IDF Invades Southern Lebanon, Looking To Destroy Hezbollah

By William Teach October 1, 2024 – 10:30 am

Unlike with Gaza, the Lebanese people are getting out of the way instead of acting as human shields for Hezbollah, as they are not fans of the terrorist organization

IDF invasion of southern Lebanon meets no Hezbollah resistance

The IDF’s invasion into southern Lebanon which started Monday night just before 10:00 p.m. has met almost no resistance from Hezbollah, with not a single IDF soldier killed so far.

The invasion is expected to end within weeks, and in some ways is viewed as a broadening of a large number of very short nightly special forces missions into southern Lebanon which have been going on for an extended period.

IDF sources explained that the heavy bombing campaign over the last two weeks, the massive tank and artillery fire just before entering, and months of wearing down Hezbollah’s forces seem to have moved them out of the area or into hiding.

Unlike in the 2006 Second Lebanon War, the IDF said that Hezbollah’s top and medium level command levels have been eliminated in substantial numbers, leaving a massive strategic vacuum.

Yup, when you kill the leadership it’s tough for the foot soldiers to coordinate and fight back, especially when Israel created the conditions where they do not want to use cell phones, pagers, and walkie talkies, after blowing up the latter two.

To date, the mission is narrow and involves an invasion only within southern Lebanon and only to destroy Hezbollah’s infrastructure in the area, such as to eliminate its weapons, which have been stored to be ready to invade Israel.

Israel knows that they will not completely destroy Hezbollah and their terrorist arms, especially when Iran supplies them, but, they can radically reduce the potential for things like rocket attacks, and, this allows the Lebanese government a chance to gain a foothold and control the area of southern Lebanon.

CNN seems upset

A humiliating pattern for the US on repeat
The pattern of American impotency and Israeli defiance has played repeatedly since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel that killed about 1,200 people, which prompted the Israeli pounding of Gaza and the more recent attempt to destroy Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Netanyahu often acts first and consults the US later, even when his actions are certain to buckle American diplomatic efforts and compound fears the US will get dragged into a disastrous regional war. The US was not informed in advance, for example, about the Israeli airstrike Friday that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah even though its global shockwaves were bound to be severe.

This Israeli approach has often made the Biden administration appear a spectator rather than an active player in events, as should befit a superpower. Months of grueling shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of State Antony Blinken have mostly drawn a blank. And the US has incessantly pushed for a Gaza ceasefire that neither Netanyahu nor Hamas seems to want.

The thing is, this is not a humiliating pattern for the US. Most of us support Israel killing terrorists and destroying their bases and operations and weapons. And we understand exactly why Israel is blowing of the Biden-Harris regime: Israel has no interest in going soft anymore. They’ve had enough. Further, Israel cannot trust the Biden-Harris regime with their secret plans, not with so many Jew and Israel haters in the administration.

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Your Fault: Dengue Fever Could Get Really Bad Because Of Global Boiling

By William Teach October 1, 2024 – 7:15 am

A grand total of four people in California got it, so, that means a doomsaying article

California faces ‘unprecedented’ local spread of dengue fever, possibly driven by climate change

California last week clocked its fourth case of locally transmitted dengue fever this year — an alarming rise in a sometimes-deadly disease that experts fear could be fueled by climate change.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed the newest incidence of the mosquito-borne illness in a resident of Panorama City, a neighborhood in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley. The department noted that the individual had not traveled to areas where dengue is endemic, and that the case appeared unrelated to three others, also locally acquired, that were reported in the county earlier this month.

“We are seeing the local transmission of dengue, which is unprecedented in Los Angeles County,” Muntu Davis, Los Angeles County health officer, said in a statement.

Obviously, it has to be the mosquitos, rather, than, say, all the migrants/illegals coming from the Caribbean, particularly Haiti, and Venezuela, right? Or, all the ones flowing through areas of Mexico and Central America, right? Areas of high transmission risk. Transmission directly from person to person is almost unheard of, but, it can be through blood, like reusing drug needles. Or, say, when someone is imported to the US from an area where they caught dengue, then, a mosquito bites them and then bites someone else.

The incidence of dengue has risen sharply in recent years, surging from 505,430 cases worldwide in 2000 to 6.5 million in 2023, WHO reported.

The global health agency attributed that increase to a shift in distribution of mosquitoes that carry the virus, weather phenomena and climate change. The latter, according to WHO, has brought higher temperatures, rainfall and humidity — conditions that are generally favorable to mosquitoes.

Or, more people who are living in squalor in countries that are getting worse as they try socialism. A minor 1.6F increase in global temperatures since 1850 is no big deal.

Prior to the incident on Sept. 25, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced two cases in the city of Baldwin Park on Sept. 18 and one in the same city on Sept. 9.

“This year and last have been two of the high-burden years of dengue on record around the world, and climate change is likely playing a large role in this,” Erin Mordecai, an associate professor in biology at Stanford University, told The Hill in an email.

It’s not a science, it’s a cult.

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Harris Gives Complete Babble When Ask On How Something Becomes Law

By William Teach October 1, 2024 – 7:00 am

So, Cackles sat down on the All Smoke Podcast and was given complete softballs, as expected, and this is what happens when someone who thinks they’re brilliant overthink an answer to an easy peasy question, especially after being in the US Senate and then being Vice President. This is the word salad of word salad

(Breitbart) I believe that the best way the system works is when the power is with the people, to then advocate for their [sic] and have their needs met. So that’s the big macro stepping back, right? One of the ways the system works to do that—that the system should work to do that, is we have elected representation who represent the people in these state legislatures, which is where laws get passed. Or in Congress, which is where the federal laws get passed. And for the system to work the right way, legislators, these members of the state legislature, let’s say it’s a state senator, state assemblymember, or your congressman or your United States Senator, will meet with and they’ll have ways of receiving information from the people about what they want. I think it’s really important always that we know our power to organize around what we need, and sometimes that will take the form of writing letters, sometimes it will take the form of mass protests to make sure the voice of the people is heard by their representative leaders who then have as their responsibility to write up some legislation that meets the needs of the people. And then when they write that up, they take a vote in their body, if it’s a statehouse or Congress, and if the majority of the people there agree with it, it becomes a law. So that’s how it’s supposed to work, and I mean it does connect to what we were talking about earlier which is then reminding folks they have a right and a right to expect that their leaders will hear them and take seriously their needs.

Seriously, I read it, so, you have to. It’s painful. The question was literally “Explain how a bill becomes a law.” We all learned this on Schoolhouse Rock, right? Kamala is of an age where should would have seen this on TV.

It gets even worse when you listen and watch. The absurd hand movements and eyes looking around, like a bad TikToker. And the hosts look like they are sorry they asked.

And, elsewhere, in case you missed Kamala’s big call

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Good News: Your Chinese Made EV Could Be Spying On You

By William Teach September 30, 2024 – 4:12 pm

Realistically, it is spying on you

Why your Chinese electric car could be spying on you

The car was 12 miles away – but the hackers may as well have been inside it. Over a wireless connection, the small group was able to unlock the Tesla Model S’s doors, open its boot while in motion and – most concerningly – activate the brakes.

The demonstration, from security researchers at the Chinese technology company Tencent, was no more than that. The Tesla vulnerability was not used on the road, and the company fixed the problem.

But when disclosed eight years ago, it was seen as a worrying sign: that as cars became increasingly technologically sophisticated, with critical functions controlled by centralised computer systems, they also became more vulnerable.

Since then, hacking cars has become a regular stunt at cybersecurity conferences. But there is a growing fear that they will not even have to be hacked. What if vehicles could be controlled not by cyber criminals, but by hostile states?

Last week the Biden administration raised the alarm about the growing prevalence of Chinese components in electric and future self-driving vehicles, as it outlined plans to ban components “with a sufficient nexus” to China.

The US Department of Commerce said it planned to prohibit Chinese parts related to vehicle connectivity and automated driving, saying that “malicious access” could allow enemies to “remotely manipulate cars on American roads”.

But, would a Harris-Walz admin ban the parts, what with Walz’s massive connections to the Chinese communist government? Of course, many citizens might not care, considering that the use of TikTok means giving all your information to the CCP.

Chinese electric vehicle makers are becoming increasingly ambitious about Western markets. More than one in five electric vehicles sold in the UK are now made in China, according to Jato Dynamics.

Because of the much lower prices, these are what the working class and middle class can afford.

Martin said he expected that Britain would ultimately follow the US with a wider crackdown on Chinese parts. “If the past is any guide, the UK will probably end up doing something similar,” he said. “Decoupling is happening.”

And what happens then? All these Brits forced into EVs would now not be able to get parts.

This was from Helene

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 30, 2024 – 1:00 pm

…is an area turning to desert due to Other People’s carbon footprints, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is The Gateway Pundit, with a post on middle class Kamala’s $62,000 necklace.

BTW, I made the conscious decision to avoid blogging the disaster in the North Carolina mountains. There’s just too much information, the photos and videos are heartbreaking, especially since I’ve been out there many times and know people out there, and I do not want to dive into the politics or the ‘climate change’ stuff. Mentally, I just can’t do it.

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East Coast Port Strike To Start Tuesday Unless A Miracle Occurs

By William Teach September 30, 2024 – 10:30 am

If the port strike occurs it will be really, really ugly for the economy

Union: East Coast Port Strike to Start Tuesday

A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico will go ahead starting on Tuesday, the International Longshoremen’s Association union said on Sunday, signaling action that could cause delays and snarl supply chains.

“United States Maritime Alliance … refuses to address a half-century of wage subjugation,” the union said in a statement. The United States Maritime Alliance, known as USMX, represents employers of the East and Gulf Coast longshore industry.

USMX did not immediately comment.

If union members walk off the job at ports stretching from Maine to Texas, it would be the first coast-wide ILA strike since 1977, affecting ports that handle about half the nation’s ocean shipping.

Think about everything that comes in to those ports and not being able to get them off the ships. Cars, food, electronics. Consider Baltimore, which is first in handling autos, light trucks, farm and construction machinery, and imported forest products, aluminum, and sugar. And then all the goods shipped out of the ports from Maine to Texas. And there were no negotiations Sunday, and none planned Monday before the midnight deadline

The White House did not immediately comment on the union’s statement. Earlier on Sunday, President Joe Biden said he did not intend to intervene to prevent a walkout if dock workers failed to secure a new contract by an Oct. 1 deadline.

“It’s collective bargaining. I don’t believe in Taft-Hartley,” he told reporters. Presidents can intervene in labor disputes that threaten national security or safety by imposing an 80-day cooling-off period under the federal Taft-Hartley Act. Reuters first reported on Sept. 17 that Biden did not plan to invoke the Taft-Hartley provision, citing a White House official. A strike could stop the flow of everything from food to automobiles at major ports – in a dispute that could jeopardize jobs and stoke inflation weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

This strike will be bad for the economy, and the ripples will start fast. I have to wonder, is Biden refusing to get involved because of the way he was shoved out the door, and this is some quiet revenge on Harris? Because she’s still part of the Biden-Harris administration, and bad economic issues can hurt the incumbent/incumbent party.

The group warned a labor stoppage could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars daily “hurting American businesses, workers and consumers across the country. We urge both sides to come to an agreement before Monday night’s deadline.” For months, the union has threatened to shut down the 36 ports it covers if employers like container ship operator Maersk and its APM Terminals North America do not deliver significant wage increases and stop terminal automation projects.

The more the workers demand in compensation the more automation will be implemented.

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Politico: Climate Cult Has No Solution For Trump

By William Teach September 30, 2024 – 7:00 am

Well, gee wiz, this in no way makes it seem as if the climate cult should assassinate Trump to deal with the issue

Climate world still has no solution to Trump 2.0

Pro-climate government officials and environmental activists have had months to think about a strategy for preventing a second Donald Trump presidency from disrupting their efforts to save the world.

They’ve come up with one main idea: Hope Vice President Kamala Harris wins.

“Winning the election is probably the most important thing for the Democrats,” said Catherine McKenna (also known as Climate Barbie, and who’s also a massive climahypocrite and Fascist, no exaggeration), who served as Canada’s environment and climate minister during the ex-president’s first term, “having seen what it was like to live under a Trump administration.” (snip)

Entertaining a Trump victory would invite wrestling with the inevitable: Once he’s in the White House, there’s nothing other nations can do to keep him and the U.S. government at the table. That would present an almost insurmountable obstacle, given the United States’ role as the world’s largest economy, biggest oil and natural gas producer and biggest historical producer of greenhouse gas pollution — whose active leadership was essential to crafting the Paris Agreement in 2015.

Trump has vowed to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement again, as he did during his first term. This time, however, he could do it faster — at a time when the world is already falling well short of the action needed to prevent climate catastrophe.

This is a very long screed that basically says “Trump is an existential threat.” We’ve heard this talk before, and it’s led to two people (that we know about) trying to assassinate Donald Trump. This is the kind of article that incites a wacko leftist to give assassination a whirl.

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Insane: Minneapolis Caliphate Hires First Non-Citizen To Be A Police Officer

By William Teach September 30, 2024 – 6:45 am

Is this what they meant by defunding the police? Replacing Americans with foreigners? Oh, and it gets truly better

Minneapolis Swears In First Non-U.S. Citizen as Police Officer

Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sworn in its first police officer who is not a U.S. citizen, according to reports.

The Minnesota Police Dept. has reported that Lesly Vera, a native of Somalia, was sworn in on Thursday as the department’s first non-citizen officer.

Vera was seen at the swearing-in ceremony wearing a hijab over her head as she took the oath of office and received her badge.

Vera moved to Minneapolis with her parents from their arrival point in Mexico when she was four. She is a legal resident alien and authorized to work, but is not a U.S. citizen.

Oh, this should go well. Start off with a diminutive woman, and, all due respect, we’ve seen the video of how that has worked out with other police departments in the 1st World. Second, you have a Somali, and a goodly chunk of them are Islamic extremists, as we’ve seen in Minneapolis as they demonstrate against Jews, against Israel, and for Islamic terrorist groups, and are the main reason why Islamic extremist and Jew hater Ilhan Omar was elected and keeps getting elected.

You’d think the 1st World, and, especially America, would have learned our lesson about Islamists on 9/11/2001, and wouldn’t want people pushing Sharia law

Should be interesting when she tries to engage a perp (Minneapolis is a 1, meaning only a 0 is worse for crime. Violent and property crime are off the chain) and they rip her hijab off.

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If All You See…

By William Teach September 29, 2024 – 1:47 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle causing desertification, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Sultan Knish, with a post on Kamala losing the Jews.

It’s guns week.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach September 29, 2024 – 8:47 am

Patriotic Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another great day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the birds are singing, and we’re almost to spooky month. This pinup is by Baron Von Lind, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. Inverse: 20 Years Later, a Wildly Underrated Sci-Fi Movie Is Getting a Huge Upgrade
  2. Gatestone Institute: Slaughter in Bangladesh and the International Cover-Up
  3. American Greatness: America’s Enemies Race for Nuclear Dominance
  4. Independent Sentinel: John Kerry: “1st Amendment Is a Major Block…We Need to Win”
  5. Green Jihad: Just Stop Oil Van Gogh Painting Vandals Sentenced To Prison
  6. Watts Up With That?:‘You Flew Here’: Dem AG Suing Exxon Struggles To Defend His Own Lawsuit On Live TV
  7. Diogenes’ Middle Finger: Kamala Stops By MFNS for a Short Interview.
  8. Gates Of Vienna: Farewell to the Italian Scooter Girl
  9. Geller Report: New York Appeals Court Judges Consider Throwing Out INSANE $500-Million Letitia James/Judge Engoron Penalty Against Donald Trump.
  10. LMAO: Today’s Giggle
  11. IOTW Report: Appeals Court Rules Qualified Immunity Doesn’t Protect Cops If They’re Being Jackasses
  12. Jihad Watch: Philadelphia: Teen Jihadi Planned to Bomb Pride Parade, Is Son of Far-Left Lawyer
  13. Moonbattery: Police Endorsement as Fake as Scamala
  14. neo-neocon: Kamala Harris as courtroom prosecutor
  15. And last, but, not least, Outside The Beltway has Port Strike Could Cripple Economy

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page (nope, that’s gone, the newest Apache killed access, and the program hasn’t been upgraded since 2014, so, most are hosted internally). While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your Pinups for Vets calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me. I’ve also mostly alphabetized them, makes it easier scrolling the feedreader

Don’t forget to check out all the other great material all the linked blogs have!

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. And do you have a favorite blog you can recommend be added to the feedreader?

Two great sites for getting news links are Liberty Daily and Whatafinger.

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