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0630 6th November, EST.

Meantime... In Israel and Lebanon...

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More Israeli IDF victories to celebrate. 

Its election day!

08:00 Thursday the 6th November here in Hong Kong. 

20:00 East Coast time on the 5th, election day in the United States. 

And I’m too nervous to look at early results. 

So… I’m watching video about Butter — is it Better or deadly? And on how to buy an E-type Jaguar. And building log cabins in Canada.

That sort of thing. 

Later …

Karps about Kamala on the eve of the election

On the eve of the election. 

Though the election has been going on for weeks now, with early voting and absentee ballots. 

Of the two candidates, I really, roooly don't like Kamala Harris. 

Let's recall that until five minutes ago, noone liked Kamala. Not Democrats. Not Independents. And certainly not Republicans. Like: “Please, Kamala, quit…” in the super pro-Left Washington Post.

The Democrats only came to "like" her after she was installed in coup against the sitting president, orchestrated by Obama, Pelosi, Schumer and Kamala herself. Then they decided to "like" her, instantly, because the Party told them to. Via the compliant media, which carried out the propaganda operation, which continues to this day. And that was just hunky-fine for the Left.

The rest of us meanwhile, we non-Dem, continue to find her a risible candidate. 

She's a liar. This is not the worst of the failings, but it's sure clear and up there, obvious and clear. She's lied about every hoax nonsense the Left has pushed since 2016. Russia collusion, Trump saying Nazis are "fine people' (he didn't), January 6 was an insurrection (it wasn't), Joe is "sharp as a tack" (he isn't). And do on.

She's bad on the policy issues. Summed up as: Crime, Border control, Inflation and the Economy. On all of which the electorate is clear. They prefer Trump to Kamala, based on how he did in his first term, vs how she and Joe did in their first term. This is pretty much acknowledged across the parties. The polls show that 79% of Americans think it's "on the wrong track". And large majorities say the trust Trump more on those four issues. 

But the main concerns are these two:

1. Free Speech: she and her running mate are not believers in the First Amendment. If they get back in power, they will go after free speech more than they have already done. Not just to clamp down on free speech, via all sorts of "misinformation and disinformation" laws, but also by weaponising the FBI and CIA to go after social media, as they did before Musk opened up the Twitter Files. 

Which of course brings to mind the way that the FBI and the DOJ have been weaponised to go after Trump and his supporters. This is undeniable and has been acknowledged even by Dem supporters, like the CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria.  

2. The One-Party state: The Biden admin are in the process -- right in front of our eyes --  of stacking illegal immigrants into swing states, giving them all sorts of freebies and giving them fast track to citizenship so they can vote Democrat. They don't even need to be citizens, though, as there's no voter ID law. The figures for numbers shipped in to swing states is on the government website, DHS.gov, so it's no secret. In some states the numbers imported have increased 700%.

As Elon Musk points out this makes the whole of America like California, a one-Party state. I've seen with mine own eyes how California has gone downhill under one party rule of the Democrats. Dirt, filth, crime and inefficiency aside, it's deeply corrupt and the corruption can't be revealed because of the one-party control. 

So: “Vote like your life depends on it”.

I find all this deeply worrying. I lived in a one-party state in the 1970s in China. It's not nice. 

ADDED: “My case against Kamala” by Matt Walsh.

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All of the above is not even to mention that Kamala has said she wants to stack the Supreme Court, to do away with the filibuster, to make Puerto Rico a state (which would give two more Dem Senators). 

Or to consider her views on Israel, on which I'm a die-hard Zionist, strong Israel supporter. Trump showed himself a much stronger ally of Israel than Kamala has. As for Ukraine, she wants to keep the war going, to placate the neo-cons, amongst them, Liz Cheney, which Trump wants to "stop the killing". 

So, I'm very much hoping for a Trump win, a landslide if possible -- "too big to rig" -- tomorrow. Though somehow I doubt it will be clean and I doubt that the Dems will accept a Trump win without a severe allergic reaction. Recall that to this day Hillary Clinton still calls Donald Trump's first term election win "illegitimate". So much for "election denial" being something of the Right. 

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Voting system:

This business of election denial brings to mind the fact that America now has a mish-mash of 50 different systems that needs to be reformed. The EU holds elections, with paper ballots, and things are decided in one day. The reform needed is simple. Or simple to state, at least. Not so simple to get agreement. Still, here it is:

• Have the voting on One Day only. Election Day. No early voting. 
• Valid photo ID required. 
• Election Day is a holiday. 
• Paper voting, no voting machines. 
• Reduce the absentee vote to those who are overseas. and require a verifiable ID

The fact that the Dems are dead set against any change like this, speaks volumes. They want to continue to be able to cheat. That's it. 

Lies about Trump : Tulsi || "My case for Trump" : Matt

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Tulsi Gabbard on lies about Trump. 

And Matt Walsh on “My case for Donald Trump”.

Elon Musk on Joe Rogan: Why Trump must win "This election is the last chance to preserve democracy in America"

Bill Clinton calling for control of illegal immigration

Bill Clinton talks of controlling illegal immigration and deporting then. Gets standing ovation. 

But, you know, it's Trump who's the racist, xenophobe, bigot, for wanting to do the same. The same. 

A team of Avengers on the Trump side!

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What a team! What an orchestra. Tulsi, Elon, Nicole, Vivek, JD, JFK Jr. And Trump, the Conductor. The troller in chief. 

For the RFK Jr ad, go straight here.  The woman with the voting ballot paper she fills out as a "first time Trump voter" is Nicole Shanahan, the running mate of RFK Jr before he joined the Trump team. She's a lawyer and venture capitalist herself, ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergei Brin. A Silicon Valley stalwart. (Ex) Member of the anointed Democratic elite. Now joined the GOP.

There's nothing like this on the Democrat side. Where it's all Actors (some "actors"), Rappers and Liz Cheney, neo-con turncoat daughter of the most hated turncoat warmonger Veep in history, Dick Cheney. What a team... not.

Joe wants to "smack Trump in the ass"

What a nasty sneer!
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Is this a nice look? Is this Joy? Is this treating all Americans with dignity and respect?

This is who we’re supposed to look up to for moral guidance?

Revolting Joe. 

Kamala and Tim: anti Free Speechers

 

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Glenn Greenwald talks to Adam Carolla. 

The greatest threat to free speech in the United States: from tKamala Harris and Tim Walz. 

She who has said “on Twitter you can talk direct to people without any control”. And thinks it’s a Bad Thing. 

And Walz who thinks “hate speech” is not protected by the First Amendment. (It is).

The Glenn bit starts at 1:20:42. Should go direct to that in the screenshot above. 

‘Slate’ writers are Sick

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Disgusting bigotry from the Left.

Glenn Greenwald, himself a leftie, gives us his trenchant views on calls for JD Vance's wife to leave him because he's a Republican and she's a Brown Woman, who should stick to the plantation, who should show fealty to the Democratic party -- because she's Brown -- and how dare she not. 

There is nothing -- nothing -- like this on the Right. 

Inside the Hezbollah terror tunnels

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TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on the Israel-Hamas & Hezbollah War. In this week’s episode, Yair takes viewers inside a recently uncovered Hezbollah terror tunnel in southern Lebanon. Joining the IDF on a press tour, he explores the extensive infrastructure and resources Hezbollah had prepared for a potential ground invasion of northern Israel, featuring ammunition rooms, supplies, and living quarters for fighters.

Yair reflects on the security risks Israel faces and the resilience of IDF soldiers committed to protecting Israeli communities from these threats. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments here on TBN Israel. 

Kamala is a crook. No matter which of the four ways you pronounce her name

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Harmeet Dhillon is a San Francisco lawyer who’s known Kamala Harris for more than 20 years. Her verdict: Kamala Harris is a criminal. Here are the details.

Of course one could object: this is just sour grapes. Or cherry picking. But Harmeet has the receipts. And the claims she makes are supported in other sources, like her non-hagiographic bios, and also by the fact that Kamala has never denied them. Indeed, she's often proud of how she's skirted the law. 

Watch and make your own judgement. For me, it's Kamala bad. And it's Kamala a threat to our democracy. And Kamala a threat to Free Speech. And Kamala the bringer of the One Party America, just as her native California is a One Party state. 

On the Free Speech thing, there are videos out there of Kamala saying stuff like:"Twitter allows people to speak direct to other people without any control!". An she's not saying this in a good way. She thinks that's horrible and dangerous. Just as her partner, Tim Walz, thinks that the First Amendment doesn't apply to "hate speeh". (It does).

Chinese Pond Heron checks out our koi carp

November 2009, me and me mum

At the Discovery Bay Yacht Club, for the Melbourne Cup

Mantis prays on our table

The making of a Trump supporter

Oz and Forse, anti-Vietnam war demo, Canberra, 18 September 1970
See my comment at the bottom of this post

Or: "How I became anti the anti-democracy Democratic Party."

[Part of an irregular series: "What's an important issue that you've changed your mind on?]

I've changed my mind on voting for Trump instead of voting for a Democrat. 

Reasons below:

An "anti-democracy Democratic Party" in the United States is a party which says it's keen on democracy, as does the Democratic Party, but which is not democratic. 

Like the Democratic Party of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and countless others in the Congress, like Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Shumer. 

And I'm anti that. So, anti the anti-democracy Democratic Party. That's me. 

I realise that a case has to be made. Many on the Left won't accept that they are, in fact, the anti-democracy party. 

I'll come to that. Which is also going to come to the conclusion of why I would vote Trump. Were I American. 

Hells bells I'm not American, but I can still vote in the US, from here overseas, as there's no voter ID required and no checking on my bogus address in the US.  Check out "I'm Australian but I just registered to vote in the US elections!"

But still. And backing up a bit. 

In my home of Australia, I'd always voted for the Labor Party of the soft(ish) left. I voted for Gough Whitlam, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating. If I'd been voting in the US in the past, I'd have voted for Bill Clinton, for Al Gore, for Barack Obama and for Hillary Clinton. "Why I hate Hillary, but...", of 6 November 2016, on why I would have held my nose and voted for Hillary. 

A pretty solid voting record on the Left. 

But then, in 2020, I would have voted for Trump. 

Why that?

For two reasons: 

1. Trump did a pretty good job. He got the border under control, he reduced crime, he kept inflation low, he increased working class wages for the first time in decades, including for Black Americans, and he kept the US out of foreign wars. Accomplishments of Trump's first term. @robbystarbuck.

2. Hillary Clinton never recognised the legitimacy of Trump's presidency. Not until today. In the process of finding excuses for her deplorable loss, she gave us the Russian Collusion hoax. Which I learned was a hoax by reading the Mueller Report. And then the Durham Report. 

That she and Barack Obama weaponised the FBI against a sitting  president I found deeply shocking. Wrong. Corrupt. 

Some on the left don't accept that it was a hoax. To them I don't know what to say. They were counting on the Mueller Report, staffed with 20 mostly Democratic lawyers, to find that Trump had colluded. When the report found -- unequivocally -- that he had not, they simply forgot about the Report and continued with their Russian Collusion. 

That's crazy, wrong, corrupt, and plain wrong. 

That major tentpole hoax was joined by others: the "Fine People hoax", the "drinking the bleach hoax". 

And now we have the Biden-Harris administration.  Which carried on the hoaxes:the "dictator from day one, hoax", the "Trump and Agenda 25 hoax", the "Trump will make abortion illegal at the federal level, hoax". There are others.  

The result of their four years has been a fourfold increase in illegal immigration; an increase in crime; an increase in the inflation rate; a softening of the economy; and two wars. 

Then I ask myself: which of these two parties, on the basis of their performance, been the best for the United States and the world. 

And my answer to myself; clearly the Trump administration has done better. 

I don't buy for one minute the idea that Trump is Hitler. That's just hysteria. His rallies have people of all races, creeds and religions. As in a recent post. Notably there are far more references to Israel and Jews at Trump rallies than there are at Kamala rallies. At Kamala's last rally there were people chanting "Intifada, intifada, world wide intifada" who were welcomed, while Jews were hassled. At Trump's MSG rally there were plenty of Israeli flags and none hassled. Also, Trump has Jewish kids and grandkids. If he's an anti-semite, a Hitler, he's pretty bad at it. 

I've still missed a huge lot of stuff that made me a Trump supporter instead of Harris. And which argue for this: that the Democratic Party of the United States is not a democratic party. The party defending democracy is not the Democrat, but the Republican. 

• The Lawfare against Trump. Which is recognised not just by experts on the Right, but also many on the Left, like CNN editor Fareed Zakaria who has said that the Alvin Bragg case against Trump would not have gone ahead if it had been anyone not named Trump. 
• Efforts to get Trump off the ballot before he even had a chance to campaign. 
• Flouting of the Constitution: failed effort to institute a national Covid vaccine mandate. Cancelling $US 1.7 Trillion in student debt, against the clear Constitutional requirement that such should be done only by an Act of Congress. 
• Plans to cancel the filibuster; stack the Supreme Court and creating of two more states which would give the Democratic party an unassailable majority in the Senate. 
• Deliberately opening the southern border to allow in tens of millions of illegal immigrants and then bussing them to swing states. This one sounds like a conspiracy theory, but is not. It's what the Democratic Party proudly claims it's doing; and it's what we see them doing. If this leads to unassailable Democratic majorities then the whole of the United States becomes like California: where crime in major cities is rampant and drug crime uncontrolled. 

Have I gone too far? Am I too crazy? Am I in a far-right bubble/ I don't think so, but if you do, Occasional Reader, do let me know your reasoning. 

For me, for now, the Democrats in the US are the ones that are a danger to democracy. Not the GOP. Thus do I hope for a Trump win next Tuesday. 

I'm not the only one who's changed my mind, and voting against the anti anti-democracy Democratic Party; 

Why I'm backing president Trump, by David Sacks

33 Reasons to vote for Trump, by Bill Ackman

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The photo at top is of me and my mate Oz, at an anti-war demo in 1970. But -- something I've nearly changed my mind on -- Victory in the Vitenam war may have been possible. So say some Vietnamese experts. And may have been better for the region. As Communism didn't work out too well for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. 

A one-state solution for the Middle East

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The least worst of options. For the freedom and dignity of Palestinians as well, given that Arabs in Israel have the most freedoms of any Arabs in the region and none wants to move to any surrounding Arab state.

The concept of a “two-state solution” for Israel and the Palestinians clearly hasn’t worked to bring peace and prosperity to the region. So what’s next?

Join JNS senior contributing editor Caroline Glick and former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman for a conversation that will change the way you look at possible solutions to the conflict.

Glick and Friedman also discuss the upcoming U.S. presidential election and how the outcome could possibly affect the prospects for peace in the Middle East.

I’ve read Friedman’s book. He makes a powerful, persuasive case for his vision of a better Middle East. 

ADDED:

Jonathan Tobin talks to Karol Markowicz, in a fascinating talk. About which president is best for Israel and related issues. 

"I went to a Kamala Harris rally. Here's what happened" | Amir Odom

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A very interesting report. From the front lines of the battle for the presidency of the US. 

I've heard and seen other reports. Of people on the Left, going to Trump rallies and finding them remarkably welcoming. In fact, I've seen none where they've felt unwelcome. 

Message: If you are on the Left, those on the Right are not welcome. If you're on the Right, we welcome anyone to the party. 

Amir Odom is a gay Black dude. Finds that the Kamala rally is not at all welcoming to non-liberal views. 

But that in parts it's more fun than the Trump rallies. Because they dance. And live in a kind of "vibe" bubble, of feelings, of nursery tales, of non-reality. Fun, but fluff. 

Watch to the end.

“UNRWA and Hamas are indistinguishable” | Caroline Glick

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The United Nations as the eight front of war against Israel.

An excellent summary of UN-UNRWA and Hamas links, by the equally excellent reporter Caroline Glick. The full report is above; the UNRWA bit starts here. 

Caroline summarises why it is that UNRWA is unique among refugee agencies. To perpetuate their status as displaced people not to solve their problems, as are all other refugee agencies in the world. 

I check my own blog, this one, and find that I was calling out UNRWA fifteen years ago. When I’d learned about the schools they run, all schools in Gaza — run together with Hamas — where they teach violent, murderous Jew hatred to kindergarteners. With wooden AK-47s. This is not hidden or denied because they’re proud of it. 

The UNRWA piece by Caroline comes after she’s given new information in the original whistleblower of Biden family corruption, Gal Luft. Who’s now to be extradited to the U.S. on gun-running charges, which Luft claims are bogus. Caroline has the full story, above. 

From the vid introduction:

In February 2023, Israeli-American journalist Gal Luft published an extraordinary post on X revealing the Biden family’s alleged ties to Chinese military intelligence. Since then, Luft has been arrested, released and rearrested. Meanwhile, the bombshell allegations were never investigated.

100 planes out; 100 planes back: Israel pounds Iran

 

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Israel's IAF sent out 100 fighter jets to attack Iran. They destroyed Tehran's air defences in total. its drone caches and nuclear-weapon related facilities. By all accounts completely successful.  

100 planes went out. 100 returned safely. Well done to the IDF.

TBN Israel's Yair Pinto reports on the Israel-Hamas & Hezbollah War. Pinto reports that Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed revenge against Israel after airstrikes critically damaged the Islamic Republic's military infrastructure. In Lebanon, the IDF continues to dismantle Hezbollah positions as terrorists are reportedly abandoning the ranks. Stay up-to-date with the latest developments here on TBN Israel.

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Men, Jews, Billionaires and Muslims rushing To Trump

An Occasional Reader sent me an article by Scott Galloway which is an "Endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris". Which argues that men ought to be voting for Kaaaah'mla. 

I find Galloway's arguments unpersuasive. Though I've checked out Galloway, someone new to me, and found that he has a lot of sound views on the world  -- which is to say, that he agrees with me. Or... I agree with him. 

But not on this. Not that men ought to endorse Harris. In fact, they're not endorsing her, as the second article, at bottom, shows. 

Which I guess is the reason for Galloway's piece, from a man who clearly is a "Blue no matter Who" kinda guy who has noted the mass defection of men from the increasingly feminised Democratic party. Not surprising that when you keep saying men have "toxic masculiniity", that they desert your party. 

Even Dem uber-lord, Van Jones, he of CNN fame, has said "When you insist that all white people are racist, that all men are toxic, that all billionaires are evil, don't be surprised when they desert your party". 

Another Dem uber-lord and CNN commenter, David Axelrod, has commented that Harris goes all "Word Salad City" in her public appearances. Yes, we know! And men don't like this. They prefer clear answers, even if they may not agree. CNN are critical. 

Then, this guy, Galloway, says this: 

This election is — or should be — a referendum on two related things: women’s bodily autonomy and the future of men in the U.S

Really? That's the main reason America should be choosing the leader of the world's most important country? Abortion? The MAIN reason?? 

Good god almighty, that's the craziest take I've seen on the election. And from a prominent New York intellectual. But then, as George Orwell noted: "Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them".

So.. Abortion should drive the vote. And young men's tender feelings should drive the vote. 

Not the economy? Not inflation? Not border security? Not crime? Not DEI policies? Not the Trans radical agenda? Not foreign policy? Not how the new leader will handle foreign threats? Not how the new leader will handle the current wars in the Middle East and Ukraine? Not how he/she will handle NATO and other allies? 

No, none of these according to our good intellectual Scott Galloway. It ought to be about Abortion. And how men feel about themselves. We can't treat Galloway as a serious peson on this issue, if that's his stance. I'm sorry, but we can't. 

Then, coincidentally, I came across the counter argument, by Alex Gutentag & Michael Shellenberger, both of whom I do know and link below. Which of course is my argument. And it saves me the hassle of making it. Young men should be voting for Trump. So should Jews. And billionaires. And Muslims. 

As already we know young Black men are trending Trump. And so should other minorities. And so should we all. For his policies were better in his first term and will be better than Harris' in his second. 

Trump is sounder on the economy. He is sounder on squashing inflation. Better on controlling crime. Better on stemming the border invasions. And better too, for Israel and to get out of the Ukraine war. All of these are debatable, but to me, the debate is won. And won by the Orange man. 

The counter argument to Galloway: Toxic Femininity And Wokeism Are Driving Men, Jews, Billionaires, and Muslims Away From Harris To Trump

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ADDED: 

Michelle Obama gave a dark and angry speech in support of Harris, which basically amounted to berating men for not voting for a woman of colour. DEI, much?

At one stage she accused people of "demanding higher standards of Harris vs Trump".  But they've also said Trump is Hitler. As in literally. So what is she saying? That people are demanding Harris have higher standards than Hitler?! Oh, dear; your slip is showing....

Which party is the most serious?

At Rallies:

The Democratic party: Eminem, Usher, Beyonce, Megan Thee Stallion. 

All celebrities. And none performed. They were paid ($10 million for Beyonce), to turn up and read off the teleprompter. 

The Republican party: Tulsi Gabbard, Vivek Ramiswami, Robert Kennedy Jnr, Alina Habba, Byron Donalds, Dr Phil. 

All politicians or business people or lawyers. All of whom wrote their own speeches. 

Which one is more serious?

I mean, really. 

Tulsi and RFK Jr at the Madison Square Garden rally

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Powerful speeches by Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, at last Saturday night's Trump rally at Madison Square Garden, NYC.

Hong Kong twilight

Looking South, to Kowloon, from the ferry to DB

I know more than Barry about why Black men are not voting for Kamala | Black YouTubers

("Barry" being Barack Obama)

Who recently lectured "the brothers" about how they were not coming out in enough numbers for his candidate Kamala Harris -- the one who will give him his Fourth Term --  because, he said, they were being misogynist. The didn't like the idea of a woman in power, and that's just not right. He lectured. 

It didn't go over well with the Brothers. 

Mainly because the reasons they're not liking on her is because they don't like her border policies. The unchecked immigration is flooding poor parts of America -- where young Black men disproportionally live -- and are taking up living space and reducing employment opportunities. 

The also don't like her soft-on-crime policies ("defund the police") and believe that the economy was better handled by Trump '45. 

It seems Barry doesn't know this. Or doesn't want to admit it. 

But I did know it. For a long time, I've known it. 

Why?

Because I follow a number of Black YouTube channels, by smart young Black folks (more correctly, in today's terminology, from Black and Brown people). They've been talking about this issue for ages. And going to the places where the problems are. And reporting from there. 

Here are a few:

• Amala Ekpunobi
• Amir Odom
• Barry Cunningham
• Black Conservative Perspective. (Greg Foreman)
• Christian Watson
• Coleman Hughes
• Devory Darkins
• Glenn Loury
• I am coach Colin
• Nate the Lawyer
• PBD Podcast (Patrick Bet-David)
• Professor Nez
• Vivek Ramaswamy

Me, following these online, social media, real down-to-earth, actual people on YT channels, me, I have a better idea of why young Black men are not voting for Kamala, than does the ex president Barack Obama. Or, at least, as far as he is willing to admit. Which is only to blame them for misogyny. 

Point being: these are real problems. Real issues. They, these young Black men, really are concerned about the influx of illegal immigrants. They really are concerned about the increase in crime and the defunding of the police. They really are concerned that their economic outlook is worse under Harris-Biden-Obama that it was under Trump 45. I guess that's all too close to the bone to admit. 

Nonetheless, it's true.

"The Atlantic" sullies itself with more made up nonsense

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I've been a long time subscriber to The Atlantic magazine. Always readable and refreshingly liberal. 

Until it was bought by Steve Jobs' widow and it became an unrecognisable propaganda samizdat. 

But still I subscribe. 

The latest has a story by Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg about how Trump allegedly stiffed the family of a Mexican-American soldier killed by a fellow soldier. The story is in the above video by Greg Foreman. 

The family has denied the story. They say Trump treated them with sympathy and respect. 

The person who was in the Oval office when the remarks were allegedly made, Mark Meadows, says Trump never said what is alleged in the article. 

Despite which the people in the video above, all with severe TDS, being told these denials, carry on as if nothing was said, and the story still true. They're like "why don't people believe us?". Answer: because you're always doing crap like this. 

As Glenn Greenberg reminds us, Jeffrey Goldberg was the guy who gave us the nonsense "Saddam Hussein is allied with Al-Qaeda", which sounded nonsense even then, and proved so subsequently, but which helped to justify a war that killed hundreds of thousands ("mass death").

More at Glenn's X post here

And it was Goldberg who gave us the nonsense story of Trump saying that veterans were "losers". That was debunked by none other than John Bolton, who was there when it was allegedly said, but who denied that Trump ever said it; this from Bolton, a major Trump-hater. 

So, this is the "October surprise". A BS story, retailed as BS, and printed is a BS propaganda outlet. 

‘Conservation’ projects to drive human traffic? Only in Hong Kong | Tom Yam

Lantau Island

Letter in today’s South China Morning Post, from long-time Occasional Reader Tom Yam

The government’s proclaimed plan for Lantau is “Development in the North; Conservation for the South”. Two proposals to develop South Lantau make a mockery of that promise of conservation and sustainability.

In one proposal, 8.5km of pristine coastline in South Lantau, from Pui O to Shui Hau, will be developed into an “eco-recreational” destination. This includes Cheung Sha, the longest sandy beach in Hong Kong, which is to become a “recreational hub” with campsites. Lower Cheung Sha’s 2km beach will feature a new water sports centre and a barrier-free walkway, with catering and equipment rental facilities. A hillside in Upper Cheung Sha will be an “adventure” playground, with ropeways, chairlifts and lodgings.

The Development Bureau estimates that upon completion of the proposed projects, an additional 4,000 to 6,000 visitors will descend on South Lantau during holidays, on top of the current 2,700. This must be the only “conservation” project in the world where the aim is to triple the amount of human traffic in a pristine natural environment.

The second proposal is even more egregious: that a long tunnel is to be built across Lantau, from south to north, via Discovery Bay, with the tunnel entrance at Silvermine Bay Beach in Mui Wo. This lovely public beach is not only popular with residents and visitors, but also a valuable habitat for wildlife. Such large-scale development threatens the coastal ecology – the wetlands and mangroves around the proposed site are home to marine and bird species, not to mention Lantau’s famous feral buffaloes.

As a huge traffic circle connecting south and north Lantau, Mui Wo would see its village character destroyed. Picturesque old villages near the tunnel entrance would have to be demolished. This historical area dates back to at least the 13th century – legend has it that the last Song emperor took refuge briefly in a Mui Wo village after fleeing from invading Mongols. More of Hong Kong’s heritage would be erased.

Under the government’s principle of conserving South Lantau, 8.5km of beautiful coastline is to become a theme park, Silvermine Bay Beach to become the mouth of a vehicular tunnel, and another historical corner of Hong Kong to vanish. With “conservation” like this, who needs development?

Tom Yam, Mui Wo

abrogation

It’s the ultimate escape cause. No matter what is said, later on it can be “abrogated”. Just as Islam itself abrogated Judaism and Christianity. Both of which are said, by Muslims, to be Muslims. Just that they “lost their way”. That’s how it works. The Great Reverse Takeover. Hmmm.... 

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Caroline Glick talks to Moriel Bareli. 

This is important to know about Islam's world view. Their belief that everyone is a Muslim. Even Jews and Christians who lived before the foundation of Islam in the 7th Century. I first knew of it back in 2001, when I read the Koran. And I thought "holy shit". If this is what we're dealing with we're in real trouble. As indeed we were and are. 

But how can it be??

Basically it's like this:

Jews and Christians: "We were here thousands of years ago". 

Muslims: "No, you weren't. You were Muslims then. You just deviated from the correct path, until Mohammad came along to steer you to the right path."

Jews and Christians:. "errm...."

There's not answer to that claim. It's unfalsifiable. Yet believed by all Muslims. I call it the Reverse Takeover gambit. As if you come on the market with a new product and claim that it's actually all the products before it, just better. 

From the intro:

Forget what you thought you knew about mainstream Arab and Muslim culture. Moriel Bareli is here to explain how Jews and the West have it totally wrong when it comes to understanding Islam’s war against Israel and its perception of Jews.

What’s even more unexpected is the way Bareli managed to connect to everyday Arabs, as he explains in his new book, "When a Jew and a Muslim Talk."

Bareli's website can be found here: https://moriel-bareli.co.il/en/book-eng/

Bareli's book can be ordered here: https://moriel-bareli.co.il/en/produc...

Kamala: a “Duck-billed platitude” | Scott Ritter on CNN

For Aussie readers' enjoyment.

(The reference is, of course, to the duck-billed platypus)

https://youtu.be/UDOORU-8Mmk?si=ZXpoK7JqZhC2XlKb

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