Sunday, February 9, 2020
My mom asked for a divorce. My dad made his mother his pension beneficiary — then killed himself. Now my mom and grandma are feuding. Who is right?
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/my-mother-asked-my-father-for-a-divorce-he-replaced-her-with-my-grandmother-as-beneficiary-on-his-pension-then-took-his-own-life-what-should-they-do-2020-02-08?mod=cx_picks&cx_navSource=cx_picks&cx_tag=mw&cx_artPos=7#cxrecs_s\\\
‘My grandmother and mother both have lawyers, and they both say that
they are going to get this pension. It’s been dragging on for nearly two
years’
Michael Bloomberg goes full Trump troll in his new golf ad
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/31/politics/michael-bloomberg-trump-golf-ad/index.html
Trump, as Bloomberg well knows, is decidedly vain and appearance focused. There is nothing that will bother Trump more than seeing an ad like this that is clearly intended to make Trump look out of shape and sort of bumbling. (One image shows Trump climbing up a hill at a golf course on all fours.)
Trump, as Bloomberg well knows, is decidedly vain and appearance focused. There is nothing that will bother Trump more than seeing an ad like this that is clearly intended to make Trump look out of shape and sort of bumbling. (One image shows Trump climbing up a hill at a golf course on all fours.)
Did Pastor Rick Wiles Call Trump Impeachment a ‘Jew Coup’?
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rick-wiles-trump-impeachment/
In late 2019, we received multiple inquiries from readers about
reports that Rick Wiles, a controversial right-wing pastor, had launched
a virulently anti-Semitic attack on leading congressional Democrats,
claiming that impeachment proceedings against U.S. President Donald
Trump amounted to a “Jew coup.”
Such reports were published by the Times of Israel, and the websites BoingBoing.net and RightWingWatch.org, among others.
Those articles were accurate. On Nov. 22, Wiles dedicated an entire
97-minute episode on his online channel TruNews to what the episode
billed as “Jew Coup: Seditious Jews Orchestrating Trump Impeachment
Lynching.”
Trump ousts Jewish officer, ambassador who testified in impeachment inquiry
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-officer-who-testified-against-trump-escorted-out-of-white-house/
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who served on National Security Council, and Gordon Sondland, Trump’s ambassador to the EU, both fired two days after president’s acquittal by Senate
'Campaign of intimidation': Vindman's lawyer responds to new attacks by Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/08/alexander-vindman-trump-attacks-112512
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s attorney
vigorously pushed back Saturday on President Donald Trump publicly tying
the impeachment witness’ ouster to insubordination and leaking
information.
In a statement, attorney David
Pressman said Trump’s claims “conflict with the clear personnel record
and the entirety of the impeachment record of which the President is
well aware.”
The Trump administration went back on its promise to protect whistleblowers' safety
https://www.businessinsider.com/vindman-firing-us-government-protecting-whistleblowers-2020-2
In a Friday night segment, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow
pointed to a November 2019 tweet from Marcus Weisgerber, an editor at
military and defense outlet Defense One, which contained a transcript of
an exchange with Esper, where the secretary said there was "no
retaliation" allowed under the law against whistleblowers.
"All
I'm saying is that if you come forward with information that you feel
is, that you feel you are a whistleblower, then you are protected,"
Esper said, according to the transcript.
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Despite his impeachment trial acquittal, Trump clearly guilty of a high crime
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/judge-andrew-napolitano-despite-his-impeachment-trial-acquittal-trump-clearly-guilty-of-a-high-crime
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." – George Orwell, "1984"
The Senate impeachment trial of President Trump ended not with a bang but a whimper. What different outcome could one expect from a trial without so much as a single witness, a single document, any cross-examination or a defendant respectful enough to show up?
Law students are taught early on that a trial is not a grudge match or an ordeal; it is a search for the truth. Trial lawyers know that cross-examination is the most effective truth-testing tool available to them.
But the search for the truth requires witnesses, and when the command from Senate Republican leaders came down that there shall be no witnesses, the truth-telling mission of Trump's trial was radically transformed into a steamroller of political power
Prominent sex offender rabbi Berland arrested in Jerusalem
https://www.timesofisrael.com/prominent-sex-offender-rabbi-berland-reportedly-arrested-in-jerusalem/
Police investigating over 200 complaints alleging
systematic exploitation of the desperately ill; protesters clash with
police during arrest of leader of cult-like sect
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Six MONTHS In Jail -- for WHAT??!
BS"D
Six MONTHS In Jail -- for WHAT??!
The Crusade to Terrorize Girls Into Army Enlistment Escalates Dramatically
12 Shvat, 5780 °° Feb. 7, '20
(This update is a revised version of http://
By Binyomin Feinberg,
FeinbergBinyomin@gmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~~
To check for updates, on first view of this article, as well as throughout the week, please visit https://saveHischildren.
or/and see updates for month of Shvat '80:
https://drive.google.com/open?
By Binyomin Feinberg,
FeinbergBinyomin@gmail.com
~~~~~~~~~~~
To check for updates, on first view of this article, as well as throughout the week, please visit https://saveHischildren.
or/and see updates for month of Shvat '80:
https://drive.google.com/open?
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Refusenik Updates:
*********************
LITAL BAS MIRIAM:
1. We've reported several times on Lital
bas Miriam, a religious bas-Cohen from Tel-Aviv. She has been literally
persecuted in Military Prison Four for almost four weeks, in the wake
of her arrest (or ambush) at the airport on Jan. 13, '20. See:
https://daattorah.blogspot.
https://savehischildren.
http://firstamendmentactivist.
https://daattorah.blogspot.
https://savehischildren.
http://firstamendmentactivist.
http://firstamendmentactivist.
{* Rivka No'ah bas Yehudis is the name of the religious French immigrant girl in Prison Six.}
{* Rivka No'ah bas Yehudis is the name of the religious French immigrant girl in Prison Six.}
There was even a recent appeal to Russian President Putin to help save her (http://
photos: https://drive.google.com/open?
photos: https://drive.google.com/open?
~~~
2. On this past Tuesday, Feb. 4, Lital
had yet another military court hearing. Chillingly, the prosecution
(i.e., the Army) wanted to hit her with an extraordinarily brutal
sentence. Just how long? Judging from the "compromise" that the Judge
reportedly directed the prosecution to consider, the Army wanted to
imprison Lital not - G-d forbid - for days, weeks, or even months -- but
for YEARS! We are informed by someone in the know that this is no
ploy; the Army is apparently "out for blood." It is our duty to ensure
that it's not her blood - or that of any innocent person - that they
get.
3. An important question here is:
why is the Israeli Army trying to impose such a draconian punishment on
this non-violent, 26 y/o "threat to national security?" Granted,
according to the Army, Lital is long-term "draft-dodger," [sic] -- being
"absent for years" from the military - in which enlistment is strictly
prohibited by Jewish Law. But why a sentence so extraordinary brutal?
4.
Clearly, the extraordinary length of the desired sentence appears to
be indicative of the Army motivation operative here. It's not that
they're prosecuting and persecuting this young lady IN SPITE OF of her
religious beliefs. In that case, they would temper their bloodlust with a
veneer of token lucidity. Rather, it's precisely BECAUSE of her
steadfast dedication to safeguarding her purity and her religious values
that the Israeli Army is persecuting Lital. They want to break her, and
terrorize all of the other girls and women standing up to the Army's
antireligious crusade to force women into the immoral, exploitative
military. G-d willing, that attempt will fail, and ultimately backfire.
5.
Clearly, this young lady, a daughter of Kohanim, has been branded for
serving as the "Korban" to "Maitav" (the Draft Office), a sacrificial
lamb, in order to strike terror into the hearts of even some of the
strongest, most devoted religious girls and women avoiding the Army.
6.
That's not all. On Tuesday, the Judge directed the prosecution to
strike a "compromise" with the defense. That "compromise" reportedly
involves imposing a "settlement" on Lital - that requires she agree to a
staggering SIX MONTHS in Military Prison, without even allowing her a
chance to fight for her religious and human rights in a court.
Plea
deals often make sense - for guilty people. But this is plain judicial
tyranny, being employed to advance the religious persecution of an
innocent Orthodox Jewess.
7. In essence, this
"compromise offer" itself is judicial blackmail: either agree to a half a
year without fighting for your rights, or else face the tyranny of
years in Military Prison, all without the chance to a fair fight in
court (see posts above). Moreover, the litany of illicit and illegal
actions of the Draft Office, and the Prison System, all provide
additional clarification as to why the government is blackmailing Lital
into giving up before even beginning her legal battle in earnest: they
don't want all of their illegalities and corruption to be exposed to the
Free World.
8. Above all, this travesty is a
clear case of the Army terrorizing an innocent religious woman for
remaining steadfast in her adherence to the Torah prohibition against
enlistment in the immoral, exploitative military. If this abomination
would be perpetrated anywhere else in the world, we'd call it what it
is: Jew-Hatred, of the worst sort.
9. As
explained in previous posts, all of this torment struck Lital in the
wake of her naively submitting to an Religiosity Interview ("Rayon Dat")
over seven years ago, around the the time she finished school. At that
time, the (female) Draft Officer tripped Lital up on a question about
the Reading of the Torah, something from which women are generally
exempt, by Jewish Law. Apparently, under that transparent pretext,
Maitav (the Draft Office) refused to provide Lital the religious
exemption to which she was entitled. (See also:
10.
However, Lital reportedly never got a conclusive picture of her final
draft status. Like thousands of other girls, she never got any
documentation to clarify her draft status one way or the other.
Additionally, Lital was apparently misled by Border Police. Her family
claims that immediately prior to her surprise-arrest at the airport in mid-January, she repeatedly checked with Israeli Border Police. They
told her that she's ok to travel, without concern of her name being on
the list of non-exempted girls. When she arrived at the airport, they
arrested her, to the shock of her parents.
Did Israeli Border Police intentionally
give Lital misinformation to ambush her? If so, that would explain why
the Army consistently refuses to comply with the government requirement
that the Army notify the girls shortly after they submit their
religiosity certification. This way, they can entrap girls anytime the
opportunity presents itself, and then use the threat of extended
incarceration in the brutal military prison environment as blackmail -
to force religious girls into the Army, all in flagrant violation of the
Torah.
11. Lital's next hearing is set
to be held this coming Monday, Feb. 10 (Parshas Yisro). Prior to that,
Lital is expected to make a THIRD visit to an Army officer who could
potentially help arrange for a military-service exemption. The previous
two visits failed to help her, however. It's quite apparent that
they're all playing games, with her life on the line.
12.
In addition, it was reported that her right of communication (already
severely limited) has been [illegally] impeded by the prison
authorities, on multiple occasions. How can Lital possibly ensure a
semblance of a fair hearing and a proper arrangement of an exemption -
especially when the stakes are so monumental - without the ability to
communicate with whomever she needs to?
13.
This barbaric, anti-Jewish abuse of an innocent young lady cannot be
allowed to pass quietly. For instance, Gedolim in the past had helped
organize womens' demonstrations against the government, over the
drafting of girls. It is so much more necessary, and so much more
technically feasible nowadays.
~~~
14.
As of approximately two weeks ago, there were an estimated TWENTY
girls and women imprisoned in Military Prison Four alone, in addition to
all of those languishing in Prison Six (where Refuseniks are sometimes
intentionally tormented by exposure to the winter cold without
sufficient clothing). True, not every imprisoned girl is necessarily in
jail for refusing to serve in the Army. There may be some incarcerated
for other reasons. But, regardless, the Israeli government has no right
to enlist females; therefore they has no right to impose Army regimen on
them. All the more so, they have no right to impose military
incarceration.
15. Ta'i ["Ta-ee"] bas Oshrah has been imprisoned in Military Prison Six in the North for at least a week for her refusal to enlist in the Army.
15. Ta'i ["Ta-ee"] bas Oshrah has been imprisoned in Military Prison Six in the North for at least a week for her refusal to enlist in the Army.
16. Another girl, Mai, was reportedly just released from Military Prison Four several days ago, B"H.
17.
Another religious girl, Tal-Yah bas Rus /Liz, continues to languish in
Military Prison Four, reportedly enduring an insane 33-day sentence,
for her refusal to serve in the Army. So far, she's been suffering there
for about SEVEN weeks total.
18. Another
religious girl, an immigrant from France, Rivka No'a bas Yehudis, who
has been incarcerated for over TWO MONTHS in Military Prison Six, was
notified that she will get an exemption from Army service, BE"H.
However, despite that exemption, they insist on keeping her imprisoned
until she completes the 12 day punitive sentence handed up last
Thursday.
~~~
19. One of the outstanding questions here is:
Where
are the ostensibly rightwing and religious Knesset members? Even just
prior to a high-stakes election (a third consecutive election at that),
they cannot muster the self-interest-impelled gumption to raise a
massive (or even a minor) alarm over these blatant and unrelenting
evils, assaults against Jewish girls that threaten the very future of
the Jewish People?
20. Another is: Is this
barbaric anti-religious persecution of righteous Jewish women the price
of religious "representatives" sitting in the Knesset?
~~~
21. Also see:
CREEP STATE: Sexual Exploitation - Via Escalation of Religiosity-Interrogations
http://firstamendmentactivist.
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