Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Are the kids all right? Abigail Shrier says you should stop asking them
https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/are-the-kids-all-right-stop-asking-lhsgy4p9
America is in denial, says Shrier, but all the data suggests that therapy culture carries strong “iatrogenic effects” — when the healer makes things worse. “In 2016,” Shrier says, “one in six of children aged two to eight had a mental health or behavioural diagnosis. Those kids weren’t on smartphones… those were very young kids, they don’t generally have a smartphone now in America, but back then they certainly didn’t. What they had was a tremendous amount of diagnosis. Which meant a tremendous amount of mental health professional oversight. And we have seen this for more than a generation. These kids have been flooded with mental health interventions. They should be the picture of mental health, right? If preventive mental health care worked, these would be the healthiest kids we’d ever seen. But preventive mental health care doesn’t work. Now that of course doesn’t apply to people who actually are in desperate need of treatment, which is not preventive care, [they’re] people who are being treated because they have mental illness and that’s necessary. But right now, mental health professionals are holding themselves up, especially in America, as the solution to the suffering of this generation, just when we have every reason to believe they have only been making things worse for a generation. To me, that’s a very big problem. It’s the idea of the firemen have actually been starting the fire.”
Elon Musk brands UK a ‘tyrannical police state’
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-brand-uk-tyrannical-police-state/
Musk’s fight with the British government took off over the summer, when he leaped on the killing of three schoolgirls in the seaside town of Southport to offer his thoughts on policing in the U.K., spread inaccurate claims about the government’s response, and accuse Starmer of running a “two-tier” justice system that treats white people more harshly.
Downing Street hit back after he claimed “civil war is inevitable” in the U.K. and he was not invited to a major investment summit held in the fall, although ministers have since tried to rebuild bridges.
Donald Trump won the election. Now he’s losing it.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5004940-trump-overstepping-voters/
On Nov. 5, Americans hired Donald Trump to do three things: put more money into their pockets; lower prices for gas, groceries and rent and restore order at the southern border.
Trump was not hired to gut the Justice Department, abolish the FBI, pardon the Jan. 6 rioters, weaken our intelligence agencies, eliminate the Department of Education or “go wild on health.”
The U.N’s Anti-Israel ‘Genocide’ Purge
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-ns-anti-israel-genocide-purge-c8feef1a
Alice Nderitu said Israel’s campaign in Gaza doesn’t meet the definition of genocide. She was fired.
Monday, November 25, 2024
Beracha for all those who promote Achdus
Today I was Sandek for my new grandson named after Rav Shlomo Fisher
According to reliable sources a Sandek has a power to give Berachos. I was asked by a woman for a beracha that her daughter and grandchildren who are now trapped in Iran will be allowed to leave.
I also give a beracha to all those who are working for peace and achdus within the Jewish people. Even if you just say hello or good day to another person you qualify.
As Musk Assumes Deregulation Role, Tesla Racks Up Pollution Violations
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/elon-musk-tesla-environment-1263cd60?mod=hp_lead_pos8
Musk is considered a champion of the environment for his role in pioneering the electric car industry. He has said the mission of Tesla, which is the largest maker of electric cars in the U.S., is to “protect life on Earth.” Yet across his business empire, Musk’s companies show a pattern of breaking environmental rules again and again, federal and state government filings and documents show.
A Journal investigation shows that Tesla bosses were aware of the problems but sometimes chose short-term fixes to avoid slowing production. Former employees said they feared they might lose their job if they drew attention internally to potential environmental hazards, because senior managers didn’t consider such issues to be mission critical. As head of the company, Musk set the tone, these people said, pushing employees to move fast and complaining frequently in public statements that unnecessary regulations are strangling the U.S.
Final text of Lebanon ceasefire reached, Israeli officials say
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399744
The Israeli political-security cabinet will convene tomorrow (Tuesday) to discuss the details of the agreement between Israel and Lebanon that will lead to a ceasefire in the conflict with the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
Israeli sources said that in advance of the cabinet meeting, a final text of the agreement with Lebanon has been reached. According to the report, Israel has given the green light to American mediator Amos Hochstein to move forward with the agreement.
Reuters reported that the US has informed Lebanese officials that a ceasefire could be declared "within hours."
GOP senators squirm over sex-related allegations against Trump Cabinet picks
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5005618-trump-cabinet-sexual-misconduct/
“There are clear signals from my colleagues that there’s more trouble than just with Gaetz,” said the lawmaker.
The senator warned that heated public hearings in which senators from both parties grill nominees over sexual allegations would be a bad way to start Trump’s second term as president.
“It would be awful for the Senate and I don’t think it’s good for the country,” the lawmaker added.
Trump Wants Deals on Ukraine and Israel. Here’s Why He’ll Struggle.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/11/24/trump-foreign-policy-deals-00191282
But while Netanyahu is expected to be more willing to bend to Trump than he has been with Biden, the Israeli leader is also in a stronger position politically — and more able to resist U.S. pressure — than he has been since the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas. Following Israel’s successful campaigns against Hezbollah and Hamas, Netanyahu has strengthened support in his cabinet and made it likely he can survive in power for at least another year.
Trump’s determination to install controversial picks faces next test
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/25/politics/trump-gabbard-hegseth-analysis/index.html
And CNN reported Friday that Gabbard had once been placed on a Transportation Security Administration watchlist — which, even if it was for benign reasons, would be highly unusual for a nominee for a top position.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Court says birth parents of girl born in IVF mix-up must give her to genetic parents
Rishon Lezion Family Court says 2-year-old to be removed from custody of parents who raised her, after high-profile mishap brought about lawsuit against hospital
UAE Interior Ministry: Murderers of Rabbi Zvi Kogan arrested
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/399692
The Ministry of Interior of the United Arab Emirates says that three suspects were arrested for the murder of Chabad emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan. The Ministry did not mention the identity or the nationality of the suspects.