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The Return of Terror’s Architect

16th November 2023

Quilette.

In September, a new statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky was erected in the Moscow suburbs outside of the headquarters of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, the Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki (SVR). Dzerzhinsky was the Polish creator of one of the world’s great repressive political machines. In 1917, he had been instructed to create the SVR’s forerunner, known then as the Cheka, by Lenin himself, who much admired the toughness of the man who became known as Iron Felix. The organisation would be called many names—the GPU, OGPU, NKVD, MGB, KGB—and it is now split into the SVR and the domestic Federal Security Service or Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti (FSB).

Iron Felix was Heinrich Himmler plus competence.

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Walmart and Costco Considering Ditching Self-Checkout Lines Amidst “Backlash”

16th November 2023

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Initially introduced in the 1980s to reduce labor costs, self-service machines transferred the work from employees to customers. They gained popularity in supermarkets in the early 2000s, especially during the pandemic, as they allowed shoppers to avoid close contact with others, according to the Yahoo report.

However, retailers are now reassessing self-checkout due to its association with increased merchandise losses, both from accidental errors and deliberate theft, a phenomenon known as “shrink.”

I don’t go into a store to do the work that store employees ought to be doing. I’m surprised they haven’t started forcing shoppers to restock the shelves for them.

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Assume Killers are Walking Among Us, That We Let Them In

16th November 2023

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Our historically twisted view that wars don’t happen here at home, interrupted by Pearl Harbor and Sept. 11, 2001, may require our immediate and stone-cold sober attention.

Our borders have been wide open since Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas took up his post in 2021 with over seven million illegal immigrants invading us since his confirmation.

As incredulous as it is, he still hasn’t been impeached.

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Give Up Seventy Percent of the Way Through the Hyperstitious Slur Cascade

16th November 2023

Astral Codex Ten.

A hyperstition is a belief which becomes true if people believe it’s true. For example, “Dogecoin is a great short-term investment and you need to buy it right now!” is true if everyone believes it is true; lots of people will buy Dogecoin and it will go way up. “The bank is collapsing and you need to get your money out right away” is likewise true; if everyone believes it, there will be a run on the bank.

What else is a hyperstition? “Bernie can’t possibly win” – if everyone believes this, donors won’t bother giving money to Bernie (why bother? it’s futile!), volunteers won’t canvas for him, and party honchos won’t put their careers on the line to support him. But also, “Bernie’s on fire and can’t be stopped!” – donors looking to curry favor with a future winner will support him, his base will be fired up, opponents might even drop out of the race.

Slurs are like this too. Fifty years ago, “Negro” was the respectable, scholarly term for black people, used by everyone from white academics to Malcolm X to Martin Luther King. In 1966, Black Panther leader Stokely Carmichael said that white people had invented the term “Negro” as a descriptor, so people of African descent needed a new term they could be proud of, and he was choosing “black” because it sounded scary. All the pro-civil-rights white people loved this and used the new word to signal their support for civil rights, soon using “Negro” actively became a sign that you didn’t support civil rights, and now it’s a slur and society demands that politicians resign if they use it. Carmichael said – in a completely made up way that nobody had been thinking of before him – that “Negro” was a slur – and because people believed him it became true.

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Thought for the Day

16th November 2023

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

15th November 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scientists are beginning to understand how long COVID symptoms affect the brain (NPR)

Government Deceit

Inside EcoHealth Alliance’s closed-door congressional testimony

Actress Sues AstraZeneca After COVID-19 Jab Leaves Her With Brain Injuries

 

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Today in the Biden-Harris Slow-Motion Train Wreck

15th November 2023

JESSE WATTERS: The Secret Service has been lying to you about the White House cocaine scandal (Fox News)

Photos released of cocaine found in White House this summer (CNN)

Biden Unlocks Fresh Funds to Iran Totaling Billions

Biden to nominate attorney who would be first Muslim American judge on a federal appeals court (NBC News) Would FDR have nominated a Nazi to the federal bench during World War II? I think not….

FBI Director Pleads for No Warrants With FISA 702

Hunter Biden Seeks to Subpoena Trump, Former AG Barr

Court Orders Biden Administration To Hold Oil And Gas Lease Sale

Young Voters Warn Biden of ‘Scary Election’

Navy SEAL Under Investigation After Protesting the Trans Agenda

Rep. Higgins Warns FBI’s Wray of Evidence of Jan. 6 ‘Ghost Buses’

‘Bask in the Good News’; NBC Argues We Celebrate Economy ‘Going in the Right Direction’

USPS Loses $6.5B After Crafting Plan to Break Even

Rep. Foxx Again ‘Dogs’ White House Over Commander

US extends sanctions waiver allowing Iraq to buy electricity from Iran Holey sanctions, Batman.

Administrative State Scolds Biden for Not Obeying Them

FBI Director: FISA Section 702 warrant requirement a ‘de facto ban’

 

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Today in Witch-Hunt Culture

15th November 2023

The Supreme Court’s new ethics code is a joke (Vox) Nobody writing for Vox would know ‘ethics’ if it pissed on their legs.

We Waited 200 Years for This Supreme Court Ethics Code? (N.Y. Times) No, we waited 200 years until the Narrative media decided to witch-hunt justices they didn’t like.

Supreme Court’s new ethics code does little to satisfy Democrats (The Hill) Because it doesn’t result in Clarence Thomas being marched out in handcuffs.

Why the Supreme Court says ethics controversies are just a ‘misunderstanding’ (CNN) Thank God for the mind-readers in the Narrative media, or we wouldn’t know all this stuff.

Vimeo Ironically Censors Babylon Bee CEO’s Speech About…Censorship?

Court Overturns Ban on Pa. Thin Blue Line Flag

Conservatives hold back on Johnson ouster threat — but plot other payback (Politico)

The Supreme Court’s path to issuing an ethics code and the fine print (Washington Poop)

Relentless positivity replaced by ‘vermin’ and ‘scum’ in the modern GOP (Politico)

Home on the Range

Finnish Politician Cleared of Hate Speech Charges for Second Time

Maddow, Colbert Insist Only They Be Able To Call People ‘Fascist’

Google Doesn’t Even Try to Hide Disdain for House Speaker Mike Johnson

Supreme Court Puts Its Name on Ethics Code It’s Used All Along (The Foundry)

Democrats Melt Down Over New Texas Bill To Arrest, Deport Migrants

Salon Columnist Blames Libs of TikTok for a Pastor’s Suicide, Without Any Evidence

Why does the left hate white women?

Speaker Johnson’s close ties to Christian right — both mainstream and fringe (NPR) I wasn’t aware that anyone at NPR made a distinction between those.

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

15th November 2023

This Ripped Up Note Could Help Jack Smith Take Down Donald Trump (The New Republic) They hope, they hope, they hope….

Fani Willis predicts Georgia election case could go into early 2025 (Axios)

Univision, the Spanish language news giant, shifts its approach to Trump (Washington Poop)

Network News Bosses Want No Republican Challengers to Donald Trump

Biden compares Trump’s ‘vermin’ remarks to Nazi rhetoric (NBC News) Took him long enough to get the memo.

Donald’s Desperate Demand: Trump Files for Mistrial in New York Bank Fraud Case (Daily Beast) Nothing ‘desperate’ about it; it’s an obvious move–for those who’ve been paying attention. Another case of Prog Projection?

South Carolina Poll: Trump Has Majority in Haley’s Home State

Ratings Gold? CNN Analyst Elle Honig Says ‘Smart Move’ for Trump to Back a Televised Trial!

Damage Control: RNC Chairwoman McDaniel Pledges To Support Trump If Voters Choose Him  Sure, I believe that.

After ‘Vermin’ Remark, PBS NewsHour Turns to Historian for ‘Trump Mimics Hitler’ Talk

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

15th November 2023

Expert warns green energy projects ‘are not worth it’ as prices spiral ‘out of control’ (Fox Business)

China and US push through tensions in reaching climate deal (Politico)

U.S. and China Agree to Displace Fossil Fuels by Ramping Up Renewables (N.Y. Times)

The tough truth behind corporate net zero sustainability targets (BBC)

Corporate progress on curbing emissions is slowing, MSCI finds (Reuters)

Global heat deaths could quadruple if action is not taken on climate change, study finds (NBC News)

Biden’s ‘War on Fossil Fuels’ Out of Step With Geopolitical Realities, Energy Policy Analysts Say

Coalition Files Notice of Intent to Sue Federal Agencies to Stop Whale-killing Virginia Wind Project

Gulf Stream Collapse Scare Debunked by Royal Society

The Climate Cult and Its Mythic Origins

Sunnylands Statement on Enhancing Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis (State Dept.)

Fifth National Climate Change Assessment Propaganda “Science Report” Released

The EU Shouldn’t Block Poland’s Move Toward Nuclear Energy

Trust climate predictions from climate models that cannot reproduce the past?

I Visited over 120 EV Chargers: Why So Many Were Broken

$17 a Gallon to Charge an EV

 

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Today in Progressive Totalitarianism

15th November 2023

Calvin and Hobbes Comic Strip for November 14, 2023

California program to lease land under freeways faces scrutiny after major Los Angeles fire (Associated Press)

Arson Damaged Vital LA Freeway

This Checkered Terrorist Durag Is Literally Exploding on the Fashion Scene. Is It More Than Just an Inti-FAD-a?

Watch: Officials Grilled Over San Fran’s ‘Miraculously’ Spotless Streets For Xi Visit

DC Mayor Declares Public Emergency as Crime Spirals Out of Control

Watch: UPS Driver Carjacked In ‘Grand Theft Auto-Style’ Robbery Near DC

MEET THE NEW BOSS: George Soros’ Son Alex Takes Over $25-Billion Leftist Empire. Here’s Why He Could Be Even Worse

Italian Leftists Move To Block Albania Migrant Outsourcing Deal

Macho Joe Scarborough Said He’d Beat Up Capitol Tourist—But Appalled By Senate Scrap

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Today in BIPOC Privilege

15th November 2023

8 Teens Arrested for Las Vegas High School Killing

World War Hair Calls in the Cavalry

Hispanic Paradox: Why Do Mestizos Live So Long?

Abrams-Founded Georgia Voting Group Under Fire For Financial Irregularities  What do you call a corrupt fat ugly black woman? “Democrat.”

 

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The Outside Scoop on a Communist Pope

15th November 2023

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Howdy — this is not a religious commentary, as I leave that (mostly) to the members of their respective organizations.

The Pope exists in the real world and is an influential force in human affairs, and so this atheist feels more than qualified to comment on that basis. This is the same basis on which I approve of Protestant reforms (raised Protestant) despite having no religious charter for my views. Also, I find some Protestantism more agreeable than others. So much for my preferences — that’s not the point. Wars have been fought over this stuff, nations dissolved and founded, and from my admittedly atheist perspective, most religious wars are just ordinary wars for power and security (or personal glory) using a different label than the other options of race, ethnicity, nation-state, geography, or “vocation” (meaning a given people’s way of getting on).

I remember when liberty had a great ally in a sturdy and forthright man of a Pope. Reagan, Thatcher, John Paul II — those were heroic leaders united in a global crusade against the pure evil of Communism, winning WWIII without plunging the planet into fire.

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Childless Weddings Are Wrong

15th November 2023

The Spectator.

Since becoming a mother, I have come to dread weddings. Children are often no longer welcome at nuptials. My children have been banned from several already, and we have attended several others where they might as well have been, so inhospitable were they to young families. I find it indescribably depressing and utterly baffling that small children would be unwelcome at such a momentous family celebration. The concept seems to contradict the very purpose of a wedding — to bring two families together for the creation of another. Perhaps as a result of the decline of religion, weddings are no longer for families — they are essentially very, very expensive dance parties for the couple’s young social group. The main event is a dance that can go on until the next morning — inhospitable not only to small children but also to great grannies with wheelchairs and 9 pm bedtimes. Fair enough if the bride and groom want to party late into the night — but why prevent the whole family from enjoying everything before that? When I was little, I adored weddings — indeed I am sure I anticipated them as much as the rest of the family. The thrill of seeing the bride walk down the aisle, and of watching my parents and aunts and uncles dance — these are very strong and happy memories. Excluding children from weddings is essentially saying that they are a nuisance and that the party would be better without them.

 

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How the UK does diplomacy with US states

15th November 2023

The Spectator.

A trade deal with the US has long been a holy grail for Brexiteers, not least because it is something that the European Union has failed to achieve. Barack Obama said Britain would have to go to the “back of the queue,” then Donald Trump said Britain was at the front of the queue. Unfortunately, though, Trump wasn’t minded to serve anyone before being replaced by Joe Biden, who has shown a similar lack of interest in trade deals. Indeed, Biden has returned the US to an age of protectionism through his bizarrely named Inflation Reduction Act, which offers grants and subsidies to green industries — so long as they are based in the US.

But Britain has now worked out an alternative strategy for the US: carry on dealing with the federal government, but work on agreements with individual states while you are waiting. The latest installment is a “memorandum of understanding” with Florida, signed by Governor Ron DeSantis and the UK’s trade secretary Kemi Badenoch today. It joins similar agreements with North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Washington and Utah. But the deal with Florida is the most significant, given that it has the fourth highest GDP of any US state, with an economy around the size of Spain’s. Moreover, Florida is the base of much of the US’s space industry, which is a sector in which Britain is especially strong.

These agreements are undoubtedly a good thing, but they shouldn’t be mistaken for trade deals. They do not remove any tariffs or set up any legal process for trade disputes, other than what already exists under World Trade Organization rules. Rather they consist of an agreement to discuss and possibly lower non-tariff barriers to trade, to share academic research, set up worker exchange programs and hold trade fairs and the like.

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Serious as a Heart Attack: American Heart Association Sabotages Its Own Predictive Algorithm

15th November 2023

Steve Sailer.

Science used to be about making more accurate predictions, but now it’s about affirming dogmas even at the cost of more dead bodies. As we all know, Race Does NOT Exist Biologically. It just doesn’t. So therefore, doctors will no longer be allowed to use race in an algorithm predicting risk of heart attack or stroke, even though including race makes more accurate predictions.

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Thought for the Day

15th November 2023

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Today in War

14th November 2023

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: No Decision Yet To Storm Gaza’s Largest Hospital

Israeli Troops’ ‘Chef’s Hat’ Helmet Covers Explained

Hamas has command node under Al-Shifa hospital, US official says (CNN) Of course it does.

Hamas has lost control in Gaza; gunmen who fired from hospital entrance killed (Times of Israel)

Medics and patients, including babies, stranded as battles rage around Gaza hospitals

UN Official Says Hamas Is ‘Entitled To Embrace Resistance’

‘Zero Appetite’ in Israel for Cease-Fire With Hamas, Embassy Official Says

UofA Profs: Hamas Not Terrorists, Just An Anti-Zionist “Resistance” Group

Xi Jinping goals for APEC summit, Biden meeting revealed by China state-controlled outlets

Sen. Coons badgered about Gaza strikes and cease-fire on Amtrak ride (The Hill)

Report: Islamic Resistance Deploys New Short-Range Missile

MSNBC Claims Everyone Making ‘Assumptions’ Hamas Uses Human Shields

Ruddy: It’s One War and Spreading

Fewer Americans Are Interested In Fighting Wars For The Regime

‘Hamas Trademark’: Germany Criminalizes Pro-Palestinian Slogan

Orbán: Western Migration Policy Leads to Terrorism and ‘Mini Gazas’

HAMASPRESSE: CBS’s Patta Floats Hostage Deal, Lectures On Geneva Rules

Aircraft Carrier USS Dwight S. Eisenhower Now in Gulf of Oman

Visualizing $233B In Ukraine Aid

Boeing Expands Missile Factory To Support America’s Endless Wars

Children as Young as 10 Took Part in Hamas’s Oct. 7 Terror Attack, Survivors Say

He’s a Communist Trust Fund Baby Who Inherited Millions. Now, He’s Using Daddy’s Money To Harass Jews.

EU Struggles to Produce, Send Ukraine Ammunition as Promised

Oliver Baselessly Says U.S. ‘Heavily Implicated’ In Israeli War Crimes

Gaza reports more than 11,100 killed. That’s one out of every 200 people. (Washington Poop) And the WaPo is perfectly willing to take their word for it.

VOA Reporter Suggests U.S. Is ‘On the Wrong Side of History’ by Backing Israel  Your tax dollars at work.

Black for Palestine: Meet Rashida Tlaib’s favorite Israel-hating group with terror ties

Forbidden Russian oil flows into Pentagon supply chain (Washington Poop)

ABC, CBS, NBC Turn Blind Eye to Leftist Donors Funneling Millions to Anti-Israel Groups

Israel policy is tearing Democrats apart

How North Korea became a Hamas ally

Hamas Says All The AK-47s Found In Gaza Hospital Were Strictly For Medicinal Use (Babylon Bee)

The West Mulls Stricter Sanctions As Russia Easily Circumvents The Oil Price Cap

Ukraine’s Fate Will Be Decided In Coming Year, Top Zelensky Aide Admits

WATCH: Jamaal Bowman Says Supporting Ceasefire Is ‘What It Actually Means To Be Jewish’

Report: Taliban Controlling Migrant Trafficking in Southern Europe

A Final Warning

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

14th November 2023

Study suggests Covid rebound is far more common with Paxlovid than without (STAT)

COVID-19 Antivirals Can Trigger Viral Rebound, Study Finds (MedScape)

Virologic rebound observed in 20% of patients treated with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (MedicalXPress)

Paxlovid Lifesaving, Yet May Allow Viral Rebound Contagion (Mirage)

The Declaration That Wasn’t Supposed To Happen

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

14th November 2023

Trump Jr. Just Uttered the Word That Could Trip Up His Family’s Entire Defense (The New Republic) They hope, they hope, they hope….

Trump calling opponents ‘vermin’ draws rebukes from White House, some in GOP (Washington Poop) But Hillary calling people ‘deplorables’ is fine, just fine.

‘The boss is not going to leave’: Proffer videos show ex-Trump lawyers telling Georgia prosecutors about efforts to overturn 2020 election (ABC News)

Trump Tests D.C. Gag Order, Blasts ‘Deranged’ Special Counsel

Trump Will File For Mistrial In NY Fraud Case ‘Soon,’ Attorney Says

Trump Campaign Officials Try to Play Down Contentious 2025 Plans (N.Y. Times) Said ‘plans’ existing only in the fever dreams of the proglodyte media.

Unmarried to the Mob (The Nation)

Trump Denies Report He Threatened to Leave GOP: ‘That’s Bulls–t’ (The Messenger) Don’t believe everything you read in an anti-Trump book. Just sayin’.

Ex-Trump allies detail efforts to overturn election in Georgia plea videos (Washington Post)

Checks and Balances Are for Losers (N.Y. Times) The NYT steps up its anti-Trump witch-hunt in preparation for the coming election.

Johnson Said in 2015 Trump Was Unfit and Could Be ‘Dangerous’ as President (N.Y. Times) “When the facts change, sir, I change my opinions. What do you do?” — John Maynard Keynes

After Trump case video leak, Georgia prosecutor seeks emergency seal for evidence (Washington Poop)

House Speaker Mike Johnson endorses Trump, defends ‘stolen election’ claims (CNBC)

Arizona Poll: Trump Crushing GOP Field, Beating Biden

Trump to remain on Michigan ballot after judge rejects another 14th Amendment challenge (CNN)

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

14th November 2023

“We Might Need To Let It Burn”: Firefighting In The EV Era Is A Whole New Game

BlackRock invests $550M in world’s largest direct air capture plant

Green Dreams Turn Into Nightmares: After US Withdrawal, Orsted Pulls Out Of Norway Wind Bidding

OPEC Oil Production Inches Up In October, Sees “Healthy” Demand In US And China

IEA Raises Oil Demand Outlook For 2023 And 2024  Time to buy oil stocks.

Prioritizing Justice in New York State Climate Policy

Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, federal agency says

What if climate change meant not doom — but abundance? (Washington Poop)

Newsom Says Homeless Camp Pallet Fire Was Caused By Climate Change (Babylon Bee)

 

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Today in Witch-Hunt Culture

14th November 2023

Democrats get surprisingly good news from America’s Trumpiest court (Vox)

California middle-schooler banned from sports over ‘black face’ — but group says he was just wearing eye paint (N.Y. Post)

CPAC Board Member Wrote Brutal Letter Trashing Matt Schlapp (Daily Beast)

It’s Not the Gaffes. It’s the Plans. (The Bulwark) Charlie Sykes channels the hard-left fringe.

Mike Johnson’s Shady Finances Are Already Coming Back to Bite Him (Daily Beast) They must have mistaken him for a Democrat.

How Deep-State Bureaucrats Used a Middleman to Try to Censor Americans in 2020

New York’s Hunger Games Governor Is Now “Collecting Data” From “Surveillance Efforts” On Social Media To Monitor “Hate Speech”

Polish MEPs Facing Three Years in Prison Over Anti-Migrant Video

‘He’ll be out’: Santos’ GOP critics anxiously await report they hope will help boot him (Politico) With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?

Finnish Court Vindicates Politician Who Faced ‘Hate Speech’ Charges for Bible Verse Tweet

Dems prepare to save another GOP speaker from a shutdown

 

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Today in the Biden-Harris Slow-Motion Train Wreck

14th November 2023

If Biden can’t run a normal campaign, he should step aside (Nate Silver)

Biden Taps Top Campaign Donor To Lead Powerful Treasury Department Commission  Money talks.

Biden Admin Thinks Israel Seeking Pretext For Wider War In Lebanon: Axios

First photos reveal the COCAINE found in the White House: Images of the baggy in cubby hole that sparked White House investigation – and the culprit has still not been found (UK Daily Mail)

Report: Border Crisis Costing US Nearly $500B

Senate Republicans Demand Biden DOD Rescind Abortion Policy That Inspired Tuberville’s Holds

Biden Has “Hurt The Economy A Lot” According To 33% Of Americans, While Only 14% Say They’re Better Off  Those 14% must be those that have gotten a piece of the trillions that the U.S. has gone into debt since Biden was elected.

Eight NEW Biden Family Scandals ABC, CBS, NBC Are Hiding

More Than 400 U.S. Officials Sign Letter Protesting Biden’s Israel Policy (N.Y.Times) The Deep State thinks he’s being too friendly to Israel.

Migrants’ Border Wall Falls Devastating — and Costly

Illegal Border Crossings Into US Drop in October After 3 Months of Increases

Migrant Encounters at the Southern Border Remain at Record Levels in October

Oy Vey, WashPost! Quit Treating Voters Like They’re Stupid for Recognizing Biden’s Economy Sucks

Rep. Greene Chides Mayorkas Impeachment Blockers  With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?

8 Republicans Voted With All House Democrats to Block Mayorkas Impeachment (Hot Air) With Republicans like these, who needs Democrats?

While Hamas Planned Its Attack on Israel, Biden’s Intel Community Was Focused On Climate Change

 

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Today in BIPOC Privilege

14th November 2023

U.S. Army sets aside convictions of 110 Black soldiers arrested over 1917 Houston riots (CBS News)

Victor Davis Hanson: The Damage Of The ‘White Privilege’ Smear

Daily Show Slimes Scott as a ‘Milk Dud-Looking Mother******’

 

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Today in Progressive Totalitarianism

14th November 2023

Fire That Damaged, Closed Section of L.A. Freeway Ruled Arson

House shelves Greene’s resolution to impeach Mayorkas (The Hill)

The True Face of the United Nations

Retailers In Boston Are Rushing Out Of The City And Into Suburbia

ABCCBSNBC Can’t Xi Themselves Covering Newsom’s Big San Francisco Street Cleanup

France Spent British Anti-Migration Funds on Vacuum Cleaners

Germany’s  Interior Minister Seeks Relaxed Security Checks for Asylum Seekers

Microsoft And Meta Detail Plans To Combat “Election Disinformation” – Including Watermarks For Memes And More “Fact Checkers”

School Choice Dies In Illinois, Congratulations Teachers As 35% Read At Grade Level

DEI Chair Reveals Woke Mind Virus at Google in Social Media Tirade

Will the government be able to turn off your car?

Czech news crew robbed while filming in San Francisco for Apec summit

What’s driving social justice ideology? The US and UK compared

WHO Cleaned Up Ebola Rape Scandal With $250 Payoff For Congolese Victims: Documents

Czech news crew in S.F. covering APEC robbed at gunpoint while filming an iconic spot (S.F. Chronicle)

Macy’s Thanksgiving Gay Parade Is All About Trannies This Year

After School Satan Club Coming to Connecticut Town

NPR Host Juana Summers Gushes Over Nasty Feminist Website Jezebel After It Ends

 

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Nobody Knows What the Point of Homework Is

14th November 2023

Vox.

The rise of the no-homework movement during the Covid-19 pandemic tapped into long-running disagreements over homework’s impact on students. The purpose and effectiveness of homework have been disputed for well over a century. In 1901, for instance, California banned homework for students up to age 15, and limited it for older students, over concerns that it endangered children’s mental and physical health. The newest iteration of the anti-homework argument contends that the current practice punishes students who lack support and rewards those with more resources, reinforcing the “myth of meritocracy.”

But there is still no research consensus on homework’s effectiveness; no one can seem to agree on what the right metrics are. Much of the debate relies on anecdotes, intuition, or speculation.

Bearing in mind that Vox is a hard-left Narrative media site, nevertheless even a blind pig finds an acorn now and then.

 

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Pharmaceutical Price Controls and the Marshmallow Test

14th November 2023

Marginal Revolution.

In Washington-speak the “Inflation Reduction Act” requires HHS to “negotiate” drug prices for Medicare Part D and Part B to establish a maximum “fair” price. In reality there is no negotiation–firms who refuse to negotiate are hit with huge taxes. The “negotiation” if you want to call it that is “your money or your life” and fairness has little to do with it. The IRA also requires very costly inflation rebates, i.e. a price control/tax. In essence, the IRA is a taking; for drugs with a large Medicare market it is similar to abrogating patents to 9 years for small molecule drugs and 13 years for biologics. For the included drugs there will be a significant reduction in revenues. Moreover, we don’t yet know whether the plan will be extended to more and more drugs. There is significant uncertainty affecting the entire market. What will be situation in 10 years? Will the US be like Europe?

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Cruelty Cloaked in Compassion

14th November 2023

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A November 3 post on X (formerly Twitter) from J.K. Rowling caught my eye recently. It was her comment on the decision of an Australian court to mandate that the ‘preferred pronouns’ of people identifying as transgender be used as a “matter of respect” to ensure “public confidence in the proper administration of justice.” As Rowling noted: “Asking a woman to refer to her male rapist or violent assaulter as ‘she’ in court is a form of state-sanctioned abuse. Female victims of male violence are further traumatised by being forced to speak a lie.” Indeed, forcing a woman to refer to the man who abused and raped her as ‘she’ seems a particularly grotesque form of gaslighting.

Rowling’s comment gets to the heart of something that is not commented on often enough: the manifest cruelty of the transgender movement. I’m not referring here to the mobs of trans-identified men that so often threaten violence towards women who dare to speak out—or, as in the case of Posie Parker’s visit to New Zealand earlier this year, actually perpetrate it. Nor am I speaking of the torrent of vile threats of rape that women like Rowling face from these vicious men in dresses. I mean the cruelty of the practices and policies imposed by those in power on women and girls in the name of the transgender movement, which have swept virtually every Western country in under a decade.

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Thought for the Day

14th November 2023

Infographic: Local Languages Are Crucial for Migrants to Master | Statista

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Today in War

13th November 2023

Gaza hospitals caught on front line of Israel-Hamas war (BBC)

Israel calls on Hamas to surrender Shifa hospital base as US strikes Iran proxies in Syria (Fox News)

Israeli Forces Near a Struggling Hospital They Say Covers a Hamas Complex. (N .Y. Times)

Charts show a stark difference in the human cost of Israeli-Palestinian conflicts over the years (CNBC)

Drastically Different Narratives Emerge Centered On Shifa Hospital’s Mounting Deaths

More than 180,000 people across France march against soaring antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war (Associated Press)

Media Worst: Israel’s Enemies Get Away With Murder—And Human Shields and Genocide

Jewish families leaving synagogue ‘targeted’ by pro-Palestinian demonstrators (UK Telegraph)

Another Snapshot Of Kiev’s Military Collapse: But It Ain’t Over Yet

Anatomy Of A Paris Demo

This Progressive Dark Money Behemoth Could Face Criminal Charges Over Anti-Israel Protest (Washington Free Beacon)

These Mosques Pray for the Annihilation of Jews. They Also Receive Money From the Biden Administration.

US, South Korea Plan Against North Korean Nuke Threat  Funny  how North Korea wasn’t a problem with Trump as President.

US Launches 3rd Round Of Airstrikes On Eastern Syria, But ‘Deterrence’ Failing  Remind me why we have troops in Syria.

This Is Not Your Grandfather’s Anti-Semitism

German Tax Dollars to Pay For Mosques?

Why Didn’t MIT Expel Violent Students?

WEAPONS: Adaptations

SUBMARINES: Borei-class SSBN submarines

Antisemitism, Good and Evil (Depending on Who Does It): Fault Lines in French Politics

EU Condemns Hamas’ Use of Human Shields; Tells Israel to Exercise ‘Maximum Restraint’

The Collapse of Russia’s Navy: The Four Seas Problem

Ivy League Student Arrested for Stealing Israeli Flag

Broadcast Networks Used Hamas as a Source in 66% of Evening Newscasts

New York Times Touts ‘Human Rights Advocates’ ‘Scoff’ at Israel, Like They’re Unbiased?

Why the Left Hates Israel and America

We were interviewing a Palestinian farmer. Then the drone and soldiers appeared (NPR)

Let’s Stop Paying Beijing to Steal Our Gene Code

Arrests on Campus

New Chinese institute lures top U.S., Western scientists to obtain advanced American technology

Video roundup

The absolution of Hamas

AP unfamiliar with Hamas way of war

3-Year Old American Among US Hostages In Gaza, White House ConfirmsThe American toddler’s parents were killed by Hamas during the Oct.7 attacks.”

‘Where Are You?’: Israeli Hostage Families Call Out Women’s Rights Groups, Silent on Kidnappings

Authorities in DC Preparing to Ensure Safety, Security at ‘March for Israel’

Alumni to Harvard: Address Antisemitism or Lose Donations

CNN Refuses to Ask Al Shifa Hospital Doc About Hamas’s Base Underneath

 

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Today in the Biden-Harris Slow-Motion Train Wreck

13th November 2023

Secret Service agents protecting Biden’s granddaughter open fire when 3 people try to break into SUV (Associated Press) Crime in D.C. pretty bad when this happens in Georgetown.

Likely impeachment adds to feeble Joe Biden’s already brutal presidency (N.Y. Post)

Here’s How Biden Can Turn It Around (Politico)

NY Post’s Goodwin: Biden ‘Likely’ to Be Impeached

Why Are Americans In Such A Rotten Mood? Biden Blames The Media

Internal State Dept. memo blasts Biden, U.S. policy on Israel-Hamas war (Axios)

I Was Obama’s 2012 Campaign Manager. There’s No Need to Panic Over Biden. (Politico) As Stalin said, it doesn’t matter who votes, what matters is who counts the votes.

Report: Biden Losing Black Voter Support

Only 14% of US voters say Joe Biden has made them better off (Financial Times)

Secret Service Agent Protecting Biden Granddaughter Fires at Car Thieves as DC Crime Wave Surges

Biden Runs Against New York City

‘We Only Deal in Billions’: FOIA Documents Show Feds’ Indifference to Massive Jobless Benefits Overpayments

Biden Mulls Approval of Fresh $10 Billion for Iran

National Media Finally Notice DC Crime Wave After Biden Granddaughter Marginally Involved in 863rd Carjacking Incident of 2023

 

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Today in Witch-Hunt Culture

13th November 2023

PBS Pushes SCOTUS ‘Ethics’ Reform Led By Democrats: ‘So What’s the Holdup?’

A wasteland: Political coverage ignores the threat to democracy (Washington Poop) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.

Sinema left the Democratic party. Democratic donors left her too. (Politico)

Bishop Schneider: Strickland Part of ‘Purge’ of Traditionalists

UK Shakeup: Fmr PM Cameron Now Foreign Secretary; Conservative Sacked

House GOP proposes two-step plan to fund government, raising shutdown risk (Washington Poop) The D.C. Crust, of course, are aghast.

Could George Floyd Revelations Help Overturn Chauvin Conviction?

How Moms for Liberty and a notorious English teacher exploited a high school student (Popular Information)

Stephen Miller’s “America First Legal” is more dangerous than you think (Public Notice)

MAGA-dominated state Republican parties plagued by infighting, money woes (Washington Poop)

Dems Defund Arizona’s Independent Sen. Sinema

Pro-Hitler and Holocaust denier account: X has paid me $3,000 in ad revenue sharing (Media Matters for America)

Who Paid for Mike Johnson to Attend This Conservative Conference? (Daily Beast)

Ex-Fox News Reporter Claims Network Fired Him for Calling Out Jan. 6 Lies (Daily Beast) Translation: Fired him for repeating Democrat Jan. 6 lies.

 

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Today in Progressive Totalitarianism

13th November 2023

Suella Braverman, Britain’s hardline home secretary, fired as ex-PM David Cameron makes surprise return to government (CNN)

Wolves have returned to California after nearly 150 years. They bring an unexpected problem (The Guardian)

Four L.A. Sheriff’s Department Employees Commit Suicide In A 24 Hour Period

High Stakes And A Simple Choice: “I’m 94 Years Old & Saddened By What I See Happening To America”

Disney+ Will Shut Down in December, Losing Hundreds of Millions

San Francisco Slammed for ‘Band-Aid’ Clean-up Ahead of APEC

Liberals Using Museums to Push ‘Woke’ Marxist Agenda

10 Of New York’s 72 Billionaires Have Left Due To Taxation Since 2019

Marvel-ous Bomb: Disney’s Latest Social Engineering Attempt Is Box Office Flop

Petition Slams Macy’s Parade for LGBTQ Agenda

EU May Force Fast Food Companies To Use Washable Dishes

Anti-Free Speech Google Spent Billions Hiding Feature from Users

Stop Drinking the Political Kool-Aid, America: Voting Will Not Save Us

Police, Protesters Clash at Atlanta Training Center

Britain: Land of Anarchy and Tyranny

Newsom Assures Homeless They Can Resume Pooping On Sidewalks Once His Boss Leaves (Babylon Bee)

Obama Portrays Himself as ‘First Amendment Absolutist…’ Then Issues Disclaimer

Iowa Leads Way on Education Freedom

EU Official Hopes X Will Face “Peer Pressure” to Hire More Censors

Migrant Says ‘American Dream Doesn’t Exist Anymore’

 

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Today in BIPOC Privilege

13th November 2023

Sharpton Urges Biden to Stop Menthol Cigarette Ban

What lies behind the obsession with race transforming universities?

In the Eric Adams case, the FBI’s leaks and bias persist

Las Vegas Teen Beaten to Death Near School

CNN Hints Dean Phillips Is Racist for Not Kissing Rings of Dem Groups

Trump Prosecutor Fani Willis Hosts High-Dollar DC Fundraiser  Doing well by hunting the correct witches.

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

13th November 2023

Boston’s plan to ban fossil fuels in new buildings goes up in smoke (Boston Globe)

Europe Taps Record-High Natural Gas Storage As Temperatures Drop

A Nuclear Renaissance Is The Best Path Forward

Climate Data Refutes Crisis NarrativeWatchdog Has Grim Winter Warning: There May Be Blackouts

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

13th November 2023

A COVID-19 vaccine reckoning is coming for the DOJ over federal gov mandates (N.Y.Post)

Lawsuit Challenges Federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (MedPageToday)

Sen. Schmitt Wants Answers on COVID Learning Losses

 

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Radical Roots of the DEATH Cult

13th November 2023

The American Mind.

Radical ideology takes many forms: Marxist, Islamist, a combination of the two (termed the red-green alliance), anarchist, what was once called Third Worldist and is now rebranded “postcolonial theory,” intersectional and anti-TERF feminism, and so on. What too many variants share is a visceral attraction to fantasies of transformative, retributive violence.

In roughly psychoanalytic terms, they gravitate toward alibis for sadism, humiliation, and even outright murder of the hated, fantasized object or “other” standing in the way of their “progress.” They seek a “permission structure” to vent their spleen. According to René Girard, these befuddled victimizers of innocents—ironically enough, most convinced of their own moral purity in the very commission of their crime—hunger for sacrificial scapegoats, designated essentially arbitrarily as responsible for the ills of the world, and bond together as a solidaristic community of the (self-)righteous in the act of executing them together. And if they can’t actually be there for the event itself, they applaud as spectators from a distance.

Add to that the predominance of “woke” progressive ideology on the American college campus today—a wooly-minded mélange of every sort of anti-civilizational, anti-systemic “thought”—and what you get is the uninhibited cries of bloodlust, worthy of a proud troop of resentful Raskolnikovs on the loose, their shrieks echoing through the halls of academe. But will these pyromaniacs in expensive sneakers and fancy eyewear ever undergo Dostoevsky’s antihero’s redemptive acknowledgment of a guilty conscience? At present it seems doubtful.

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Kim Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey flock to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s A-list engagement party

13th November 2023

Read it. (If you dare.)

Much has been said about the phenomenon of the ‘trophy wife’ but I haven’t seen much discussion of the corresponding ‘trophy husband’. Of the two, I suspect that the wife is getting the better deal.

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The Competency Crisis Is Growing

13th November 2023

Steve Sailer.

Remember the Education Reform juggernaut right before the Great Awokening? Various billionaires announced that to end racial inequality, All We Had to Do Is to Fix the Schools and that they’d just been to a conference in Aspen where they had a brainstorm about exactly how to do it, usually involving teaching public school students to think more like billionaires. Or something.

But that didn’t much work, although some Back to Basics efforts like KIPP seemed to do some good for some poor kids of good character. But then came the Great Awokening and it became racist to attribute racial gaps to anything other than Systemic Racism and to suggest any remedies other than jobs and cash handouts for blacks.

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There is No Moderate Jihad

13th November 2023

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Civilized nations have spent generations trying to convince themselves that the primary religious and national impulses of the Muslim world come down to more than conquest and mass murder.

The horrors of the past few years in Afghanistan and Israel both came down to the mistaken belief that you could negotiate and reach an agreement with Jihadist movements.

Both D.C. and Jerusalem had become enchanted with diplomatic initiatives to the Muslim world, from the Abraham Accords to two years of relative peace with Hamas, politicians, generals and diplomats were convinced that they had finally unlocked the secret of coexistence.

But there’s no perpetual motion machine, no diet that lets you eat what you want and no coexistence with an ideology that is built on conquering and destroying all outsiders.

Individually, contextually and circumstantially coexistence is possible. But not in the long run.

Islam is an oppressive totalitarian ideology under the guise of a religion with which no co-existence is possible. Non-Muslims in a Muslim state are treated like black people in the Jim Crow South.

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No Longer In Vogue

13th November 2023

John Hinderaker at Power Line.

The Black Lives Matter era is over. The BLM organization turned out to be a fraud, and, worse, the anti-police movement caused a spike in crime that continues to this day. Voters have ejected Soros prosecutors, and even liberals are vowing to crack down on criminals.

The story of Marilyn Mosby illustrates the downfall of BLM. Mosby was the States Attorney in Baltimore when a man named Freddie Gray died while he was under arrest. She went on an anti-police campaign, over-charging the officers who were involved.

So she exemplified the zeitgeist, and, better yet, she was young and good-looking. So she was lionized by liberals, including those at Vogue magazine, who did a spread on her that I wrote about here. Vogue was hagiographic, mingling admiration for Mosby’s anti-police activism with appreciation of her style.

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3 Changes to School Choice Bill Could Skyrocket Texas From No. 30 to No. 4 in the Nation

13th November 2023

The Foundry.

Gov. Greg Abbott called the Texas legislature into a fourth special session on Tuesday with the aim of expanding K-12 options for families. Over the past few years, lawmakers from across the country have empowered families to find the best school for their children. Abbott, a Republican, seems resolved to create similar opportunities for Texas students.

 

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Potential Breakthrough Study Finds Cancer ‘Kill Switch’

13th November 2023

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Researchers at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center have located a “kill switch” that can trigger the death of cancer cells. They identified a protein on the CD95 receptor, which is part of a cell’s communication system, that can “program” cancer cells to die. This significant discovery was detailed in a study published in the journal “Cell Death & Differentiation.”

Receptors like CD95 are proteins that cells use to receive signals from outside. CD95 has earned the nickname “death receptor” because it can send a signal to a cancer cell, causing it to die. This process was hard to control in the past, but the new discovery of a specific part of the receptor to target may change that.

Dr. Jogender Tushir-Singh, an associate professor at UC Davis and the senior author of the study, said, “Previous efforts to target this receptor have been unsuccessful. But now that we’ve identified this epitope, there could be a therapeutic path forward to target Fas in tumors.”

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Thought for the Day

13th November 2023

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Today in Progressive Totalitarianism

12th November 2023

Dems Suffer Flashbacks As 2016 ‘Spoiler’ Jill Stein Announces White House Run

The Globalist Vision: “15 Minute” Prison Cities And The End Of Private Property

EU Moves Forward With Digital ID Despite Security Concerns And Potential For Abuse

D.C. CVS Hiding Toilet Paper Amid Theft Wave

Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs. It Isn’t Working  Depends on what you mean by ‘working’–natural selection works every time.

San Francisco: Clean For Xi, Not For Thee

Los Angeles County Approves New ‘Office Of Food Equity’

Federal Judge Orders Trial for Ga.’s Dominion Voting Machines

 

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Today in Global Warming Hysteria

12th November 2023

Thousands of Greenland’s glaciers are rapidly shrinking. Before-and-after photos reveal decades of change (CNN)

After a Last-Minute Challenge to New Loss and Damage Deal, U.S. Joins Global Consensus Ahead of COP28 (Inside Climate Narrative News)

Claim: $5.9 Trillion Government Money Grab Required for Climate Action

L A Times Fails to Comprehend the Difference between “Average Temperature Anomaly” & “Absolute Maximum Temperature” Climate Data

Climate Fact Check: October 2023 Edition

West Antarctica Temperature FALLS 2°C in 20 Years

Sahara Expert Says Desert Shrinking, Calls Alarmist Tipping Points “Complete Nonsense”

 

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Today in Witch-Hunt Culture

12th November 2023

“Absolute Torture”: Jan. 6 Inmates Put Renewed Spotlight On Use Of Solitary Confinement

Raided Pro-Life Activist Sues DOJ For ‘Malicious Prosecution,’ Emotional Distress

Should Joe Manchin Run for President? (N.Y. Times) Ross Douthat says the quiet part out loud.

UCLA faculty call on school to condemn protests, speech ‘crossing the line’ (The Hill)

European Parliament Lifts Immunity Of Conservative MEPs Facing Criminal Charges For Retweeting Criticism Of Illegal Immigration  What use is any ‘immunity’ that can so easily be lifted for witch-hunt purposes?

NBC Compares Criticism Of Hunter’s Influence Peddling To Haley’s Daughter’s TikTok Posts

Maher Rebukes Obama: ‘Enough With the Moral Equivalencies’

NPR, Nina Jankowicz Whine It’s ‘Open Season’ on Social-Media Censors In Runup to 2024

Moms for Liberty Sets the Record Straight on 7 ‘Harassment’ Claims

Pope Francis Fires Bishop For Being Too Catholic (Babylon Bee)

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

12th November 2023

Trump’s Vow to World, N.H. Voters: ‘I Will Be Your Peacemaker’

Trump Jokes He’d Make UFC’s Dana White His ‘Offense Chief’

Is Abortion, Not Trump, The GOP’s Albatross?

Biden shifts into campaign mode with more attacks on Trump (NBC News)

Giggling Judge, Gloating AG—VDARE Mugger Letitia James’s Trump Show Trial

Raids, Detention Camps, Mass Deportations: Trump’s Immigration Plan For Second Term

In Veterans Day Speech, Trump Promises to ‘Root Out’ the Left (N.Y. Times) Speed the day.

“Covering him as a normal candidate”: Extremism scholars say TV news “normalizing” Trump’s threats (Salon) When ‘normal’ is Democrat totalitarianism, we need somebody un-normal.

Trump Compares Political Foes To ‘Vermin’ On Veterans Day—Echoing Nazi Propaganda (Forbes) Not to mention every Democrat speaking about Republicans.

It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk  (The New Republic) More accurately, straight-up Democrat talk.

Trump Lawyer Habba: Mistrial Filing Coming ‘Very Soon’

Trump defense at New York fraud trial set to counter state attorney general (CNN)

RNC Chair McDaniel: I Will Support Trump as Nominee  Very white of her.

Trump’s plans if he returns to the White House include deportation raids, tariffs and mass firings (Associated Press) They have no idea what Trump’s plans are, so they just make shit up.

 

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Pandemic Panic – It’s Titanic

12th November 2023

First vaccine for chikungunya virus, an ’emerging global health threat,’ gets FDA approval (Fox News)

Certain COVID-19 Vaccines Linked To Elevated Risk Of Guillain-Barré Syndrome

 

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Today in War

12th November 2023

Israel says it’s ready to evacuate babies from Gaza hospital as fighting rages (Reuters)

‘Please stop this.’ Gaza’s hospitals are failing under the weight of war. US medical groups are scrambling to help (CNN) Tell Hamas. They started it.

Gaza hospital nearly at its breaking point as it operates without power (CBS)

Israel is bombing hospitals in Gaza with Israeli doctors’ approval (Al Jazeera)

WaPo Drops Bombshell On The Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage Narrative: A Ukrainian Colonel, Covert Ops, & The CIA’s Shadow

Reporters Demand Use of Terms Like ‘Genocide,’ ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ to Describe (Defame) Israel

Thousands to March in France Against Anti-Semitism

Germany Set to Double Its Ukraine Military Aid Under Scholz Plan

CBS Helpfully Repeats ‘Surge’ of Islamophobia’ Press Release from Radicals at CAIR

Salafist Agitators in Basel and Zurich

Remembering Remembrance Day

WARPLANES: Israel Again Updates AH-64s

CHINA: China Coping with Calamity

Scottish National Party leader criticised for holding wreath upside down and refusing to sing national anthem at Cenotaph

Two Scenes From Yesterday’s Protests

Israeli President Isaac Herzog: Arabic ‘Mein Kampf’ Exposes ‘Real War We Are Facing’

Russia Begins Evacuating Some 600 Citizens From Gaza Strip

Cain Calls For Ceasefire After Killing Abel (Babylon Bee)

Palestinians ‘Disappointed’ Hezbollah Hasn’t Escalated A Northern War On Israel

Hamas envisioned deeper attacks, aiming to provoke an Israeli war (Washington Poop)

“Antisemitism Has No Place Here” – Harvard President Condemns “From The River To The Sea” Phrase After 1600 Jewish Alum Pull Donations  Money talks.

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