Company that won a no-bid contract to feed NYC's migrants trashed 70,000 meals - worth $776,000 - in just one month

 

 Meal provided by DocGo seen above

A company awarded a no-bid contract to care for and feed New York City's migrants trashed as many as 70,000 uneaten meals worth $776,000 in just one month, per a new report.

DocGo, a medical services company, was given the $432 million deal to care for about 4,000 migrants in the city's care upstate - but has been accused of wasting taxpayer money as mayor Eric Adams was forced to slash billions from city services to fund the crisis. 

From October 22 to November 10, the company threw out over 70,000 meals, marking them as 'wasted' in internal documents reviewed by The New York Times. The trashed food cost taxpayers about $776,000. As the Times notes, at this rate wasted food would cost the city $1million a month. 

Final Letter of Major Ben Zussman States: "If I fall into captivity, dead or alive. I will not allow a single soldier or citizen to be harmed because of some bargaining made for my releas

 

“I am writing this letter to you as I am heading to the base. If you are reading it, something must have happened to me. You know me, so no one could be happier than me right now. It was no coincidence that I was on the verge of fulfilling my dream. I am happy and grateful for the privilege I will have to defend our beautiful land and the people of Israel.

In case something happens to me, I don’t permit you to sink in to sadness. I’ve had the privilege of fulfilling my dream and destiny and you can be certain that I am looking down on you with a huge smile. I will probably sit next to grandpa and catch up on what we’ve missed, each of us will share our experiences and what’s changed between the wars. Maybe we’ll also talk a little politics, and l’ll ask him what he thinks.

If God forbid you are sitting shiva (the week of mourning), transform it into a week of friends, family and fun. There should be good food, meat of course, beer, soft drinks, nuts, and of course mom’s cookies. Tell jokes, share stories and you’ll get to meet all the rest of my friends that you haven’t yet met. You know? I envy you. I would want to sit there and see everyone.

Another matter that is very, very important. If God forbid, I fall into captivity, dead or alive. I will not allow a single soldier or citizen to be harmed because of some bargaining made for my release. I don’t allow you to conduct a campaign or struggle or anything of the sort. I am not willing to have terrorists released for me. In no way, shape or form. Don’t misconstrue my words please.

I’ll say it again, I left the house without even being called up to reserve duty. I am filled with pride and a sense of purpose and I always said that if I have to die, I wish it would be in defense of others and the State. ‘Jerusalem, I have placed guards, that one day will come and I will be one of them.”

Unfortunately there are no more babies To wash!!!

 

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UN Hypocrites

 

‘Those who show compassion to the evil, end up being evil to the compassionate.”

 

by Hillel Fuld 

I have to say something I’ve been thinking about since the beginning of this war, and even before.

This is not aimed at our enemies or even at the supporters of our enemies. This isn’t even aimed at people on the fence.

This is aimed at us. This is for the people who are on the right side of history, those who side with Israel.

I get it. You’re compassionate. We are a compassionate people. It’s beautiful.

Except when it’s not beautiful.

‘Those who show compassion to the evil, end up being evil to the compassionate.”

Listen, I am a marketer, I get it. I understand that optics matter. I realize that perception is reality.

All that being said, please remember what we’re doing here, why we are fighting this war.

We are not fighting this war so the world will love us. I mean, diplomatic and financial support are nice, don’t get me wrong, but they are NOT our top priority.

We need to, first and foremost, worry about our own military objectives. And when public perception and our own interests contradict each other, we need to make sure we don’t forget why we’re doing what we’re doing.

For example, if hundreds of Hamas terrorists surrender and we have to strip them down to their underwear not for our own fun, but because we need to make sure they are not carrying explosives, I’m sorry that some people find that offensive because “They’re human beings and deserve to be treated as such”, but our safety comes first.

Besides, it’s about time our people had a reason to smile and Hamas had a reason to feel shame.

It doesn’t make us immoral if we want a cruel enemy who did what Hamas did to pay for their crimes. That is the epitome of morality.

So I get it, it’s against our nature to be violent and aggressive. But sometimes, we need to speak our enemy’s language. Sometimes we need to exit our national comfort zone and do what is needed to ensure our safety and our victory.

Almost every time I post something about Hamas leaders being assassinated, I get someone, generally someone with a Jewish name, telling me that I shouldn’t be happy about our enemy being killed.

“That’s not what we’re about.”

Literally after I posted that Chabad had set up shop in Gaza and how beautiful it was to see, I get a message from a nice Jewish man telling me that my post disgusted him.

Enough already with the compassion for the most evil people the world has seen in a very very long time.

Take that compassion and save it for our hostages, our soldiers, the families of the fallen heroes, and not for savage terrorists.

Feeling compassion for Hamas is not morality, it’s literally the opposite.

Not that I need to prove that point or anything but let’s not forget where morality came from. How does the world know it’s immoral to murder? From the Torah.

And again, the Torah is the epitome of compassion, but several times in the Torah, there is a commandment of eliminating the evil from amongst you.

So please, try to apply your compassion where it belongs instead of worrying so much about Hamas’ feelings or how something is going to look in the media.

If this war hasn’t taught you that no matter what we do, the media will spin it against us, nothing will.

So since the media will spin it anyway and since Hamas has clearly shown that compassion for them just brings more death, enough already.

Focus your energy on helping us win this war in any way you can and stop with the misplaced compassion.

I’m sure you can imagine how exhausting it is for me to spend my days trying to spread positivity and constantly getting called out by our own for celebrating our wins.

And while we’re on the topic…

There are some people who simply don’t know how to accept wins. It’s like people who can’t take compliments.

Hundreds of terrorists surrendered yesterday. A huge win!

And my comments were full of people saying, “What are we gonna do with them now? We have no room in our prisons!”

Then there were the people who said “This is tragic. They should be dead, not captured!”

Then there was the “This is a trap. Don’t be so happy.”

And on and on and on!

It is beyond exhausting.

Why can’t people just celebrate instead of constantly looking for things to complain about?

Anyway, we all need to pay attention to our perspective and make sure we don’t confuse morality with immorality.

Eliminating evil from this world and celebrating it does not make us barbaric or evil.

Just like we mourn our tragic losses, we need to celebrate our heroic wins!

I will never not smile at seeing savage terrorists who paraded Jewish women around in their pickup truck, sit stripped down in an IDF vehicle after having surrendered like a bunch of cowardly insects.

Sorry, not sorry.

High Schooler marked incorrect on quiz for saying only women can get pregnant

Chief Sealth International High School

 A Seattle high schooler was marked incorrect on a history quiz when he stated that only women can get pregnant, according to a report.

The 10th-grade student at Chief Sealth International High School reportedly failed the true-false quiz titled “Understanding Gender vs. Sex” in his Ethnic Studies World History class, his mother told the conservative radio show The Jason Rantz Show Sunday.

The student labeled two statements “true” — The first that “All men have penises” and the second that “Only women can get pregnant.” He was marked incorrect for both and failed the “knowledge check” quiz as a result, said his mother, who asked to be anonymous so that her son doesn’t get penalized.

“I keep trying to wrap my head around how it is legal to teach inaccurate information and force students to answer against their beliefs or receive negative scores,” she told the KTTH radio show.

Other questions on the quiz — which was administered about two weeks ago — asked students about pronoun usage and gender as a construct, according to the talk show.

The mom who said she felt “frustration and anger” over the quiz also said her son, who is white, is often berated by teachers at the school who have reportedly accused him of being racist and “a product of the patriarchy that teaches young boys not to care about anything,” according to the Rantz show.

Seattle Public Schools said the quiz was meant to promote inclusion and was in line with lessons taught in the Ethnic Studies class. A course description states that students would be “investigating… the global economy, society, and culture.”

“[Seattle Public Schools] remains committed to fostering inclusive environments that encourage the exploration of contemporary issues, particularly the examination of power systems such as racism and patriarchy,” a spokesperson for the district told The Post in a statement. “This dedication extends to providing a space for thoughtful exploration and dialogue on these issues.”

The district also noted the failing quiz grade will not affect the student’s overall grade in the class.

The student’s mother said her son was expressing his own beliefs with his quiz answers.

She told the Rantz show she is “proud of him because he refused to answer against his beliefs (which are medically and scientifically accurate, or at least used to be).”

Israeli intelligence reckoning could bring down many in the country’s elite

 One of the biggest challenges confronting Israel is to assess honestly how many soldiers, intelligence officials and established security procedures failed before Oct. 7.

Answering that question properly could well change radically how Jerusalem deals with Gaza and the West Bank. It could easily superannuate a significant slice of Israel’s military, security and intelligence elite.

The easy parts to answer will surely be technical — the most salient may be: How did Hamas maintain sufficient communication and training discipline to outsmart Israel’s eavesdropping and photographic surveillance of Gaza? 

The more difficult: Why didn’t Israel’s security and intelligence services — and those of the Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Egypt — provide some warning about the coming onslaught?

Technical intelligence — especially the decryption of encrypted sensitive communications — is usually the most valuable information one can access against one’s enemy. 

Harvard covered up a secret plagiarism probe into president Claudine Gay during antisemitism storm

 

Harvard University covered up a high-level investigation into whether its controversial president was a plagiarist — and used an expensive law firm to threaten The Post over our own probe.

The college announced Tuesday morning that it had investigated Claudine Gay over whether some of her academic work was plagiarized and had cleared her of breaching the college’s “standards for research misconduct.”

Instead, it said that she would request four corrections in two publications to insert citations and quotation marks that were originally “omitted.”

But The Post can disclose that Harvard spent weeks failing to come clean about Gay being under investigation — staying quiet even when she was hauled in front of Congress for disastrous testimony on how the Ivy League college is dealing with antisemitism on campus.

Harvard only disclosed the investigation when the university’s governing body, Harvard Corporation, said it unanimously stood behind her despite a firestorm of criticism for her evidence to Congress.

US Vice President's husband 'invents' a New Pshat in the Hanukkah story ... "The Jews Hid for 8 Days"

 

Douglas Emhoff, husband of US Vice President Kamala Harris, posted a photo of him lighting Hanukkah candles together with his wife, with a post about the story of Hanukkah and the heroism of the Maccabees, but many users posted comments criticizing that, "this is not the real story of Hanukkah."

Following the criticism, Emhoff, who is Jewish, deleted the post. 

"The story of Hanukkah and the story of the Jewish people has always been one of hope and resilience. In the Hanukkah story, the Jewish people were forced into hiding," he wrote. "No one thought they would survive or that the few drops of oil they had would last. But they survived and the oil kept burning."

"During those eight days in hiding, they recited their prayers and continued their traditions, that’s why Hanukkah means dedication. It was during those dark nights that the Maccabees dedicated themselves to maintaining hope and faith in the oil, each other, and their Judaism, In these dark times, I think of that story."

However, shortly after the publication, many users began criticizing Emhoff, claiming that the details are not accurate and that it is not the true story of Hanukkah. 

The Israel Heritage Foundation published a tweet in which they wrote, "Disgraceful! No one in the US should ever need to hide their identity! Sorry, this is not what we expected from you! Every Jew in the USA will always be able to expose their identity."

A user named Talia Katz added in a tweet, "That's ... not the Hanukkah story." A user named Jack Posobiec added, "Doug Emhoff deleted this, which is not the story of Hanukkah, the Maccabean Revolt depicted in the Bible."

Jason Bedrick of The Heritage Foundation also criticized, "I’m really hoping the second gentleman left this to some hapless and uneducated intern who couldn’t be bothered to even check Wikipedia. Eight days of hiding? Yikes, man," he wrote.

Turkey Lobbyist Ezra the Kapo Gives "divrei Chizzuk" To Hunter Biden

 

Chassidic lobbyist Ezra Friedlander shared divrei “chizuk” with Hunter Biden, allegedly one of the most corrupt presidential sons in U.S. history, and tweeted about their conversation.

Mr. Friedlander, a well-connected person who has had many memorable encounters with politicians, posted a picture of himself mingling with Hunter Biden, the renowned artist and former board member of a Ukrainian energy company, at the White House Chanukah event, saying, “Had a very good conversation with Hunter Biden at White House Chanukah Reception.”

 Ezra commented that he and the younger Biden, who was indicted last week on serious tax charges, shared words of Chizuk.

He said, “I basically gave Hunter chizuk from one human being to another. Did not discuss any details about his legal troubles.”

He added, “I actually found Hunter to be very friendly, down to (sic) warm and quite charming. Having a civil and polite conversation at the Chanukah Reception shouldn’t raise eyebrows.”

Friedlander also bumped into National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, who has been a staunch supporter of Israel and the Jews. He rightfully heaped enormous praise on Kirby, and posted a video of the exchange.

Freidlander is no stranger to close encounters with controversial figures. In April, he came under fire after posting a photo of himself with antisemites Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.

He then defended his encounter, tweeting:

 “Was invited by a guest of @RepAndreCarson as a plus one to the Muslim Congressional staffer Iftar in the US Capitol where I utilized the opportunity to lay the foundation for future communication w @Ilhan and @RepRashida. As easier as it would be to not engage in conversation, I believe to my core that not communicating is even more risky. Had no idea what to expect when I entered the room but the reception could not have been warmer and hopefully can lead to mutual understanding somewhere down the road even if it’s a remote possibility.”

Hamas Leaders Flee Qatar After Netanyahu Orders Mossad To Hunt Them Down

 

The three stooges

Several top Hamas leaders have reportedly departed from Qatar for an unknown location, turning off their phones and becoming unreachable, according to a report by KAN’s Arabic language channel, citing sources in Doha on Tuesday evening.

In a related development, KAN news reported that Saleh al-Arouri, a senior member of Hamas, has left his usual residence in Beirut and is believed to have traveled to Turkey. Al-Arouri’s departure comes amidst these broader movements of Hamas leadership, though the specific motivations for his relocation were not immediately apparent.

Reports suggest that Qatari officials have informed Hamas leaders that they can no longer guarantee their safety, urging them to flee to Algeria, though it isn’t known whether that is where they have gone.

The report comes amid the backdrop of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announcing last month that he ordered the Mossad “to act against the Hamas leaders wherever they are.”

Incredible Footage Of IDF Engineering Unit Commando Killing 2 Terrorists At Close Range

 

במסגרת הקרבות בסג׳עייה, לוחם מילואים מיחידת יהל״ם של חיל ההנדסה הקרבית הותקל בשני מחבלים מטווח אפס.

לאחר שחיסל את המחבל הראשון ונפצע מזריקת רימונים לעברו, הלוחם פעל בקור רוח, ניהל קרב יריות תוך חתירה למגע וחיסל מחבל נוסף ששהה במבנה. pic.twitter.com/rkrOQhhQAz

— דובר צה״ל דניאל הגרי - Daniel Hagari (@IDFSpokesperson) December 12, 2023

 IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari released remarkable footage from the fierce hand-to-hand fighting taking place in the Sejaiya neighborhood in Eastern Gaza.

In the footage, a member of the commando force of the Yahalam engineering unit is attacked by terrorists as he is clearing a building. The commando succeeds in eliminating the first terrorist, but the second one who is standing further back throws a grenade, and the commando races back but is hurt by the grenade.

 Despite his injury, he succeeds in getting back into position and, charging into the room, eliminates the second terrorist before he can harm him. The footage from the soldier’s headcam shows the actual moment when the soldier and terrorist are firing at each other.

The IDF is currently fighting in Sejaiya in northern Gaza, one of the last neighborhoods where there is still Hamas resistance. In the south the IDF continues to operate in Khan Younis as well as targeting Rafah and all the other towns in the region. On Tuesday it was revealed that the IDF had rescued the bodies of Eden Zecharia, who was kidnapped from the rave party, and Ziv Dado, a logistics officer in the Golani brigade killed in Oct. 7th, but during the operation two other soldiers were killed, Gal Eizenkot and Eyal Meir Berkowitz HyD.

Why the Images of Hamas Prisoners Sparked Outrage

I was poised to go on a live broadcast of WION, an English-language Indian television network, last week to discuss the war against Hamas. But before my turn to speak came, I was startled by the program host’s introduction to the segment. He spoke of images that were shocking the world and the world’s outrage about them, and gave what might be termed a trigger warning for those about to see them for the first time.

As I soon learned, he wasn’t referring to the evidence of the indescribable atrocities committed against Israeli civilians by the Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. Nor was he even talking about the impact of the war that followed that attack on civilians in the Gaza Strip, who are being used as human shields by those very same terrorists.

Instead, the pictures that really upset him (and, apparently, others throughout the world) were those depicting Palestinians who had surrendered to the Israel Defense Forces. The pictures show the men, all of military age, who had either given themselves up or been captured (most of whom were Hamas operatives), reportedly after having been forced to exit the terrorist organization’s tunnel network.

It's all over folks!!! Democrats Move to Retake Control of Us House as New York’s High Court Orders New Congressional Maps

 

 New York’s highest court on Tuesday ordered the state to draw new congressional districts ahead of the 2024 elections, giving Democrats a potential advantage in what is expected to be a battleground for control of the U.S. House.

The 4-3 decision from the New York Court of Appeals could have major ramifications as Democrats angle for more favorable district lines in the state next year. Republicans, who won control of the House after flipping seats in New York, sought to keep the map in place.

The state’s bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission will now be tasked with coming up with new districts, which will then go before the Democrat-controlled Legislature for approval. The court ordered the commission to file a map no later than Feb. 28, 2024.

“In 2014, the voters of New York amended our Constitution to provide that legislative districts be drawn by an Independent Redistricting Commission,” Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson wrote for the majority. “The Constitution demands that process, not districts drawn by courts.”

The ruling is an early, but important, step in Democrats’ plans to retake a handful of congressional districts in New York seen as vital to winning a House majority.

Israel Finally begins pumping seawater into Hamas tunnels

 

Israel’s military has reportedly begun pumping seawater into the Gaza tunnels said to be occupied by Hamas terrorists as it pushes further into the terrorist group’s stronghold.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have built five pumps to flood the network of tunnels, where Hamas terrorists have been hiding and holding hostages.

On Tuesday, US officials said the operation had started, and the Biden administration had been told it could take weeks, according to a report.

Asked about the report, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, the IDF chief of staff, told a press conference such a tactic would be a “good idea”.

Appearing to confirm the operation, he added: “We are seeing a lot of underground infrastructure in Gaza, we knew there would be a lot. Part of the goal is to destroy this infrastructure.

“We have various ways [to deal with the tunnels]. I won’t talk about specifics, but they include explosives to destroy, and other means to prevent Hamas operatives from using the tunnels to harm our soldiers.”

News of the tactic, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, came as the IDF released video appearing to show troops confronting and shooting dead Hamas terrorists in Gaza city.

Israel’s defense minister has claimed his soldiers were pressing deep underground and that some Hamas units were “on the verge of being dismantled”.

Israel deploys world’s toughest all-female ‘Cheetah Battalion’ on secret op in heart of Gaza to hunt for Hamas’s leaders

 

ISRAEL has deployed a battalion of their best, strongest and most professional female fighters to carry out a “special activity” in Gaza.

29-year-old Major Shira, the commander of this elite all-female team, described their actions in the Gaza Strip as “another glass ceiling shattered”.

She told Israeli media that she received instructions from the commander of the mixed battalion dubbed the Cheetah Battalion to create an all-women team.

Although Major Shira was unable to reveal much information about their activity, she said that their specialist team was helping with the continuation of fighting and military intelligence.

She said: “We are fighters alongside men and in cooperation with special units.

“This is a high point, another glass ceiling that has been shattered.”

Major Shira added that this is an exciting point in time for her, and her team, both as commanders in the IDF and as women.

She said: “We have been through hundreds of violent smuggling, and shooting is not a foreign thing to us, and still, entering Gaza is different.

“What’s more, we have a responsibility. A petition to return all female fighters home. I am very proud of them, they simply give their souls.”

Captain Panina, 26, was a former police officer who has also been given a significant role, as part of this task force.

President Gay Will Stay Despite Her Allowing Hate and Vitriol in Harvard Against Jews

 

Claudine Gay will stay on as president of Harvard University, the school’s governing board announced on Tuesday, despite an uproar over her evasive answers at a congressional hearing about campus antisemitism.

The members of the board, the Harvard Corporation, deliberated into the night on Monday before finally deciding not to remove Dr. Gay, the university’s first Black president, from her post.

“As members of the Harvard Corporation, we today reaffirm our support for President Gay’s continued leadership of Harvard University,” said a statement signed by all of the board members other than Dr. Gay. “Our extensive deliberations affirm our confidence that President Gay is the right leader to help our community heal and to address the very serious societal issues we are facing.”

The statement goes on, however, to acknowledge that Dr. Gay had made mistakes, including in her initial reaction to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. “So many people have suffered tremendous damage and pain because of Hamas’s brutal terrorist attack, and the University’s initial statement should have been an immediate, direct, and unequivocal condemnation,” the statement said.

Dr. Gay now faces the challenge of regaining the confidence of the Harvard community, which has been roiled by the conflict in Gaza.

Allah Strikes Turkish MP Hasan Bismet With a Massive Heart Attack After Barking About Israel "Wrath of Allah"