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The “lucky”. His “wins” are due to having stupid opponents that Trump can maneuver into making fools of themselves. For example, even though most illegal aliens (quasi-legal, since Biden gave them permission to work) are law abiding tax payers, Trump has tricked the Democrats into defending rioters and criminals (who are very atypical). Mamdani and the Iranians are further examples of fools who shoot themselves in the foot when opposing Trump.
Always ask: In the 17th and 18th century Jews couldn’t vote and had limited civil rights (in most cases, less than un-enslaved blacks), and there were few economic opportunities other than self-employment due to strict Sunday-closing laws. While secular Jews who ate treff and worked on Shabbos had full civil rights by the Jacksonian era (early 19th century), frum Jews didn’t really have a meaningful set of rights until the mid-20th century. — Jews who move to suburbs will be unaffected by a collapse in New York City realty prices, and may profit as people and businesses move to the suburbs. If a building has nine tenants and one landlord, and all are frum, only 10% suffer from a collapse of housing prices. If the Mamdani election triggers a backlash in the state and New York turns purple (and not that upstate and Long Island already are at least purple), so that by 2027 the Republicans control the state government, the damage will be limited to New York City – and a lot more than the frum community is threatened by Mamdani’s “socialism”.
He is hardly a “Jihadist”, which implies he is a fanatic Muslim. His family background includes a Hindu mother and a wife who appears in public in very un-Islamic clothing. He is a socialist fanatic, with Muslim roots. Calling his a “Jihadist” undermines opposition to him since it is easily refuted (e.g. “you say I’m a “jihadist” – but while I want to slaughter Jews, I have no intention of of making women dress modestly, so that means I’m kosher”). In fact his views on most issues are similar to many secular socialists – who are communist fanatics.
Rental houses are largely a function of supply and demand. New York City keeps the supply low (through rent control of various flavors), which keeps the price high. However policies that encourage people and businesses to move elsewhere will reduce demand, which will lower prices. A private landlord has little control – if he sets the price tooo high he won’t find tenants, if he sets it too low he will have more people wanting to rent than he can deal with, plus he may have too little revenue to stay in business. The frum community could migrate to cities which encourage construction and maintenance of apartments, though that may not be an option for someone whose parnassah comes from working for the goyim’s well-paying corporations.
What does 1776 have to do with anything? Jews in New York didn’t get full civil rights for at least another ten years, and the city didn’t become the leading economic center until the the Erie Canal opened. For frum Jews, economic freedom didn’t come until the mid-20th century when the New Deal brought in the five day week (previously most people were required to work a Monday-Saturday schedule, leaving few alternatives from Shomerei Shabbos), and the Great Society made it difficult to legally discriminate against religious minorities.
New York City and New York State have been steadily declining since the mid-20th century. The fact that New York City is probably (there is still much that could happen) going to elect a socialist anti-Semite as mayor is more a symptom than a disease. Unless you own real estate (including housing) or have bought local bonds, there isn’t too much to worry about (though for Jews the biggest concern is that he will order the police to stop protecting Jews from violent attacks, though in the case the state or federal government is likely to intervene). For frum Yidden, the “blue” cities and states are increasingly hostile, and have been becoming so for some time. Note that almost no frum Jews invest in municipal bonds, and relatively little is invested in real estate (note that in New York City many if not most frum Jews rent rather than own their housing).
It remains to be seen how the national Democratic party will react to having someone in such a prominent role who self-identifies as a Democrat have views that will discredit the party elsewhere in the country. One option is they could switch to supporting the current mayor who is already on the November ballot, and already has more credibility than a typical third party candidate since he is the incumbent. The most important factor may be the 2026 elections since if WOKE loses nationally, and New York goes purple and elects non-Democrats statewide, the threats will largely go away (so it might be a good idea to wait a bit before moving to Tel Aviv or Texas – though it would be prudent not to buy New York real estate or New York bonds).
In the short run, Neturei Karta’s position is absurd, the Iranians were planning to launch a massive bombardment of Israel including nukes, immediately followed by a large scale version of the Oct. 7 attack – with a realistic hope of a “Palestine free of Jews from the River to the Sea” (and under Iranian de facto control.
In the long run, Neturei Karta is probably right in that only peace will the Palestinians will preserve the yishuv, and the only way for a lasting peace is for the Jews of Eretz Yisrael to reject Zionism, and only the Hareidim could consider that.
Polling seems to suggest that the MAGA rank and file has suddenly rejected isolationism and redefined “America First” back to the Cold War bi-partisan agreement that America should be first in leading the Free World against tyrants. As the same time, as indicated by the New York Democratic primary, it appears that the Democrats are becoming the party of isolationism and open anti-Semitism. There are big shifts.
MAGA has always been isolationist, which means unwilling to go to war for any. There is still a large chunk of Republicans who are pre-MAGA (e.g. neocons, Reaganites, globalists in the Eisenhower mold), It should also be noted that the “Christian Right” supported Trump, but is also pro-immigration (in part since many if not most of the immigrant wannabees are religious Christians) and they also tend to support Israel. Also remember that a large amount of the Democrats are now pro-Hamas, and they appear to be on the verge of taking over the party, but for culture war reasons are unable to ally with the MAGA populists. Given the impossibility of a MAGA-WOKE alliance, the DINOs (e.g. Chuck Schumer) and RINOs (e.g. Ted Cruz, Mike Pence, etc.) could either take over one or the other party, or form a third party alliance.
Trump’s base is unlikely to give up on MAGA over a muscular foreign policy, and by making an “example” out of Iran, Trump will seriously improve his, and America’s, position vis a vis Iran’s allies (Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea, etc.). The Zionists have never trusted a goyish state, and probably know how to act in their own interests (e.g. make their large bombs that can destroy Iran even if they would prefer the Americans do their work for them). Right now we appear a lot better off than in the 1930s and early 1940s, so everyone should relax and stop checking YWN every five minutes to see if the world is still there.
There was a detailed article on that in the anti-religious “Forward”, which is probably reliable on this point. My guess is that the mainstream Jewish and Israeli media will discuss this in the context of funeral arrangements.
The Republicans ran on an isolationist “America First” platform, and they keeping their promises. In the1930, there was a similar movement which played a major role in discouraging Jewish immigration from German (“none of our business, what the Germans do is there problem”)
Countries that relied on America, including Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and the European NATO members have been given fair warning that the United States will no longer be entangled in other countries affairs. If they have brains, they will radically cut spending social programs, and prepare to defend themselves in spite of American neutrality.
The idea of the Rabbanut (meaning the government agency) was to keep the Hareidim in line, since if Jews followed traditional system, the Gadol Ha-Dor (who was unlikely to be pro-Zionist) would be the de facto leader of the Jewish community (and the thought of the Hazon Ish or the Satmar Rebbe having serious influence was terrifying – remember the Zionists had to shoot Jacob Israel De Haan who was the shliach of the gedolim). The fact that most Shomer Shabbos Israelis support the regime, and serve in the army, shows the Rabbanut has fulfilled its primary mission. While there are Gedolim in Eretz Yisrael, they have little or no involvement in running the political system or the economy, and for most Israelis, the Zionist dream of a nation free of the yoke of Torah has been realized.
To eliminate the secular stranglehold on Israeli life it would be necessary to convince the seculars to emigrate (perhaps as part of a peace agreement in which the goyim pay them oodles of money to relocate, combined with agreements of western countries to accept them as immigrants). It should be noted the emigration of secular Israelis is common, and many are well established in their new homelands.. In such a scenario, the idea of an autonomous Jewish homeland, dominated by Daas Torah, could co-exist with a Palestinian/Islamic state on the theory that Haredim don’t feel the need to run the government. If would be similar to the pre-zionist status quo when Turkey was the colonial power and Jews didn’t get involved in Ottoman politics. An advantage of being part of an Islamic state, even though it would mean limited civil rights for Jews, would be the prohibition of abortion and other toeiva (note the such bans would be an anathema to the Zionists).
The Satmar Rebbe’s book on the Israeli victory in 1967 (Al HaGeulah VeAl HaTemurah) says the win was since the Arabs were not very good soldiers.
If any Rav says he supports Zionism, he would tell his talmidim to join the army. His yeshiva would operate a “Hesder” yeshiva. He would circulate pictures of himself as a soldier. I don’t recall any of the pro-zionist “Hareidim” doing such. The primary difference between “zionist” Hareidim and anti-zionist Hareidim is the latter boycott the Israel elections and reject funding from the Zionists – and the former offer to sell their votes to the zionists (“you give me money, I’ll support you in the Kenesset).
If one doesn’t understand some aspects of American and world history, once is at a serious disadvantage in functioning outside of the frum community (including having to talk to goyim, or do business with goyim). You will often make decisions and say things that make you appear foolish, and perhaps hostile. Consider: Knowing that the American economy has had frequent rises and collapses so that just since the economy is a mess (or not) it won’t stay that way; ability to do basic math in order to shop and pay bills, or calculate how much carpet you need to cover a room; knowing African Americans tend to have a “chip on their shoulder” (for similar reasons as most of us do, it has to do with history). A good argument could be made that we need a “frum” curriculum for secular studies focusing on what frum Jews need to know to function in the goyim’s world, but that’s a different issue.
The Israeli government is at least as anti-Jewish as the Democrats. In fact, if you outside of a few northeastern states or California (and avoid “elite” universities), you are unlikely to run into a problem of state sponsored anti-Semitism or anti-Semitic policies. If you are openly “frum” (e.g. men with beard and pe’os, women dressed with unfashionable modesty), and especially frum enough to prefer learning in yeshiva rather than being a soldier, you are probably better off economically in America (if you are modern Orthodox, meaning will to serve in the IDF, you are probably better off in Israel since being in a society where Saturday is often a workday and almost all food is tref is a problem).
The pro-Zionist Hareidim have always had a problem since they sit in the Kenesset, schnoring money for their constituents (what politicians do best), and not kibbitzing on most areas of policy (unlike the openly zionist dattim who are superhawks but at least they put their own kids on the line). The non-Zionist Hareidim (Satmar, Eides Hareidis, Neturei Karta, etc.) don’t go after government funding, and it will be interesting if the Israeli government will try to prosecute the for not serving in the IDF since they are clearly conscientious objectors (whereas the pro-Zionist Hareidim tend to be “chicken hawks”).
His background (who spent most of his career in Latin America), his support of liberal socio-economic causes, and his selection of a throne name (Leo XIII was supportive of anti-Semitism in the era of Dreyfus and rising anti-Semitism in Europe) suggest he will not be good for the Jews.
KuvultL What is your source that Ha-Shem never created people in other worlds (or universes)? And where does it say that only a human can convert?
If the aliens are animals, they would have to meet the same requirements as regular earthly animals, and we would also need a tradition that they were kosher (this would probably require a navi, so don’t hold your breath). If an alien were sentient, the question (addressed in science fiction) is whether they could become a ger. If a plant, it would probably be kosher – but consider what if the plant were sentient and wanted to convert. The probability is that any alien food source would be toxic for humans, or at least would be inedible due to a different chemical composition.
Best way would be for the Rabbanim to all work together, replace the Medinah with a restored Malchus of Beis Dovid (perhaps under a Regent), and establish a Jewish state.
To deal with the Arabs, first the Jews in Eretz Yisrael have to realize that the Arabs will never settle for at least the appearance of control. The original agreements made after World War I would have led to a large Islamic state (including all Arabic speaking area east of Suez, with an autonomous Jewish homeland – rather than a Jewish state ruling over the Palestinians. This was sabotaged by the British with the help of the French, Italian and Russian governments – the Brits were afraid they would end with a replacement for the Ottoman Empire, but much more powerful, controlling Suez and access to their empire in India. The only proposal that would win would be a large Islamic state, in which the Jews of Eretz Yisrael would be willing to avoid acting in a manner offensive to Islam (the gays would probably have to move to Europe or America, as would most other seculars) – but that the Jews of Eretz Yisrael would be focused on security and being able to be frum, and not on bossing around the Muslims. The IDF would have to avoid being so threatening to the Muslims, but remember that in the Middle East, every Tom, Dick and Harry has their own militia.
If a person was in an area controlled by the Third Reich, they qualify as a “Holocaust survivor”. The same would apply to anyone who escaped. It probably doesn’t count if you were in an area controlled by a German ally, but who did not cooperate with the Germans in killing Jews (e.g. Finland and Japan). Whether you should count those who “almost” ended up under Nazi control but escaped because the Germans lost the war (e.g. British Jews – who were one battle away from doom in 1940, but the British won that battle). Then you can ask about Jews who were living in Eretz Yisrael (remember the Germans controlled Lebanon and Syria, and were probably one battle away from taking Egypt) or even America (the Gestapo was already checking for where to put concentration camps, and at one point the US was working on plans for moving the government further away from the coast). Given the global nature of World War II one can argue that we are all descended from “Holocaust survivors”.
Square Root: There is no evidence the Obama’s mother was anyone other than the woman who he said was his mother. And she was not legally married to the father (American law doesn’t recognize the validity of a man’s marriage if already has a wife, no matter where she lives). It is irrelevant where Obama was born, since he was clearly a naturally born citizen (by right of birth to an American, regardless of where) which is what the Constitution requires. The fact that he married a Christian, ate pork and drank alcohol, and raised his children as Christians strongly suggests he was not a Muslim. He does apparently have a halachically Jewish half-brother, which was the closest to having e a president with Jewish relations until Trump (who has a Jewish daughter and grandchildren).
It should be noted that unlike his father (or President Trump), President Obama’s personal life (unlike some of his policies) has been beyond reproach.
Israel has to be concerned that Iran will be helped by their buddies in Russia and China, and their fellow Muslims (who have nukes) in Pakistan. The pro-Trump MAGA faction is making a point of accusing their neo-con opponents within the Republican party of being warmongers. Trump has alienated almost all of America’s allies, so if the US gets into a war over Iran it can expect no half from allies, including access to foreign bases. The Israelis need to weigh the risk of going to war against many new and powerful countries, versus the risk of doing nothing.
1. Making fun of people reflects poorly on the one doing the mocking.
2. In terms of respect for the Constitution and Rule of Law, there isn’t much difference between Trump, Biden and Obama. The all see the law as something to work around in order to achieve policy goals, and the Congress to be an unfortunate obstruction.
To make the seder great again, go back to the original text of the Mah Nishtanah (found in the Mishna), and remember to bring a korban. If you can’t do it correctly, then the seder will most certainly be not great, but merely a shadow of what was and will be again.
ujm: anything one party can do, the other party can undo when they come to power. A really successful party can win five straight elections, but mostly we alternate. If you end the filibuster,the Democrats can pass their agenda, perhaps as early as 2029. Note how the Democrats dropped the filibuster so Obama could appoint left-wing judges, with the result that Trump got to give conservatives a majority on the Supreme Court. Checks and balances are good.
Kuvult – the civil war was not an attempt to change the government, but was an attempt by the elected state governments of some states to withdraw from the union. It was not an attempted putsch, which is no one was charged with treason. If you are suggesting that Trump should emulate Lincoln and declare the liberal democrats to be in rebellion, and at war with the United States, you end up suggesting a break-up of the United States, which would be very bad for the frum Jews since we almost all live in Blue states so if the US splits, we will lose the protections of federal law.
Since it is for the judges to say what the law is (as opposed to the Congress which makes law, and the Executive which carries them out), Trump can always appeal the decision to a higher court. These decisions are by District Court judges, and can be appealed to the Courts of Appeal and then the Supreme Court. Trump could also ask the Congress to change the law, though since he didn’t do all that well in the election he would need the support of at least some Democrats. Congress funds agencies, and the president spends the money – if Trump doesn’t like that he can ask the Congress to cancel the appropriation. Being accused of a crime is not grounds for deportation. If convicted, it is a routine matter for a court to issue a deportation order, which the executive is required to carry out (unless the president chooses to pardon the individual).
Trump could try to stage a putsch, assuming the military would support him (which isn’t likely). The last putsch in America was in the 1780s, over unpaid officers in the Continental Army, which General (at the time) George Washington put down by explaining that in America soldiers obey the civilians. There was a military coup supporting a political faction in England (which are the time included New England, and most of the mid-Atlantic states down to the Carolinas) in the mid-17th century, but that backfired and within a few years the entire government was forced to flee. Given the Trump barely won the last election against one of the worst possible candidates in history, and managed to lose seats in the House, it is unlikely that an attempt by Trump to abolish the Constitution and appoint himself Dictator would be successful.
The judge is “rogue” – he’s a Democrat, and if the Republicans did better in Congressional elections most of them wouldn’t be on the bench, but Trump badly messed in the elections in 2018 onwards by supporting unelectable candidates, which is why Joe Biden could appoint left wing ideologues to the judiciary.
Consider switching to a desktop with a large monitor. The computer should be set up in the most public place in the house, with the monitor situated so it will be clearly visible to everyone else in the house. Even if fear of Ha-Shem doesn’t keep you from abusing the computer, fear of everyone else in the house (parents, siblings, spouse, guests, etc.) will.
Just open another window in the same browser. Log in to YWN. Then go back to your original YWN window and post away.
An AI is only as good as whomever programs it. It is a computer program. It does what you tell it. If you a a fool, it will be foolish. If you tell it to quote AP, you will get a Democrat partisan answer. If you tell it to quote Fox, you will a a largely partisan Republican answer. If you tell it to quote YWN, you will an frum-oriented answer that is usually right though its biases are obvious.
Facebook asked if I wanted to repost what I wrote on Jan. 20, 2017. I said then that “Trump has been president for almost an hour and so far, NO apocalypse. I guess those predictions were more examples of fake news from the left-leaning establishment media.” The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Trump has a minimal majority in the House, and barely one in the Senate., and will probably lose both in 2026. It may a major point in American history, or only a trivia contest question about non-consecutive terms. The only difference from eight years ago is that the Progressive (WOKE) wing of the Democrats is shattered and by 2028 the Democrats may be sane again (bad news for the Republicans), while it isn’t clear if the “RINOs” (basically Reagan/Tea Party Republicans) will stick with Trump. Decisive factors may be some of Trump’s foreign policies relating to allies such as NATO, and East Asian democracies, inflation, and whether to expel employed non-criminal aliens.
Why would they? What is Israel offering in return? Remember the prisoners in question want to overthrow the governments in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United States. They have no faith in Hamas “peaceful ways”, and the two Arab countries would probably execute Hamas’s terrorists if they captured them. The “moderate” Arab countries want peace with Israel, and the key to that is negotiating a settlement between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel desperately wants the hostages back, and the more hostages returned alive, the better off it is for the Israeli government.
Israel does have the option of executing any terrorist who is not wearing a uniform, or engaged in war crimes (such as rape and murder of civilians). Also remember, the when a war ends, there is a requirement to release prisoners of war. Note that Israel made a decision to abolish capital punishment, and being a democracy, it is hard to change such a policy without public support.
Don’t worry. As long as a majority of the politicians, judges and generals are persons of Jewish descent who reject Torah and Mitsvos, and who assert (and even sing about it the national anthem) that the goal of zionism is to free Jews from the yoke of Torah – no one would see the war as being a Milhemes Mitsvah. At some point, based on current demographic trends, Eretz Yisrael might have a government in which most of the leadership (of the government, the legal system and even the military) will be Bnei Torah, and the upper class hilonim will be fleeing since they don’t want to live in Jewish state – then the question will get interesting.
It appears the New York judicial system is admitting its mistake in falsely accusing Trump. By definition, a felony is something for which you get at least one year in prison. In all fairness, this is the first time someone was convicted of paying a blackmailer; in the usual case, the one receiving the money is being prosecuted, not the victim of the blackmail.
Calendars usually choose an arbitrary date. The Romans often used the date of the mythological founding of Rome. For a while the French used the date of their revolution, and America uses the data of independence (on official texts of laws). Many countries until recently used the date of the current monarch coming to the throne. For a while, we often used the date that Alexander is believed to have conquered Eretz Yisrael. The year used in most western countries is a mythological date, and using BCE/CE is a way to make it less insulting for non-Christians. The Talmud clearly allows using non-Jewish dates on documents, so at least they shouldn’t insult us by trying to make every date into a religious statement.
Thew primary function of the goyim’s “New Year” is to have a date mid-winter for record keeping. While there might have been a connection to what day some mythological baby born on Dec. 25 would have had a bris, the date was chosen relatively recently. The advantage of having a date mid-winter is that nothing is getting done so your one year measurements are more precise. Spring (as it had been) or Fall (as we do) are times of lively economic activity, which isn’t good for a statistical purpose. Their “New Year” is not about remembering or forgetting, and de facto marks the end of their end of year, post-solstice celebrations which is based on the Roman Saturnalia.
Almost all children are vaccinated, and once anyone gets polio in a community, all the unvaccinated get vaccinated. Vaccines work for life, and the effects of having polio are very visible and obvious. It won’t become a major problem.
There is a problem since some of the mistruths or half-truths the government public health officials spread during Covid (e.g. that Covid was a major threat to children so that schools needed to close, and those who got the Covid vaccine would have no side effects and wouldn’t have to worry about testing positive for Covid ever again) made people question the well established (and safe) vaccines such as the polio one which has been around for 70 years. I would suggest the blame falls more on the civil service (“deep state”) people in the health departments rather than President Biden, since no one ever took Biden seriously to begin with.
The government has a problem regulating drones since, as the Ukrainians have shown, even the “toys” you can buy at B&H or Walmarts can also do military missions including blowing up enemy targets. The FAA is experienced at regulating only larger aircraft and the military has experience defending against only larger targets. Regulating hobby drones, including commercial drones, would be difficult and would cause an outrage by those who use them in their businesses (for photography, for delivery of goods, for monitoring traffic, etc.). And shooting down drones would result in the shooter being sued by the drone’s owners for destruction of private property.
The Syrians of today are largely Arabs with a big mixture of Greeks and Romans. They aren’t the ones referred to in Taanach, and more than American Jews are American Indians.
1. By halacha, non-frum people are banned from military service on the theory they are probably liable to be killed as punishment for much of the daily conduct, so why “tempt fate” by letting them be soldiers. They could be drafted as jobniks.
2. If the Hareidim were running the yishuv in Eretz Yisrael, as was the case in the pre-zionist era, we wouldn’t be war with the Islamic world. The rabbanim warned that demanding to rule over the goyim and making them do our bidding would lead to conflict, and the rabbanim were correct.
3. It is tempting to say “It was the Zionist’s idea to start a war with the Muslims, so let them fight it” but the problem is now that the medinah’s enemies are engaged in a global campaign of genocide against all Jews, and in this are being helped by non-Muslim left-wingers who always found the continued existence of Jews annoying (since according to Marxist theory, we should have been assimilated long ago).
The alternative to a two state solution is for Israel to cease being a democratic state (either by killing the Palestinians or not allowing a large part of them to vote). Either would alienate public opinion in the United States. validate the WOKE anti-Semitism, and probably lead to US-supported sanctions against the zionists. Also note that in a single state solution, only complete unity of Jewish voters (i.e. a coalition of everything from the Haredi parties through what’s left of MAPAM and MAKI, including the openly anti-religious parties) would allow for Jewish control of Eretz Yisrael.
The difference between parties as most of the Democrats oppose the idea of a Jewish state, and are willing to support groups such as Hamas knowing their plan is also a “single state solution” (to be implemented “from the river to the sea” by killing all the Jews in Eretz Yisrael).
“Undocumented” is just a polite way of saying “illegal aliens”. No human, these days, is ever undocumented. Even if you wash up on the shore naked, the cops who pick you up will give you a document. “Undocumented” means improperly documented.
“Illegal” is problematic since that is something determined by a court. Am American court may rule that the “undocumented” person may in fact stay (e.g if the person turns out to be a citizen or a refugee). Calling an improperly documented person “illegal” is similar to calling a person accused of (and perhaps falsely accused) a crime, a “criminal”.
“Immigrants” or even a “wannabee immigrant” reflects that most of the “illegals” (“undocumented”) wish to stay and become Americans. While the situation is different in other countries, those who are “illegal” tourists or “illegal” temporary workers are not perceived of as a problem. In fact many “illegals” in the United States are really “tourists” (who overstay their visa, and get employed without proper authorization) or persons who plan to work in America and then return home (remember America has a labor shortage, and pays relatively high wages).
The word “alien” is also a problem since over the last 50 years it has acquired the meaning of “person from another planet” so calling someone an “alien” implies they are not really human. Note that most other languages have no word for “alien” other than the word for “stranger” or “foreigner”, e.g. זר in Hebrew, or étranger in French.
What does this have to do with socialism or Marxism? Marxism focuses on class struggle. A Marxist looking at the issue would say that the American proletariat opposed immigration because it reduces wages, whereas business owners and employers favor immigration since it increases the pool of workers resulting in lower wages, and often higher productivity. Socialist countries rarely have a problem with undocumented immigration since very few people want to live in socialist countries, and most of those attempting to move to the United States are in fact fleeing socialist countries and desire to exploit capitalism to get rich without government interference (something the Democrats seem to ignore).
Due those rules apply to all the officers, or is it similar to European colonial units or the American “colored” units in which the group deemed inferior are the “grunts” commanded by their better.
The Democrats’ “Progressive wing”, which is ascendant, supports active discrimination against Jews, tolerates anti-Jewish violence, and endorses Hamas’s demand for “ethnic cleansing” of Jews “from the River to the Sea”. Beyond that, many if not most Democrats oppose Freedom of Religion (favoring “freedom from religion”), and the Democrats are the party of the major corporations, which are largely closed to frum Jews. And don’t forget that Democrats favor killing babies, castration and sterilization as a social policy, supporting criminals against the police (as long the crimes victims are “politically incorrect” which includes us, etc.)
The further back you go, the more gedolim appear to us as Charedim. The same holds true for most Baal ha-Battim. To a certain extent 21st century Hareidim often act like reinactors (i.e. they are really much modern than they seem, but act old fashioned as an ideological statement – note use of modern medicine, modern engineered fabrics, modern transportation, modern printing). Contrast this with some goyim who for example, refuse modern drugs, only wear natural fabrics (made from plants or animals rather than from petroleum, don’t use automobiles, insist on using scrolls, etc.).
No one was “modern” before “modern” times, almost by definition (e.g. Rashi never had a smartphone, Moshe Rabeinu never browsed the internet, the Maccabees never used rifles, no one before the mid-20th century used antibiotics or frozen foods, etc.). To a 21st century person, all the Gedolim prior to modern times appear to be Hareidi.
Cheeseburgers don’t kill, and at Trump’s age his chances of lasting another four years are well under 100%. There is a very high correlation between being over 80 and dying. Also note that Vance was really Trump’s chosen one, whereas Harris was more or less forced on Biden to balance the ticket (she was the least toxic “Progressive” available). So don’t be shocked if Trump retires sometime after Jan. 20, 2027.
Also note that Vance is more polite and better educated than Trump, and will appeal to both the MAGA base and the Republican Conservatives.
It was perfectly legal to trick the Democrats into replacing Biden with Harris, knowing that as WOKE Progressive Harris would never break with the ridiculous policies that were destroying the Democrats (something that Biden, an experienced if slightly senile politician might have done). Only a fool would run for office on a platform that including putting men on women’s teams and in women’s shower rooms, admitting unemployable wannabee immigrants and cutting benefits to citizens to subsidize them, allowing open anti-Semites who advocate genocide of Jews to have any role in the Democratic Party, trying to ban people’s preferred automobiles and kitchen appliances, handing out jobs on the basis of gender and ethnicity rather than ability to do the job, etc.). The Democrats needed a “Sister Solija” moment to dumb this baggage, the Trump supporters made sure they wouldn’t pull it off. Brilliant politicking by the MAGA faction.
Most of what the original posting wants are beyond the power of the president. especially on matters related to commodity prices or international relations.
It would be nice if persons who attack Jews are prosecuted, and institutions that engage in routine anti-Jewish discrimination lost federal funding and tax exempt status.
A mentally ill politician with no respect for rule of law – we are only stuck with him until Jan. 20.
Then we get a sane populist celebrity non-politician, also with minimal respect for rule of law. Perhaps disrespect for rule of law is infectious.
While I would have preferred a fiscally responsible, law abiding conservative – it is a bit arrogant to ignore the fact that bulk of the people in the country are not elite well educated members of the bourgeoisie, and since America is a democracy, it is possible, as just happened, for the proletariat to a candidate who reflects their values and world view.