Reader’s Links for December 20th, 2023

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This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.

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23 Replies to “Reader’s Links for December 20th, 2023”

  1. UNWRA = HAMAS

    Our corrupt, extreme left/green government has financed UNWRA (aka HAMAS) via the Jew-Hater, Penny Wong and her cowardly handbag, Albanese, since they are in power.

    But what is worse and removes all doubt as to their motivation and intention is, that even AFTER the massacre of the 7/october, including decapitation of babies, burning babies alive, etc. Wong & Albanese rewarded HAMAS (via UNWRA) with an additional 250 million AUSTRALIAN tax dollars.

    This has a name in Israel: ” Pay for Slay “. Palestinians get paid for every Jew they murder. In the case of 7/10/23, Australia provided the payment for slain Jews.

    In my eyes, EVERY single Australian supporter and/or participant in these many HAMAS hate fests and marches, explicitely approves of the slaughter of Jews.

    https://youtu.be/gwU3tiraQoA?si=UW1-2c0kwh9QqI53

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    “Albanese government ‘betrayed’ every Jewish person in Australia: Rowan Dean”

    Rowan Dean is, in my eyes, one of the best voices in Australia. (He is the Editor of the Australian “Spectator” and hosts one of the very few GOOD TV programs in OZ.

    Have a look at this editorial of his. (Penny Wong is our despicable Jew-hating Foreign Minister and a Butch-Dyke who also hates conservative, straight women, Albanese (Australian PM) is her handbag, but he came to his Jew Hatred all by himself, Jeremy Corbyn being one of his declared “Heroes”. Australia is in very bad and corrupt hands…fangs. ..
    https://youtu.be/71z_-SpE8f4?si=qFqOpVCZp6cG00i_

    And to close, something beautiful:

    https://youtu.be/5hQ0OkcLKuE?si=QIAaSIvULPBI4b1j

  2. Houthi drones are cost-effective whether they hit anything, or not. Cheaper drone defense is needed. Frankly I’m surprised that smart defense drones have not already been invented.

    • Defense is available, but as drones become cheaper, they’re sent out as swarms. Some will get through no matter what. A revolution in warfare as significant as the machine gun. We’re watching it happen in real time in Ukraine right now. Russia is on its third version, vastly improved. EW defense is improving, but drones are meeting the new challenge.

      Israel has recently tested a laser-based aerial defense system. A fraction of the cost for existing missiles for Iron Dome. Iron Dome will certainly be overwhelmed by Hezbollah’s 150,000 ballistic missiles! Some are precision-guided: they’ll hit crucial infrastructure – say, nuclear facilities at Dimona.

      Syrian missile explodes in area near Israeli nuclear reactor, Israel retaliates

      https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/sirens-warns-possible-rocket-attack-near-israels-dimona-reactor-2021-04-21/

    • yuck ? moi, yucki?
      I’m sorry, dear Rita, but I seldom watch anything flagged “viewer discretion”. None of the 10/7 victim videos, though I did read a few descriptions at the very beginning. I’m sorry I did. I’m getting more than enough directly.

      Trying to burn off some of this anger, throwing myself into activism in my own stomping grounds. Unspeakably vile.

      But there’s a strong core of like-minded rebels. Given the profound rot of these institutions, we can’t “win”. They’re too far gone.

      We CAN show the poisonous bugs in the Ivy, kill off their reputation. Affect student applications, alumni donations, job opportunities for graduates. We’re also suing for violations of the Civil Rights Act, equal protection under the law. (Would miscreants urinate on the windows where Moslems are praying?)

  3. 1998 Omar Ahmed, was CAIRS founding chairman: “Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominate”.

    January, 2016 Justine Trudeau, on CBC radio: “Islam isn’t incompatible with Western Secular democracy”.

    Spike in IQ testing would show there is definitely a spike in morons.

    If you treasure your freedom, you are NOT being selfish. Con ditioning is vital with WEF, the unelected, evil traitors.
    Warning on mask tag: dah —This product is not a respirator and will not provide any protection from Covid-19. (But it will show your fear and point you out as a perfect subject to control)

    Anyone remember when Hisbollah, an arm of the Iranian government, bombed the US Marine barracks in Lebanon, killing 241 Military personnel (220 marines)?

  4. IDF Is Ignoring Warnings About Impending Massacre in Judea, Samaria, Say Sources: ‘Planning same thing here, hoarding weapons, training’

    [PLO Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (!!) head Jibil] Rajoub said “the next, more severe violence will come from the West Bank. What is happening in the West Bank, which includes 700,000 Israeli settlers, is a similar situation and is connected to all aspects of life, holy sites and even olive trees, our schools, mosques and churches. Therefore, the next conflagration will be more violent in the West Bank.”

    Meanwhile, Israeli security in Judea and Samaria has been specifically designed in a way that will be vulnerable to a certain type of key that is not immediately perceptible to residents encountering them. Thus, the gates and armaments of Judea and Samaria (and in general the entire security apparatus) have been designed, selected, and controlled universally to be uniquely vulnerable to a specific tool that has been then semi-secretly given to the PA – armored vehicles….

    A facility of this size is capable of serving as a base for a full-strength battalion of soldiers. It is located near the Bitunia suburb of Ramallah, abt. 3 km from Givat Ze’ev and the North-West approach to Jerusalem on the Modi’in highway – 443. Jerusalem is 10 km to the Southeast. No government source ever informed people in the nearby Jewish villages, which are only a ten-minute drive away. Local Jews acquired this information on their own initiative, through unofficial channels.

    Meanwhile, unconfirmed sources say Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officials are ignoring signs of an impending attack in Judea and Samaria similar to the October 7th massacre in the country’s south…

    “Terrorists are planning the same thing here, they are hoarding weapons, they are carrying out training, exactly like what happened in Gaza,” the user who identified as an observer in Judea and Samaria continued. “My friends and I are alert, but also here, we receive the same answers and threats [from superiors].

    “And by way of illustration, it took 7-8 hours for the IDF to arrive en masse to Gaza on [the Jewish holiday of] Simchat Torah, what do you think the terrorists in Judea and Samaria will be able to carry out in that time? Apparently [they’ll be able to massacre] more than 1,200 soldiers and civilians.”

    Israel’s Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a Frontline News inquiry.

    https://frontline.news/post/idf-ignoring-warnings-about-impending-massacre-in-judea-samaria-say-sources 

  5. Scoop: U.S. delaying sale of M16 rifles to Israel over settler violence

    The Biden administration is again holding up the licenses for selling more than 20,000 U.S.-made rifles to Israel over concerns about attacks by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, two U.S. officials told Axios.

    Why it matters: The decision to send the rifle deal for another review by the State Department signals the Biden administration remains concerned the Israeli government isn’t doing enough to curb violence by extremist settlers.

    Excuse me - I've got to VOMIT: settler violence and extremist Israeli settlers, Pal civilians

    Catch up quick: Israel in the first week of the war requested the rifles for civilian initial response teams in Israeli villages close to the borders with Gaza, Lebanon and Syria. Those teams of local residents receive weapons and training from the Israeli police in order to be first responders in case of a terror attack…

    Behind the scenes: Several weeks after the deal was approved, the U.S. State Department decided to slow-walk the process and put the licenses under a new review…

    https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/us-israel-rifle-sale-delay-west-bank-violence
    ……..
    A comment on the thread: “Israel makes better stuff”.
    And adds these links:
    The Israel Ministry of Defense is acquiring thousands of additional IWI-made Micro-TAVOR (X95) assault rifles for IDF infantry brigades.

    A member of the SK Group (founded by Mr. Samy Katsav), and a global leader in the production of combat-proven small arms for military, police, law enforcement agencies, and governmental entities around the world, will supply additional thousands of Micro-TAVOR (X95) assault rifles for IDF infantry brigades under a new contract. The contract was signed with the Israel Ministry of Defense’s Department of Production and Procurement – Ground Weapons Division.

    The Micro-TAVOR rifle has been in IDF active duty and reserves service since 2006. Its bullpup configuration platform creates an ergonomic and short firearm with a long barrel, giving it superior ballistics compared to other platforms.

    The current order is for the 5.56x45mm calibre Micro-TAVOR with a 380mm and 419mm – barrel length. The firearm is equipped with M-1913 Picatinny rails enabling the mounting of essential accessories such as sights, lights, and visual and IR illuminators necessary for modern warfare. This order joins previous IWI contracts for the IDF, such as the Negev LMG (light machine gun) and the 40mm grenade launcher that can be mounted on to the Micro-TAVOR rifle.

    About Micro-TAVOR (X95): The (X95) Micro-TAVOR is an innovative weapon system that can be converted in minutes to four calibres; 5.56x45mm, 9x19mm, 5.45x39mm, and 300 BLK. This leap in innovation makes it possible to use the same weapon platform for highly diverse scenarios. Its compatibility with different ammunition calibres also saves training time and spare parts.…
    [Much more for gun aficionados~]

    https://www.joint-forces.com/defence-equipment-news/65206-israel-acquiring-additional-iwi-micro-tavor-rifles

    Wiki: IWI Tavor
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWI_Tavor#:~:text=In%202009%2C%20the%20Tavor%20X95,by%20the%20end%20of%202018

  6. FBI: Nationwide Targeting of Jewish Institutions Appears Coordinated, Coming from Outside U.S.

    A nationwide swatting spree of prank calls to emergency services targeting nearly 200 Jewish institutions over the weekend appears to have been a coordinated effort by an entity based outside the U.S., Assistant FBI Director Cathy Milhoan says.

    “Based on similar language and specific email tradecraft used, it appears the perpetrators of these threats are connected.”

    More than 30 FBI field offices are investigating the threats, which violated multiple federal laws.

    https://abcnews.go.com/US/nationwide-swatting-spree-targeting-jewish-institutions-appears-coordinated/story?id=105794850
    ………
    Anti-Israel Demos Threaten Public Safety – Editorial

    On Sunday, 150 protesters demonstrated inside Toronto’s Eaton Centre outside Zara – a Spanish retail clothing chain – while the mall was crowded with Christmas shoppers.

    The professed justifications of the protesters are becoming increasingly divorced from the Israel-Hamas conflict.

    Zara has been targeted internationally for an ad campaign called “The Jacket,” which the demonstrators claim contained imagery resembling corpses and scenes of destruction in Gaza, even though the company, which has apologized, said it was conceived in July and photographed in September – before the start of the war – and meant to show unfinished works in a sculptor’s studio.

    https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-anti-israel-demos-threaten-public-safety

  7. New York Lawmakers Introduce Legislation That Would Force Chick-fil-A to Stay Open on Sundays

    New York state lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require businesses along the New York State Thruway to stay open every day, including Sundays.

    The New York State Assembly’s Rest Stop Restaurant Act would apply to Chick-fil-A, which is famously closed on Sundays.

    The bill claims that being closed on Sundays is a “disservice and unnecessary inconvenience to travelers.”

    “While there is nothing objectionable about a fast food restaurant closing on a particular day of the week, service areas dedicated to travelers is an inappropriate location for such a restaurant,” the bill states, in part. “Publicly owned service areas should use their space to maximally benefit the public. Allowing for retail space to go unused one seventh of the week or more is a disservice and unnecessary inconvenience to travelers who rely on these service areas.”

    There are no religious exemptions, just one for “temporary concessions such as farmers markets or local vendors.”

    One of the bill’s sponsors, Assemblyman Tony Simone, told ABC News Albany affiliate WTEN, “You know, we get hungry when we’re traveling. We may not like our brother-in-law or sister-in-law’s cooking and wanna get a snack on Christmas Eve.”

    “To find one of the restaurants closed on the thruway is just not in the public good,” Simone continued.

    Chick-fil-A has already signed a 33-year contract with the Thruway.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/new-york-lawmakers-introduce-legislation-that-would-force/

  8. THOUSANDS of Military-Age Men From India, Middle East and Africa Invade Eagle Pass and Lukeville (VIDEO)

    Thousands of military-age men from India, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East invaded Eagle Pass and Lukeville on Wednesday.

    December is on track to be a record month for illegal border crossings. According to Customs and Border Protection, more than 300,000 illegals will likely pour into the US in December on Joe Biden’s open border invitation.

    Video posted to X by NewsNation correspondent Jorge Ventura showed thousands of illegals – mainly military-age males – at the Eagle Pass, Texas port of entry waiting to be processed.

    Border Patrol agents are overwhelmed and thousands more are on the way.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/thousands-military-age-men-india-middle-east-africa/

  9. Bishop Strickland Leads the Revolt Against Globalist Pope Francis – Conservative Catholics Won’t Incorporate His ‘Gay Couple Blessings’ in the Life of the Church
    by Paul Serran Dec. 20, 2023 3:20 pm258 Comments

    During his entire papacy, Francis has slowly but surely chipped away at Catholic dogma in favor of a ‘modern’ interpretation of the function of the Church.

    If you ask Conservative Catholics around the world, they will call it his ‘efforts to destroy the Church’.

    The process has taken a quickened pace of late, after Francis’ controversial and divisive Synod, with the pontiff now openly waging war on what he called a ‘backwardness’ of some Catholic conservatives in the United States, arguing they had replaced faith with political ideology.

    Talk about projection! But now, Conservatives are fighting back, led in part by US Bishop Joseph Strickland, that some call ‘the red-pilled Shepherd’.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/bishop-strickland-leads-revolt-against-globalist-pope-francis/

  10. The Last Time Democrats Took a GOP Candidate Off the Ballot Was in 1860 – They Would Not Allow Abraham Lincoln’s Name on the Ballot in Their Slave States
    by Jim Hoft Dec. 20, 2023 1:20 pm266 Comments

    Democrats in the Colorado Supreme Court ruled last night that President Trump’s name will not be listed on the Colorado ballot in 2024.

    Ironically, these far-left justices used a post-Civil War Amendment that no Democrats voted for at the time, to block the leading opposition candidate from the ballot.

    This was not the first time Democrats pulled this trick during a national election for President of thee United States.

    As Randy DeSoto reported at Western Journal back in November – The last time Democrats pulled such a stunt was in the presidential election of 1860, when Republican nominee Abraham Lincoln’s name did not appear on most Southern states’ ballots.

    Abraham Lincoln was still able to win the election with a plurality of the popular vote in the rest of the country. The Democrat plot failed.

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    Abraham Lincoln won the election with 180 electoral votes.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/last-time-democrats-took-gop-candidate-ballot-was/

  11. This is the source for Gaza casualty figures in every Western MSM vehicle.

    Gaza Hospital Chief Confirms Facility’s Use as Hamas Military Base

    In footage released Tuesday by the Israel Security Agency, Ahmad Kahalot, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalya, confesses that Hamas had transformed the medical center into a military base. “I was recruited by Hamas in 2010 with the rank of brigadier general. There are about 16 employees in the hospital who are Izz ad-Din al-Qassam military operatives – doctors, nurses, paramedics, clerks and staff members,” he said.

    “They (Hamas) hide in the hospitals because they believe that a hospital is a safe place, that they won’t be harmed while they are inside a hospital. Hamas has offices within the hospitals….There is a specific place for interrogations, internal security and special security.”

    “Hamas leaders are cowards. They left us on the ground while they’re deep in their hideouts. They have ruined us.”

    https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1pj2mydp#autoplay
    ………
    Gaza hospital key Hamas military hub

    Ahmed Kahlot, director of a northern Gaza hospital admitted under interrogation that Hamas turned his Jabaliya facility into a key military hub used to launch attacks against Israel and imprison hostages.

  12. JUST IN: Federal Judge Blocks California Law That Bans Carrying Firearms in Nearly All Public Places – Issues Scathing Rebuke
    by Cristina Laila Dec. 20, 2023 9:00 pm0 Comments

    A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a newly signed California law that banned people from carrying firearms in virtually all public places.

    US District Judge Cormac Carney of the Central District of California, a Bush appointee, granted the ban and issued a scathing statement.

    Judge Carney called the law, which was signed by California’s Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom, a “sweeping, repugnant to the Second Amendment, and openly defiant of the Supreme Court.”

    The law, which would have gone into effect on January 1, banned guns from 26 public places including banks, zoos, churches, and public parks. The law would have prohibited people with concealed carry permits to carry firearms in the banned places.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/just-federal-judge-blocks-california-law-that-bans/

  13. Biden off the Ballot in Texas for Allowing 8 Million People to Cross the Border’ (VIDEO)
    by Mike LaChance Dec. 20, 2023 8:40 pm40 Comments

    During an appearance on the Laura Ingraham show this week, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick suggested that perhaps Joe Biden should be removed from the ballot in Texas for allowing millions of people to illegally cross the border.

    The point Patrick is making here is very important. What Biden has done with regards to the border and illegal immigration is a crime against the country. He should absolutely be impeached for it.

    It will also have far more serious consequences for the United States as a country than anything Trump has done in the imagination of leftists.

    The Hill reports:

    Dan Patrick suggests taking Biden off ballot in Texas

    Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Tuesday suggested taking President Biden off the ballot in Texas due to his handling of immigration, citing the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling to kick former President Trump off the state’s ballot.

    “Seeing what happened in Colorado tonight … makes me think — except we believe in democracy in Texas — maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border since he’s been president, disrupting our state far more than anything anyone else has done in recent history,” Patrick said in an interview with Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham…

    Patrick’s comments come amid a flurry of criticism of Biden’s handling of the U.S.-southern border from both sides of the aisle.

    Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Tuesday suggested taking President Biden off the ballot in Texas due to his handling of immigration, citing the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling to kick former President Trump off the state’s ballot.

    “Seeing what happened in Colorado tonight … makes me think — except we believe in democracy in Texas — maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border since he’s been president, disrupting our state far more than anything anyone else has done in recent history,” Patrick said in an interview with Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham…

    Patrick’s comments come amid a flurry of criticism of Biden’s handling of the U.S.-southern border from both sides of the aisle.

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    Texas Lt. Gov @DanPatrick flips script on Democrats after Trump gets barred from ballot in Colorado:

    “Maybe we should take Joe Biden off the ballot in Texas for allowing 8 million people to cross the border since he’s been President.”

    https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1737528070599319621

    Republicans need to start punching back twice as hard. It’s the only thing the Democrats understand.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/tx-lt-governor-dan-patrick-maybe-we-should/

  14. Tis the Season: BRAWL Breaks Out at Democrat Holiday Party After Pro-Hamas Protesters Crash Event – One Woman Hospitalized After Being Punched Twice in the Face (VIDEO)
    by Jim Hoft Dec. 20, 2023 8:20 pm189 Comments

    A BRAWL broke out at the Democrat Party Christmas Party in Michigan this week after Pro-Hamas protesters crashed the party.

    One woman was hospitalized after a protester smacked her in the face twice and bloodied her nose.

    Detroit WXYZ posted video of Ms. Bobbie Avington-Johnson getting punched at the holiday party.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/tis-season-brawl-breaks-democrat-holiday-party-after/

    • Michigan’s gone straight to hell.
      I have cousins there, some of whom are part of the problem. They know, for example, that Hamtramck is the only Muslim-majority city in the United States, but that just means great restaurants!