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  • in reply to: Michael Cohen #2288165
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    Baruch Green of VIN News said:

    President Trump is now a convicted felon.

    He was found guilty by a biased jury, guided by a leftist judge
    who is a Biden donor, and prosecuted by a Soros-backed DA.

    Anyone who followed the trial knows that these charges were completely bogus.
    Fabricated. Manufactured. Made up from thin air.

    All Trump did was label the payments he made to a lawyer as “LEGAL EXPENSES”.

    There are no words to properly describe the level of travesty and corruption.

    SOURCE: article titled: “POLITICAL HOCK: This is a Dark Day for America”
    by Baruch Green 2024 May 31 www (dot) VIN News (dot) com

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    On 2024 June 2, Mr. Elon Musk said this on Fox News:

    “If a former President can be criminally convicted
    over such a trivial matter — motivated by politics,
    rather than justice — then anyone is at risk of a similar fate.”

    in reply to: The Good Biden Has Done #2287979
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    On 2024 June 2, Mr. Elon Musk said this on Fox News:

    “If a former President can be criminally convicted
    over such a trivial matter — motivated by politics,
    rather than justice — then anyone is at risk of a similar fate.”

    in reply to: 34 x GUILTY #2287978
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    On 2024 June 2, Mr. Elon Musk said this on Fox News:

    “If a former President can be criminally convicted
    over such a trivial matter — motivated by politics,
    rather than justice — then anyone is at risk of a similar fate.”

    in reply to: Trump Verdict #2287977
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    On 2024 June 2, Mr. Elon Musk said this on Fox News:

    “If a former President can be criminally convicted
    over such a trivial matter — motivated by politics,
    rather than justice — then anyone is at risk of a similar fate.”

    in reply to: Trump Verdict #2287976
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    On 2024 June 2, Mr. Elon Musk said this on Fox News:

    “If a former President can be criminally convicted
    over such a trivial matter — motivated by politics,
    rather than justice — then anyone is at risk of a similar fate.”

    in reply to: Refuting the Three Oaths [Gimel Shevuot] #2287748
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    DaMoshe: Thank you for your words of appreciation.

    The Kotel may not have any Halachic significance;
    BUT, if I remember correctly, the Midrash Tehillim
    teaches that THE SHECHINAH never leaves The Kotel.

    Which is probably why we Jews want to pray there.

    in reply to: Praising Soldiers Who Destroy Our Enemies #2287537
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    In Tanach, Sefer Shoftim, [the Book of Judges] chapter 5,
    the Prophetess Deborah [Devorah HaNeviyah],
    sings a Divinely-inspired song [shirah].

    In chapter 5, verses 12 to 16, she publicly praises
    those Jews who fought against the enemies of Israel.

    Then she publicly REBUKES those Jews who did
    NOT join the fight against the enemies of Israel.

    in reply to: 34 x GUILTY #2287374
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    Baruch Green of VIN News said:

    President Trump is now a convicted felon.

    He was found guilty by a biased jury, guided by a leftist judge
    who is a Biden donor, and prosecuted by a Soros-backed DA.

    Anyone who followed the trial knows that these charges were completely bogus.
    Fabricated. Manufactured. Made up from thin air.

    All Trump did was label the payments he made to a lawyer as “LEGAL EXPENSES”.

    There are no words to properly describe the level of travesty and corruption.

    SOURCE: article titled: “POLITICAL HOCK: This is a Dark Day for America”
    by Baruch Green 2024 May 31 www (dot) VIN News (dot) com

    in reply to: Trump Verdict #2287373
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    Baruch Green of VIN News said:

    President Trump is now a convicted felon.

    He was found guilty by a biased jury, guided by a leftist judge
    who is a Biden donor, and prosecuted by a Soros-backed DA.

    Anyone who followed the trial knows that these charges were completely bogus.
    Fabricated. Manufactured. Made up from thin air.

    All Trump did was label the payments he made to a lawyer as “LEGAL EXPENSES”.

    There are no words to properly describe the level of travesty and corruption.

    SOURCE: article titled: “POLITICAL HOCK: This is a Dark Day for America”
    by Baruch Green 2024 May 31 www (dot) VIN News (dot) com

    in reply to: 34 x GUILTY #2287266
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    Donald Trump was not merely pro-Israel; he was the MOST pro-Israel USA President of all time.

    Donald Trump was not merely pro-Jewish; he was the MOST pro-Jewish USA President of all time.

    When Donald Trump was USA President, he was the ONLY President
    who ever had two Shomer-Shabbat Jews as his closest advisors.

    When Donald Trump was USA President, he cut-off funding to our
    Arab-Nazi enemies who want to commit genocide against ALL [100%] Jews.

    When Joe Biden became USA President, he restored funding
    to our Arab-Nazi enemies who want to commit genocide
    against ALL [100%] Jews, which resulted in the greatest
    anti-Jewish massacre since the Holocaust; on 2023 October 7,
    around 1,400 Jews were killed by Hamas, (including children)
    and around 240 Jews were taken captive (including children)
    and many of them were killed.

    Additionally, Hamas has killed Jewish civilians and
    hostages with unbelievable cruelty (including children).
    And that massacre was paid-for by President Joe Biden.

    For any Jew to rejoice over the downfall of Donald Trump
    is an INEXCUSABLE lack of gratitude.

    Yechiell, because you said “OMEN” to celebrate the downfall
    of the MOST pro-Israel and MOST pro-Jewish USA President
    of all time, I will say “OMEN” on the Yom HaDin,
    the Great Day of Judgment, when the Heavenly Court
    convicts you of 34,000 or 34,000,000 sins,
    and decrees that you should be thrown into Gehinom.

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    Last but not least, using the courts to destroy political opponents
    was NEVER the American minhag — until now.

    The list of countries that use the courts to destroy political opponents
    includes: Nazi Germany, Communist Russian under Stalin, Communist China
    under Chairman Mao, Communist North Korea, and Communist Cuba.

    Even here in the USA, the people who have the greatest desire
    to use the courts to destroy Donald Trump are American Communists
    [who are now known as: Woke, Politically Correct, Progressives and Democrats].

    Now that this evil precedent has been established — using the courts
    to destroy political opponents — it may one day be used against
    people who you like, it may even be used against YOU!

    in reply to: Refuting the Three Oaths [Gimel Shevuot] #2287233
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    One famous person, who name I cannot remember now, said that:
    “An anti-Semite is a person who hates Jews more than they deserve”
    or something very similar to that.

    Some people in this Coffee Room, whose names I will not mention,
    hate “The Zionists” much more than they deserve, and in my opinion,
    that makes them Jewish anti-Semites, or something very similar to that.

    Anti-Semites often refuse to acknowledge any good deeds done by Jews.
    For example, schools in Iran teach [falsely] that Albert Einstein was a Muslim.

    Similarly, the radical anti-Zionists also refuse to acknowledge
    any good done by “The Zionists”. For example:

    [1] Under Zionist rule, the number of yeshivahs in Israel has
    increased from around 3 to many hundreds, and more every year.

    [2] Under Zionist rule, Jews enjoy vastly increased access to the Kotel.

    [3] All food in Israel’s Army is kosher.

    [4] Under Zionist rule, Jewish knowledge of the Hebrew language
    has increased to levels not seen in 18 centuries of exile.

    [5] Under Zionist rule, all [or almost all] marriages and divorces
    are performed by Orthodox Rabbis, even for secular Jews.

    [6] Under Zionist rule, the land of Israel has become a
    place of refuge, for Jews from many dozens of countries.

    As I write these words, I know that the radical anti-Zionists
    will never admit that what I said is true, and they will
    never even admit that I might have even one valid point.

    But I do not write this for them; I write for the people
    who know that the radical anti-Zionists are wrong,
    but cannot explain WHY the radical anti-Zionists are wrong.

    in reply to: The Good Biden Has Done #2287140
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    The article shown below is titled:
    “The Democrats’ last ditch plans” and was written by Alan Bergstein.
    It was published on 2024 May 30 in www (dot) IsraelNationalNews (dot) com:

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    I’ll readily admit that I try to regulate my schedule
    to tune in to every speech Joe Biden delivers.
    It’s not out of respect for the man or for the knowledge he imparts.
    With notebook and pen in hand, at each event, I wait patiently for him to come up with
    one of his patented fairy tales, start screaming or whispering at the camera,
    or merely just close his eyes and amazingly nodding off, while standing upright.

    Joe can do it all in the minimum amount of time his handlers allot him.
    Too much, and he’ll wander off script, imitating Buddy Hackett.
    In short, he’s a scam artist and out of it, but most of all and most sadly,
    he’s the US president. And we Americans are stuck with him as long
    as he’s still breathing, until Trump’s Inauguration Day,
    January 20, 2025. May G-d have mercy on us ’til then…

    But all the while, give Biden, this inane quisling, credit for his political survival savvy.
    He’s the prime example of a dangerous dictator masquerading as a victim and patriot.
    He showers us with self-pitying tales of his wife’s and kids’ disastrous automobile deaths
    and falsifies his son Beau’s death as occurring during the Iraq war.

    He not only proclaims what kinds of autos, washing machines
    and light bulbs we must purchase but also woos the support
    of enemy nations with billions of our taxpayer monies.

    He also now oversees and controls our formerly independent
    criminal justice system consisting of three letter agencies (FBI, CIA, DOJ, IRS),
    to harass, prosecute and incriminate his political enemies.

    In short, he is an All-American, suit and tie wearing version of a Castro,
    Putin, Stalin or Hitler in our White House. Do not underestimate him.

    To our amazement, he has tyrannically persecuted, prosecuted and incriminated
    the main adversary to his continuing presidency, using our criminal justice system
    to openly attempt to throttle Trump’s campaigning…and has failed.

    Trump, forced to remain in Manhattan, where Democrat Soros-funded DA,
    Alvin Bragg rules, has used his court “off time” to roust up enough NYC
    and NJ supporters, to threaten the Democrat dominance in these states.

    There seems to be no prosecutorial way to throttle Trump.
    Legally anyway.
    So, with the election looming only five months away and with
    Biden’s brain and body withering before our very eyes, with Trump supporters
    coming out in droves and with the polls showing a possible
    national crushing defeat for the Democrat Party from dog-catcher
    up to the White House, what’s their next step, their way out?

    I believe there might even be a plan, a last ditch one; a last resort,
    to harm Trump physically. It’s standard procedure in totalitarian countries
    to exterminate serious political opposition, and since
    we’re currently bordering on one, why not here?

    We’ve seen the viral hatred exhibited by the likes of
    Dem leaders, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley,
    Bernie Sanders and others of their side of the aisle.

    And supporting their positions, the recent nationwide, well led, planned
    and funded street and college riots, awakening us to understand that
    they are very capable of untold violence to stay afloat and in command.
    And anyone, who stands in their way must be erased, removed, eradicated.

    We see how Biden and his party have already abandoned Israel, throwing it to the wolves.

    And didn’t the Obama/Biden team gift Iran with a nuclear arsenal?

    Sad to say, we’ve come to a point in time when our democracy,
    our acceptance of the rights of all to speak up and be heard
    is tapering off and is in danger of becoming history.

    Donald Trump is the lone one standing in the way of those who
    are both on the payroll and in the camp of Iran and China.

    His presidency would put an end to China’s growing industrial
    and financial dominance over the world and he’d stop the Islamist Iran
    from radiating its Koranic control of the Middle East and its energy deposits.

    These next most crucial five months will tell the story. if Trump evades
    a jail term in NYC and elsewhere, and if he gets free to campaign
    and tell the story of the plans the Democrat Party has for this country,
    he must be mindful that he is a target, a real one, for his opposition
    and must keep a constant security team around him and his family.
    May G-d watch over and protect him.

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    PERSONAL COMMENT FROM SQUARE_ROOT:
    President Joe Biden’s old boss, Mr. Barack Hussein Obama,
    used the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to attack
    pro-Israel non-profit organizations.

    in reply to: Chasidus Filling a Void Within Modern Orthodoxy #2286919
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    ezra101: I agree with you.

    HaKatan: Before “The Zionists” created their state in 1948 CE,
    Jewish access to the Kotel was severely restricted,
    compared to what Jews enjoy now.

    For example: Any Jew who blew the shofar at the Kotel
    was quickly arrested and imprisoned by the British.

    Under the rule of the Turkish Ottoman Empire,
    Jews had to pay money for access to a small part of the Kotel.

    in reply to: The Good Biden Has Done #2286870
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    Under President Joe Biden:

    Afghanistan disaster with our soldiers and allies killed on his watch.

    Hamas kidnapped, raped, tortured, and and massacred around 1,500 Israelis,
    including: teenagers, children, infants, and babies plus 25o Israelis kidnapped.

    Russia invaded Ukraine and committed many thousands of War Crimes.
    China is closer than ever before to invading Taiwan.

    Food prices at an historic high.
    Gasoline prices keep rising.
    Insurance rates at an all time high.
    Inflation is at a 50-year high.
    Credit Card debt at an all time high.
    Credit Card delinquencies at an all time high.
    Car prices at an all time high.

    USA catering to 1/100 of a percent of people (Transgenders).

    USA colleges openly practicing anti-Semitism.
    Coordinated marches all over the country in favor of terrorists.
    Bridges blocked and roads blocked by people supporting terrorist groups.

    10 million ILLEGAL ALIENS crossing the border and nobody has any clue
    who many of them are, with more and more crossing every day with no end in sight.

    ILLEGAL ALIENS get much better benefits than native-born USA citizens.

    Cheating American taxpayers by transferring college-student-loan
    debts onto taxpayers who never attended college.

    You honestly want this man back in power?

    He cannot even attend a public event without cue cards.
    Even when he reads then he gets it wrong.

    He was given custom shoes to try and prevent falls.

    Are we doing so much better now under him then we did under Trump?
    You are so blinded by hating a man you turn a blind eye to what is really going on.

    Until a migrant steals your job or harms your family you will not care.

    Until a terrorist pulls off a coordinated effort and gets you
    maimed or your family member gets hurt you will not care.
    By the time you care, it will be too late.

    The country will never be the same going forward,
    no matter what happens in the next election.
    Throughout time everything that goes wrong will be
    tied back to the Biden administration until the end of time.

    in reply to: Chasidus Filling a Void Within Modern Orthodoxy #2286869
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    Ishpurim: Many people will not understand your recent comment.
    You might want to repeat your comment,
    written in normal language, instead of secret code.

    DaMoshe: Over the past 42 years, you are the ONLY person
    I know who referred to Chassidus as “feel-good Judaism”.
    I invite you (or anyone) to explain how Chassidus is “feel-good Judaism”.

    in reply to: The Good Biden Has Done #2286743
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    Daniel Greenfield said:

    The Houthis lived up to their “Death to America” slogan
    by repeatedly launching cruise missiles at the USS Mason
    which had been protecting shipping in the area.

    And they lived up to the second half of their slogan by
    ethnically cleansing the remaining local Jewish population,
    locking them up, and confiscating their homes and land.

    Local reports stated that the Houthis were “cutting off water &
    electricity to Jewish homes and preventing Jews from purchasing food.”

    “No Jew would be allowed to stay here,” one of the Jewish refugees said.

    The Iran-backed Islamic terrorists fight using 18,000 child soldiers.
    The soldiers, many abducted, some as young as 10,
    are taught to hate America and to kill enemies of Iran.

    None of this stopped Biden’s State Department from taking the Houthis off the terror list.

    SOURCE: Biden Takes “Death to America” Terrorists off Terror List
    by Daniel Greenfield February 2021 www (dot) DanielGreenfield (dot) org

    in reply to: Chasidus Filling a Void Within Modern Orthodoxy #2286736
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    Is it really only the Modern Orthodox who suffer from a “void” that they need to fill?

    In out times, we have: no prophets [neviim], no Torah-based Jewish Supreme Court
    [Sanhedrin], no Rabbis with real smichah, no Temple [Beth HaMikdash],
    no Kohanim and Leviim who perform their Avodah, and no unity among Jews,
    not even among the Orthodox Jews (15%), and certainly not with the non-Orthodox Jews (85%).

    Until the secular year 1967, we Jews did not even enjoy free access to the Kotel
    in Yerushalayim; and if all Jews would have listened to the anti-Zionists,
    then we would still not enjoy free access to the Kotel, even now.

    Last but not least, our prayers [tefilot] seem to go unanswered most of the time,
    even after we recite many prayers.

    in reply to: The Good Biden Has Done #2286562
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    Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton criticized President Biden’s
    approach to Israel’s reaction to Iran, alleging that the administration exerted
    “enormous pressure” on Israel’s response to Iran’s recent attack.

    “I think what Israel did, as far as it went, was fine,” Bolton said Friday
    on the “Cats & Cosby” radio show, hosted by John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby.

    “I think they were under enormous pressure, I mean, enormous pressure,
    from the Biden administration not to do more.

    SOURCE: Bolton Criticizes Biden’s ‘Enormous Pressure’ on Israel
    2024 April 21 matzav (dot) com

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    Julie Strauss Levin said:

    “Biden claims he’s a friend of Israel but it just isn’t so.
    Let’s walk down memory lane with the most hostile,
    anti-Israel administration in American history.

    It was Obama-Biden that rewarded the Palestinian Authority (PA)
    with taxpayer dollars despite it handing out millions of dollars
    to PA terrorists for killing Americans and Israelis.

    It was Obama-Biden that pressured Israel to withdraw to
    indefensible borders, release Palestinian terrorists from jail,
    divide Israel’s capital Jerusalem, refrain from building homes,
    and more. Deafening silence from Obama-Biden regarding
    the PA’s murderous track record and
    its refusal to recognize Israel as the one Jewish state.”

    SOURCE: Biden Is No Friend of Israel; He’s an Adversary
    by Julie Strauss Levin, TownHall (dot) com

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    Julie Strauss Levin also said:

    It was Obama-Biden that refused to oppose the anti-Semitic
    Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement,
    whose goal BDS co-founder admitted is to eliminate “
    any Zionist state like the one we speak about [in present-day Israel].”

    Even WaPo’s Jennifer Rubin (not exactly a friend of Republicans)
    succinctly titled her piece, “Obama Winks at BDS”.

    SOURCE: Biden Is No Friend of Israel; He’s an Adversary
    by Julie Strauss Levin, TownHall (dot) com

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    Reema Dodin, announced on Monday as a deputy director
    of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs for the
    incoming Biden administration, once praised suicide bombers
    during the Second Intifada.

    In 2002, Dodin, then a student at the University of California, Berkeley,
    spoke about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with residents of Lodi, Calif.,
    saying that “suicide bombers were the last resort of a desperate people,”
    according to the Lodi News-Sentinel.’

    SOURCE: Incoming senior Biden staffer justified suicide bombers during Second Intifada:
    2020 November 24 www (dot) jns (dot) org

    in reply to: Praising Soldiers Who Destroy Our Enemies #2286563
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    somejewiknow: You seem to be implying that Israel
    should not have used military force, in response to
    the massacre of 1,200 Jews on October 7, 2023.

    somejewiknow: You seem to be implying that Israel
    should not have used military force, in response to
    around 200 Jews being taken hostage on October 7, 2023.

    somejewiknow: You seem to be implying that Israel
    is 100% to blame for the recent violence there.
    Which implies that the genocidal Muslim terrorists
    are 0% to blame for the recent violence there.
    Which is 100% SHEKER [false].

    somejewiknow: You seem to be implying that Israel’s
    Army is not doing everything possible to minimize
    harm to civilians, which is 100% SHEKER [false].

    somejewiknow: You sound like the Neturei Karta.

    in reply to: Memorial Day #2286528
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    When we respect the laws of our non-Jewish neighbors, they notice.
    When we do not respect the laws of our non-Jewish neighbors, they also notice.

    When we respect the patriotic holidays of our non-Jewish neighbors, they notice.
    When we do not respect the patriotic holidays of our non-Jewish neighbors, they also notice.

    When we respect the war veterans of our non-Jewish neighbors, they notice.
    When we do not respect the war veterans of our non-Jewish neighbors, they also notice.

    When we respect our non-Jewish neighbors, they notice.
    When we do not respect our non-Jewish neighbors, they also notice.

    Just because they do not say anything,
    DOES NOT PROVE that they do not notice.

    They may not say anything to us,
    but they can still talk about it among themselves.

    in reply to: The Good Biden Has Done #2286449
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    Vice President Joe Biden said this
    to President Obama about Jonathan Pollard:

    “Over my dead body are we going to let him out before his time.

    If it were up to me, he would stay in jail for life.”

    SOURCE: Jonathan Pollard Home at Last by Jerold Auerbach
    2020/12/30 www (dot) algemeiner (dot) com

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    Caroline Glick said:

    “…there was massive evidence five years ago that Iran’s actions
    and intentions in relation to its illicit nuclear program were aggressive.

    Israel shared that evidence with the Obama administration,
    and Barack Obama and his advisors didn’t care.
    They drove forward and demonized Israeli leaders
    and their American supporters as warmongers.

    The same people who dismissed Israel’s evidence then
    are now leading Biden’s national security team.”

    SOURCE: Israel goes back to the future by Caroline Glick
    2021 January 15, www (dot) CarolineGlick (dot) com

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    Joe Biden NEVER expressed regret for United Nations Resolution 2334,
    which states that ALL [100%] of Israel is stolen land,
    including Jerusalem and THE KOTEL.

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    Caroline Glick also said:

    Last week [USA President] Biden held a Passover seder
    at the White House which erased the Jews and God
    from the story of their deliverance from Egypt.

    The White House invited the progressive, anti-Israel
    “rabbi” Sharon Brous to officiate at the event,
    which rewrote and de-Judaized every aspect
    of the Jewish festival of Jewish freedom.

    SOURCE: The threats American Jewry refuses to face
    by Caroline Glick, 2021 April 4 www (dot) jns (dot) org

    in reply to: The Good Biden Has Done #2286285
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    Jonathan S. Tobin, editor-in-chief of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate) said:

    Succumbing to pressure from the intersectional left wing of his own party
    that views Israel as a “white oppressor” and “apartheid” state,
    and implicitly accepting Hamas propaganda about civilian casualties,
    he [President Joe Biden] characterized Israel’s war effort as “over the top,”
    and that it was guilty of “indiscriminate” killing of Palestinians.

    This was entirely false and remains so.

    But rather than treating the pro-Hamas and antisemitic protests
    that were breaking out on college campuses and in the streets
    of the nation’s cities, Biden seemed intimidated by the leftist attacks
    on Israel that were being echoed by the corporate media.

    SOURCE: Biden doomed the Palestinians to another generation of war
    by Jonathan S. Tobin, 2024 May 20, www (dot) JNS (dot) org

    in reply to: Praising Soldiers Who Destroy Our Enemies #2286283
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    Sam Klein: Since you are not a prophet [navi],
    how do you know for sure that the members
    of the Israeli Army are not chosen by G*D
    to destroy the enemies of the Jewish People?

    During the Plague of Frogs [Makat Tzefardea],
    G*D used FROGS as His messengers, to destroy Egypt.

    If frogs can be used as G*D’s messengers,
    to destroy the enemies of the Jewish People,
    then why not the members of the Israeli Army?

    in reply to: The Good Biden Has Done #2286282
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    John Podhoretz said:

    “Biden’s policy now is that Hamas should be allowed to live
    to massacre another day. In the end, then, while Biden spent
    months being the best friend Israel may ever have had in
    the White House, he has now become one of its worst enemies.”

    SOURCE: Why Joe Biden Has Gone from Friend to Enemy
    by John Podhoretz, June 2024
    Commentary Magazine www dot commentary dot org

    in reply to: Israeli War Criminal Netanyahu #2286279
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    If Netanyahu has committed a crime, then where are the kosher witnesses?
    If Netanyahu has committed a crime, then where are the kosher judges?
    The so-called “International Criminal Court” has neither.

    in reply to: Are we praising the same people we are shocked by? #2286012
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    I am not “idolizing” the IDF / Israeli Army.

    I simply have gratitude for soldiers who save Jewish lives 365 days a year,
    and risk their own comfort and their own health their own lives to do that.

    What does Sanhedrin 37A say about someone who saves the life of ONE Jew?

    Maybe — just maybe — if religious Jews showed more thanks and praise
    for soldiers who defend Jews, and maybe if religious Jews
    stopped spitting on soldiers, and stopped attacking soldiers,
    and stopped criticizing soldiers,
    then maybe soldiers would stop hating religious Jews.

    Religious Jews cannot spit on soldiers, and attack soldiers,
    and criticize soldiers, and then act surprised
    when some [not all] soldiers hate religious Jews.

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    Midrash Tanchuma, Parshat Nitzabim, end of chapter 1:
    “The Jews will not be redeemed until they unite as one…
    when they unite, they receive the Divine Presence.”

    in reply to: A Kingdom of Priests and a Holy Nation #2285945
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    Before “The Zionists” took control of Eretz Yisrael,
    there were approximately three [3] yeshivahs in all of Eretz Yisrael,

    After 76 years of “The Zionists” controlling Eretz Yisrael,
    there are many hundreds of yeshivahs in Eretz Yisrael,
    with new yeshivahs being built often.

    If the number of yeshivahs in Eretz Yisrael is not more than 1,000
    now, then it probably will be more than 1,000 in the near future.

    Before “The Zionists” took control of Eretz Yisrael,
    the Gentiles believed that the Jewish People were rejected
    and hated by G*D, and they believed that this gave them
    permission to harm Jews without fear of punishment.

    After 76 years of “The Zionists” controlling Eretz Yisrael,
    many millions of Gentiles, whose grandparents hated Jews
    and believed that Jews were rejected and hated by G*D,
    now believe that Jewish People are the Chosen People of G*D,
    and they believe that G*D loves Jews, and they want
    to help Jews because they believe that G*D loves Jews,
    and He will reward people who help Jews.

    Israel’s Army is the ONLY army in the world in which all food is kosher.
    Hundreds of Jews, including Rabbi Lazer Brody,
    became Baalei Teshuvah during the time they served in Israel’s Army.

    Israel’s Army is the ONLY army in the world that
    defends Jewish lives and defends Jewish land 365 days a year.

    During the last year of his life, one person asked
    Rabbi Avigdor Miller ZTL ZYA, if we Jews should
    pray for the Israeli Army. Rabbi Avigdor Miller said:
    “IF THEY ARE FIGHTING TO DEFEND US,
    THEN WE SHOULD PRAY FOR THEM.”
    When he said that, I was sitting in his Shul, in the same room with him.
    I remember exactly what he said.

    in reply to: Bli Neder no music until all hostages are free #2285482
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    I again want to explain why I have not listened to music in 220+ days.

    It is not only because of our people being held hostage by Hamas terrorists.

    It is also because this war has killed many innocent and very praiseworthy
    Jewish soldiers, who died (HYD) in a very praiseworthy attempt
    to defend our sacred land from genocidal Hamas/Amalek terrorists.

    It is also because this war has made hundreds of our innocent and
    praiseworthy Jewish women and children into widows and orphans.

    It is also because this war has made thousands of our innocent and
    praiseworthy Jewish brothers and sisters, who live in our sacred land,
    into refugees and poor people.

    It is also because this war has made thousands of our innocent and
    praiseworthy Jewish brothers and sisters, who live in our sacred land,
    unable to sleep at night, because of fear for themselves
    and worry for others.

    It is also because this war has made thousands of our innocent and
    praiseworthy Jewish brothers and sisters, who live in our sacred land,
    die with unbelievable cruelty, even children.

    Even if I did listen to music, I would not be able to enjoy it,
    because of the great suffering of our innocent and praiseworthy
    Jewish brothers and sisters, who live in our sacred land.

    I might be wrong about this, but sometimes I suspect that
    I am not the same person that I was before the 2023 Oct 7
    massacre. The person who I was before could listen to music,
    every day, and enjoy it, but the person who I am now cannot.

    The part of me that could listen to music and enjoy it, is broken,
    and I do not know if it will ever be repaired.

    Last but not least, the very small suffering that I accept on myself
    by not listening to music, is *** NOTHING *** compared to
    the suffering of our innocent and praiseworthy Jewish soldiers,
    who experienced injury and death, and their widows and orphans.

    in reply to: Israeli War Criminal Netanyahu #2285406
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    Duvidf said:

    “He is a Mega Narcissist who will do anything to stay in power…”

    ==========================================

    That statement is true of almost every politician.

    in reply to: Israeli War Criminal Netanyahu #2285404
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    Rand0m3x said:

    “And where would the Gazans go, anyway?”

    ====================================

    Considering that the Gazans: voted for Hamas, worked for Hamas,
    supported Hamas, helped Hamas massacre Jews (including children),
    helped Hamas hold Jewish hostages, and were members of Hamas,
    I would that that the Gazans should all go straight down to HELL,
    which is exactly where they belong, and the sooner the better.

    If that is not possible, then the Gazans should be sent to
    northwestern China, where the Chinese government holds
    millions of Muslims as prisoners and slaves, and NOBODY
    complains about this, not even the Arabs or the Muslims!

    in reply to: Israeli War Criminal Netanyahu #2285240
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    Right now, there is an article on the Aish HaTorah website
    www dot aish dot com that defends Prime Minister Netanyahu.

    That article is:
    The International Criminal Court’s Obscene Accusations Against Israel
    by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller, 2024 May 22.

    Just one quick quote from that article:

    “Placing Israel’s democratically elected leaders
    on the same level as some of the worst human rights abusers
    and mass killers on the planet is outrageous.

    It’s as if Khan issued warrants for the arrest of both Osama bin Laden
    and President George W. Bush immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks.

    It’s like calling for the arrest of Adolf Hitler along with Winston Churchill.”

    in reply to: Israeli War Criminal Netanyahu #2285237
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    Besalel, what you just said is EXACTLY what Rabbi Meir Kahane ZTL said
    in the 1980s. Not using the same words as you, but using the same logic.

    He said that the nations ALWAYS condemn Israel, no matter what Israel does,
    so Israel should destroy its enemies completely. He was 100% correct.

    in reply to: Rewarding Failure by Rabbi Chananya Weissman #2284885
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    These questions are from an article titled:
    Dignity for Singles by Chananya Weissman,
    that was published on September 8, 2017, in The Times of Israel:

    1. It is acceptable for someone on the very fringes of a single’s life
    to deliver unsolicited “constructive criticism” on how he is running his personal life.
    Why is it not similarly acceptable for a single to walk into someone’s house
    and critique how a couple is raising their children, spending their money, or managing their home?

    2. Why are singles often told by someone with a seemingly random
    shidduch suggestion to trust the would-be matchmaker’s hunch,
    but singles are discouraged from trusting their own hunches?

    4. If a relationship works out, why does the shadchan get the credit,
    but if it doesn’t work out, it’s the fault of the singles?

    8. Why is there such delicateness when trying to help childless couples (rightfully so),
    but not for singles, who lack not only the opportunity to procreate,
    but also companionship in their journey?
    Why do people who approach the former issue with sensitivity believe anything goes with singles?

    12. Singles are often told, “That’s why you’re not married.”

    Would you ever be so presumptuous to inform a childless couple,
    a sick person, or an unemployed person why they are having a difficulty in life?

    And when that single does get married, will you acknowledge
    that you were wrong and do teshuva for slandering the person?

    16. Why do you expect singles to thank you just for “thinking of them”?
    How degrading is that?
    Would you expect a poor person to thank you just for thinking of giving them money?

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    For UJM:

    If a child were born deaf, and he was deaf his entire life,
    would it be logical or fair to judge him by his knowledge of music?
    Obviously not!

    Most Israelis alive today were raised by secular parents and attended only secular schools.
    To judge people who were raised that way
    by the laws of Shulchan Aruch, is not logical and not fair.

    Judging Jews who were secular their entire lives by the laws of Shulchan Aruch
    is like judging a man who was deaf his entire life by his knowledge of music.
    Both are not logical and both are unfair.

    UJM: Do you think you are smart for condemning the flaws of Jews who are Tinok SheNishba?

    If you were a real tzadik, then you would strive with all your might to judge them favorably,
    and avoid publicly mentioning their flaws.

    PS: In Iran, in recent years, hundreds of Mosques closed completely,
    because millions of Iranian Muslims are quietly quitting Islam.

    in reply to: Israeli War Criminal Netanyahu #2284622
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    Referring to Netanyahu as war criminal is MOTZI SHEM RA against an innocent man.
    That verdict was politically-motivated, to appease
    millions of murderous Muslims militants, and you know it.

    For your own benefit, please be careful with your words.
    G*D knows everything we say, and He is destined to judge every word we speak.

    in reply to: Rewarding Failure by Rabbi Chananya Weissman #2284448
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    Chananya Weissman recently added two articles to his web site
    that attack and refute people who claim that
    a certain Rabbi who died in 1994 is the Melech HaMashiach.

    in reply to: Netura Karta Protesting at College Campuses #2283953
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    Stated a different way:

    When you publicly attack “The Zionists”, you become a [De Facto]
    *** ALLY *** of all those who fight to commit GENOCIDE
    against ALL JEWS, starting with the Jews in Eretz HaKodesh.

    When you publicly attack “The Zionists”, you become
    an *** ALLY *** of Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran.

    This makes you a super-rodaif and a super-mosair.

    PS: I hope this is simpler and easier to understand.

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    UJM said:

    “At the end of Shmiras HaLashon (Hilchos Rechilus 9:15), the Chofetz Chaim
    writes that the prohibitions against Lashon Hara and Rechilus
    do not apply to reshaim and kofrim and that it is,
    in fact, a mitzvah to mock such persons:”

    “It is a mitzvah to make their false opinions public before all,
    and shame them so that others do not learn from their evil deeds.”

    =========================================

    MY RESPONSE:

    [1] Most secular Jews in Israel today are Tinok SheNishba,
    or close to Tinok SheNishba, so this does not apply to them.

    [2] When Jews are under intense attack,
    both in Eretz HaKodesh and in the Exile,
    that is THE WRONG TIME for Jews to publicly attack each other.

    In his Sefer HaMidot, Rabbi Nachman of Breslov ZTL ZYA taught that:
    “When Jews are united, the Gentiles fear them.”

    [3] While mocking heretics is taught by our Torah,
    it should not be done at a time in history when
    there is a danger of a Jewish Civil War (G*D forbid)
    with Jews fighting and killing each other (G*D forbid).

    in reply to: Netura Karta Protesting at College Campuses #2283810
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    When you publicly attack “The Zionists”,
    you help people who work and fight to commit GENOCIDE
    against ALL JEWS, starting with the Jews in Eretz HaKodesh.

    This makes you a super-rodaif and a super-mosair.

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    In Tanach times, there were wicked Jewish kings in Eretz Yisrael who worshipped idols.
    This included both kings of the kingdom of Israel and kings of the kingdom of Judah.
    Yet even then, nobody ever said that Jews should not fight
    to defend Eretz Yisrael, because their kings were wicked.

    In Tanach times, there were wicked Jewish kings in Eretz Yisrael who worshipped idols.
    This included both kings of the kingdom of Israel and kings of the kingdom of Judah.
    Yet even then, nobody ever said that Jews should sympathize
    with the enemies of the Jewish people — or even worse, actually help them.

    ===========================================
    == When you publicly attack “The Zionists”, you help people
    == who work and fight to commit genocide against all Jews.
    ==
    == This makes you a very big rodaif and a very big mosair.
    ===========================================
    == WHEN YOU PUBLICLY ATTACK “THE ZIONISTS”, YOU HELP PEOPLE
    == WHO WORK AND FIGHT TO COMMIT GENOCIDE AGAINST ALL JEWS.
    ==
    == THIS MAKES YOU A VERY BIG RODAIF AND A VERY BIG MOSAIR.
    ===========================================

    in reply to: Bunch of Four lanes street & cheep houses in Cleveland #2283655
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    The correct spelling is “cheap”, not “cheep”.

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    HaKatan said:

    “In our times, there is a large organized movement (Zionism, of course)
    to endanger and commit shmad against all Jews,
    starting with the Jews in Eretz Yisrael, but not ending with them.”

    ==============================================

    MY RESPONSE:

    What you said is not even half-true, and not even half-of-half true.

    If you actually believe that, then you are severely misinformed.

    DaMoshe and Always_Ask_Questions just made very valid points
    about the ancient kings of the Kingdom of Judah and
    the Kingdom of Israel. But you refuse to acknowledge their
    valid points, because doing so would attack your precious shittah.

    You also said [incorrectly] that:

    “there has never been an ideology as poisonous and heretical as Zionism.”

    I spent 20 years fighting against Jews for Cheeses,
    and I can assure you that what you said is very far from true.

    Hundreds of secular Jews have become Baalei Teshuvah
    during their time in the Israeli Army, another true fact
    that you refuse to acknowledge, because it contradicts
    your precious outdated shittah.

    I could say much more, if I wanted to, but it would be wasted on you.

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    What is the point of UJM’s message,
    other than making yet another pointless redundant attack against Israel?

    In our times, there is a large organized movement to commit genocide against all Jews,
    starting with the Jews in Eretz Yisrael, but not ending with them.

    Anyone who publicly attacks “The Zionists” is becoming a De Facto ally
    of the large organized movement to commit genocide against all Jews,
    starting with the Jews in Eretz Yisrael, but not ending with them.

    Therefore, anyone who publicly attacks “The Zionists” becomes
    a rodaif and a mosair, because he joins himself to those people
    who work to commit genocide against all Jews.

    in reply to: Living a meaningful life #2283448
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    Read Sefer Pele Yoetz.

    This sefer is filled with good advice on more than 100 topics.

    in reply to: Bli Neder no music until all hostages are free #2283360
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    My Thoughts After 215 Days without Music
    =============================

    I believe that I think more clearly, as a result of not listening to any music.
    That was not my intention, but it is probably a result.

    I now strongly suspect that most of the time I spent listening to any music
    was just a waste of time, when I should have been doing more important things.

    Strangely, I do not miss the music very much,
    even though I enjoyed listening to it for many years.

    Sometimes memories of the music that I used to listen to enter my mind,
    seemingly at random, without me wanting them.

    Bli Neder, I try to avoid listening to these musical memories,
    because they are so accurate that just remembering the music
    that I used to listen to would be like actually listening to that music.

    I am not saying that anyone should follow my example.
    This is for me alone to do, not other people.

    I just cannot justify enjoying myself with music,
    when our brothers and sisters in our land
    are suffering in many different ways.

    I do not know how much longer I will do this.

    in reply to: Is the Zionist Dream Over? #2283358
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    Dear HaKatan and Neturei Karta,

    Before Eretz Yisrael was taken-over by “The Zionists”,
    there were approximately three [3] yeshivahs in Eretz Yisrael.

    After 76 years of Zionist rule in Eretz Yisrael,
    there are many hundreds of yeshivahs in Eretz Yisrael,
    maybe more than 1,000 yeshivahs in Eretz Yisrael.

    Additionally, many new yeshivahs are built in Eretz Yisrael every year.
    If the number of yeshivahs in Eretz Yisrael is not more than 1,000 now,
    then it probably will be more than 1,000 some time soon.

    In secular year 1967, the stunning victory of “The Zionists”
    against the Arabs caused an international Baal Teshuvah movement,
    which continued for decades after 1967 CE.

    The grandchildren of the year 1967 CE Baal Teshuvah movement
    are both studying in many yeshivahs right now,
    and teaching in many yeshivahs right now.

    ALL food in the Israeli Army is KOSHER.

    Your claim that Israel’s wars were “all by choice” is an obvious
    falsehood, and a re-write of history, and Motzi Shem Ra.

    Chazal clearly taught that the Jewish People will not be redeemed
    until they become united. By constantly attacking “The Zionists”,
    you guarantee that the Jewish People will NEVER be united,
    which means that the Jewish People will NEVER be redeemed.

    Last but not least, it is extremely obvious that
    YOU DON’T KNOW WHEN TO STOP.

    Sincerely,
    SQUARE_ROOT

    in reply to: Netura Karta Protesting at College Campuses #2282951
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    Every member of the Neturei Karta is a LUNATIC.
    Every member of the Neturei Karta is a RODAIF.
    Every member of the Neturei Karta is a MOSAIR.
    Every member of the Neturei Karta is a CHILLUL HASHEM.
    Every member of the Neturei Karta is a SHONDA FOR THE G0Y1M.
    When Rabbi Shteinmann ZTL came to Monsey, they spit on his face.
    When will Jews get SERIOUS about stopping this very dangerous evil?

    in reply to: Rewarding Failure by Rabbi Chananya Weissman #2280458
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    ujm said:

    “Mr. Weissman isn’t the smartest cookie on the block.”
    =====================================

    MY RESPONSE:

    Chananya Weissman organized more than 100 events for singles, before he made aliyah.

    His articles have been published many times by:
    Arutz Sheva, Horizons, Five Towns Jewish Times, The Jerusalem Herald,
    The Jerusalem Post, The Jerusalem Star, The Jewish Press, The Jewish Star,
    The Jewish Week, New York [City] Blueprint [no longer published],
    The Times of Israel, and The Yeshiva World.

    Rabbi Chananya Weissman wrote seven [7] books, including:
    “Go Up Like a Wall”,
    “How to Not Get Married: Break these rules and you have a chance”,
    “EndTheMadness Guide to the Shidduch World”,
    and “Keser Chananya” (his Divrei Torah in Hebrew and English).
    (His other books are listed on his web site.)

    He is also produced a documentary about the shidduch world:
    “Single Jewish Male” and “The Shidduch Chronicles”,
    available for FREE on YouTube.

    Chananya Weissman is also the creator of three Jewish web sites:
    www (dot) EndTheMadness (dot) org
    www (dot) HotKiddush (dot) com
    www (dot) ChananyaWeissman (dot) com

    in reply to: Bidens Failed Foreign Policies #2280422
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    So it is better under Biden?
    ===================

    Under President Joe Biden:

    Afghanistan disaster with our soldiers and allies killed on his watch.

    Afghanistan disaster with BILLIONS of dollars worth of
    American weapons and high-tech in the hands of terrorists.

    Hamas kidnapped, raped, tortured, and and massacred around 1,500 Israelis,
    including: teenagers, children, infants, and babies.

    Russia invaded Ukraine and committed many thousands of War Crimes.

    China is closer than ever before to invading Taiwan.

    Food prices at an historic high.

    Gasoline prices keep rising.

    Insurance rates at an all time high.

    Inflation is at a 50-year high.

    Credit Card debt at an all time high.

    Credit Card delinquencies at an all time high.

    Car prices at an all time high.

    USA catering to 1/100 of a percent of people (Transgenders).

    USA colleges openly practicing anti-Semitism.

    Coordinated marches all over the country in favor of terrorists.

    Bridges blocked and roads blocked by people supporting terrorist groups.

    10 million ILLEGAL ALIENS crossing the border and nobody
    has any clue who many of them are, with
    more and more crossing every day with no end in sight.

    ILLEGAL ALIENS get much better benefits than native-born USA citizens.

    Cheating American taxpayers by transferring college-student-loan debts
    onto taxpayers who never attended college.

    ===================

    You honestly want this man back in power?

    He cannot even attend a public event without cue cards.

    Even when he reads then he gets it wrong.

    He was given custom shoes to try and prevent falls.

    ===================

    Are we doing so much better now under him then we did under Trump?

    You are so blinded by hating a man you turn a blind eye to what is really going on.
    Until a migrant steals your job or harms your family you will not care.

    Until a terrorist pulls off a coordinated effort and you gets you maimed
    or your family member gets hurt you will not care. By the time you care,
    it will be too late.

    The country will never be the same going forward,
    no matter what happens in the next election.

    Throughout time everything that goes wrong will be
    tied back to the Biden administration until the end of time.

    By the time you open your eyes and see what has happened
    over the last 4 years, you will be sorry you did not act sooner.

    What happened in Germany with Hitler did not happen overnight.
    It was slow and steady till it was too late. Just like now. You are have been warned.
    Choose to listen or not is your choice but do not cry when it is too late to make change.

    FULL DISCLOSURE: I did not write this short essay. I copied it from Craig’s List,
    and made some corrections to spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

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