Hamas debunks the Gaza genocide naritive! "The list has enough information to cite 68,800 deaths. Hamas has lost 25,000 fighters, which leaves 44,000 war deaths to account for. Included in that 44,000 are about 10,000 natural deaths. The remaining 34,000 would include civilians killed by Israel and those killed by Hamas and associated militant groups—either by execution, rocket misfires, turf wars, and the like. The result is that even when using Hamas’s numbers, Israel’s civilian-to-combatant death rate is close to 1:1, an unheard-of accomplishment in an urban war setting, let alone one in which much of the territory has been turned into Hamas human shields."

Commentary Magazine

Hamas Debunks the ‘Genocide’ Narrative

Hamas has wrapped up its latest revision of casualty data in the Gaza war, and it makes clear why Israel’s critics have been flailing since the ...

#israel #gaza #debunk

When the Likud led coalition in #Israel tried to change the way judges are elected to Israel Supreme Court, there was an outrage. The Left claimed that this will make the SCoI a lackey of the government. The judges will be bond to agree with the government that elected them. Last week we saw that this is not true. Two judges that Trump appointed rules against him. This shows that even if politicians choose judges, judges can be free to make their own rulings. It's time for a #JudicialReform in Israel!

Almonds blooming #israel

New Yorkers learning that there is no free lunch

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Mamdani to increase NYC property taxes by 9.5 percent to balance budget if income taxes are not raised

New York City already has a high cost of living, but residents might have to pay even more if the city's budget deficit persists.

#economics #ny

Everyone in #Israel is cheering this. I don't understand why. Everyone in Israel got poorer this year. Just by a little less then last year. And all the value your money lost in previous years is still lost! #inflation

אתמול ראינו בבני ברק את ההתגלמות המאמר התלמודית: רבי יהודה אומר כל שאינו מלמד את בנו אומנות מלמדו ליסטות.

"דעו לכם אזרחי המדינה, שהפרטיות שלכם עלולה להיפגע!" השופט בדימוס משה דרורי מפנה אצבע מאשימה לעבר בגץ שמחפה על עבירות החוק של רשויות ביטחוניים. מי שחושב שבגץ מגן על זכויות במדינת ישראל, הנה קריאת השכמה! #israel #privacy #surveillance

GS (Good Sabbath) #winestr #nostr

#russia is going to restrict access to #Telegram. Now it's time to your Russian friends about @White Noise https://kyivindependent.com/russia-reportedly-restricts-telegram/

So Trump won? Trump tried for a long time to get Europe to take their defense seriously and not blindly rely on the US. It seems as if the old parent trick of threatening a child that he will leave, worked. Europe is finally taking it's defense seriously. As an added bonus they might also take a cold hard look at their economies.

Reason.com

Alienated by Trump, Europeans finally take responsibility for defense

Spurred by a hostile U.S. president, Europe struggles against stagnant economies to rearm.

#us #eu

Yes! This is a big win for we the people! Abolish! Abolish! Abolish!

Reason.com

Lawmakers in Florida and Ohio Consider Abolishing Property Taxes

People don't like property taxes—but they are also not eager to cut the government services they fund.

One time a mayor of a city took Milton Friedman to a construction site. Friedman noticed that the workers wer using shovels to dig holes. "Why are the workers not using heavy machinery like tractors to dig the holes" Friedman asked. "This way we can create more jobs" answered the mayor with a beaming smile. "Oh! I get it! You want to create jobs! In that case why don't you tell the workers to use tea spoons?" Friedman replied. I guess the UK don't understand US sarcasm and took it literally... View quoted note →

Isn't it amazing that requiring an ID to vote is racist, but requiring an ID to speak is totally fine?