Sunday • May 17 • 2026
Vol.XVIII • No.XX
Manchester, N.H.
Believe it or not, readers, Hillary’s mouth has actually spoken the truth to us, the American people (I bet that has a bitter taste for her?). According to Hillary pro Palestinian protestors here on American collage campuses and streets are ignorant of the history between Israel and Islam.
She recites one example from when her husband, Bill Clinton, tried to bring the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel together in an agreed settlement. The offer to Yasser Arafat (leader of the PLO) was for Muslims to have 96% of the Palestinian territory (a darn good deal, IMO), but Arafat refused. It was speculated at the time he feared being assassinated like Anwar Sadat (President of Egypt some years before) had been for making a deal with Jews in Egypt.
Likely, he would have as his power thereafter eroded rather quickly because the radical fundamentalists in Islam will accept nothing less than the death of all Jews and not just those in Israel – all Jews everywhere. The Quran tells the faithful that the whole world must become Muslim before peace can come, and there are very many faithful to ensure that peace will not come before that.
Readers, please understand this hate war against Jews has been going on for more than a thousand years. It started in 726 AD when Muhammad claimed he was visited by the Angle Gabriel with orders from God to kill all the Jews. This was long before the Crusades or the Muslim empire, but it has been ongoing off and on all this time, and we are in a hot period right now – and it is not only Israel in the cross hairs; America is the “Great Satan.” Coddling terrorists of any kind just emboldens them and Islam is not only emboldened but motivated. The more restraint we use the greater the danger.
Look at some real hard facts: Sense 9-11, there have been 45,255 Islamic terrorist attacks worldwide. In 2002, 3,152 people were killed and 6,059 were injured, and since then, the numbers and efficiency have grown exponentially.
In 2019, 10,525 were killed, and 10,725 were injured.
In 2020, 10,251 were killed, and 7,749 were injured.
In 2021, 11,830 were killed and 9,595 were injured.
In 2022, 9,025 were killed and 6,815 were injured. (An off year)
In 2023, 11, 424 were killed and 12,999 were injured.
2024 is pending, but starting out with a real bang.
Let us not forget this is just one phase of the Islamic “religion of Peace.” Honor killings are still very much in vogue if a wife or daughter is seen to impede the family honor as judged by the husband or patriarch. Selling an adolescent daughter as young as nine years old to be the wife of some older man is nothing unusual. The always popular kidnapping of young women for the sex slave market is a profit-generating powerhouse. God forbid a gay man or lesbian falls into the grasp of some Muslims. Inevitable death sentence is always that result , usually in some gruesome fashion.
This brings me to the current Hamas-Israel war, and I must ask myself and my readers just what good would a “cease fire” be worth if we knew it would just be used by Hamas to reload before attacking again. Can we possibly be so stupid as to believe anything lasting could possibly come of it? No, no way, Israel should eradicate every terrorist in Gaza and go after those who sneak away too. This war is effecting much of the world and we are no different. Muslim students agitate lies, misinform, and, as Hillary noted, many believe these lies. Lazy or stupid students using threats or violence should be expelled, and Muslim student activists should be deported.
Editor: Ths post was originally published under the wrong byline. This has been corrected.
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The Olympic Aquatic Center in Sydney, Australia, was evacuated this week after smoke billowed in plumes from its roof. A fire started inside the rooftop solar panel array.
“Upon investigation, crews found a working fire in the solar panels on the roof of the sporting facility.”
Fire crews used a ladder platform to attack the flames and were able to get the blaze under control within about 45 minutes.
FRNSW confirmed that more than 2,500 people had to be evacuated during the incident.
According to Hot Air’s reporting, while we don’t hear much about rooftop solar panel fires, they are becoming more common.
The number of fires involving solar panels has soared after a boom in their use driven by energy bill rises, The Independent can reveal.
Data obtained under freedom of information rules show that there were six times the number of fires involving solar panels last year compared with 10 years ago.
The rate has increased sharply with 66 fires already recorded up until July this year compared with 63 for the whole of 2019, prompting concern from safety experts who are worried about a lack of regulation on who can install them.
Older installations are more likely to spark up, but it is a growing concern for anyone with a rooftop array; it is not just the likelihood of an installation quirk. You run the constant risk of outdoor storm damage.
If you have solar panels on your roof, it also changes how smoke escapes from your burning home.
“The dispersion of fire smoke from rooftops with PV raises significant safety concerns regarding residents’ exposure,” the group said. “Therefore, it is essential to investigate the phenomenon of smoke dispersion generated by rooftop PV fires, particularly through rooftop openings such as skylights.”
The amount of time you have depends on the slope of your roof. “For the 60-degree rooftop, residents have approximately 12 minutes to evacuate, while for other rooftops (less than 45 degrees), residents have only about four minutes.”
Back in the DayIn the early days of solar bailouts, homeowners were often unknowingly saddled with liens on their homes. Finance companies leveraging the installation cost would put liens on property to protect their investment, which meant the owner could not sell their property until they addressed the lien. I’m not sure that’s still a thing, but solar (bailout) incentives continue to drive installations by companies that pop up to take advantage of the government’s interference in the market.
There are reputable companies and certified installers, but has anyone talked to homeowners about the fire risk or how PV on your roof changes the environment of either an in-home or rooftop fire? I can’t say.
Did they even warn them about the possibility of a rooftop fire? Given that few, if any, solar companies even want to discuss the end-of-life costs for removal and disposal (which are not insignificant as recycling is still not something they’ve mastered), I can’t imagine the fire risk is a topic of much interest. Expired panels are toxic, as is any reclamation process. You’d think that people possessed with at least the perception of a public obligation to do the right thing for the community (during COVID) would have a vested interest in this problem.
You’d be wrong. It is another can they kick down the road. Much like the answer to this question. How many “emissions” were generated by that 45-minute (+/-) rooftop array fire? Or, put another way, are there “credits” you can buy to offset exhausting the fumes from burning the toxic components of PV panels for about an hour? How much do those cost, who benefits, and who has to pay?
I’m guessing one such fire erases all the pretend 20 years’ worth of “savings” from that installation and at least a few others. And while these fires are on the rise, you look away and keep on keeping on, you green money laundering, earth-wrecking bastards.
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I am not convinced these debates will happen, but how can Joe Biden demand debates with Trump when he can not even put two sentences together? Does Joe understand there will be no teleprompter unless CNN expands on its cheating practices of the past? Most people forget the controversy when CNN got the questions for the debate to the Clinton team before the debate with Trump. Maybe they will allow Biden to wear earpieces so someone can feed him the answers. With CNN hosting, there will be a heavy dose of January 6 and Trump’s trials. They will do the country a disservice if they soften this debate for the aging, fumbling Biden.
Biden has strongly restricted the two debates that highlight his weakness. He excludes Kennedy or any third-party candidate, microphones will be cut to limit crosstalk, and he will not debate in front of a live audience. He excluded NBC and FOX from potential hosts. FOX is a no-brainer, but NBC is a question mark.
This challenge is a high-risk, high-reward act of desperation by Biden. He recorded a fifteen-second announcement for his debate challenge, which took five takes. If this indicates his cognitive ability, how can he handle a 90-minute live debate? The timing is evident, as the Biden team made this announcement days after Trump rallied in front of 100,000 in Blue New Jersey, and the latest polls indicate Trump is leading in five swing states. Biden knows he is being beaten badly and must change the conversation.
January 6 and the Trump trials do not even hit the top-ten concerns of the American voters. The top 5 concerns are:
CNN will do its best to minimize any talk on these subjects as Trump will pounce on Biden for his record on these subjects, and Biden will not know what hit him. The stage is tilted against Trump, but he will be up to the task.
Trump has proven he can overcome any obstacle in business, politics, or the courtroom. He can seal the deal with these debates if he sticks to the facts and controls his emotions. Even the closed mics can work in Trump’s favor. If he can hold back and let Biden fumble, it will reinforce to those who have been sheltered from the real Biden how much the job of President has passed him by.
You had to chuckle today when Biden took a shot at CNN for the poll results they are reporting. Joe claims the poll response has been wrong all along, and they are not polling enough people. The fact is that no matter what poll you look to, Biden is falling like a barrel over Niagara Falls, and Trump is rising with every day he is gagged in a NY courtroom.
Biden should be thankful for the polls. There is no way that 30% of Americans approve of his performance. They must be family and friends from Scranton.
This race should be over. The question is, how much can the Liberal Democrats cheat? You can almost see Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell in a dimly lit room plotting new, creative ways to manufacture votes. Nothing is beyond these Democrats.
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The circumstances surrounding Israel’s rebirth were anything but easy. Regrettably, Israel’s journey from her early beginning to the present has been fraught with great suffering. It is a tribute to the indomitable spirit of the Jewish people that they persisted in their valiant struggle to re-gather again in the land of their birth. Some even go as far as saying that Israel’s renaissance — after 4,000 years or so– was nothing short of miraculous.
The re-birth of Israel, in reality, is a culmination of thousands of years of gestation during which the Jewish people, dispersed throughout much of the world, endured immense degrees and varieties of suffering. The Nazi murderers and their collaborators capped the crimes committed against the Jewish people by brutally slaughtering six million innocent men, women and children.
We can hardly find countries that have gone out of existence for as long as 4,000 years and then reappeared and been reborn. Thus, the rebirth of this magnificent culture, people, and land was truly a miracle.
In ancient times, a noble and just Persian king, Cyrus the Great, rescued tens of thousands of Jewish people from captivity in a foreign land, empowering them to return home and build their sacred temple. By his action of freeing an entire people from captivity and restoring their rightful dignity, Cyrus the Great, the author of the first code of Human Rights, cemented a bond of friendship between the Jews and the Persians. It was the Just King’s way of setting the world on a course of freedom, equality, and justice for all people, irrespective of any considerations.
Israel has welcomed many Jews across the world, including the Iranian Jews who could no longer tolerate the rule of the oppressive venomous mullahs. These mullahs are indeed traitors to the lofty, long-standing tradition and values championed by Cyrus the Great and revered by Persians throughout the ages. Israel also must be commended for affording millions of Israeli Arabs opportunities denied to them in many other lands.
Regrettably, the sworn enemy of the Iranian people and the Persian heritage (the Islamic Republic) also supports terrorism abroad. The Islamic regime has increased its support for groups that seek the destruction of Israel. These include the Lebanese Hezbollah and such Palestinian groups as Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. Israel has the right to defend herself from these brewing factions who want nothing short of obliteration of the Jewish state.
We should consider the rebirth of the Jewish State to be a blessing for the Muslims. Israel has provided the opportunity to show the world the results of the Jewish state of mind in action…a mind that yearns to be free and a mind that longs to see that all humanity enjoys life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, said Tashbih Sayyed.
Israel’s fair treatment of the Iranian Baha’is in Israel is praiseworthy. This further demonstrates their ability and willingness to live in harmony with others. In Iran, the birthplace of the Baha’i faith, Baha’is are ruthlessly subjected to a form of gradual genocide by the cruel mullahs. Some Baha’is are executed for their faith, Baha’i children are denied university studies, Baha’i holy places are destroyed, and even their cemeteries are bulldozed, to cite a few examples. By contrast, Israel has provided the Baha’is freedom to care for their holy places, which were established in the Holy Land during the 19th century, long before Israel’s rebirth.
The Jewish community of Iran is one of the oldest in the Diaspora, and its historical roots reach back to the 6th century B.C.E., the time of the First Temple. Their history in the pre-Islamic period is intertwined with that of the Jews of neighboring Babylon. The Jewish colonies were scattered from centers in Babylon to Persian provinces and cities such as Hamadan and Susa. The books of Esther, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Daniel give a favorable description of the relationship of the Jews to the court of the Achaemids at Susa.
To this day, traditional Jews pray three times a day for the Temple’s restoration. During the centuries, the Muslims controlled Palestine, and two mosques were built on the site of the Jewish Temple. (This was no coincidence; it is a common Islamic custom to build mosques on the sites of other people’s holy places.) Since any attempt to level these mosques would lead to an international Muslim holy war (jihad) against Israel, the Temple cannot be rebuilt in the foreseeable future.
“Next year in Jerusalem being the wish of Diaspora Jews, dispersed from their homeland yet acknowledging their spiritual and historical home is Israel, specifically, Jerusalem. Psalm 137 is referred to as the well-known lament of the Babylonian Jews who wept ‘by the rivers of Babylon’ and declared, ‘If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither.”
The perennial prayer, “Next Year in Jerusalem,” has finally been answered. We, the spiritual children of Cyrus the Great, pray that Israel succeeds in taking the steps necessary to make the New Jerusalem a place of hope and lasting safety for the Jewish people, people of all religions, and those with no religion at all.
Although Israel was reborn in 1948, the Israelis were unable to settle down for long in their own homeland, to worship their God as they wished, and to live in peace. They were assaulted once again by the forces of destruction that sent them scurrying for the relative safety of other lands. These challenges continue to this day.
Now, Israel is a sovereign state but hardly safe. She is surrounded by nations and peoples who are bent on her destruction. Tragically, she and her neighbors have been unable to find an equitable way of living side-by-side with mutual respect and peace. I earnestly hope that ways can be found to resolve this destructive impasse peacefully.
A thorny issue of great concern to Israel is the Mullahs’ gallop to join the nuclear club and use the bomb as a club over the head of any nation, near or far, that stands in their way or does not accede to their demands. And it is here that some advocated a pre-emptive action by Israel, the U.S., or both to postpone, if not prevent, the Mullahs from achieving their objective.
For example, attacking the Bushehr nuclear facility alone would be a nightmare, releasing radiation into the atmosphere. To attack Iran’s nuclear facilities will not only provoke unnecessary war, but it could also unleash clouds of radiation far beyond the targets and the borders of Iran. In addition, it is almost a certainty that the Islamic Republic would retaliate by hitting Israel’s Dimona nuclear complex. Everyone loses.
The best strategy with the greatest chance of success and the least risk of starting a cataclysmic chain reaction is for a “coalition of the willing,” to borrow a phrase, to rally behind the Iranian opposition. Democracy-seeking secular Iranians are thoroughly capable of dislodging the tyrannical Mullahs.
We should also remember that Iran sits on many large, active fault lines. Of the major earthquakes that do occur in Iran, many are stronger than magnitude six on the Richter scale. Should, say, the Bushehr plant be hit by an earthquake, it would be catastrophic, not only to the entire region but beyond.
Today, Israel has reunited Jerusalem and provided unrestricted freedom of religion. Access of all faiths to the Holy Places in the unified City of Peace is assured. The story of Israel’s rebirth is indeed a miracle, yet challenges have remained, threatening the existence of this tiny ancient country filled with a rich culture.
As we watch, we pray for Israel and the Jewish people for everlasting peace and prosperity.
It doesn’t make any difference whether you are pro-Israel or not. If another holocaust looms, it leaves Israel with no alternatives but to lash out without pause or restraint at those who wish to destroy the Jewish State.
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