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  • [Vanity]Password

    07/21/2025 6:42:45 PM PDT · by TBP · 34 replies
    Me | Now | TBP
    I got a new laptop and cannot log in to FR. How do I find my password so IC an log in on my laptop?
  • Israel's decisive Syria strikes highlight need for intervention in preventing genocides - analysis.

    07/20/2025 10:04:56 PM PDT · by Words Matter · 5 replies
    JPost ^ | July 17, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman
    For many Jews, the images of Druze men having their mustaches forcibly shaved conjure up memories of the Holocaust. Israel’s decision to take decisive action in Syria in an effort to deter attacks on the Druze community has shown that it is possible for countries to work to preempt massacres or genocide. In the wake of the fall of the Assad regime, Israel has been vocal about protecting the Druze in Syria. The IDF has acted several times when clashes in Syria between armed groups and Druze fighters led to the killings of Druze.
  • Instead of defunding NPR, we should ask them to please explain why their editorial board consists of 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans, and why they suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he mentioned that information...

    07/19/2025 11:57:41 AM PDT · by grundle · 36 replies
    Wordpress ^ | July 19, 2025 | Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)
    https://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/instead-of-4/Instead of defunding NPR, we should ask them to please explain why their editorial board consists of 87 registered Democrats and 0 registered Republicans, and why they suspended senior editor Uri Berliner after he mentioned that information in an essay that was published by The Free Press.By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)July 19, 2025According to the political ideology that I subscribe to (libertarian), I’m supposed to be in favor of ending government funding of NPR. And from a theoretical point of view, I agree with that position.But for me, the real world always supersedes any theory. NPR, along...
  • Di Leo: A White House Physician Takes the Fifth

    07/19/2025 11:43:03 AM PDT · by jfd1776 · 12 replies
    Illinois Review ^ | July 17, AD 2025 | John F. Di Leo
    Kevin O’Connor, a presidential physician during the Biden-Harris years, recently infuriated Congress by repeatedly invoking both the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination and the tradition of physician-client privilege, when being grilled by a House committee about his care of patient Joseph R. Biden, and the question of when it became clear to all concerned that Biden was incapacitated. A current historical anniversary crystallizes the difference in how we treat this issue: Forty years ago this week, President Ronald Reagan was in the hospital recovering from colon surgery. He had gone under general anesthesia for an operation on July 13, before...
  • Di Leo: Measuring the Effectiveness of Lessons and Punishments

    07/19/2025 11:38:37 AM PDT · by jfd1776 · 1 replies
    American Free News Network ^ | July 17, AD 2025 | John F. Di Leo
    Did we hit Iran hard enough before we stopped? This is always the question, anytime you engage in diplomacy, warfare, or a combination of the two. When it becomes necessary to do something, the question is “How much?” Israel has led the effort against Iran, as Iran has been the chief aggressor against Israel. For 46 years now, the mullahs who rule that poor country have not only threatened Israel (and the USA too) on a constant basis, they have also funded, trained, and directed numerous terrorist organizations in the region, chief among which are Hamas of Gaza, Hezbollah of...
  • Kansas City, Missouri, shut down its prison. They give free bus service so the serial criminals can go to the city run grocery store and continuously harass the customers. This is exactly what Zohran Mamdani wants to do to NYC.

    07/18/2025 6:00:25 PM PDT · by grundle · 13 replies
    Twitter ^ | July 18, 2025 | Daniel Alman from Squirrel Hill @DanielAlmanPGH
    Kansas City, Missouri, shut down its prison. They give free bus service so the serial criminals can go to the city run grocery store and continuously harass the customers. This is exactly what #ZohranMamdani wants to do to #NYC.
  • Fun video of teenager starting an old tractor. He was promised the tractor if he could start it. Fun to watch.(My title)

    07/15/2025 12:08:41 PM PDT · by Enterprise · 47 replies
    https://x.com ^ | 7/15/25 | Posted on X
    Got a free tractor if I could start it!
  • Naftali Bennett on Epstein (post on X)

    07/14/2025 6:45:58 AM PDT · by thefactor · 71 replies
    X ^ | 7/14/2025 | Naftali Bennett
    As a former Israeli Prime Minister, with the Mossad having reported directly to me, I say to you with 100% certainty: The accusation that Jeffrey Epstein somehow worked for Israel or the Mossad running a blackmail ring is categorically and totally false. Epstein’s conduct, both the criminal and the merely despicable, had nothing whatsoever to do with the Mossad or the State of Israel. Epstein never worked for the Mossad. This accusation is a lie being peddled by prominent online personalities such as Tucker Carlson pretending they know things they don’t. They just make things up, say it with confidence...
  • This Is Peak Government...

    07/13/2025 8:25:48 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 8 replies
    Hot Air ^ | 11 July 2025 | David Strom
    It sounded like a great idea. Governor Andrew Cuomo, before he was unceremoniously forced out of office, convinced state lawmakers to shell out over $100 million to purchase decorative LED lights to enhance the beauty of some of New York's most iconic bridges. The cost seems excessive, but this is the government. You have to make room for paying double or triple to satisfy all the people with their hands out--they need to make an excessive profit, pay exorbitant salaries to preferred workers, throw some money at consulting and design firms, and leave some money left over to recycle into...
  • New York’s Jews after Mamdani’s victory

    07/13/2025 8:05:53 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 36 replies
    No Delusions, No Despair ^ | 11 July 2025 | Benjamin Kerstein
    As the title of this newsletter suggests, I do not care for delusions, and we should have none.It is all-important, then, to acknowledge the fact that Zohran Mamdani will unquestionably be the next mayor of New York. There are too many votes in cheap populist demagoguery and hating the Jews to stop him. So, the question now is not how to prevent a Mamdani victory. The question is how the Jews ought to deal with the fact that an open antisemite will soon rule America’s leading—if declining—city with its million-strong Jewish minority. There would seem to be four options:QuiescenceHistorically, Diaspora...
  • Mamdani and the Rise and Fall of Great Cities

    07/13/2025 5:39:25 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 16 replies
    American Refugees ^ | 12 July 2025 | Roger Simon
    What is to happen to New York—and for that matter to Los Angeles and a host of lesser but still important American cities? I have been thinking about that for some time—particularly after the recent LA fires that have barely been repaired— but have started to obsess about it with the rise of Zohran Mamdani in the NY mayoralty race. Mamdani seems a prototype of what we used to call online a “useful idiot,” a phrase ascribed to Lenin, although, like so many similar, no one seems to be able to locate evidence of his having used that precise language....
  • "You Can't Handle The Truth..."

    07/12/2025 11:40:55 AM PDT · by mononymous · 24 replies
    Self ^ | 7/12/2025 | Self
    And what the truth is (IMO), is what I explained here The "Great Reset" That Is Needed, three+ years ago. In essence, Epstein weaved a web, and numerous “elites” have been caught in it; think of the material on Hunter Biden’s laptop, and multiply it by 100s. There likely isn’t a formal “list,” there doesn’t need to be one, all of the “right” people know who else is on the list, and somewhere, at the apex of all of this, is some unknown entity or entities that is the gatekeeper for the compromising information that’s been stored/archived in various media...
  • Spanish Prime Minister Compares Netanyahu to Putin as National Court Opens ‘War Crimes’ Investigation Into Israeli Officials

    07/11/2025 11:05:17 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 14 replies
    FDD ^ | 11 July 2025 | Anon
    Spanish Prime Minister Assails Israel: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez unleashed a tirade against Israel during a speech to parliament, accusing the country of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and calling on the European Union to suspend its cooperation agreement with the Jewish state. “No one that tramples on the EU’s founding principles — or that uses hunger and war to annihilate a legitimate state — can be a partner of the European Union,” he said on July 10. Sanchez also compared the actions of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to those of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.Spanish Court...
  • UChicago professor calls school ‘evil colonial landlord,’ vows to use it to build power for Palestine

    07/11/2025 7:26:55 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 27 replies
    Campus Ref\orm ^ | 10 July 2025 | Patrick MacDonald
    A professor at the University of Chicago recently cursed against the school and said she only worked there to “build power” for Palestinian solidarity. The professor, Eman Abdelhadi, made the statements on July 5 during a socialism conference held in Chicago, according to The Daily Caller. In her remarks, Abdelhadi reportedly said that UChicago is “evil” and a “colonial landlord,” and that she asked herself why she worked there. “F**k the University of Chicago—it’s evil,” the professor said. “You know, it’s a colonial landlord. Why would I put any of my political energy into this space?”
  • Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Circle

    07/10/2025 4:54:43 PM PDT · by Enterprise · 31 replies
    Nov. 3, 2023 A Wall Street Journal investigation, using thousands of emails and schedules, uncovered new people who associated with Jeffrey Epstein for years after he was a convicted sex offender. The reporting revealed the kinds of favors he did—and threats he made—for those in his circle. Here are key articles from our investigation:
  • I asked Grok to fact check my own claims about these 12 things being far better today than in the 1950s.

    07/07/2025 11:58:25 AM PDT · by grundle · 62 replies
    Wordpress ^ | July 7, 2025 | Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)
    I asked Grok: Fact check: Compared to the 1950s, here are some things that are far, far better in 2025: Average life expectancy. Square footage of housing per person. Houses today are much bigger, but the number of people in each house is much smaller. Number of bathrooms per person in each house. Percentage of homes with air conditioning. Number of dental cavities for the average 18 year old. Percentage of the population that is vaccinated against polio and measles. Percentage of the population that has indoor plumbing. Percentage of the population that takes a daily shower. Being able to...
  • Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani have both said that billionaires should not exist. This information from Grok tells us which countries meet that criteria, and which ones do not.

    07/06/2025 5:39:47 PM PDT · by grundle · 23 replies
    Wordpress ^ | July 6, 2025 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani have both said that billionaires should not exist. This information from Grok tells us which countries meet that criteria, and which ones do not.https://x.com/DanielAlmanPGH/status/1942015133875601709#BernieSanders and #ZohranMamdani have both said that #BillionairesShouldNotExist.This information from Grok tells us which countries meet that criteria, and which ones do not.#Socialism #DemocraticSocialism #Communism #Marxism #Capitalism #AynRand #Economics #Billionaires pic.twitter.com/L3qMsZI6ju— Daniel Alman from Squirrel Hill (@DanielAlmanPGH) July 7, 2025I asked Grok:Please list the per capita number of billionaires in each the following countries: the United States, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan,...
  • Mamdani is dangerous, but also pretty stupid

    07/04/2025 9:25:42 AM PDT · by Rummyfan · 56 replies
    Tilting at Windmills ^ | 2 July 2025 | Tom Knighton
    Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary and is poised to become the next mayor of the Big Apple. He’s young, personable, has amazing charisma, and is being touted by some as the new face of the party. Others are suggesting that Mamdani, with all his attributes, is offering a path forward for Democrats to win in both the midterms and in 2028. These people are just as stupid as Mamdani himself. Mamdani is an avowed socialist who advocates for socialist policies, which are always going to resonate with people who are idiotic, jealous of other people’s wealth, or too lazy...
  • America 250 (website)

    07/04/2025 7:43:24 AM PDT · by Freeleesy · 12 replies
    Happy 250th our beloved US. God bless
  • Presidents and the Fourth

    07/04/2025 7:03:25 AM PDT · by TBP · 18 replies
    Me | July 4, 2025 | Me
    Today is a double occasion for me: Independence Day and my birthday, both o which I celebrate. A bit o Independence Day trivia: One President was born on this date; three died on this date. Can you name them? Also, what do Mickey Mantle and Adam Dunn have in common? (It relates to the Fourth of July.)