E. Rowell:  Ben Carson, MD is at 1 hour and 3 minutes.  He spoke about his growing up, his mother and what he learned from her, and God.  Dr. Carson spoke movingly about learning how to take responsibility for himself and the terrible trap of victimhood.  President Trump began his speech at 2 hours 25 minutes.  Trump has united much of the United States of America under his movement to Make America Great Again.  He has united white and black Americans, Hispanic Americans, and hard working people from all ethnicities and all parts of America, now including inner cities in NY and Chicago.

By Sundance, THE LAST REFUGE                                    23 February 2024

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When “anti-racists” look at great art, they see only one thing.

By Mark Tapson, FRONT PAGE                                  23 February 2024

One of the great tragedies of progressivism is that its zealots are in the grip of – to borrow William Blake’s phrase – “mind-forged manacles.” Perpetually aggrieved by social injustice everywhere (real or imagined, past and present), leftists are hindered from finding selfless joy, spiritual transcendence, and wonder in the world by ideological blinders that allow them to see only a world of oppression, exploitation, and existential misery.

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B. Kalman:  General Kujat points out first that the War in Ukraine was an attempt by the US to defeat Russia in preparation for the coming war with China.  But by starting this war, the United States has not only weakened her global hegemony but led to the deepening and strengthening of the BRICS organization of nations.

Secondly, General Kujat explains a current 10 year plan intended to keep the Ukraine war on hold in order to outlast a potential Donald Trump presidency by binding agreements with each NATO member that would essentially lead to Ukraine’s NATO de-facto membership by the back door.

By General Harld Kujat, NEUTRALITY STUDIES       22 Feb 2024

Chief Nerd | X | February 23, 2024

Genomics Expert Kevin McKernan Shares a Summary of the DNA Contamination Found in the COVID mRNA Vaccines & Preliminary Evidence of DNA Integration

“The fact checkers who told you this DNA won’t get into the cell are proven wrong by this data. We can see DNA in there. It’s a very high copy number…

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By MEMRI TV                                                                          March 23, 2012

Hamas Minister of the Interior and of National Security Fathi Hammad admits Arab forgery right on Al-Hekma TV (Egypt) on March 23, 2012. Have the Arab in Israel (so called “palestinians”) managed to fool you to believe they are Natives in the land of Israel ?  And why they are so intimidated by History and facts ?  In a temper tantrum he could not keep his mouth shut but had to blurt out the truth: that the “Palestinian” people are a fabrication, an invention. There never existed a state called Palestine or a people called Palestinian. And there never existed an invasion of Palestinian land over a territory that belonged to the Jews over 1,000 years before Mohammed was even born.

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On December 29, 2023, referencing the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, South Africa instituted proceedings against the State of Israel in the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”). In its Application to the ICJ, South Africa alleged that Israel, through its acts and omissions, breached and continues to breach the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (“Genocide Convention”). South Africa’s Application also contained a Request for the indication of provisional measures “pending the [ICJ’s] determination of the case on the merits.” (Application of Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Genocide (S. Afr. v. Isr.), 2024 I.C.J. 82, ¶ 144 (South Africa’s Application and Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures of Dec. 29, 2023)).

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T.Belman. Ritter has shown himself to be very anti-Israel and antisemetic. Nevertheless he is very informed about Russia and Navalny.

By: Steven Stalinsky, Ph.D., MEMRI

Across the Middle East, failed states and territories depend on massive amounts of humanitarian aid from the West to feed and care for populations. Many of these are run, de facto, by Iran via proxies. One such proxy is the Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, the organization that controls much of the country, including the capital Sana’a and 70%-80% of the population –and which has, for the past decade, been supplied by Iran with advanced and sophisticated weaponry.

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T. Belman.  I disagree with Pollak.  Although Israel has said that if Hezbollah pulls back, she will be satisfied. Israel believes in pre-emptive action. What better time is there for Israel to attack Hezbollah to destroy it, now that Israel is mobilized and 80,000 Israelis have been evacuated.

Withdrawal will not suffice to get Israel to teturn to normal. Just as Israel finally bit the bullet with Hamas, she will bite the bullet with Hezbollah.

By Joel Pollak, BREITBART

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released footage Friday of naval exercises it conducted in the Mediterranean Sea near Lebanon — a warning to Iranian-backed Hezbollah that Israel intends to strike from the sea, air, and landL.

Clashes along the Israeli-Lebanese border have intensified in recent weeks, as Hezbollah has continued firing rockets and drones at Israel — including one drone that crashed into the back yard of an Israeli civilian in the northern Arab-Jewish city of Acre.

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By Seth Mandel, COMMENTARY

After all the false alarms, the crisis of British democracy is finally here. The cause is not a nebulous concept like “disinformation” or a prime minister getting ousted by her own party in less time than it took a head of lettuce to brown, as was the amusing case with Liz Truss in 2022. The actual democratic process has come under assault, and London is buckling under the pressure.

This all came to a head on Wednesday. Now there is full agreement across the political spectrum on what happened and why. The unanswered question is whether the “Mother of Parliaments,” as England’s contribution to democracy is known, will do anything about it.
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Peloni:  Don’t miss the response from Amb. Friedman and Sec. Pompeo below the article

Secretary of State reverses policy set by predecessor Mike Pompeo, says Washington views the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as “inconsistent with international law”.

Elad Benari | INN | Feb 23, 2024

Antony BlinkenREUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday reversed a policy set by the Trump administration, saying Washington views the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria as “inconsistent with international law”.

Speaking at a news conference during a trip to Buenos Aires, Blinken said the United States was disappointed by Israel’s announcement on Thursday of plans to approve new housing units in Judea and Samaria in response to the shooting attack near Maaleh Adumim.

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Out of approximately 12,000 UNRWA workers in Gaza, 440 are active in the military arm of Hamas, meaning terrorists currently fighting against the IDF.

By MAARIV,    FEB 22, 2024

Israeli soldiers operate next to the UNRWA headquarters, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip, February 8, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/DYLAN MARTINEZ)

Eight UNRWA employees working in the Gaza Strip have been arrested by the IDF due to connections to Hamas, according to a Maariv report on Thursday. Read more…

Hamas says PM plan for demilitarized Strip, ‘local’ leadership ‘will never succeed’

By AFP and ToI Staff 24 February 2024, 12:55 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at Hakirya base in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2024. (Yariv Katz/POOL)

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says Washington had been “consistently clear with our Israeli counterparts” about what was needed in post-war Gaza, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented his plan to the security cabinet and later released it to the public overnight in Israel.

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Naomi Kahn | Regavim | February 22, 2024

The United Nations and Israel have a troubled relationship – and that’s nothing new. Can the UN be part of the solution, or is it part of the problem? This webinar explores the unique UN bodies that operate in the Land of Israel and impact the Israel-Arab context.

Experts told JNS that it’s a ‘sick joke’ that the Gulf emirate is hailed as a serious hostage mediator between Israel and Hamas.

By Andrew Bernard, JNS                                               22 February 2024

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a joint press availability with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, on Jan. 7, 2024. Credit: Chuck Kennedy/U.S. State Department.

Much of the hope for securing the release of the 134 remaining hostages whom Hamas kidnapped to Gaza—32 confirmed dead and another 20 feared dead—on Oct. 7 lies some 1,300 miles away, in the tiny Gulf emirate of Qatar.

On a nearly daily basis, the Biden administration lauds Qatari “mediation” with Hamas, whose political leaders the Gulf nation hosts in Doha.

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Andrew Bostom, MD, MS posted the following:

Post 10/7/23 extensive monitoring of U.S. mosque sermons, & speeches by U.S. Muslim leaders & orgs?DEVOID of condemnation of Hamas jihad carnage/atrocities; RIFE with Islamic Jew-hatred & calls for jihad violence against Jews https://memri.org/reports/memri-tv-compilation-california-imams-support-october-7-hamas-attack-claiming-attack;

https://memri.org/reports/memri-tv-compilation-%E2%80%93-dearborn-and-detroit-imams-and-protests-prior-and-following-october-7

*** https://memri.org/reports/memri-tv-compilation-california-imams-support-october-7-hamas-attack-claiming-attack

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The state the Palestinian spokespersons are gunning for is also smack in the middle of the land-starved Jewish people’s tiny, zero-strategic-depth homeland.

By SIMCHA ROTHMAN, JPOST   FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Responding to “Israel has no veto power over Palestinian statehood, PA tells ICJ,” Palestinian Arab spokespersons excel in generating rhetoric that always sounds plausible and always presents them as the most deserving of persons, as opposed to Jews who, it seems, barely deserve their own lives.

But this rhetoric is non-factual. In this case, for example, of course, Israel must have, and does have, “veto power” over Palestinian statehood. That’s because preventing that calamity is a matter of life and death for Israel.
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The left’s equivalent of the Koch network, Arabella Advisors, is a powerhouse distributor of mega money to progressive PACs and Democrat campaigns.

By Austin Alonzo, EPOCH TIMES

The firm is deeply involved with some of the most prominent financiers of progressive policies and Democratic Party candidates. It manages a complex network of tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations that quietly funnels money to progressive organizations, political action committees, and the campaigns of Democratic Party candidates.

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IDF soldiers put themselves in danger, and get killed, to please the US.

by Hugh Fitzgerald  Feb 23/24

Recently, The Guardian ran a story with interviews of IDF soldiers that they hoped would make Israel look bad; the result was quite the contrary: “The @Guardian lies to spin IDF soldiers as monsters – but they show that the @IDF remains the most moral army in the world,” Elder of Ziyon, February 9, 2024:

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