These are the same individuals who throw women in the back of the bus and would never allow them to sit next to them but when it comes to elections everything is permitted!
“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
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Peleg Leaves Torah to the Dati Leumi Guys To Go and Riot in Bnei-Brak
They need to be drafted ASAP! The sooner the better, as you see no one is learning so lets draft them all.
A Runoff In Beit Shemesh For Mayor .... Will Aliza Bloch Win This One?
It looks like the majority of the residents of Beit Shemesh are Chareidie. Which I have no problem with except I don't want them anywhere in charge of anything!
During the reign of the Chareidie Abutbul as Mayor, the corruption was rampant with many of his administration arrested for being on the take. In addition, he allowed the extremists free reign and they got out of control spitting on children going to school while screaming and barking "Shiksas" "tznuah" etc. Basically, terrorizing the rest of Beit Shemesh.
When Dr. Aliza Bloch won in the last election, the extremists were a little bit more restrained, as Dr. Bloch is not a Chareidie but is basically from the Dati Leumi crowd, and they were not comfortable raising the bar, though, they did do much damage to the city, both physically and besmirching the name of entire Beit Shemesh. Just recently when Dr. Bloch came to visit a school, they surrounded her car and almost killed her, the army had to rescue her from these untamed barbarians. People hearing that I live in Beit Shemesh ask right away "How do you live with these extremists?" The truth is that the extremists are a minority of a minority and when they make trouble it is always in the news.
Being that the city has turned Chareidie, I thought that Dr. Aliza Bloch would have as much chance of winning this election as a snowball in Eilat!
So Hashem sent Deri to throw a hatchet into the election.
Until Deri put his nose in, it was between Dr. Bloch the present Mayor and Shmuel Grinberg, a non-English speaker, running in a more or less Anglo community! Deri asked Abutbul the previous Mayor whose administration was plagued by scandal after scandal, to run, to knock out Grinberg.
Why?
Deri doesn't really care about Beit Shemesh and doesn't care what happens there! He actually lives in Har Nof in Yerushalyim and his power base is in Yerushalayim and Bnei-Brak. So why get involved?
Politics!!!! And Politics brings the shekels. Deri needs to get Shas guys elected in all Chareidie cities to wield power.
He is the leader of the Shas party founded by Rav Avadia Yosef z"l after Rav Yosef had a huge falling out with Rav Shach z"l! He is a Sfardie, and he hates Ashkenazim, (for good reason, I may add).
Supposedly he had a deal in Bnei Brak and in Elad with Aguda and Degel about some candidate running for Mayor where they were all on the same page. For some reason, Degel had a falling out with Shas, they may have breached their agreement, so to even the score so to speak, he pushed Abutbul to run in Beit Shemesh, he got Ger and the Aguda on board. This was to knock out Grinberg who was endorsed by Degel. No Chareidie endorsed Dr. Bloch.
Just that you guys know, the loshon hara between the candidates Abutbul and Grinberg hit the roof, and both bad-mouthed Dr. Bloch. Dr. Bloch the classy lady, stayed above the fray and didn't badmouth either candidate, she just kept repeating her record of trying to help everyone.
Understand so far?
Good because I don't, either way, all hell broke loose!
To become the Mayor of Beit Shemesh, you need at least 40% of the vote. No one reached the 40% mark but Abutbul got the least and so he is out! Good riddance!
In a Chareidie Town you would think that Dr. Aliza Bloch, a Dati Leumi person, would have no chance. But Hashem has a sense of humor and sent in the Gerer troops to put a hex on Grinberg!
The Gerers hate Grinberg because he was endorsed by Degel. He was also endorsed by their arch-enemy Rav Shaul Alter.
Shmuel Grinberg the guy who cannot utter one English word in a town dominated by Anglos dragged in old feeble out-of-town rabbis to a huge, massive gathering to endorse his candidacy. This gathering was in a Beit Shemesh Sports Center where for years the Chareidim yelled that one is not allowed to step in there. How we change things for "teirah"
All those rabbis kept talking about doing "histadlus" yet not one mentioned the concept of "Betachon," I guess when it comes to Chareidie interests in elections there is no concept of "Betachon." only "hishtadlus" plays a role.
As an aside that when it comes to serving our country, "hishtadlus" is thrown out the window and only "bitachon" plays a role! Chareidim are the only ones who have the license to decide when to invoke "hishtadlus" and when to invoke "Betachon." The author of Chovas Halvovos is turning in his grave.
So now that the Gerers who endorsed Abutbul, will not in any way endorse Grinberg, Dr. Aliza Bloch has a chance of winning.
All this may change at any time since the political situation is so volatile.
I hear as I am typing this that Grinberg is reaching out to Ger and Aguda and offering them high positions in his cabinet
How the Eida Hachreidis Murdered the Author of "Rashi Kepshuto"
New bill would make illegal immigrants eligible for first time homebuyer loans
Joaquin Arambula, a Democratic assemblyman from California, introduced Assembly Bill 1840 earlier this year, which could create an alternative way for illegal immigrants to achieve homeownership.
The bill is set to expand eligibility criteria for a state loan program to expand these loans to include undocumented migrants that are first-time buyers.
Arambula’s update to the bill states, "an applicant under the program shall not be disqualified solely based on the applicant’s immigration status."
"It’s that ambiguity for undocumented individuals, despite the fact that they’ve qualified under existing criteria, such as having a qualified mortgage [that] underscores the pressing need for us to introduce legislation," Arambula told the LA Times.
Susan Sarandon at NYC Pro-Hamas Protest barks ‘our enemy is silence’
Susan Sarandon speaks at “Millions March for Palestine” in Washington Square Park pic.twitter.com/jH0ka2OfyO
— Katie Smith (@probablyreadit) March 2, 2024
Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon addressed the crowd at a Pro-Hamas protest in Washington Square Park Saturday afternoon – where she urged attendees to disrupt “the narrative of the powerful.”
“Our enemy is greed, and our enemy is silence,” the 77-year-old actress told the hundreds of protestors who braved the rain and the wind for the Millions March for Palestine, according to a video shared by independent journalist Katie Smith.
“The silence of those who look away when you see crushed children, starving babies, wailing mothers, fathers digging through the rubble to try to find their families…this is unacceptable!” she continued.
Sarandon has been a regular at anti-Israel events in New York City since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023.
In late November, the “Dead Man Walking” star was dropped from a top Hollywood talent agency after telling one rally that Jews in the United States are “getting a taste of how it feels to be Muslim in America” in the wake of the Oct. 7 terror attack.
Dems stick together while Republicans Throw Each other Under the Bus
Three examples of how today’s Dems play by the cutthroat rules formerly ascribed to leaders of the Soviet Union: What’s mine is mine, what’s yours is negotiable.
First, despite a historically-narrow House margin and internal splits, Republicans took the rare step of expelling one of their own, George Santos, after he was indicted on federal charges.
A Democrat, Tom Suozzi, recently won the special election for the New York seat.
By comparison, Dems control the razor-tight Senate, but there was no push to expel one of their own, New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez, who was indicted on more serious charges, which included being a foreign agent.
Second, consider how each side views impeachment.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Dem-controlled House ginned-up charges against Trump over Ukraine during his presidency, and produced two articles of impeachment.
Both were approved, with only two Dems voting no on the first and only three voting no on the second.
On the second Trump impeachment, after Jan. 6, 10 Republicans joined all Dems in voting yes and GOP Rep. Liz Cheney was a chief architect of the House hearings that followed.
Now Republicans have the House, but struggled even to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for his refusal to secure the border.
The first vote failed in a tie, a second vote succeeded by one vote as three Republicans joined all Dems voting no.
Notice how Dems, whatever their differences, stick together for the big votes?
As for impeaching Joe Biden over his corrupt family schemes, the GOP had trouble getting a majority of its members just to support a formal impeachment inquiry.
All Dems voted no.
During hearings, Dems try to derail witnesses and downplay testimony, and unite in defending the president despite evidence Biden participated in the schemes.
No matter that testimony and bank records show he got money from his brother Jim Biden, who got it from foreign clients.
There is no Dem version of Liz Cheney willing to break ranks, nor is there enough GOP support to even consider an impeachment vote.
Ruthless politics
Third, there’s the unprecedented move to prosecute and bankrupt Trump, with indictments and civil cases coming from New York, Georgia and federal authorities — all led by Democrats.
In addition, numerous blue states outrageously considered or tried to ban Trump from appearing on ballots.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the matter.
Lest anyone think the legal assault is organic, The New York Times reported two years ago that Biden was unhappy that Attorney General Merrick Garland had not prosecuted Trump.
Soon, Garland saluted and obeyed.
On the Georgia case, chief prosecutor Fani Willis hired her lover and appears to have lied about it under oath.
Records show Willis & Co. spent days in the White House, suggesting Biden aides helped direct prosecution of his Republican opponent.
That’s the united, ruthless front Republicans are up against, and it’s why Trump, and only Trump, is the last candidate standing.
In Times Square Police blocked from reaching car with grenade by Pro-Hamas protestors
An NYPD bomb squad was prevented from reaching an Uber where an inert grenade was found in Times Square byPro-Hamas protesters yesterday (Saturday), the New York Post reported.
The incident occurred when an Uber driver looked in his back seat after dropping off a passenger on 42nd Street and saw a grenade there.
The police were summoned to the scene, but could not reach the vehicle as quickly as hoped due to an pro-Hamasl protest happening at the time, dubbed the 'Millions March for Palestine.'
Multiple anti-Israel protestors were arrested for blocking the police vehicle from reaching the area. The incident became violent as riot police attempted to move demonstrators out of the way so the bomb squad vehicle could reach the car containing the grenade.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry posted a video of the incident on X and wrote, "Happy Saturday to all! Except the people who thought it was a good idea to block an NYPD ESU vehicle on the way to a bomb threat call. They will be spending their Saturday where they belong - in jail!"
After the arrests, police were able to cordon off the Uber vehicle and secure the grenade, which was found to be inert.
Happy Saturday to all! Except the people who thought it was a good idea to block an NYPD ESU vehicle on the way to a bomb threat call. They will be spending their Saturday where they belong - in jail! pic.twitter.com/C0adj5waUj
— NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry (@NYPDDaughtry) March 2, 2024



