Elder of Ziyon is one of the must goes for news of Israel’s war with Hamas. A few days ago they had a post of an interview with a man named Dr. Harold Rhode who holds a doctorate in Islamic history, lived in Muslim lands for a very long time and has been an advisor on the middle east for more than a quarter of a century. His perspective on what’s going on is the type of info people need if they want to understand Hamas et/al:
And the peace we are looking for is that you will stop fighting, and we will stop fighting, and everyone will live together in peace. But the Muslims do not have a concept like that. They won’t stop until the whole world will be Muslim. They follow what their prophet Muhammad did. He signed a 10-year ceasefire with Quraysh. After 2 years, Muhammad realized Quraysh had weakened — so he attacked them, and won. There is a classic Latin phrase “Bellum omnium contra omnes, pace inter omnes interpellatur,” that war is the natural state of man, interrupted by periods of peace.
We do not look at life like that, but historically most people do. From a Muslim point of view, they can agree to have relations with their enemies — whether they be Muslims, Jews, or anybody else. They can make temporary agreements just like their prophet did. Those agreements can be renewed, renewed, and renewed. But to think that the Saudis see peace the way we Jews see it is a pipe dream.
In 1949, after Israel’s War of Independence, there was a peace conference in Rhodes. The Arabs insisted the borders be called “ceasefire lines” and not borders. The situation was not set in stone. Arabs do not have the concept that when the fighting is over, we can be friends
To them the war never ends which is why you must never show weakness. That’s also why the “protestors are shoving western cities around. As long as their response if weak they will assert themselves, once you respond with strength and it cost them something, then it will change.
For theses reasons none of our parishes, clergy, parish leadership, and staff as official, public representatives of the Catholic Church, can support, or publically [sic] be affiliated with CUSH.”
Father Reesman said the following to KCE Monday evening:
” [The letter] was shared first with the pastors of Saint Mark and Saint Mary’s Parishes before it was made public, and after I had first discussed the issue with them. If there are any ongoing questions from the parishes or their leadership about the contents of this letter, we will handle them on a case by case basis.”
It seems when you push back against gay porn in schools and drag queen story hours, good things happen which is what happened when the folks at Mass Resistance got involved.
Speaking of Push back some armed home invaders got some pushback last week that left one dead, two arrested and the family safe. A sheriff evaluated what they family did and gave it a thumbs up
I like the way Dave and Susie handled this attack. It appears that they must have discussed home invasions and developed a plan. Not responding verbally to the home invaders kept the crooks wondering where their victims might actually be located. And blocking the door with the couch caused their attacker to focus on that chore instead of keeping his full attention focused on looking for victims. Susie gets points for maintaining an open line of communications with the 9-1-1 dispatcher. And Dave was also very smart to put his gun down and meet the police officer with empty hands. Latest reports are that police investigators see no legal problems for Dave & Susie and, in addition, a series of other home invasions may be cleared by this shooting and the subsequent arrests.
Loftis announced that South Carolina will divest $105 million worth of Disney debt securities due to concerns over the company’s leadership and its embrace of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) principles.
Loftis said Disney has abandoned its fiduciary duty to shareholders in favor of ESG, which he defined as a “speech and behavior code that was … created by the left and delivered to everybody else.”
“The sane, sober, talented, mature people are gone, and now you have the gender studies crowd running Disney,” Loftis said, “That’s why their movies are flops and their market cap, I think, is about half what it used to be. It’s a tremendous loss to America — we all grew up on Disney,” he added.
Note the argument made, not because Disney is woke but because “woke” costs them cash. That’s the type of pushback shareholder listen to.
Finally the Harvard Crimson published a dissenting opinion calling for President Gay to go.
We are tired of reading about Harvard’s failures every time we check the news. We are sick of reporters hassling us for interviews in the Yard. We don’t want to return home for break and get pestered by friends and family, asking what is happening on campus or how we’re holding up in this awful environment. Our classes and our studying should not be interrupted by noisemakers and megaphones. Signing an affirmation that we will follow the Harvard College Honor Code before we take our final exams should not feel like a farce.
Students are not the only ones frustrated. Faculty are concerned with her academic misconduct too, though many refuse to go on the record, perhaps for fear of the consequences (a fact the Board’s opinion notes but seems not to take to heart).
Donors are tripping over each other to sever ties with the University. A senator has written in the Wall Street Journal that he was accosted in Widener Library. Congress has launched — and now expanded — an investigation into Harvard. Early application numbers have dropped sharply compared with peer institutions, perhaps in response to the turmoil.
It’s that pushback that is the real driver here and is the only thing that drives leftists away.
The days of Christmas fundraiser continues with a week left to the Christmas season we are still $2865 and a full 10 subscribers away from our goal. If you would like to help us along please hit DaTipJar below or to the upper left of your screen.
On my way home from Mass this morning I was listening to lament after another Patriots loss when the sports network switched to a quick news update noting that there was a man who shot someone is an Ocean State Job Lot Department store and was on the lam.
There is however a twist to the story as noted here:
The shooting occurred around noon inside the store, located at 105 Campanelli Industrial Drive (the site of the former Toys R Us), after the victim who was shot allegedly pulled a knife on an employee during an argument, Duarte said.
I object to the use of the word “victim” here as it implies he was some innocent instead of a person who drew a knife on someone.
I think it is very appropriate to shoot someone who pulls a knife on you, Once a person produces a weapon the game changes, it’s no longer an argument it’s life or death and nobody should consent to let themselves be killed or threated with death to appease someone else vision of propriety. Something like this happened to my father in the early 60’s when he and his brother were involved in a fight outnumbered 6-2 with some young punks when one of the six they were routing pulled a knife. Dad warned him to put the knife away promising him that he did he would escape the fight with nothing worse than bruises but if he didn’t it was life and death and he would get badly hurt.
The punk didn’t put away the knife, and while dad didn’t shoot him or use the knife after he disarmed him he did hurt him, badly. There were no legal consequences.
Of course this was the early 60’s when even in Massachusetts a man’s right to self defense was still considered a given. In this case the employee fled the scene perhaps figuring that in 2023 his right to self defense wasn’t a given or given this update.
The suspect, whose name hasn’t been released, allegedly shot the customer around 12 p.m. Sunday at the store at 105 Campanelli Industrial Drive, according to the Brockton Police Department.
Police said the alleged gunman was taken into custody without incident...
…A Boston 25 source said the employee in question is 18-years-old.
…it’s very possible that being an 18 year old kid he just panicked. Of course it’s also possible that he fled because it might have been an illegal weapon or that he was not legally able to carry a gun. That’s rather likely given his age.
Furthermore as a rule it’s a bad idea to argue with a customer in this way. If a customer becomes belligerent you call for the manager to handle it, that’s what he was there for. You don’t escalate the issue.
But even if he was wrong to argue, and even if the gun was not legal, once the knife came out as far as I’m concerned the 18 year old was quite right to shoot the man. You aren’t obliged to let yourself be killed so that some leftist in Boston can feel better about himself and it’s better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six.
Either way I find the best way to avoid being shot in self defense is not to produce a weapon and threaten someone life. I suspect this is a lesson the customer in question has learned very well and I suspect it will be a long time before another angry customer decides to produce a weapon in that store.
Closing thought: I suspect that in many US states this story wouldn’t raise an eyebrow and the idea of fleeing would never have occurred to the employee.
Da Techguy's (no longer backup) Blog 