Donald Trump Supporters Annoyed With NFT Announcement: It's a 'Turn Off'

 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-supporters-annoyed-nft-announcement-1767473

Former President Donald Trump was ruthlessly mocked over his "major announcement" this week, with even his supporters expressing disappointment about the NFT unveiling.

"This is not good. We're facing a threat to civilization from far left Marxist extremists. Teasing NFT cards as a major announcement is not the kind of fight people want to see now. These are dark times. Love the guy but this turns many off," Robby Starbuck, GOP congressional candidate for Tennessee's 5th district, tweeted.

Satmar Grand Rebbe visits convicted sexual abuser Nechemya Weberman in prison

 https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-725058

The Satmar “Grand Rebbe” Zalman Teitelbaum paid a visit to convicted sexual abuser Nechemya Weberman in prison last month, according to a Yiddish-language newspaper serving the Satmar Hasidic community that has published a series of favorable articles about the former therapist accused of sexually abusing an adolescent girl starting from when the victim was 12 years old.

The visit, and the weekly series of articles in Kiryas Joel Vochenshrift, have riled advocates for sexual abuse victims in the Hasidic community. They say the community’s leadership has a pattern of downplaying abuse charges and in this case convictions, further traumatizing the victims. 

Trump roasted after 'major announcement' turns out to be digital trading cards

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-roasted-after-major-announcement-turns-out-digital-trading-cards

Former President Donald Trump was mocked across social media Thursday after hyping up a "major announcement" that turned out to be digital trading cars with his face superimposed onto them.

Trump first teased the announcement Wednesday on his Truth Social account, cryptically hinting that "America needs a superhero!" Come Thursday, Trump unveiled official Donald Trump Digital Trading Cards, posting an image of a chiseled likeness of himself wearing an American flag-style Superman outfit.

"These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career! Collect all of your favorite Trump Digital Trading Cards, very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting," Trump wrote. "Only $99 each! Would make a great Christmas gift. Don't wait. They will be gone, I believe, very quickly!"

9 Signs Of A Victim Complex & How To Deal With It In Others

 https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/victim-complex

Have you ever met someone who feels like nothing ever goes right for them? During conversations, they may spend a lot of time painting themselves as the martyr in a world that can't stop taking advantage of them. When they talk about their problems, they often blame other people and shy away from taking personal responsibility.

If you know someone who has a pattern of negativity and self-sabotage, they may have a victim complex.

Musk Didn’t Even Vote in Midterms He Cared So Much About

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-didnt-vote-in-midterms-after-urging-fans-to-back-gop?ref=home

Elon Musk, who implored his army of Twitter followers to vote Republican in the 2022 midterms, did not vote in the election, state records show.

In first, women take official Jewish law tests, but activists say it isn’t enough

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-first-women-take-state-jewish-law-tests-but-activists-say-it-isnt-enough/

A group of 17 women took government-issued exams on Jewish law in recent weeks in what advocates called a step toward greater recognition of female religious scholarship by the state, albeit a step with an unclear future.

The examinations, which were administered by the Religious Services Ministry, were similar to, but still significantly distinct from, the tests given by the Chief Rabbinate to men seeking rabbinic ordination.

With no evidence, The Times claimed that hundreds of ‘male-bodied sex offenders were classified as women’ in recent years

 https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/01/07/the-times-corrections-trans-misinformation-rape-chestfeeding/

In the story, Massie claimed: “We pretend that women can — and do — commit rape… In England and Wales 436 male-bodied sex offenders were classified as women from 2012 to 2018.”

In the correction, The Times said: “In fact, under English law, accessories to a crime are charged as principal offenders, and therefore women can be charged with rape.

“How many female defendants were ‘male-bodied’ is not recorded. We are happy to make this clear.”

Following the correction, The Times has now re-published the piece, removing the explicit claim that all recorded female sex offenders are trans.

However, at the time this article was published, it continued to claim that “436 rape defendants were classified as women”.

Republican Senator Faces Backlash at Home Over Gay Marriage Vote

 https://www.newsweek.com/republican-senator-faces-backlash-home-over-gay-marriage-vote-1766874

A GOP senator is experiencing significant backlash in her home state after she voted in favor of a bill to protect gay marriage.

Joni Ernst, a two-term Republican from Iowa, was among 12 GOP senators to vote for the Respect for Marriage Act, whose primary function is to codify protections for same-sex and interracial marriages into federal law. In response to her vote, several county-level Republican organizations in Iowa are considering resolutions that would condemn or censure her, according to the Des Moines Register.

Transgender prisoner who sexually assaulted inmates jailed for life

 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/11/transgender-prisoner-who-sexually-assaulted-inmates-jailed-for-life

Karen White, 52, who was described as being a danger to women and children, admitted sexually assaulting women in a female prison and raping another two women outside jail.

White was transferred to New Hall prison in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, on remand last September after being arrested on suspicion of repeatedly stabbing a neighbour. The attacks on fellow prisoners took place between September and October.

The 52-year-old, who is currently transitioning, was sentenced yesterday for two counts of rape, two sexual assaults and one offence of wounding.

White has previous convictions for indecent assault, indecent exposure and gross indecency involving children, animal cruelty and dishonesty.

The Ministry of Justice has apologised for moving her to the women’s prison, saying that her previous offending history had not been taken into account.

A Groundbreaking Scientific Discovery Shows That We Can Reverse Death

 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a42216404/is-death-revesible/

Problem is, the idea of reversibility hits right at the heart of the debate about the medical definition of death. According to a recent article in the Daily Beast, one question that cropped up when the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) met over Zoom to debate death again in March was whether to call it “irreversible” or “permanent.” Seema Shah, JD, a bioethicist at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, who attended the ULC’s virtual forum, says it can be hard to know what “permanent” means if you can restore function in cells. “That starts to call into question the different practices that we do,” she says.

People who skipped their COVID vaccine are at higher risk of traffic accidents, according to a new study

 https://fortune.com/well/2022/12/13/covid-unvaccinated-greater-risk-car-crash-traffic-accident-new-study-says-canada-government-records-pfizer-moderna/

Of course, skipping a COVID vaccine does not mean that someone will get into a car crash. Instead, the authors theorize that people who resist public health recommendations might also “neglect basic road safety guidelines.” 

Jerusalem home welcomes formerly ultra-Orthodox Jews

 https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/culture/1670932642-jerusalem-home-welcomes-formerly-ultra-orthodox-jews

Barata' offers a refuge for those who left the closed world of ultra-Orthodox Judaism

Those who once tried to follow all of Judaism’s laws now celebrate the beginning of Shabbat as a purely cultural event at "Barata" — an open house in Jerusalem for former ultra-Orthodox Jews.

Yoni Klapholtz founded Barata four years ago. Two years ago, he moved the project into a house next to Jerusalem’s central Machane Yehuda Market.

“We love the Shabbat, we eat Shabbat food, sing Shabbat songs. We are not religious therefore we also make music. We add to the Shabbat, we don’t take away from it," Klapholtz said.

Covid-19 vaccination not responsible for excess deaths in US

 https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.32ZT4XW

US health authorities agree Covid-19 vaccination saves lives, but an article claims official data indicate the shots are actually causing excess deaths. This is false; no such link has been proven, and experts say high mortality figures in 2022 correlate closely with the number of people who succumbed to coronavirus infections.

Messianic 'rabbi' charged with rape opens school board meeting

 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/364384

Griffin, who heads a congregation in nearby Saginaw, Texas, that blends Christian beliefs and Jewish practices, is currently awaiting trial on four counts of sexual assault. According to reports of the indictment, he is accused of using his stature as a “rabbi” to sexually assault a woman in March 2020 after coercing her to become his “concubine” and citing Abraham and Jacob as examples of spiritual figures who enjoyed multiple partners. The victim claimed she had been assaulted in Griffin’s congregation, including in his office, which DNA samples seemed to corroborate, a warrant said.