{"id":149573,"date":"2023-11-11T07:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=149573"},"modified":"2023-11-10T20:23:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T01:23:42","slug":"more-friday-follies-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=149573","title":{"rendered":"More Friday follies…on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am starting to believe in Heinlein’s “Crazy Years.” So much stupidity and oddness, so few columns…<\/p>\n

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Let’s start with our esteemed Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken. According to CNN, the White House is getting in a pearl-clutching mood:<\/p>\n

For weeks, the Biden administration has strongly backed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/span>\u2019s military offensive following Hamas\u2019 brutal attack, but a rising death count in the besieged enclave, enormous pro-Palestinian protests across the globe and increasing discomfort inside the White House has put considerable strain on the US\u2019 posture.\u00a0 CNN<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yep, according to the Palestinians they have taken over TEN THOUSAND casualties since the fight (which they started) began.\u00a0 Remember that Palestinian hospital where they claimed 500 died two weeks ago? Hospital bombing\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Take another look at that picture – the supposedly devastated\u00a0 buildings don’t even have their windows broken. If that kind of ratio holds, that 10,000 dead is probably closer to 100.\u00a0 And for this the White house is waffling.<\/p>\n

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Next up, Houston once again proves that besides lousy weather, the nation’s 4th largest city has no sense.<\/p>\n

State Sen. John Whitmire and U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, both longtime Houston Democrats, led a crowded field of 16 other candidates in the race. But neither garnered enough votes to win Tuesday\u2019s election outright and avoid a runoff. They will face off again in a Dec. 9 overtime round.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Texas Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n

Although long a blue stronghold, generally the town hasn’t elected STUPID mayors. Unless Whitmire wins, they’re about to.<\/p>\n

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Health and Human Services (HHS) is hitting a trifecta of unconstitutionality, per the former Trump administration HHS head of civil rights Roger Severino:<\/p>\n

He wrote that HHS “imposed a transgender pronoun mandate on its employees who will now be forced to deny biological realities with their own words or face firing” and he included a screenshot of an email sent to employees at the department.<\/p>\n

“All applicants and employees should be addressed by the names and pronouns they use to describe themselves. Using correct names and pronouns helps foster workplaces free of discrimination and harassment,” the U.S. Office of Personnel Management guidance states.<\/p>\n

Severino told Fox News Digital that the First Amendment protects federal employees from being required to speak falsehoods, being compelled to adopt a state-approved ideology and requiring people to deny their own faith.<\/p>\n

Severino explained to Fox News Digital that the “Orwellian” policy means that “misgendering” someone would qualify as violating anti-discrimination law which “gets you fired.”\u00a0\u00a0 Fox News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Okay, we are officially into wrongthink nowadays. Unless you stay with the generic “asshole”.<\/p>\n

BUT – we close on a good note. Less pearl clutching, more action. There is an Egyptian TV presenter who has actively supported Hamas and the Palestinian cause for some time, Moataz Matar.<\/p>\n

Matar, a former TV sports presenter with a substantial online following, had his visa revoked in the aftermath of a pro-Palestine rally in London where he publicly supported Hamas. His public endorsement included a live interview with Abdelhakim Hanini, a convicted terrorist and co-founder of Hamas\u2019s Al Qassam brigade, where violent actions against Israel were promoted.<\/p>\n

Home Secretary Suella Braverman and immigration minister Robert Jenrick have emphasized the UK\u2019s commitment to a zero-tolerance approach towards extremism and anti-Semitic behavior, even if it means revoking visas.<\/p>\n

BNN<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Matar has since left the UK… and has been told his visa has been revoked. May be a small thing, but there are a lot of terrorist supporters in this country I would like to see handled the same.<\/p>\n

Happy Veteran’s Day, ya filthy animals!<\/p>\n

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