Measeles vaccine and Davy Cricket's ax

 There is an interesting debate regarding identity which involves measles vaccine and artificial meat 

RFK jr claims that measles vaccine is shunned because it was derived from aborted tissue while scientists say the tissue was used once 40 years ago as a nutrient only and that after many generations there are not cells or material from the original fetal tissue.

 There is a related issue about artificial meat which was developed with the use of real meat. Does it remain meat even after multiple replications?

In philosophy this is a question of identity illustrated by someone claiming he has Davy crocket's ax. When asked why it looks so new? The answer is it has had 4 new handles and 5 new blades over the years. So can it still be called Cavy Crocket's ax?

Golden Calf self destructs

 https://mishpacha.com/lost-cachet/

Last week, as news of President Trump’s Gulf trip kept filling the headlines, I imagined the State of Israel as a runty kid arriving at the school playground and finding Big Sam, his trusty protector, at the center of a circle of flashy kids plying him with shiny new toys.

“I still like you, Izzy, I really do. You’re a terrific person, very misunderstood, but I get you. Your side of town? It’s been a disaster, a total disaster. Very sad! I hope it gets better over there. Maybe I’ll come by sometime, do a little visit. But right now? I’m over here with this crowd — and let me tell you, they’ve got the most incredible toys. HUGE toys, shiny toys, the best toys. They’re giving me so much stuff — it’s unbelievable! Never seen anything like it. Total winners!”

RFK Jr. Doubles Down on His Bonkers ‘Aborted Fetuses’ in Jabs Theory

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/rfk-jr-doubles-down-on-his-bonkers-aborted-fetuses-in-jabs-theory/

“My agency has recommended that people take the vaccine to prevent the disease,” Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic, told Llamas when pressed on his position on measles and vaccines.

“There are many people in this country who won’t take the vaccine for religious reasons. The MMR vaccine contains millions of particles that are derived from fetal tissue, millions of fragments of human DNA from aborted fetuses. And for religious reasons they don’t want to take it,” he told Llamas.

Kennedy was referring to the combined Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine.

The health secretary added: “We need to take care of that population too. We need to have treatments for measles too—no child should die of measles in this day and age.’

Vaccines do not contain aborted fetuses, fetal cells, fetal DNA, or fetal debris, according to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

The rubella component of the vaccine is developed from a fetal cell line known as WI-38 that originally came from the lung tissue of an elective abortion performed more than five decades ago. No new fetal issue has been used since, and cells used today are thousands of times removed from the original source.

Secretary Noem, What Is Habeas Corpus?': Maggie Hassan Clashes With Kristi Noem At Senate Hearing

Remarkable tale of Hitler's young Jewish friend

 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46192941

At first glance, the picture of the man hugging the beaming young girl appears to show a scene of great happiness.

But a closer look reveals a far darker tale: this is Adolf Hitler, the man behind the murder of six million Jews, and the little girl is Jewish.

Despite this, Hitler would go on to build a friendship with Rosa Bernile Nienau, which only ended when top Nazi officials intervened five years later.

Shavuous as Time of giving Torah not mentioned in Torah

Shemos (23:16) and the Feast of the Harvest (Shavuos), of the first fruits of your work, of what you sow in the field; and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather in the results of your work from the field.

Shemos (34:22) You shall observe Shavuos, of the first fruits of the wheat harvest; and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.

Bamidbar (28:26) On the day of the first fruits, your Feast of Weeks (Shavuos), when you bring an offering of new grain to G-d, you shall observe a sacred occasion: you shall not work at your occupations.

Devarim (16:10) Then you shall observe Feast of Weeks (Shavuos) for your G-d, offering your freewill contribution according as your G-d has blessed you.

Pesachim (68b) Shavuos is referred to as atzeres

Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa

 https://www.jpost.com/international/article-855140

US President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans.

"These are all white farmers that are being buried," said Trump, holding up a print-out of an article accompanied by the picture during a contentious Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

In fact, the video published by Reuters on February 3 and subsequently verified by the new agency's fact check team, showed humanitarian workers lifting body bags in the Congolese city of Goma. The image was pulled from Reuters footage shot following deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.

Why psychiatrists are alarmed by Donald Trump’s mental decline

 https://mishpacha.com/lost-cachet/

Trump ‘Orgy of Corruption’ Crypto Dinner With Mystery Guests Who Paid Over $1M a Seat

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orgy-of-corruption-crypto-dinner-with-mystery-guests-who-paid-over-1m-a-seat/

The average spent by guests to attend was just over $1.7 million a seat, according to a report.

The dinner, critics warn, will give top crypto investors unprecedented direct access to the president as they look to influence policy while Trump benefits financially from those buying up his digit asset launched just days before the president took office.

5 takeaways from the House passing Trump’s big bill

 https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5314488-trump-tax-package-house-passes/

House Republicans passed early Thursday a major package to advance President Trump’s tax priorities, significant spending cuts to Medicaid and food stamps, and a host of other partisan add-ons.

The 1,000-plus page bill, which Republican leaders changed overnight to appease GOP moderates and hard-line conservatives, lays out trillions of dollars in proposed tax cuts and well north of $1 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade. 

Harvard International Students Ordered to Transfer Or Leave US As Trump Escalates Battle

https://www.newsweek.com/markets-drop-after-trumps-newly-passed-bill-shakes-us-bonds-live-updates-2075929

The Trump administration has barred Harvard University from enrolling international students, with thousands of existing students now ordered to transfer or be ejected from the U.S.

The Ivy League school enrolls almost 6,800 foreign students from around the world at its campus—more than a quarter of its entire student body—who now face a panicked scramble to find another college to transfer to.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the move on Thursday, claiming that Harvard had allowed "anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators" to assault Jewish students and had collaborated with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus.

The decision comes as a judge in California blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students across the U.S. until a legal battle over previous terminations is resolved.

The Trump-Republican budget bill is the work of 'sadistic zombies'

🚨 Democrat wins MASSIVE UPSET in DEEP RED Trump district

Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion highly recommended

Does  Science conflict with Religion? Has it always?