Police arrested seven teenagers suspected of being involved in the rape of a 16-year-old while she was vacationing in Eilat, bringing the number of those who have been detained to 11.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Trump dismisses secret audio of sister calling him ‘cruel': ‘Who cares?’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dismisses-secret-audio-of-sister-calling-him-cruel-who-cares
President Trump dismissed secret audio recordings released Saturday evening of his older sister Maryanne Trump Barry saying he had “no principles” and was "cruel."
“Every day it’s something else, who cares?” President Trump said in a statement, according to the Washington Post. “I miss my brother, and I’ll continue to work hard for the American people. Not everyone agrees, but the results are obvious. Our country will soon be stronger than ever before.”
‘It was great’: In leaked audio, Trump hailed low Black turnout in 2016
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/21/trump-black-voters-turnout-2016-398520
In a private meeting inside Trump Tower days before his inauguration, Donald Trump told a group of civil rights leaders something most Republicans wouldn’t dare publicly acknowledge: lower turnout among Black voters did, in fact, benefit him in the 2016 presidential election.
"Many Blacks didn’t go out to vote for Hillary ‘cause they liked me. That was almost as good as getting the vote, you know, and it was great,” the president-elect said, according to an audio recording of the meeting shared with POLITICO.
The 8 most sensational quotes from secret recordings of Trump's sister
Donald Trump “has no principles” and people “can’t trust him” according to his eldest sister, the first rebuke of the president from any of his siblings to be made public since he ascended to the presidency.
In secretly recorded audio published by the Washington Post on Saturday, Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired federal judge, talks candidly to the president's niece, Mary Trump, about her relationship with her brother, apparently unaware that she is being recorded.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's Distortion on Dems and the Pledge
TRUMP: “The Democrats took the word GOD out of the Pledge of Allegiance at the Democrat National Convention. At first I thought they made a mistake, but it wasn’t. It was done on purpose. Remember Evangelical Christians, and ALL, this is where they are coming from-it’s done. Vote Nov 3!” — tweet Saturday.
THE FACTS: That's a misleading accusation. The central programming of the convention featured the entire pledge, complete with “under God.”
The first night of the Democratic National Convention, Joe Biden's grandchildren said the pledge, followed by the convention's chorus of "The Star Spangled Banner.” On the second night, it's stated by a diverse group of Americans; same with the third night. On the fourth night, it's recited by Cedric Richmond Jr., the son of Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana. “Under God” was in each rendering. The convention also devoted a segment to showcasing Biden’s religious faith.
During
two caucuses before the evening conventions started, the Muslim
Delegates and Al lies Assembly and the LGBTQ Caucus meeting, both
Tuesday, left out “under God,” from the pledge.
HK manual on Energy Permission asked of Ch-i,R"L
BS"D
This page of the Health Kinesiology
manual helps expose an important misrepresentation of Szmerla in his
book, AMIH; in particular, his whitewash for HK practitioners asking
"energetic permission" - which is actually attributing "will" to the
energy (Ch-i in HK). The link to Ch-i is explained at the beginning of
the manual -regarding the foundational force on which the HK system is
predicated. Accordingly, this also helps debunk his dismissal of the
Avoda Zorah concerns of Rav Belsky (e.g. see note, pg. 75-77, cf. 29).
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Alsp see: (posted Parshas Shoftim, 5780 )
On the occasion of the Yahrtzeit of the Steipler Gaon ZT"L we posted
"Theological Detoxification" http://daattorah.blogspot.com/
https://
(Aug 20, 2020)
To clarify a few points:
A book promoting heretical or idolatrous ideas must be avoided even if it may hypothetically contain some truth or useful information.
In the case of the aforementioned book, "Alternative Medicine In Halacha," there is an additional motivation to comply with the prohibition to read such books: it's well-packed with distortions of both realia (metziyus) and Halacha, and is replete with a generous supply of the standard new age absurdities.
Even though his approach is antithetical to Judaism, some wonder: is it possible one can manipulate a universal Life Force energy without Halachic objections that the aforementioned author involves?
One first would need to establish the existence of such a created force, then a mechanism of using it, if any, then determine if and how it would be permitted according to Torah. So far, the author and his fellow travelers failed on every count.
For questions/ Shailos please contact: Tomim Tih'yeh:
US: 845.642.1679
Israel: 03.721.3337
______
To check for future articles on related matters, see the Tomim Tih'yeh link:
https://docs.google.com/
On the occasion of the Yahrtzeit of the Steipler Gaon ZT"L we posted
"Theological Detoxification" http://daattorah.blogspot.com/
https://
(Aug 20, 2020)
To clarify a few points:
A book promoting heretical or idolatrous ideas must be avoided even if it may hypothetically contain some truth or useful information.
In the case of the aforementioned book, "Alternative Medicine In Halacha," there is an additional motivation to comply with the prohibition to read such books: it's well-packed with distortions of both realia (metziyus) and Halacha, and is replete with a generous supply of the standard new age absurdities.
Even though his approach is antithetical to Judaism, some wonder: is it possible one can manipulate a universal Life Force energy without Halachic objections that the aforementioned author involves?
One first would need to establish the existence of such a created force, then a mechanism of using it, if any, then determine if and how it would be permitted according to Torah. So far, the author and his fellow travelers failed on every count.
For questions/ Shailos please contact: Tomim Tih'yeh:
US: 845.642.1679
Israel: 03.721.3337
______
To check for future articles on related matters, see the Tomim Tih'yeh link:
https://docs.google.com/
Court orders Donald Trump to pay legal fees in Stormy Daniels suit
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/22/politics/stormy-daniels-trump-judge-order/index.html
A California Superior Court judge has ordered President Donald Trump to pay $44,100 to Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, to reimburse her attorneys' fees in the legal battle surrounding her nondisclosure agreement.
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Friday, August 21, 2020
‘You Got to Be the Last Guy He Talks To.' The Rise and Fall of Trump Adviser Steve Bannon
https://time.com/5882072/rise-and-fall-of-steve-bannon/
After Donald Trump won the U.S. election in November 2016, some Republicans hoped that the new President would mellow in office and moderate his hardline campaign positions. Steve Bannon saw it as his job to make sure that didn’t happen.
Bannon, a former investment banker and right-wing documentary filmmaker who served as one of Trump’s principal advisers during the final months of his campaign, moved into the West Wing in January 2017, taking over an office at a crucial hallway intersection steps from the Oval Office. His perch allowed him to see nearly everyone visiting then-chief of staff Reince Priebus on one side, and Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner on the other.
Bannon’s official new title was chief strategist, and he saw himself as besieged by ideological rivals trying to slow-walk Trump’s controversial campaign promises to build a border wall, gut trade deals, and ban Muslims from entering the country. His ascent was seen by many as bringing the fringe voices of white nationalists and the alt-right directly into the West Wing. He spent hours on calls with GOP donors and reporters painting Priebus as beholden to the old Republican establishment and Kushner as a Democrat in Trump’s house. He lasted seven months, before being pushed out for leaking about palace intrigue and refusing to cede access and control to Trump’s second chief of staff, John Kelly.
Bannon’s time in the White House may have been short, but it was influential. Within a few weeks of moving in, Bannon helped launch Trump on the hardline policy path he has rarely deviated from since. Bannon, along with senior advisor Stephen Miller, pushed for the hasty freeze of the U.S. refugee program and the halt in immigration from seven majority Muslim countries, moves that were later challenged in court and required revisions. He kept a white board on the wall next to his desk and put green check marks next to actions that weakened international trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and North American Free Trade Agreement.
Trump accuses Democrats of 'trying to steal the election' with insistence on mail-in voting
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-accuses-democrats-trying-to-steal-election
'This is going to be the greatest scam in history,' president says. 'This will be the most fraudulent election in history.'
In an exclusive interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity, President Trump argued Thursday that Democrats are "trying to steal the election" through their fervent support for and facilitation of mass mail-in balloting.
"They are talking about sending 51 million ballots out to anybody who, you know, nobody knows who is going to get them," the president said on "Hannity". "It's a horrible thing. It's a fraudulent election. Everybody knows it, you don't even have to know politics to know it.
America’s Closest Allies Reject Trump Administration's Iran Bid at U.N.
"That the closest Western allies of the U.S. unambiguously reject the legitimacy of using the snapback procedure set in [U.N. Resolution] 2231 confirms their commitment to the JCPOA, their opposition to the maximum pressure policy against Iran," Gerard Araud, France's most recent ambassador to the U.S., who also served as ambassador to the U.N. and Israel, tweeted shortly after the decision. "And says a lot about the world status of the U.S. today."
The U.S. attempted last week to adopt a resolution that would have extended an arms embargo against Iran – set to expire in October – but failed to receive the support necessary in the Security Council. Only the Dominican Republic backed the U.S. resolution.
Judge rules against Trump in tax records subpoena fight
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/donald-trump-new-york-tax-records/index.html
A federal judge on Thursday said New York state prosecutors could have access to President Donald Trump's accounting records for a criminal investigation, siding harshly against the President.
The ruling by US District Judge Victor Marrero follows a landmark Supreme Court decision this summer
that appeared to set up potentially lengthy delays on subpoenas for
Trump's records. Yet the ruling on Thursday snaps attention back to the
ongoing criminal probe of Trump's business dealings, and revives the
possibility that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance could reach the
records before the presidential election.
"Justice requires an end to this controversy," Marrero wrote.
Trump
has already appealed. He's asking the Second Circuit Court of Appeals
for emergency help as he tries to stop the subpoena from being enforced
next week.
But Marrero rejected Trump's attempt to
use the court system for more delays. He built into his ruling a
prohibition for Trump to revise his lawsuit as a way to keep it alive
even if he's lost additional rounds in court.
Trump's
legal strategy to "enable the clock to run," Marrero wrote, "amounts to
absolute immunity through a back door, an entry point through which not
only a President but also potentially other persons and entities,
public and private, could effectively gain cover from judicial process."
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