That line has been getting quite a bit of play from historically ignorant pro-Hamas protesters in the US, as Christmas approaches. It’s just plain stupid, as Palestine didn’t exist back then. Romans applied the name to their imperial province around AD 132, after a failed Jewish rebellion. They picked the name (which derived from the Greek name for Philistines).
But, anachronism aside, let’s roll with it, and see the implications.
“Jesus was Palestinian.”
Jesus was a Jew residing in the region, descended from other of the many (majority, in fact) Jews long residing in the region.
Therefore, all Jews living in Israel (the bulk of the Roman Palestine) now are Palestinians.
And thus we come to the fact that, by these idiots’ standards, we already have a free Palestinian state.
“Free Palestine” has existed since 1948, when the British gave the Mandate of Palestine its independence. Job done; from the river to the sea. Happy now?
For years, I’ve warned about the dangers of precedents; in laws, bureaucratic regulation, and judicial. My personal ball got rolling back inthe 1990s with the passage of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. CALEA was passed to “help” LE catch criminals, by making it easier to tap phone calls.
The Communications Assistance for law Enforcement Act (CALEA) is a statute enacted by Congress in 1994 to require that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure that they have the necessary surveillance capabilities to comply with legal requests for information. CALEA is intended to preserve the ability of law enforcement agencies to conduct electronic surveillance while protecting the privacy of information outside the scope of the investigation.
Sure. But it morphed into requiring the capability to monitor 10% of switch traffic at the same time; ten percent of all phones in the country. And remotely, so LE doesn’t even have to come to the switch office and physically tap a single line. It was expanded to include Internet traffic.
What could possibly go wrong? Who could have foreseen that someone later would use those tools to monitor thousands of innocent Americans, or even spy on the opposition’s election campaign?
Well… “Who,” other than myself and thousands of other privacy advocates.
The Colorado Supreme Court just gave us a real doozy of a precedent: it just declared Donald Trump to be an “insurrectionist” ineligible to appear on the state primary ballot.
Love Trump or hate him (and I’m no great fan), the “reasoning” and “process” behind this decision is frightening; enough so that I’ll never travel to or through Colorado again.
The CO supreme court majority (there are three dissenters with some self-awareness) simply declared Trump to be guilty of insurrection. They deliberately and specifically denied the need for an actual charge of 18 U.S.C. § 2383 insurrection, a trial, evidence, or conviction. They specifically denied any requirement for Fifth Amendment due process. The accusation — in a civil case that Trump was not a party to — is all it takes for a life sentence of ineligibility to hold office or appear on a ballot.
Because Amendment 14, Section 3 is magically “self-executing.”
There is no Fifth Amendment in Colorado.
If this were to go to the US Supreme Court (and Trump says he’ll appeal), we might well learn there is no Fifth Amendment in the country.
But let’s look at the flip side of this insane precedent, under the almost-worst case scenario*:
Imagine down the road we end up with a hard-core right-wing administration; a Republican president perhaps, with as little respect for the whole Constitution as many current Republicans (don’t forget who saddled us with CALEA, PATRIOT, and bump-stock bans in the first place). Let’s say President Smith ran on a platform plank of doing something about the ATF, winning hearts and minds of American gun owners.
On the one hand, we have an agency whose specific job is to infringe on Second Amendment rights.
On the other hand, we have a precedent that says Constitutional amendments are automatically “self-executing,” and punishments for violation of the 2A don’t require indictment, trial, evidence, facing accusers, or defense. And one day, President Smith Tyrant simply send US Marshals to every ATF office in the country to round up every agent and employee, and drag their sorry asses off to the gulags, never to be heard from again.
Or… Federal Election Commission, meet the self-executing First Amendment.
You can probably think of one or two others that could use a dose of Constitutional self-execution.
So to speak.
* The worst case scenario would be SCOTUS making this a national precedent with the current administration, which proceed to rape the country faster and harder than it already is.
Just curious, a normally very vocal demographic seems to have gone missing. I wonder if anyone has called in a missing people report on them. Goodness knows there are many many of them, and yet not a chirp from any of the normally mouthy harpies. Not for months now, almost three months to be exact. They were very very vocal during the Trump presidency. EVERYTHING was an attack upon women! Why words are violence!! President Trump was mean to women, he didn’t respect them! Why, he nominated a man for the Supreme Court that attacked a woman. Never mind it was years ago, her story changed many times, others at the party contradicted her story and the people protesting his nomination were being paid to do so. We must believe all women so the left tells us. Even when they are lying, we must believe them. Why it’s a virtue signal supreme.
Yep.
Except when it comes to actual violence against women like that perpetrated against the women in Israel on the 7th of October. See, those weren’t words or microaggressions. Those were whacking huge big real aggressions. The hamanazis consider rape, mutilation, torture and murder of innocent civilians as valid tactics. And it’s not a one time only offer that expires soon.
A senior member of Hamas has hailed the systematic slaughter of civilians in Israel on October 7, vowing in an interview that if given the chance, the Palestinian terror group will repeat similar assaults many times in the future until Israel is exterminated.
They are being aided by diversity hire Kamel-toe who wants a more favorable stance to the terrorists.
And we all know her firm grasp of foreign affairs when someone asked her to speak about the war between Russia and Ukraine early on…yeah…she’s the second foreign policy genius in the White House. /sarcasm font. She’s consistent though, she raised money to bail out the rioters, arsonists and looters during the summer of love. People knew what they were getting when they voted Obiden-Harris.
But hey, terrorism supporting is something the whole family believes in. Her daughter raised 8 mil for the hamanazis. So never let it be said that family doesn’t stand up for the rape, torture, mutilation and murder of other women!
The thing that just baffles me, are the soccer moms that think the left is strong on women’s rights. Oh yeah, a slogan like a woman needs a man like…..yeah boy howdy is that ever meaningful. But speaking out against atrocities against women? Meh, not really their thing you see, unless it’s to try to get a conservative to drop out of a race or give the #FakeNews a piece of nonsense to smear someone.
But their belief in #FakeNews and #FakeUniversities is probably going to jump up and bite them. Their naive trust in the left and the government to protect them will be an even more painful bite.
These calls for a ceasefire need to, well, cease. The stated purpose was hostage release from hamanazis and hardened criminal release from Israeli jails. But there are many many women that the hamanazis are holding hostage that aren’t being released. The captives that have been released were drugged before they were released so they would appear calm during the filmed release. Once the drugs started wearing off, not so much. My heart breaks for them and their families. Especially the children.
According to State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller, the Iranian backed terrorist organization isn’t releasing additional female hostages, who were violently taken from their homes and a music festival in Israel on October 7, because they know and have experienced too much while in captivity. In other words, they don’t want them speaking out about what has been done to them.
Those still held hostage
Maybe no one has told the women’s groups about the atrocities, definitely more than words, microaggression or misgendering.
Huh, well, yeah I guess someone has mentioned it to them, people have asked why the silence. Some just don’t want to see or hear so they don’t have to speak against the hamanazis.
Tliar the liar
But here’s what the mush headed, keffiyeh draped college students with their pasty white little arms waving “Free Palestine” placards don’t seem to understand, which considering the quality of “higher education” snicker snicker, is understandable. You’re on the menu as well.
See the majority of the kibbutzim hit were leftists. Gentle kind people that wanted good things for the people of Gaza. Because they didn’t, past tense, understand what they were dealing with. You could ask peace activist Vivan Silver, but she’s dead. It’s mentioned in this column, it’s towards the top with a picture. But this woman is still alive. She’s a survivor of Kibbutz Nir Oz. The woman who lit the Menorah for our public Menorah lighting lived there. She’s alive because she was state side visiting her daughters family for Sukkot. Her home is gone, her car is gone, most of her neighbors are gone.
This woman is from the same kibbutz.
Where ever these people are, there will be violence and terror. As Sweden knows, and France has fallen as well now. How can I say that? Simple, when the terrorism against it’s citizens is covered up and excused by the government and media, she’s all over but the shouting of “Allie’s snackbar”.
Paris, December 2, 2023. 9 pm. A man shouting “Allahu Akbar!” (“Allah is the greatest!”) stabbed a German tourist walking along the Seine near the Eiffel Tower, an area considered safe. On the way to the hospital, the victim died. The murderer, again shouting, “Allahu Akbar!”, attacked two more people, seriously wounding them, before the police arrested him. A government press release quickly mentioned that the killer was a French citizen, born in France, with the exceedingly French first name of Armand.
Then reality struck. Armand was indeed born in France in 1997, but his original first name was Iman (full name: Iman Rajabpour-Miyandoab) — until 2003, when his Iranian parents, who had fled the Islamic Republic, became French citizens and changed his name to Armand. In 2015-2016, he proclaimed his allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS) and made contact on social networks with many Islamists who had perpetrated terror attacks in France in that time period, and he planned a terrorist attack in Paris.
And it’s here now, has been for some time. But under the Obiden-Harris junta it’s coming out into the open. And why wouldn’t it. The White House supports the terrorism with buckets of money going to Iran, to the hamanazis and the censure of Israel for trying to defend her own citizens from foreign invaders. A concept that’s an anathema to the current regime.
A bit more open that leftist Jayapal’s comments wouldn’t you say?
The left is the left is the left
So perhaps the soccer moms, college mush and devoted leftist women need to understand, this is here, and the keffiyeh you’re sporting isn’t a cloak of invisibility. And I’m sure the women’s groups that have stood up so staunchly for the women of October 7th will stand up just as strongly for you. Every bit.
No one is coming to save you, not washed up actresses, not harpies on the View, not outspoken communists or the leftist in congress. They don’t care about you and they never did or we, U.S., wouldn’t be facing this danger. And if you’re one of those enabling it, I have no sympathy for you. None.
Look at how Sweden and France treat the women in their country that have suffered the abuse and attacks by invaders. You’ll be treated the same. You will find out how much that pink cat ear hat is worth.
I heard this on a radio show, in WWII people didn’t intervene much because it was just the Jews hitler was going after. It was a “Jewish problem”, and six million Jews died. But you see hitler didn’t stop with the Jews, another five million gypsies, Romas, homosexuals, resistance fighters, the disabled and others also died. We’re the canary in the coal mine, but we aren’t the end of it. Only the start.
This came from the EPA, so I was expecting a real mess. But to my surprise the testing and analysis they did actually looks pretty good. The short version is that they captured “gun smoke” from the muzzle and breach, exposed mice to it, then did a fairly extensive chemical analysis of the particulate matter. They dissected the mice to see what effects occurred. All that was fine.
And then they blew it all on an unsupported, over generalized conclusion. A more accurate title would have been “Chemistry and lung toxicity of particulate matter emitted from one single type of cartridge in a specific model of rifle, and one single type of cartridge from a specific model of handgun.”
They began well with:
Abstract: “Smoke emissions produced by firearms contain hazardous chemicals, but little is known if their properties change depending on firearm and ammunition type and whether such changes affect toxicity outcomes.”
They acknowledged the existence of many types of ammunition and firearms, but only tested one handgun (“9 mm handgun (copper jacketed Pb slug)”) and one rifle (“M4 rifle using M855A1 ammunition”) combination. Based on that detailed but limited sampling, they somehow managed to draw a generalized conclusion about all handgun and rifle ammunition.
At least I’m guessing that that they used a single handgun/ammunition combination, since they didn’t specify the handgun model or ammunition type for that.
Conclusion: “We demonstrated that the handgun smoke PM caused no lung toxicity at 24 h post-exposure, while the rifle smoke PM at the same concentration showed strong toxicity (including injury, inflammation and decrements in lung function) following a single instillation exposure in association with the high level of Cu (26% of PM mass).
Sure; that’s what they found… for their extremely limited sample.
In the real world of ammunition…
Propellants vary. Single-based? Double-based? Is the powder ball type or extruded stick? What size? That all affects burn rate. How much propellant is in the case?
Projectiles vary: bullet diameter and mass. What is the bullet made of? Is it jacketed or unjacketed? Jacketed with what metal or alloy? Is it Teflon coated?
Primers: Small pistol? Large pistol? Small rifle? Large rifle? Shotshell? Large shot shell? What chemical composition?
Of course, there’s always muzzleloaders: black powder or Pyrodex?
In the real world of firearms, we see more differences which will affect the ejected particulates.
Rifling type: land/groove rifling will abraded the bullet more than orthogonal rifling. A faster twist will cause more abrasion than a slow twist. Then, of course, there are smooth-bore shotguns.
Barrel length matters, too. Longer barrel, more projectile wear.
While the research really only addressed toxicity, I’ll note that “The dose makes the poison.” They trapped the smoke from a barrel and breach, then exposed the mice to all of that. In the real world, more factors yet affect the shooter’s exposure.
A longer barrel rather obviously puts more of the smoke farther away from the shooter behind the gun. How tightly the breech seals affects how much of the smoke is channeled back towards the shooter. And the use of a silencer/suppressor will raise that back pressure (while limiting what goes out the barrel end).
Then we move to other barrel attachments. In a plain barrel, the smoke ejects 360 degrees as the bullet exists the barrel. But add a flash suppressor and the blast is directed forward, away from the shooter.
But a muzzle brake/compensator will tend to channel some of the muzzle blast back towards the shooter; even more so than an unadorned barrel.
As a shooter, my greatest personal environmental concern is lead exposure in an indoor range. Bullets impacting the backstop fragment and generate lead dust. That’s why indoor ranges have very good ventilation systems. Beyond that, I wash my hands after shooting and before handling food.
The testing and analysis they did was quite good, as far as it went. But it was far too limited to warrant general conclusions about “handguns” and “rifles,” much less all “firearms.”
This bill purports to ban the distribution of 3D-printer files used to build firearms.
Purports.
“(aa) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally distribute, over the internet or by means of the World Wide Web, digital instructions in the form of Computer Aided Design files or other code that can automatically program a 3-dimensional printer or similar device to produce a firearm or complete a firearm…
Now if he’d just left it at that, he’d merely be a constitutional idiot. But let’s look at the rest of that sentence
to produce a firearm or complete a firearm from an unfinished frame or receiver.”.
Yes, Markey still thinks 3D additive manufacturing printers start with unfinished frame/receivers.
Still? Perhaps you’ve gotten a sense of deja vu. Markey rode this short bus two years ago.
“(aa) It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally distribute, over the internet or by means of the World Wide Web, digital instructions in the form of Computer Aided Design files or other code that can automatically program a 3-dimensional printer or similar device to produce a firearm or complete a firearm from an unfinished frame or receiver.”.
Look familiar? Two years on, and he still can’t figure out the difference between additive 3D-printing and subtractive CNC machining (like a Ghost Gunner mill that does complete unfinished frames/receivers).
Or maybe it’s idiocy with a large dose of insanity.
You know, if Markey — his staffers, rather — followed opposition sites like The Zelman Partisans perhaps he’d figure out just why his bill cannot do what it purports, even if it magically passed into law. But I give this attempt no better odds than S. 2319, which whimpered and died in committee.
And yes, I still giggle at this part.
over the internet or by means of the World Wide Web
I still haven’t found a “World Wide Web” that does not operate over the Internet.
I watch with shock, horror, trepidation, and anger at how fast my beloved country is becoming 1930s Germany. For those that wondered how they would have been, how they would have acted, how they would have chosen, what their character would have been? Yeah, well, I think we’re going to be finding out.
Harassment of Jews, with pending property damage? Check.
The sad irony of the October 7th massacre is that the denizens of Gaza attacked probably the most liberal part of Israel. They killed and raped the people who felt the most compassion for them, who marched for them, who hired them, who drove them to hospitals in Israel.
For example, this is Vivian Silver.
The late Vivian Silver HY”D
The body of Canadian-Israeli Vivian Silver, one of the victims of the October 7th massacre was found.
Vivian (74) was an Israeli peace activist and leader of Women Waging Peace.
She spent years driving Gazans in need of medical care to Israeli hospitals.
They showed up on October 7th and thanked her their way – massacre!
Kfar Aza and Be’eri were made up of secular leftist peacenik types. They truly believed they could be friends and co-exist with the denizens of Gaza. So when it came time for the attack here’s how that works out in real life. The nice Gazans they had employed and paid good wages, that they had eaten meals with in their homes repaid their kindness in typical faux falestinian fashion. They had scoped out the Kibbutzim very well. They knew where the men lived, they knew who if any had guns and often where they were kept. They knew how many women and children, where they usually were, who had safe rooms and where. They then passed this intelligence onto the hamanazis.
Like the Jews of Germany that thought they were living peacefully with their neighbors for years, like the Jews living peacefully in 1929 Hevron with their Arab neighbors for years. Until one day they weren’t. Their peaceful neighbors turned into a deranged mob intent on torturing and killing one and all.
This man is a Muslim Arab Israeli who works for ZAKA, what he has to say is worth hearing.
A friend of mine told me there were a couple of religious observant Kibbutzim in the area. They lock their gates on Friday night at the start of Shabbat. They were spared, it seems the terrorists didn’t want to mess with fighting to get into some place when it was easier to go to those they knew would be lax. I’m not casting aspersions, I’m just marveling at small miracles any were spared.
And one of the questions many of us have struggled with is how could this happen?? How could Israel be so caught off guard. Well, short answer is it wasn’t, exactly. You know all those leftists in charge of our military? The ones doing drag queen story hour, and saying they would call China if our former President had been preparing to take action against them? Well, Israel has those kind as well. Caroline Glick is usually very solid. This has some of the answers, but its very painful and a bit of a warning to us as Obiden’s illegal invaders continue to stream across our border.
I’ve gotten the following information from more than one source, and it seems to line up pretty consistently.
Some of the horrors Israeli hostages experienced at the hands of Hamas in Gaza:
*Executed in captivity.
*Denied medical treatment.
*Starvation.
*Women kept in cages.
*Some forced to eat toilet paper.
*Sleep deprivation.
*Forced to watch Oct 7 atrocities.
*Separation from families.
*Children branded with exhaust pipes in case of escape.
*Beatings.
*Deprived of daylight.
*Solitary confinement.
*Elderly women forced to sleep on plastic chairs.
*Children forced to whisper, not allowed to cry.
*Denied basic hygiene.
*Confined to cramped spaces.
*No idea if their families survived.
*Forced to participate in degrading propaganda videos.
*Not a single visit from the Red Cross.
NEVER donate money to the Red Cross. Not only do they have a horrid history going back to WWII, while they certify the hamanazi ambulance service Red Crescent which is used to transport and hide terrorists, they refuse to certify Israel’s Magan David Adom ambulance service. In addition to which in this case the Red Cross did not demand of the hamanazis to be allowed to visit the hostages, and when asked by the family of an elderly hostage to take her medicine (which they had brought with them) to her in captivity, they refused. Yep, the Red Cross refused to take provided medication to an elderly hostage. NEVER give money to the Red Cross.
And this is just what we know about!Prof. Itai Pesach, head of children’s hospital at Sheba, said “When the children will start telling their stories, none of us will be able to sleep at night”.
Eitan was a Hamas hostage. He is 12 years old.
Eitan was brutally beaten on the day he was kidnapped by crowds of “innocent” civilians as he was brought from Israel into Gaza.
He was bullied by Palestinian boys under the instructions of a male teacher.
In captivity, he was forced to watch horrific videos of the massacre and torture of people he knew by the terrorists from October 7th.
He also said that the terrorists threatened them with weapons when the kidnapped Israeli children were crying.
When the Hamanazis said they didn’t know where all the hostages were they may have been telling the truth. Because the “innocent denizens of Gaza” were very actively involved in the kidnapping, torture and murder of the kidnapped Israelis. They also were holding some of them in private homes. Including a UNRWA teacher who held a captive in his attic for around 50 days basically starving the captive. Another Israeli was held captive by a Falestinian “doctor”. Yeah he is suppose to be a real doctor but apparently the Hippocratic oath hasn’t been translated into Falestinian.
This is the truth about Hamas, this is the high moral imperative of the Palestinian majority.
To torment and kill Israelis and Jews. This opinion poll was done around October 7th.
A Falestinian opinion poll
Be sure that Arab leaders are not as enthusiastic about a Palestinian state solution as the US administration does. Why? They have their past to lean on –
In the early 1950s, the Palestinian leadership collaborated with the Muslim Brotherhood, terrorizing Egypt, their host country.
In the mid-1960s, the Palestinian leadership terrorized Syria, their host country.
In 1968-70, the Palestinian leadership triggered a civil war in Jordan, attempting to topple their host Hashemite regime.
In 1970-82, the Palestinian leadership instigated a series of civil wars in Lebanon, aiming to take over their host country.
In 1990, the Palestinian leadership collaborated with Saddam Hussein’s invasion and plunder of Kuwait, which was for decades the most generous Arab host of 400,000 Palestinians.
From 1939, about nine years before the declaration by Israel of statehood,
Nobody wants these flotsom of human kind including other Arab nations which share a language and religion with them. This is Saudi author and media personality Rawaf al-Saeen. It has English subtitles and is pretty enlightening coming from the Arabic side.
Also weighing in for “news sources” that use the information given to them by the falestinian health ministry, is Amjad Taha, Arabic journalist, a real one. As opposed to cnn, msnbc and NYT. You see the falestinian health ministry is hamass. It’s run by hamass and is hamass. If they’re willing to behead babies, they’re willing to lie to a gullible western media and populace about how many are dead and how they got that way.
Taha
And some of the Western Media is very very stupid. Kudos to Elyon Levy.
Knesset member Avigdor Lieberman: There are no innocents in Gaza, he’s not exactly a religiously observant Jew.
There are no innocents in Gaza.
For years, good people with good intentions and it’s safe to say naive, believed in and promoted the idea of peace between us and the Palestinians. People who believed with all their hearts in the idea of two states and thought that normal people who dream the same dream live in Gaza.
A dream that shattered into pieces on October 7, 2023.
After recovering from the initial shock of the terrible massacre and with the revelation of the evidence of the atrocities committed by the Nazi terrorists, there is no shadow of a doubt that those who took part in the attack on the Gaza Strip, provided the intelligence on the homes of the residents and led the mob in the second wave of looting and destruction, were Gazans who worked in the settlements they invaded. They made a living and ate in the homes of the massacred residents, those residents who helped them and their families when they were sick and took care of transporting them from Gaza to Israel for life-saving treatments in hospitals in Israel.
The late Vivian Silver, from Kibbutz Be’eri, was one of those people who worked for peace and for the people of Gaza. She established aid programs for Gazans, made sure the workers were paid fair wages, transported the sick to hospital treatment and a few days before the massacre organized a peace rally in Jerusalem where Israeli women marched alongside women. On the Black Saturday, she was murdered with terrible cruelty by the very people she had worked for over the years, and none of the residents of Gaza condemned the murder or expressed shock.
Some will say that the residents of Gaza are afraid of Hamas and that is why we have not heard any condemnation from them, but the scenes we are witnessing in the last few days every evening when our abductees are transferred to the Red Cross and the testimonies of those who have returned from captivity, leave no room for doubt.
Hamas receives overwhelming support in Gaza.
The enraged crowd that insults and spits on the abductees, our small children who say they were beaten by Gazans of all ages and the demonstrations of joy and support for terrorists throughout Gaza, testify to the cruelty of the population that educates its children to hate the State of Israel and trains a new generation of terrorists and supporters of terrorism whose goal is the destruction of the State of Israel for all its citizens.
Gaza is a wasp’s nest of terrorists.
There is complete synchronization between Hamas and “innocent” citizens and the story of Roni Kariboy, who was kidnapped from the music festival by the bad guys, illustrates this. Roni managed to escape from captivity and hide for a few days, until Gazans caught him and returned him to his captors.
This is probably the reason why the terrorists marked the legs of the kidnapped children with the exhaust pipe of a motorcycle in order to make it easy to identify them in case they escape.
Another evidence of the full cooperation of the population can be found in the corridors of Shifa Hospital, where the hospital director and other senior doctors helped the terrorists hide hostages and turned the hospital into a haven for terrorists. But it’s not only in hospitals that you find collaborators, also in private homes of UNRWA medical professionals and teachers where hostages were held in terrible conditions.
These things are also reflected in social networks, in the Arab world and in Gaza. 99.9% of all publications are words of praise and wall-to-wall support for Hamas and the horrible acts of October 7th.
Now someone show me where innocent people who are not involved in terrorism are hiding in the Gaza Strip.
Might there be guidance from the Torah about how such things should be handled? Why, yes indeed. In last weeks Parsha as a matter of fact!
Fifth Reading 34:1 Dinah was the daughter of Leah, whom Leah had borne to Jacob.46 Dinah was Leah’s daughter not only in the biological sense but also in the moral sense: she inherited her mother’s willingness to venture out of the safety of her tent47 for holy and righteous purposes. Confident in her ability to positively influence others—even though she was no more than a girl of ten at the time—she went out to observe the girls of that region in order to convince them to adopt the righteous ways of her family.
2 But Shechem, son of Chamor the Hivite, who was the chief of the region, saw her, took her, raped her, and abused her carnally in other ways, as well.
3 Despite himself, he was strongly drawn to Jacob’s daughter Dinah; he loved the girl, and spoke to the girl in a way he hoped would win over her heart, saying, “Look how many ornate coins your father expended just to purchase a small parcel of land.49 If you marry me, the whole city and its environs will effortlessly and automatically belong to you.”
4 Shechem spoke to his father, Chamor, as follows: “Get me this young girl as a wife.”
5 Now Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah. His sons were in the field with his livestock, so Jacob held his peace until they came.
6 Meanwhile, Shechem’s father, Chamor, went out to Jacob to speak with him.
7 Jacob’s sons returned from the field when they heard what Shechem had done to Dinah. The men, her brothers, became aggrieved and were deeply incensed, for Shechem had committed an outrage to their father Israel by raping their sister, Jacob’s daughter. Such a thing was considered socially and legally taboo ever since humanity had collectively foresworn illicit carnal relations in the wake of the Flood50 and made such acts a capital offense. Thus, Shechem’s act made him liable to the death penalty. The other residents of the city were implicated in his offense as well, for not having voiced their protest.51
8 Chamor spoke with them, saying, “My son Shechem deeply desires your daughter. I implore you, give her to him in marriage
9 and intermarry with us: give us your daughters, and take our daughters for yourselves. These marriages between our two peoples shall take place at your sole discretion: you may decide to which of our men you will give your daughters, as well as which of our daughters you will take for your men.
10 You shall live among us, and the land will be open before you; you may settle it, trade in it, and acquire holdings in it.”
11 Then Shechem said to her father and brothers, “Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you tell me to give as a dowry, I will give.
12 Go ahead, demand of me an exceedingly high figure for the dowry you will stipulate in the bridal contract, and for gifts, and I will give as much as you tell me; just give me this girl as a wife!”
13 When Jacob’s sons replied to Shechem and his father, Chamor, they spoke cunningly, for he had defiled their sister Dinah.
14 They told them, “We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to an uncircumcised man, for that would be considered a disgrace to us. In fact, when one of our people wishes to insult someone, he calls him ‘uncircumcised’ or ‘the son of an uncircumcised father.’
15 Therefore, will we give our assent only on this condition: that you be like us in that every male among you be circumcised.
16 We will then intermarry with you as you have proposed, i.e., at our sole discretion: We will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live together with you and become a single nation.
17 But if you do not heed us and circumcise yourselves, we will take our daughter and depart.”
18 Their terms were acceptable to Chamor and to Shechem, Chamor’s son.
19 The young man did not delay in carrying out this thing, since he desired Jacob’s daughter, and he was the most respected person in his father’s household.
20 Chamor then came with his son Shechem to the gate of their city, and they spoke to the men of their city as follows:
21 “These men are fully at peace with us. Let them live in the land and trade in it, for the land has ample room for them. Supply in our land exceeds demand, so letting them live here and trade in the land will not adversely affect our economy.” When Chamor and Shechem had proposed intermarriage between the two peoples to Jacob and his sons, they phrased their proposal to Jacob’s family’s advantage, allowing them to select Hivite men for their daughters and take whatever Hivite girls they wished for wives. In contrast, when they now set the proposal of intermarriage before their compatriots, they altered the wording to their compatriot’s advantage in order to induce them to consent to be circumcised: “We will take their daughters as wives, and we will give our daughters to them, both at our discretion.
22 But only on this condition will these men consent to live with us and become one nation: that every male among us be circumcised, just as they are circumcised.
23 After all, when they will dwell among us, their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals will become ours. Let us just agree to their condition and they will live among us.”
24 All the people who came out to the gate of Chamor’s city heeded Chamor and his son Shechem, and all the males who passed through the gate of his city had themselves circumcised.
25 On the third day after their circumcision, when the Hivites were in pain, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, each took up his sword. They acted as Dinah’s loyal brothers, risking their lives for her sake, but without first consulting their father. They fell upon the city, confident in their ability to overcome the men—firstly, because of the Hivites’ weakness and pain due to the circumcision, and secondly, in the merit of their father Jacob—and killed every male.
26 They also killed Chamor and his son Shechem by the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem’s house and left. When they went to rescue Dinah, they found her agonizing in embarrassment over what had been done to her and afraid that, consequentially, no one would want to marry her; Simeon therefore promised that he would marry her, and it was only on this condition that she consented to be rescued.52
When the two brothers attacked the city of Shechem, Jacob took up his sword and bow and stood at the entrance to the city in readiness to protect his sons if any of its allies would come to side with its inhabitants.53
27 Jacob’s sons came to strip the slain of their possessions, and they plundered the city that had defiled their sister.
28 They took the Hivites’ flocks, cattle, donkeys, and whatever else was in the city and the field.
29 They seized all their money and captured all their children and womenfolk, and plundered everything in the houses.
A couple of thoughts, Dinah was TEN, TEN years old when Shechem raped her. I was attempting to explain why the actions of Simeon and Levi were responsible and reasonable. The whole town did nothing to stop the depraved Shechem from brutalizing the child, and after he did so they did nothing to confront him. So will the town continue to behave in such a manner? Yes. Of course.
I thought Lenny Goldberg had a great (if short) show on this very topic this week.
Part of the problem is people look at this situation and actions through the mind set of the mid-west. The middle East is not the mid-west.
Some of the terrorists Israel has released are again calling for the murder of innocent Israeli civilians. Already.
And the hamanazis are saying they intend to repeat October 7th.
And this is the next generation of “innocent Gazans”
We were warned.
Understand this, our country has become so depraved that when those in charge of 3 major schools of higher learning refused to say that calling for the murder of Jews is a violation of their school’s policies you know where we’re at. The best they could manage was if the terrorists actions crossed over from calling for genocide into actually committing genocide then that might maybe be a violation of their schools policies. Situation dependent you understand, of course.
There are many many people stacked against what used to be normalcy and decency. But there are some interesting solutions. I do love this short video.
This woman in Israel is known for cheerleading and supporting Hamas. She got the shock of her life when the Israeli police informed her in person that she would be relocated to Gaza—the ultimate fan experience, right at the heart of the action, the headquarters of Hamas! Israeli Arabs enjoy one of the highest standards of living in the world, even higher than other Arabic countries usually. But this woman just loves and supports the Hamanazis, and hasn’t been shy about telling everyone. So, Israel is shipping her to Gaza!! What a fabulous idea!! Look at her excitement and the look of pure joy on her face!! They’ve made her dream come true. I’d like to suggest we begin to do the same to some college students and the presidents of Harvaaaaard, MIT and Penn. I’m sure they’d love it!! T
Hanukkah starts tonight. It’s different from some of the other wars, most of them have been like what the current demoncrat party is waging. A fight against a mob and death. <humor alert>
Hanukkah in contrast, the Greeks didn’t care if the people lived, but they wanted to kill the religion and practice of Judaism. Sort of like the Obiden White House.
“It’s a simple solution,” said historic White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who is gay and black. “We have seen a sharp rise in antisemitic behavior, so our best advice to Jewish people in fear for their lives is to stop doing Jewy things and consider not being Jewish altogether.”
If you’re like me, you wonder why? Why is this happening. I really liked the explanation in this short video. It is apparent, the time is upon us, the time for choosing. What kind of people will we be? What kind of people are we? What will we contribute to society, our country and our world?Will we seek out and find why G-d wants us here at this time in this place? All questions for each of us to answer.
And with that, I will wish you all a very safe, joyous and meaningful Hanukkah!
Sen. Elizabeth “Pocahontas” Warren [Fraud-MA] and Georgia’s Rep. Hank “Tippy” Johnson [Addled-GA04] have filed S. 3407, “A bill to end the epidemic of gun violence and build safer communities by strengthening Federal firearms laws and supporting gun violence research, intervention, and prevention initiatives.” Bill text is not yet available, but the Firearms Policy Coalition expects this to be a re-run of their old H.R. 5717, a veritable victim disarmament wishlist; you might remember that monstrosity.
Ban guns for domestic abusers (that’s already law, so I expect he means for unconvicted accused), and “stalkers” so be careful following people on eX-Twitter or F******k.
School campus gun bans
Standard capacity mag bans
No-due process red flag laws
Manufacturer liability for third party misuse (bye-bye, PLCA Act)
Higher taxes on firearms
Bribes to states to inflict more 2A infringements
Funding for anti-gun “research”
Funding for “violence intervention” (not more cops, one presumes) and “prevention” programs (which always turn out so well)
Tippy tells us we can get more information at HANKJOHNSON.HOUSE.GOV/GVPCSA, which alternately goes to a 503 SERVICE UNAVAILABLE message, or his home page, which only recursively has the link to his F******k post directing you back to his House website.
I’ll know more when the bill text is published. But a lot of what Tippy listed is stuff that courts are already questioning or striking down: age limits, prohibited status without convictions, magazine limits, gun owner licensing.
The good news is that GovTrack gives this a zero percent chance of passing. One indicator is that it’s apparently been referred to the Senate Finance committee, not Judiciary; that suggests it was specifically sent there to die. Probably because no Dim actually wants to be seen trying to pass this with the 2024 elections coming up.
Ah yes, another day which will live in infamy. Goodness know people who love citizen control seem to be drawn to it. I’m passing this along from a list I’m on, those that can drop a note, please do so.
The Department of Justice has put forth a proposal amending ATF regulations to implement the provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that broaden the definition of when a person is considered “engaged in the business” as a dealer in firearms which would require that individual to acquire a Federal Firearms License (FFL).
This proposal defines, among other things, the following to be dealers:
Anyone who sells or offers for sale a firearm within 30 days of purchase.
Anyone who sells or offers for sale firearms that are new or like new in their original packaging.
Anyone who makes or maintains records in any form to document firearms purchases.
Any violation of this regulation would result in asset forfeiture, fines, and/or imprisonment. This proposed regulation is essentially a back door attempt to establish a national gun registry, which is illegal. A national registry is the first step for gun confiscation.
Before this proposal can go into effect there must be an opportunity for citizens to make comments for and against it. The Comment Period ends December 7th.
I am asking each of you to submit your comments objecting to this egregious proposal. You can do this by going online to Regulations.gov and referencing Docket Number ATF 2022R-17 or by mailing a letter (postmarked December 7th or before) to:
Helen Koppe
Mail Stop 6N-518
ATF Office of Regulatory Affairs
99 New York Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20226
Attached is a sample form letter containing objections you could put forth. Please read and select certain portions to state your objections. Do not copy anything verbatim, put it in your own words. There is a lot in there to pick from.
Remember to be polite and respectful.
The only rights you have are the ones you are willing to defend.
RE: ATF 2022R-17 To whom it concern: On behalf of __________, a _____ of __ (members, participants pick one), we are writing to object to several provisions of the proposed 27 CFR Part 478. We operate what you would consider to be a gun show. The proposed regulation goes far beyond the language and intent of the new provisions of law set forth in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (“BSCA”). In particular the proposed rulemaking is looking to 18 U.S.C. §921(a)(21)(C) and (22) for support for the definitional provisions being supplied for presumptions as to those “engaged in the business” of selling firearms and selling fire arms with an intent “to earn a profit” as set forth in the proposed regulation. 18 U.S.C. §921 (a)(21)(C) provides: The term “engaged in the business” means–
(C) as applied to a dealer in firearms, as defined in section 921(a)(11)(A), a person who devotes time, attention, and labor to dealing in firearms as a regular course of trade or business to predominantly earn a profit through the repetitive purchase and resale of firearms, but such term shall not include a person who makes occasional sales, exchanges, or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby, or who sells all or part of his personal collection of firearms; (emphasis added) Please note this provision states to predominantly earn a profit. The presumptions put forth in the proposed regulations presume that the sale of one firearm for a sum more than the person paid for it constitutes a sale for a profit and requires the person to be a licensed firearms dealer. We submit that this interpretation is beyond the statutory language to “predominately earn a profit”. We also submit that it fails to take into account any other expense or time value of money associated with the sale of the firearm, which is a part of any normal calculation of “profit” and hence is beyond the proper basis of an interpretive regulation. Many of our ________ (members, participants) expend substantial sums to attend our events. These costs would be factored into any reasonable definition of “profit”. But more importantly the presumptions put forward are contrary to the statutory exceptions as to who is a dealer “but such term shall not include a person who makes occasional sales, exchanges, or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby, or who sells all or part of his personal collection of firearms”. (see above) Many of our table holders are engaged in sales for their personal collections. But the proposed presumptions do not recognize this exception. Further, the proposed regulations conflate together “sales, exchanges, or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection” and “for a hobby”. The two provisions are separate. The “for a hobby” provision allows a person to sell, exchange or purchase firearms on an occasional basis for a hobby, without being required to obtain a license. The “for a hobby provision” and the “for a personal collection” provision are two separate and distinct items. These provisions relate back as well to the provision of “to predominately earn a profit”.
Therefore, the person who purchases or sells firearms occasionally as a collector or for a hobby is not a firearms dealer, and not required to be licensed. The proposed regulations do not account for this and go beyond the statutory mandate. The proposed regulations provide: Section 478.11 provides in part:
Dealer. Any person engaged in the business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail; any person engaged in the business of repairing firearms or of making or fitting special barrels, stocks, or trigger mechanisms to firearms; or any person who is a pawnbroker. The term shall include any person who engages in such business or occupation on a part-time basis. The term shall include such activities wherever, or through whatever medium, they may be conducted, such as at a gun show or event, flea market, auction house, or gun range or club; at one’s home; by mail order; over the Internet; through the use of other electronic means (e.g., an online broker, online auction, text messaging service, social media raffle, or website); or at any other domestic or international public or private marketplace or premises. * * * * * Engaged in the business— * * * * * (c) Dealer in firearms other than a gunsmith or a pawnbroker. (1) A person who devotes time, attention, and labor to dealing in firearms as a regular course of trade or business to predominantly earn a profit through the repetitive purchase and resale of firearms, but such term shall not include a person who makes occasional sales, exchanges, or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby, or who sells all or part of the person’s personal collection of firearms.
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Whether a person is engaged in the business of dealing in firearms requiring a license is a fact-specific inquiry. Selling large numbers of firearms or engaging or offering to engage in frequent transactions may be highly indicative of business activity. However, there is no minimum threshold number of firearms purchased or sold that triggers the licensing requirement. Similarly, there is no minimum number of transactions that determines whether a person is “engaged in the business” of dealing in firearms. For example, even a single firearm transaction or offer to engage in a transaction, when combined with other evidence (e.g., where a person represents to others a willingness to acquire more firearms for resale or offers more firearms for sale), may require a license. A person shall be presumed to be engaged in the business of dealing in
firearms in civil and administrative proceedings, absent reliable evidence to the contrary, when the person— a. Sells or offers for sale firearms, and also represents to potential buyers or otherwise demonstrates a willingness and ability to purchase and sell additional firearms; b. c. Spends more money or its equivalent on purchases of firearms for the purpose of resale than the person’s reported gross taxable income during the applicable period of time;
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(iv) Repetitively sells or offers for sale firearms—
i. That are new, or like new in their original packaging; or ii. Of the same or similar kind (i.e., make/manufacturer, model, caliber/gauge, and action) and type (i.e., rifle, shotgun, revolver, pistol, frame, receiver, machinegun, silencer, destructive device, or ‘other’ firearm);
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(4) Where a person’s conduct does not otherwise demonstrate a predominant intent to earn a profit, the person shall not be presumed to be engaged in the business of dealing in firearms when the person transfers firearms only as bona fide gifts, or occasionally sells firearms only to obtain more valuable, desirable, or useful firearms for the person’s personal collection or hobby. The underlined language deviates substantially for the statutory provision of selling firearms to “predominately earn a profit”. Selling or offering to sell firearms and being willing to buy does not in and of itself evidence that this is being done to “predominately earn a profit”. Most who collect firearms or engage in the sale of firearms for a hobby are willing to buy or willing to sell, but this in and of itself is not establish by a preponderance that they are doing so to “predominately earn a profit”. The provision that a person who spends more money
than their reported gross taxable income on purchasing firearms for resale, has no basis what- so-ever in “profit”. Profit is based on a sum in excess of all costs. Not gross income. Further,
many retired people have a small gross taxable income compared to their assets. This provision is not in conformance with the law.
The provision prohibiting sales of firearms that are like new in their original packing or of a similar kind by manufacturer, model, caliber and type of gun is ludicrous. Virtually every collector or hobbyist focuses their efforts on specific manufactures and types of firearms. They are for the most part devoted to something. Further, like new in original packing firearms are what is the most sought after of collectible firearms. These provisions do not constitute reasonable presumptions by themselves of being engaged in the sale of firearms. Several of the provisions relating to an “intent to predominately earn a profit presumption” are erroneous. The provisions provide in part:
Predominantly earn a profit. (a) The intent underlying the sale or disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents, such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms collection. * * * (b) The intent to predominantly earn a profit is a fact-specific inquiry. A person shall be presumed to have the intent to predominantly earn a profit from the sale or disposition of firearms in civil and administrative proceedings, absent reliable evidence to the contrary, when the person— (1) Advertises, markets, or otherwise promotes a firearms business (e.g., advertises or posts firearms for sale, including on any website, establishes a website for offering their firearms for sale, makes available business cards, or tags firearms with sales prices), regardless of whether the person incurs expenses or only promotes the business informally; (2) Purchases, rents, or otherwise secures or sets aside permanent or temporary physical space to display or store firearms they offer for sale, including part or all of a business premises, o r table space at a gun show, or display case; (3) Makes or maintains records, in any form, to document, track, or calculate profits and losses from firearms purchases and sales; The provisions presume intent to profit without any proof of profit, and shift the burden to the seller of the firearms to prove otherwise and subject the seller to civil forfeiture of their firearms as well 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(1). The changes in the law did not provide that a person could not advertise a firearm for sale, put a price tag on it, place it for sale on the internet, or rent a table at a gun show. The law specifically provides for occasional sales for gun collectors and hobbyist. The proposed
presumptions prohibit all such sales except maybe by word of mouth. These provisions are not in conformance with the law. Gun shows and collector club meetings with sales and purchases by non-dealers were not prohibited by the BSCA. Had that been the intent of the BSCA it would have so stated. Had it stated such, much opposition would have come forth. It is not proper to take actions by regulation that go far beyond what Congress provided in law. We respectfully submit that the provisions in paragraph (c) setting forth presumptions of “engaged in business” and the revisions setting forth presumptions of “intent to earn a profit” are not supported by the language of BSCA, and should not be adopted. Sincerely,
Jews. Guns. No compromise. No surrender.
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