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Perhaps 34,000 denizens of the Gaza Strip have died since October 7th 2023, but the vast majority died because their were either a) being used as human shields; or b) they were EXECUTED at the hands of Hamas while trying to escape from the Gaza Strip. Then of course, there is the collateral damage as a result of bad handling of munitions by the jihadist militants themselves, blowing up their own material storage depots.

Unforced errors all.

The thing that has always puzzled me, is why a Jewish intellectual is so frequently drawn to SUPPORTING communistic or socialistic causes. Almost always, these communistic or socialistic causes gravitate toward anti-Semitism, turning upon the Jewish supporters within their ranks, and yet, the Jewish people cannot seem to shed their enthusiasm for the command-and-control traits inherent in the communistic or socialistic ideologies.

This enthusiasm extends to the economic sphere, and a general rejection of formal religious practice, substituting worship of the state for the worship of and belief in a divine Creator.

Which in manifold ways, this rejection of divine worship not only destroys what it means to even BE Jewish, but makes this rebellion against historic authority an even more grotesque misrepresentation of how the Jewish tradition should be seen by others.

I once pointed out to a very pro-socialist person of Jewish persuasion, that the term “Nazi” was a contraction of “NAtionalist soZIalist”, and was basically a socialist philosophy created by and for Germany. This person was apoplectic that “Nazi” should even be associated with “socialism”, but there you have it.

All command-and-control systems eventually degenerate into finding a scapegoat for all the ills of why the system does not work, and almost always, the Jewish people are singled out for the role. Not the only ones, of course, but one of the most easily isolated.

Axios is such a reliable source. Just a little too much bad blood between Nikki and The Donald.

Just do not see this happening. Tulsi Gabbard is more believable.

Representatives of Team Trump were not allowed to observe ANY of the collection activity by the DOJ, so they stage the whole thing, like a movie set, moving the boxes of documents OUT of secure storage into the more public areas of the estate, implying that those documents NEVER were in secure storage.

Evidence tampering in the most blatant manner ever. The “evidence” collected would not be admissible in a gas station holdup.

The South Koreans are nothing if not ambitious.

There is the little problem of transmitting the power collected in space and getting it to the ground. A tight microwave beam, perhaps? Or the longest transmission wire ever built, stretching from the surface of the earth out to geosynchronous orbit? What about earth shadow, or a total eclipse by the moon of the array?

Reliance on thorium molten-salt reactors seems to be a better all-around answer, but perhaps there is a lot of money in South Korea for these kinds of research grants.

Hamas was making concessions? Who knew?

As far as anyone could detect from the outside, Hamas made no significant concession up to this point. Maybe on the shape of the negotiating table, or something.

A lot like dealing with North Koreans.

When the enemy is cornered, and is being stomped through the cracks, I suspect there is little leverage left. Except for the dark money pushing the agenda, there is really very little sympathy for Hamas, and no popular support once the usefulness of Hamas is obliterated.

Just more of the Biden chutzpah. In his mind, he can do no wrong, all publicity is good publicity.

There is something in heartland America that does not love Joe Biden, at least as far as Team Biden sees the problem.

They have no clue. The Biden regime, and the cabal behind it, have racked up the worst record for incompetent mishandling of just about every aspect of each crisis that has come up since taking office. The border, the economy, foreign relations, and simple things like an ideological purity that does not take into account the art of doing something of value for the greater number of citizens.

They reap the whirlwind.

Oh, grieve for the denizens of Gaza. The worst example of self-induced grief and woe this world has seen in a while. The Jihadists claim, “See what you made us do!” But all the while, no matter how conciliatory the Israelis may be, the worst ragtag bunch of beggars in the Middle East still say, “What have you done for us lately?”

And for this tardy response on the part of Israel, a vicious, raging mob descended on the Israelis in a bloodthirsty burst of rape, pillage, murder, and kidnapping, without an ounce of remorse or pity. A note of caution to these lords of Gaza: do not poke the hornets’ nest with a stick. The Israelis respond with a vengeance that is Biblical in its proportions. Appeasement is not a consideration, and surrender is not an option.

Annihilation is near.

Everybody has a “gender identity”, but they may not be inclined to accept the immutable fixed identity that was impressed upon them at the moment of conception. There is no such thing as “transgender”. That is a purely artificial social construct, and meaningless in the context of biology.

There is not, and shall never be, a full transformation of every cell of the human body from an “XY” to an “XX” configuration, nor shall there ever be an “XX” to an “XY” reconfiguration. This transformation have never yet been achieved on even a single cell in an “in vitro” experiment. And the human body has literally TRILLIONS of cells.

Not the Bee, but the usual kind of second-guessing of which NYT has been slyly promoting. This may be rumor, it may not, but just the picture of a worm gnawing around in somebody’s head is a disagreeable mind image, and if this attaches to RFK Junior, calls into question his acceptability to those of queasy nature, who in repulsion are driven back to - Joe Biden, who has some very real snakes in his head.

Just more Biden chutzpah - “In your face, whatcha gonna do about it?”

Biden family members are holding themselves so above the law, that no prosecution will ever be brought against them.

The attacks on Trump are pre-emptory strikes, an extreme form of projection in that “I can hit you, but you can’t hit back. Nyah, nyah, nyah!”

Enter karma, stage fright.

First of all, whatever bribes may have been involved, the Biden DOJ would not have gone after a Democrat congressman for simple corruption of this order. Henry Cuellar must have does something REALLY egregious to have attracted so much attention.

Secondly, and WAY more important, is the lack of support Rep. Cuellar has provided to the Biden regime on the security questions in regards to the US-Mexico border. Rep. Cuellar has been especially critical of the poor enforcement and general mistreatment of the Border Patrol, all at the orders of Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas, a person roundly deserving of the scorn and criticism heaped upon him.

That is the real crime here. Like the Nazi SS troops that were roaming the streets of Berlin in the days just before the surrender of the Third Reich, any German folks who were not 100% in favor of the support of the Hitler regime were summarily executed by the SS and their bodies were hung from lampposts.

Henry Cuellar must be made into an example. No matter the futility of such an action.

There is no virtue in casting a vote for Joe Biden, the very apotheosis of political corruption and chicanery. He has rarely said what he means, and cannot mean what he says, as he has no logical, moral or factual basis for most of it.

There is, in fact, far more than a merely binary choice for Presidential preference. So you do not like Trump? There is Bobby Kennedy Junior, there is Jill Stein, there is Cornel West, any or all of which maintain a much higher profile than Joe Biden for both competence and articulation of their positions.

But as to overcoming the visceral aversion that a certain minority of persons who style themselves as “Republicans” hold for Donald Trump, you might as well hate the storm clouds of violent weather, as he is as much a force of nature as an August hurricane.

The View becomes the White House spokespersons, and John Fetterman becomes the voice of reason in the Democrat party. Some kind of wholesale inversion has happened, and nobody saw it coming.

Or maybe the public did see this coming, and it does not matter.

As things presently stand, the prosecution is free to make assertions, which may or may not be supported by verifiable evidence.

Doesn’t matter. The verdict has already been announced, which virtually assures Trump’s much larger vote total in the general election.

The Giant Antaeus in Mythology

Antaeus, son of Gaia and Poseidon, was a Libyan giant whose strength appeared invincible. He challenged all passers-by to a wrestling match that he invariably won. Upon winning, he slaughtered his adversaries. That is until he met Hercules.

Hercules had gone to the garden of the Hesperides for an apple. On Hercules’ way back, the giant Antaeus challenged the hero to a wrestling match. No matter how many times Hercules threw Antaeus off and tossed him to the ground, it did no good. If anything, the giant appeared rejuvenated from the encounter.

Hercules eventually realized that Gaia, the Earth, Antaeus’ mother, was the source of his strength, so Hercules held the giant aloft until all his power had drained away. After he killed Antaeus, Hercules proceeded safely back to his return destination.

Now I ask you, in this encounter, is Trump Antaeus, or is he Hercules?

“Unsafe at Any Speed”

Now that we could REALLY use your expertise, Ralph Nader, where are you?

Trump voters may have “low standards”, but they are consistent and always favor the same direction and objectives.

Double standards, on the other hand, are consistently confused and have contradictory goals depending on the situational environment.

“Trump got impeached for doing this to Ukraine”

Therein lies the error, in trying to establish parity between Israel and Ukraine. To the Biden regime, Israel is an unmitigated disaster, while Ukraine is the paragon of all that is just and right in the world.

And the United States is bracketed by the same set of strictures that apply to Israel, a monstrosity that has to be tamed and properly confined to it role as a compliant means to distribute largesse to all the world, until it is no more.

Should the Biden regime or its intellectual successors retain power this November, we will be so screwed. Even in defeat, their propensity to distribute mischief shall be little diminished.