Wednesday, October 11, 2023
It's happening here too!-----Israel's intelligence failure is a warning for America's politicized agencies
Israel's intelligence failure is a warning for America's politicized agencies - Glenn H. Reynolds"Some people are calling it “Israel’s 9/11.”...
But there’s one way in which it was identical, and that’s the “totally unexpected” part...
Both American and Israeli officials have said it was a complete surprise...
But there’s one way in which it was identical, and that’s the “totally unexpected” part...
Both American and Israeli officials have said it was a complete surprise...
The United States and Israel both monitor communications there and saw no indication anything was being prepared...
We know what the Israeli intelligence agencies weren’t doing, which is getting warning of the attack.
We know what the Israeli intelligence agencies weren’t doing, which is getting warning of the attack.
So what were they doing?
Well, one thing was organizing protests against Netanyahu, in opposition to his party’s platform of reform aimed at Israel’s Supreme Court.
As a Washington Post headline says, “Israeli spy chiefs led secret revolt against Netanyahu reforms.”..
Well, one thing was organizing protests against Netanyahu, in opposition to his party’s platform of reform aimed at Israel’s Supreme Court.
As a Washington Post headline says, “Israeli spy chiefs led secret revolt against Netanyahu reforms.”..
- So the Mossad, whose job is to protect Israel from external threats, was instead monkeying with domestic politics.
Israel Loosens Strict Gun Control Laws To Arm Citizens
Israel Loosens Strict Gun Control Laws To Arm Citizens - BY: EMILY MILLER
- After horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas from Gaza, Israel’s government made it slightly easier for its citizens to own firearms for self-defense.
Unlike our Second Amendment, there is no recognition of the right to keep and bear arms.
...Currently, a mere 1.5 percent of the civilian population has a license to own a gun...
While a citizen can still purchase only one handgun, the limit on rounds of ammunition has been increased from 50 to 100...
...Currently, a mere 1.5 percent of the civilian population has a license to own a gun...
While a citizen can still purchase only one handgun, the limit on rounds of ammunition has been increased from 50 to 100...
Ex-Trump NSA: Biden's Ransom to Iran Incentivized Hamas to Take Americans
Ex-Trump NSA: Biden's Ransom to Iran Incentivized Hamas to Take Americans:
Former Trump National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien criticized the Biden administration for paying Iran $6 billion in ransom money, saying that it incentivized Hamas to take Americans in Israel hostage on Saturday as it launched a number of terrorist attacks across the country.
Border Patrol chiefs confirm walls work: 'If the door is open, it's typically utilized' - TheBlaze
Border Patrol chiefs confirm walls work: 'If the door is open, it's typically utilized' - TheBlaze:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection sector chiefs revealed that border walls do in fact stem the flow of illegal migration and allow for a greater chance to arrest border-crossers.
After the Biden administration said it would use remaining funds from the Trump presidency to construct 20 miles of border wall in Texas, the president said that he does not believe border walls work.
New Study: CO2 Has "Considerably Lower" Atmospheric Warming Effect Than IPCC-Backed Models Suggest - Electroverse
New Study: CO2 Has "Considerably Lower" Atmospheric Warming Effect Than IPCC-Backed Models Suggest - Electroverse - CAP ALLON
Today’s climate models are not in agreement when it comes to the level of warming produced by a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide–what’s known as “effective climate sensitivity.”
- A new study from The University of Alabama in Huntsville addresses the most crucial of all climate questions: How much warming can be expected from adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
Today’s climate models are not in agreement when it comes to the level of warming produced by a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide–what’s known as “effective climate sensitivity.”
Despite mainstream proclamations of ‘settled science’, determining this crucial factor has remained elusive for decades...
Leftist Philly DA checking if looters are 'fundamentally law-abiding' before taking action Doug P.
Leftist Philly DA checking if looters are 'fundamentally law-abiding' before taking action Doug P."...Seventy-two people have been charged after several stores were looted across Philadelphia last week.
...Philly District Attorney Larry Krasner has said the punishment, or lack thereof, could hinge on if the looters are determined to be good folks...
Forcing you into their cities!-----L.A. Is Creating Traffic Jams to Push Commuters to Ride Bikes and Rail--2017!
L.A. Is Creating Traffic Jams to Push Commuters to Ride Bikes and Rail - ALEXIS GARCIA
- Coming soon to a city near you: the misguided movement to force you out of your car and onto a bike or trolley.
- The roads were suddenly jammed with traffic.
The community was livid.
"Most of Playa Del Rey didn't know this was happening," says John Russo, a local resident and co-founder of Keep L.A. Moving, a community group formed to fight back against the city's unilateral decision to reconfigure the streets...
Road diets are part of a strategy known as Vision Zero, in which Los Angeles aims to eliminate all traffic-related fatalities by 2025....
But the city is still planning to implement over 40 road diet projects in other areas of Los Angeles, and major cities like Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, and Atlanta are pursuing similar policies...
"Most of Playa Del Rey didn't know this was happening," says John Russo, a local resident and co-founder of Keep L.A. Moving, a community group formed to fight back against the city's unilateral decision to reconfigure the streets...
Road diets are part of a strategy known as Vision Zero, in which Los Angeles aims to eliminate all traffic-related fatalities by 2025....
But the city is still planning to implement over 40 road diet projects in other areas of Los Angeles, and major cities like Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, and Atlanta are pursuing similar policies...
Democratic Reps. Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib blasted for criticizing Israel following Hamas terror attacks: 'Reprehensible and repulsive' - TheBlaze
Democratic Reps. Cori Bush and Rashida Tlaib blasted for criticizing Israel following Hamas terror attacks: 'Reprehensible and repulsive' - TheBlaze:
Hundreds of Israelis were slaughtered Saturday by Hamas terrorists. Thousands more were wounded, including those civilians who escaped the massacre of music-lovers at the Nova Festival near the Gaza-Israel border. Footage circulated online showing militants parading around civilian hostages as well as apparent victims of rapes, executions, and posthumous mutilations.
In the aftermath of the attacks, amid celebrations by pro-Palestinian groups in various Western cities, a handful of Democratic lawmakers in Washington rushed to criticize Israel and condemn its counteroffensive.
CUNY professor cleared of racism complaint from DEI official, says he will continue to fight back | The College Fix
CUNY professor cleared of racism complaint from DEI official, says he will continue to fight back | The College Fix - MATT LAMB - ASSOCIATE EDITOR
‘I will continue to pursue retaliation charges against the university for subjecting me to this injustice’
A City University of New York professor recently said he plans to continue to “pursue retaliation charges” against his employer after it sat on a report clearing him of racism and sexism complaints for eight months.
Professor Jeffrey Lax stood accused of “discrimination based on race, gender and immigration” from Professor Lili Shi. He shared a copy of the letter that affirmed he had been cleared of charges against him.
Lax (pictured) initially filed a complaint against Shi in August 2022 after Kingsborough Community College appointed her to a “diversity, equity and inclusion” committee to find a new assistant DEI dean.
“The position was created, in part, to tackle antisemitism on campus, per a job listing that remains on LinkedIn, though none of the committee’s seven members was Jewish,” Jewish News Syndicate reported in February 2023. Shi then filed a complaint against Lax and another professor, Michael Goldstein.
Shi had previously signed a statement in support of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. “Ironically, Lax’s grievance was turned over to Saly Abd Alla, CUNY’s chief diversity officer and a former civil-rights director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations,” JNS reported. The school eventually agreed to have an outside attorney investigate Lax’s complaint.
Lax, who leads a pro-Jewish group called S.A.F.E. CUNY, alleged the complaint from Shi came in reaction to his criticism of antisemitism at the school. Lax is currently suing CUNY for discrimination against himself and others, which he alleged is grounded in antisemitism.
“All I did was stand up to antisemitism,” he wrote. “For doing so, I was subject to a deeply stressful and retaliatory investigation and then was deprived of even being told of my exoneration for all these many months.”
Lax did not immediately respond Monday morning to a College Fix X message that asked if Goldstein had also been cleared.
“CUNY has known that I was cleared of all charges since late February/early March 2023,” he alleged.
He wrote Oct. 5 on X:
Nearly one year ago –and to my utter shock– CUNY placed me under investigation for having the temerity to file an antisemitism complaint that, in small part, connected to BDS activists being put in charge of hiring antisemitism DEI officers on my campus.
CUNY hired an outside investigative firm who completed their findings nearly 8 months ago. CUNY repeatedly refused to turn over the investigation’s findings to me.
Today, however, I finally received the below letter, completely exonerating me of all charges in what was a despicably retaliatory investigation that should have never been commenced to begin with.
He stated he “did nothing wrong” and promised action against CUNY.
“We must all stand up to persecution of Jews who stand up to antisemitism, or it will never end,” Lax stated.
‘I will continue to pursue retaliation charges against the university for subjecting me to this injustice’
A City University of New York professor recently said he plans to continue to “pursue retaliation charges” against his employer after it sat on a report clearing him of racism and sexism complaints for eight months.
Professor Jeffrey Lax stood accused of “discrimination based on race, gender and immigration” from Professor Lili Shi. He shared a copy of the letter that affirmed he had been cleared of charges against him.
Lax (pictured) initially filed a complaint against Shi in August 2022 after Kingsborough Community College appointed her to a “diversity, equity and inclusion” committee to find a new assistant DEI dean.
“The position was created, in part, to tackle antisemitism on campus, per a job listing that remains on LinkedIn, though none of the committee’s seven members was Jewish,” Jewish News Syndicate reported in February 2023. Shi then filed a complaint against Lax and another professor, Michael Goldstein.
Shi had previously signed a statement in support of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. “Ironically, Lax’s grievance was turned over to Saly Abd Alla, CUNY’s chief diversity officer and a former civil-rights director at the Council on American-Islamic Relations,” JNS reported. The school eventually agreed to have an outside attorney investigate Lax’s complaint.
Lax, who leads a pro-Jewish group called S.A.F.E. CUNY, alleged the complaint from Shi came in reaction to his criticism of antisemitism at the school. Lax is currently suing CUNY for discrimination against himself and others, which he alleged is grounded in antisemitism.
“All I did was stand up to antisemitism,” he wrote. “For doing so, I was subject to a deeply stressful and retaliatory investigation and then was deprived of even being told of my exoneration for all these many months.”
Lax did not immediately respond Monday morning to a College Fix X message that asked if Goldstein had also been cleared.
“CUNY has known that I was cleared of all charges since late February/early March 2023,” he alleged.
He wrote Oct. 5 on X:
Nearly one year ago –and to my utter shock– CUNY placed me under investigation for having the temerity to file an antisemitism complaint that, in small part, connected to BDS activists being put in charge of hiring antisemitism DEI officers on my campus.
CUNY hired an outside investigative firm who completed their findings nearly 8 months ago. CUNY repeatedly refused to turn over the investigation’s findings to me.
Today, however, I finally received the below letter, completely exonerating me of all charges in what was a despicably retaliatory investigation that should have never been commenced to begin with.
He stated he “did nothing wrong” and promised action against CUNY.
“We must all stand up to persecution of Jews who stand up to antisemitism, or it will never end,” Lax stated.
History for October 11
History for October 11 - On-This-Day.com 
Elmore Leonard 1925
- 1869 - Thomas Edison filed for a patent on his first invention. The electric machine was used for counting votes for the U.S. Congress, however the Congress did not buy it.
- 1881 - David Henderson Houston patented the first roll film for cameras.
- 1899 - The Boer War began in South Africa between the British and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
- 1929 - JCPenney opened a store in Milford, DE, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 states.
- 1932 - In New York, the first telecast of a political campaign was aired.
- 1939 - U.S. President Roosevelt was presented with a letter from Albert Einstein that urged him to develop the U.S. atomic program rapidly.
- 1983 - The last hand-cranked telephones in the U.S. went out of service. The 440 telephone customers of Bryant Pond, ME, were switched to direct-dial service.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
UN Security Council refuses to condemn Hamas attacks on Israel - TheBlaze
UN Security Council refuses to condemn Hamas attacks on Israel - TheBlaze:
A number of members of the U.N. Security Council condemned the attacks on Israel by Hamas over the weekend, but the denouncement was reportedly not unanimous.
During an emergency session, the U.S. pushed for the Security Council to condemn the horrific attacks by Hamas, which took over the Gaza Strip and launched a surprise attack on Saturday that ended the lives of 700 people and wounded at least 2,000 more, per the Times of Israel.
Billions spent...for what?!!-----Public-School Systems: The Chicago Warning | National Review
Public-School Systems: The Chicago Warning | National Review - By DOMINIC PINO"In his Washington Post column today, George Will recites the facts about Chicago public schools:
Minority pupils compose 89 percent of Chicago’s public-school student body.
Minority pupils compose 89 percent of Chicago’s public-school student body.
In third through eighth grades, the percentage of
- Black students proficient in reading and math are 11 percent and 6 percent.
- Hispanics: 17 percent, 11 percent.
The percentage of 11th-graders proficient on the SAT in reading and math:
- Black students 10 and 8;
- Hispanics: 16 and 17.
In 22 schools, not a single student can read at grade level; in 33, not a single student can do math at grade level...
State court kills school's plan to secretly change student pronouns
State court kills school's plan to secretly change student pronouns:
A court in Wisconsin has ruled against a school in a huge case in which parents sued the Kettle Moraine district for setting up a secret process to give their children "gender" appropriate names and pronouns – and conceal that action from parents.
Victor Davis Hanson - Israel, Our White-House Absurdities, and the Left’s Empire of Lies
Victor Davis Hanson - Israel, Our White-House Absurdities, and the Left’s Empire of Lies"The Biden administration is furiously trying to contextualize its past, unsupportable policies that have sown global chaos, especially in the Middle East.
But the more it spins, the clearer its culpability.
Does it really believe that the long-agreed-upon U.S. green-lighting of $6 billion in sanctions relief to Iran has had no role in Iran’s terrorist support of Hamas, whether psychological or material or both?
Does it really believe that the long-agreed-upon U.S. green-lighting of $6 billion in sanctions relief to Iran has had no role in Iran’s terrorist support of Hamas, whether psychological or material or both?
- Do they think we are that stupid?
Even a first-grader might surmise that if a terrorist state knows that an impending $6-billion bonanza will shortly arrive in its coffers, then it will more readily in the here and now send arms to Hamas—on the logical assumption that those costs soon will be more than covered...
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