17 Oct 2024

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar killed in Gaza, Israel confirms
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, one of the masterminds of the October 7 massacre in Israel, has been killed, according to the Israeli military. “This is the beginning of the day after Hamas,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said

IDF eliminates Hezbollah Commander in southern Lebanon
the IAF on Wednesday struck and eliminated terrorist Jalal Mustafa Hariri, who served as the Hezbollah Commander of the Qana area in southern Lebanon, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. As part of his role, Hariri was responsible for the planning and execution of a large number of terror attacks against the State of Israel

JD Vance makes campaign stop in Twin Cities, takes aim at Walz’s ‘failed’ leadership
“These officers were left for dead by their leaders. And now the guy responsible for this wants to be vice president,” Vance said. Vance visited the site of the burned-out Third Precinct in Minneapolis, a scene that became infamous during the 2020 riots. There he met with officers and staff who had been inside the precinct when rioters overtook the building, as well as one officer who had his teeth knocked out from a brick thrown by rioters. “This precinct was … burned out because of Tim Walz’s failed leadership,” Vance said

‘Alarming’ Report exposes over 30 Hamas-affiliated individuals and organizations in 7 European countries
The report highlights reveal that Majed Al-Zeer, Adel Doghman, and Mohammad Hannoun, as well as Italy’s Association of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (ABSPP) are closely connected to Hamas. The report’s results were confirmed by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Even though Hamas is a designated terror organization in Europe, the organizations and people identified in the report raise funds, recruit members, and disseminate misinformation freely. They manage to bypass legal frameworks by keeping their ties to Hamas secret or, when discovered and exposed, creating new shell organizations to hide their identities.

Teachers union conference to feature sessions on ‘pronoun usage,’ ‘2SLGBTQIA+’ ideology
The keynote speaker at Education Minnesota’s 2024 conference comes from an organization that seeks to “reimagine schools as communities of liberated learning.” At Education Minnesota’s 2024 MEA Conference, educators will learn about, and discuss, various public education topics … steeped in what Center of the American Experiment policy fellow Catrin Wigfall described as “ideological agendas.”

France bans Israel from defense show, Gallant: A disgrace
Macron’s actions are a disgrace to the French nation and the values of the free world, which he claims to uphold. The decision to discriminate against Israeli defense industries in France a second time – aids Israel’s enemies during war.

Biden Administration Has Provided ‘No Evidence’ of Israel Denying Aid to Gaza Civilians: Expert
The Biden administration has provided “no evidence” that Israel is deliberately denying humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza as part of its war strategy against Hamas, an expert and former top US policy adviser told The Algemeiner on Tuesday, in response to a letter from the White House warning Israel that US arms shipments could be cut off unless the humanitarian situation in Gaza improves within 30 days.

Israel hits Hezbollah ‘strategic weapons’ cache in Beirut
Israel carried out airstrikes in the Beirut area on Wednesday morning after a five-day pause in attacks on the Lebanese capital. The Israeli Air Force hit targets in the Hezbollah stronghold of Dahiyeh south of Beirut, striking strategic weapons stockpiled in an underground storage facility,

Netanyahu to Macron: UN did not create Israel, ‘heroic fighters’ did
Israel was established not by the U.N. but “with the blood of our heroic fighters, many of whom were Holocaust survivors, including from the Vichy regime in France,” said the Israeli premier.

Did CIA help in the assassination of senior Hezbollah official?
Was the CIA involved in the assassination of Wafiq Safa? According to a report in the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Akhbar newspaper that may have happened. Ibrahim al Amin, editor of the paper published a story on Monday titled, American enters the war – Officers join Beirut station to weaken Hezbollah from within.”

IDF munitions stockpile sufficient for short war, not forever war
Israel’s defense industries under pressure to boost interceptor production while meeting foreign orders; adding to the challenge, they face a raw materials embargo from some suppliers, mainly in Europe; can they rise to the challenge?

Aligning Against God: CBS Urges Staff Not To Acknowledge Any Jewish Connection To Jerusalem
According to WIN, “Memmott insisted that journalists not only refrain from referring to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital but deny that any area of the city is part of Israel.” Wow! I am amazed at how ignorant people can be when it comes to Israel. It is especially shocking when this level of ignorance comes from those who should know better and are supposed to be reporting the truth—unbiased, with facts. It is sad to say that that is not the case among much of the media.

Stealth Edit: FBI Quietly Revises Violent Crime Stats Higher
Now we find they’ve been lying about crime stats too. In September 2023, the FBI released the “final” crime data for 2022 – showing that the nation’s violent crime rate fell by 2.1% – which Democrats used to counter Donald Trump’s claims that crime has been soaring. Now we find that the FBI has quietly revised those numbers – and that crime actually increased by 4.5% in 2022 (4.9% in absolute terms)…

“Superhuman”: Nvidia CEO Blown Away After Musk Sets Up 100,000 GPUs In 19 Days
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says Elon Musk pulled off a “superhuman” feat by setting up a supercluster of 100,000 H200 Blackwell GPUs in just 19 days – a process he says takes everyone else “one year to accomplish.”

Gold, Bitcoin, & The Dollar Surge Ahead Of Retail Sales; Markets “Very Convinced” Of Trump Victory
And while on the topic of the election, during the past 12 days, the market has seemed “very convinced Trump is going to win,” Druckenmiller said Wednesday in a Bloomberg Television interview.
Since the Trump-Harris debate, stocks confirm Druck’s views, shifting sharply in favor of a Trump victory (to a new high today)…

Nevada Governor Backs Female Volleyball Players Boycotting Game Over Male Player
Nevada’s governor on Oct. 15 said he supports female volleyball players refusing to participate in a game because their opponent has a male who identifies as a female on their team. Female players from the University of Nevada, Reno said earlier this month that they would only play against San Jose State University if the game was restricted to women. … I wholeheartedly respect the decision of the players,” Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo said

Travel alert: Popular African tourist destination should be avoided, US says
United States tourists should reconsider traveling to Egypt because of an increased risk of terrorism, according the U.S. Department of State. The Department of State issued a “Level 3″ travel advisory for the popular African tourist destination on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The advisory states that U.S. tourists should reconsider travel to Egypt due to terrorism as well as the U.S. Embassy’s limited ability to help dual U.S./Egyptian citizens who are arrested or detained in the country.

Pentagon can’t stop mysterious drones spying on US military bases:
A new report claims that dozens of mysterious drones and other flying objects have attempted to spy on sensitive U.S. military bases and that the Pentagon has acknowledged that there is not much it can do to prevent drones from continuing to spy on U.S. bases. According to The Wall Street Journal, unidentified drones have flown over U.S. military bases in Virginia and Nevada over the past year and have spied on Naval Station Norfolk and the Navy’s SEAL Team Six commando unit.

Hardware chain with 4,500 stores files for bankruptcy
True Value, an iconic wholesale hardware supply chain with 4,500 store locations, announced on Monday that the company had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and had accepted an initial offer to sell its business to Do It Best, another hardware and lumber wholesale company. its roughly 4,500 independently owned and operated retail stores are not part of the bankruptcy and that the company would continue to supply products to the independent retail stores.

Hidden tomb found beneath one of the new Seven Wonders of the World
A secret tomb has been discovered underneath Al-Khazneh – the Treasury building at the World Heritage Site of the ancient city Petra in Jordan. The unexpected find includes the remains of 12 skeletons. One skeleton in the chamber was found clutching a ceramic vessel.

Netanyahu says IDF found ‘state-of-the-art’ Russian arms in Hezbollah bases
Israeli forces had found “state-of-the-art” Russian weapons in searches of Hezbollah bases in south Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday. Netanyahu spoke to Le Figaro newspaper, highlighting that under a 2006 UN Security Council resolution only the Lebanese army was allowed to have weapons south of the country’s key Litani River.

IDF spokesman announces near total destruction of Hezbollah leadership
In an exclusive interview with the American Arabic-language channel Al-Hurra, Brigadier General Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israeli army, announced the total elimination of Hezbollah’s high command. He outlined a three-pronged strategy: the continued targeting of Hezbollah leaders, the destruction of the organization’s military capabilities—including ballistic missiles and drones hidden in southern Lebanon—and the prevention of weapons from entering Lebanon by closely monitoring the Syrian-Lebanese border.

Severe floods affect over 130 000 people, claim 3 lives in Sri Lanka
Severe flooding in Sri Lanka following last week’s torrential rains has left three people dead, injured two, and affected over 134,000 residents, with Colombo and Gampaha among the hardest-hit areas.

Very strong shaking after shallow M6.0 earthquake hits Turkey
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.0 hit Turkey at 07:46 UTC (10:46 LT) on October 16, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.

Axis of Ezekiel 38? – Turkish President Erdoğan calls for Russia, Iran, Turkey, Syria alliance against Israel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan told local media on Saturday that Russia, Iran and Syria should do more to protect Syria’s “territorial integrity.”  “It is essential that Russia, Iran and Syria take more effective measures against this situation, which poses the greatest threat to Syria’s territorial integrity,” Erdoǧan said when asked about the recent alleged Israeli airstrike in the nation’s capital, Damascus.

Israel Is Getting Ready To Strike Iran, And Once That Happens, Everything Will Change
At this moment, we are still waiting for the other shoe to drop.  On October 1st, Iran launched approximately 200 missiles at Israel, and many of them hit their targets.  Since that time, Israeli officials have been promising that there will be a very strong military response.  Could that military response include a strike on Iran’s nuclear program?

When The Ark Of The Covenant Is Publicly Revealed, Will It Be Put Into One Of The Tabernacle Replicas That Has Already Been Built?
Did you know that two life-sized replicas of the Tabernacle have already been constructed in Israel? One is in the Timna Valley near Israel’s southernmost city of Eilat, and the other one is located at the Eshel-Hashomron Hotel near the city of Ariel in Samaria. Both of these structures already contain replicas of the Ark of the Covenant. Of course those that created both of these life-sized models of the Tabernacle insist that they are only to be used for educational purposes. But could that change at some point in the future? After all, once the Ark of the Covenant is revealed to the world, it will need a home.

Fight for America’s Survival: Trump Targets Migrant Gangs and Harris’s Border Betrayal with Aggressive Mass Deportation Plan 
During a campaign event in Colorado, US presidential candidate Donald Trump unveiled bold plans to expel illegal immigrants involved in criminal gangs, with a specific focus on the Venezuelan gang “Tren de Aragua,” which he claims is terrorizing multiple US cities. Normally, Aurora, a suburb of Denver, is quiet, but recent months have seen the city, like many others throughout America, plagued by intense gang violence linked to “Tren de Aragua.”

The theory of overpopulation is ungrounded panic
The legend of overpopulation was born in the 1960s.  Since then, population alarmists have fantasized that global overpopulation will cause mass migration, overcrowded slums and mega-cities covering continents, diseases and pollution, chaos and violence over energy, water and food, and humans focused only on sustaining themselves. Even using the guesstimates of current global populations, these apocalyptic prophecies are not true.

The Euthanasia Threat
Suicide by doctor is not about being kind. It’s about money and organ harvesting. “Euthanasia is about saving money, collecting organs for the super-rich, killing disabled children, killing the mentally ill and reducing the money spent on caring for the poor and the disabled and patients in pain. Euthanasia isn’t painless, and it’s all about saving money and harvesting organs for the rich,” he said.

Google signs deal for nuclear power to supply the electricity needed for its AI operations
At the end of last month, we published an article about artificial intelligence’s (“AI’s”) insatiable need for power. AI’s large energy requirements cannot be obtained from “renewable” energy sources, i.e. wind and solar, because it is unreliable and intermittent. So, technology companies are looking to nuclear power, which has now been labeled as “green energy,” as their power source.

England: School indoctrinates children to such an extent that children ask for the heating to be turned off to reduce the school’s carbon footprint
With the Government removing the winter fuel payment for 10 million pensioners and some who received the benefit having to pay it back, a school in County Durham thought it would join in with the state-sanctioned misery-by-freezing programme by holding a “Blue Nose Day.”

Thoughts on Net Zero
The focus on climate change has led to cuts in medical services. This is contributing to over 380,000 British cancer patients facing delays in treatment, reflecting a failing healthcare system.