Our Northern Neighbors Will Be Going to the Polls Tomorrow

By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun | September 19, 2021

As Canada drags itself to the end of one of the most boring and superfluous federal election campaigns in its history, it is time to evaluate the merits of the different parties.

The Greens are so extreme in their proposed remedies to imprecise environmental problems that a vote for that party is not rational. The Bloc Québécois is a Quebec separatist party, and the independence of Quebec is an arguable political option for that province, but as the separatists would be the first to tell us, it is an issue to be decided by voters in a Quebec election and not a federal one. The raison d’être of this party is to be disruptive and well-publicized. A vote for it, even by a Quebec separatist, is not rational.

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Over 3 million in Israel have now received the COVID booster shot

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The number of coronavirus patients in serious condition has remained stable, according to data released by Israel’s Health Ministry on Friday.

There are 658 patients in serious condition, compared to 654 a day earlier. Unvaccinated Israelis – who account for 17 percent of the population eligible for a vaccine – make up about two-thirds of the total number of serious cases.

Meanwhile, more than 3 million people in Israel have received a third COVID shot, according to the Health Ministry.

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PM to limit Green Pass to those who’ve received 3rd jab despite FDA move to only give shot to Americans over 65 and high-risk; Israel FDA panelist explains its decision

By TOI STAFF       18 September 2021, 9:52 pm

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks ahead of receiving his third COVID-19 vaccine shot at Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba, on August 20, 2021.

In his first public comments on an FDA panel’s decision on Friday to approve booster shots of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine only for older Americans and those considered high-risk, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett predicted Saturday night that the United States will gradually begin to offer the shot more widely after being presented with scientific data from Israel.

“The FDA decided to follow in Israel’s path,” he asserted on Twitter, referring to the decision by the US regulator.

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MK Nir Barkat: I do not think Gantz should be Prime Minister, certainly not with eight seats.

Arutz Sheva Staff , Sep 19 , 2021 4:35 AM

Senior Likud MK Nir Barkat on Saturday night criticized the Likud’s attempts to court Defense Minister Benny Gantz in an attempt to convince him to join a coalition with the Likud.

“It’s a mistake, I do not think Gantz should be Prime Minister, certainly not with eight seats,” Barkat told Channel 12 News in an interview.

“I think the person who should be the Prime Minister of Israel is the leader of the largest party in the coalition. We must not allow a party with six or eight seats to lead the country. We want the Prime Minister to have strong validation from the public, so I do not think Gantz with eight seats should lead the government.”

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Israel is the most vaccinated country per capita in the world and yet COVID-19 is increasing throughout every sector. The government continues to push vaccinations as a solution within the context of further restrictions designed to push people to a vaccine that seems to have less efficacy than was believed.

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Maricopa County agreed to a settlement with the Arizona State Senate. This comes as next Friday Sept 24 we will get the results of the Arizona audit.


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THIS IS A SHOCKER

BY ALLEN ZHONG, EPOCH TIMES         September 18, 2021

Thousands of illegal immigrants gather near the international bridge after crossing the Rio Grande, in Del Rio, Texas, on Sept. 16, 2021. (Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times)Illegal immigrants who have gathered in a Texas bridge area will be expelled, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Saturday.The DHS made the announcement after various reports said that thousands of illegal immigrants are amassing under an international bridge in Del Rio, Texas.Some 9,000 illegal immigrants, including Haitians, Cubans, and Venezuelans, were in the area, Val Verde County Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez said on Thursday. However, the number has increased to 14,000, a Border Patrol source told The Epoch Times.
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To falsify data. The Democrats have destroyed the most venerable and trusted institutions in the world. Hellzapoppin.

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola, September 15, 2021:

• According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, you’re not counted as fully vaccinated until a full 14 days have passed since your second injection in the case of Pfizer or Moderna, or 14 days after your first dose of Janssen, despite the fact that over 80% of deaths after the vaccines occur in this window. How convenient
• Anyone who dies within the first 14 days post-injection is counted as an unvaccinated death. Not only does this inaccurately inflate the unvaccinated death toll, but it also hides the real dangers of the COVID shots, as the vast majority of deaths from these shots occur within the first two weeks

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by A.J. Caschetta, The American Spectator   September 17, 2021

The State Department motto, “Diplomacy In Action,” has always seemed vainglorious, and after seven months of Joe Biden at the helm, a rebranding seems in order. In light of the amateurish job it played in evacuating Afghanistan, a more accurate motto might be “Leave Some Behind” or “Two out of Three Ain’t Bad.” Better still, one minor adjustment to the current motto describes the new Foggy Bottom: “Diplomacy Inaction.”

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By Ray DiLorenzo, CFP

It’s amazing how events can go full circle. When we were fighting for our independence from Britain, we had to cope with the madness of King George. And so it is today, we have our very own King George, a tyrant and mad as a hatter. Our nation is being divided and dismantled while the president mumbles in incoherence and the people watch in horror, disbelief and confusion. In this article we are going to ask some hard questions.

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BLM rioters, Antifa thugs, and anti-Kavanaugh protesters are off the hook while Trump-supporting, anti-Biden protesters suffer in jail for months, charged with obstruction and other silly crimes.

By Julie Kelly, AM GREATNESS     September 17, 2021

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BY Stephen Green, PJ MEDIA      SEP 17, 2021 3:04 PM ET

Earlier this week I reported to you that Dems are desperate to get this bill passed, so much so that they were willing to back down a bit on their treasured tax hikes — because of Manchin’s opposition.

On Wednesday, Biden brought Manchin to the Oval Office for a little presidential arm-twisting.

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By Nicholas J. Kaster, AM THINKER

Ben Shapiro’s new bestseller, The Authoritarian Moment, is about the death of authentic liberalism and the rise of left-wing authoritarianism.

He writes:

“I grew up in an America that made room for different points of view that could tolerate political differences. I grew up where we could attend ball games together without worrying about who voted for whom, where we could attend different schools and recognize our differences without trying to beat each other into submission… Most of all, I grew up in an America where we could all participate in a search for truth, without fear that the mere searching would end in our societal excommunication.”

That America is rapidly disappearing.

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T, Belman. I think that this deal must be done before the government falls in which event the ruling coalition would no longer have a majority. Can such a right wing government be formed without an election???

Proposal said to have been raised at meeting over draft law; report of offer comes days after opposition leader launched personal attacks on former coalition partner

By TOI STAFF    Today, 11:35 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) Defense Minister Benny Gantz (Yonatan Sindel, David Cohen/Flash90)

Opposition Leader Benjamin Netanyahu has again proposed a coalition deal to Defense Minister Benny Gantz whereby the Blue and White chief would become prime minister, it was reported Friday.

Unnamed sources close to Gantz, who himself did not comment on the Channel 12 report, confirmed that the defense minister met with Netanyahu at the end of the most recent Knesset session, saying it was part of attempts to shore up support for a law that regulates exemptions from army service for many members of the ultra-Orthodox community.

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A year into the Abraham Accords, trade between countries hits over $600m in 1st half of 2021; investors say big opportunities still ahead

By RICKY BEN-DAVID, TOI       15 September 2021,

Israeli and United Arab Emirates flags line a road in the coastal city of Netanya on August 16, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)

A year after the photo-ops in Washington DC and the breathless reports from the footsteps of the Burj Khalifa, the United Arab Emirates believes that economic activity with Israel could reach more than $1 trillion over the next decade.

That stratospheric figure was touted this week by Emirati Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touq Al-Marri during a virtual event marking the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords, the historic US-brokered agreement that normalized ties between Israel and the UAE, quickly followed by Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.

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By Victor Davis Hanson

The scientific method used to govern much of popular American thinking.

In empirical fashion, scientists advised us to examine evidence and data, and then by induction come to rational hypotheses. The enemies of “science” were politics, superstition, bias and deduction.

Yet we are now returning to our version of medieval alchemy and astrology in rejecting a millennium of the scientific method.

Take the superstitions that now surround COVID-19.

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T. Belman.  On the one hand he wants to annex Judea and Samaria and on the other hand he does not talk about extending sovereignty. Be that as it may, I agree that Bennett policies regarding the Arabs in Judea and Samaria is to make them feel good about being part of Israel. His efforts to strengthen the PA flies in the face of this.

Perhaps this is why he is not worked up about illegal Arab construction in Area C.

The most important message in Bennett’s holiday interviews didn’t lie in his style, but in his policy

By Aluf Benn, HAARETZ     Sep. 17, 2021 9:37 AM

So what did we have in Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s holiday interviews? He spoke politely to his interviewers, was careful not to anger them or the viewers at home, and handed out an abundance of credits to his ministers and coalition partners. What can we say – the very essence of change. It’s hard to believe that the polite reader of the talking points is the same Bennett who once competed with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over pithy slogans. Where are the days of “no more apologies,” and “Bennett will beat Hamas,” and of course, the hit that catapulted him into government: “How to beat a pandemic.”

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by Raymond Ibrahim, GATESTONE INSTITUTE  •  September 17, 2021 at 5:00 am

• “The State Department has blocked us every step of the way. The State Department and the White House have been the biggest problem.? Everyone else, everyone else, has been working together, putting aside differences and trying to get these people to safety. The State Department and the White House have blocked us every single step of the way. In fact, an ambassador was called in Macedonia last night and told not to accept any of these people… We have to send people into even greater danger to try to smuggle these Christians out, who are marked not just for death, but to be set on fire alive because they’re converted Christians.”?? — Glenn Beck, Tucker Carlson Tonight, August 26, 2021.
• Although nearly 80 percent of all persecution Christians experience around the globe is committed in the Islamic world, Afghanistan is actually the worst of all Muslim nations.
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By Rajan Laad, AM THINKER

Once upon a time, the sole motivation for joining the armed forces was patriotism. The fervor for the well-being of the nation was such that individuals were willing to make supreme sacrifices including laying down their lives.

Now for the General Mark Milley story that hit headlines a day ago, the following is an extract from Bob Woodward’s recent book, “Peril”:

Twice in the final months of the Trump administration, the country’s top military officer was so fearful that the president’s actions might spark a war with China that he moved urgently to avert armed conflict. In a pair of secret phone calls, Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assured his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army, that the United States would not strike. . . . One call took place on Oct. 30, 2020, four days before the election . . . and the other on Jan. 8, 2021, two days after the Capitol siege . . .
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