“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Senate unanimously passes bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent
Could changing the clocks twice a year become a thing of the past?
The Senate unanimously approved a bill on Tuesday that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent, making the House all that stands between longer winter days and later sunrises in summer.
The bipartisan legislation – known as the Sunshine Protection Act – was introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in March 2019. It was quickly backed by two of his Democratic colleagues, Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Ron Wyden of Oregon.
As the measure passed, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) let out an audible “Yes!” on the Senate floor.
If the House approves the measure and President Biden signs it, the legislation would not take effect until the fall of 2023 since airlines, railroads and other mass transit operators have built out schedules based on the current timekeeping system.
The US will enter Standard Time in November of this year, when Americans in every state except Hawaii and non-Navajo areas of Arizona turn their clocks back one hour. This past Sunday marked the start of Daylight Saving Time.
USA Today Names Women Of The Year. Here’s One Of Them.
USA TODAY announced its “Women of the Year,” and one of their choices was the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Rachel Levine, a biological man.
It's Not a Purim Joke, Unfortunately
USA TODAY boasted:
Every day across our country, USA TODAY’s Women of the Year lead and inspire, promote and fight for equity, give others a place to seek help and find hope.
They are strong and resilient women who have been champions of change and courage, often quietly, but with powerful results. And often despite their own challenges.
Some of the women may be familiar names. Others may be new to you. Each has an inspiring and powerful story.
Of Levine, USA TODAY noted, “Levine, 64, a trained pediatrician, became the nation’s highest-ranking openly transgender official last March when the Senate confirmed her as assistant secretary of health.”
Levine told USA TODAY, “I really feel that everything I’ve ever done, whether it was in academic medicine, in education, in clinical research, seeing my patients in my role in public health, in Pennsylvania and now my role nationally…has all led to this moment in terms of helping the nation through this greatest public health crisis that we have faced in over a hundred years.”
Israel destroyed fleet of UAV aircraft inside Iran
Iran’s fleet of UAVs was largely destroyed during an alleged Israeli airstrike on a military base near Kermanshah in western Iran in February 2022, and the incident was reportedly one of the triggers for Iran to fire at least 12 ballistic missiles at the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, Iraq.
According to a report from Hebrew-language daily Haaretz, Israel took the unusual step of conducting an airstrike inside of Iran.Hundreds of drones were either completely destroyed or severely damaged, though the Iranian government at the time blamed the loss of the UAVs on a fire at the base.
Although Israel regularly bombs Iranian assets in Syria, an attack on an Iranian base inside of Iran would be an extremely rare, even unprecedented, move.
Early on Sunday morning, Iran launched missile strikes on the unoccupied American consulate building in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. An Iranian government statement said that the strike was aimed at “secret Israeli bases” in the region.
Although the building and others nearby were damaged, no casualties were reported.
Hezbollah-linked Lebanese TV station Al Mayadeen, however, reported that “four Israeli officers were killed, in addition to seven wounded, four of whom are in a critical condition.”
The station did not present any evidence to support that claim.
Al Mayadeen said that the Israeli army had used the U.S. Consulate as an operative base, and that the attack on Iranian drones in February had originated from that location.
“The same headquarters [targeted by Iran] was responsible for an intelligence and aggressive operation against Iran in recent times,” the report read.
The Kurdish government has vehemently denied that the Consulate compound was being utilized by Israel for military or intelligence-gathering purposes.
Earlier in March, a Channel 12 report revealed that Israel has thwarted attempts to launch armed aircraft and drones from Iran.
An IDF spokesman said that in recent months, Israeli F-35s shot down two enemy aircraft in an air-to-air missile strike, adding that as far as he knew, this was the first time in world military history that such a maneuver had been used successfully.
DIN Criticizes Government of Israel
WHEN will we as a nation find our backbone?!"
By Zahava Englard Shapiro
Zelenskyy is an actor caught in his own show, building a spectacle of horror that could lure the world into a major conflict
Western media depict Ukraine as the victim of a savage attack, with Russia specifically targeting helpless civilians and children. I do not think it is wise to accept this narrative. Accepting such a narrative could only make things worse for everyone.
Ukraine is arming civilians and training them to shoot at Russian soldiers. They are fighting in urban areas, firing from residential buildings, and possibly from more sensitive locations, such as nurseries, schools, and hospitals. Russian soldiers will obviously shoot back at them. Civilians will inevitably die.
Why is it important to say this?
If we accept the Western narrative, it will only come back to bite us. Israel has been combating similar narratives for decades, trying to defend itself against foreign accusations. We are called an army of occupation and our soldiers are accused of committing war crimes.
-Hamas hides behind civilians and shoots at us. We fire back and are called murderers.
Hamas operates out of residential buildings, or in buildings shared by the foreign press. We level them and receive bad press.
-Hamas fires rockets from schools and hospitals. We fire back and the world backs them in their struggle against us.
Israel has a moral army, as far as armies go. I would not compare us to the Russians, but we do find ourselves in a similar position. Israel also has a greater incentive to please the world. We cannot afford to dig in deep like the Russians. Our military conflicts often end quickly with us pulling out, unwilling to finish the job in the face of stiff foreign opposition. Russia is different.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
The UTUBE Kabbalist
| Rabbi Avraham Shira |
| Rabbi Avraham Shira |
The Strap that Chassidishe Teacher beat their students now comes in a fancy holder.
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