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Beer and Wheels

 The two most important events in history were the invention of beer and the invention of the wheel.

Beer required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.

The wheel was invented to get man to the beer and vice versa. These two were the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals.

2. Conservatives.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement.

Other men who were less skilled at hunting (called 'vegetarians' which was an early human word meaning 'bad hunter') learned to live off the Conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hairdressing. This was the beginning of the liberal movement.

Some of these liberal men "evolved" into women. Others became known as girlie-men. Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs, and the concept of democratic voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that Conservatives provided.

Over the years Conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant.

Liberals are symbolized by the jackass for obvious reasons.

Modern Liberals like special flavored beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine spritzers or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: many liberal women have higher testosterone levels than their men.

Most college professors, social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, film makers in Hollywood, group therapists and community organizers are liberals. Liberals meddled in our national pastime and invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink real beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are members of the military, big game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, engineers, corporate executives, athletes, airline pilots, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other Conservatives who want to work for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when Conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history. It should be noted that a liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to this post.

A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be shared immediately to other true believers and also to just irritate a bunch of liberals. And there you have it. Let your next action reveal your true self, I'm going to grab a few beers and grill some red meat.

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How can we allow this ravishingly  beautiful land be destroyed by a bunch of radical Marxists who are evil and brainless?

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The Shame of the Anti-Israel Cowards By  Seth Mandel In November, over 500 U.S. government officials may have signed an open letter protesting President Biden’s support for Israel against Hamas. I say “may have” because the letter was anonymous. So it was nice to see a full-throated open letter in support of Israel from current and former officials willing to sign their names. The signatories are or were all affiliated with national security institutions: among them are senior military figures, members of Congress, directors of national intelligence, Department of Defense officials, ambassadors, State Department officials. Some of the former officials on the list are also almost certainly future officials who will be back in federal public service. They write: “All of us believe that Israel’s victory in its war to eradicate Hamas and other terrorist proxies of the Islamic Republic of Iran is critical for Middle East peace and stability. Moreover, Israel is at the vanguard of a global battle to defend and protect the values that define Western civilization. As such, the success of Israel’s efforts is vital to the interests of the United States and all other countries that cherish life and liberty… the United States Government must provide the IDF the time, resources, and diplomatic support necessary to utterly defeat Hamas—dismantle its operational capability, eliminate its leadership, and discredit its ideology. This is in the national security interest of the United States.” Aside from getting their facts and conclusions right—which cannot be said for the nameless anti-Israel folks—there’s another pattern of which this letter is a part. Supporters of Israel against its barbarous terrorist enemy are unashamed of their position. Sometimes the cowardice of the anti-Israel coalition is harmless and almost humorous. Last week a bunch of administration employees held a candlelight vigil for Hamas-run Gaza in front of the White House, draped in scarves and keffiyehs. The keffiyehs were not worn by Palestinian staffers, it should be noted, since the Palestinian staffers didn’t attend; they refused to show their eyebrows in public. The keffiyehs were worn by ridiculous people with preposterously inflated egos. But often it is far from harmless, and in fact arguably presents a security threat in itself. The prime example of this is the protesters and rioters who accost passersby, beat and bloody up pedestrians, chase children, and vandalize Jewish-owned storefronts. They, too, cover their faces with keffiyehs, scarves, and masks. Many states and localities still have laws on the books banning masked protest of this sort, stemming from attempts to rein in the public menacing by the Ku Klux Klan. Since Covid, these laws have gone unenforced. But the current pro-Hamas demonstrations are modern echoes of the KKK marches: they chant baldly genocidal slogans encouraging the massacre of Jews, and as mentioned, they destroy property, assault onlookers, and intimidate the public. The irony of the situation is, of course, that the pro-Israel folks are the ones put in physical danger, yet they are willing to show their faces. There is justified pride in being right when the stakes are so high. In contrast, Hamas’s legions of advocates appear to be ashamed of their cause. In that, at least, they finally got something exactly right. And: In a world where propaganda is an effective weapon an open society versus a closed one is vulnerable.  An example is  China is probably using Tik Tok to disparage  U.S Military service but we cannot penetrate China, etc. How we overcome this vulnerability is not an easy matter and demands we remain vigilant at all times which, of course, we are not. +++ Israel’s 76th Day of War   By Sherwin Pomerantz   Day 76 of the war in Israel dawned with the casualty count of Israeli losses in battle now at 137 although with a total of 469 soldiers dead since October 7th along with 11,485 injured.  134 hostages remain in Gaza, 129 taken on October 7th plus the 4 captured previously.   The Tel Aviv area was hit by a massive barrage of rockets on Thursday.  In the latest barrage of at least 30 rockets fired from Gaza at central and southern Israeli cities, shrapnel from a rocket fell on a school in Tel Aviv. The school said that all the children made it on time to protected areas and were not injured.   In the north, two anti-tank missiles were fired from Lebanon toward the northern Israeli border community of Avivim on Thursday, one of them hitting a parked car, causing extensive property damage. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Regarding the potential release of additional hostages. the top political leader of Hamas held talks with Egyptian officials on Wednesday about a possible truce, as the UN Security Council worked frantically to craft a resolution to suspend the fighting that would not draw a veto from our staunchest ally, the United States.   Diplomats at the U.N. Security Council were engaged in their own intense negotiations in New York on Wednesday over a resolution that would call for extended pauses in the war, allow more aid into Gaza by land, air and sea, and urge the immediate release of all the hostages being held by Hamas. After delays a vote is now not expected until this morning, Thursday, at the earliest.   Representatives of Israel and Hamas were negotiating separately via mediators from Egypt and Qatar on a new cease-fire that could lead to the release of people taken hostage in Israel in a Hamas-led attack on Oct 7th. An Israeli official said some progress had been made, but emphasized there was no deal yet.   As for Yemen’s activity in the region, which has impacted shipping activities worldwide, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated on Monday that  “Iran’s support for Houthi attacks on commercial vessels must stop.”  But what if the Houthis in Yemen backed by Iran continue to fire at oil tankers and other ships? What does “must stop” mean?  That’s the multi-billion-dollar question as the US rolls out Operation Prosperity Guardian in the Red Sea. Secy. Austin says the goal of the coalition of at least 10 nations is designed to protect “freedom of navigation for all countries” while “bolstering regional security.” He called the Houthi threat an “international challenge that demands collective action.” The coalition includes the Netherlands, Spain and Canada, though Bahrain so far appears to be the only Middle East participant.   The effort is worthwhile, as more than 10% of global trade moves through the Red Sea. Maersk, BP, Hapag- Lloyd, CGM Group and other firms have stopped sending ships through the Red Sea because of the Houthi attacks.  This week Malaysia announced that it was not going to let ships destined for Israeli ports to dock in that country as well. The Houthis claim to be registering their displeasure about the war in Israel, but they’ve launched 100 drone and ballistic-missile attacks aimed at Israel according to the Pentagon’s tally. US Navy destroyers have intercepted such attacks, with the USS Carney having shot down 14 drones over the last weekend. A merchant crew of 25 taken hostage on Nov. 19 is still “unjustly detained in Yemen,” the Pentagon says. All of this shows that the Houthis and their Iranian backers have already succeeded in their goal of damaging Western interests. They’ve forced the world to deploy scarce naval assets to defend commercial shipping. Yet they have paid no political or military price for this modern piracy.  It remains unclear what the coalition will do if their warnings are not heeded.    The fact that an Iranian-backed rogue force from a backwater country like Yemen can have such a dramatic effect on world commerce should be seen as yet another wakeup call that the balance of power in the world has now shifted to a greater degree than anyone would have expected and in a frighteningly short period of time.   To get a better sense of how this all came about it is worth watching Aysan Hirsi Ali’s presentation last week in Palm Beach, Florida which can be viewed here…..   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFKAUMIKV8w&t=1818s   You may recall that she is the young woman who was raised as a traditional Muslim in Somalia, escaped to the Netherlands to avoid an arranged marriage that she found threatening, and later renounced Islam and its prejudicial positions vis-à-vis non-Muslims.  It is a sobering recital of how what we are seeing today is simply the outcome of well laid plans and strategies to conquer the world that should be a wakeup call to all of us.  Let us hope it is still not too late to neutralize the threat to all of us who value personal freedom. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Our silver tongue communicators. +++ +++++++++++++++++++ Biden needs to take his head out of the sand but he is beyond doing anything right. As for sobering up, he is drunk with stupidity. +++ Biden needs to sober up about the Palestinians   The administration, and many who claim to back Israel, still favor a two-state solution the Palestinians don’t want. Unlike the Israelis, they’ve learned nothing from Oct. 7. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Democracy Isn’t Dying in Darkness, Democrats Are Murdering It in Broad Daylight By Spencer Brown ++++ Pollster Believes Colorado Decision Will Only Help Trump By Sarah Arnold ++++  Time for Israel to unload on Hezbollah +++ Hezbollah Has Already Opened the Northern Front The buffer zone has moved south of the border, and the IDF faces daily mortar attacks from Hezbollah. “We see a steady escalation in terms of the range and variety of munitions being launched by Hezbollah at Israel,” Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, international spokesman of the Israel Defense Forces, told a group of foreign journalists at a briefing in northern Israel on Dec. 18. “We can do the same, if we need to, against Hezbollah that we are doing against Hamas in the south. This may be the scenario that we will need to implement.” The briefing took place at a deserted kibbutz called Rosh Hanikra. Only yards from the border with Lebanon, it once was a flourishing community of 1,400 people but was evacuated, along with 27 other communities, in the days following Hamas’s massacre on Oct. 7. Israel has withdrawn its civilian population 2.5 miles south from its border with Lebanon, obliging 86,000 people to leave their homes. The residents of these border communities have become refugees in their own country. Amid the deserted houses, fields and farms, the IDF conducts its daily duel with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia. More than 1,000 Hezbollah attacks have taken place since Oct. 7 as the Lebanese Shiite Islamist group seeks to maintain a controlled second front to aid its Sunni allies in the south. The undeclared conflict in the north is taking a toll on Hezbollah. Israeli forces have killed more than 100 of its fighters since Oct. 7, according to a tally by Agence France-Presse. Seventeen Lebanese civilians and a Lebanese soldier have also lost their lives. Israel’s losses have been much lighter, thanks in part to the evacuations. Seven IDF soldiers and four civilians have died. Though these figures indicate that Israel has the tactical upper hand, Hezbollah and its patrons in Tehran have the strategic advantage. Between 1985 and 2000, Israel maintained a so-called security zone north of its border with Lebanon as it pulled back from the full invasion of the country it launched in 1982. Now, ominously, the zone is on the Israeli side of the border. While life on the Lebanese side continues more or less normally, Israel’s border communities are shut down. Col. Conricus and the other senior Israeli military officials I spoke with in northern Israel were adamant that there can be no return to the pre-Oct. 7 situation. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which brought the 2006 war to an end, pledged to keep Hezbollah north of the Litani River. But Col. Conricus said the resolution “has been gutted.” Hezbollah is deployed all the way to the border. With the memory of Oct. 7 still fresh, residents of the border communities aren’t ready to return to their homes. Iran’s intention for Israel is a kind of execution in slow motion, in which Israel’s strengths and will are sapped gradually until the final blow can be delivered. If Israel accepts the depopulation of this border area, it would be accepting that Iran’s strategy is working. This means, according to Col. Conricus, that Israel “cannot allow Hezbollah to be deployed along the Blue Line,” the United Nations-demarcated line that constitutes the de facto border between the two countries. So is an Israeli operation to clear Hezbollah from southern Lebanon imminent? Col. Conricus said there remains a “window of opportunity” for diplomacy. A senior military official with responsibilities in the north told me that “if we need to, we can get from here to the Litani.” And what would come afterward? “Many options, a future security zone could be based on intel and firepower.” Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has long been a hawk on the issue of Hezbollah and Lebanon. According to Israeli media reports, Mr. Gallant favored a pre-emptive strike on Hezbollah immediately following Oct. 7. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been reactive and cautious regarding major military moves throughout his career, demurred. Visiting the northern border on Dec. 17, Mr. Gallant told IDF soldiers deployed there that “we want to restore peace and we will do it either through an agreement or with forceful action, with all its implications. We don’t want war, but we won’t hold it off for too long.” In the era that ended on Oct. 7, the consensus of the Israeli security establishment was that it didn’t matter what was on the other side of the border, so long as Israel’s fences were strong. That consensus is gone. It now seems that Israel must choose between a pre-emptive action against Hezbollah and effectively ceding the northern border area to Iran’s proxies. At the Dvoranit outpost, the IDF’s farthest point forward in the northwest, I witnessed a Hezbollah mortar barrage. They are a near-daily occurrence, the reserve paratroopers deployed at the outpost told me. Ben, a reservist squad commander in the airborne infantry, laughed when I asked him about the possibility of a northern war. “It’s a myth that Israel might open a front in the north,” he said, “because there’s already a front open. Opened by an organization that’s part of the Lebanese government. The front is already open.” Mr. Spyer is director of research at the Middle East Forum and director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis. He is author of “Days of the Fall: A Reporter’s Journey in the Syria and Iraq Wars.” +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.