Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Alexander Vindman Deserves Better


Why are there few Torah giants today? Rabbi Sternbuch explains

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/275845

Edah Haharedit Rabbinical Court Judge Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch addressed in his lesson the reason for the small number of great Torah scholars in our generation, attributing this phenomenon to the absence of continuous diligence in Torah study.
 
"I heard from the great Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer that the world is wondering and asking why it is that our portion has worsened in that Torah giants don’t emerge from among our ranks as they did from the students of the Volozhin Yeshiva,” he said in a lesson delivered to students in Modi'in Illit, according the the haredi website JDN.

Making A Historical Parallel To Trump’s Impeachment Revenge Tour | Deadline | MSNBC


CNN's John Avlon: I've got bad news for Susan Collins


Judge Jeanine's message for Mitt Romney


Trump Vindictiveness Sends Chilling Message To U.S. Officials | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC


Monday, February 10, 2020

Hunter Biden is a nepotistic slouch compared to Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2020/01/28/hunter-biden-slouch-compared-ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushner/4594904002/


Opinion: When it comes to using a family connection to rake in the dough, Biden is a sad and sorry slacker compared to the president’s daughter and son-in-law.


 

Moral equivalence and Donald Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/09/10/moral-equivalence-and-donald-trump/

It was Kirkpatrick who in 1985 wrote an essay revered on the right called, “The Myth of Moral Equivalence.
To encourage more conservatives to speak out, I offer a few excerpts from Kirkpatrick’s essay:
“To destroy a society it is first necessary to delegitimize its basic institutions so as to detach the identifications and affections of its citizens from the institutions and authorities of the society marked for destruction.”
“An alliance among democracies is based on shared ideals. The process of delegitimization is, therefore, an absolutely ideal instrument for undermining an alliance, as well as for undermining a government. The NATO alliance among democracies simply cannot survive a widespread conviction among its members that there is no difference between the superpowers. It is not necessary to demonstrate that the Soviet Union is flawed, or deplorable. To destroy the alliance, it is only necessary to deprive the citizens of democratic societies of a sense of shared moral purpose which underlies common identifications and common efforts.”
 

Aharon Ramati, suspected cult leader, insists he 'didn't hold anyone by force'

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/275799

 In an interview with Kikar Hashabbat, Ramati discussed both the money laundering charge, as well as the charge that he ran a cult.
"There is a G-d in the world, and He's in charge," Ramati said. "Every idiot understands that everything happening right now is far from normal. Now, all of a sudden, they remembered something from five years ago, when all the others involved have long since been tried."
He added that "it's clear to everyone" that he is being persecuted.

Sunday, February 9, 2020

They've got to go': Alan Dershowitz blasts Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/275757

Prominent American jurist and member of President Donald Trump’s legal defense team Alan Dershowitz excoriated congressional Democratic leaders on Sunday, saying the top Democrats in the House and Senate “have to go”.
Speaking on John Catsimatidis’ radio show Sunday, Dershowitz, a life-long Democrat who joined President Trump’s legal defense team during the impeachment proceedings, said his party was in need of new leadership, adding that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (NY-D) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (CA-D) should be replaced.
“I think they need new leadership. I think Schumer and Pelosi have to go. Schumer because of his history of lying. You know, Pelosi actually called for me to be disbarred ... because I had persuaded some senators” said Dershowitz.

Rick Wilson: Trump Deserves The Title Of Traitor | The 11th Hour | MSNBC





https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/traitors-donald-trump-republican-party-922194/

Steve Bannon and Bill Maher Go Head-to-Head | Real Time (HBO)


Gaetz reacts to Trump firing impeachment witnesses Sondland, Vindman


Rick Wilson - Being an Anti-Trump Conservative and “Running Against the Devil” | The Daily Show