Copenhagen Had Three Levels of Control?

"Copenhagen was not about global warming but money. The cash that Hillary Clinton (pictured left) so dramatically plonked on the table, rising to $100 billion by 2020, which includes the £1.5 billion offered by Gordon Brown (money which of course he hasn't got) and which like a crazed gambler he last week upped to £6 billion (even more money he hasn't got), was merely a "sweetener" to persuade the developing countries to maintain the money-machine set in motion by Kyoto."

These words are out of the Telegraph in the UK but quoted in The Daily Bell. It's the intro to an analysis of the Copenhagen event that goes below the surface of what is reported in the regular media - perhaps with a purpose. Americans and Canadians are not going to like the conclusion of this analysis. But to read it, go HERE.

So, which is it Copenhagen? .......

Global warming or Global Cooling? (Those of us awake and alert during the 70's should remember the "Global Cooling" scare by the same segment of scientists and politicians that are declaring that the "frying pan is hot", and getting hotter). Or is it neither? Hmm?

Well the link below will take you to a video which contradicts what Al Gore wants us all to believe: that there isn't anything to debate. That the "facts" are all in and indisputable. That the debate is SHUT. After all, he did invent the Internet, didn't he?

Enough said. If you want more options concerning the topic, make time or segments of time, to watch this 81 min. (1hr. 21min) presentation of the scientists who don't agree that whatever "global warming" (if it is happening) is man made or induced.

Go HERE.

New Health Care Deal - They're On the Run

In this article, Conservative analyst, Dick Morris, states the following: "First, a brief congratulations to all on having seemingly killed the public option. Without our efforts, it would be en route to becoming law. Now there will not be a government owned, government run and government subsidized insurance company that will put all others out of business."

"But the current proposal Reid is loudly trumpeting.....has all of the old flaws (minus the public option) in that the government, through the Secretary of Health, will decide who gets what treatment at what cost."

If you think this issue might strike hard at your purse strings, you're right. Read Dick Morris' preliminary analysis HERE.

You won't be sorry you did.

A must see video!

I just go this from a friend with the following posting:

"I received this outstanding incredibly satisfying and motivating web video from my long time Barbershop friend Larry Gassman who along with his twin brother John have been blind from birth and an inspiration to myself and everyone who has ever met either of them. This has nothing to due with being a USC fan (which I am) but what a little encouragement and love can do for anyone."

Click HERE to watch.

ClimateGate - A Scandal

So, where have I been for three months? I'm sure you all have been asking: yea, right!

Since you asked, I tell you. I've been to Toronto, Canada and back. Went there for a Bris, and it turned out to be two girls instead. Either my friend in Toronto was doing some heavy wishful thinking (and praying), or the doctors made a big mistake.

On the return trip, I was a bit under the 'Jet lag' umbrella both literally and politically. I just haven't been able to muster the energy to post anything since it all looks so bad on the political stage that is.

The above was true until I ran across the linked to article below that a friend's email led me to. I read it and realized that no one is telling the story: SO!!!
Here it is if you care to read beyond what the regular media wants you to.

Here goes:

"12 Days, 3 Networks and No Mention of ClimateGate Scandal
President Obama will be at the climate change summit in Copenhagen next week, but the network morning and evening news shows continue to ignore leaked e-mails that suggest ‘manipulation’ of climate data and other unethical behavior by alarmist scientists." Read about the British University that's involved up to its you know what in this one by clicking on link HERE.

Innovation Tax

"Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Companies Fee. Under this proposal, an annual fee of $2.3 billion would be imposed on the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector beginning in 2010. The fee would be allocated by market share.

"Medical Device Manufacturers Fee. Under this proposal, an annual fee of $4 billion would be imposed on the medical devices manufacturing sector beginning in 2010. The fee would be allocated by market share.

"Clinical Laboratories Fee. Under this proposal, an annual fee of $750 million would be imposed on clinical laboratories beginning in 2010. The fee would be allocated by market share, except for small businesses.

"Regardless, the talking points are a strong signal to life sciences innovators that the health care reform dialogue in Washington is heading in a direction that will directly harm innovation......" and "we can be sure that this will contribute to increasing costs of healthcare, contrary to the national objective.

"However, from every possible perspective, this proposal is a zero-sum gain to the Federal government, and a raw deal being offered to innovators in life sciences."

Read more HERE>

The Peasants Are Revolting

"Elites in politics, journalism discover that people have the power and the world is changing."

So says Dan Gainor at:
The Boone Pickens Free Market Fellow
Business & Media Institute
8/19/2009

"The Internet revolution is inflaming political activists and politics may never recover. It’s less messy than the guillotine, but the tech rebellion is severing ties with old media just as cleanly.

"The new tools enable voters of both sides to speak out and organize more easily. Whichever side is in power will discover that opposition can form even when the media ignore an issue."

Check out this most interesting overview and assessment of "PEOPLE POWER" by clickiing HERE.

How Can Someone Who Lives in Insane Luxury Be a Star in Today's World?

"I no longer think Hollywood stars are terribly important. They are uniformly pleasant, friendly people, and they treat me better than I deserve to be treated. But a man or woman who makes a huge wage for memorizing lines and reciting them in front of a camera is no longer my idea of a shining star we should all look up to...

"They can be interesting, nice people, but they are not heroes to me any longer. A real star is the soldier of the 4th Infantry Division who poked his head into a hole on a farm near Tikrit, Iraq.....

"I am no longer comfortable being a part of the system that has such poor values, and I do not want to perpetuate those values by pretending that who is eating at Morton's is a big subject....

"We are not responsible for the operation of the universe, and what happens to us is not terribly important. God is real, not a fiction; and when we turn over our lives to Him, He takes far better care of us than we could ever do for ourselves. In a word, we make ourselves sane when we fire ourselves as the directors of the movie of our lives and turn the power over to Him....

"I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters. This is my highest and best use as a human. I can put it another way. Years ago, I realized I could never be as great an actor as Olivier or as good a comic as Steve Martin...or Martin Mull or Fred Willard--or as good an economist as Samuelson or Friedman or as good a writer as Fitzgerald. Or even remotely close to any of them....

"But I could be a devoted father to my son, husband to my wife and, above all, a good son to the parents who had done so much for me. This came to be my main task in life. I did it moderately well with my son, pretty well with my wife and well indeed with my parents (with my sister's help)...

"Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will."

For the entire areticle, go HERE.

Though the article was written cir. 2004, it still speaks about the wisdom that time brings, unfortanately, not to all of us.

No Global Warming Since 1998 As Planet Cools Off

"According to man-made global warming advocates, CO2 emissions are the main driver of climate change and natural weather patterns caused by sun activity and other native contributors play second fiddle.

"But here we have UN climate scientists admitting that natural climate change contributors have eclipsed the effect of CO2 emissions for the past 10 years, even as carbon belchers like China and India have increased CO2 output at record levels!...

"On the whole, the world is getting colder ...., which is why "global warming" suddenly became "climate change" when temperature levels since 2003 started to prove the alarmists wrong."

The URL for this article has several supporting charts. Go HERE.

How to Account for This Similarity?

" Mithras, God of the Morning, our trumpets waken the Wall!

Rome is above the nations, but Thou art over all! ("A Song to Mithras," by Rudyard Kipling)

Mithras, "the soldier's god," was worshiped in Rome for more than three hundred years. Because the rites were so secret, there is no written record and very little other evidence indicating what that worship consisted of. Tradition identifies him with a Persian god who belonged to the pantheon ruled over by the great god, Ahura Mazda (See Ahura Mazda/Ahriman), the god of goodness. ..... Persian tradition said Mithras was the one born of Anahita, the immaculate virgin called "the Mother of God." She conceived him from the seed of Zoroaster (later called Zarathustra by the Greeks) that had been preserved in the waters of Lake Hamun in the province of Sistan in Persia. Called "the Light of the World," Mithras was the mediator between heaven and Earth. Born in midwinter, he remained celibate all his life. Striding forth into the coldness of the world, he killed the sacred bull and offered the blood of the sacrifice to his followers. In ritual celebration, they drank wine that was said to have turned into blood and ate the bread of the sacrifice after an initiation ceremony consisting of a ritual baptism. They worshiped on Sunday and celebrated the birth of the Hero, Mithras, on December 25th. After Mithras finished the work he had been sent to do, he ate a last supper with his followers and ascended into heaven to watch over them until the Day of Judgment, when good and evil would be separated.

The resemblance to Christianity is remarkable. And Mithraism arose in the Roman world at the same time Christianity did. Origen and Jerome, early Church fathers, noted the amazing resemblance and commented on it....


No one has seriously suggested that Mithraism was the sole inspiration for Christianity. Early Christian sources are simply too well documented. But the resemblance and the timing is too perfect to be totally coincidental. Early Christianity borrowed from many religious traditions (See Christianity, Development of) and very probably was influenced in some way by Mithraism."
Read it HERE. This online book also discusses this topic HERE>

Mashaal: Hamas Ready for Peace!!!~ Wow!!!

But not with the Jewish State. "Mashaal proclaimed that Hamas is ready to cooperate with the international community" (not with Israel) since "Hamas will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state. So what's new?

Read the short article HERE.

United Against Nuclear Iran

Here's a site with videos that is both informative, and sets an alert for those who care about the future of the West and our country: i.e. The United States, Canada and Israel.

These two links are for just two parts of this site: HERE
and HERE.

It's your choice as to see and to allow yourself to get informed.

Obama’s Ex-Preacher: Jews Blocking Me from White House

""Them Jews aren't going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter, that he'll talk to me in five years when he's a lame duck, or in eight years when he's out of office….”

Can you imagine what the charges would be coming out of the mouths of people like this rev-Wright if the President were a Jew? Oiy!

Read more if you can stomach it, wright HERE.

IDF Develops Spy Robot Snake with 'Suicide' Capability

"The Authority for Research and Development of Weapons in the Defense Ministry has developed a robot snake.... According to a report on Channel 2, the snake can crawl into enemy positions through sewage pipes, under buildings and through forests."

Read about this most clever robot HERE.

'Proud Hungarians must prepare for war against the Jews'

"Given our current situation, anti-Semitism is not just our right, but it is the duty of every Hungarian homeland lover, and we must prepare for armed battle against the Jews."

I'll bet that most of you who read this think that this is a quote from before WW II. But guess what, this is a quote from today, 01 June, '09 in Haaretz. Is it a shocker, or are you not surprised?

Check out the short article HERE.

Leading Opposition Party Establishes 'Shadow Cabinet'

"Tzipi Livni, head of the opposition Kadima party, announced on Monday that she is establishing a "shadow cabinet", in the tradition of British parliamentary democracy. Kadima is planning a very "active opposition" to the Netanyahu government.

While Israel has had other 'shadow governments' in the past, this one appears to have the makings of the original, and most effective shadow government which the original Zionists had put in place prior to the establishment of the modern Jewish State in '48.

It looks like Tzipi is not only serious about challenging the Netanyahu government, but is preparing to take over if the current government should fail/fall. Read about it HERE.

Calls for Israel to Resist US Pressure and Just Say 'No!'

Yoram Ettinger

"Interior Minister Eli Yishai and others have joined the growing chorus of those who say Israel can say ‘no’ to the United States.

“Israel should strive for a wider agreement with the U.S., but not at any price,”

“Common ground with the U.S. should not be at the expense of Israel's independent national security policy-making."

For the reasoning behind these statements, click HERE.

Sakharov Widow: World Ignores Shalit Due to Anti-Semitism

"The widow of Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov, Yelena Bonner, delivered a particularly strong pro-Israel speech in Oslo this week. She blasted the Quartet's peace-making efforts, particularly those of Russia, spoke against the 2-state solution and so-called 'right of return,' and took the international community to task for not taking up Gilad Shalit's cause.

"Bonner spoke at the three-day Oslo Freedom Forum, a gathering billed as the “human rights” response to Durban II..... bringing together some of the world's leading minds to honor survivors of political oppression and persecution.

Yelena Bonner Sakharov delivered her reasons why a Two State Solution is not viable, and a scathing rebuke of the Human Rights world movement.

This is a certainly a most worth while read. Click HERE.

First Muslim in BBC History to Head Religious Programs

"The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams has said he fears the "Christian voice" has become marginalized in the largely Christian country."

Interestingly enough, this is the same Archbishop that last year supported the introduction of Sharia Law into Great Britain. Now he's bemoaning the fact that "the Christian voice" in Britain is going the way of history.

You can read this very, very short article HERE.

Dr. Alan Keyes - "Obama ..... Will Destroy America!"

This is s video interview with Alan Keyes who pulls absolutely no punches as to how the vestiges of our once great U.S. economy is being destroyed with some final hammer blows.

If you love Obama, you're not going to like this. If you don't support Obama, this may be further cause for overdosing on Tums.


View the short video HERE.

Modern Islamic Science: Missing Link to the Pig Revealed

Text from a page of Quran

"Jordanian media last week quoted Egyptian clerics who declared that Jews are the descendants of pigs....." and "pigs in our time have their origins in Jews who angered Allah... and it is obligatory to kill and slaughter them."

Wow! This is amazing! This is a closed loop that seems to be self maintaining and unavoidable. If you believe in 'predestination', Islam has clarified it for you.

Check out this humorous (for non-Muslims), but not so humorous for Muslims who are being fed this "swine muck". Click HERE.

PA Rep Says 2-State Solution Will Kill Israel

by Hillel Fendel


"Palestinian Authority representative in Lebanon Abbas Zaki says the two-state solution is his preferred approach, as it will lead to Israel’s collapse.

"Speaking with Lebanese ANB Television on May 7, Zaki said that any ceasefire, or hudna, deal with Israel is not desirable. Instead, the long-time PLO member said, “we must go towards the two-state solution,......

“In my opinion,” Zaki explained, “with such a solution, Israel will collapse."

To read the full short report, click HERE.

UN Security Council: New Arab State Urgently Needed

"In her comments to the Council, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice added: '"This is a moment that should not be lost and that is why the United States and others are redoubling our efforts to achieve a lasting two-state solution."'

Obama wants to RAM the so called "Two State Solution" up the hind quarters of Israel just as it has the "Recovery Package": up the same geographic area of the American people.

Read the short report HERE.

IDF Preparing Troops to Fight Arab Fifth Column in Wartime

"The IDF is training troops to fight against Arab Israeli citizens, if they rise up during wartime as they did in 2000..............

"NRG reported that according to a Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) report published after the Second Lebanon War, the agency identified squads of Israeli Arabs who collected military intelligence for Hizbullah, including information on the location of IDF units, alerts regarding impending IDF strikes on Lebanon and the home front’s preparations for the rest of the war."

This begs the question: Do these Arabs really see themselves as Israeli? I think not except for a nano-minority. Well dah!, the obvious answer to this question forces yet another question to the front: Why has/is Israel pretending otherwise and not expelling these non-Israelis as foreign, unauthorized political agents? Their citizenship should be revoked ASAP, and their way out of the country facilitated just as fast.

Check out the story HERE.

Ashkenazi Jews Smartest on Earth, Partly Due to Diseases

While an imperfect scientific study -see all the rants and comments at the end, I believe the study is probably representative of most of the Jewish world population and should have included similar samples from the non Ashkenazi population: which it didn't. The report begins like this:

"Ashkenazi Jews are the most intelligent ethnic group in the world, in large part due to their propensity for deadly genetic diseases, according to a pair of American professors" who are not Jewish themselves.

Read the entire report HERE.

Intelligence Warns Israel is now an ‘Obstacle to Obama'

"According to a classified intelligence assessment handed to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama and his senior advisors wish to '“incrementally diminish U.S. strategic cooperation with Israel.'

A report in World Tribune quoted an Israeli source familiar with the intelligence assessment who said that "'Obama wants to make friends with our worst enemies and ....Under this policy,'” the source added, “'we are more than irrelevant. We have become an obstacle.'”

Check out the article HERE.

Nazareth Muslim Cleric Prepares Insult for Pope

"Muslims led by a radical imam in the town where Christianity's founder was raised are not pleased at the prospect of a visit from the head of his church, and have prepared a special insult with which to greet the Pope."

Full story HERE.

With ‘friends’ like these, who needs enemies?

From the British Jewish Chronicle, of 17 April 2009, Melanie Phillips looks at what she sees as a dangerous new trend in Washington passing itself off as the new think Vi's-a-vis the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

She starts off by zeroing in on "Chas W Freeman, the short-lived chairman-designate of the US National Intelligence Council," who was " forced to resign recently after protests over his lobbying activities for Saudi Arabia and China and his extreme antipathy to Israel", which she indicates is not merely seen by his willingness "to pin the blame on that all-purpose scapegoat, ‘the Jewish lobby’, or ... its modern version, ‘the Israel lobby’. He came up with another variation on the theme.

"He said his opponents ’should probably be called the Likud lobby."

I personally believe there are few within the tribe who are aware of how this Chas Freeman is helping to sabotage American Israeli relations, but also how President Obama has embraced this man's "new think" regarding the matter.

Read her short expose HERE.

PM Denies He Said PA Must Accept Israel as a Jewish State

Is Netanyahu already showing the same weak spine that he had during his first term
as Prime Minister? Has he folded under as Obama showed disapproval? Listen to this: "Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu denies that he ever demanded that the Palestinian Authority accept Israel as a Jewish State before he agrees to launch negotiations with it."

For the rest of this story go HERE.

Hizbullah's #2: We Have One Leadership

"Several countries, recently joined by Britain, distinguish the “political wing” of Hizbullah from the group's “military wing,” which has been responsible for thousands of terrorist attacks on Israel

"Hizbullah's second most powerful leader, Naim Qassem, recently told western journalists why those countries are wrong," Read why they are wrong
by clicking HERE.

The Obama Rosetta Stone

According to Pres. B. H. Obamam, "While middle-class families have been playing by the rules, living up to their responsibilities as neighbors and citizens, those at the commanding heights of our economy have not."

"Prudent investments in education, clean energy, health care and infrastructure were sacrificed for huge tax cuts for the wealthy and well-connected."

"There's nothing wrong with making money, but there is something wrong when we allow the playing field to be tilted so far in the favor of so few. . . . It's a legacy of irresponsibility, and it is our duty to change it."

The "top 1%" isn't just going to pay for these policies. Many of them would assent to that. The rancorous language used to describe these taxpayers makes it clear that as a matter of public policy they will be made to "pay for" the fact of their wealth -- no matter"

To read the short, but clearly pointed article from the WSJ, click HERE.

20th Century Climate Not So Hot

"A review of more than 200 climate studies led by researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has determined that the 20th century is neither the warmest century nor the century with the most extreme weather of the past 1000 years."

This is not a long report, but it's very much to the point. If you have been one of the hundreds of millions who have supported/agreed with the notion that the Earth is warming, you must due two things. Read the article, and step on outside into the fresh air. Read the report HERE.

Iraqi Author 'Aref 'Alwan: The Jews Have an Historic Right to Palestine

"In an article posted December 7, 2007, on the leftist website www.ahewar.org, [1] 'Aref 'Alwan, an Iraqi author and playwright who resides in London and is the author of 12 novels, [2] states that the Jews have an historic right to Palestine because......."

Then he goes on to say that "the Arabs have no hope of extricating themselves from the cultural and political challenge of terrorism (that they created) unless they come up with [new] and different [fundamental] premises, and with an outlook completely free of the fetters of the religious ritual that they have devised in modern times and called the Nakba (the 1948 'Disaster'/declaration of the state of Israel).

"Although Palestinian senior officials, leaders, educated circles, and public figures, whose patriotism is beyond doubt, have come to terms with the existence of the State of Israel, the aforementioned 80% of Arabs... do not accept this view, and consider it religious apostasy. Leaders of the [Arab] states in the region, and party leaders, inflame sentiment, entrancing them with the drumbeat of extremism.

"With the strident chorus of its secretaries, the Arab League ensures that every car crash in Gaza or the West Bank is interpreted as an Israeli conspiracy against the Arab future......instead of devising creative strategies for cultural and economic development, so as to improve the deteriorating standard of living in the Arab societies."

Read this one man's vision for the region HERE. the follow up question is: Is this possible?

Obama Leaves Israel as 'Lone Ranger’ in Nuclear Iran

"Israel and the United States are heading towards a parting of the ways on how to deal with the threat of Iranian nuclear capability, according to an article published Tuesday in the Middle East Times."

Read about it HERE.

‘Land of Milk and Honey’ Praised as ‘Land of Opportunity’

"The latest issue of the prestigious Economist newsmagazine praised Israel as a “Land of Opportunity" for entrepreneurs. The magazine cites Israel’s close ties to the U.S., a well-educated population and the Israeli army as factors producing an environment ripe for innovation."

For the full story, go HERE.

Prescription for Poverty - The President's Press Conference

The worst President of the 20th century was, without a doubt, J. Carter: Ford was a mere sit-in for the paranoid Nickson).

BHO, in his "conference replete with bad ideas, his most egregious proposal is reducing tax deductions for charitable donations." Along with economics incompetence, the man seems to think that running a country is like his running a "community organization -- a post that witnessed him working strenuously with churches to aid the impoverished in local housing projects." Click HERE. In other words, the "Robin Hood" policy.

As for truly running this country, it looks as if he is neck n'neck with Carter. Who will be crowned worst President is not hard to imagine.

Read the article HERE.

Hitler and the Mufti Of Jerusalem/Nazi-Muslim Connection

The embracing of Mufti Amin Al Husseini of the Palestine by Adolf Hitler, set the stage for the current Israeli/Arab conflict. "What begins with the Jews ends with the Jews" and becomes "the fate of the world": See it HERE.

"The connections between the Nazis and Islam" is further explored HERE. The mufti is declared to be not really Arab but of "near Aryan" stock, and thus Himmler "gives Amin the title 'Grupen Fuhrer'", or "General" in the Nazi SS.

This WW II history is what set the stage for the ongoing Arab aim to destroy the Jews and the Jewish state: Israel. Once accomplished, their focus will be on the rest of the world: so say the current muftis in the various Arab countries as well as the current President of Iran.

These short videos, and a whole lot more, should be shared and seen far and wide in America and the rest of the Western Minded World.

Wilders’ Defense of Free Speech

"Beaumarchais’ Marriage of Figaro, written at the close of the 18th century, included this freedom of speech monologue in Act V, Scene 3,

"I cobble together a verse comedy about the customs of the harem, assuming that, as a Spanish writer, I can say what I like about Mohammed without drawing hostile fire. Next thing, some envoy from God knows where turns up and complains that in my play I have offended the Ottoman empire, Persia, a large slice of the Indian peninsula, the whole of Egypt, and the kingdoms of Barca [Ethiopia], Tripoli, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. And so my play sinks without trace, all to placate a bunch of Muslim princes, not one of whom, as far as I know, can read but who beat the living daylights out of us and say we are “Christian dogs.” Since they can't stop a man thinking, they take it out on his hide instead."

So begins Wilder's proof that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
He concludes with a pleas for a First Amendment for the EU. Read it HERE.

Obama’s Pledge to Halve Deficit Still Means Huge Deficits for Years to Come

"President Barack Obama pledged Monday that his administration would cut the federal budget deficit in half by the end of his first term......

“We cannot and will not sustain deficits like these without end....

"But according to the Congressional Budget Office, even if Obama meets that goal – the deficit would go down, ... only to a level (one third to one half) higher than that seen during most of the George W. Bush administration."

Read the story HERE.

The 'Hidden Jew' and Portugal's First Kosher Cheese

"A new scientific study published late last year indicate that approximately 20 percent of the population of Spain and Portugal, around 10 million people, are descendants of Jews." So stated Michael Freund, the director of Shavei Israel in Jerusalem.

The implication of those numbers alone for the state of Israel, with it's demographic problems, have the potential to be staggering. This could be so if the rabbinate and the State of Israel become as outreaching as they have been to the Russian Jews. Naturally, there is a difference between the two communities in regard to the calendar time period of non-observance in both communiites, as well as to the ability to identify clearly one's maternal Jewish mother, and grandmother etc. But those are issues for which the Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Israel has already set out guidelines.

Following those guidelines could potentially create a natural "exit strategy" for Israeli Arabs who suddenly see themselves as once again falling further behind in percentage of Israeli population. This could happen if another wave of Jews making aliyah: this time not from Russia, but from Spain and Portugal, come in significant numbers.

The source article for this is short and begins with the making of Kosher cheese in Portugal for the first time since the expulsion in 1497. Check it out HERE.

Fireballs in the Sky - for Real

"On Friday, Feb. 13th, people in central Kentucky heard loud booms, felt their houses shake, and saw a fireball streaking through the sky. This occurred scant hours after another fireball at least 10 times brighter than a full Moon lit up the sky over Italy. Although it is tempting to attribute these events to debris from the Feb. 10th collision of the Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 satellites, the Kentucky and Italy fireballs also seem to be meteoroids, not man made objects."

Click HERE to take you to the NASA report, and/or HERE to take you to the video
showing the event over Texas.

Just as an aside, if you access the NASA site directly, notice on the left of the screen the latest image of the Sun. It has been like this at least since last Jan. 2008 when I began to monitor it. Notice the lack of Sunspots activity. While last winter '08 marked the end of the 11 yr. Sunspot cycle, and the beginning of a new cycle at the opposite pole, it hasn't happened. 2008 was "the blankest year" in over 50 years, and 2009 seems to be a continuation. "We're experiencing a deep minimum of the solar cycle......Researchers are now seeing the dimmest sun in their records. The change is small, just a fraction of a percent, but significant. Questions about effects on climate are natural if the sun continues to dim." Read it HERE. Could this be the reason for the real cooling trend (last 7 yrs.) of the Pacific Ocean which marks a continuation of the La Nina effect (prolonged drought) in many parts of the Earth? (I know, I know. It's raining cats n' dogs outside today here in L.A.).

Question, could this be the reason for the change in rhetoric from "Global Warming" to "Climate Change" that we have heard during the last 12 months? Hm?

Jimmy Carter and the Camp David Myth

From the Wall Street Journal:

"The myth of Camp David hangs heavy over American foreign policy, and it's easy to see why. Of all the attempts to forge a Middle East peace, the 1978 treaty between Egypt and Israel has proved the most durable.

"he true story of Camp David is one of two ironies. The first is that, far from being a symbol of a more modest foreign policy, Camp David rested on an assertion of go-it-alone American power...... The second irony is that if any one man deserves credit for Camp David, it is not Jimmy Carter."

Find out who the real star of the Camp David Agreements was/is by clicking HERE.

Israeli-Arab Newspaper, MK Compare Gaza Op. to Holocaust

"The war of aggression and destruction that Israel conducted against the Gaza Strip with the support of all Zionist parties on the right, center and left,... carried out acts of slaughter and left ruins, which had no historic precedent other than in the times of the Tatars and the Nazis.”

Once again, Muslim Arabs show themselves to be highly educated historians with a flare for manipulative propaganda for the consumption of and by their Israeli-Arab constituents. Check it out HERE.

High-ranking Foreign Office diplomat arrested over anti-Semitic gym tirade

On bail: Diplomat Rowan Laxton is alleged to have launched an anti-Semitic tirade while on an exercise bike in a gym

"Middle East expert Rowan Laxton, 47, was watching TV reports of the Israeli attack on Gaza as he used an exercise bike in a gym.

"Stunned staff and gym members allegedly heard him shout: 'F**king Israelis, f**king Jews'.

"The maximum penalty for inciting religious hatred is a seven-year prison term or a fine or both."

You can read about it directly out of the British "horses mouth" HERE, or as reported on Israel National News HERE.

Greeks Holding Iran-Bound Ship Carrying Missile Components

Big surprise: "Greece has been holding a ship traveling from Slovenia to Iran over concerns about its cargo, which includes components for surface-to-surface missiles....

"The cargo manifest indicated the materials it carried were destined for an Iranian firm that has played a part in the country’s missile program."

Can you guess as to whether the EU is finally awakening to the threat to itself coming from Iran? I'm sure that they can call for "King Aurthur" to reinstate his
"round table" peaceful discussion defence group - thus avoiding any military action.

This is a very short article: just the facts. Click HERE.

Terrorists Rape to Recruit Suicide Bombers

"A 51-year-old Iraqi woman has been arrested for her role in a ring of terrorists who use rape as a way of "persuading" young women to become suicide bombers. Samira Ahmed Hassim, known as "the Mother of Believers," confessed.

"Hassim explained to the Associated Press in a prison interview a week after her arrest that dozens of young women were sent to her after they had been captured and raped by the men. She would then try to persuade them to become suicide terrorists as the only means of reclaiming their honor, and as a way to escape the stigma and shame they would otherwise face in Islamic society.

"Not only women are being raped as a means of coercing them into becoming suicide bombers – men are being sexually attacked as well."

Read the full article HERE.

UNRWA Suspends Aid to Gaza Over Hamas Raid

Well, Duh! That seems like the logical thing to do. Or should Israel call for a special session at the UN in order to get a resolution passed condemning UNWRA for the "collective punishment" that it's imposing on the poor(?) "innocent"(?) Gazans?

Read the story of the UN hypocrisy HERE.

The King Is Naked and The HoneyMoon is Over

In his current editorial, Charles Krauthammer bemoans the end of BHO's political HoneyMoon which with most Presidents lasts around six months, but in this case, only two and a half weeks. Charles has opened the windows to the bridal chambers in order to let the hot air out. Apparently, Charles is having trouble breathing-in what he considers the pollution of the King's manipulative, rhetorical, messianic promises of "change" and his actual, on the ground "same old, same old".

If he's right, we may all need more than Tums and "two aspirin" in the morning to squelch the "acid reflux" and accompanying angina.

Click HERE for the pre-post mortem entitled Crisis, Catastrophe: Are These Words of Hope?

The Best Way to Know A Man Is To Watch Him When He Is Angry

Author Unknown

'770' Chabad-Lubavitch World HQ Targeted in Jihad Videos

Yousef Al-Khattab and wife

"Barely two months after a rabbi, his wife and four other Jews were brutually murdered in a Chabad House in Mumbai, India, the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn has been targeted in a series of jihadist videos posted on the internet.

The English-language videos and posts singled out Orthodox Jews, and especially the Chabad-Lubavitch community in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, for attack."

Read the details HERE.

Obama's Moralizing Tone May Not Wear Well - TWSJ

"Along with ... trumpeting declarations to the world that new leadership had now come to the United States, that we were now a nation worthy of the world's trust -- those speeches suggesting that after years of darkness America had now been rescued, just barely, from the abyss -- will be in the end, this president's Achilles' heel. Those are not, Mr. Obama may discover, tones that wear well in the course of a presidency."

So concludes another WSJ editorial in which the new orientation regarding US security matters is explored. In fact, the editorial states something that I think few of us were aware of: that when Pres. BHO ordered "the freezing of all detainee prosecutions" at GITMO, "that ... request brought an eloquent reply from Col. James Pohl, Guantanamo's chief military judge, who promptly said no." WOW!

Did you just see that response? "NO" from the Col. and judge at GITMO! This was only two days into BHO's tenure in office. Someone has COJONES!

You Can read the entire editorial piece HERE.

How Government Prolonged the Depression - from TWSJ

The New Deal is widely perceived to have ended the Great Depression, and this has led many to support a "new" New Deal to address the current crisis. But the facts do not support the perception that FDR's policies shortened the Depression". So begins the analysis, by two University Profs., of our present bad luck economic picture.

The article is not long, and is very readable. More importantly, it can be very enlightening to those of us who are generally clueless when it comes to national economics.

If you at least want to be able to decide for yourself whether the White House is headed in the right direction in regard to the current recession, then click HERE.

The 1,474 Megapixel Panoramic Photo of President Obama's Inauguration.

"Using the same NASA technology that Mars rovers routinely use to image the Red Planet, photographer David Bergman created an unprecedented 1,474 megapixel panoramic photo of President Obama's inauguration. (For comparison, an ordinary digital photo contains less than 10 megapixels.,,,,,he detail is amazing. You can see Hilary Clinton's white earrings, Barbara Bush's fuzzy black earmuffs, the word "Obama" stitched on spectators' winter hats, Yo-Yo Ma taking a picture with his iPhone, and much more"

Click HERE to access the photo and for details as to how it was made.

For those of you who are computer challenged, just left click and hold on the picture to move it around, and use your center ball (on your mouse) to pan in and out for more or less detail within the picture. This photographer is a genius. (Please notice his surname).

The 1,474 megapixel anoramic photo of President Obama's inauguration.

The 1,474 megapixel anoramic photo of President Obama's inauguration.

UN Admits: IDF Didn't Hit School

" During the Cast Lead operation in Gaza, IDF tank fire near a United Nations school in Gaza was blamed for the deaths of dozens of civilians who had taken refuge in the building. The incident became one of the most highly publicized attacks in the war, and led to heavy international criticism.

"Recent reports suggest that the incident was not accurately portrayed by senior U.N. officials".

Once again, I repeat, once again, Israel is blamed, apologizes, and afterword is vindicated: way too late to make the news or correct the false impressions.

Read the short article HERE.

Outreach, Yes. Apology, No.

"Every president has the right to portray himself as ushering in a new era of this or that. Obama wants to pursue new ties with Muslim nations, drawing on his own identity and associations. Good. But when his self-inflation as redeemer of U.S.-Muslim relations leads him to suggest that pre-Obama America was disrespectful or insensitive or uncaring of Muslims, he is engaging not just in fiction but in gratuitous disparagement of the country he is now privileged to lead."

So ends Charles Krauthammer in his blistering attack on the new "Outreach" to the Muslim world as extended by the man that now sits in the Oval Office. If such an attack, coming only days after the Presidential Inauguration is offensive to you, or if it smacks of a 'Honey Moon' Kassam, then, by no means read this article HERE.

Hamas Killing Non-Hamas Pals in Gaza Video

"You will not believe it" says the Arab narrator of this video footage right HERE.

The video begins with a 1 minute intro by the narrator, followed by the selected footage. While the video is just over ten minutes long, the jist of it, for those who are too impatient or just lack time, can be had within the first five minutes.

This is a must see.

Another European PERSECUTED Because of Islam

If you thought/think that the arrest and upcoming prosecution of Geert Wilders, MP and producer of FITNA (the 10 movie found HERE) is outrageous, now we have Susanne Winter, an attorney in Austria getting jail time for something similar.

Off of a comment section of an article entitled "Israeli Leaders Criticize 'Delusional' Spanish Court" found HERE, a frequent commenter wrote: "To: the European Court of Justice

As of 22.01.2009, Susanne Winter, a lawyer and politician for the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria received a 3-month conditional sentence, with the additional fine of 24.000 EUR, for "incitement and degradation of religious doctrines" as she stated that the Islamic Prophet Mohammed would today be considered a paedophile for raping a 9-year old.

Regardless of my view on Winter's claim, it is a grave violation of human rights for freedom of expression to ban constructive religious criticism.

I hereby demand an appeal against the presiding court in Graz to demonstrate that the freedom of speech has still value in the 21st century.
Linda Rivera , NYC (29/01/09)"

Are we blind with our heads in the sand, or is something happening here?

Extremist backs 'kill Jews' poster

"AN Islamic extremist has defended a leaflet and poster campaign exhorting British Muslims to "kill the Jews" and wage a holy war against Israel."

I need say nothing more, but read the short article HERE.

Hamas Back in Business, Fatah Pushes Reunification

"Residents of Gaza reported Monday that Hamas had resumed its operations in the area. Those Hamas police stations that were not bombed by the IDF in recent fighting were open, residents reported, as were government offices.

"Hamas has rented several buildings and apartments to temporarily replace buildings that were destroyed in IAF strikes, they added....

"Fatah leaders are strongly urging Hamas to resume negotiations towards the reunification of Hamas and Fatah to create a single Palestinian Authority controlling Gaza, Judea and Samaria."

As the saying says, "It ain't over until the fat lady sings". So, has she sung? I don't think so. Click HERE for the compete story.

Israel's Economy 'is in Better Shape Than Most'

During the second day of the now annual Jerusaelm Conference*, once speaker said that "While Israel is in a better economic position currently than both the United States and the European Union....the American government is now more involved in the private economy than is the Israeli government. The U.S. is now closer to where Israel stood 30 years ago in terms of government intervention than where Israel itself stands today."

These were the words of Zvi Stepak, Chairman of the Israeli Meitav Investment Group, who atributed this "to the massive government bailouts in the United States".

If economics is of interest to you, then click HERE for more.

Global Warming Ranks Last Among Issues of Concern to Americans

"(CNSNews.com) – While addressing global warming is a top priority of the Obama administration, it ranks low on the public's list of concerns"

Go HERE.

Pope Removes Ban on British Holocaust Denier Bishop

Bishop Richard Williamson

"On Saturday lifted an excommunication ban against Bishop Richard Williamson, one of four bishops who were banned in 1988 for taking on the office of bishop against the wishes of then-Pope John Paul II.

"Williamson is a Holocaust denier, and has repeatedly said that the gas chambers did not exist and that no more than 300,000 Jews were killed during World War II, mostly of starvation. In addition, Williamson has declared that the Jews are plotting to take over the world, and that the U.S. and Israel were behind 9/11.

"Richardson advocates a return to the Middle Ages, with the Inquisition the preferred model of the Catholic relationship to Jews."

Read the rest of this scandal HERE.

History's Tragic Farce: by Caroline Glick on JPost

"t is a fundamental truth that while history always repeats itself, it almost never repeats itself precisely. There is always a measure of newness to events that allows otherwise intelligent people to repeat the mistakes of their forebears without looking completely ridiculous...

"Given this, it is hard to believe that with the advent of the Obama administration, we are seeing history repeat itself with nearly unheard of exactness. US President Barack Obama's reported intention of appointing former Sen. George Mitchell as his envoy for the so-called Palestinian-Israeli peace process will provide us with a spectacle of an unvarnished repeat of history."

For the whole story, go HERE.

British Army Colonel Defends Israli IDF Miliary Actions

From Naomi Ragen's news letter, this link to an extraordinary BBC interview.

"Watch this youtube of former British army colonel interviewed about Israeli actions in Gaza by BBC.

"You are going to be amazed BBC aired this. I guess it was live and they had no choice.

Kudos Colonel!"

Naomi

Go right to the video HERE.

Death to Free Speech in the Netherlands

Who doesn't remember the short film "FITNA" produced last year by the Dutch MP, Geert Wilders? If you need a little prodding, it was the film which "is primarily comprised of quotes from the Koran which incite violence and death to "infidels" (any non-Muslim) as well as scenes of an Imam preaching death to the Jews. Akin to something out of the Twilight Zone". If you wish to refresh your visual cortex, click HERE.

In the meantime, Wilders, who has done for us in regard to warning us of what he sees as an Islamic world takeover of the West, what the mythical Paul Revere's Ride did for the 13 American Colonies, is now about to be prosecuted, at the behest of the Islamic world, in his own country and in his own court system (the Netherlands).

The Middle East Forum has printed this article as a warning to us in the West, of what such a prosecution will ultimately mean for ALL democracies in this age of Globalism.

Warning: if you are politically astute at all, you're not going to like this.
Click HERE to bring up the article.

Blair’s Sister-in-Law Incites Moslems: “We Want Israel Out!”

"At a rally of 10,000 Muslim men in England last week, Lauren Booth called to Israel: “You are the criminals that we detest!”......

"Booth, sister of the wife of UK Middle East envoy Tony Blair, spoke at an anti-Israel rally held last Sunday, Jan. 11.....

"Booth fired up the crowd by calling for the closing of the Israeli Embassy in London......"

I might be wrong, but I suspect that as Tony Blair's sister in law, that she has his ear. Does that compromise his status as an "honest broker" vis-a-vis Israel and the Arabs in Palestine? Read more HERE.

Your Toilet Flush & the Severe Space Weather that Will Prevent It

It happened in 1921, but way stronger in 1859 according to a NASA report. Your Toilet, along with nearly everything that relies on the national electric grid will STOP functioning, not just for hours, but possibly for weeks or months.

"That's the surprising conclusion of a NASA-funded study by the National Academy of Sciences entitled Severe Space Weather Events—Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts. In the 132-page report, experts detailed what might happen to our modern, high-tech society in the event of a "super solar flare" followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm. They found that almost nothing is immune from space weather—not even the water in your bathroom."

Be informed, be prepared: read the story HERE.

'Concentration camp' remark threatens Pope's visit to Israel

"A diplomatic row between Israel and the Vatican cast doubt over Pope Benedict XVI’s planned visit to the Holy Land yesterday, after a prominent cardinal said that Gazans were living in a “big concentration camp”.......

"In his annual speech to diplomats in the Vatican the Pope sought to damp down the dispute.......

"His remarks came amid outrage from Israelis over a statement by Cardinal Renato Martino....

"The row has brought to the surface festering tensions over a range of issues, including plans by the Pope to beatify Pope Pius XII".

Read more HERE.

Obama Presidency and the Two State Idea

"President Obama and his party have complete control of all the levers of power in America. A rare occurrence in American political history. And need I mention the excited backing of a fawning worldwide media.

"Elections have consequences and for the state of Israel the consequences of the Obama sweep are singular.

"They make no secret of their intentions. The Obama administration’s Middle East policy will be driven by “linkage. The idea that if we resolve the Israeli/Palestinean dispute (and that’s how they see it, as a “dispute”) it will suck all the oxygen out of Islamic terrorism.”

If this concerns you, if you see a 'Two State Solution' no more than a 'politically correct' drug that offers about as much reality as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" fantacy did, then you want to read the rest of this statement from the new pro-Zionist organization: 18.org HERE.

But FIRST, you may want to view two short videos from the chairman of 18 to give you a better idea as to whether you want to read the not too long Manifesto HERE.

Escape from Hamas on YouTube

This is a 6 part series that originally aired on Fox News.
Decide for yourself if this guy is for real.

Go HERE.

Peace Now vs. Hevron Settlers

Tuesday Night Live is an interesting, once a week, TV show produced by INTV (Israel National TV) out of Jerusalem. This article and video highlights contrast interviews between various members the Peace Now organization in Israel (at a rally), and various residents of Hevron, the site of the Tomb of the Patriarchs: HaMachpelah Cave).

Whatever your personal opinion is concerning either group, the video captures deep seated attitudes held bey each group towards each other. Very interesting in either case. Read and access the short video HERE.

On the Way to Defeat: Editorial

"Victory on the battlefield, defeat in the war. Israel’s dailies sport headlines claiming “Ceasefire is Imminent” and “We’ve Won for Sure!” How ironic. This juvenile, premature celebration illustrates how little Israel’s elites—journalists, commentators and especially its political leaders—understand what defeating the enemy requires, or that it is necessary to defeat him at all."

Remember Olmert's words not to many months ago?: "we're tired of fighting, we're tired of being courageous, we're tired of winning, we're tired of defeating our enemies...." Well it looks like he is still "tired" and that the embarrassment of the Israeli questionable defeat of Hezbollah, in Lebanon, forced him to fight a better fought war in Gaza. But, here we go again.....read it HERE.

Eduardo Verastegui's Shocking Video

This is an important video, with very real political implications, BUT:

Warning: this video contains shocking post abortion images which adults should keep
children, under the age of 18, from watching. Some squeamish adults may also
be advised not to watch. It can be viewed in English or Spanish.

Click HERE.

The Red Planet is Not a Dead Planet

This just in from NASA: "Indeed it looks like Mars has been cold and dry for billions of years, with an atmosphere so thin, any liquid water on the surface quickly boils away while the sun's ultraviolet radiation scorches the ground.

"The situation sounds bleak, but research published today in Science Express reveals new hope for the Red Planet. The first definitive detection of methane in the atmosphere of Mars indicates that Mars is still alive."

Check out the report HERE.

Israel's Strategic Incompetence in Gaza by Daniel Pipes

This is the first of three postings that I'm directing the reader to at Daniel Pipes' own blog. The other two follow.

In this first article, Pipes charges that not only has the existing Israeli government created the present Gaza crisis, but that it's a gross miscalculation of the two overriding facts of the Middle East today.

First he states that "the team in charge in Jerusalem created the Gaza problem". We all can remember when now "Prime Minister Ehud Olmert immortally explained in 2005 the forthcoming unilateral Israeli withdrawal from Gaza: "We [Israelis] are tired of fighting, we are tired of being courageous, we are tired of winning, we are tired of defeating our enemies". The results of the withdrawal and this statement of personal political belief to the world media has thus brought us to the Gaza situation of today.

Then he goes on to state that if the idea is to replace the Hamas with PLO/Fatah, which the Arabs themselves in Gaza already rejected in democratic elections, then "the Peace Process" is dead.

Finally, Pipes helps the reader to understand that the Gaza war is distracting from the real existential threat to Israel from Iran. He quotes "the French parliament published an important technical report in mid-December, establishing that "there is no longer doubt" about the military purposes of the Iranian nuclear program, and that it will be up and running in 2-3 years." This he indirectly suggests should have been the military target during this political window that the American period of transition of government has allowed.

The inference should be that if the the true threat to Israel had been taken care of, the Hamas threat would have disappeared, or at best been greatly diluted.

It's a thought provoking short article and can been read HERE.

Europe's Growing Pro-Israel Sentiments by Daniel Pipes

This might be a surprise to most, certainly it is to me. It seems to go counter to everything that we have known about Europe till now. In support of this view, Daniel Pipes quotes Robert Marquand in the Christian Science Monitor with the banner heading "Israel finds more sympathy in Europe: Concerns about Islamist threat have influenced traditionally pro-Arab Europe's view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."

The short discussion of this idea can be read HERE.

Europe or Eurabia? by Daniel Pipes

"The future of Europe is in play. Will it turn into "Eurabia," a part of the Muslim world? Will it remain the distinct cultural unit it has been over the last millennium? Or might there be some creative synthesis of the two civilizations?

The answer has vast importance" and some of the options are addressed HERE and HERE.

Israeli in LA…by Ronen Jacobi

I'm new here – I arrived in the US for my post-doctorate research, leaving behind my family: my mother, kids, my girlfriend and my home – the state of Israel.
I have always been proud, but now these days, more then ever – I'm proud to be an Israeli, and proud to be a Jew.
From here things seems to be totally different, somehow, the 10,000 miles distance makes things and feelings much clearer, much more proportional and understandable. I'm a scientist, and I came to work here in the USA to do my post-doc because I thought that the US is Israel's best friend and I would feel comfortable here – much more comfortable then let's say, in Europe.
I was right… and I was wrong.
I was right in the sense that the US is really a great friend of the state of Israel and as an Israeli, I'm most welcomed around here, everyone knows Israel and even non-Jews are very much fond of Israel and respect it and its people.
Everything was almost perfect until Israel went into Gaza once again…
I had been in Israel on vacation when operation "Cast lead" took off. I had been there during Hanukah, when the cease-fire ended and the population of all the south of Israel, more then one million people, had to take shelter from the rockets, replacing the joy of the holiday with the fear which comes with the "red-alert" blaring out through the emergency response civic speaker systems.
I heard occasionally the question "These are small rockets – what is the big deal?"
Apparently, the person asking had never been in the situation when such a rocket is being fired towards him. The hit may be smaller then a 1000 Lbs. bomb – that's true. But unlike a 1000 Lbs. bomb being deployed from an Israeli F-16 aircraft – the Palestinian rocket is not targeted at a specific object or building. This rocket is like roulette; it's the lottery of the day, of the hour, of the minute. You know it comes towards you because the siren is on, you know it comes really towards you when you hear it's blood-curdling whistle, but you also know that it was not launched with a specific target – but to kill you or your neighbor or anyone else whose only guilt has been to be a Jew in the state of Israel.
In the 2nd Lebanon war in 2006, I lived in a village in the upper Galilee – just 10 miles south of the northern Israeli-Lebanese border. It was 4:35 AM when I woke up and felt that there was something wrong going on – it took about 2 seconds to understand when I heard explosions… It wasn't anything new – for the last week rockets had been exploded all around the Galilee and the village I lived in.
But this time – the explosions were close…
Very close.
And each explosion became louder, closer and kept getting closer still as if they were hunting me down. Then there was a real huge explosion – I was sure it exploded in my backyard, pulling my blanket over my face not to get my face cut by glass, I suddenly heard with horror the blood-curdling whistle of the next rocket – it was coming directly at me!!! I didn't think of anything – but just thanked G_D the kids were with my X-wife that day… I rolled down off my bed, on the floor covering my head as I was trained to do in the army. The roof shook with a tremendous explosion. I was sure it had exploded in my living room but it did not – instead, orange flames were covering the front porch… "The car was directly hit!!" I thought to my self –"thank G_D it's only the car"…
I called the police: "Direct hit!!! I'm going out to check for wounded people"!! The phone stays with me – on.
The policeman asked to have all the data needed while I rushed out – the car was not on fire – it was the neighbors house – the Gas cylinders were on fire and it was going to explode the house shortly – several neighbors gathered together and we knew we had to search the house quickly to find the family inside – or they were doomed.
We broke the door, and found them in a total state of shock in the bed-room. The kids were down in the shelter, the parents had been sleeping in the bed room – the rocket was inside their room: smashed… We all gazed at it, not understanding what had happen here and how they were not killed – the rocket leftovers were inside the room, 3 feet from their bed!!!
The ambulance arrived; the kids were OK, totally terrified but physically OK. The parents had cuts, but other then this – they were fine…
A quick look on the outside wall revealed the horror – the outside of the house was totally shattered, all the windows were smashed, the walls were punched with holes and the house looked demolished. My car, in the parking lot – with its facing side to the neighbors house, was punctured with those devil, tiny, metal ball bearings by the hundreds. All the windows were broken – I was lucky.
Later, I found how lucky I really had been – the rocket hit the roof to my house first, but it hit with one of its fins creating a "V" shaped crater on the roof's corner, jumping from my roof to the neighbor’s house like a stone on a water pond – It had hit the ornament they had above the window – the detonator was activated on that ornament, and the explosive went off before the rocket entered the bedroom with its momentum… That was how this couple had the rocket land 3 feet away from them but were not killed.

I had to live like this for two months – only two months. My kids and X-wife left their house in a near by village to Tel-Aviv. I stayed at home – nobody was going to evacuate me from my home in Israel – I'm an Israeli, and we are stubborn as mules when it comes to this – too many times over history we had pogroms to evacuate us from our homes.
The people in south Israel have been living like this for the past 8 years. Try to remember what did you do eight years ego: where were you? Did you have kids? If you have kids under 8, how would you feel if the only way of living they knew was like this?...
For the last 6 months we had the "Hudna" – some kind of a cease fire during which the Palestinians used to fire about 10 rockets a day… That was a cease fire?
Israel knew they were getting ammunition during all this time through sea and through the Egyptian-Gaza strip border/Philadelphi Route. But besides protesting and warning, closing the border and trying to trace weapons smuggling ships as good as could be done – Israel did nothing. Israel could do nothing.
The rockets kept coming… We knew that they were not buying weapons for the next holiday – we knew how each and every rocket, bullet and bomb will eventually fired upon us.
All the billions of dollars being donated by other countries were not spent to buy food, to improve the heath care services, to improve education and to establish a viable economy – all these billions of dollars were spent just to buy more and more weapons to be fired on us. Do the math yourself: they are short with medications, foods, water and hospital equipment, but have a tremendous arsenal of rockets and bombs. Fortunately, the IDF has been demolishing these, their house wares for the past two weeks.

Then, the cease fire ended.
It took 2 days for the Hamas people to resume heavy rocket fire upon southern Israel. I was there in Israel, feeling the helplessness – what could be done to stop this? We knew that we can have a whole bunch of rockets fired upon us along with the world's sympathy – but the minute Israel moves in – we were once again the bad guys, the murderers, the blood-thirsty people… It went like this for a week or so. The rockets were not decreasing but increasing with every passing day. The Israeli government seemed to be paralyzed by the up coming elections and the fear generated by the results of the previous war in 2006: when although the Hezbollah personnel entered into the state of Israel killing 6 Israeli soldiers and capturing two others with no reason. As a payback, Israel went to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon and did it with extra care –nevertheless, the whole world disapproved of Israel's actions. We, in Israel, knew that it didn't matter what would happen – Israel would always be the one to blame.
It really seemed to be hopeless…
Then came Saturday – The Israeli air force, in a brilliant move, attacked more then a 170 targets in only less then 4 minutes.
Being a former soldier in the Israeli army I know what measures are being taken to prevent the killing of innocents – I'm not at all surprised to hear that Israel calls the Palestinians to notify them of an upcoming attack; this, in order to give them enough time to take shelter. However, by doing this they know that they’re exposing the Israeli pilots to the expected anti-aircraft fire from the ground. I also am not surprised to hear the reports of civilians being held hostage by their own people – the Hamas - on the roofs of the buildings by gun threat, so that the Israeli pilots will see them and avoid bombing the building… The Hamas knows the Israeli sensitivity to civilians and uses it cynically – but this time, the pilots are prepared – they launch tiny missiles at deserted corners of the roofs so the civilians will understand that this pilot means business and so escape from the roof and building. The pilot, takes a spin around the neighborhood, waits a few minutes and comes back – this time releasing the real bombs – he knows, it's either them, or his family just 3 miles away…
What air force acts this way?...

After a week the ground troops entered Gaza strip to finish the job – we didn't want it: we were afraid for our soldiers because every Israeli has to serve in the army. We either have someone we know in the army, or we are in the army, or our kids are going to serve in the army… I myself have two kids, two boys… in a few years they will join the army, and someone who doesn't know them, their sensitive hearts, their dreams, their love towards humanity will try his best to kill them – with every year passing by, with every birthday I'm worried – they are closer and closer to the army and I have to deal with it.
We want to live peacefully, we don't want to send our kids to the army, we want them with us, safe – I want to cover them with the blanket when they are 18 and not have to send them to sleep in the mud and the cold of the desert nights…
But we have to do it – If we don't defend ourselves – nobody will. The memory of the holocaust is still very vivid in our collective memory, how 6,000,000 Jews were murdered and the world was quiet. We have to survive as the state of Israel so the next time a Hitler comes to power there will be a place to escape to. You can be positive – such a Hitler will come to power somewhere, he always has.

From here, Israel is much clearer.
On the way back, the Delta airliner carrying me took a spin around LAX. If this spin had occurred over Israel, it would have flown me, not just over Israel – it would have flown above the Galilee in Israel, Jordan, Saudi-Arabia, the Negev desert of Israel, the Mediterranean Sea and only then down to Ben-Gurion airport. One ordinary spin of the airliner around LAX covers all the state of Israel in just 20 minutes of flight…
From here, Israel is much more vivid – I watch the media reports and I know what is going on there – I have been there. I saw the Terrorists holding their own people hostage under Israeli soldier's attacks knowing how the soldiers will avoid hurting them. I know the booby-trapped house entrances, schools, hospitals. Some of my soldier friends told me about a Palestinian old man shivering in the middle of the summer on his bed when they entered his house. the old man was crying and bagging them not to force him to stand up – only to find that his bed had been booby trapped with the aim of killing Israeli soldiers while promising the old man that he would die as a Shahid. The trap was dismantled carefully, although it was much easier and safer for my friends to leave the room and the old man on the bed, step out from the room, take shelter and shoot the bomb from a far and get back in after it had exploded along with the old man.
I have been there – on the street in Sidon, Lebanon, under attack, seeing how terrorists shoot their own people - Lebanese civilians back in 1983 because they knew how Israeli soldier would rush out to help the civilians… 4 Israeli soldiers were shot while trying to help the civilians.

From here it is all much clearer. I'm also not hurt anymore watching the media – I know how your reporters are being fooled, and I'm not pissed off in spite of what I see on the media, I am proud to be an Israeli! I know our values, I know how my army is working, and I know what they are facing.
I know how your reporters are being fooled… I have been there and this time I'm so proud to hear the Israeli government standing tall against all the verbal attacks and against a totally one-sided UN resolution. Israel is declaring loud and clear: we are solely responsible for our citizens, and nobody will teach us how to act and defend them. This time - we are done only when we feel we are done!

Gaza News or Sewage? Here Comes Joe the Plumber

"Joe the Plumber, the Ohio handyman who became a front-line personality in the" the presidential "campaign, ..... is on the way to Israel and Gaza to cover the war for the pro-Israel Pajamas pjtv.com website. The new journalist, whose real name is Samuel "Joe" Wurzelbacher, is scheduled to spend 10 days on the front to report the fighting from the view of the "average Joe........

"Professional media correspondents have pooh-poohed his entry into journalism."

But "The Pajamas website charged that media stars may feel '"threatened that a common man can be a reporter simply by asking common sense questions"'.

This is a fun article, and can be read HERE.

Son of Hamas Leader Gives Glimpse Into Terror Organization

As "Condoleezza Rice and other world leaders try to broker a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas......

Mosab Hassan Yousef says ""There is no chance. Is there any chance for fire to co-exist with the water?"

The article is short, but to the point, and has an even more revealing video at the end of this young man being interviewed. Find it HERE.