. military's arsenal, making up one leg of the U.S. nuclear deterrent triad.The defense publication The War Zone said that the launch failure "is concerning" and there are "no clear indications" yet as to what caused the problems.

In 1953, the Swiss novelist Max Frisch published a play called The Arsonists. It's a pitch dark comedy about a small town ravaged by a group of maniacs disguised as traveling salesmen, who sweet-talk their way into people's homes and then set them on fire. Its protagonist is a dolt called Biedermann—bieder being German for honest, respectable, and upright. He's aware of the danger, and yet, when the arsonists knock, he lets them in. The tragedy, Frisch argues, is that he almost has no other choice: The arsonists are such smooth talkers that it's easy, when listening to them, to...

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A top aide to the commander of Ukraine's military was killed by a grenade given to him as a birthday gift and not in a targeted attack, the interior minister said. ... A colleague presented six new grenades as a gift to Chastiakov, who was a top aide and close friend to Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, for his 39th birthday, Klymenko said. Chastiakov was showing off the grenades to his family at home when his son took one and began twisting the ring. “The serviceman then took the grenade from the child and pulled the ring, leading to a tragic explosion,”...

Israel is facing the most serious state of emergency it has known since 1948, and strengthening the personal security of its citizens is obviously of huge importance. In a move purportedly aimed at bolstering that security, Israel’s government recently passed new regulations to expand the number of Israeli citizens eligible to apply for a handgun license. The new regulations will allow hundreds of thousands of citizens to carry handguns on a permanent basis, without the necessary checks or oversight. The changes to the threshold conditions and criteria for eligibility for a handgun license were passed too rapidly during the current...

A 69-year-old man was killed Sunday after he got into an altercation with a pro-Palestinian demonstrator in Thousand Oaks, California, police confirmed to the Daily Caller. Paul Kessler “died as a result of injuries sustained during an altercation at a Pro-Israeli/Pro-Palestinian event, both of which were occurring simultaneously at the intersection of Westlake Blvd. and Thousand Oaks Blvd,” the Ventura County Sheriff’s office confirmed to the Daily Caller. The department has not ruled out “the possibility of a hate crime.” The tragic incident unfolded Sunday around 3:20 p.m., after “multiple citizens” called police “to report a battery has occurred.” “Upon...

WASHINGTON – One of the key needs of newly arrived migrants flooding Chicago and living in shelters — in the U.S. legally — is getting work permits so they can join the workforce, make money and find a place to live. A Biden administration pilot program, kicking off Thursday in Chicago, is designed to help new arrivals in shelters overwhelming the city apply for their work authorizations. The pilot program is a joint effort of the White House, Illinois, City Hall and the Resurrection Project, a social service agency that provides legal services for migrants. It comes as local, state...

President Joe Biden and his boss Barack Obama remind me of the legendary corrupt Chicago politicians First Ward Alderman Michael “Hinky Dink” McKenna and “Bathhouse” John Coughlin. And their love of “boodle” (a slang term money, gained (Biden family payoffs from foreign countries), or spent improperly (Obama shipping large pallets of cash to US enemy Iran). Biden and Obama are indeed the modern day “Lords of the Levee”. But in another example of Boodle, just in time for the 2024 election, we have Biden announcing $16.4 BILLION to …. Amtrak for the Northeast corridor (aka, the Acela train carrying Congress...

"By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain" (Heb 11:4). True worship requires coming to God on His terms. At the heart of every false religion is the notion that man can come to God by any means he chooses—by meditating, doing good deeds, and so on. But Scripture says, "There is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). That name is Jesus Christ, and we come to Him by confessing and repenting of our sin, trusting in His atoning death on the cross, and...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday he does not believe it is the right time for elections as debate intensifies on holding a vote in 2024 while the country fights against Russia's invasion. All elections including the presidential vote set to take place next spring are technically canceled under martial law that has been in effect since the conflict began last year. "We must decide that now is the time of defense, the time of battle, on which the fate of the state and people depends," Zelenskyy said in his daily address.

A group of Senate Republicans have released their proposal to overhaul border policies from security to parole and asylum changes.The group, made up of Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Tom Cotton (R-Okla.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.), has been meeting for weeks to try and put forth a border proposal with significant policy changes, not just additional funding for Border Patrol.

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This chart tracks Gold vs Bitcoin performance from a $1 investment on 6 Oct 2009 when Bitcoin first had a market price.I humbly dedicate this chart to @PeterSchiff in honour of his tireless promotion of Bitcoin to his audience of gold bugs, we are forever grateful. In it for less than 14.1 Years? Here ya go... BTC PriceGold PriceTodays value from $1 investedBuy 1 yr ago$20930$1674Bitcoin: $1.67 | Gold: $1.19Buy 2 yrs ago$61490$1802Bitcoin: $0.57 | Gold: $1.10Buy 3 yrs ago$15550$1941Bitcoin: $2.25 | Gold: $1.02Buy 4 yrs ago$9357$1486Bitcoin: $3.74 | Gold: $1.34Buy 5 yrs ago$6455$1232Bitcoin: $5.43 | Gold: $1.61Buy 6 yrs...

Liel Leibovitz comments on Barack Obama’s “we’re all complicit” shtick regarding the Hamas massacre of Israeli Jews (see Steve Hayward’s post here):Study the 44th president’s record, to say nothing of his extensive writing and speeches, and a clear ideology emerges, the sort of gauzy anti-Imperialist fantasy so trendy in graduate seminar rooms that eschews American power and dreams that the wretched of the earth will rise up to the full measure of their native glory.Only a mind gripped by the erotic pull of theory would look at the 2009 demonstrations in Iran—the so-called Green Revolution—and decide that America ought to...

Lawsuits regarding state laws on voter ID, a popular election integrity measure among U.S. citizens, are dragging on as the 2024 presidential election is just a year away. At least five states have recently or are currently facing lawsuits regarding voter ID requirements. Voter ID laws are largely popular among U.S. citizens, according to recent polls, but voting rights groups argue that such measures are discriminatory. In Ohio, for example, challengers against voter ID laws have said in court papers that the laws make it "significantly harder for lawful voters—particularly young, elderly, and Black Ohioans, as well as military servicemembers...

KEY POINTS Stellantis plans to produce an industry-first pickup for its Ram Trucks brand that’s equipped with an onboard gas engine and electric generator. The truck can operate as a zero-emissions EV until the vehicle’s battery dies and an electric onboard generator — powered by a 3.6-liter V6 engine — kicks on to power the vehicle after its initial charge. Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis characterized the new Ram 1500 Ramcharger pickup as the “ultimate answer for battery-electric trucks.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger Tungsten Ram DETROIT — Automaker Stellantis plans to produce an industry-first electric pickup truck called the Ram...

New York Times headline: "On Israel, Progressive Jews Feel Abandoned by Their Left-Wing Allies. NBC News: "The left faces a reckoning as Israel divides Democrats." Time Magazine: "How the Activist Left Turned on Israel." Los Angeles Times: "'The left has really let us down.' Why many American Jews feel abandoned" Financial Times: "Left's take on Hamas stuns American Jews -- and threatens Democratic party split." You get the point. Left-wing American Jews feel betrayed by the Left. A Left that remains anti-Israel even after the greatest single-day massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, and even though most Palestinians and their...

Pro Hamas college students sketch as aired on the Israeli satire TV show "What a Wonderful Country" on channel Keshet 12. #ColumbiaUntisemtiy

KEY POINTS Office-sharing company WeWork filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in federal court Monday. Valued in 2019 at $47 billion in a round led by Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank, the company tried and failed to go public five years ago. It disclosed in an August regulatory filing that bankruptcy could be a concern. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Office-sharing company WeWork filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey federal court Monday, saying that it had entered into agreements with the vast majority of its secured note holders and that it intended to trim “non-operational” leases. The bankruptcy filing is limited to WeWork’s...