Terrorist demands grave of soldier he murdered be dug up

 

Amit Ben Yigal's father at his son's grave

Nazmi Abu Bakr, the terrorist accused of murdering Golani Brigade soldier Amit Ben Yigal in May 2020, petitioned the High Court to dig up the grave and remove the helmet Ben Yigal he was wearing when he fell.

According to Bakr's lawyer, an examination of the helmet by an expert on behalf of the defense may lead to his acquittal.

The Military Court of Appeals has already denied the terrorist's request. The judge clarified - "this is a serious injury to the deceased without any evidential benefit, as the helmet has already been photographed from every direction." The terrorist's lawyer decided to appeal to the Supreme Court.

MK Itamar Ben Gvir (Otzma Yehudit) said in response: "In Israel, terrorists are given heaven, and that is what makes them think they can make hell for the families of those killed."

Bakr was convicted of dropping a block on 21-year-old IDF soldier Amit Ben Yigal from the roof of his building in Ya’bad, during an arrest operation on the night of May 12, 2020.

Ben Yigal was part of the IDF force securing the town during the pre-dawn arrest operation, and was struck in the head by a block and killed as the IDF force pulled out of the town.\

Bakr was arrested about a month after the incident and convicted of murdering Ben Yigal.

Biden's World Collapsing All Around Him as Iran Will be holding joint naval drills with Russia, China in coming months

 

Three of America’s biggest adversaries — China, Iran and Russia — plan to hold naval exercises in the Persian Gulf either later this year or early next year, the Russian ambassador to Iran said Monday.

Levan Dzhagaryan told the RIA Novosti news agency the drills are meant to “practice actions to ensure the safety of international shipping and the fight against sea pirates.”

The three nations held the first of their joint exercises, which Dzhagaryan called “CHIRU,” in 2019. Separately, Iran and Russia held a joint naval drill in the northern Indian Ocean in February of this year.

Moscow’s man in Tehran noted Monday that he expected the exercise to be an annual event among the three nations.

Mayim Bialik takes over as interim ‘Jeopardy!’ host

 

“Jeopardy!” has a new host . . . again.

Mayim Bialik will fill in as a replacement for the recently resigned Mike Richards this week, Sony announced this afternoon.

Bialik, who was already slated to host prime-time spinoffs and specials for the game show, is now scheduled to tape three weeks’ worth of programs — 15 episodes total — when “Jeopardy!” resumes production this week, according to Sony, which added that the iconic game show will also be announcing “additional guest hosts” for its current season.

A source told The Post that “The Big Bang Theory” actress will still host the spinoffs and specials.

Bialik herself, however, came under fire last week and was accused of being someone who “though vaccinated, spreads vaccine doubt and hawks brain quackery.” But earlier this month, a spokesperson for the actor told the Wrap, “She has been fully vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus and is not at all an anti-vaxxer.”

Last year, Bialik, 45 — who earned a doctorate in neuroscience — also published a detailed video explaining her stance toward vaccines. “I have never, not once, said that vaccines are not valuable, not useful, or not necessary — because they are,” she said in the video.

Richards, 46, stepped down from hosting “Jeopardy!” after allegations arose about his sexist language and self-acknowledged “insensitivity” in the past. He is expected to stay on as executive producer of “Jeopardy!”

‘Get vaccinated’: Florida mom loses two sons to COVID in 12 hours

 

A heartbroken Florida mom lost her two adult sons to COVID-19 in a span of 12 hours — and now she’s urging others to get the vaccine before it’s “too late.”

Lisa Brandon of Jacksonville says she regrets not pushing her sons Aaron Jaggi, 35, and Free Jaggi, 41, to get vaccinated before they became infected with the virus in late July, news station WJAX-TV reported.

“I wish I could have made them do it. And now it’s too late,” she told the outlet.

Brandon, who was vaccinated, had a mild case of the virus.

But her sons’ health took a turn for the worse.

She brought them both to the hospital, where they were admitted into the intensive-care unit and ultimately put on ventilators.

Her son, Free, died on Aug. 12, and his younger brother, Aaron, followed 12 hours later.

“I think they would be alive today if they would have gotten their shot,” Brandon said.

The mom said she’s speaking out about the ordeal to urge others to get the jab.

“It’s a parent’s worst nightmare,” Brandon said of her sons’ deaths. “The only reason I’m doing this is to put the word out to please get vaccinated.”

Still trust Biden on an Iran nuke deal After Afghanistan?

 

By Jonathan S. Tobin

If there’s one thing we should’ve learned about Joe Biden by now it’s that once a bad idea gets into his head, there’s no persuading him to drop it or listen to contrary views.

Biden’s stubborn streak and tendency to fix upon a concept without questioning it fully goes a long way toward explaining why he was so optimistic about the Taliban and undeterred by intelligence reports from completing his mad rush out of Afghanistan without first ensuring all Americans, Afghan allies and the treasure trove of US military equipment weren’t left behind.

So: Can anyone now trust his promises on an Iran nuke deal?

Biden was elected supposedly to give us a White House more competent, empathic and truthful than that of his predecessor, yet Afghanistan proved we got the opposite, as even his erstwhile cheering section in the liberal mainstream media has begun to admit.

Perhaps his advisers are right to think the public will soon forget about Afghanistan, but the president’s flawed judgment may be leading him to make an even bigger blunder with Iran.

Biden took office determined to reinstate the Iran nuclear deal that President Donald Trump nixed in 2018. The question now is whether he is still so dead-set on reviving this dangerously weak pact, which has become even more worthless than when it was struck.

Trump was right to try to force Iran’s leaders to fix the flaws in the deal former President Barack Obama reached with them. Since then, the Iranians have done so much cheating and so exploited its loose provisions that it’s hard to see how even a new agreement will keep them from crossing the nuclear threshold. That’s true even if one ignores the sunset provisions due to expire at the end of the decade, which will give them a legal path to a nuclear weapon.

But rather than quickly agree to reenter the 2015 arrangement, as Biden wanted, the Iranians have played hardball in talks in Vienna. As they did with Obama, they sense Biden’s weakness and desire for a deal at any price. Biden’s unconditional cut-and-run in Afghanistan and the damage it did to America’s standing in the world have only emboldened them further. Now Tehran must be absolutely certain it can get Washington to drop all sanctions — which will further enrich and empower an already-dangerous regime — without having to end its nuclear dreams or support for terrorism.

A sensible president would have the courage to walk away from what is already a failed effort to appease Iran. He’d learn to question his own judgment after Afghanistan. He’d redouble economic sanctions and look to allies like Israel and the moderate Arab nations to form a united front and force Tehran to back down.

But that’s not Joe Biden’s way.

As with his foolish reliance on the Taliban to keep their word, Biden is again prepared to bet the West’s security — and that of Israel and the Arab states — that Iran can be relied upon to abide by Obama’s discredited deal or even agree to strengthen it.

And remember, his record of wanting to appease Tehran predates even that of Obama. Now he’s fully committed to a narrative by which diplomacy can magically bring Iran into the community of nations. As with his commitment to bug out of Afghanistan come what may, Biden is likely again doubling down on a foolish concept stuck inside his head long after it stopped making sense.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will be in Washington this week trying to knock some sense into him and to persuade him to listen to America’s allies on this issue. But Bennett no doubt has drawn some sober conclusions from Afghanistan and can’t possibly be counting on the administration to have Israel’s back.

Everything we know about Joe Biden tells us he’s too pigheaded to reverse course on Iran even when all the evidence dictates he must. And as bad as letting Afghanistan fall quickly to the Taliban is, if Biden follows his instincts and agrees to a new nuke deal with Iran, the consequences for the Middle East and American security may be far worse.

Protests Against the Asra Kadisha Mafia ..and they don't like it at all

 

Once you let the genie get out of the bottle there isn't a way to get him back in!

Asra Kadisha taught Chareidm how to protest, and now it got to bite them in the proverbial ass... and they don't like it one bit!

Harris cackles as she's asked about tragedy in Afghanistan

 

Vice President Kamala Harris is under fire for laughing when asked about the deadly chaos in Afghanistan — before Singapore’s prime minister pointed out during a press conference with Harris that the Biden administration’s exit plan went “awry.”

The VP — heavily criticized for her delay in addressing the disaster that started after the US pulled out despite the Taliban’s resurgence — was already grinning widely when she approached reporters Friday.

A reporter attempted to ask about her “response on Americans” — but the VP cut her off before she could finish.

“Hold on, hold on — slow down, everybody!” Harris said, before letting out her now-notorious laugh, shaking her shoulders as she chuckled.

The VP finally controlled herself to insist that the Biden administration “couldn’t have a higher priority right now” than Afghanistan.

Anti- Vaxxers refusers abandon their steadfast beliefs as soon as they are in need of an ambulance.

 

by KARNI ELDAD

Israel is in the midst of another infection wave and is galloping towards an imminent national lockdown, yet some Israelis continue to refuse to get vaccinated.

We do not trust the system, they say. The vaccine was approved way too quickly. A healthy body is not going to catch COVID anyway. I will know how to recover on my own if I get it. I am naturally vaccinated.

To all those Israelis who still think so, I say, good for you! Kudos for standing your ground. I have no problem accepting an opinion that is different than mine as long as it does not endanger me and my loved ones.

Wait a second. In this case, they are!

It has long been proven that the vaccine effectively prevents the transfer of the virus and severe illness. I wish vaccine refusers would keep their distance from us and would even somehow stand out in the crowd, so we would know to keep our distance from them, because it has also been proven that non-vaccinated individuals are seven times more likely to get infected than vaccinated ones.

I have no intention of forcing people "to inject their bodies with unreliable substances," which, by the way, sounds ridiculous considering how much harm people expose their bodies to willingly. Vaccines are not questionable. They conform to the highest of medical criteria.

And yet, instead of believing legitimate research and health experts, vaccine refusers turn to "alternative," and often ludicrous "health recommendations."

In Congo, "experts" recommended those infected with COVID to drink their urine, while in Madagascar, they told them to drink certain plant extracts. There were also suggestions of boiling the bark of a mango tree, papaya leaves, ginger and other ingredients "guaranteed to cure the coronavirus." In Israel, the recommendation was to use frankincense.

And while some nations have limited access to vaccines, for Israel, there is no excuse.

Over the weekend, two Israeli doctors shared on social media the conflict they experienced having to treat patients who chose not to get vaccinated for COVID and got infected.

And I get them.

Do vaccine refusers think that the health system is unreliable? Then let them go all the way!

When you, unvaccinated Israeli, get COVID, please do not go to your nearby hospital. Stand by your beliefs. Turn to the abovementioned "remedies."

It is mindboggling how vaccine refusers can abandon their beliefs as soon as they are in need of an ambulance.

Israeli Police Lady Probably a Satmerer Asks Motorcyclist to remove Israeli Flag because it will antagonize the damn Arabs

 

Bochur Whose Hat was thrown off by Belz Mashigiach "Will never wear a hat again"

 

Last week I posted a video of a mashgiach throwing off a hat of a bochur's head. The headline of that post was "Belz Haifa Mashgiach Yitzchak Meir Prestor beats the crap out of Bachur in Yeshiva"

I got a lot of flack for the headline because people watching the clip only saw the mashgiach throwing the hat off the bochur's hat, and didn't see the "the crap". The criticism came from readers that are experts in "crap"!

And so my friends.. there is an unfortunate epilogue to this "crap" story.....

The bochur in the video did very well in Talmud Torah, did well in yeshiva ketana. He was a kid that was well liked by his friends and was planning to continue learning after his wedding etc.

But from the moment he stepped into the "ghetto" of the Belz Haifa Yeshiva Gedoilah, he started losing his desire to learn and was slowly falling into the abyss.

And from now on, says the bochur," there will be no one to throw my  hat away, I decided never to wear one again". 

He added that he was told to wear a hat for davening, for eating, when learning, when walking the streets...... and to remove his hat when entering a bathroom, to remove it when entering a mikva,

"Now the mashgiach, whose job is, to influence me in spiritual matters, took this very hat and threw it with contempt on the floor , three times...I will never wear that hat or that chassidishe jacket again, not on Shabbos and not on Yom Tov and certainly not during the week"

Just as an aside, the father of this bochur, recently died and this episode occurred just days after him getting up from Shiva. In addition before this "crap episode" the mashgiach, the cruel  Yitzchok Meir Prestor, wouldn't let the boy daven as a shliach tzibbur even though  he was in the shloishim and he should really be trying to be shliach tzibbur at every opportunity as that is a special tribute to his late father's soul, but the "holy" cruel mashgiach doesn't want the son to mourn properly and honor his father.

So now within days we have a Mashgiach of a prominent yeshiva torturing an orphan, and a Rebbe of thousands torturing a widow who is also his mother ... 

the "Sitra Achra" is batting 1000

Biden's Mask is off ... a coldhearted imbecile

 

Our Empathizer-in-Chief has no clothes. 

The crisis in Afghanistan, mushrooming with the force and immensity of a nuclear bomb, is clearly a huge nuisance for President Biden. 

His demeanor this week is that of a sullen 12-year-old boy whose summer vacation has been cut short. He had to be dragged from Camp David to address the nation last Monday, and as the week went on he couldn’t believe this was still a thing. 

Irritation is his current mood. Not even gentle questioning from friendly Democrat George Stephanopoulos could elicit sympathy from Joe. 

About those desperate Afghans clinging to the side of an American military plane as it took off, falling to their deaths as the world watched? “That was four days ago, five days ago!” the president snapped. It had actually been two days prior, but that’s not my point. 

Ladies and gentleman, the mask has come off. This isn’t old age. This isn’t political defiance or mental defect. This is stone-cold callous disregard for human life — lives lost due to Biden’s own insistence on a hasty withdrawal, keeping our allies in the dark. American civilians on the ground, now in hiding from the Taliban, were given no heads-up.

Read more at the NY Post

Anti-vaxxer causes mass-infection in special needs kindergarten

 

An anti-vaxxer got infected with COVID-19 and sent her twins to their special needs kindergarten, sparking a mass-infection.

An anti-vaxxer was the source of a mass-infection of COVID-19 in a special needs kindergarten in Ra’anana last week, Ynet reported. 

The infection was discovered when the kindergarten teacher wrote in the parents’ WhatsApp group that one of the staff had been infected, and so all the children needed to be put in isolation. “It was the last week of kindergarten in any case, so we all immediately got tested and went into isolation,” one of the mothers told Ynet. But another mother, who has twins in the kindergarten, refused to isolate her kids. “I refuse to put the children into isolation, and I won’t get them tested,” she wrote in the WhatsApp group. “I won’t take part in this madness, I’m sorry, it’s enough.”

After a short argument with her ex-husband in the WhatsApp group, the ex-husband wrote: “Get well soon, Nurit. I hope you’re recovering well from COVID-19.” The woman immediately left the group. The next day, the parents received the results of their kids’ tests, and many of them were positive. “We went back through the messages and realized that she was the one who infected them,” a different mother told Ynet. “We went into her Facebook and discovered that she clearly wrote there that she has been sick since the 9th. She still sent her twins to kindergarten. They’re also infected now.”

Read More at the Jerusalem Post

'Astounding results' from new Israeli COVID treatment All Patients Discharged Within a Week

 The SARS-CoV-2 virus has infected over 212 million people worldwide causing nearly 4.5 million deaths.

Recent vaccination efforts have been hindered by multiple coronavirus variants that challenge current vaccines. While infection generally produces a mild disease, in some patients it can develop into a severe inflammatory COVID-19 requiring medical intervention.

Recently, Professor Yaakov Nahmias’ team at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) reported that the new coronavirus causes abnormal accumulation of lipids, which are known to initiate severe inflammation in a process called lipotoxicity.

The team identified the lipid-lowering drug TriCor (fenofibrate) as an effective antiviral last year, showing it both reduced lung cell damage and blocked virus replication in the laboratory.

These results have since been confirmed by several international research teams.

An observational study carried out in multiple clinical centers in Israel was reported last October to support the original findings.

The team then launched an interventional clinical study to treat severe COVID-19 patients at Israel’s Barzilai Medical Center with support from Abbott Laboratories.

Now, the HU team is reporting promising results of an investigator-initiated interventional open-label clinical study led by Nahmias and coordinated by Prof. Shlomo Maayan, Head of Infectious Disease Unit at Barzilai.

In this single-arm, open-label study, 15 severe-hospitalized COVID-19 patients with pneumonia requiring oxygen support were treated.

In addition to standard of care, the patients were given 145 mg/day of TriCor (fenofibrate) for 10 days and continuously monitored for disease progression and outcomes.

“The results were astounding”, shared Nahmias. “Progressive inflammation markers, that are the hallmark of deteriorative COVID-19, dropped within 48 hours of treatment. Moreover, 14 of the 15 severe patients didn’t require oxygen support within a week of treatment, while historical records show that the vast majority severe patients treated with the standard of care require lengthy respiratory support,” he added. These results are promising as TriCor (fenofibrate) was approved by the FDA in 1975 for long-term use and has a strong safety record. “There are no silver bullets”, stressed Nahmias, “but fenofibrate is far safer than other drugs proposed to date, and its mechanism of action makes is less likely to be variant-specific”.

“All patients were discharged within less than a week after the treatment began and were discharged to complete the 10-day treatment at home, with no drug-related adverse events reported”, noted Maayan. “Further, fewer patients reported COVID-19 side effects during their 4-week follow-up appointment,” he added. These preliminary findings offer promise to relieve the substantial health burdens experienced by patients who survive the acute phase of COVID-19.

The investigators stressed that while the results were extremely promising, only randomized placebo-controlled studies can serve as basis for clinical decisions. “We entered the second phase of the study and are actively recruiting patients”, explained Nahmias, noting that two Phase 3 studies are already being conducted in running South America, the United States (NCT04517396) and Israel (NCT04661930).

Israeli Gov’t Lowers IDF Exemption Age From 24 To 21 For Chareidim ....Roshei Yeshivas are furious

 

You are probably scratching your bald head wondering why the Chareidie rabbis would be opposed to this ...

Shouldn't they be thrilled? The Zionists finally caved in ?

The Roshei Yeshivas are opposed to this, because now they will lose the bulk of their students at 21, since the "big learners"  would be able to join the work force, that's not good business for the Yeshivas. 

The Israeli government on Sunday approved an enlistment law that includes lowering the age of exemption for Chareidim from IDF service to age 21 for two years.

Lowering the age of exemption for Charedim to age 21 was one of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s campaign promises, with the goal of enabling Chareidim who don’t want to serve in the army to enter the job market at an earlier age. Since IDF exemptions are only granted to full-time yeshivah bochurim, bochurim who don’t want to serve in the army for religious reasons are “forced” to stay in yeshivah even if they wish to leave for various reasons.

However, the law caused conflict among the coalition members in recent weeks as Defense Minister Benny Gantz opposed lowering the age of exemption, insisting that it be maintained at age 24. Ultimately, a compromise was reached on the issue,  as detailed below:

• The age of exemption will immediately drop to age 21 for the next two years.
• After 24 months, the exemption age will be raised to age 22, and after another 12 months, it will be raised to age 23.
• At the same time, even when the exemption age is raised to ages 22 and 23, Chareidim can be released from compulsory service at age 21 if they join the labor market by completing a professional job training program or a training program in civilian national service, such as search-and-rescue or emergency services.
• Additionally, a team will be formed comprised of representatives of Bennett, Gantz and Alternative Prime Minister Yair Lapid to examine IDF and national service arrangements and formulate a new, broad and updated program in accordance with Israel’s security and labor market needs. The team will present its conclusions by November 2022.

For decades, the state of Israel has consistently chosen to cut off its nose to spite its face,” Bennett said after the law was approved.

“That is, due to its great anger that the Chareidim aren’t enlisting, it also prevented them from entering the job market until a late age. Today we’re putting an end to this and opening the gates of work and employment to Chareidi youth, without the use of force or tanks in Bnei Brak.”

“This is the correct path for the national interest. The integration of the Chareidi sector in the job market is a top priority for all of us. I am personally excited. This is a historic move for the future of Israel,” Bennet concluded.

Rabbi Yaakov David Klar allegedly carried out abuse at Chai Lifeline and in Monsey Cheder Chabad

 

from Unorthodox Jew

A New York rabbi sexually assaulted children while he was supposed to be treating them for mental health issues, and the prominent Jewish institutions he worked for covered it up, claims a lawsuit filed August 13 in New York.

Rabbi Yaakov David Klar allegedly carried out his abuse while he was a social worker at Chai Lifeline, a national Jewish social services provider, and as a teacher at the Yeshiva Kehillath Yaakov in Monsey, N.Y., also known as Cheder Chabad, Yeshiva Tzion Yosef or Pupa. 

 Klar allegedly began years of abuse of the plaintiff in 2002, when the lawsuit alleges the yeshiva already knew or should have known of the rabbi’s predatory history.

After other people at those institutions reported earlier assaults, the lawsuit alleges, the defendants continued to allow Klar to be around children.

Only later did they enter a “secret arrangement” to allow Klar to leave quietly — and they never reported his suspected actions to the authorities, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit says the plaintiff, identified as John Doe, has suffered physical, emotional, and psychological damage as a result of Klar’s actions, and seeks monetary compensation from Klar, Chai Lifeline and the yeshiva.

The lawsuit was filed under the Child Victims Act, which extends the statute of limitations for child sex crimes and established a look-back window for survivors whose statute of limitations had previously expired. The window for filing on CVA cases closed Aug. 14.

While the lawsuit does not say when the institutions parted with Klar, a 2016 article in the New York Jewish Week identifies Klar as the co-associate director of Project C.H.A.I., Chai Lifeline’s crisis intervention, trauma and bereavement hotline.

The lawsuit says Klar used his position of trust to take advantage of children he knew were especially vulnerable.

Doe had “serious mental health issues” at the time, according to the lawsuit, which is why he was receiving treatment from Chai Lifeline.

“Despite [Klar]’s full knowledge and awareness that the Plaintiff had serious mental health issues, [Klar] criminally sexually assaulted the Plaintiff, and exposed the Plaintiff and other children and personnel to an increased risk of harm, all in a wanton and reckless disregard of the child’s, students, and/or patients’ safety,” the lawsuit says.

While the school’s willful ignorance of prior assaults has not been demonstrated the way it might with a full discovery process, the plaintiff’s attorney, Darren J. Epstein, said that abusers in other cases frequently receive such shelter from their institutions.

“Not just in yeshivas — we’re talking about Catholic churches, Episcopal churches, public schools,” Epstein said. “In all these scenarios, we have found that there have been complaints that have been made about individual perpetrators and nothing was done about it.”

When the Forward called Klar at his home for comment, the person answering the phone said he was unavailable. Calls to Chai Lifeline and the yeshiva on Friday afternoon went to voicemail.

With the lawsuit filed, the defendants now have time to put in an answer or a motion. If the case is not settled or dismissed during that period, it will proceed to the discovery phase.

https://forward.com/fast-forward/474469/lawsuit-rabbi-yaakov-david-klar-money-chai-lifeline-sexual-abuse/

Sadugere Rebbe...the young "lemeleh" Continues to Harrass His Mother the Widow, trying to Evict Her From Her Apartment

הראיון עם הרבנית מסדיגורא על בנה הצעיר הינוקא מסדיגורא השופך את דמה

 Chabad guys are laughing their heads off. 

When the Lubavitcher Rebbe passed on, he left without ever writing a will, and the world asked.. "Why wouldn't he leave a successor?"

When R' Yoel Teitelbaum passed away, he also left this world without ever writing a will, and when they named his nephew, R' Moshe, the previous Sigeter Rebbe, as his successor.. many Satmerers including the Rebbes widow, broke away and formed their own group called "Bnei Yoel."

 

Chabadnickers snicker and say "Look at Sadiger and Satmar and see what happens when the rebbe does leave a will.....

Police Chief Who Fought Taliban Blindfolded and Shot

 

Shocking moment as homeowner opens fire at four armed robbers who kick his door down, doorbell video show

 

A wild moment was captured on a security camera in Phoenix as four armed robbers who kick in a front door were greeted by the homeowner firing a barrage of bullets.

None of the four appeared to have been injured, and footage showed them immediately fleeing the scene, the Phoenix Police Department said according to Fox News. 

The incident occurred just before 4am August 12, when four men, their faces covered with bandanas, were caught on video getting out of a gray sedan and approaching the residence. 

The footage then shows two of the men as they make their way to the front door. 

One notices the camera and attempts to obscure it, but quickly abandons the idea as the other three get into position.

Two of the masked men then simultaneously kick the front door down, but the moment they do, they are met with immediate gunfire from inside the house. 

A different camera angle from another home down the street shows the four men run off in terror toward a slowly moving getaway car. Two eventually get in and flee, while the other two can be seen running away on foot.

A Phoenix police spokesperson told DailyMail.com that no arrests have been made as of Saturday, and the department is looking for the four men on the video.

Landmark study about honesty is canned after a decade because it was DISHONEST

 

A landmark study on how to curb cheating has been retracted after nearly a decade and the prominent professor whose team produced the paper is himself accused of cheating and relying on faked data. 

Dan Ariely, a professor of psychology and behavioral economist at Duke University, rose to prominence with his 2012 study that found people would be less likely to cheat and lie if they signed an honesty declaration at the top of a form before answering questions. 

The study was used as a springboard by government agencies around the world, including the IRS, who chose to include an honesty declaration at the top of their forms and credited the method with helping to collect an additional $1.6 million from government vendors in the summer of 2015. 

Governments in Canada and other nations also spent thousands of dollars working with researchers to change their own tax forms to fit the model, but to no avail, Scientific American reported.    

The 2012 study was eventually retracted by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences after academics on the Data Colada research blog tried recreating the experiments in the study, only to find that there was no reduction in cheating and lying and that the main experiment was faked 'beyond any shadow of a doubt.'  

The study's co-author, Max Bazerman, a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, said he had raised concerns about inconsistent data during the original study, but Ariely allegedly assured him and everyone else working on the study that the odd findings were correct, The Duke Chronicle reported. 

'I wish I had worked harder to identify the data were fraudulent, to ensure rigorous research in a collaborative context, and to promptly retract the 2012 paper,' Bazerman wrote in a statement.

The three other authors who worked on the study expressed similar concerns and said they played no part in collecting the data, which all went through Ariely. 

Ariely confirmed that he alone was in touch with the insurance company that ran the test with its customers and alleged that the unnamed insurance company was responsible for the fake data, BuzzFeed News reports.

'I can see why it is tempting to think that I had something to do with creating the data in a fraudulent way,' he said claiming his innocence. 'I can see why it would be tempting to jump to that conclusion, but I didn't.' 

He added, 'If I knew that the data was fraudulent, I would have never posted it.'

Aaron Charlton, a marketing professor at Illinois State University who went over the study, claimed Ariely's statement that the insurance company was at fault did not make any sense. 

'Why on earth would an insurance company fabricate data in such a way as to support Dan Ariely's hypothesis,' Charlton wrote on his website.    

This is not the first time Ariely has come under scrutiny over his research. 

In a famous 2008 study, he claimed that asking people to recall the Ten Commandments before a test cuts down on cheating, but another team failed to replicate the same effect. 

In 2010, Ariely was caught lying to NPR, telling the radio network that Delta Dental insurance data shows dentists often disagree on whether X-rays actually show a cavity despite the company never collecting such information. 

And in July 2021, A 2004 study of his on effort received 'expression of concerns' when researchers found statistical discrepancies that Ariely could not answer for. 

Cryi'n Schumer Dancing While '10,000 Americans are stranded in Afghanistan

 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been slammed on social media for dancing backstage at the We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert in Central Park on Saturday.

Critics voiced their outrage that Schumer would dare to dance while 10 thousand Americans and Afghans who helped the United States remain in Afghanistan. 

Others noted that the concert was held despite the oncoming Hurricane Henri, which is expected to hit either Long Island or New England on Sunday.

Meanwhile, some critics slammed New York officials like Mayor Bill de Blasio for holding the concert while the Delta variant of COVID-19 wreaks havoc on America.

The offending video showed Schumer dancing with The Late Show host Stephen Colbert and was posted to Twitter by Bill Neidhardt, the press secretary for de Blasio.

'Backstage antics,' Neidhardt had captioned the video.