TECHNOLOGY: Here’s a new kind of gift card fraud!

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

FROM NEXTDOOR

Inez Avant

• Middlesex, NJ

This happened to me at Walmart. I purchased a 100.00 Play Station card. I took it back and explained I bought this card 5 min ago. I never left the store. I was sending the information to my nephew via text, and I noticed the pin number was already scratched off. They gave me my money back. But I was told by the manager that what is happening is someone is taking a picture of the card number & pin, and when WE buy the card and activate it, the scammers are able to retrieve the gift card funds. Especially around the Holiday time, this happens SO BE CAREFUL – CHECK THE BACK OF THE CARD BEFORE YOU PURCHASE

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Interesting.  A new type of fraud.  Sigh!

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RANT: Arrest the Clients

Monday, October 23, 2023

Remember when Jeffrey Epstein was arrested for child sex trafficking & the FBI searched his pedo island & then he was found dead & then Ghislaine was arrested & the DOJ sealed her client list & then zero billionaire clients got arrested?

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This is why we dont trust the government

Can’t wait for the perp walk.

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POLITICAL: It is the border, economy, and the debt, stupid!

Monday, October 23, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/10/its_the_border_stupid.html

It’s The Border, Stupid!
By Brian C. Joondeph

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As the 2024 presidential election nears with the world on the brink of, or already in, World War Three, America must make a serious choice in 13 months. Will America course correctly or slide into bankruptcy and irrelevancy on the world stage? Perhaps the feckless Republicans need a rallying cry.

Bill Clinton had one when he ran against ruling class scion George HW Bush. “It’s the economy stupid” was a phrase James Carville coined in 1992 when he was advising Bill Clinton in his successful run for the White House.

In 2023, it’s the economy again, but not only the economy. Our national debt is over $33 trillion, growing by $5 billion a day, with interest payments costing taxpayers almost $2 billion each day. Much of it is or was going to one of the most corrupt countries in the world, holding no vital US interest, or spent on the nonsensical “Green New Deal,” while most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

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Hopefully, “We, The Sheeple” can keep three priorities in their mind when they are voting!

Argh!

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ENCOURAGING: How to “encourage” good behavior

Sunday, October 22, 2023

https://www.quora.com/Can-you-legally-leave-the-restaurant-if-the-waiter-doesn-t-give-you-a-check-in-30-minutes

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Any restaurant manger worth his salt would attempt to accommodate a customer in this situation and at the very least give some sort of discount if not just comp the meal outright. Pissed off customers are like a virus to a restaurant and quit often lead to their deaths. The saying is if somebody is happy with their experience they’ll tell their friends but if they’re unhappy they’ll tell everyone.

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I’d go a little futher and let me share my strategy and tactics to help “the invisible hand of the marketplace” administer some “market discipline”.  If I am happy or unhappy, then I not only tell everyone but I also use social media to praise or complain.  I don’t know if my social media posts make a difference but sometimes I get a positive response from the target.

YMMV 

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RANT: Trump’s gag order

Saturday, October 21, 2023

FROM 1440

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Trump fined for violating gag order in civil fraud trial in New York.

A judge fined former President Donald Trump $5K for not removing a post on Truth Social in which Trump made inflammatory remarks toward the judge’s law clerk. Trump had been ordered to remove the post earlier this month. Trump and members of his family face a $250M lawsuit over financial fraud allegations from New York Attorney General Letitia James. 

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Why 5k$?

Argh!  

One would have been fair.

I think we should copy and paste that post all over the inet.

And, the clerk and judge should be disqualified for prejudice.

It’s obviously a political vendetta!

Argh!

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HISTORICAL: ‘if you save one life you save the world’

Saturday, October 21, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12628955/BRIAN-VINER-week-horror-hero-saved-hundreds-Jewish-children-best-humanity.html

BRIAN VINER: In a week of horror, the hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children is the best of humanity
By Brian Viner
Published: 20:18 EDT, 13 October 2023 | Updated: 20:30 EDT, 13 October 2023 

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The European premiere of One Life at the London Film Festival this week felt remarkably timely. 

James Hawes’s drama is about the best of humanity, which arrives as we continue to digest news about the worst of humanity.

More specifically, in a week in which hundreds of Jewish children have been massacred, here is a tale about hundreds of Jewish children being saved, thanks to the tireless efforts of numerous people, but above all a London stockbroker called Nicholas Winton, played in old age by Sir Anthony Hopkins and as a young man by Johnny Flynn.

The film’s title is lifted from an old Hebrew proverb which suggests that ‘if you save one life you save the world’.

Its narrative flits back and forth between the late 1930s and the late 1980s. In 1938 and 1939, we see Winton spearheading British attempts to extract children from the Czech capital Prague ahead of a German invasion that everyone knew was imminent.

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There are a number of people who stepped up at tremendous personal cost to save Jews from the Nazis prior to and during WW2.

The comparison between this week’s murders by Hamas and the actions of the Nazis makes the Nazis look “better”.  The Nazis kept their actions secret because they knew that they were wrong.  By comparison, the Hamas terrorists claim that they are doing Allah’s work without shame.  

Now let’s compare all the folks before, during, and after WW2 who were willfully ignorant or down right obstructive of saving their fellow humans to the people today who are doing something similar.

IMHO, there is NO possible excuse for what Hamas did to all these victims.  Especially the babies and children.

While I have very little power and influence, I pray for their safety and well-being and have no difficulty expression my revulsion for Hamas sympathizers.

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RANT: Does anyone in the “District of Corruption” understand that the USA is broke?

Friday, October 20, 2023

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/10/19/breaking-biden-author-five-aways-from-joes-duplicitous-oval-office-address-about-ukraine/

Breaking Biden’ Author: Five Takeaways from Joe’s Duplicitous Oval Office Address About Ukraine

  • President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House on October 19, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden discussed the U.S.’s response to the Hamas-Israel conflict, humanitarian assistance in Gaza, and the continued support for Ukraine during Russia’s ongoing invasion.

Alexander Marlow  — 19 Oct 2023

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4. Joe Wants More Cash for the Military-Industrial Complex

As I document in Breaking Biden, Joe Biden and his cabinet are in league with the military-industrial complex, none more so than his Secretary of State, Antony Blinken. Blinken, whom I refer to as the “Secretary of Boeing,” was the managing director of the Penn Biden Center (home of Joe’s infamous classified documents) and co-founded WestExec Advisors, a boutique D.C. consultancy focused on “advising companies on geopolitical risk and emerging opportunities.” He also helped orchestrate the “Russian disinfo” hoax letter that got the Hunter Biden “Laptop from Hell” censored before the 2020 election, along with 50 of his Deep State buddies.

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What part of “the USA is broke” doesn’t “District of Corruption” understand?

Cut spending now.  And start with “foreign aid”!

“Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country.”  — Ron Paul 

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DISCOURAGING: Bad human behavior endangers wildlife

Friday, October 20, 2023

https://nypost.com/2023/10/14/love-locks-over-grand-canyon-are-harming-national-parks-wildlife-rangers-say/

‘Love locks’ over Grand Canyon are harming national park’s wildlife, rangers say
By Chris Oberholtz, FOX Weather 
Published Oct. 14, 2023, 6:38 a.m. ET

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“Condors are curious animals and, much like a small child, will investigate strange things they come across with their mouths,” they added.

The largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere also have an affinity for shiny objects, such as coins, metal keys and wrappers, which they could ingest if found in the canyon.

“Condors are not meant to digest metal and many times cannot pass these objects,” parks rangers said.

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It’s called LITTERING. 

And unlike Japan, people seem to think that being slobs or just inconsiderate is perfectly acceptable behavior.

Argh!

I have no solution other than not doing anything like that myself.

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: There has to be a co-pay for “benefits”

Thursday, October 19, 2023

https://sharylattkisson.com/2023/10/read-man-convicted-in-67m-doctor-chase-genetic-testing-fraud-scheme/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sharyl+Attkisson+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=Daily+Newsletter

Man convicted in $67M ‘doctor chase’ genetic testing fraud scheme
Dated: October 14, 2023 by Sharyl Attkisson

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A Florida man has been convicted in a $67 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved tricking doctors into authorizing unnecessary genetic tests. 

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There has to be a way for the recipient to pay for services.  Even if it’s just a small co-pay like 1%. The Gooferment can reimburse it even. 

I remember when I had an operation as a young child back in the 50’s that my Mom had to pay the bill and get reimbursed by the insurance.  She was lucky at the time to have “good benefits” from her job.  But she had to “tin cup” the family to to pay the bill initially.  AND everyone in the family looked over the bill.  They even asked me what I was given to eat because it was separately charged.  Laugh!  Then, Mom’s insurance paid 95% of the bill and she was stuck for the balance.  Of course, she paid everyone back from the 95%, and she scrimped to cover the difference.  The point of the story was that the consumer has to have skin in the game to prevent fraud and abuse.

And, long mandatory prison terms and the ill-gotten gains have to be clawed back.

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: CDC withholds safety data and permits untested “stuff” to be used

Wednesday, October 18, 2023

https://sharylattkisson.com/2023/10/cdc-withholding-safety-data-on-bivalent-covid-shots-and-heart-inflammation/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Sharyl+Attkisson+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=Daily+Newsletter

CDC withholding safety data on bivalent Covid shots and heart inflammation
Dated: October 12, 2023 by Sharyl Attkisson

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The following is from The Vaccine Reaction.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is refusing to release information it has collected on cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the membrane around the heart) following administration of messenger RNA (mRNA) Covid-19 bivalent shot.

The bivalent shot has been replaced this year with a new mRNA monovalent Covid booster shot that Pfizer only tested on a small number of mice, while questions about heart inflammation following the previous bivalent shot remain unanswered.

Although the CDC has reviewed the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) reports of inflammatory heart conditions in order to meet with advisors about updates to the product, the agency refused to share the data with members of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which met on Sept. 12, 2023 to discuss Covid booster recommendations.

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These “regulatory” agencies are under the the thumb of Big Pharma.  Time for them to be shut down.  Let the injured seek restitution via the Courts.  Watch the Insurance Companies discipline Big Pharma better than any of these supposed “regulatory” agencies.

The not so Invisible Hand of the Free Market provides corrective action way faster than any Gooferment.

Argh!

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INTERESTING: George Carlin’s “Big Club” — RIP. HE TRIED TO WAKE US UP

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Wall Street Apes

@WallStreetApes

This Video Truly Can Not Be Shared Enough, George Carlin On American Education “Then everyone wonders why 17 other countries graduate more scientists than we do. Education! Politicians know that word, they use it on you. Politicians have traditionally hidden behind three things. The flag, the Bible, and children. No child left behind. Oh really? Well, it wasn’t long ago you were talking about giving kids a head start. Head start, left behind, someone’s losing fucking ground here. But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s a reason for this. There’s a reason education sucks, and it’s the same reason that it will never, ever, ever be fixed. It’s never gonna get any better. Don’t look for it. Be happy with what you got. Because the owners of this country don’t want that. I’m talking about the real owners now. The real owners, the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They’ve long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the state houses, the city halls. They’ve got the judges in their back pockets. And they own all the big media companies. So they control just about all of the news and information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying, lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else. But I’ll tell you what they don’t want. They don’t want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don’t want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They’re not interested in that. That doesn’t help them. That’s against their interest. That’s right. They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table to figure out how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago. They don’t want that. You know what they want? They want Obedient workers. People who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork, and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime, and the vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. And now they’re coming for your social security money. They want your fucking retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street. And you know something? They’ll get it. They’ll get it all from you sooner or later, because they own this fucking place. It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it. You and I are not in the big club. By the way, it’s the same big club they used to beat you over the head with all day long, when they tell you what to believe. All day long, beating you over the head in their media, telling you what to believe, what to think, and what to buy. The table is tilted, folks. The game is rigged. And nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. Good, honest, hardworking people, white collar, blue collar, doesn’t matter what color shirt you have on. Good, honest, hardworking people, continue. These are people of modest means. Continue to elect these rich cocksuckers who don’t give a fuck about them about you. They don’t give a fuck about you. They don’t care about you at all. At all. At all. You know? And nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care. That’s what the owners count on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white, and blue dick that’s being jammed up their assholes every day. Because the owners of this country know the truth. It’s called the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.”

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RANT: Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Charged With Murder — I blame the Gooferment

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

https://www.amren.com/news/2023/10/twice-deported-illegal-alien-charged-with-murdering-two-men-in-tennessee/

Posted on October 16, 2023
Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Charged With Murdering Two Men in Tennessee
Joseph Mackinnon, The Blaze, October 16, 2023

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A twice-deported illegal alien from Honduras was charged with murder twice last week in Nashville, Tennessee.

Kevin Joel Castro-Garcia, 31, was first charged on Oct. 10 for the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Elmer Nahum Miranda-Martinez.

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No excuse for this.

Twice deported?

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: Boot solar and adopt nuclear

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/10/the_seven_dirty_secrets_of_solar_energy.html

The Seven Dirty Secrets of Solar Energy
By Lorraine Miles

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Secret number seven involves energy security: the protection of a nation’s citizens depends upon a secure and permanent domestic energy supply. Once again, Germany is the example. By decommissioning all its nuclear plants with no backup plan in sight, it trapped itself. Almost immediately, starved for electricity, it built a pipeline to — of all nations — Russia. And Putin, seeing that he had Germany under his thumb (and enjoying his war chest being filled daily with millions of Euros from Germany), invaded Ukraine. Was this a cause-and-effect event, a total surprise? Hardly, at least for a number of geopolitical critics at the time. But Germany’s leadership was apparently blind.

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Why can’t the USA Gooferment make nuclear power a priority?

I guess there is no grift available to the politicians and bureaucrats.

France has them.  Germany is going in that direction.

Why can’t we get in on the cheap domestic energy?

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EV Won’t Start After Driving in Rain, Owner Left Speechless When Stuck with $20K Bill

Monday, October 16, 2023

One electric vehicle owner in Scotland was forced to pay $20,000 for a battery after his was damaged by the rain.
— Read on thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/ev-wont-start-driving-rain-owner-left-speechless-stuck-20k-bill

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ADHOC: Any connection to the Covid Jab?

Monday, October 16, 2023

The report noted that while the average age of diagnosis for cervical cancer is 50 years old, about 20 percent of cervical cancers are diagnosed after the age of 65, with the early stages generally not showing any symptoms, according to the League Against Cancer.

Former Miss World Contestant Sherika De Armas Dead at 26

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/10/16/former-miss-world-contestant-sherika-de-armas-dead-at-26/

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ADHOC: Seems like DJT45 has lost certin of this rights to “free speech”, I hope SCOTUS acts immediately!

Monday, October 16, 2023

Trump Gagged By Judge: Barred From Making Statements About Witnesses, Special Counsel, Court Staff

Trump Gagged By Judge: Barred From Making Statements About Witnesses, Special Counsel, Court Staff

by Tyler Durden

Monday, Oct 16, 2023 – 12:36 PM

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled on Monday that former President Trump cannot make comments regarding his ongoing case brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith regarding Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

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Children casualties of war, collateral damage is gut-wrenching, heartbreaking; WRONG on all levels!

Sunday, October 15, 2023
https://palexander.substack.com/p/children-casualties-of-war-collaterol?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=579356&post_id=137985386&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=onvra&utm_medium=email

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Children casualties of war, collateral damage is gut-wrenching, heartbreaking; WRONG on all levels! I will stand alongside a Jewish Child’s casket & stand alongside an Arab Child’s casket; same to me!
there is no pain like death of a child to a parent, Jew or Arab, black, white, no matter; Israel must defend itself and must repond to the atrocities but must ensure ONLY wrongdoers punished, not kids

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I agree.

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RANT: “Demonstraters” should not be allowed to be anonymous

Sunday, October 15, 2023

Recently, I’ve noticed that demonstrators and police are covering their faces.  Sorry, but that should not be allowed.  Didn’t we say that the KKK can’t conceal their identieis? Should be the same for all “secret societies” including the police.  People need to be willing to be held accountable for their actions.  The Conspiracy Theorists, who are complaining that the J6 participants were Feds, are absolutely correct since why should the Feds be anonymous. 

No hiding from “We, The Sheeple”!

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GUNS: Society must defend itself from all threats especially when the Gooferment fails to do its job

Saturday, October 14, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/10/when_american_do_the_job_their_police_wont_do.html

When Americans Do the Job Their Police Won’t Do
By John Klar

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As former Northfield police chief John Helfant offered in a comment for this article:

If the law isn’t going to protect people then people are going to protect themselves. Criminals should promptly be held accountable by the system or the system is useless. Criminals need to know that there are swift consequences for their actions, like pretrial detention, enforceable curfew conditions, etc. The system worked in the past, and it can work again if the Legislature and the courts would tighten things up.

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Maybe “We, The Sheeple” are waking up to the chaos being caused in our society by the “liberal” elite.

As we learned from the recent Hamas terrorism, the Second Amendment has the purpose of allowing EACH individual to defend themselves, their families, and their communities.

We ignore this lesson at our own peril!

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INTERESTING: An alternative for Israel

Friday, October 13, 2023

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-12620821/invasion-Gaza-Israel-better-way-Colonel-TIM-COLLINS.html

I fear a full-scale invasion of Gaza by Israel will end in a bloody quagmire. But there is another, better way… writes Colonel TIM COLLINS, drawing on the lessons of Iraq and Northern Ireland

By Colonel Tim Collins For The Daily Mail

Published: 17:23 EDT, 11 October 2023 | Updated: 01:56 EDT, 12 October 2023 

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The overthrow of Hamas by Fatah, backed by Israel, would be a step forward for democracy in Palestine – and would isolate the theocratic Iranian regime which has long bankrolled and armed Hamas.

Israel should not play into Iran’s hands. And as an Irishman, I know why.

In 1972, soon after the Troubles had been rekindled, support for the IRA soared after the Bloody Sunday massacre, when British paratroopers opened fire on a Catholic protest march through the city of Derry. Fourteen innocent people were killed and there was to be no peace in the province for another three decades.

The decision is Israel’s. Do they, in a spasm of vengeance, unleash a flood of Bloody Sundays in Gaza? Or could they, dare they, act with reason and mercy?

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While as satisfying as killing every Hamas in Gaza might feel, there has to be some wisdom in the long term effects.

The idea of targeted reprisals has the merit of not repeating the lessons of Ireland.

Plus, the Hamas leadership safely in sympathetic countries needs to be targeted.  As well as anyone who gives them aid and comfort.  Time for Israel to turn loose their Mossad with “license to kill”.  

Marque and Reprisal is a very underused tactic.

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RANT: The hostages are dead from a strategic perspective

Thursday, October 12, 2023

FROM 1440 EMAIL NEWSLETTER

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Israel-Gaza Conflict 

Israel announced a full siege of the Gaza Strip yesterday as the conflict between the two regions entered a third day, with Israel drafting 300,000 reservists and cutting off food, electricity, and fuel to the Gaza Strip, which was already under a 16-year blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt. Israel’s full blockade comes after Hamas, which runs Gaza internally, took at least 150 civilians and soldiers hostage following a wide-ranging surprise attack on Israel over the weekend (see previous write-up).  

Hamas has threatened to execute an Israeli hostage each time an airstrike hits civilian homes in Gaza without warning. The US and the EU designate Hamas as a terrorist group due to its history of armed opposition against Israel (see overview). At least 900 people have died so far in Israel, including at least 11 Americans, and at least 687 Palestinians have died in Gaza. More than 6,000 have been injured from both sides since Saturday. 

Israel also exchanged fire yesterday with neighboring Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah after Palestinian militants had infiltrated Israel’s northern border. The US is among governments designating Hezbollah as a terrorist group (see overview).  

See a visual timeline of the decadeslong Israel-Palestine conflict here. 

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How does Israel deal with terrorism and adversaries that want to literally destroy the State of Israel?

Hamas has clearly escalated the conflict.

From an Israel POV, I believe that the they mist regard the “hostages” as if they were dead strategically,  On a tactical basis, it MIGHT be possible to rescue some.  But, that’s a long shot.

While as a little L libertarian, I believe in the Non-Aggression Principle.  I can’t sort out fact from fiction, right from wrong, or what is true.  Acknowledging that, my position is that killing innocent civilians is just wrong.  And, the USA should use all means to end the killing.  At the very least, there should be a strict neutrality observed.

I mourn that after lesson after lesson, humans still haven’t learned to live in peace with each other.

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POLITICAL: Hillary Clinton sounds like a ’29 Hitler

Wednesday, October 11, 2023

https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/10/hillary-clinton-trump-supporters-need-formal-deprogramming/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hillary-clinton-trump-supporters-need-formal-deprogramming

Hillary Clinton: Trump Supporters Need “Formal Deprogramming”

  • “At some point maybe there needs to be a formal deprogramming of the cult members.”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 07:30pm 30 Comments

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It’s really quite alarming how open Democrats are about their fear and loathing of the American people. From Biden’s blood red speech declaring that Trump supporters are destroying the soul of the nation to the DOJ’s targeting of Trump supporters, those related to J6 and otherwise, they have all but declared war on half the country.

One of Hillary Clinton’s more horrifying flaws, of which there are many, is her complete and utter disdain for at least half the nation. We all remember her declaring Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables.” Well, she’s at it again.

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Time for her to returned to whatever part of Hell she came from.

This type of rhetoric really exposes her core.

Argh!

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: We’re fromt he Gooferment and we’re here to help!

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/10/if_we_the_people_were_actually_in_charge.html

If We the People Were Actually in Charge
By J.B. Shurk

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Perhaps no greater delusion stubbornly persists from one generation to the next than the idea that governments can be trusted. Sure, they conduct their affairs in secret, spy on their own people, and arm themselves to the teeth — but, by all means, trust them as you would a dear relative. Sure, they steal from productive citizens, manipulate markets, and swell their bureaucratic armies with ever-growing taxes — but, by all means, trust them as you would a close business associate. Sure, they impose their beliefs on our culture, ban the public expression of unfavored religions, and interpose their agents between parents and children — but, by all means, trust them as you might a pastor, rabbi, or priest.

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Ronald Regan’s words rang true.  The Gooferment is not only NOT your friend.  It’s your enemy.  And, should be treated as such.

IMHO

Argh!

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TECHNOLOGY: Paper in=person voting with thumb ink is still the best imho

Monday, October 9, 2023

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2023/10/06/switzerlands-e-voting-system-has-predictable-implementation-blunder/

Switzerland’s e-voting system has predictable implementation blunder
October 6, 2023 by Andrew Appel 

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Last year, I published a 5-part series about Switzerland’s e-voting system. Like any internet voting system, it has inherent security vulnerabilities: if there are malicious insiders, they can corrupt the vote count; and if thousands of voters’ computers are hacked by malware, the malware can change votes as they are transmitted. Switzerland “solves” the problem of malicious insiders in their printing office by officially declaring that they won’t consider that threat model in their cybersecurity assessment.

But the Swiss Post e-voting system (that Switzerland uses) addresses the malware-in-voter-computer problem in an interesting way that’s worth taking seriously. Each voter is sent a piece of paper with some special “return codes” that are never seen by the voter’s computer, so any potential malware can’t learn them. And each voter is instructed to follow a certain protocol, checking the return codes shown on their screen against the return codes on the paper.

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This demonstrates that Gooferment can’t run “voting”.  

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GOVEROTRAGEOUS: National Emergency Alert Test is flawed frome the start

Sunday, October 8, 2023

National Emergency Alert Test

Simultaneous tests of the nation’s wireless and broadcast alert systems will ping cellphones, TVs, and radios across the US today at 2:20 pm ET, the first such nationwide test since August 2021. 

The less-than-one-minute alert—which can be deployed by only the US president or the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency—is designed to evaluate the network’s effectiveness in communicating national alerts within 10 minutes. The system has its roots in the Cold War when officials sought a quick way to warn Americans of a possible attack from the Soviet Union. State and local governments frequently deploy similar systems for weather alerts.

The cellphone notification will consist of a two-second tone followed by two one-second tones, a cycle which will be repeated twice, similar to Amber Alerts (listen here). Phones that are powered off, in airplane mode, or connected to the internet only through Wi-Fi will not receive the alert. 

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SO THE TEST DEMONSTRATES THE FLAW IN THEIR THINKING. Or lack there of.

It can’t possible “alert everyone” so the fundamental assumption is wrong.  But let’s go ahead anyway. (Remember the sirens in Hawaii?). 

AND, at the cost of (1) annoying the <synonym for excrement> out of everyone; AND (2) potentially exposing every domestic violence victim who has an emergency burner phone hidden away.

Great idea.

Politicians and bureaucrats are just font of waste effort and useless NPCs.

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INTERESTING: But what alternatives did its economics crowd out; remember seen and unseen?

Saturday, October 7, 2023

https://electrek.co/2023/10/03/worlds-first-artificial-energy-island/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter

The world’s first artificial energy island just got the go-ahead
Michelle Lewis | Oct 3 2023 – 7:58 am PT 

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The world’s first artificial energy island has secured its environmental permit, so it’s now all systems go in Belgium.

Princess Elisabeth Island is a pioneering electricity grid at sea that’s going to connect offshore wind farms to the Belgian mainland and also serve as a hub for future interconnectors with the UK and Denmark.

Belgian electricity transmission system operator Elia is the project’s developer, and obtaining the permit, which Elia applied for in January 2023, is a key milestone. Construction will take over two years, from March 2024 to August 2026. 

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But what alternatives did its economics crowd out; remember seen and unseen? There are no “shareholders” looking for a profit. Just nameless faceless politicians and bureaucrats with endless supplies of Taxpayer “wealth” to amuse themselves “saving the planet”.  

Seriously, how do “we” know that was the best use of resources?

“That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen” Frédéric Bastiat http://bastiat.org/

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