New Hampshire’s First in the Nation Primary is a shallow pool with deep meaning, and a lot of folks like to dip their toe in that water. The ballot is often long on names no one knows. This year will be no different, but then it will.

The Democrats don’t have a primary, but then they do.

Democrat candidates are still registered to be on the primary ballot. Joe Biden is not one of them. He changed the schedule. They kicked New Hampshire to the curb. He is “The first sitting White House occupant in history not to appear on the primary ballot of his party in New Hampshire.”

It has got people yapping about how bad the idea is. He’s left himself open to the very embarrassment he was hoping to avoid, hidden behind the lie that New Hampshire is not diverse enough. He’s doing South Carolina first becasue NH doesn’t represent the Democrat party, and he’s blaming the DNC.

 

The president’s reelection campaign informed New Hampshire Democrats Tuesday in a letter obtained by CBS News from Biden campaign officials that while he’d like to appear on the ballot, Mr. Biden “is obligated as a Democratic candidate for President to comply with the Delegate Selection Rules for the 2024 Democratic National Convention” set in motion earlier this year.

 

Biden told the DNC – as its deranged muppet leader – to change the schedule. They did. And now “the buck stops here,” Biden is passing it like he always does. It has unnerved the local Marsixts. They are organizing a write-in campaign.

Related: 3,542 Democrats Switched to Independent So They Could “Interfere” in the NH Republican Primary

Why? Biden could still lose New Hampshire, and that’s not good for incumbents. And there are other names to choose from. Names no one knows. But they will be on the ballot.

 

Mixing the enthusiasm of a pre-adolescent gazing up at a T-Rex likeness and the happy warrior joy of his political hero Hubert Humphrey, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) let out back-to-back “wows,” signed his declaration of candidacy and paid the $1,000 to appear on New Hampshire’s presidential ballot. …

“I learned to love my country right here in New Hampshire,” Phillips said, recounting to the photographers, reporters and state officials cramped into the Secretary of State’s capitol office his summers spent at a camp in the White Mountains. (The camp is technically in Maine though along the New Hampshire border, as the Union Leader reported.) He also revealed his inscription on the paperwork: “I love New Hampshire.”

 

Phillips has vowed, if elected, to return the first Democrat primary to New Hampshire. That will attract a few jilted lovers to his altar. But not likely enough. The Biden write-in campaign, headed by long-time Dem party leader Kathy Sullivan – she who housed out-of-state vote stealer Jeff Wetrosky – will rally a lot of scribbles for Biden. She’s got this idea that he needs to win. Her State party can’t let it slide even when the National Party has moved forward and away from the Granite State.

And isn’t that what Democrats do? Every existing tradition and institution must be smashed. You need ashes before your utopian phoenix can rise. Joe Biden has done them a favor. He has lifted the rock of a 123-year tradition and pitched into the river. No longer burdened, Granite State Dems are free to salute the new primary order.

They’ve got a case of Primary Fundamentalism, and it is not very progressive of them.

You’re not conservatives. Let it go.

 

 

HT | Politico

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And so another week begins…

Take heart – there will be both a Wednesday and Friday Edition.  Last week’s Friday Edition.

Remember, ridicule and mockery are effective weapons:

1. Ridicule cannot easily be fought
2. Ridicule makes the enemy angry, and angry people make mistakes
3. For those in the “squishy middle” a Thought Splinter (and Part II and Part III and Part IV) can often be hidden inside humor.

Now, let the mockery and mayhem begin.

 

*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***

 

 

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Speaking from strength.

 

 

 

 

 

Green is the new red.

Watermelons: How Environmentalists are Killing the Planet, Destroying the Economy and Stealing Your Children’s Future

 

 

 

 

You cannot coexist with those who deny your right to exist.

 

 

Case in point.

 

 

Not just Gaza.  The entire enemedia is one deception after another.  After all, when you control the information flow, you control what people believe.  We found that out – in spades – in the Covid scamdemic.

 

 

The truth about Saint Floyd of Fentanyl is out… not that it will make any difference to the Faithful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why, it’s almost as though they knew something was coming.

 

 

In case you are curious.  Here.

 

 

 

Operation Sea Spray, and many others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IIRC PA showed Trump ahead over a half million votes.  Overwhelming lead.  Overcome.  Impossible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

But… but… but that can’t happen here.

 

 

 

 

 

Gag me, no.  What concerns me especially is that there will be a push to have this be the standard… and not tell anyone.

 

 

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Pick of the post:

 

 

Many good ones but this one struck me.  We have – or are about to have – FOUR carrier groups in the Middle East theater.

 

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Palate Cleansers:

 

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Come back Wednesday for another edition.  Same Meme Time.  Same Meme channel.

 

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The world of education is vast and intricate. While many educators enter the field with the primary objective of imparting knowledge to the next generation, the sector itself offers a range of opportunities for career growth. One of the most impactful ways an educator can propel their career forward is by obtaining a Master’s in Education. In doing so, the world of educational leadership, with its myriad of opportunities, beckons.

Deepening Expertise

A significant benefit of pursuing an online Master’s in Education is the deepening of your academic expertise. As students of this advanced degree, educators delve into the intricacies of pedagogical theories, explore novel teaching methodologies, and develop a more profound understanding of curriculum design. With this specialized knowledge, educators don’t just teach; they also influence how education is delivered in contemporary classrooms.

Becoming an Educational Leader

Many educators have the desire to shape not just individual classes but entire institutions. With a Master’s in Education, you are well-prepared to step into roles like educational coordinator or principal. These positions are pivotal in setting the tone and direction of schools, ensuring that every student gets an opportunity to thrive. With a firm grasp of both the theoretical and practical aspects of education, graduates can lead with confidence and vision.

Curriculum Design and Development

The education sector is not static; it evolves with societal changes, technological advancements, and the ever-shifting needs of learners. A master’s degree often provides educators with the tools to participate actively in curriculum design. They get to shape what and how students learn, ensuring relevance and engagement. By having a hand in creating the roadmap of education, they can ensure a more tailored and effective learning experience for all students.

Policymaking and Advocacy

Beyond the confines of the school or college, there’s a larger stage where the direction of entire educational systems is determined – the realm of policymaking. Graduates with a master’s in education frequently find themselves in roles where they advise on or craft educational policies. Their insights, based on rigorous training and first-hand experience, are invaluable in framing rules and guidelines that can shape the future of education.

Training the Next Wave of Educators

Every year, a fresh batch of aspiring educators enters the field, eager to make a difference. Those with a master’s in education often find roles as teacher trainers or college professors. In these capacities, they get to mold the next generation of educators, passing on their expertise and ensuring that the legacy of quality education continues.

Exploring Educational Technology

The digital age has brought a wave of technological tools tailored for the educational sector. From advanced learning management systems to AI-driven educational apps, there’s a lot happening. A master’s degree equips educators to understand, evaluate, and integrate these tools effectively, ensuring that students benefit from the best of both traditional and modern educational practices.

The decision to pursue a master’s in education isn’t just about adding a qualification to your resume. It’s about embracing the multitude of opportunities the field offers. For those with a passion for education and an aspiration to lead, this advanced degree can be the key that unlocks several doors.

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We sold plenty of tickets. We had a lot of vendors. And the day was beautiful, hovering around 80 degrees with the occasional breeze. It didn’t go as planned, but it went well despite the last-minute “changes.”

We will – at some point – have some video to share, but for the moment, thanks again to everyone who pitched in, helped out, and showed up. We had a few folks pay at the door, which was fine, and a few who left me messages that they couldn’t make it after the fact—still a great day.

Two of our announced speakers never showed up, but Hal, Ian, Jeff, Corey, Mike, myself, and Skip filled in the time.

We had music and video, but for reasons only the gods of tech know, there were issues (there are always issues), but no one minded or cared except perhaps myself and Skip – trying to make it work despite the challenges.

Our apologies for sucking up four hours of what would have been a great range day, but folks were shooting before we started and after we were done.

I’m still waiting on the final numbers, and it will be a few days, but the event was a great success. We raised over 1,000.00 dollars on the gun raffle alone. (Thank you, Nancy, and everyone who participated). And a special thanks to Diane Bitter and Fran Wendelboe, who did a lot of the heavy lifting logistically.

A lot of people meet folks they know online but not in person, and I got to meet several Grok authors whom I’ve never seen in person. And there were a few surprises I can’t mention yet, but you’ll find out soon.

Did we reach our fundraising goal? Not yet, but this event wasn’t meant to do that. The idea was to get together, have fun, make connections, and raise awareness about Independent media and Granite Grok’s unique place in that environment.

Pictures and video to follow, so check back for more details. And thanks again to everyone who bought tickets, donated their time and money, and continue to read and support GraniteGrok.com.

 

 

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A detransitioner who, as a 14-year-old girl, was coerced into taking testosterone that left her with vaginal atrophy, weak bones, and possible infertility is suing the experts who harmed her for malpractice, civil conspiracy,  and fraud.

Among the defendants are the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Jason Rafferty, MD. Rafferty allegedly ignored her history of PTSD from a sexual assault and her hope to have children later in life and pushed hormones as the only treatment for her gender distress.

Rafferty is the primary author of the AAP’s gender care policy. This policy asserts that the only treatment for gender distress is to immediately affirm gender identities through social transition, puberty blockers, and hormones.

The suit states that the AAP’s policy is fraudulent because its authors made false and unsubstantiated claims, such as puberty blockers are safe and reversible and that the authors ignored overwhelming evidence that if unaffirmed, most children will outgrow their distress.

Rafferty and his colleagues also allegedly invented information to support their position that it’s dangerous to first treat underlying mental health disorders while waiting to see if children learn to be comfortable with their bodies.

The suit filed by Campbell, Miller, Payne, a law firm that specializes in helping detransitioners find justice, states:

Defendants ignored and continue to ignore the scientific and evidence-based criticisms of the gender policy statement, have attained a windfall of prestige and profits because of the gender policy statement, and continue to perpetuate the conspiracy.

According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff, Isabelle Ayala, who had been sexually assaulted when she was seven, met Dr. Rafferty while she was hospitalized for suicidal thoughts. She told Dr. Rafferty that she thought being a boy was the only way she could treat her mental health struggles. She also told him that she might like to have a baby when she grew up. Based on that one meeting, Rafferty concluded that she was a candidate for hormone therapy.

Two months after starting testosterone, Isabelle presented with “profound depression with intermittent suicidal ideation.” Rafferty’s colleague, Gillian Morris, MD, tripled her testosterone dose.

Six months later, she met with Dr. Michelle Forcier, the physician who asked Matt Walsh, “Do chickens cry?” in his documentary, “What is a Woman?” Isabelle told Forcier that she had been increasingly suicidal and depressed, but Forcier did nothing to decrease the testosterone dosage. Rafferty continued the high dosage even after Isabelle was hospitalized for attempted suicide. 

After Isabelle moved from Rhode Island to her home state of Florida, she quit taking testosterone and became more comfortable with her female body. She realized she could never be a boy. She came to understand that her confusion was a result of her PTSD and other mental health problems that had never been treated.

Now, in addition to the irreversible physical changes and permanent damage to her health, she lives with the regret and anger of having been taken advantage of, according to the complaint.

The complaint notes that Rafferty went from being an obscure physician completing his residency to being considered a leading authority on gender because he drafted the AAP’s ideologically based policy.

Dartmouth Health physicians have repeated the AAP’s claims that puberty blockers are safe and reversible and that social and medical transitions are the only accepted treatments for gender dysphoria in their public testimonies, op-eds, and professional articles.

Related: Trans or Die: The Ideological Blindness of a Dartmouth Health Endocrinologist

Ayala-v-AAP-Complaint

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What could be more amusing than watching Joe Biden trying to figure out where he is or where he is going? How about Donald Trump impersonating Joe Biden, trying to figure out where he is or where he’s going?

It’s damn funny, and his supporters love it. And we should feel bad about it, but Biden’s handlers are the ones guilty of elder abuse.

Here’s the clip.

 

“WE LOVE TRUMP”: Crowd breaks out into chant after President Trump ROASTS Biden pic.twitter.com/ZJEtHNWEDX

— RSBN (@RSBNetwork) October 29, 2023

 

I know. No other candidate would ever do something like that, would they?

Maybe they should.

 

HT | Daily Wire

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Higher education in America has been a misnomer for some time. As tuition rates have outpaced inflation by many times, the quality of education has proportionally fallen. The government has been complicit in the rising cost of a college degree, making student loans easy to get regardless of the amount.

It is not unusual for a student to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree and a student loan balance of over $250K. That is a difficult position for someone to enter adulthood and their earning years looking ing at a mortgage size note. This dilemma is compounded when your choice of study is Studio Arts. Making the wrong choices can be costly and a burden for years.

It has become painfully apparent that higher education in America is an extension of the K-12 indoctrination that is the primary purpose of the Department of Education. Our children are no longer taught to be independent thinkers but disciples of the Woke philosophy. That philosophy starts with dismantling any love or allegiance of and to America. Students are convinced that America is an evil country built with slavery on the graves of Native Americans. These beliefs led to demands for Student Loan Forgiveness and Reparations for Blacks and Native Americans. They are also taught the myth that Capitalism is wrong and favors the upper class, and Socialism is the way of the future. That economic model worked so well for Venezuela and Cuba. By giving these students a tainted view of history and the inability to self-think, these students lap up this left-wing rhetoric like mother’s milk.

The anti-Israel demonstrations and protests have shown how low these students have fallen. They are showing how ill-informed they are and how susceptible they are to becoming sheep or lemmings in the Leftist movement. Anti-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrations and walk-outs are forming at major colleges and universities across the country. The irony about the theme of these demonstrations is there is no country called Palestine. There are Palestinians who live in Gaza. This point shows the ignorance of these students. The second is the absence of anger at the brutality and sub-human behavior by Hamas when they invaded Israel on October 7. The rape and killing of women, the beheading of children, the vicious killing and hostage-taking of the elderly, and the burning alive of families do not seem to be a problem with these mindless students. Still, the retaliation of Israel on Hamas in Gaza is tantamount to war crimes. It makes no sense and defies logic.

Usually, this behavior by college students gets attention, but there are no ramifications. Not this time. Student protestors are finding job offers rescinded, and schools allowing these protests are feeling the pinch. Long-time donors have notified the schools that the money will no longer be coming. This action by corporations and donors is a massive swing of the pendulum. The actions are also an indication of a tonal change in the country. Woke may be experiencing a slow death, but it is clear the party is over for far-left thinking. Thank God.

 

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Troublesome Creek has blue-skinned people. Kentucky has Blue Grass. There are Blue mountains in Oregon, but no one is turning blue faster than Vermont. In a few short years, the political Left has taken the state on a ride to hell.

They drank the blue Kool Aid®.

Vermont is not there yet, but as I observed on Right Side Up radio a few weeks back, and on occasion on these pages or over at VermontGrok, we can watch the descent in real-time. Vermont is falling like leaves from trees in autumn, a chorus of told-you-so’s on the wind in their wake.

Vermont Dems are making all the same mistakes Democrats do. They opened the progressive playbook and chanted scripture and verse, and you can see the decline with your own eyes.

Murder!

In 2021, the state had nine homicides. In 2022, that number jumped to 25. As 2023 winds its way through autumn, the State Police have a number that could be as high as sixteen—the result of seven suspicious deaths in October alone.

 

Hunters on Friday afternoon discovered a body in a remote area in Plainfield, and Vermont State Police say the death “occurred under suspicious circumstances.” It marked the second time this week that hunters found a body in central Vermont.

Since Oct. 5, Vermont State Police have reported seven deaths considered to be suspicious. By comparison, there were only nine reported homicides in the state for all of 2021, although that number spiked to 25 reported homicides in 2022.

No arrests have been made in any of the seven recent cases.

 

With two months left to 2023, there’s plenty of time for hunters to find more bodies, and you can’t discount the way the Left has set the table in the rest of the state. The road to utopia is always paved with the dead.

They could still come under the 2022 number, but another seven suspicious deaths in either November or December will put them close to a new trend; I’d bet that’s more likely the case. Vermont has been set up to fail, and fail it will.

The solution – at least to the rising number of murders –  is not as complex as they might imagine, but progressives are probably working on the wrong solution as you read this.

If they ban hunting, people will be less likely to find the bodies.

 

The Night Cap might become a daily piece—a quick snapshot of an issue or some opinion at the end of the day.

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In gauging the promises of climate rescue by corporations and non-governmental organizations, citizens must reflect upon the track record of past technological projects peddled as the cure to all that ails us. EVs, wind turbines, and solar panels are touted as absolutely necessary to save the planet.

Yet the boondoggle of the ethanol “industry,” the “cash-to-clunkers” program, and other much-ballyhooed technological solutions reveal a history of big promises concealing negative returns. So when The Lego Group abandoned its efforts to make its best-selling toys from recycled bottles recently, we wondered if perhaps the vaunted recycling industry is over-promising and under-delivering as well.

Americans widely assume the plastics, glass, metal, and other waste products they discard are recycled and reused. Unfortunately, this is often not the case: Major problems continue to prevent most of these substances from being efficiently recirculated. Since “green” construction, EVs, windmills, and solar panels all contain these same materials, the issue of reuse via recycling relates to their sustainability.

The United States has failed to achieve the high rates of recycling of some products attained in Europe. Europeans pay more for landfill disposal and have widely adopted bottle deposit and multiple-stream collection practices that improve consumer compliance and sorting at the source. The United States has lagged in these areas, but also faces problems moving recyclables long distances, a lack of industry consolidation, and weakening market demand for recyclables. These industry challenges are not diminishing but increasing.

Glass, plastics, and metals are chief categories of recycling opportunities. Each presents unique problems, yet all encounter shared hurdles of economic efficiency that have stalled American recycling programs to the point of near irrelevance.

Glass

Glass is arguably the easiest substance to reuse, as it can be processed into “cullet,” a crushed-glass product mixed with virgin glass to manufacture new bottles. Yet glass also poses unique challenges. It gets shattered during collection and transport, which contaminates other renewables such as cardboard, as well as the glass itself. Glass is quite heavy, making trucking costs (economically and environmentally) high. Glass is hard on equipment, increasing plant and machinery costs. Only about 40% of glass in single-stream recycling collections is recycled. A mere third of all US glass is recycled, with some ten million metric tons of it being dumped into landfills annually. Glass is also less environmentally destructive on disposal because it is inert and does not produce leachate (chemicals that leach from landfills) or methane. So it’s often cheaper to just landfill glass rather than recycle it.

Metal

Metal recycling focuses mostly on aluminum, steel, and copper, and presents its own challenges. Appliances and other products must be dismantled to meaningfully extract recyclable materials, especially the burgeoning volume of electronics such as discarded cellphones and laptops. Virtue-signaling corporations publicly proclaim recycling commitments, but there is insufficient capacity to meet those goals. Only about 19% by volume of durable goods were recycled in 2018. Only 30% of aluminum cans were recycled. Many cities do not implement expensive Materials Processing Facilities (MPFs) and find it cheaper to simply landfill cans collected from consumers.

Plastic Rates of plastic reclamation are so low globally that the phrase “plastic recycling” is essentially oxymoronic. The problems with recycling plastic have long been known – many companies have been accused of “greenwashing”: misleading the public into believing their products are recyclable when they are not. There are thousands of different kinds of plastic in use, and they can’t be mixed when remelted. Plastics degrade after one or two uses, and new plastic is cheap and easy to manufacture. The plastics industry proposes to triple production by 2050, but less than 5% of plastics are remanufactured into new products. Greenpeace presented a study that found that the more plastic is reused, the more toxic it becomes – to marine and human life, in food and water as well as landfills. Renewable Energy, Isn’t Into this chasm of failures now leaps the hasty, climate-urgency-fueled push to manufacture whole new waste streams of unrecyclable manufactured junk, falsely labeled “renewable energy products.” Wind turbines, EVs, biodigesters, solar panels, and other techno-gadgets touted as climate-saving all end up in the dumpster. Manufacturing inputs for these goods include coal energy, mined metals, and numerous pollutants, all of which are simply ignored by proponents. Similarly, the externalized costs of disposal are simply dumped on future generations to sort out.

This is more than just a recycling issue: It is extremely costly to shift inefficient technologies and infrastructures once they are implemented, as is demonstrated by single-stream collection methods and the shortage of large processors of glass, metal, or plastics. What are the pollution costs of installing electric charging stations for EV cars, changing the grid to accommodate surges of energy demand when solar panels or wind turbines are offline, or shifting an entire industry to ethanol production? What are the economic and environmental costs of transforming those failed systems after they are hastily implemented?

Recycling Boondoggles These different recycling industries share common economic hurdles: a lack of market, limited processing facilities, high transportation costs, a need for capital-intensive technological investments, and insufficient large-scale processors. They also share in the illusion that waste products are being reused. Promises made politically, unachieved, are then left for the next generation to figure out. The hucksters for climate technology are off and running, seeking bigger and better technological promises to break. John Klar is an Attorney, farmer, and author. Mostly farmer… And Regular Contributor to GraniteGrok and VermontGrok.

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Americans have always prided themselves on living in the land of the Free and the Brave. It has a great sound, but does it ring hollow in the 21st century? We are not far from a two-year period where the government locked us down, forced us to vaccinate with untested pharmaceuticals, wear masks unless sleeping, and not to question a single facet of the COVID plan.

Our children were locked out of schools, forbidden from interacting with each other, and not allowed to participate in indoor or outdoor sports. We were not allowed to go to Church or a gym but could go to Walmart or Target. We were not allowed to visit the sick in hospitals or the elderly in nursing homes. We were restricted in how and when we buried our dead. Does this sound like a free country? Does this sound like a brave populace? I don’t think so.

Fast forward to 2024. The restrictions may not be as obvious, but those subtle restrictions still infringe on our Constitutional rights. Today’s edicts do not impact both sides of the aisle similarly. Joe Biden has weaponized his Justice and Intelligence Departments against political foes and their followers. The FBI has been found to infiltrate Catholic Churches seeking “Radical Catholics” who may be threats to Democracy. By the way, what is a Radical Catholic? I was born when masses were celebrated in Latin, and I still believe in the old ways of the Church. Does that make me a Radical? You will have to ask Joe and his FBI for the answer. The Justice Department is still protecting school boards and departments from “terrorist parents” who are concerned with graphic pornographic books available for elementary school children.

The White House and Social Media are continuing to work together to censor the information available to the public, and the CDC is pushing a new round of “magic” vaccines. The President is doing all in his power to thwart efforts by Robert Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson from challenging him in a Democrat Primary. These efforts are how Democrats envision Democracy. People who trespassed into the Capital on January 6 are serving 18-year prison sentences while murderers and rapists are released early or serving time for reduced charges.

One of the greatest shows of Government abuse of power is what is being done to Donald Trump. The former President has been charged with nearly 100 indictments in multiple jurisdictions in a blatant attempt to keep him off the 2024 ballot. Trump’s poll numbers rise with every new charge, showing the Democrat tactics are backfiring. Their effort to break Trump and destroy his business empire should terrify every American. If Biden and his administration can do this to a former President, their most powerful opponent, and a Presidential candidate, they destroy any one of us. Is this what happens in the country of the Free and the Brave? It is in today’s America, under the power of Democrats. The Party of the People wants the people under its thumb.

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Naomi Wolf was, until the covid era, “a well-known feminist nonfiction writer for thirty-five years . . . privileged to be part of the cultural ‘scene’ made up of influencers on the progressive Left.” With great courage, she rejected the masks, lockdowns, and vaccines urged upon us by the state, viewing them as totalitarian impositions upon us. Her heroic stance turned her into a “nonperson”: her friends and associates on the left shunned her.

As a result, she has rethought her political alliances and now finds herself in the company of conservatives and libertarians. In what follows, I’d like to discuss some of her insights about covid and then to focus on how she sees the world.

Her study of English literature, in which field she holds a doctorate from Oxford, led her to challenge masks and lockdowns:

I knew from having read my way, as a former graduate student, through many of the last 400 years’ words of English memoirs and novels, that waves of infectious diseases, ranging from yellow fever to typhus to cholera, had passed over both Britain and America, but that these diseases had never been treated as we were treating this purportedly serious infectious disease, COVID-19. Never had multiple generations been advised to crowd together into closed indoor spaces, only to be denied light, air, and exercise, during an epidemic. Indeed, from Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War to the reformers of the Progressive Era, health pioneers knew well that doing this was, in fact, deadly.

The vaccines were even worse, and Wolf views them as genocidal in that they adversely affect women’s reproduction. A group of 3,250 doctors, scientists, and other experts organized by Wolf analyzed documents secured by court order from Pfizer, one the two main producers of the covid vaccine, and the findings are devastating:

I am not saying that this is exactly like finding evidence of Dr. Mengele’s experiments. I am saying that now, with these findings, the comparison is not excessive. These anti-humans at Pfizer, speaking at the WEF; these anti-humans at the FDA, knowing what they knew—targeted the miraculous female body, with its ability to conceive, gestate, birth, and nurture life. They targeted the female body’s ability to sustain a newborn human being with nothing but itself. . . . They targeted the human fetus’ very environment, one of the most sacred spaces on this earth, if not the most sacred. And they knew it.

How was Wolf able to arrive at these insights, when many other well-educated and informed people failed to do so? A vital clue to answering this question, surprisingly, lies in what she says about color perception:

Our western modern culture insists that only phenomena that we can see and explain are real, and that human perception must be contiguous and must universally be the same. But what if that is not true? . . . Could people have actually seen differently than we do, in former times? Cognitive scientists are confirming that this different color palette could be a real thing, and caused by differences in language practices: they are finding that if a culture does not have language to describe a thing, the brain does not perceive it as clearly, or sometimes not at all. (emphasis in original)

Wolf has unusually keen powers of perception, and she is able to perceive things most others are not:

Ever since I was first conscious, I was aware that I perceived some things differently than did many of those around me. In kindergarten, I realized (without, of course, having the word for this) that I had synesthesia—the condition in which one sense spills over into another: people with this form of perception hear colors, or taste sound, or in other ways activate different senses at the same time. . . . Though I managed to censor my synesthesia, my awareness as a child that perception was fluid, and that currents of all kinds were continually flowing around us all—and that the physical world was illuminated and glowing and magical, but also that it contained dark and scary forces—could not be suppressed.

We are now in a position to grasp the relevance of these philosophical considerations to Wolf’s account of covid. She senses that a cosmic struggle is occurring, and it is essential to take sides in it. This she has certainly done:

I reluctantly concluded that human agency alone could not coordinate a highly complicated set of lies about a virus and propagate the lies in perfect uniformity around an entire globe, in hundreds of languages and dialects. Human beings, using their own resources alone, could not have turned hospitals overnight from having been places in which hundreds of staff members were collectively devoted to the care of the infirm, the prolongation of human life, the cherishing of newborns, the helping of mothers to care for little ones, the support of the disabled—into killing factories to which the elderly were prescribed “run-death-is-near” (remdesivir) at scale.

Is she correct in her account of the world? I do not presume to say. To skeptics, the attitude that Immanuel Kant took to the visions of Emmanuel Swedenborg may come to mind; but Swedenborg is not without his eminent defenders, and Wolf’s vision of the world has certainly energized her for battle. Even those who do not accept it must recognize her solid empirical work she has about the dangers of the vaccine.

She stirringly calls us to battle:

Freedom is not free, as many veterans have said. I never understood what that meant except superficially. But you don’t get freedom back so easily if you yourself committed massive crimes. Freedom is not free. You don’t get to take away the freedom of others and enjoy it, without penalty for yourselves. The people you harmed, the parents of the children you burned—they are coming. Not violently, not vengefully, but with the righteous sword of justice in hand. Don’t rest too easy, leaders who did wrong, in this bright American sunlight. You don’t get America back as if nothing had happened.

We owe a great debt of gratitude to this heroic fighter for freedom.

David Gordon is Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute and editor of the Mises Review.

 

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I’m not sure what intrigues me more. That the FDA funded a study that produced these results or that ABC thinks this is news. The Study? “Evaluation of Stroke Risk Following COVID-19 mRNA Bivalent Vaccines Among US Adults Aged ≥65 Years.” The result?

 

Older adults who received last year’s COVID booster and a high-dose version of the flu vaccine in the same visit may have a potential increased risk of stroke, according to a new FDA-funded study.

Experts urged that the results were preliminary and may be explained by other factors such as the fact that older adults are already at a higher risk for stroke due to their age.

 

The media and Medical Industrial Complex like to portray us as idiots. The slow kid upon whose face you can watch the struggle to comprehend even the simplest ideas. Look at those rubes and their whacky conspiracies aided and abetted by the highly credentialed experts we’ve been trying to boot from our professions.

Crazy dopes and their medical misinformation.

Oh, and by the way, they were right again.

No, neither ABC nor the FDA is admitting anything of the sort. In fact,

 

“There is no need for panic, and emphatically no need to stop giving COVID and flu shots at the same time to older adults,” said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious diseases specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, while he reiterated that more research is needed.

 

More research is always needed, especially since they stopped doing any as a condition of producing or approving a pharmaceutical product for the public. Everything is warp speed, and the FDA isn’t even a speed bump on the way to human testing, which is a live test on actual patients who have been told the same lie they got when their do-no-harm medical professionals were – like Gregorian monks – singing the safe and effective chant.

I want to think that some increased number of people have had a road to Damascus moment as regards public health’s chain of information custody, but not nearly enough. The CDC and FDA fart and – with few exceptions – the public health apparatus from DC to your plucky Berg takes it without question. Physicians, family or otherwise, get lectured to by their hospital overlords with the same messaging, and if you want to keep your job or license, let’s ensure we’re all repeating the same story.

Then, people die. They die after receiving injections that don’t prevent infection or transmission and may make you more susceptible to both.

We find no satisfaction in being right or sharing the correct opinions (research or data) when lives are lost becasue someone didn’t hear it or get enough of a clue to ask questions or challenge the orthodoxy. It’s a strange thing to say when you consider how the left, the media, and too many Republicans view us as ideologically immovable objects when it is we who challenge the systemic dissemination of a position and question the establishment dogma.

On that point, the ABC News piece is loaded with some great suggestions.

“There was about a 20-35% increased stroke risk in older adults that received both shots in the same visits, according to the study.”

“Additional data are needed,” and “Ultimately, we need ongoing data… to inform best practice,” he added.”

So you’re not telling people not to get them together even though the risk of stroke is more significant than their risk of death from COVID. And it’ll be great when we have more data.

It will. It would be better if you had more data before you released guidance on giving older folks both at the same time, but the CDC is not changing its recommendations. Keep the double tap and wreck a few lives while we figure out how to spin this. Sorry, they meant to say do more research they should have done beforehand.

Oh, and if anyone cares, Transgender Hormone Therapy Increases the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke.

Puberty blockers and hormone therapy are all the rage among the woke-a-saurs despite the increased risk of death from the drugs, mental health issues, or the exponential increase in likely suicide. Now the American College of Cardiology has more bad news.

In the study, people with gender dysphoria who had ever used hormone replacements saw nearly seven times the risk of ischemic stroke (a blockage in a vessel supplying blood to the brain), nearly six times the risk of ST elevation myocardial infarction (the most serious type of heart attack) and nearly five times the risk of pulmonary embolism (a blockage in an artery in the lung), compared with people with gender dysphoria who had never used hormone replacements.

So there’s that.

 

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Second Amendment proponents, of which I am one, will say that gun rights and ownership are absolute. That there should be no infringement under any circumstances. These people will go to the mattresses (a mafia term for newbies) before they will yield on any changes to the Second Amendment.

People opposed to guns and the Second Amendment would like to go to the extremes of Beto O’Rourke and confiscate every gun owned by a private citizen. There is a reason that Beto does not hold office at any level, especially in his home state of Texas.

The events of the last two days in Lewiston, Maine, have given us a look at a flagrant flaw in gun ownership that most people on both sides agree needs to be addressed. Guns do not belong in the possession of an individual who has threatened individuals with death and is diagnosed with severe mental issues. This solution seems obvious, but because of the division between the two sides of this issue, it has never been brought to the table.

Let’s look at the case of Robert Card. Card is a forty-year-old man from Bowdoin, Maine. A 20-plus year member of the National Guard, a gun instructor, and a firearms expert, Card went on a shooting rampage in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, killing 13 and wounding over 25. There was no apparent motive, and Card shot people in two different venues. He served two weeks of psychiatric evaluation after threatening to shoot up the barracks at the National Guard Armory. On Wednesday, he snapped and gathered his guns and ammunition and set out to harm and kill strangers. We must find a balance between protecting the public from someone with mental health issues, possessing weapons, and their Constitutional rights.

Most states already have laws on the books to identify people with mental challenges. Most states have Red Flag Laws where family, friends, and people with first-hand knowledge can report an individual for evaluation and determination of the ability to possess weapons. Maine has Yellow-Flag Laws that allow the police to make the determination. These laws are only effective if utilized. In Card’s case, there were Yellow-Flag warnings on record that were not acted on. He is also a member of the National Guard and was in a military hospital for two weeks for evaluation. There was no procedure for cooperation and communication between the National Guard and local law enforcement. What needs to happen is the laws need to be implemented, and there must be action when someone fits the criteria of a danger to others.

The balance must be between suspending the right of someone identified as unstable or threatening to have access to their weapons and the right to own weapons granted by the Second Amendment. We are great at forensic autopsy after a mass shooting, and often, people will come forward with information about the perpetrator that, if known and acted on, we could save lives. This suspension of the right to own guns does not have to be permanent but should be subject to review by law enforcement and a review board that needs to be established. This process will need to be consistent and processed with care. We are modifying an individual’s constitutional rights, which should never be taken lightly, but the public has a right to safety and protection from those who would harm them.

The bottom line is we must be proactive and not reactive to situations. 13 people in Maine should be alive today. These folks went bowling or for a pint at their favorite pub and did not come home. Thirteen families are forever impacted because a person with mental issues had weapons and killed innocent people.

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This week, let’s look at the role that prayer played in the founding of our nation and is still a part of our civil ceremonies, but I might add, forbidden in our public schools.

How is it possible that a group of mostly farmers, small business merchants, and frontiersmen faced the most powerful nation at the peak of its power and succeeded in overthrowing its control over their lives?

I believe, as many do that the American Revolution was nothing short of a miracle moment in the annals of human history. From that revolution, the world forever changed for the betterment and advancement of all humanity.

In the recording of miracles, there is always a connection to a specific prayer or a season of prayers that seemingly birth a new beginning or breakthrough for the ones involved.

The Catholic scholar William Novak said, “In all moments of imminent danger, as in the first Act of the First Continental Congress, the founding generation turned to prayer.”

The First Continental Congress met for the first time on September 5, 1774. The delegates traveled from the colonies to Philadelphia to discuss the growing British oppression. At this point, the big concern was that the British were occupying Boston and had closed the port.

Someone suggested they begin the deliberations with prayer. Two of the delegates opposed the motion not because they were opposed to prayer but that they were aware of the diversity of religious beliefs of the group ( Anglicans, Puritans, Quakers, Presbyterians, etc.,.) and thought it would not be possible to do it so as to honor everyone’s faith.

However, Samuel Adams, a Puritan from Boston who had been influenced but the Great Awakening, arose and said that he was not a bigoted man and he could join in prayer with any person of piety and virtue who loved his country. He also said that he was a stranger to Philadelphia, but he had heard of an Anglican minister, the Rev. Jacob Dusche, who was such a man, and he proposed that the delegation invite him to come and lead them in prayer. This was approved, and Rev. Dusche was asked to preside over a time of Bible reading and prayer.

He opened up by reading the 35th Psalm, which powerfully impacted everyone present. It is a prayer of David for deliverance and begins with the words, “Plead my cause, O Lord, with my adversaries, fight those who fight me.” The Psalms end with praise for God’s deliverance.

John Adams wrote to his wife Abagail of the impact of the Bible reading and prayer for the delegates. He said, “Who can realize the emotions with which they turned imploringly to heaven for the divine interposition and aid? It was enough to melt a heart of stone. I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seems as if heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read that day. I saw tears gush into the eyes of the old, grave pacific Quakers of Philadelphia, I must beg you to read that Psalm.”

After the reading of the Psalm, Rev. Dusche began praying for the delegates, for America, and especially the city of Boston and its inhabitants who were under siege. As he began praying, the Anglicans, such as George Washington and Henry Lee, knelt in prayer as was their custom. The Puritans bowed their heads, as was their custom. Others prayed according to their own unique customs. Although the outward mannerisms differed, there was a singleness of heart and purpose as they all united in prayer for God’s assistance and intervention for America.

Finally, five weeks into the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when they were attempting to draft the U.S. Constitution, their efforts were a signal failure. Things were beginning to break up, and delegates were returning to their home states. Benjamin Franklin, (by many regarded as the least religious of the Founding Fathers) called the convention to prayer… these are his words,

“In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understanding? In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favor…And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance? I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth-that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings ( the Bible), “that except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it.” I firmly believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel…I, therefore, beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven and its blessings on our deliberations be held in the Assembly every morning before we proceed to business.”

WOW! The foundation was laid and is continued today in most legislative sessions on the Federal and Local levels of your government.

In fact, the recent events of this week in the election of the new Speaker for the House of Representatives had a headline in the Epoch Times that read: How Mike Johnson became Speaker, “Through Prayer, Not Politics.” It seems that the prayers of people are once again influencing the governing of our great Nation!

Until Next Week..

Allen

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Mike Pence, known to many as Traitor Pence, has decided to quit on something else. He is throwing in the towel. Taking a powder. Pulling up stakes. Packing off. He’s done. No more running for president of the United States.

The Epoch Times reports that,

 

Former Vice President Mike Pence announced Saturday that he has ended his bid for the White House.

He came to the conclusion after traveling across the country in the last six months, Mr. Pence said at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas.

“Last June, I announced my intention to seek the Republican nomination for president of the United States because I believe this county is in a lot of trouble,” he said on the stage. “[After] traveling across the country over the past six months … it’s become clear to me: this is not my time.”

 

And there are several more just like you still running who could use the 1 to 4 points you’ve been dragging around behind you. Mr. Pence has not been able to break out of the bottom tier with consistency. He can get on the debate stage, but that hasn’t helped him. Emerson has him at 3%, HarrisX at 4%, Harvard/Harris at 2, and YahooNews! at 4%. And I know they say he’s been praying for guidance, but I think – and it’s more than a feeling – that his campaign debt and overall funding – with a push from the e-team – took him out.

 

Pence’s presidential campaign raised $3.3 million in the third quarter and had nearly $1.2 million in the bank as of September 30, according to his FEC filings. A portion of that available cash can be only used for the general election should Pence secure the nomination.

The campaign also reported $620,000 in debt.

The former vice president also pitched in $150,000 of his own funds during the July-to-September period, the filings show, amid his struggle to gain traction with Republican voters and donors.

Now, they need to talk to Christie, Scott, Hutchinson, and Burgum, who would do the DeSantis, Haley, and Ramazswamay a yuge favor by getting out of the way before the Republican Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary. But Scott is not going anywhere. Despite his consistently low polling, he can raise money. He has more primary cash on hand than Haley or DeSants, with 11.6 million to their 9 million and 5 million, respectively. And that’s fine.

I like Tim Scott. I don’t think he’ll be president this time around. I don’t think he’ll be a VP pick either – unless he wants to change his name to Tina and wear dresses. Sorry. It’s hard to unsee that now that I’ve written it. And that might not work, either. I think the VP will be an actual woman. Someone with the fire of a Kari Lake who will take the media’s narratives about women and beat them mercilessly with them.

And no one is choosing Mike Pence. I think we all know how that would turn out.

 

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Before he became Speaker, Mike Johnson opposed the blank-check the UniParty has given the military-industrial complex for Ukraine. But Johnson seems to be changing his tune … on Hannity (of course), he was repeating the same UniParty, neocon pablum about Putin taking over the world if he is not stopped.

To his great credit, the new speaker has been a stalwart on the Ukraine issue—voting consistently against an endless conflict with no plan from the Biden administration.

It’s concerning to see him change his tune so quickly after being elevated to this role. https://t.co/VBIKMpjZUW

— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) October 27, 2023

 

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss:

 

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In late February of 1991, my reserve infantry battalion invaded Kuwait as part of a 1st Marine Division task force during Operation Desert Storm. Our mission was to liberate that country from the clutches of Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army.

While Iraqi Scud missiles flew overhead towards coalition targets in Saudi Arabia, our Marines blew through minefields and into burning oil fields where the day was turned into night by actual eco-terrorism as retreating Iraqis set countless drilling rigs ablaze.

(Note: Blowing through those minefields was not all that dangerous, except for the first Marines who cleared the way.)

Our battalion set up a defensive perimeter in the Burgan oil field, where thousands of Iraqis surrendered in a surreal, fiery, and smoky landscape marked by unexploded ordnance. Danger abounded.

As our battalion’s anti-mech officer, I helped position anti-tank positions around our perimeter to guard against rumored Iraqi counterattacks. These attacks never came, but later, with a cease-fire imminent, we were cautioned that Syrian tank formations could be moving through our Area of Operations (AO) and that we should not engage them.

While it may be hard to believe today, those Syrians were our battlefield allies. Because—like the Iraqis—the Syrians used Soviet-made tanks, American commanders feared “friendly fire” incidents that could have huge international implications.

By March 1st the Iraqis capitulated, and our unit soon convoyed through a largely destroyed but joyous Kuwait City—where thousands of Arab Kuwaitis cheered their American liberators in scenes similar to those of World War II when U.S. GIs gave so many European communities their freedom back.
Syrian allies? Arabs lining streets to raucously cheer Americans?

Yes.

That the Syrians remained with us on that battlefield provides important lessons for today.

Because when that 1991 fighting started, Saddam Hussein quickly launched numerous Scud missile attacks on Israel. The intent was obvious. Hussain sought to provoke a military response from Israel that would fracture the fragile international coalition that President George Bush (41) had so skillfully assembled. Were the Israelis to take the bait and fight back, Saddam expected the Saudis, Syrians, and others to at least withdraw from the coalition. His greater hope was that these Arabs would actually join Iraq in a fight against the Zionists. This would utterly disrupt the coalition’s liberation mission.

Israel’s doctrine has always been to forcefully respond to attack. That’s what Hussein counted on.

President Bush and other world leaders pleaded—begged!—Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to not take the bait. Shamir and company thankfully showed the restraint needed so as not to fracture the coalition. Hence, those Syrian tanks remained in our AO, and we then enjoyed that joyous victory ride in Kuwait City.

Those 1991 lessons are so applicable to 2023 and the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. The diabolical intent of the Hamas leaders echoes that of Saddam Hussein’s. Provoking Israel into military action that would inevitably result in innocent casualties among the Palestinian populace. The subsequent imagery would be shown ad infinitum and ad nauseam internationally. With the acquiescence of the world’s many anti-Israel elements (including the usual suspects in America), Hamas could then achieve its strategic goals of weakening and isolating Israel, to the detriment of Western geopolitical interests and to the advantage of our mutual adversaries, i.e., Iran, China, Russia, et al.

Emotional responses do not always lead to the best long-term policies. Indeed, many argue that America’s 2003 invasion of Iraq—obviously prompted by the fallout of the 9/11 terror attacks—turned out to be counterproductive, to say the least. But hindsight is 20/20.
Israeli restraint helped us to prevail in 1991. Israeli and Western interests can prevail in 2023 if similar restraint is exercised and if Hamas can ultimately be defeated without the horrors that would accompany an extended bloody invasion of Gaza.

This unfolding situation also affords Americans opportunities to judge the wisdom of aspiring presidential hopefuls while many of us pray that current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu channels his inner Yitzhak Shamir and doesn’t give Hamas the prize that was denied to Saddam Hussein.

As former Marine and African-American philosopher T.F. Hodge once put it: “The path to peace is not a passive journey. It takes incredible strength not to open a justifiable can of ‘whoop-ass’ when one’s buttons are pushed.”

Truth.

 

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This is an attempt to “break out” memes, links, and my commentary about the situation in Israel / the Middle East so as to not overload the standard meme posts that I do.  My last “normal” meme post.  And my last Israel-related one.  In these Israel-related posts I don’t just have memes as such, but lots of informative links as well as hopefully-insightful commentary.

I attempt to populate each post with new material; thus, older posts have information that’s not in this one.  If this is a topic of interest to you I strongly urge you to go back through and peruse my older ones.  I do not focus on minute-by-minute updates but rather attempt to provide background and information relevant to this latest battle in a 1,400 year old war.  Reverse chronological order.

Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Even More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

With some Israel-related materials here:

Meme Overflow – Granite Grok

Post it, tweet & email it out, share it widely.

 

 

 

 

WAR & WHEN WILL IT END?

In a recent prior post I mentioned, as an aside, the dropping of the atomic bomb and how it led to the unconditional surrender of the Japanese.  While I cannot imagine the pride that Emperor Hirohito had to swallow to declare that he was surrendering, implicit in his doing so was a desire to see his people and culture survive… and survive in this world.  I also, in that same post, had an article with a pull-quote saying that all Hamas has to do to end this is to announce WE SURRENDER.

The question, though, is whether or not they have the capacity to do so, or the willingness to do so given their religion.  Consider this video:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/life-begins-at-death.mp4

 

“Our life begins when it ends” can easily be translated to “We only care about the afterlife”.  And since in the the greatest reward for Muslims afterlife is to die fighting the infidel, where is there incentive to surrender?  There is, quite literally, every incentive to not surrender but die in combat.  It’s also part-and-parcel with why Hamas doesn’t care about the lives of the people in their charge as each casualty, adult or child, is a martyr killed in combat with the enemy and therefore someone who gets that greatest reward as well.  (Never mind being camera fodder to deceive the Western nations by appealing to their emotions.)

Calls for Israel to Restrain itself are ILLEGAL – CarolineGlick.com

Video interview.

Wars can end with negotiations when both sides realize the cost in this world is not worth it.  But in the face of an enemy that absolutely refuses to surrender no matter what, there’s a regrettable but likely necessary option:

 

 

It’s Time to Crush Gaza | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

War is a terrible thing. But the Gazans started this war, and war is what they are going to get. Every resulting casualty should be laid at the foot of Hamas and all Gazans who have supported and collaborated with Hamas–a large majority, by all indications.

And the short video in that link shows how a kidnapped Israeli child is treated by Arab kids.  Repeating from earlier posts – Hamas and its aims are supported by a majority of the Arabs:

Who Says Hamas Does Not Represent The Palestinians? :: Gatestone Institute

This means that a majority of Palestinians share Hamas’s desire to eliminate Israel as expressed in the terror group’s 1988 charter. The poll also showed that 71% of the Palestinians support the formation of armed groups to murder Israelis.

The Insistence on Palestinians Who Do Not Support Hamas | Frontpage Mag

This insistence on the “innocent Palestinians,” who, we are told, do not support Hamas, is much too optimistic. A great many people in Gaza support Hamas’ war on Israel, even if they are not members of the group. Those who celebrated on Oct. 7 by handing out candy, or who take great pleasure in watching the videos Hamas has posted of Israelis being raped, or tortured, or murdered, cannot be described as “innocent.”

 

You cannot co-exist with people who deny your right to exist.

 

The ‘Two-State Solution’ is Terrorism | Frontpage Mag

There is indeed no limit to ‘Palestinian’ barbarism and no limit to the lies that the rest of the world will believe to avoid confronting it. The ‘Two-State Solution’ is the worst of those lies. As the Jewish families massacred by Hamas found out, no one can live next door to monsters who lust for the opportunity to torture, mutilate, rape and kill them. That’s the ‘Two-State Solution’.

I remember – can’t find it – a quote by Arafat to the effect that every territorial gain they made would be used to launch further attacks.

How the Hamas Attack Took Israel by Surprise | Frontpage Mag

But the border attacks and the negotiated ceasefire had all been part of a feint. Hamas had been working on a large-scale attack for two years. During this time it had calculatedly tamped down some of the violence and appeared amenable to informal truces in exchange for benefits.

…

To win a war, you must know the enemy. Israel had lost sight of who its enemy really was. But so has every nation in the free world facing a religious war that is over a thousand years old.

And they used their false peace to gather intel:

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: Giving Gazans work permits within Israeli parameters enabled them to plan the massacre

Documents on slain terrorists show Hamas plan to target children – JNS.org

Now weigh this into the combat mix:

Macgregor: U.S. And Israeli Special Forces Went On A Scouting Mission To Gaza And Were “Shot To Pieces” | Video | RealClearPolitics

A ground operation will be tremendously difficult.  It’s a lot of area to cover, and a lot of hiding places for snipers.  This could be – WILL BE – very costly against determined fighters who have doubtless put away food & water and other supplies.

Exclusive – Former U.K. Commander in Afghanistan: Israel Facing War on 7 Fronts, Arab States ‘Quietly’ Root for Jihadist Defeat (breitbart.com)

Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief meets Hamas, Islamic Jihad officials – Insider Paper

Understand that I am, in no way, an expert… but it’s my impression that most of the Arab leaders – while Muslim – are not Islamist-driven Muslims.  And they recognize that true Jihadis are a threat to them as well.  So I do hope the above is true, at least the “rooting for defeat” part.

 

 

 

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US Navy Chief (ex) warns of 6 actions that could spiral the world to WW III…’REAL DANGER’ Six terrifying steps that could see Gaza crisis spiral into WW3 with Brit & US boots on the ground (substack.com)

This is an enormous concern.  With Russian missiles in-range, with more US military going there, with China apparently sending ships… other actors on the move too… I have this scene running in my mind:

 

 

More on this looking to suck the entire world into a potentially nuclear vortex:

Australia sends troops to the Middle East as Israel-Hamas crisis escalates: ‘This is a volatile situation’ (dailymail.co.uk)

Tucker Carlson Drops Episode 33: “It Looks Like We Are Going to War with Iran. Are We Ready For This?” (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

We are, in the words of a Motie mediator (alien being) in the incredible scifi book The Mote in God’s Eye, “juggling priceless eggs in variable gravity”.  Not just the Israelis, but the world.  And to quote another character in the scifi channel’s miniseries of Dune, “A mistake could be catastrophic”.  The terrible what-ifs are accumulating.

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HISTORY & ISLAMIC MENTALITY

 

 

Remember its history:

The Greatest Murder Machine in History – American Thinker

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The Nakba Narrative is Nonsense | CAMERA

Remember, this really can be viewed as an exchange of populations.  Look at what Ben Gurion said in 1937 about the Arabs before Israel became independent:

We do not wish and do not need to expel Arabs and take their places. All our aspiration is built on the assumption – proven throughout all our activity … that there is enough room in the country for ourselves and the Arabs.

There was an exchange of people when Pakistan was carved out of India.  Again, repeating the link to this excellent book:

Uprooted: How 3000 Years of Jewish Civilization in the Arab World Vanished Overnight

But while I’m sure there is still animosity in the Hindus who had to flee to India from what became Pakistan, and vice versa, it has not – to my knowledge – been harbored and nurtured like this situation.

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“I Killed 10 Jews with My Own Hands!” – Audio Released of Excited Hamas Demon Calling His Mom and Pops to Brag About Killing Jews (AUDIO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft(bolding added):

The Isreali Defense Forces on Tuesday released a ghoulish call from a Hamas terrorist to his mom and pops from inside Isreal.

“Mahmoud” had just slaughtered 10 innocent Jews and he was so excited he had to call home to tell his mother about it.

He used the dead Jewish woman’s phone.

The family was very excited.

Mahmoud told his parents and siblings to look on WhatsApp where he loaded the photos of the Jews he slaughtered.

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Hamas’s deception, and our self-deception – CarolineGlick.com

1. She is correct to note that deception is absolutely part of Islamic warfare.  To the point where they’ve codified separate terms for different forms:  Taqiyya: Deception and Lying in Islam (thereligionofpeace.com)   (Link is a repeat.)
2. Note the good-cop, bad-cop routine when, in reality, they both want Israel destroyed.  More deception.

Israel and the U.S. have refused to acknowledge that they have been played by the P.A. the same way they were played by Hamas for the past two years, and Hamas was able to deceive Israel and the U.S. for two years because both Israel and the U.S. wanted to be deceived. Israel’s generals wanted to believe that the Palestinians writ large aren’t implacable foes. They can be appeased. We don’t have to defeat them.

And the Biden administration, like most of its predecessors, wanted to believe the deception—and to still believe it in the P.A.’s case—because they want to believe that Israel is to blame for the violence waged against it. The lie of Israeli culpability is the foundation of 50 years of U.S. Middle East peacemaking efforts. The lie of Palestinian moderation is the rationale for 50 years of near-continuous U.S. pressure on Israel to concede territory to the Palestinians. It has been the justification and rationale for the U.S. opposition to any effort by Israel to defeat the PLO on the battlefield.

The constant assertion “There is no military solution to the Palestinian conflict with Israel” is predicated on the notion that there is a political solution.

Speaking the “Palestinian Authority” vs. Hamas… over two decades ago I realized they would play good cop-bad cop and people would eat it up.  But here they are showing their true colors:

PA officials express ‘great joy’ over Hamas atrocities | World Israel News

There is no political solution with a people whose very religious text has, hard-coded into it, hatred of your people:

Jew-Hate in the Muslim World | Frontpage Mag

Antisemitism in the Qur’an – Winds of Jihad (sheikyermami.com)

Islamic Jew-Hatred – a religious mandate – Geller Report

Lots of follow-up links in this third one.  And in searching for the Pamela Geller link above, I stumbled on this piece of utter naivete:

Why Pamela Geller’s Hate Speech Should Be Barred — But BDS Allowed – The Forward

She is one of the leading voices promoting the idea of “creeping Sharia” in the United States. Claiming that Islam, as a religion, is dedicated to eradicating Jews and eventually turning all others into Muslims by whatever means necessary is the very definition of hate speech.

Except the Koran says precisely these things.  Hamas and ISIS and other Islamic terror groups say precisely these things citing the Koran as their authority; likewise even the “moderate” Palestinian Authority says these things also citing the Koran.

“Moderate” Palestinian Authority: ‘All mosques must teach that extermination of Jews is an Islamic imperative” – Geller Report

Go back through my older topical posts.  Each of the claims in the above excerpt is completely disproven.  This is delusional, lost-your-survival-instinct wishful thinking at it’s worst.  Addressed in Part 1 (links are repeated):

Civilizational Collapse and Biology (Part 1) – Urban Scoop

Civilizational Collapse and Biology (Part 2) – Urban Scoop

Civilizational Collapse and Biology (Part 3) – Urban Scoop

And one related thing.  Gaza is about to run out of fuel… while Hamas holds a half million gallons in reserve for fighting.

Israeli military says Hamas stockpiling 500,000 liters of fuel while aid agencies decry shortage | World Israel News

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Israel: Who Are the Indigenous People?

 

 

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Vicotr (sic) David Hanson: Israel vs. a Death Cult | Opinion – Conservative | Before It’s News (beforeitsnews.com)

The Israelis avoid collateral damage; there is not even such a concept for Hamas: all of its attacks are primarily aimed at civilians. Collateral damage for Hamas follows from accidently encountering the IDF.

How Orwellian that the world demands that Israel, in its efforts to prevent Hamas rocket launches aimed exclusively at its civilian population, must not hurt a single civilian who is impressed to shield the rocket launchers. Note well: Hamas’s air campaign is specifically designed to kill civilians—Israel’s to avoid them. In Israel rockets are used to shield civilians; in Gaza civilians are used to shield rockets.

Hamas seeks to force the Israeli military to violate the rules of war; Israel accepts that there are no rules that Hamas gunman would ever follow. The odd result is that a sick world is more accepting of deliberate mass murdering by Hamas than occasional accidental collateral damage by Israel.

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Frontline News: Islamic Groups Infiltrate US Defense Establishment | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft

In a prior post I discussed the concept of “stealth Jihad”.  This is one example.  Another example:

Under the Radar: Ethnic Studies Activists Push Anti-Israel Content into Schools | CAMERA

Leftists in schools from elementary on are teaching an imbalanced picture.  Deliberately.  And have been doing so for years and decades.  No wonder more young people side with the Arabs than with Israel.  Remember, this is “stealth Jihad”.  They’re patient and plan in decades if not centuries.

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American Blood on Iranian Hands – Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish articles

Read the descriptions of what Islamic terrorists – regardless of who supports them – did to Americans.  Just one example:

Robert Stethem, a Navy diver, was brutally murdered when Hezbollah terrorists took over TWA flight 847. The Iranian-backed terrorists, one of whom was Imad Mughniyah, beat and kicked him to death.

“They were jumping in the air and landing full force on his body. He must have had all his ribs broken,” Uli Derickson, the stewardess, described. “I was sitting only 15 feet away. I couldn’t listen to it. I put my fingers in my ears. I will never forget. I could still hear. They put the mike up to his face so his screams could be heard by the outside world.”

Stethem’s screams, like those of the other American victims of Iran, have yet to be heard in Washington.

Iran is fully on-board with a global Islamic world:

How Iran exports its Ideology | UANI (unitedagainstnucleariran.com)

Since the 1979 establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Iranian regime has sought to export its revolutionary ideology in an effort to establish Iranian hegemony in the Islamic world. American diplomat Henry Kissinger has remarked on several occasions that Iran needs to decide “whether it wants to be a nation or a cause.” In fact, the need to spread the Islamic Revolution beyond Iran’s borders is ingrained in the principles of Khomeinism, Iran’s guiding ethos.

 

ON INTERSECTIONALITY / LEFTIST SUPPORT

 

Left-wing Americans ‘changed’ pro-Palestine view when confronted with ‘true facts’

 

 

What amazes me is the amazement / astonishment of the gay (etc.) community at how Muslims view them.  More:

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: Why do LGBT ideologues support anti-Israelism?

Anti-Israel protestors declare ‘Palestinian liberation is black liberation’ at ‘Gays 4 Gaza’ march | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

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Oh, So That’s Who Funded the Pro-Hamas ‘Insurrectionists’ on Capitol Hill (townhall.com)

Of course.  And yet there are liberal Jews who sing his praises still.

 

PALLYWOOD

 

An Arab Muslim in the Israeli Army

 

 

Some apartheid.  Last time I knew, in actual apartheid South Africa, there were no blacks in the army.  (I allow for the possibility I could be wrong.)  Related is this podcast by an Israeli Arab:

Yoseph Haddad (jnf.org)

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Blood Libel against Jews: Back with a Vengeance :: Gatestone Institute

Credible intelligence agencies around the world have assessed the likelihood of various possible scenarios: an errant terrorist rocket; the debris of an Iron Dome defensive missile; a misfired Israeli missile; a targeted Israeli missile. The current consensus is that it was a Palestinian terrorist rocket that malfunctioned, as reportedly 20% of such rockets do, and landed at home in Gaza. There has been no objective assessment that points the finger at an Israeli strike.

I just saw a “purported” analysis by the New York Times that it had to be an Israeli strike.  These people are desperate to smear Israel.

 

 

TERROR COMING HERE?

NEW NATIONAL POLL: Close to 60% of American Muslims Support Hamas Atrocities Against the Jews – Geller Report

57.5% of US Muslims Agree Hamas JIHAD CARNAGE—Murder, Rape, Mutilation/Beheading, & Burning of Primarily Non-Combatant Israeli Jews, Including Children & Infants—“was justified”

Related:

Stop Jew-Hate: End Jihad Immigration – Geller Report

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken: Americans Must Accept Migrants (breitbart.com)

To help move the migrants, Blinken and Majorkas are setting up new centers where migrants in foreign countries can simply ask for permission to fly into the United States, regardless of Congress’s legislated annual limits on migration numbers.

IMHO settle the rape-hungry migrants, if we can’t stop them, in areas where women important to him live.  And related:

Did you know that not one Arab nation, not even the wealthiest oil-producing Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Bahrain, will accept any refugees from Gaza? (barenakedislam.com)

Look at why.

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There are sleeper cells here in the US…They will attack and create chaos when the time is right.

 

 

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TREADING ON THE POLITICAL

 

 

 

 

Repeating two of my cartoons (ok, my concept, professional artist):

 

 

 

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Biden Administration Enabling Iranian Mullahs’ Dangerous Nuclear Weapons Program – Again? :: Gatestone Institute

In my mind the single biggest threat Iran poses is that of a “tramp” freighter launching a missile from off the American coast to EMP us.  Remember that they’ve practiced missile launches from ships in the Caspian Sea, declaring the tests “successes” when they reach 90 miles or so in altitude, perfect EMP height.  Also remember that, in Shia Islam, their version of the messiah can only come after a worldwide conflagration war – thus, WWIII is a feature, not a bug, to them.

 

EMP: A Terrorist’s Dream

 

 

Related videos (links only):

How Would a Nuclear EMP Affect the Power Grid? – YouTube

Aftermath of a Russian EMP Attack on the US – YouTube

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Guns, or Lack of Them, in Israel | Frontpage Mag

If never again is to be a truthful slogan, the Israeli government must trust its citizens, especially those who have been through military service. And until the day comes that the residents of that beleaguered country are safe in their beds – and cribs – citizen gun ownership should not just be allowed by the Israeli government but vigorously encouraged.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

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I’ve contributed to them for almost 20 years.  And please share this post far and wide.  There’s a lot of info here that many people don’t know.  Other things you can do:

Twelve Things You Can Do for Israel Right Now | Frontpage Mag

 

A CONCLUDING THOUGHT FOR THIS POST

*** WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT *** Horror: IDF Screens Raw Footage of Hamas Terror Attack for Media (breitbart.com)+

The footage was compiled from both victims and perpetrators, from GoPro cameras, dashboard cameras, social media, surveillance cameras, and even audio recording apps on mobile phones. It is just a small part of what the IDF still possesses.

We were not allowed to bring cell phones, cameras, or laptops into the room, because the IDF does not want the public to see the footage before the families of the victims have seen it — if it is ever seen again at all. We were only allowed notepads and pens.

Throughout the screening, there were gasps, and cries in the audience. I heard some journalists whisper: “Make it stop.”

Two things.

First, the footage is horrific.  I’ve seen snippets.

Second, the cries of Allahu Akhbar.  Screamed all the time.

Allahu Akbar is Why Muslims Kill – Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish articles

 

 

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Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act reads: “Simple justice requires that public funds, to which all taxpayers of all races [colors, and national origins] contribute, not be spent in any fashion which encourages, entrenches, subsidizes or results in racial [color or national origin] discrimination.”

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Yet, around the country, there are protests on campus, and racism is on the rise. Any single member of Congress who is surprised at this is fickle. It is well documented that both the Women’s March and Black Lives Matter are anti-semitic. It is well documented that George Soros, the largest Donor to our current president, stated that Israel and the US had to “Open the door to Hamas.” George Soros’ Open Societies can be found tied to The Women’s March, Black Lives Matter, and other “movements” started on campuses across the nation in the last decade and a half since the introduction of the unregulated Title IX federal directive “Dear Colleague.”

It is time to examine UNH’s role in all of this, funded by the Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women, to create realistic propaganda that would sell to students under the guise of caring about sexual assault on campus. It was a lie. In fact, it was to support the advancement of women in politics using funds from the Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women. Susan Carbon from Governor John Lynch’s Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault was appointed to oversee $400 million in spending from the department.

“Activists” were recruited. “Ambassadors” were created. They were all given the same script. First, it was about rape on campus (using false statistics), profiling what they wanted rapists to look like — “good family, good grades, athletes” or black males, poor white males, Afghan refugees, scholarship students, and Christians.

Congresswoman Ann Kuster penned the introduction to “I Have the Right To” by recruited activist Chessy Prout and Boston Globe “investigative reporter” Jenn Abelson. The book equates Owen Labrie (scholarship student) of St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Concord to an “Al-Qaeda terrorist” and “Donald Trump”. His Christian faith was mocked, and the school was mocked. The book and the articles promoting it were political propaganda that was endorsed by a member of Congress who used the narrative for her own political aggrandizement. Chessy Prout was her useful tool. There were financial rewards, and Government contracts all tied to this. The Prout family started a non-profit that measures its success by the engagement numbers to its #IhavetheRightTo. NBC Today Show promoted it in August 2016. So did Congresswoman Ann Kuster and the NHCADSV.

AG John Formella has joined other AGs to sue Facebook/Meta over its harm to children.

He should add to his lawsuit Congresswoman Ann Kuster and the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence since they were fully aware of how they were using Facebook to scaremonger teenagers and feed them # fodder to enlist activists and supporters of what they knew, was a fake narrative.

Brooke Ruffle, daughter of Merrimack County Prosecutor (now clerk) Catherine Ruffle, posted a photo on Facebook of Owen Labrie, demanding that her mother “go kick some rapist butt today, Mom”. Demands for Owen Labrie to rot in jail, to die, to be stoned ensued. Police in New Hampshire elected representatives supported all of this. He was put in solitary confinement for his own safety directly as a result of the witch hunt media that mocked him for his Christian faith. That media was given talking points by Amanda Grady Sexton of NHCADSV & Laura L Dunn of SurvJustice tied to the White House “Not Alone” task force, the DoJ Office of Violence Against Women, as well as the Department of Education Office of Civil Rights. They were controlling the narrative. They were using it to incite violence knowingly. There is no getting around it for them because they left a very clear paper trail.

UNH was the “Strategic Partner” for the White House, using the trial to promote its “Bystander” and “Know Your Power” training. This is now being marketed under Soteria Solutions, which bears the same logo as Soteria Mutual Holdings — dealing in Binance, which is tied to CCP and, apparently, the financing of terrorism in the Middle East.

“Obama and the Power of Social Media” was the name of a research paper published by Stanford in 2009. Google came out of Stanford, and Google had over 400 meetings with the Obama administration. Google had no problem censoring articles and media for the White House, but they never censored PornHub, which always made its way to the first page of any kind of search on child statistics regarding sexploitation. In other words, the Obama administration’s fickle care about sex abuse in schools and on campus was precisely that: fickle. Cornell University and JP Morgan were early investors of PornHub. Clickbait for sex & rape = money = business growth = lobby money. That is what it is all about.

In March 2020, Tara Reade accused Joe Biden of digital penetration. Her story was discredited and ignored where others had been given full credence regardless of their credibility. The trophy wives (including Congresswoman Ann Kuster), who wore white to the State of the Union in support of sexual assault survivors, all went quiet. That’s because they all knew that they were engaged in a false narrative that was all about using such a narrative to raise money for their election campaigns under the guise of social justice via grants to NGOs and the Department of Justice OVW.

Times Up, which had supported the complainants in their class action lawsuit against Dartmouth College, yielding $14 million, of which the NHCADSV got a chunk worth millions, wouldn’t take Tara Reade’s case. All she wanted was due process. Supporters of Dartmouth hunger striker Maha Hasan Alshawi demanded due process, too, for her claims of sexual abuse by professors at Dartmouth. But that was denied. A preponderance of evidence investigation by a law firm with connections to the interests of the Dartmouth institution found nothing. Was she the wrong color, the wrong religion, or the wrong socio-economic class to get attention from the NHCADSV crowd?

Stanford Law Professor Michele Dauber (an activist feminist and fundraiser for the Silicon Valley Democratic Committee) used Twitter to say that #MeToo was over and that she called it in March/April 2020. She had previously stated that the Emily Doe Victim Impact Statement, which Congresswoman Ann Kuster and others on Capitol Hill had read in 2016, was the “#MeToo Manifesto”. It transpires that it looks like she wrote the Emily Doe statement herself and then gave it to the filmmakers of the propaganda documentary “The Hunting Ground” to spread to news media before it was read at sentencing by the real Emily Doe — Chanel Miller. What Professor Michele Dauber was really doing was using what she knew to be a fake narrative to muster public outrage to raise money under a false premise to use for the 2018 midterm elections. It was about algorithms. The more incendiary and sensationalist the messaging, the more social media engagement — just like the Facebook Whistleblower said on CBS a couple of years ago.

Michele Dauber’s husband, Ken Dauber, is an early-hire Google engineer. He co-authored a paper on AI & crowd behavior in 2007. He was hired by US Ed OCR between 2009 and 2012 as a “consultant.” Quite what he was doing nobody knows except that the likelihood is that he was working with the department to help them lure in 17–25-year-olds with messaging, algorithms, and propaganda and figuring out how to manipulate the useful idiots on campus for the Democratic party.

The 2012 elections were about data mining of students and others. Google’s Eric Schmidt founded Civis Analytics, which was hired by Mind The Gap, founded by Sam Bankman-Fried’s mom, Barbara Fried, another Stanford Law Professor and feminist activist. With her on the venture was Graham Gottlieb of US Aid and Obama’s campaign staffer. They allegedly advised FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried on where to put money for elections. Straw Donations were made to elected representatives, including New Hampshire democratic leaders. According to testimony from the SBF trial, the recipients knew that Sam Bankman-Fried was behind the straw donations. There has been silence from the NH Democratic Party on this. Sam Bankman-Fried and his cohorts knew that the social justice causes they were contributing was just “woke shit.” They didn’t really believe in them, which means neither did his parents, Stanford Law School co-conspirators, or Mind The Gap co-conspirators.

BLM was founded in 2013, but it lay pretty much dormant until 2020. Once Michele Dauber called #MeToo over, the Democratic party needed a new message. Joe Biden then made the mistake of telling a black reporter, “You ain’t black,” unless he voted for Biden. He was in crisis over PR.

So the George Floyd incident was latched on to, and BLM was activated. Anita Dunn, Joe Biden’s PR person, stepped in and SKDK represented BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors just as they also represented Christin Blasey-Ford (Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser). Billions poured into BLM. It raised $10.6 billion for Biden. Obama had praised BLM Chicago for its organizational skills in 2016. They knew the power it had to change things for the DNC presidential nominee, Joe Biden.

BLM Chicago was one of the first organizations to speak out after the massacre of innocent families in Israel by Hamas. It posted an image on X/Twitter in support of Palestine without acknowledging the terrorism that had just taken place. The image it chose? A hang glider with a terrorist parachuting in.

The Obama administration recruited activists for “movements” using fake and divisive messages. They worked with social media influencers and big tech to manipulate students on campus in order to influence generations to come (Lyn Rosenthal stated at Dartmouth College in July 2014 that the reason the Obama administration focused on campuses was precisely to influence future generations).

The MeToo and Campus Rape Survivor activists all pivoted to BLM like clockwork. Chessy Prout and her father, Alexander Prout among them. Using their “ambassador” status to influence to make demands of St Paul’s School in the name of BLM, an anti-semitic venture that has not helped black lives but has merely been used as a front for massive corruption.

The Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women, Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, the White House “Not Alone” task force, Google, Stanford Law School (home of the Bankman-Frieds), University of New Hampshire Prevention Innovation Research Center and the NHCADSV have ALOT to answer for.

Start demanding answers from these now to prevent further intimidation and threats to students on campus in the name of social justice.

| Claire Best

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The headline is a question and a direct quote from another great essay at WUWT by Eric Worrall. He’s fisking some of the latest fearmongering by so-called experts pimping the 1.5C fantasy. We’ll all die, they say. No, actually we won’t.

 

[The] Last time the world was really hot, The Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, 5-8C hotter than today, the species which did really well was monkeys. Our monkey ancestors colonised much of Eurasia and North America, feasting on the abundance which the PETM warmth delivered. The monkeys passed through the warm temperate forests of Greenland on their journey. Our monkey ancestors only retreated when the warm age ended, because they were driven out of their new homes by the encroaching cold.

 

Food security is a hot topic for warmists. When they are not applauding countries or billionaires that hate us buying up farmland, they are going on about how that mythical 1.5C will be the end of our food supply—warming catalyzed by … plant food.  CO2 has greened the earth in recent decades, expanding arable land and food production. However, they are still at it, and Worrell’s question will go unanswered unless one of the breathless scolds can manage to shout denier at him.

As for the food supply, the biggest threat to that is the Climate Cult and their ruling class globalist advocates.

It’s not the temperature we need to reduce – that’ll happen on its own – it’s the prevalence of climate douchebags and their war on farming and ranching.

 

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