Wednesday, September 04, 2024

AN OMINOUS PREDICTION

Trump's Gonna Lose!

The illegal ballot machine in the seven swing states is in full production - the RNC is asleep - Trump knockout coming!


By Omega4America

 

Rip McIntosh Newsletter

August 28, 2024

 


This is pucker time for Republicans! Trump cannot win in 2024 - his only hope is to make Kamala lose.

Everyone on planet Earth, except a Stone Age tribe on North Sentinel Island, has made up their mind about Trump. His speeches and policies are the same now as they were years ago. If you have seen one Trump rally, you have seen most of the others without having to watch. There is no room left for Trump to "surge."

Kamala is a different story. She is being recreated before our eyes by the lapdog media, remanufacturing her to be palatable to the low-information voters, who outnumber high-information voters probably 100 to 1. With all the social media from Trumpland, with all their bazillion dollars in ads, and with the conservative press chanting that Kamala is fake, she is even slightly ahead or slightly behind in every swing state.

Slightly is the key word! Kams did what Sleepy Joe could not - she made the race close enough to steal. Now, 2024, with the help of the ballot mills and the RNC, is Kamala's to lose. Unless Kams does something really stupid - some Black Swan event - she is our next president! Trump and the Republicans are not in control of events - the Dems are - and they only lose by screwing up. They may screw up - if they don't, get used to Madame President.

Let's focus on how the Lefties are going to do it and how the Trump Campaign and the hapless RNC are going to cooperate - because we have a whole lot more data than the last time we chatted with all of you.

First, let us stand back and admire Big League electioneering at its best - the Left in action in 2024. We have always said the Left is All-Pro at electioneering - and while we often harkened you to a previous election to recall it, now you can see it in real-time. Kamala Harris may be one of the most inarticulate, clumsy, not-too-bright presidential candidates ever. She has a video history of spouting the most preposterous policies. She never won a presidential primary - never even made it to the voting. Yet, in less than 45 days, the Leftist electioneering professionals and the legacy media gifted her a new political face, bringing her even or slightly ahead of the most famous living man on earth. That's pretty cool from an abstract point of view!

If you think that's remarkable, we sure do. Wait till you see what's next!

Remember, we are data guys, not partisans. We pretty much loathe all politicians - regardless of their party. Maybe we loathe RINO Republicans most because they are craven - but down deep, all political DNA exhibits cowardly strands. Since our last message, we ran the data for several swing states, and the ballot mills are alive and operating. We are initiating the use of our Artificial Intelligence Address Matching Engine - thus finding a whole new batch of ineligible addresses.

Remember, our team members led the effort to build the underlying tech for the TSA No-Fly List - so we know a lot about "identity attributes." That's data speak for screwing around with names and addresses - sometimes because of fat typing fingers, other times to create a loose ballot before your eyes. We first used the address-matching engine in the electric utility business. Utilities are interested in knowing a lot about every point that consumes power - and they have this thing about proper billing - so that's kind of where we spent the last couple of years.

In the election space, we did some work last year for RINO Republicans in Kansas - and used the engine for the first time on Kansas data. In Kansas, we loaded their voter rolls, officially from the Secretary of State's office, and there were over 40,000 incorrect addresses. We found them in less than 18 seconds. Their Secretary of State still hasn't found them. The President of their Senate, Ty Masterson, said our showing of how corrupt Kansas rolls were was "...not well received." I'll bet!

Incorrect does not mean that Bill's address should be 105 Elm Street and they had 125 Elmont Street. Incorrect means there is no such address. Or it means there is a correct address with a wrong zip code. Or it means there is an address and it is misspelled. There are a hundred such variables - and we catch them all.

It's important because every incorrect address means a mail-in ballot sent there ain't going to be received by a real voter - even if it is a legitimate home with a white picket fence and a Labradoodle sleeping on the lawn. There is no phantom there - the residents belong to the church of Rock and Roll, both have jobs, and the kids are not on drugs. But it creates a loose ballot all the same. Loose ballots are the inventory for Kams' electioneering pros.

The Post Office collects loose ballots and gives them to Leftists. We can prove it. We have testimony from letter carriers - the guy with the leather bag - saying they return ballots to the central station, where the ballots are later given to Leftist organizations. That's ballot harvesting at scale - not the tepid type of harvesting Republicans do - gathering ballots from people who would vote anyway. There is testimony that some central sorting facilities collect ballots from Republican zip codes and shred them. Some witnesses report mail-in ballots, undeliverable ones, are gathered, with 6 rubber bands - always 6, and put in a recycling bin outside the Post Office, and they are later collected. The only ones collected are the ones with 6 rubber bands. Figure that out! That does not happen in every Post Office - it only seems to happen in swing states. As statisticians, we agree that is not a proper sample size - but sample size does not matter much when Michigan will be won or lost by 45,000 votes - and a few Post Offices - the big ones, are in on collecting loose ballots for the Left.

Remember, all Kams has to do is get close. Close counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and swing states for Leftists. When we look at how Trump will lose 2024, it is mostly in the mail-in ballots. We don't do voting machines. We don't predict that printers won't work. We think all the algorithm stuff is bullshit. We like stuff we can see - we can recreate repeatedly - so voter rolls are our thing. As you see in our videos, we do the analysis for many states, which you can easily duplicate - although we do it in seconds, and it will take you days - due to the limitations of relational technology.

We posted a fun little video last week on Rumble - showing how Trump is going to lose: https://rumble.com/v5axsgd-fractal-2024-4-minute-video.html

It's only 4 minutes, so take a peek - it also shows how teams using the "stop the mail-in ballots from going to Walmarts and 7-11s" strategy may just save DJT; we'll soon see.

We have news from the RNC and the Trump Campaign. We have some fierce followers here on Substack - who do not take "no" for an answer and keep punching away at the RNC and Trump Campaign, telling them they must "stop mail-in ballots going to ineligible addresses." Sometimes, they email us in advance, and we tell them they are wasting their time. It has little effect. Last week, one of them actually got a response from the RNC. The RNC said they were all set for 2024. They were going to check commercial addresses against voter rolls and challenge them. Wow. If you thought Trump was screwed before, you can start putting dough on it now. We are!

Commercial addresses are certainly a thing. But they are tiny compared to apartment buildings with no APT number. Commercial addresses - where voters reside - do not include the 40,000 wrong addresses in Kansas - which will collect a mail-in ballot, and they miss the 100,000 such addresses in each swing state - except Pennsylvania, which has about 300,000. Our Republican friends at TrumpWorld have zero ability or know-how on how to stop mail-in ballots from going to a 7-11 or laundromat. They don't think it happens at scale.

2024 will be won or lost by 25,000 or so votes in each of the swings - the Left monitors the voting, and has a deep understanding of who voted - thus, they can keep it really close with no chance of screwing it up. We told you earlier that each of the swings today has over 500,000 addresses, which we track right now, which can get a ballot, but nobody lives there, and the person who is supposed to live there is long gone. We call these ballot collection points - when the ballots are harvested and filled out by NGOs, they become ballot mills.

When we reported that little gem, we did not run the address matching engine - which we are beginning to do now - so the address bucket of undeliverable ballots will get much bigger. The Post Office is a key player in this little skit. They are collecting these ballots and getting them to Leftists in 2024, just like they did in 2020. The difference is that in 2024, the Republicans are fielding 157,000 poll watchers to ensure those ballots get counted. So when 2024 is stolen, which now borders on certainty, the Left will publish all those Michael Whatley statements about his 157,000 poll watchers ensuring a legit election - but he won't talk much about the RNC's failure to keep ineligible ballots out of the system.

Have you watched the Senate polling? Sure you have; you are a political junkie like the rest of us, so we know you did. Notice how not one of the Republican senate candidates is breaking out? Not one is gaining ground. Every Republican senate candidate is stuck where they were 3 months ago - some falling far behind. Their internal polls show doom for Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Arizona. Kari Lake is a favorite in our house, but alas, she appears to be stalled. Do you think, for a moment, voters in swing states are going to split their tickets? Do you think voters will vote for DJT in Arizona and Gallego for the Senate? Nobody does that. So, the Senate races are a better indicator of how the state will go. No, they are voting for Gallego in Arizona. Some small number may go to DJT, but only a small percentage. Gallego and Trump are oil and water - so who would do that? We do not do polling stuff so that is our conjecture. 

Are you watching the nonsense polling from the Trump Campaign showing Trump is ahead by 1% in Wisconsin? Trump leads Pennsylvania by .6%? Don't let those numbers get you too excited. Let's do the math. In Wisconsin, 1% is around 30,000 votes - more or less. We show 500,000 ineligibles ready to vote - for Leftists - as needed. 500,000 is more than 30,000. So when Trumpsters tell you they are 1% or 2% ahead in a swing state, they are about 4% behind. We can prove it with the voter rolls!

We are predicting how much Trump is going to lose each of the swing states by - we plan to publish the first forecast of exactly how many ineligibles cast ballots. We calculate that from the cast ballot rolls. Our teams are preparing a forecast of Trump's loss from mail-ins - created by contrasting the cast ballot rolls with the Undeliverable Ballot Database in each state. Then we create an index number. That index number becomes the margin Republicans need to win by in order to outrun the scam. Because we see all the ineligible addresses, and we contrast them with the cast ballots, we know the exact number. We even know the voter names and their address.

We think going forward, after Trump goes to the dugout, that is a pretty important number. When we publish all of this after the election, we can place the blame - with about 6 million pieces of evidence, at the deserving feet. We just want to keep score. And report it. We expect a ton of emails from our readers saying we are being doomy. We aren't being doomy - we are telling you the score. If you want to read bullshit, try the Citizen Free Press or the Pro Trump News site so you can feel good. Drinking alcohol should help too. Not too much, just a buzz, and do not drive afterward.

The second set of emails we get tells us we are NOT providing instructions as to what you should do. People, we are not partisans. We are a software company reading the technology tea leaves and telling you what we see. Your politicos should tell you what to do. Your voter integrity national organizations will tell you what to do (write donation checks and do Zoom calls). There is nothing you can do about it with us - we are fighting to get some billionaires to wake up so we can maybe save 4 of the 7 swings - and maybe it is our best shot. When we change the game with technology, it is not a people-intensive effort. Thus we do not take volunteers.

The voter integrity movement is replete with middle aged women with their personal army of "7000 volunteers" doing make-work projects - taking the same failing lawsuit and dropping it on multiple states. When you deliver a technology solution, you can impact 500,000 known illegitimate addresses with 5 or 6 people - no need for armies of volunteers. Our objective, at which we are finally making progress - is to call out the fraud perpetrated by national voter integrity types - who raised dough for decades - to clean voter rolls - and never did it. Our videos show college students voting from dorms and sorority houses for 20 years.

Our goal is to show America that there is a way to identify the fraud in voter rolls - used by the Left to win elections. It is with quantum technology. States don't have to get it from us - just get it from someone and get rid of relational tech. We are fighting as best we can - but remember, we are fighting the Republican Party, the Leftists, every national voter integrity organization and while we have a blast doing it, we are sad that Trump is going to lose.

We could bullshit you. But, in the end, our donkeys and horses at the rescue are a whole lot more important than the politicos we meet - so we are spending time with them - giving them donations from your subscriptions and preparing for 2025. 2024 is pretty much over. Trump is toast. The RNC is no different today from Ronna's days. We pray we are wrong but the data says we are right.

We think we have some pretty cool data coming out soon - so share this with your pals - especially if they are the dopey donors who give money to you know who. We will update you on whether we get to play in the 4 big swing states. If we do, Trump may squeeze by - but it will be squeaky close.

VOLVO JUMPS OFF THE EV BANDWAGON

By Bob Walsh




 
Volvo announced today that their earlier plans to go all electric by 2030 are dropping onto the ash heap of history.  One more company shakes off Green Idiocy.  

I am confident that at some point the internal combustion engine will largely (though not completely) go away in the normal course of personal transport.  It will, however, not happen any time real soon.  The battery technology and the infrastructure will just not support it yet despite what the Greenies would like to have you believe.

ANOTHER POSITIVE BRUEN RULING

By Bob Walsh


Pictured above are officers investigating the scene of the shooting that left four homeless people dead

Pictured above are officers investigating the scene of the shooting that left four homeless people dead

 

U.S. District Court Judge Iain Johnston just ruled in Illinois that the Illinois ban on licensed permit holders carrying on rapid transit is unconstitutional based on the Bruen decision.  The ruling, as presented, only affects the four individual plaintiffs in the lawsuit, but it is anticipated that the ruling will spread out if not successfully appealed.

It is unknown whether or not the state will appeal.  The recent mass shooting of sleeping homeless people on Chicago rapid transit may have some affect on the decision.  The suspected shooter is now in custody in that case. 

Tuesday, September 03, 2024

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BEWARE: TEXAS WOMEN MAY BE ARMED

Texas gun store owner says women are buying guns to protect themselves on the border amid spike in violence 


By Bethan Sexton
 
Daily Mail
Sep 3, 2024
 
 

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A sex shop owner is toting guns to protect herself against an intrusion of illegal immigrants

 

A Texas gun store owner has claimed more women are buying weapons in response to the border crisis.

Gary Humphreys, owner of Humphreys' Gun Shop in Del Rio, said he has seen a surge in all kinds of customers.

'Since this border opened up, we're getting new people that never owned guns coming in and buying them with all the crime and stuff that's going on,' he told Fox News Digital.

He added that women are generally purchasing handguns for 'self-protection'.

'Getting a lot of women that never owned a gun before coming in and buying them,' he said.

 

Texas gun store owner Gary Humphreys claims more women are buying handguns from him in response to the border crisis

Texas gun store owner Gary Humphreys claims more women are buying handguns from him in response to the border crisis

 

Humphreys, a Trump supporter who has owned his store for nearly 50 years, said he has been noting a steady increase in clientele since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office.

'People that don't live on the border don't realize what is really happening,' he said.

He described one incident where his front door was broken down, categorizing the situation as 'pretty scary'.

Over the last three years, the border has seen a record eight million migrant crossings.

Several high-profile crimes involving migrants such as the murders of Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray have amplified anxieties about the influx of people into the US.

However, studies have shown that migrants are less likely to commit crimes than native US citizens. 

The topic has become a flash point ahead of the November election, with 'border czar' Harris forced to defend her record. 

 

The business owner said he has been noting a steady increase in customers since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office and blamed their immigration policies

The business owner said he has been noting a steady increase in customers since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office and blamed their immigration policies

Humphreys has owned his gun shop in Del Rio since 1973 and says he has noted a surge in customers from all demographics

Humphreys has owned his gun shop in Del Rio since 1973 and says he has noted a surge in customers from all demographics

 

In a CNN interview, she claimed to have reduced migration in parts of the US.

'The root causes work that I did as vice president that I was asked to do by the president has actually resulted in a number of benefits, including historic investments by American businesses in that region,' Harris said.

The number of immigrants coming from that region has actually reduced since we began that work.

The Vice President slammed former President Donald Trump for refusing to support a bipartisan border bill earlier this year.

 

The store owner, pictured with his wife, said women are purchasing handguns to make themselves feel safer

The store owner, pictured with his wife, said women are purchasing handguns to make themselves feel safer

 

She vowed to sign it if it comes to her desk as president, however critics have pointed out it does not provide any additional funding for the border wall - a Trump policy Harris previously criticized.

The Democratic hopeful also said she believes there should be 'consequences' for migrants who cross the border illegally.

The comments mark a shift from her previous position on the issue. She previously raised her hand during a Democratic primary debate when asked whether illegally crossing the border should be decriminalized.

A BOY WISHES FOR HIS FATHER'S RETURN

'Last thing I saw before being taken to Gaza was my father's bloodied face'

Twelve-year-old Erez Kalderon shares harrowing experience of captivity and separation from his father, still held by Hamas.

 

Israel Hayom

Sep 3, 2024

 

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Erez Kalderon

 

In a poignant testimony, 12-year-old Erez Kalderon, kidnapped from his home in Nir Oz during the Oct. 7 onslaught, has shared his harrowing story of captivity in the Gaza Strip. Erez, whose father Ofer remains in Hamas captivity, bravely opened up about his traumatic experience, saying, "It's difficult for me to speak on camera, but if this reaches my dad – it's worth everything."

Erez recounted the terrifying moments when attackers breached their home, "They simply broke the handle and entered. My dad quickly ran to the safe room, yelled at my sister Sahar to open the window, and I jumped out first." 

In a desperate attempt to escape, Erez was caught by an attacker who took him away on a motorcycle. "I glanced to the side and saw my dad on his knees while they were beating him – that was the last time I saw him," he recalled painfully. 

"Picture how I felt when they separated us. Dad was covered in blood from the beatings. That moment haunts me. I can't shake off the fear. All I wanted was to scream 'Dad, save me!' but I couldn't even do that."

 

'Last thing I saw before being taken to Gaza was my father's bloodied face'

A damaged home in Kibbutz Nir Oz following the onslaught by Hamas on October 7

A view shows the remains of a family home in Kibbutz Nir Oz following the October 7 attack by Hamas
 

The young boy described the terror and isolation he experienced, "When we arrived in Gaza, I found myself alone in an unfamiliar place, and fear began to overwhelm me. I was scared I would die, that they would mistreat me, that there wouldn't be food or water, and that something terrible might happen to my family. While there, I heard my mom crying on the radio, expressing how much she missed me. I wanted to cry but wasn't allowed to. Her voice gave me a glimmer of strength to carry on, to know that I hadn't been forgotten."

Upon his release as part of a hostage-prisoner exchange deal in November, Erez learned that his father was still being held captive. He shared painfully, "I celebrated my 12th birthday in Gaza, and my bar mitzvah is in two months. How can I celebrate becoming a man when my dad is still there? I can't stop thinking about him. Is he alone, like I was? Does he know we're fighting for him every day? My dream is for dad to stand beside me and embrace me. I can't fathom a life without him."

Erez concluded his testimony with an impassioned plea, "Please share my story and spread this post and video. Maybe it will reach my dad, just as my mom's voice reached me when I was in captivity. I'm just a child who wants his father by his side. I'm not asking for much - just for dad to come back. I have one clear purpose in life now – to see him return. Help rescue my dad from Hamas captivity."

EDITOR'S NOTE Erez's description of his time in captivity was written in Hebrew and I don't have the translation.

THE WEST BANK IS A WAR ZONE

Israel to classify Judea, Samaria a ‘combat zone’ amid terror escalation

The recent dramatic surge in terrorist attacks emanating from the area has convinced Israel’s security establishment that a shift in strategy is required.

 

By Hanan Greenwood 

 

Israeli forces during a counterterror operation in Jenin and Tulkarem in northern Samaria on Aug. 28, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Israeli forces during a counterterror operation in Jenin and Tulkarem in northern Samaria on Aug. 28, 2024.

 

Recent events have reportedly triggered a major policy shift in Israel’s approach to Judea and Samaria. Designated a “secondary arena” since the onset of the war with Hamas on Oct. 7, onset, the recent increase in terror attacks in the area have convinced top officials that this stance is no longer tenable. The Israel Defense Forces now considers Judea and Samaria as the country’s most critical front after the Gaza Strip.

While this directive is still in its initial stages, with substantial changes on the ground expected to take time, a series of operations across Judea and Samaria are imminent. “The Jenin operation is just the beginning,” security officials emphasize.

In late August, the IDF launched “Operation Summer Camps” in northern Samaria, the military’s most extensive operation in the region since “Defensive Shield” in 2002. Two brigade combat teams are currently deployed in the Jenin refugee camp and Tulkarem, with the operation set to continue for the foreseeable future.

The recent spate of terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria underscores the need for comprehensive action across the entire sector. The security establishment faces a particular dilemma in the Hebron area, the origin of two recent attacks. While there’s unanimous agreement on the need to dismantle Hamas in Judea and Samaria, officials are wary of unintended consequences.

Palestinian security mechanisms in Hebron, driven by self-interest rather than goodwill toward Israel, have so far been cooperating with Israeli forces, but a heavy-handed operation risks triggering a broader escalation, which Israel seeks to avoid. However, there’s a growing consensus that aggressive action is necessary. As a result, we may see large-scale, intelligence-driven operations, coupled with encirclements of areas of Hebron, a strategy already in play elsewhere in Judea and Samaria.

Meanwhile, local authorities are calling for more decisive action, a sentiment echoed by Minister of Settlement Affairs Orit Strock. She has urged the Diplomatic-Security Cabinet to implement emergency measures, including declaring a state of war in Judea and Samaria. Strock pointed to a recent incident:

“Two weeks ago, five Hamas leaders in Hebron were released from detention. These individuals were arrested at the war’s outset as part of efforts to prevent an outbreak in Judea and Samaria. Merely two weeks after their release, a double bomb attack was carried out in Gush Etzion, with the perpetrators originating from Hebron. We narrowly averted a catastrophe.

“The war’s outbreak triggered a wave of arrests targeting key terrorist operatives in the sector. Their release is part of a series of releases that have occurred or are slated to occur soon, due to legal hurdles and a shortage of detention facilities. Neither of these reasons can justify the looming bloodshed.”

While a full-scale war across extensive areas of Judea and Samaria is unlikely, “Operation Summer Camps” is expected to expand in the coming days. The security establishment also advocates for the arrest of inciting elements throughout Judea and Samaria, a measure also demanded by Strock.

Meanwhile, the shift in approach is palpable on the ground. A year ago, discussions centered on maintaining the fabric of daily life in Judea and Samaria; now, the focus has shifted to the level of aggressive action required. Security officials recommend launching extensive operations, emphasizing the confiscation of terror funds throughout the area, not just in northern Samaria, and dismantling Hamas as a primary objective. One security source described it as “not just mowing the lawn, but uprooting the problem at its source.”

Yahya Sinwar, Hamas leader in Gaza, is reportedly attempting to inflame the situation, presumably under the assumption that ceasefire talks are on the verge of collapse. His strategy appears to be escalating tensions in Judea and Samaria to divert attention from Gaza. Iran is also implicated, allegedly funneling millions of shekels into the area. With Palestinian workers unable to enter Israel for employment, terror funding has become a significant source of income in the Palestinian Authority, further fueling unrest.

The prevailing assumption in Israel’s security establishment is that a major attack could be imminent. While last week’s incident occurred in Gush Etzion, security officials warn that future attacks could target Jerusalem, Beersheva or Tel Aviv.

THE FIGHTING IN GAZA CONTINUES

IDF eliminates Nukhba terrorist who oversaw Netiv Ha’asara massacre

Ahmed Wadia was killed in an airstrike on a Hamas compound in Gaza City, according to the military. 

 

JNS

Sep 3, 2024 

 

 

Ahmed Fozi Nazer Muhammad Wadia

 

Israeli forces in Gaza have killed the Hamas terrorist who led the Oct. 7 assault on the northwest Negev moshav of Netiv Ha’asara, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency said on Tuesday.

Israeli fighter jets struck a Hamas compound near the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, killing eight terrorists from Hamas’s Daraj Tuffah Battalion, according to the joint statement. Among those killed was Ahmed Fozi Nazer Muhammad Wadia, a member of the terror group’s Nukhba force who led the invasion of Netiv Ha’asara, located directly adjacent to the Gaza fence.

Another terrorist killed in the strike was “responsible for several combat specialties in the Daraj Tuffah Battalion, including engineering, sniping and anti-tank operations, and was responsible for supplying the explosives used to blow up the security fence in the Daraj Tuffah Battalion’s area during the Oct. 7 massacre,” according to the IDF.

On Oct. 7, Wadia, who was active in Hamas’ parachute array, infiltrated the moshav using a paraglider and oversaw the massacre of 21 residents and the kidnapping of one to Gaza.

One of those murdered in the moshav that day was Gil Taasa, 46, a senior firefighter in the Ashkelon fire station. On the morning of Oct. 7, Taasa was at home with his two youngest sons, Koren, 12 and Shay, 8. After he ran out of ammunition, the terrorists threw a grenade into the shelter where they were hiding. Taasa leapt on the grenade to save his sons, who were wounded but survived.

Wadia was captured on video opening the door of the family’s refrigerator and sipping a Coke in front of the bleeding children before leaving the home. Koren and Shay then ran next door to their mother’s home and hid in the safe room for hours before being evacuated.

Taasa’s oldest son, Or, 17, was murdered by Hamas terrorists at Zikim Beach, where he had gone early in the morning to surf with friends.

“My sons are happy and that’s the most important thing,” said Gil’s widow, Sabin Tassa, after receiving the news of Wadia’s death, according to Channel 12. “My son Koren told me he wanted to see a picture of [Wadia] dead. I personally will close the circle only after I know that all Hamas members and [Hamas leader in Gaza Yayha] Sinwar have been eliminated,” she added.

Terror tunnel with freight rail line destroyed

Israeli forces in recent weeks destroyed a massive terror tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip that was used to transport freight via rail, the IDF revealed on Tuesday.

Based on intelligences, forces from the Engineering Unit of the Gaza Division and the Northern Brigade, in cooperation with the Yahalom Unit, located the over 1-kilometer (0.6-mile) Hamas tunnel in the Beit Lahia area.

Soldiers located weapons, electrical infrastructure, and a transport rail along the route.

“The engineering forces of the Northern Brigade in the Gaza Division destroyed an offensive terrorist tunnel in the north of the Gaza Strip,” said Major S., the engineering officer of the Northern Brigade, “inside the tunnel we found infrastructure proving that the route was used by Hamas significantly for terrorist operations against our forces.”

SUPPORT AND BETRAYALS

Non-Partisan Biden-Harris Report Card on Israel

 

By James Sinkinson 

 

FLAME

Sep 3, 2024

 


Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, vetoes a draft resolution calling for a ceasefire to the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, put forth by Algeria, at U.N. Security Council on Feb. 20, 2024. Credit: Manuel Elías/U.N. Photo.
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield of the US votes to abstain on an anti-Israel resolution at the UN Security Council on March 25, 2024, thereby allowing the resolution to pass

 

Over the decades, many passionate supporters of Israel and FLAME have complained that FLAME is “too partisan” because we criticize their favorite politician or beloved political party. One supporter, for example, wrote to tell us to "stop criticizing President Obama—you don't understand, we love him!"

Nonetheless, we at FLAME, for 35 years now, maintain strict non-partisanship. We judge elected officials and their parties by one criterion only: Are they supporting Israel today? Whether it was the Bushes, Obama, Trump, or Biden, we have never held back. We're not trying to get anyone elected (or defeated). That's your job as a voter.

But for a dose of objectivity, let us offer a dispassionate look at the Biden-Harris record on Israel. Let's start by giving give credit where it’s due: Biden and Harris have supported Israel in many critical areas—positions that we, and we're confident, Israel, deeply appreciate. But there have also been serious lapses in this support.

Kamala Harris's acceptance speech at the DNC reveals both the positive and the negative. 

Harris started by making inspiring, supportive statements about Israel. Yet, even as she began her segment on Israel, we could feel a "but" coming. Here’s how Harris affirmed America’s commitment to Israel: She forcefully promised to continue the White House's support of Israel's right—and ability—to defend itself. She boldly called out the brutality of Hamas on October 7th, invoking the horror of Hamas's "sexual violence" and its "massacre of young people."

Then came the "but." "At the same time," she said, "what has happened in Gaza is devastating . . . the scale of suffering is heartbreaking." She concluded by praising the efforts she and Biden have taken to achieve a ceasefire that returns the hostages and guarantees Israel's security, as well as the Palestinians’ right to self-determination—as though the grievances in this war are equivalent. We note she did not conclude with a commitment to Israel's goals: The elimination of Hamas's evil leadership, its terrorist battalions and the support by nearly 60% of Gazans who praised Hamas's savagery on October 7.

So, here's our "but": Even as we acknowledge Biden's and Harris's valuable support of Israel over the last 3½ years—let's also not forget their betrayals of Israel's interests, some of which have been egregious. Depending on how you weigh the issues of Israel and Jewish well-being against other political issues, this report card may or may not influence your vote in November. But at least it gives you a non-partisan, pro-Israel perspective—objective pros and cons.

BIDEN-HARRIS POSITIVE GRADES ON ISRAEL

  • President Biden has expressed consistent support for Israel and visited immediately after October 7th. He said, “We are going to make sure . . . you have what you need to protect your people, to defend your nation.”
  • Team Biden-Harris has supported Israel financially: Approving continuation of a 10-year, $35 billion grant to fund Israel's military efforts—defending itself and supporting U.S. interests. They also approved Congress's National Security Supplemental Aid allocation of an additional $15 billion in response to Hamas's and Hezbollah's new wars on Israel.
  • Biden-Harris vetoed several slanderous anti-Israel UN resolutions. This includes one calling for full UN membership for the “State of Palestine”—thus rewarding the atrocities of October 7th—plus several very unfavorable ceasefire resolutions.
  • The White House sent military forces to the Mediterranean to back Israel: Since October 7th, the U.S. has significantly increased its military presence in the Middle East and warned Iran and its proxies to stand down.
  • The U.S. helped Israel's defense against Iran's massive mid-April attack: Iran attacked Israel using hundreds of missiles and drones. U.S. forces shot down six ballistic missiles and dozens of drones.
  • The Administration helped achieve an early ceasefire and hostages' release: In late November, the Biden-Harris Administration helped broker a 7-day ceasefire that resulted in the liberation of 110 hostages.
  • Biden and Harris have consistently voiced support for Israel's right to defend itself: They have repeatedly described their support of Israel as “ironclad.”

BIDEN-HARRIS NEGATIVE GRADES ON ISRAEL

  • White House betrayed Israel at the UN: On March 25th, the U.S. failed to veto a resolution that demanded an immediate ceasefire—not conditioned on hostages’ release—falsely implicated Israel for impeding aid, and failed to condemn Hamas for either aid disruptions or hostage taking.
  • Biden-Harris government is withholding vital weapons from Israel: According to Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the U.S. is withholding at least seven weapons systems from Israel.
  • Administration is pressuring Israel to accept a disastrous ceasefire: Such a ceasefire would prevent Israel from destroying Hamas and enable the terrorist group to repeat the atrocities of October 7th, as they have vowed.
  • Team Biden-Harris threatened Israel against offensive attacks on Hamas, the Houthis, Hezbollah and Iran: If the IDF invaded Rafah, Biden threatened, “I’m not supplying the weapons.” Biden has similarly tried to prevent Israeli retaliation for aggression by Iran and its proxies.
  • Biden and Harris falsely accused Israel of responsibility for Gaza food shortages: They fail to mention that Hamas steals most of the abundant aid that goes into Gaza.
  • Biden and Harris falsely accused Israel of military actions endangering Palestinians: Team-Biden Harris constantly accuse Israel of killing too many civilians, even though the civilian-to-combatant ratio during this war is only 1.5 to 1—perhaps the lowest in the history of modern warfare.
  • Harris consistently uses false equivalence between Israel and Hamas: Harris often implies a sinister contradiction between Israel defending itself and Palestinians being killed—never mentioning it was Hamas who started the war.
  • White House coddles and appeases U.S.’s and Israel’s arch-enemy Iran: Team Biden-Harris gave Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief and tried to revive the dangerous nuclear deal creating Iran’s path to acquire nuclear weapons. It also overlooks Iran’s blatant acts of aggression.
  • Biden and Harris express sympathy for the "feelings" of antisemites: At the DNC, Biden referred to thousands of pro-Hamas protesters outside, saying “They have a point.”

In short, Biden and Harris have indisputably supported Israel in critical ways and deserve our thanks. But this administration has demonstrably widened the “daylight” between the two powers. U.S. support has been inconsistent and uncertain. The White House frequently tries to micromanage Israel’s military strategies and threatens to withdraw support—which annoys Jerusalem. The administration claims Israel has the right to self-defense, yet also tries to prevent it from destroying Hamas—placating pro-Palestinian Democrat voters and protecting the administration’s ill-starred hopes for a two-state solution. In sum, while the relationship is undeniably positive, it has become increasingly weakened under the current administration.

IF TRUMP CAN'T FOCUS, AND SKIP ALL THE GARBAGE HE'S BEEN SWEEPING RECENTLY, HE WILL LOSE

Semper Fi! JD Vance’s Big Moment

 
American Greatness
Aug 27, 2024
 

FILE—Ohio Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, JD Vance, takes the stage to speak at the...

 

Trump likes to sound like a winner: he’s gonna win so big you’re not gonna believe it. In fact, of course, he’s lost more races than he’s won. He won by a squeaker in 2016, but he lost in 2020, and most of his candidates lost in 2022. He’s not a horse you’d put big money on. And he’s not running a focused campaign that has the feel of inevitable victory.

Partly that’s due to his word salads, which this column covered here. But partly it’s because he simply can’t stay on message. Here are comments from a number of people, some of whom undoubtedly want him to win.

Gerry Baker (Wall Street Journal columnist): “Trump himself doesn’t seem to be helping matters. He spent much of the last few weeks pursuing what can best be described as some of his pet themes, is Harris really Black? . . . Are the crowds at Harris’s rallies being enhanced by artificial intelligence?”

Larry Kudlow (conservative columnist): “Don’t wander off, don’t call her stupid and all kinds of names, stay on message.”

Kellyanne Conway (former White House senior counselor): “The winning formula for President Trump is very plain to see: it’s fewer insults, more insights, and that policy contrast.”

Kevin McCarthy (former House Speaker): “Stop questioning the size of her crowds and start questioning her position.”

Unnamed House Republican (per Axios): “I hear a great deal of frustration from supporters. We are all hoping that he will focus more.”

Unnamed House Republican (per Axios): “If he doesn’t have message discipline, and he doesn’t focus on the sh*t we need to be focused on right now, it’s not going to pass.”

Don Bacon (R-NE): Harris’s progressive Senate voting record “should be the message every day.”

Brendan Buck (former aide to Paul Ryan and John Boehner): “It’s not that he’s not talking about the economy; it’s not that he’s not talking about the border. It’s that he’s talking about all these other crazy things as well that distract you.”

Alex Castellanos: “Trump is campaigning like a cornered animal. Late-night tweets, boiling with rage, are back. He attacks the Republican governor of Georgia and his wife.”

Megyn Kelly (conservative pundit): “I mean it was like he rambles, he goes on too long, at his rallies and in these exchanges, and at his presser the other day to where you get kind of bored, you lose the thread, you lose interest, which is not something you’re used to with Trump. Trump in 2016, he was tough to lose interest in, and I think that’s probably an age-related change.”

What should Trump be doing? Attacking Harris (and Walz) on all the obvious points—and not letting the Democrats create a whole new— and wholly fake—candidate.

• She’s a San Francisco politician. In a just world—which we don’t live in—that should be dispositive.

• She cast the deciding vote on the Bidenomics bill that has caused so much economic hardship to so many Americans. What more do you need to know?

• She wants price controls for corn flakes. (An old anti-Soviet joke went: What happens when the Soviets take over the Sahara Desert? Answer: Soon there’ll be a shortage of sand. If Kamala wins, there’ll be a shortage of corn flakes.)

• She is hugely responsible for the border mayhem crisis—and the murders and rapes that have ensued.

• She picked for her running mate a man whose values are as far from normal middle Americans as they could possibly be: he has lied about his drunken driving and military service; he wants boys in girls’ bathrooms and tampons in boys’ bathrooms; gender “transition” surgery for kids without telling their parents (you can’t make this stuff up); and free healthcare for illegal aliens. Shall we go on? Talk about weird! To normal Americans, he’s a nutcase.

That is not the America most Americans want to live in. Americans should be scared. Very scared. Trump needs to remind them how scared they should be.

If Trump can’t focus, and skip all the garbage he’s been spewing recently, he will lose. And so will we.

So what should JD Vance do?

Go for broke. This is the moment JD Vance has not been waiting for; but opportunity, and duty, don’t always call ahead.

Vance should go to Trump and lay down the law: “Stay focused or I’m outta here. Cut out all that irrelevant stuff, e.g., stop beating up on the governor of Georgia, for Heaven’s sake: he’s supporting you!” (Sotto voce: “You jerk!”)

That may sound harsh, but that’s the kind of language Trump understands. And probably not only understands but appreciates. He’s a tough guy.

Obviously, If Vance quits, it’s curtains for Trump—but not for Vance. He’s young and has a whole career ahead of him. It will show him as the toughest of the tough—just what you’d expect of a United States Marine. Semper Fi! Always faithful—but not to this or that person… only to the country.

Semper Fi! Go for it, JD.

DANIELLE JURINSKY'S IMMAGINATION?

Colorado city councilor fires back after Democrat governor dismisses illegal alien gang takeovers as 'imagination'
 
 
Aug 31, 2024
 
 
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Aurora City Council Member Danielle Jurinsky 
 

AURORA, CO - An Aurora, Colorado city councilwoman is firing back at her state's Democrat governor after he sought to dismiss reports of illegal alien gangs wreaking havoc in the community.
 
City Council Member Danielle Jurinsky responded to Gov. Jared Polis' description of illegal alien crime in the city as mere "imagination" in a Thursday statement provided to New York Post. 

A spokeswoman for Polis had shot down media reports and public concern over the violent Tren de Aragua Venezuelan gang in the statement, while making a contradictory offer of support in the form of state law enforcement resources to Aurora.
  
"The Governor has already let the Mayor know that the State is ready to support the local police department with assistance from state troopers and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation if needed," Polis spokeswoman Shelby Wieman said of the situation. "But, according to police intelligence this purported invasion is largely a feature of Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination."

"I am so disappointed," Jurinsky said of Polis' remarks, according to Fox News.

Polis' spokeswoman made the claim in spite of police reports and even video camera footage of armed gangsters knocking on doors within one of the affected apartment buildings, according to the Post. The councilwoman cited the experiences of one family she had helped evacuate from a Tren de Aragua-controlled slum apartment building in disputing Wieman's remarks.

"My question back to the governor is, is this also a figment of the Romeros' imagination? And the other resident that I helped to get out of there, and the other residents that I am going to continue to get out of there?"
 
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman further described the situation as legitimate- brought about in part by the negligence of an out-of-state landlord who owns the apartment complex, in remarks provided to Fox.

"The situation is real but it also needs to be put into context so that the reputation of an entire city of over 400,000 residents is not adversely impacted by what has occurred in several isolated apartment buildings owned by the same out-of-state slum lord."
 
Aurora's city council has expressed its intent not to provide free resources to arriving illegal aliens in the midst of the influx of dangerous migrants. In contrast, Denver, its larger neighbor, has funneled in more illegal aliens per capita than any city in the United States. One leader of the Tren de Aragua gang, Jhonardy Jose Pacheco-Chirino, faces multiple different sets of criminal charges, with some instances of alleged assault occuring after the migrant refused to appear in court for violent felony charges.

Jurinsky predicted that proof of the illegal alien crime wave would prove impossible for Polis to ignore.

"It is very promising that across the board, people are really seeing what is happening. Video footage is only undeniable for our governor in Colorado. Everybody else across the country is seeing this for themselves."

FOUR PEOPLE SHOT DEAD FOR BEING HOMELESS ON A COMMUTER TRAIN

Sickening update on 'heinous' Chicago train mass shooting that left four homeless people dead

 

By Miriam Kuepper and Germania Rodriguez Poleo

 

Daily Mail

Sep 3, 2024

 

Officers say that CCTV footage shows that the four victims were likely asleep in different parts of the train and that there were no fights or other confrontations prior to the shooting at the Forest Park CTA Blue Station (pictured) in Forest Park, Illinois

Officers say that CCTV footage shows that the four victims were likely asleep in different parts of the train and that there were no fights or other confrontations prior to the shooting at the Forest Park CTA Blue Station (pictured) in Forest Park, Illinois

 

Police in Illinois have released sickening new details on the mass shooting on a train in the Chicago area that left four homeless people dead. 

Officers say that CCTV footage shows that the four victims were likely asleep in different parts of the train and that there were no fights or other confrontations prior to the shooting at the Forest Park CTA Blue Station in Forest Park, Illinois.

They also identified an eyewitness using the CCTV video and are working on tracking the individual down, according to NBC Chicago. 

Officers responded to the scene after a 911 call on Monday morning and cleared the train of passengers before getting on. 

They discovered four victims with gunshot wounds. Three of them were pronounced dead at the scene and a fourth died at the hospital. Police said all the victims appeared to be homeless people riding the train. 

 

Pictured above are officers investigating the scene of the shooting that left four homeless people dead

Pictured above are officers investigating the scene of the shooting that left four homeless people dead

Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins stands outside the Forest Park Blue Line train station in Forest Park, Ill., which remains closed, after giving a news conference about four people who were fatally shot on the train early Monday, September 2, 2024

Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins stands outside the Forest Park Blue Line train station in Forest Park, Ill., which remains closed, after giving a news conference about four people who were fatally shot on the train early Monday, September 2, 2024

 

A suspect fled the scene but was later taken into custody on a CTA Pink Line train in Chicago, as reported by ABC 7. The suspect was tracked down using surveillance footage.

A gun was recovered during the arrest, police said, but it is unclear whether this was the weapon used in the attack. 

Officials said the incident appears to be isolated and random in nature. They said that there is no further threat to the public. 

'The victims, they were all passengers on the train early this morning,' said Forest Park Deputy Chief Chris Chin. 

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) said in a statement: 'Although this was an isolated incident, this heinous and egregious act of violence should never have occurred, nonetheless on a public transit train.

'As soon as this matter was reported, CTA immediately deployed resources to assist the Forest Park Police in their investigation into the matter, including review of all possible security camera footage, which proved to be vital in aiding local enforcement.'

 

Police responded to the scene after a 911 call on Monday morning about a shooting at the Forest Park CTA Blue Line station at 711 Desplaines Avenue

Squad cars of Elmwood Park police, Berwyn police and Cicero police are parked in the parking lot of the Forest Park Blue Line train station in Forest Park, Ill., after four people were fatally shot on the train early Monday, September 2, 2024

Squad cars of Elmwood Park police, Berwyn police and Cicero police are parked in the parking lot of the Forest Park Blue Line train station in Forest Park, Ill., after four people were fatally shot on the train early Monday, September 2, 2024

 

The CTA added: 'We commend both the Forest Park Police Department for their thorough and collaborative efforts to provide information to partner agencies; as well as the Chicago Police Department whose quick actions led to the apprehension of a suspect in this matter. 

'CTA will continue to work with local law enforcement as part of this ongoing investigation.' 

Anyone with information on the shooting has been asked to contact Forest Park police at 708-366-2425. 

Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins said the shooting was an 'outlier' but said first responders are frequently sent to the Blue Line station, calling for more safety resources.

Less than a week ago the CTA announced it would implement an AI-based program that would notify police when guns are detected at train stations. 

Chicago crime stats show the city hit a decade high for murders in 2023, seeing 617 deaths just last year, the most in the nation for a major city.

 

Forest Park police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin gives a news briefing outside the CTA Forest Park station, after a shooting, Monday, September 2, 2024, in Forest Park

Forest Park police Deputy Chief Christopher Chin gives a news briefing outside the CTA Forest Park station, after a shooting, Monday, September 2, 2024, in Forest Park

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson claims he 'inherited' the city's spiraling migrant crisis at a press conference announcing new initiative to tackle the problem

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson claims he 'inherited' the city's spiraling migrant crisis at a press conference announcing new initiative to tackle the problem

 

Chicago's Mayor Brandon Johnson claims he 'inherited' the city's spiraling migrant crisis and lashed out at Lori Lightfoot's former administration. 

Johnson criticized Lightfoot's administration at a press conference on Tuesday held to announce the Unity initiative, an interfaith partnership aimed at bringing sleeping migrants out of police stations and into shelters. 

Johnson told reporters that 'the international crisis that I inherited six months ago, I've made it very clear we are going to move people out of police districts, women and children who are living on floors and sleeping outside that we're going to create spaces that provide more dignity.'

Windy City has come under strain after the city was inundated by 20,000 migrants over the last 14 months, triggering a crisis. Many were bused north from the southern border, which has been overwhelmed by migrants crossing from Mexico.

In Chicago, thousands of asylum seekers are staying at police stations and airports as the local government has run out of space to house them.

WOKE IDEOLOGIES DON'T PAY

‘Woke’ Discriminatory Corporate Policies Withering Away

 

By Larry Keane


NSSF

August 27, 2024


BlackRock offices in New York City.

 

The idea of “woke” Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies continues to wither away. That’s good news for the firearm and ammunition industry, which has been the focus of corporations seeking to force public policies by the might of their corporate largess. It turns out that those lofty ideals aren’t so lofty after all. They’re more of a millstone weighing them down and more corporations are ditching their ESG programs.

BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, announced last week a cut for support of shareholder proposals for ESG initiatives to a low of 4.1 percent. That’s down from 6.7 percent in 2023 and 47 percent from 2020-2021.

“In our assessment, the majority of these (proposals) were over-reaching, lacked economic merit, or sought outcomes that were unlikely to promote long-term shareholder value,” said its “2024 Global Voting Spotlight” report, according to Reuters.

In other words, the global investment firm is telling their shareholders that “woke” ideologies don’t pay. In fact, they’re likely to cost corporations in the long run. Turns out, investors don’t want their money going to push public policies that exceed the law. They want business to be business. Public policy is best left to politicians, who voters can hold accountable at the ballot box.

Bikes and Booze

They’re not the only ones. Famed American brands are learning that “woke” policies don’t pay the bills. Harley-Davidson CEO Jochen Zeitz brought German ESG thinking to the American icon and now fans of the rumbling motorcycles are up in arms. A video of Zeitz from 2020 surfaced where he said, “We are trying to take on traditional capitalism and trying to redefine it.” Harley-Davidson responded quicker than the kill switch on their bikes and announced it was scaling back their ESG programs.

Jack Daniel’s, the iconic Tennessee whiskey distiller, found their own brand embroiled in ESG madness. Brown-Forman, the parent company, pre-emptively announced their ESG programs would be rolled back after their own corporate programs were exposed. Now that’s something I can toast.

NSSF has been vocal and active in eliminating ESG policies that put special-interest public policy goals ahead free market enterprise. These “woke” policies have resulted in financial and corporate discrimination against the firearm and ammunition industry. Policies adopted by nameless and faceless corporate boardrooms in Wall Street ivory towers have purposefully discriminated against firearm-related businesses all because those boardroom executives would rather cozy up to far-left gun control groups at corporate cocktail parties instead of providing fair access to businesses that make legal products that are lawfully sold.

Leading the pack on these ESG “woke” policies has been corporate financial institutions, namely, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo. Each of these corporate financial institutions embarked on “woke” corporate policies to deny firearm businesses access to financial services unless they adopted gun control policies that exceeded the law. That includes denying them banking services if they sell Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) the most popular rifle sold, standard-capacity magazines and even if they don’t refuse to sell firearms to adults under the age of 21, even though the federal law says that anyone over the age of 18 can legally purchase a long gun if they pass and FBI National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) verification.

Fighting Back

That prompted NSSF to work with state legislatures and Congress to introduce the Firearm Industry Nondiscrimination (FIND) Act. That law was passed by nine states, with Louisiana’s Gov. Jeff Landry being the most recent governor to sign the law. That was quickly followed by Louisiana’s state Treasurer John Fleming announcing that he recommended Bank of America “not be approved as an authorized fiscal agent” for state or municipal contracts because of their discriminatory policies against firearm businesses, among other politically incurred industries.

Bank of America actually blinked on their standoff of holding to their gun control ESG policies in June. Bank of America felt the financial consequences of its gun control agenda when they found themselves shut out of state contracts, particularly in Texas and Florida, especially after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an anti-ESG law in 2023 that bars state officials from investing public money to promote “woke” initiatives like banking discrimination against the firearm industry.  Gov. DeSantis promised in an X post that he would ensure the state enforces the law against “woke” banking discrimination. Bank of America announced it led to firearm companies on a case-by-case basis with “enhanced due diligence” according to the bank’s latest Environmental and Social Risk Policy (ESRP). Any tangible change in policy has yet to be seen.

The NSSF-supported FIND Act is awaiting action in Congress. Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) as H.R. 53 with 128 co-sponsors and by U.S. Sen. Steve Daines in the Senate as S. 428 with 17 co-sponsors, the bill would bar any corporate entity that holds discriminatory policies against the firearm industry from competing for federal contracts.

Those bills are in addition to the NSSF-supported Fair Access to Banking Act, introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) as H.R. 2743 with 109 co-sponsors and the Senate by Sen. Kevin Cramer as S. 293 with 36 co-sponsors. The Fair Access to Banking Act would stop corporate banks from picking winners and losers based on executives’ personal politics. It also protects banks from outside pressure by special interest groups seeking to use the banks as a political weapon to advance their agenda.

Corporations are learning, albeit very slowly, that going “woke” means “going broke.” If corporations won’t listen to investors that discriminatory ESG policies don’t make sense – and don’t add up the cents – it’s time from Congress to follow the lead of several states that have stepped in to put an end to these discriminatory policies against the firearm and ammunition industry.

INTERESTING CRIMINAL JUSTICE STAT

By Bob Walsh

 

New York Post cover for Wednesday, April 10, 2024.


According to various media outlets today 75% of the arrests in Manhattan these days are of Undocumented Democrats, formerly known as Illegal Aliens.

VOTER I.D. BILL IN CA

By Bob Walsh

 

Dead people in California will no longer have show an ID to vote


 
The legislature of the formerly great state of California has just passed a bill to the governor's desk that prohibits local jurisdictions from requiring any sort of identification in order to vote.  

CA is a one-party state.  The Democrat-Socialist party has a super majority in both houses and all constitutional officers are Democrat-Socialists.  

Strange thing is that, in order to get into the DNC convention in Chicago last month you had to present government issued ID.  Anybody see an issue there?

NOTABLE DEATH ... JAMES DARREN

By Bob Walsh


James Darren, of T.J. HOOKER, 1984. ph: Curt Gunther / TV Guide / courtesy Everett Collection


Actor and singer James Darren died today at age 88.  He had just been scheduled for a valve job but the doctors couldn't do it because he was so week he would probably not have lived thru the surgery.  

ITS BEEN A ROUGH WEEK FOR JOCKS

By Bob Walsh


Ricky Pearsall Shot  

Ricky Pearsall was lifted into an ambulance by emergency workers  after he was shot near San Francisco's Union Square. 

 

Kara Welsh, a 21-year old athlete, was shot to death by an as yet unnamed 23 year old man in an apartment near the Whitewater campus of the University of Wisconsin on Friday.  The cops say that the shooter was known to Ms. Welsh.  The bad guy is currently in the slammer facing charges of first-degree intentional homicide.  

Ms. Welsh was an award winning college gymnast.  

Ricky Persall, a brand new player for the S. F. 49ers, was shot this weekend in a daylight robbery attempt in Union Square.  His shooter managed to also shoot himself in the process and was arrested promptly.  She shooter was a juvenile from Tracy who apparently traveled to S. F. from Tracy to "work" because the climate is much better for independent self-employed thieves in S. F. County.  

Persall was lucky compared to Welsh.  He was shot one time, a thru-and-thru in the chest, and was not kept in the hospital more than one day.  Nothing vital was hit and he may be back to playing in a month or so.  The mayor was really pissed.  I guess if you are a famous person they actually care if you get your ass shot in San Francisco.

RECENTLY RELEASED FELON USES 11-YEAR OLD GIRL FOR SHIELD

By Bob Walsh



Late Thursday night the constabulary in Moscow Mills, Missouri, were called to a trailer park.  Jeffrey Price's mother called and reported that her son was not "acting right."  The cops had been there earlier in the day when Price, 34, was banging on the door of a random trailer in the park in the belief his wife was inside that trailer.  

When the cops showed up the second time Price was outside of a different trailer, also not his, and he then bolted inside the trailer and grabbed an 11-year old girl by the neck.  He then faked having a weapon held against her neck.  The cop managed to break the girl loose and she beat feet, but Price then blocked the door and proceeded to attack the female cop.  The fight continued until two Lincoln County Sheriff's deputies showed up and they lit him up with a Taser.  They found a baggie of meth on Price.  

Price is now facing charges of kidnapping, assault and felony resisting arrest.  He has been out of prison for one week.  His priors include domestic assault.  Gee, what a surprise.  Or not. 

MAN KICKED OFF OF DELTA FLIGHT FOR WEARING OFFENSIVE TRUMP SHIRT

By Bob Walsh


 
This situation played out this past Saturday at the Sarasota International Airport.  The shirt in question has an image of Trump flipping the bird.  The passenger in question also may have made a rude remark about a female flight attendant, but that apparently happened after the decision was made to give him the heave-ho.  

It seems somebody on the plane made a complaint about the t-shirt and the man simply reversed the shirt (which was cool) but then turned in back right side out after boarding.  He was then tossed.

A HERO'S REWARD

By Bob Walsh


John Zalesky

John Zalesky, a 67-year-old from Aurora, Colo., said the local Walmart fired him earlier this month after he was stabbed trying to stop a shoplifter.

 

John Zalesky, 67, used to work for WalMart in Aurora, Colorado.  He was a good spotter of shoplifters and gave him the "Shrinkbuster of the Month" award back in February for his assistance in cutting down on "shrinkage" (theft) in the store, which was running $500,000 a year at that location.  That was before they fired his ass.

On August 11 of this year he followed a suspected shoplifter out of the store.  That is a big no-no.  He had approached her inside the store and asked to see her bag.  She boogied, running to a car with a driver parked in a nearby handicapped spot.  He was stabbed in the arm by the male driver.  

He refused medical treatment, bandaging the arm himself and showed up to work the following day.  They fired him for violation of company policy.  

He has started a GoFundMe page while he ponders his future.

CA STATE LEGISLATURE NOT ALWAYS COMPLETE MORONS

By Bob Walsh


 

African-Americans demanding reparations now erupted in anger at the California state Capitol Saturday after two reparations proposals for black residents were killed

 

SB1403 and SB1331 died in the legislature of the formerly great state of California without making it to the governor's desk.  Had they passed they would have created a permanent state agency to work towards a reparations for slavery program (CA was never a slave state and slavery was never legal in the Republic of California) and would have set up a mechanism to fund the reparations program.  The Perpetually Angry Black Caucus in the CA assembly is essentially threatening lawmakers who did not vote to support the bills.