Senseless Idaho Murders

When my ninety year old father's spine problems that led him to his final stay started, we called Nashville's fire department to help stabilize him. They were incredibly gentle with Dad. They ultimately carefully loaded him into the ambulance that took him to Saint Thomas Hospital. These first responders were huge, burly men who acted as angels of mercy. Anyone who targets a fire fighter in performance of duty should face the harshest sanctions law can apply. What sort of monster starts an inferno to lure those who come to extinguish it into an ambush? The attacker is gone from this earth but will face eternal fire for his evil deed. 

Could Sliwa Win?

Did you know there have been Republican mayors of New York City? No, this is not fiction, GOP candidates have actually won in the Big Apple. Rudy Giuliani won the mayor's office as a Republican, and at one time Michael Bloomberg was actually a Republican too, so it is not entirely inconceivable that at some point a Republican could prevail in New York again. It just is NOT going to be the founder of the Guardian Angels Curtis Sliwa, who stands the same chance I do, and I am not running. 

The Aliyah Option

Jewish Americans enjoy a "right of return" to Israel. The Jewish State remains the refuge for Jews of last resort, but I frankly do not see that America is that bad for our people at this moment. You may have a heart and soul call to return to your religious "roots" and that is fine if you want to answer and return to our proverbial "home", but you are not being chased there from the United States, at least not yet. 

Flee to Freedom

New York City is likely about to become Pharaoh's Egypt to its Jewish residents. They will not be taken into bondage but will have their freedom and safety grievously threatened. You had best not walk down the street in a kippah, if the Muslim Marxist wins. Better remove that mezuzah from your exterior door, unless you are eager to be targeted. Go to shul after the election- you will be taking your life in your hands. Sure you will still be able to be a Jew in New York after the vote, just don't do it publicly. Keep your faith to yourself, and maybe you won't be assaulted for it, or you could make aliyah to Israel, or move to Florida or a similar "free" US state. 

Absolute Pipe Dream

The idea that some candidates might drop out of the race for mayor of New York City, so everyone could have one pick to oppose the radical Muslim seeking the job is farcical. Is a Republican is supposed to give it up in favor of an independent? That is NOT going to happen. Nor is the converse- Adams is not leaving the race. Neither is Curtis Sliwa.  I hate to think this and fear it, but the new leader of America's largest and most Jewish city is going to be a jihad-supporting Marxist. 

Schumer's Goose Cooked

If AOC wants Schumer's seat in the United States Senate, it will be hers for the taking. Yesterday's mayoral race proved that city is a Leftist sewer, where the most progressive rat will win the election, even if he is a Jew-hater, in the most Jewish place in America. Schumer will be trounced in the DemocRAT primary, if Ocasio-Cortez decides she wants the office. The day of the moderate or centrist DemocRAT is over in the Empire State, with the radicals now holding sway. 

Rely on Iran?

The Islamic Republic has been violating international norms since Khomeini took power. You do not capture an embassy, but he did. You do not blow up peacekeepers, but the Ayatollah did. You do not assassinate people in other countries, but Iran did. You do not commission a fellow to try to stab an author dead at a conference in New York, even if he only manages to blind the writer in one eye. The mad mullahs may make a ceasefire for their own survival but will keep the truce only as long as it is to their advantage. 

Not "American Aggression"

When I was in eighth grade, the Iranians captured the American embassy in Tehran. I am fifty-eight today. The mullahs sent suicide bombers to murder Americans in Lebanon not long after they held our diplomats hostage. They have been attacking Americans ever since, killing at least six hundred US personnel in Iraq alone. America struck back occasionally but not nearly hard enough to dissuade the Ayatollah. Maybe we need to teach the theocrats that enslave Iran a lesson they will never forget, and our defense of the civilized world with our hitting Tehran's nuclear program is a good start. 

On Confronting Evil

Evil, if left to its own devices, spreads like a cancer, until it kills off good. Trump surgically removed a substantial portion of that disease last night. The dark side still lives, but it is substantially weakened. 

America Thwarts Iran

The fevered dream of the mad mullahs was to destroy Israel with nuclear weapons. Tonight, Donald Trump shattered the Ayatollah's dark desire. Thank you Mr. President and thanks to the US military and our mighty and just nation! 

Really Just Words

The representations that Iran's nuclear program was peaceful were an obvious lie. Why would a nation swimming in oil need to build nuclear reactors? Do they lead the world in broken bones and need ten million X-ray machines? Do they abhor light bulbs and just want to glow in the dark during the night? The only reason they wanted their nuclear program was to make the world's most destructive weapons, to use to eliminate the Jewish State and then to extort the world. 

Not Just Words

The Islamic Republic has been shouting "death to Israel" for decades. This is not mere rhetoric, but what the mad mullahs have put into action first with proxies, but then through direct attacks on the Jewish State. The Ayatollah did not just say "the Zionist entity is a cancer" but put words into action to harm Jewish people around the world, many of those not Israeli at all, but simply Jews involved in their community in Argentina or visiting Romania. Israel is NOT the aggressor in the current conflict but is responding to multiple attacks that have lashed out directed by Tehran that have murdered innocents not just in the Holy Land but thousands of miles from the Middle East. There is also the element of preemption in Israel's self-defense, as the mad mullahs will gladly obliterate Tel Aviv, the moment they have the nuclear weapon to do it with, as they have vowed to do openly and committed billions of dollars of resources to achieve. 

No, Not Turnabout

I see some posting that Israel "attacked hospitals in Gaza", and now, Iran is exacting a measure of vengeance by hitting a hospital in the Jewish State. The IDF was not attacking hospitals in Gaza but the terrorist infrastructure built within the hospitals or underneath them, or simply jihadists hiding inside the co-opted facilities. What the Israelis did was pure self-defense, while Iran's assault is a deliberate strike on noncombatants and as such is a pure war crime. 

An Obstinate Fed

The markets would soar if the Federal Reserve cut the interest rates a full point. They would have if Biden were still President but not for Trump. I say audit the Fed and let the public know just how "honest" they are. 

Pray for Victory

I will NOT be praying for peace. A slave may have that but would rather enjoy freedom. The grave offers perfect tranquility, but I see few rushing to enter it. The civilized world needs the mad mullahs that enslave the Persian people vanquished. Israel, the United States, and the West require the elimination of the Iranian nuclear program. Decent people across the globe who do not want embassies captured or blown up want the Ayatollah removed. Peace will be wonderful after the IDF has won and removed the most consequential threat to humanity. 

Heed Israel's Warnings

The IDF is urging Iranians to leave areas around military targets. The Islamic Republic is issuing no such advance notice to the Israelis they are about to strike, who happen to be almost exclusively civilians. I have heard the the IRGC is ordering Iran's civilians to remain where they are, as like the Palestinians, the mad mullahs who enslave the Persian people want plenty of human shields so they can show the "carnage" to the world that Netanyahu is inflicting. War is a terrible thing, but clearly there is only one moral and righteous party in this current conflict. 

Iran Targeting Civilians

The Islamic Republic is firing missiles at more or less random targets in the Jewish State. Israel is carefully removing regime targets with surgical strikes, while the mad mullahs hit women and children, Christians, Jews, and even Muslims with some of their careless launches actually striking Syria. You see why reckless and irresponsible atavists like those in Tehran must NEVER acquire nuclear weapons- because they are wanton murderers who will slaughter anyone to advance their cause. 

A Protracted War

Iran and Israel have been at war covertly for years. The only quick resolution I see as possible now that the fight is ongoing and in the open is if the people of the Islamic Republic throw off the yoke of theocracy, which is a long shot in the foreseeable future because the government of the mad mullahs enjoys a virtual monopoly of force, with few guns in the hands of Iranians not linked to the regime. 

It Has Happened

All hell has broken out in the Middle East, with little Israel trying to prevent total annihilation at the hands of the mad mullahs of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I see the destruction has started but have no notion how it will end. The IDF is NOT the aggressor as Iran and the proxies directed by the Ayatollah have been attacking the Jewish State and more broadly Jews across the globe for decades. Netanyahu had no choice but to hit now, before Tel Aviv was wiped out with a nuclear missile. 

Little Weekend War

Radio host and catastrophist Glenn Beck and his chief researcher declared today that Israel will attack the nuclear sites of the Islamic Republic of Iran over this weekend. Others have similarly prognosticated what may be the beginning of the end for all humanity. I have no idea, as the open source intelligence on which I formerly depended has mostly gone away (primarily the former DEBKAfile that did break some scoops and seemed relatively reliable, particularly when it came to the Middle East). The Jewish State will do what it deems is best for Israel, but that might just spark World War III. 

Boeing Dreamliner Nightmare

When you board a commercial passenger flight, you expect to safely make it to your intended destination, or you certainly would not fly. Ships take longer, but you are still able to travel from India to London, with no risk of crashing from the sky. Boeing used to make reliable airplanes. I am less than confident they still do. I would rather take a month to arrive someplace safely, than board a quick flight for a sudden demise. 

A Brighter Future?

Things will be brighter on June 14, which is President Trump's birthday. The night will be positively aglow as many of our cities will be on fire. This date will be a coordinated attack on our nation by the hard Left. 

Shoot the Rioters

Those trying to kill law enforcement in the immigration riots need to be shot, not with foam or rubber bullets but with lethal munitions. If you drop a cinder block on a policeman from a highway overpass, you are trying to kill him. He has every right to defend himself with his service weapon. You are not practicing civil disobedience but trying to commit murder, and that attempt should be met with maximum force to protect the lives of law enforcement and innocent citizens alike. Kill a few of these street thugs who are trying to maim and murder, and this outrage will soon abate. 

Killed By Vanderbilt

Father fondly remembered- you deserved a better exit!

The Lawless Party

DemocRATS are proving themselves once again to be the party of disorder and anarchy. It would be safer for communities to work with immigration authorities to remove dangerous illegal aliens from our streets, but all too often the DemocRATS that run the major cities do just the opposite and shield felonious foreigners from deportation. Keeping them here is an undue expense imposed on taxpayers and risk to everybody. The cost they impose and the damage they do to American cities must be laid at the feet of those shielding them, like Mayor Bass and Governor Newsom. This list of infamy sadly includes the mayor of my hometown of Nashville, Freddie O'Connell. 

Not a Deterrent

Because you have a seventy year old reserve officer directing traffic in his uniform, albeit armed, as you are arriving for Yom Kippur at your shul and then leaving services, do not confuse that with actual defense against a terrorist attack. You would be better served if several congregants had training and used their concealed carry right to put an element of doubt into any possible attacker's head. "How many of these Jews are actually armed?" "How much resistance am I facing?" "Will I be martyred before I am able to kill some infidels"? That is the real protection, not old John Law, however nice he is and engaging with the congregants. 

Israeli Security Consultants

Jewish communities in the United States should consider bringing in IDF and Israeli police experts on terrorism to map out the best security precautions and to train American Jews in the methods of protection used by the country most under jihadist siege. For decades, Israel has been on the cutting edge of thwarting jihad, and now that the threat is on our shores, it makes sense to call upon the expertise of the best counter-terror forces in the world to strengthen our synagogues and temples, schools, and community centers, making them as difficult to target as they are in the Holy Land. 

Burning Holocaust Survivors

The people that hate the Jews want to kill our Jewish babies, our Jewish grandparents, and every Jew in between. They could not care less if they are red-headed infants (see Bibas) or silver-haired grandmothers. The enemies of our People want our blood and are none too picky on whose blood that ends up being. They would try to murder me or a whole classroom of Jewish day school toddlers. I have some ability to defend myself, but our little children do not. We must protect ourselves and each other. 

A Martial Art

If you happen to be Jewish (as I am), you should study a martial art, as it seems we are all wearing bullseyes right now, and we would be well-served to make ourselves a hard target. Krav Maga is a good option, if you have a competent instructor nearby, but any training is better than none at all. Brazilian ju-jitsu from the Gracie school is also excellent, particularly for grappling. If it is legal in your locality to carry a firearm, seek the necessary training and licensing if required and have the means at hand to protect your family. Finally, rally with your Jewish neighbors, fellow congregants at temple or synagogue and learn to recognize and how to deal with threats both to individuals and more broadly to the Jewish community. 

More Blood Libel

A jihadist or Marxist my have literally pulled the trigger, but the lies besmirching Israel's conduct in Gaza proverbially loaded the gun. No military in the world takes the precautions the IDF does to minimize casualties among the other side's noncombatants, yet the Jewish State is smeared with massacring Palestinians, starving children, and even genocide. The only recent attempt at genocide was on October 7, 2023, and it was committed by Gazans on Israelis. 

Sweets Are Served

After many terror attacks, Muslims hand out candies in their neighborhoods to celebrate. They shout "God is great" in Arabic and cheer on the murder of innocent people. Massacres are met with parties that lift up the perpetrators and call for even more slaughter. This is not a religion of peace, but of conquest and forced conversion. The West needs determined defenders to not become dhimmi to be subjugated until the end of time or until they too convert and become Islamist oppressors. 

Hate Crime Terrorism?

The Boulder, Colorado attack should never have happened. The alleged assailant was an illegal alien from Egypt. Open borders (which were Biden's, not Trump's) have consequences. I do not want to see the perpetrator deported back to his home country. If God-willing the injured ll survive, I want "Mr. Molotov" imprisoned here to his last breath. If some of the injured succumb eventually from the burns, I want this jihadist executed.  

The Gaza Truce

Any ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that allows Hamas to survive is a defeat for Israel and an invitation for future attacks on Jews worldwide. A truce now is a harbinger of surrender to Islamism by the Western World. It is capitulation of civilization to jihad and will mark the beginning of the suicide of the West. The loss by the IDF will be felt far beyond the Middle East.