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Can you imagine Murrow, Sevareid saying this? Can you envision Krauthammer writing this?

Nolte: CNN’s Don Lemon Says ‘We’re Gonna Have to Blow Up the Entire System’

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As previously noted, we are gong to Orlando, Saturday to spend time with or kids over the remaining days of The Jewish Holiday, returning  Monday a week.  Though I will not be writing memos you will be receiving some because my computer guru taught me how to forward  schedule. Therefore, In the future, I can better curtail their length if I so choose.

Frankly, too much is occurring so don't hold your breath.

Also, we will be in the car while our, "trash talking" locker room, "hated"  president is announcing his choice to replace the diminutive RBG.  Speculation has it Trump will nominate a lovely, intelligent, highly qualified Catholic mother who is raising adopted children in a forbidden  God like home environment.

Prospectively what might ensue is a lot of inelegant theater as cynical, hypocritical, nasty minded Democrat Senators seek to destroy what could be the equivalent of an American Joan of Arc. Why?  First, because she is a conservative.  Second, because she is young and could be a SCOTUS Jurist for a long period and therefore, impact the direction of judicial opinions. Third, being Catholic suggests established law (ROE v Wade) could be overturned.

Fourth, most importantly of all, when Democrats do not have their way they become more  vile and deceptive and will stop at nothing.  What they cannot get though their legislative role they seek through the judiciary. We have  witnessed the destruction of imminently qualified judicial  nominees such as Bork, Thomas , and most recently, Kavanaugh.

Interestingly when we look at who has been involved in seeking to destroy them we find some rather unsavory people in their own right.  We have Senator " Mary Jo Kopechne" Kennedy, Joe (touchy feely) Biden, and his running mate V.P Kamala of "Camelot."

I daresay, the weeks leading up to the 2020 election will be true drama and entertainment because the mass media

will do whatever is in their power to highlight the most outrageous of expected attacks in support of their Siamese Twin - the radical Democrat Party.  Second, the street urchins who peddle this Party's violence have threatened to burn the nation down even CNN's, sour-faced, Don Lemon has suggested what their marching order's should be.

Republicans have the votes to carry through and this has placed Schumer in a vise because AOC has threatened to run against him when he is up for re-election and she will stick it to him if he fails in his opposition to Trump's decision to implement his constitutional  responsibility on the specious theory Trump, McConnell and  Republican Senators are not acting in good taste. 

How beautifully surreal.  Stay tuned

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Other interesting, informative, eye opening  and lurid revelations and links:

Agent Who Found Hillary’s Emails on "Weiner" Laptop:  Was Told To Erase Computer +++ New Jeffrey Epstein Flight Log Subpoena To Reveal “Lolita Express” Passengers +++ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/17/soros-backed-coalition-preparing-for-post-election-day-chaos-were-going-to-fight-like-hell/ +++ https://www.waynedupree.com/2020/09/trump-rally-biden-bathroom/?utm_source=home-featured +++ https://freedomnewsusa.com/breaking-biden-teleprompter-scandal-explodes-pictures/ Finally, another my oh my? https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-hunter-biden-received-millions-from-wife-of-ex-moscow-mayor-paid-suspects-allegedly-tied-to-trafficking-had-contacts-with-chinese-military-senate-report-alleges?itm_source=parsely-api?utm_source=cnemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092320-news&utm_campaign=position1 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Finally, good news Israel (edited.) There is so much optimism for a better future in this week's positive Israel newsletter. Amazing Israeli medical advances include fighting Covid-19 and printing replacement human organs. Israelis and Israeli humanitarian aid are saving lives in Europe, Africa and in the Pacific. Israeli technological innovations win international awards, advance peace, help transform Panama, boost food supplies, reduce plastic pollution, and protect against Covid-19 and cyber attacks.  I wish all those observing Yom Kippur, Gmar Chatima Tova and best wishes for the feast of Sukkot (Tabernacles). Best regards Michael - ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS   Know your enemy. (TY Hazel) Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have identified four new proteins and 19 peptides that Covid-19 infected patients produce. They believe that these may help the virus to replicate, so targeting them could lead to new treatments. https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-coronavirus-proteins-found-by-israeli-lab-potentially-helping-drug-efforts/ https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/profiling-covid-19-coronavirus   That 3D-printed heart. Back in 2019 there was much excitement when Tel Aviv University scientists 3D-printed the first heart produced from human tissue (reported here previously). What was not reported was that the technology itself was licensed to Tel Aviv University from award-winning Israeli biotech Matricelf. https://www.bioworld.com/articles/431737-matricelf-wins-seed-award-with-3d-printing-heart-design https://matricelf.com/   New allies in the fight against viruses. Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have discovered that bacteria contain viperins – enzymes that produce antiviral molecules.  These substances are undergoing testing that may lead to the development of highly effective antiviral treatments against influenza and COVID-19. https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/bacteria-could-provide-us-next-antivirals https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2762-2   Israel hosts Covid-19 conference. Israel hosted an online conference to discuss cooperation on fighting the coronavirus. It comprised science ministers of Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Peru, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. https://unitedwithisrael.org/israel-hosts-international-conference-for-18-ministers-on-fight-against-covid-19/   Bridge over troubled water. (TY UWI) This newsletter previously (here) featured the coronavirus sanitation bridging tunnel developed by Israel’s RD PACK. The video describes its key component - the disinfectant spray – comprised, amazingly, of electrolyzed water (no chemicals) developed at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPsHGKQaJTI   Printing lungs & kidneys. Good article about Israel’s Collplant (reported here previously) and its technology that turns tobacco leaves into bio-ink for printing human organs. Collplant, together with United Therapeutics Corporation have already made lung parts and will now start working on printing replacement human kidneys. https://unitedwithisrael.org/israelis-use-tobacco-plants-to-produce-3d-bioprinted-lungs-and-kidneys/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/09/21/us-firm-to-start-3d-printing-kidneys-using-israeli-technology/   Expanding digital health across USA. Israel’s DarioHealth (reported here previously) is partnering US giant HMC Healthworks to incorporate DarioHealth's digital therapeutics solution into HMC’s comprehensive care management programs.  The platform will also be offered on a stand-alone basis. https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/dariohealth-and-hmc-healthworks-announce-partnership-agreement-301134581.html     ISRAEL IS INCLUSIVE AND GLOBAL   Inspiring women to be entrepreneurs. Inspira is a bi-weekly Israeli educational podcast that will be launched in November to promote female entrepreneurship and creativity. It aims to highlight the success of women in the tech world as well as other areas such as space, science, sport, and politics. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3849093,00.html   Druze leader of elite Israeli IDF unit. (TY UWI) Israel-Druze Arab Lt. Col. Ayoub Kyuff - currently a commander in the Golani Brigade - has been appointed as the new head of the IDF’s elite Shaldag unit. https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/09/16/elite-israeli-special-forces-unit-gets-first-druze-commander/   Madagascar forms Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus. The African island country of Madagascar has initiated the formation of an Israel Allies Caucus for the country parliament. The new caucus will be joining the Israel Allies Foundation’s (IAF) international network of 44 pro-Israel caucuses. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/madagascar-initiates-parliamentary-israel-allies-caucus-641323   Rescuing refugees on Lesbos. IsraAID has been providing medical, psychological and educational support to some 12,000 Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos for the last five years. Even after devastation by arson and coronavirus outbreaks, IsraAID’s volunteers are staying to help with recovery. https://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-ngo-rushes-to-help-after-devastating-blaze-at-lesbos-refugee-camp/   Aid for Chad. (TY JPost & Hazel) Israeli NGO Israeli Flying Aid (IFA) and the AJC have donated PPE, tents, sprayers and more, to help Chad fight floods, Covid-19, malaria, and to absorb refugees fleeing Boko Haram. IFA also sent supplies and medical aid to Chad in December (reported here previously). https://www.israel21c.org/israel-sends-emergency-supplies-to-malaria-stricken-chad/ https://ifaid.com/current-mission/   Water for Vanuatu. Israeli humanitarian aid NGO IsraAID has helped the South Pacific country of Vanuatu install water-filtration systems, taps and pipes in Latano, South Tongoa and Central Pentecost. The previous system broke down some 40 years ago and residents have been walking over a kilometer to the nearest source. https://www.israel21c.org/flowing-water-in-vanuatu-village-thanks-to-israeli-aid/     SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY   Innovator of the Year. Israel’s Kando has won the Innovator of the Year competition, held this year by data storage solutions company Seagate. Kando was ranked first with its smart use of data and algorithm that can be installed in sewage treatment systems to monitor irregular metrics that might impact the health of the public. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3850217,00.html   AI research agreement with UAE. Israel’s Weizmann Institute has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Arab Emirates’ Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence. The agreement would allow for exchange programs, conferences and seminars, and a new joint institute for AI. https://www.timesofisrael.com/weizmann-institute-inks-cooperation-deal-with-uae-university-on-ai-research/   Building a tech park in Panama. Israel’s Innovation BaseCamp is helping the Panamanian government build a high-tech park project. Its aim is to transform Panama into one of Latin America’s top innovation countries. The announcement came during the CybertechLive Latin America online conference. https://www.israel21c.org/israels-innovation-basecamp-to-build-tech-park-in-panama/   OrCam wins German innovation prize. Israel’s OrCam (see here) is the first Israeli company to win Germany's NRW.INVEST award. The annual prize is given to four exemplary companies that strengthen innovation impetus and bring new products, services and processes to North Rhine-Westphalia and Germany. https://www.jpost.com/jpost-tech/israel-tech-company-orcam-wins-german-innovation-prize-642762 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf8YjpalZuM (in German but mostly intuitive for English speakers)   Touch-free screens. Many of today’s shops, fast-food outlets, medical centers and airports use touch-screen digital kiosks for customers and the public - not Covid-friendly. Israel’s Touchless.ai uses cutting edge voice technology to replace touch taps for screen options with voice commands, also eliminating noise interference. https://www.touchless.ai/  https://storage.newclick.io/video/touchless-original.mp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wteUr5TkZjY   Safer remote access. Israeli startup Odo Security has developed a new, cloud-based technology that can be deployed in five minutes via the Cloud to provide employees working from home with secure access to their company’s systems. Odo has just been acquired by Israeli hi-tech giant CheckPoint Software Technologies. https://www.timesofisrael.com/check-point-buys-israeli-startup-to-provide-safer-remote-access-amid-covid-19/   Smart fish farming. Israel’s GO Smart has developed hi-tech hardware and software for managing fish farms. They can analyze water quality, fish biomass, mortality, and behavior. Its precision farming systems include an underwater camera to measure fish sizes, oxygen sensors and sophisticated data analysis. https://www.gosmartfarming.com/   https://www.giliocean.com/   Goodbye to plastic packaging. Israel’s W-Cycle has developed SupraPulp - plastic-free packaging made of sugarcane fiber waste (baasse) that is fully compostable, safe, non-absorbent yet durable. Ready meals in SupraPulp can be frozen and heated to 270 degrees centigrade in an oven, steam cooker or microwave. https://w-cycle.com/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGPAPGaGmB4     ECONOMY & BUSINESS   High demand for tech skills. There are still plenty of vacancies in Israeli companies for hi-tech personnel, despite the pandemic. Salary levels also remain high. DevOps engineers and Data specialists are extremely sought-after and cyber security professionals are now seen as critical. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3848497,00.html   UAE tech company to open Israel office. Group 42, an Abu Dhabi-based hi-tech company, is opening a subsidiary in Israel to give the UAE company “access to one of the most vibrant and mature tech ecosystems in the world.” Group 42 already has partnership agreements with Israeli companies NanoScent, Rafael and IAI.   https://www.thenational.ae/business/technology/abu-dhabi-tech-firm-group-42-to-open-office-in-israel-1.1075837   A gem of a deal.  The Israeli and Dubai diamond exchanges have struck a deal to boost trade. The Israeli Diamond Exchange will open an office in Dubai, while the Dubai Multi Commodities Center, an economic free zone, will set up shop in Ramat Gan, Israel, the base of the Israeli exchange. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-and-dubai-diamond-exchanges-sign-trade-agreement/   $150 million fund for Israeli tech startups. Israeli VC company Greenfield Partners has closed a $150m fund to continue its strategy of supporting early growth stage Israeli and Israel-related technology and tech-enabled businesses.  https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/greenfield-partners-announces-close-of-150m-fund-301126254.html   $100 million fintech venture fund. (TY JBN) Israeli cybersecurity startup foundry Team8 (see here) has launched Team8 Fintech – a platform to establish and scale-up transformative financial technology companies. Team8 is investing $100 million, looking to satisfy the demand for digital solutions in a post-Covid-19 world. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3849835,00.html   Another tech fund. (TY JBN) Israel-based Hetz Ventures has closed its second flagship fund totaling $77 million, bringing its total amount to $130 million. Hetz has invested in 10 pre-seed Israeli AI, Big Data, cybersecurity, fintech, and DevOps companies since its launch in 2018. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3849797,00.html   More success during Covid-19. Israeli transcription startup Verbit (reported here previously) now has more than 120 employees and has raised a total of $65 million. 2020 has been its most successful year ever - growing to 500 paid customers (including Harvard and Stanford Universities) and seeing revenues grow fivefold. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3849071,00.html   100 startups generated. The Tel Aviv municipality held Israel’s largest-ever bootcamp (reported here previously). Speakers included MK Nir Barkat, OurCrowd’s Jon Medved, and IAI CEO Aharon Aharon.  Volunteers managed 100 projects, 20 speakers, and 60 mentors over Zoom calls and WhatsApp groups. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3850171,00.html   BMW use Israeli tech to feel the road. (TY Hazel) Israel’s Tactile Mobility has signed a deal to provide BMW with its road-sensing software that allows smart cars to “feel the road” and adjust like a human driver. Volkswagen subsidiary Porsche has already invested in the Israeli startup (reported here previously). https://www.timesofisrael.com/bmw-to-equip-smart-cars-with-israeli-tech-to-better-feel-the-road/#gs.g6bt2m   Point of Sale credit. Israel’s Jifiti (reported here previously) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Mastercard. Jifiti has grown from being purely an in-store gifting platform into enabling point of sale financing. Its technology allows banks and retailers (e.g. Apple & IKEA) to offer immediate credit by using Mastercard. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3848902,00.html   Rivilus exits for $365 million. (TY JBN) Singapore's Temasek is to acquire Israeli-based micro-irrigation company Rivulis for a reported $365 million. Temasek intends to retain Rivulis' current management, as well as its headquarters in Kibbutz Gvat. Rivulis’ 2019 sales were some $400 million. 400 of its 1800 staff are in Israel. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3849453,00.html   Investment in Israeli startups: EverC raised $35 million; Capitolis raised $11 million; Hysolate raised $10 million; Aidoc raised $20 million; BrandTotal raised $12 million; Varada raised $12 million; Medigate raised $30 million; Sternum raised $6.5 million; Blue White Robotics raised $10 million; Ionir raised $11 million.     CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT & SPORT`   US honor for Israeli literary program. Keren Grinspoon Israel has been selected as a 2020 US Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program Best Practice Honoree for its literary program. KGI distributes some 3.5 million books in Hebrew and Arabic each year to more than 500,000 Israeli children (reported here previously). https://www.jns.org/library-of-congress-honors-israeli-literary-program/   ISResilience. The Israel Director of Stand With Us, Michael Dickson, together with Dr Naomi Baum, have written a new book “ISResilience: What Israelis Can Teach the World”. It features resilient Israelis who have withstood troubles and not just survived but thrived. The aim of the book is to help everyone develop resilience. www.isresilience.com  https://www.standwithus.com/post/what-can-israel-teach-the-world-opinion Amazon USA; Amazon UK; Amazon Canada; Kindle; Israel;   UAE TV & film students to train in Israel. Students from the UAE will study at Jerusalem’s Sam Spiegel Film and Television School. An agreement signed soon after the Israel-UAE normalization ceremony aims to strengthen commercial ties through training programs for film and TV co-production and joint film festivals. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-uae-film-agencies-ink-deal-to-work-together-on-film-and-tv-production/   A Night of Heroes. For those who were unable to watch the 2020 Friends of the IDF Virtual Gala live, here is a 90-second clip of some of the scenes. And the second link will give you the full 90-minute show.  https://www.fidf.org/events/2020-national-gala/highlight-reel   https://www.fidf.org/events/2020-national-gala/full-program   I’m in Dubai. Black Israeli hip hop singer Stephane Legar has made a music video of his trip to the Emirates city of Dubai.  Probably best for the younger generation of newsletter readers, but certainly of historic value. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Flfo5MSAI00&   With one heart. (TY HR) Sarit Hadad and Netta Barzilai sing Belev Echad. The song appears on Tzav HaShaa (Call to Action), an album of 50 covers of classic Israeli songs by today’s best-known Israeli singers. The project aims to support the struggling local music industry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHng7jFEpzc   Israeli completes the Tour de France. Guy Niv is the first Israeli to finish the Tour de France cycle race. He said, “I felt shivers when I crossed the finish line on the Champs-Elysées. It was a sense of vast relief and sheer happiness: I have done it for the next generation of young Israeli cyclists.” His team had 7 top 10 stage finishes. https://www.jns.org/guy-niv-becomes-first-israeli-to-complete-tour-de-france/     THE JEWISH STATE   The writing is on the wall. A 2000-year-old clay inkwell has been discovered intact in Gush Etzion. The discovery of the inkwell strengthens the hypothesis that literacy was relatively common among the Jewish population in Judea and Samaria during the Second Temple period. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/287487   The mothers of Methuselah and Hannah. Dr Sarah Sallon, who together with Dr Elaine Soloway brought back the Judean date palm from extinction, describes the “miracle” of trees Methuselah and Hannah that were planted from 2000-year-old seeds discovered at Masada. The dates are described as delicious – naturally! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPU_RvJCCL4   2000 more Ethiopians to make Aliya. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Israeli government has allocated $51 million to bring another 2,000 Falash Mura - Ethiopians with Jewish ancestry - to Israel this year. Those prospective Olim are currently living in temporary camps in Gondar and Addis Ababa. https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/israel-allocates-51-million-to-bring-over-2000-immigrants-from-ethiopia-by-2021 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++