Jews 5785, Cori Bush 4

August 8th, 2024

Five weeks after New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman was ousted in his Democrat primary, fellow Squad member Cori Bush of St Louis, Missouri met the same fate. Like Bowman, Bush frequently crossed the line from anti-Israel criticism to overt antisemitism. Bush could not even bring herself to concede that Hamas is a terrorist organization. Even the U.S. State Department, certainly no friend of Israel, was able to take that small step.

 

To the two congressmen who repeatedly attacked Jews, good riddance to bad rubbish. Yet there is an even deeper silver lining to the removal of these black clouds. This might be the election that revives AIPAC as a legitimate political force.

 

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee can be maddeningly confounding. Desperate to be seen as non-partisan, AIPAC frequently angers people on both sides of the political spectrum.

 

Liberals including liberal Jews often attack AIPAC as a dark and shadowy right-wing power group. They claim that AIPAC is far too reluctant to support the claims of Palestinians. These critics fail to grasp that the job of an Israel lobby is to…wait for it…lobby for Israel. To be fair, these critics are also often the same people angry at McDonalds hamburger restaurants for eschewing vegetables in favor of hamburgers. AIPAC’s obstinacy in going against its own core mission is somehow apostasy.

 

This all provides plenty of amusement for conservative Republican Jews, who lament that AIPAC for too long has been liberal, impotent, and completely useless. Jews on the right offer as evidence AIPAC’s stubborn refusal to criticize antisemitism on the left or praise philosemitism from evangelical Christians and other Trump supporters.

 

On the policy front, many conservative Republican Jews never forgave AIPAC for being far too tepid in their belated criticism of the Iran Nuclear Deal. The perception of AIPAC is that they hold an annual gathering, politicians praise Israel, and no concrete policies follow up the conference.

 

AIPAC hurts their own image by insisting that they take politicians to task privately. This very well could be true, but conservatives have been right to remain skeptical. AIPAC tended to give everyone except Jimmy Carter and Pat Buchanan an “A” rating, rendering these inflated grades meaningless.

 

Yet AIPAC’s critics on the right need to give grudging credit where credit is due. AIPAC finally stepped up. They stepped up in a big way. They stepped up in a way that mattered. Most importantly, they stepped up in a way that was successful. AIPAC stood up for Jews and against those who hate Jews. Unlike the Iran Deal fiasco, this time AIPAC did not epitomize the idea of too little, too late. They did the right thing at the right time and got the right results.

 

AIPAC spent millions of dollars in 2024 Democrat primaries to help pro-Israel Democrats defeat anti-Israel incumbents. AIPAC’s ads were targeted toward moderate Democrats and often did not even mention Israel. AIPAC smartly focused on kitchen table issues including inflation and public safety. They focused on the squalid conditions in the Bowman and Bush districts with a message that hope was on the way from a better Democrat. In these districts, a Republican will not win. The Democrat primary is the general election. AIPAC spent millions of dollars to elect Democrats who are in many ways as progressive as Bowman and Bush, albeit with one major exception. The challengers who defeated Bowman and Bush like and respect Jews.

 

Criticize of AIPAC is deserved when they get something wrong. Those criticisms are often legitimate. Yet AIPAC just got something very big very right.

 

Thanks to AIPAC spending, two members of the Gaza ceasefire crowd have been fired. Two people who condemned Israel’s response to the October 7th attacks and whitewashed October 7th itself have been removed. Two people who repeated blood libels and antisemitic tropes will no longer be able to spread their bile.

 

Congress may not have gotten more Jewish, but it certainly got a lot less anti-Jewish.

 

Bowman and Bush can scream all they want about Jewish money and power. They are free to do so as private citizens.

 

So let us thank those who helped transfer Bowman and Bush to private life.

 

Well done, AIPAC. Ya done good.

NFL 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Weekend Recap

August 5th, 2024

The NFL 2024 Pro Football Hall of Fame Weekend from Canton, Ohio is now in the books. 

The 7 new enshrinees are:

Patrick Willis, San Francisco 49ers linebacker. He powered a nasty defense that took the 49ers to three straight NFC Title Games from 2011 to 2013 including one Super Bowl appearance in 2012. 

Dwight Freeney, Indianapolis Colts linebacker. He along with Bob Sanders led the defense on the 2006 Colts team that won the Super Bowl. He now joins teammates Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison in the Hall of Fame. 

Andre Johnson, Houston Texans wide receiver. He is the first Texans player in the Hall of Fame. He joined the team one year after they became an expansion team and led them to their very first playoff appearance in franchise history. 

Devin Hester, Chicago Bears kick and punt returner. He is the greatest return man in the history of the game. He returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown in the 2006 Super Bowl. He struck fear in the hearts of opposing special teams coaches. The two things that affect football games are turnovers and field position. Hester changed the game. 

Julius Peppers, Carolina Panthers linebacker. He was ferocious. He helmed a defense that led the Panthers to their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. He played for 17 seasons.

Randy Gradishar, Denver Broncos linebacker, senior nominee. He highlighted the Orange Crush defense along with Tom Jackson and Lyle Alzado that got the Denver Broncos in 1977 to the first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. 

Steve McMichael, Chicago Bears nose tackle, senior nominee. He was a key cog along with Richard Dent, Mike Singletary and Dan Hampton on the greatest defense of all time, the 1985 Chicago Bears. He had to appear by video due to his heartbreaking battle with ALS. His wife read a statement he prepared before he lost his ability to speak.

Here is complete coverage of all 7 new enshrinees

https://www.nfl.com/news/hall-of-fame-enshrinement-2024-class-takes-its-place-in-canton

In the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game, the Chicago Bears defeated the Houston Texans 21-17. The game was called late in the third quarter due to torrential rain and lightning. 

The new kickoff rules are odd, but should not prevent great returns. Special teams are still a special breed. 

One month until kickoff, 6 months until the Super Bowl.

eric

 

Kamala Harris would be a disaster for Jews

August 1st, 2024

A President Kamala Harris Would Be Disastrous For Jews

 

To save democracy, Democrats threw President Joe Biden overboard and disenfranchised his primary voters. For those who are Jewish and proud of it, his replacement is a nightmare. Vice President Kamala Harris still has a few hurdles to climb to reach the top, but Jews everywhere should work hard to prevent a Harris administration.

 

Vice President Harris will showcase her Jewish husband Doug Emhoff in front of fawning liberal Jewish donors. Harris could even elevate Jewish Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro to the ticket. Jews should not be fooled.

 

The best that can be said about Ms. Harris is that she is not an antisemite. It would be unfair to lump her in with Jimmy Carter, Pat Buchanan or Ilhan Omar. She has no personal animus toward Jews. Again, she is married to one.

 

What matters is policy and policy alone. From a policy standpoint, Harris is a disaster on Jewish issues. For the sake of clarity, abortion and climate change are not Jewish issues. Those are political issues that many politically active Jews care about. Yet those issues are 100% unrelated to Jews and Judaism itself.

 

Harris sympathizes with the Gaza Arabs who incorrectly label themselves “Palestinians.” Like many leftists, Harris ignores historical and archeological evidence in favor of a heart-tugging but completely fictional Palestinian narrative.

 

In 2021, Harris issued meaningless platitudes in response to a question accusing Israel of genocide. Harris refused to reject the premise, forcing the Biden administration to walk back her remarks.

 

On July 9th, 2024, Harris accused Israel of starving Palestinian children. She “understood” the pro-Gaza protesters on American college campuses. Her position was a significant break from the official Biden administration position.

 

Former President Donald Trump has promised a tough crackdown on the antisemitic college rioters. Harris has repeatedly advocated for a much softer stance on the rioters and a far harder line on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She recently boycotted his address to a joint session of Congress. Harris did meet with Netanyahu the day after his speech before again giving her full-throated defense of the anti-Israel rioters.

 

Harris is a staunch supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement. BLM is an antisemitic, Marxist money-laundering operation coordinated through leftist Democrat PAC Act Blue. Harris donated to and actively supported bail funds that released violent BLM operatives who burned down a significant number of Jewish businesses.

 

As atrocious as Harris is domestically, her foreign policy views are as incoherent as they are dangerous. Harris has repeatedly been part of the crowd demanding a Gaza ceasefire. Trump wants to give Israel time to finish the job and eliminate the twin threats of Hamas and Hezbollah. Harris issues the same bland cliché about Israel having a right to defend itself. She then quickly follows that up with contradictory and nonsensical blather about how Israel must defend itself “the right way.”

 

Harris has never served in the military or fought in a war. Her word salad gibberish belies an ignorance of how war works. In a successful war, one side kills as many enemies as possible until the other side surrenders. Anything less is stalemate and endless war, not victory or successful self-defense. Israel has a right to kill as many Jew-hating terrorists as necessary regardless of collateral damage. Until and unless Harris says that, her Israel position is as morally bankrupt as the rest of The Squad. Namby-pamby statements condemning real anti-Semitism are meaningless if they are immediately watered down with drivel about some fictional concept called Islamophobia.

 

Worst of all, Harris is even more desperate than Biden to revive the horrendous Iran Nuclear Deal. Harris accurately reflects the left’s obsession with coddling Iran, which requires ostracizing Israel. The mullahs still reward every outstretched hand with “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” chants.

 

Not hating Jews is insufficient. Even liking Jews is not good enough. A United States President must have a clear understanding of what Jews need to do to survive as a people. The President must turn that clear understanding into pro-Israel action at best, or at worst just getting out of the way. Our very Jewish existence is on the line.

 

Trump understands this. Harris does not. For this reason, Harris must never be President.

The baboon who will leave us alone

July 22nd, 2024

The Baboon Who Will Leave Us Alone

 

The best thing that ever happened to Donald J. Trump politically was his worst critics. He was flawed, but they were stone cold crazy. Self-declared rational liberals still descend into a frothing rage at the mere mention of his name. His 2016 critics deemed him a satanic monster, drastically lowering the bar for him. Americans recoiled at his opponents. Trump was sometimes bombastic, but Hillary Clinton and Liz Warren screamed at voters.

 

Trump will always be offbeat stylistically, but he is certainly not Hitler, Stalin or Pol Pot. His worst critics still fail to grasp this. Trump does not seek to murder Jews, imprison blacks, or perform conversion therapy on gays. He does seek to cut all of their taxes. He compares projects A and B to determine which has a better net present value. This is hardly a genocidal madman’s philosophy.

 

Conversely, the worst thing that ever happened to Trump politically was his biggest supporters. Many of them respond to any criticism of Trump with a heat seeking missile basted in ghost chili peppers. They fail to distinguish leftist malevolence from constructive criticism emanating from his own voters. Many Trump voters like his results while still wishing he would stump with more discipline.

 

Whitewashing Trump’s behavior is perilous because his most ardent MAGA supporters constitute less than an electoral majority. 

 

Elections are still decided in swing states by swing voters the late Rush Limbaugh described as “ambivalent loyal Americans.” They like their president personally and want him to succeed. Frustration with policy failures do not diminish their respect for the office. When it is a close call, they give their president the benefit of the doubt. This led to the 2004 reelection of George W. Bush and the 2012 reelection of Barack Obama.

 

In 2024, the people do not see a close call. Voters are suffering. They know Joe Biden and Kamala Harris let them down. The bar is low. All Trump must do is be an acceptable alternative. Swing voters who like Trump’s policies still grapple with his behavior.

 

The bottom line is that too many swing voters see Donald Trump as a baboon.

 

This characterization is grossly unfair. Trump graduated from Wharton business school. He turned his father Fred Trump’s comparatively small real estate business into a multi-billion-dollar empire. Trump does not smoke or do drugs. He has never even tried alcohol. He enters his office at 4:00 in the morning. He has raised and donated millions of dollars for charity. He has hired tens of thousands of people, helping poor people reach the middle class and middle class people reach the upper class. His children are smart, successful and poised. If Trump is a baboon, then so is half the country. Sadly, this is how many left of center people view Trump and his voters.

 

Yet arguing with persuadable voters against an unfair characterization is often a terrible political strategy. Addressing their concerns matters more than winning debate points.

 

When swing voters praise Trump’s policies but not his behavior, they are telegraphing their concerns with a megaphone. Win them over by being friendly, agreeable, sensible, and most importantly, likable.

 

“Look. You may see Trump as a baboon. At least admit he can do the job. Most importantly, he will leave us alone.”

 

This removes the objection and shifts focus back to issues and policy.

 

Most people just want to be left alone. They know Trump will not regulate our light bulbs, washing machines or toilet bowls. He will not force people to drive ugly, low quality electric vehicles. He will ban mask mandates rather than guns, alcohol, tobacco, sugary sodas or red meat. He will not allow criminals and other zealots to seize college campus buildings and terrorize innocent Jews and Christians. He will allow small business owners to do business.

 

Far from crazy, Trump will give people the freedom to enjoy life without being harmed by the real crazies. Radical leftists and Islamists hate him. That alone shows he possesses a significant amount of normalcy.

 

Rational swing voters grasp the American creed of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” They want to be left alone.

 

Admittedly, Trump’s style is not for everyone. Yet substantively, he knows how to fix problems and get the government leviathan off of our creaking backs.

 

For those on the fence, Trump does not have to be Zeus. He just has to be better than the Democrats, which he definitely is.

 

To the swing voters, swing that voting lever for Trump. Label him a baboon if you must. Just know he can do the job and he will leave you alone.

The assassination attempt on Trump was tragic and predictable

July 17th, 2024

Was the Assassination Attempt on Trump Predictable?

248 fun reasons to love America

July 4th, 2024

248 fun reasons to love America

Thursday, July 4th, 2024

248 fun reasons to love America

1980 Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Team

1980s hard rock hair metal

2 Live Crew’s Banned in the USA

7-Eleven Big Gulps and Slurpees

ACDC’s You shook me, Thunderstruck, Moneytalks

Adam Sandler

Aerosmith

Airheads band The Lone Rangers

Al D’Amato’s singing

Alf

America the Beautiful sung by Ray Charles

American soldiers and veterans

Animaniacs

Anthony Clark

Bad Touch’s Discovery Channel

Batman: The Dark Knight

BB King and Lucille

Belker on Hill Street Blues

Ben and Jerry’s Cherry Garcia

Biff Henderson

Bill Cosby, Himself video

Bill Murray’s Quick Change

Bill of Rights

Bill the Cat

Billiards

Blue Collar Comedy Tour

Blue Bloods

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Bluegrass Junction

Bounce houses

Bouncing 25 cent rubber balls

Boxing promoter Don King

Brooklyn

Bubblebaths for two

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck

Burgertime

Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise movies

Caddyshack

Capitalism

Capture the flag

Cards Against Humanity

Chabad Houses

Charitable people

Cheerleaders

Cheers’s Sam Mayday Malone and Norm Peterson

Cherry Lime Rickeys

Chocolate covered cherries

Chris Berman

Chris Gardner’s The Pursuit of Happyness

Chris Noth’s Mike Logan

Chris Tucker singing Barry White

Coca-Cola

Coed touch football

Colorwar

Commando and pantsless Wednesdays (until HR intervened)

Conan O’Brien’s In the Year 2000

Corn Fritters

Cosmic Bowling

County Fairs

Dale Intimidator Earnhardt’s 1998 Daytona 500

Dana Carvey

Dann Florek’s Captain Donald Cragen

David Letterman’s Top Ten Lists

Dazed and Confused — Mitch Kramer

 

Dennis Farina

Desperate Housewives

Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo

Dick Cheney and the Neocons

Die Hard

DirecTV NFL Package

Dog-riding monkey

Donald Trump–from the Apprentice to the White House to Twitter

Doritos

Dr. Brown’s Black Cherry Soda

Dr. Charles Krauthammer

Duck Dynasty

Ebay

Edible underthings

Entrepreneurship

ESPN

Eye of the tiger

Fireworks

Flavored massage oil

Founding Fathers

Fox News

Fraggle Rock

Freedom, liberty, right of dissent

Gaga (dodgeball using closed fist and cherry ball)

Game nights

Garlic knots

Gatorade dumping on coaches

George W. Bush picks up bullhorn

Glow sticks as fake cigars

Golden Corral

GPS trackers

Greg the Bunny


Greg Gutfeld

Hamburgers

Happy face emoticons

Harmonicas

Hawaii

Henny Youngman

Hot Chocolate’s You sexy thing (I believe in miracles)

Hot scantily clad women

Howard Stern

I once finger-(blanked) a hermit crab (whoever said that)

In n Out Burger

Independence Day BBQs

Instant messaging

Internet dating

Iphones

Italian ices

J. Geils Band’s Centerfold

Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Nathan R. Jessup

Jacuzzi romps

Jell-O

Jell-O wrestling

Jerry Orbach’s Lenny Briscoe

Jerry Reed’s Eastbound and Down

Jim Carrey’s Ace Ventura, Pet Detective

John Cougar Mellencamp’s Pink Houses and Hurts so good

John Facenda’s The Autumn Wind

John McEnroe’s tennis tantrums

Judaism celebrated in peace

Justice Clarence Thomas

Justice Scalia’s scathing dissents

Karl Rove’s whiteboard

Kazoos

KFC Popcorn Chicken

Kickball

Kim Kardashian’s bare bottom

King of the Hill

Kool-Aid

Kosher imitation bacon and crab

Krispy Kreme Donut Hamburgers

Laff-Olympics

Larry Hagman’s J.R. Ewing on Dallas

Las Vegas

Lee Greenwood’s God bless the USA and Bandit Express

Lilo and Stitch — Ohana means family––––––––––––––

Louie Armstrong’s It’s a Wonderful World—————————————-

Louisiana Cajun Cooking (Especially with Justin Wilson)

Lucky Charms

Madden Football

Magnum, P.I.

Mardi Gras, New Orleans

Mark Levin’s rants

Married with Children’s Al Bundy

Marvin Gaye’s Sexual Healing and Let’s get it on

Mascots

McDonalds

Meat and potatoes

Michael J. Fox’s Alex P. Keaton on Family Ties

Mills Lane yelling Let’s get it on

Miniature golf

Monopoly

Morris Day and the Time’s Jerk Out

Mountain Dew Code Red

MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch

Murder, She Wrote

Nathan’s Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest

National Federation of Republican Women

National Football League

Neocons

New Years Eve noisemakers

New York Post front and back page

New York Stock Exchange opening and closing bells

NFL Films

NFL Network

Oakland Raiders

Old School with Will Ferrell & Vince Vaughn & Godfather Luke Wilson

Overtime playoff hockey

Pajama parties

Peaceful transition of political power

Phil Hartman

Pizza

Political Conventions

Pool volleyball

Pringles

Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio

Q-Bert

Queen’s I want it all

Raider Nation

Rainbow Sherbert

Redeye with Greg Gutfeld

Republican Jewish Brunettes

Republican Party Animals

Riptide

Robin Williams

Ronald Reagan’s self-deprecating jokes 

Rudy Giuliani’s New York toughness

Run DMC

Rush Limbaugh

San Diego Wild Animal Park

Satellite TV

Save a horse, ride a cowboy

Scrabble

Sean Hannity’s Freedom Concerts

Seinfeld

Sexting

Sherman Hemsley’s George Jefferson

Sizzler

Sky high skyscrapers

Skype

Slim Jims

Snoopy’s Joe Cool

Snow football

Social networks for building businesses

South Beach, Miami Spring Break

South Park

Spiderman

Sportsbars

Stock trading

Stratego

Strip chess

Stuart Scott

Sudoku

Summer camp

Super Soakers

Supply-side tax cuts

T-shirt originals

Taco Bell

Talk radio

Thanksgiving with John Madden

The Color of Money

The Counter Build Your Own Burger

The Expendables

The Frat Pack

The Honeymooners

The Muppets

The Onion

Tim McGraw’s Indian Outlaw ——————————————————

Tivo

Toby Keith’s Courtesy of the Red White and Blue

Train rides

Trampoline Dodgeball

Tygrrrr Express

USA Cartoon Express

Video Arcade Games

We’re not France

Weekend at Bernie’s

Western medicine

Whitesnake’s Here I go again video

Wifi on planes

XM Sirius Satellite Radio

Yoo-Hoo

Young Jewish Conservatives

Yummy bouncies and badonkadonks

ZZ Top’s Sleeping Bag and Sharp Dressed Man

The Top 120 Political Yummy Bouncies of 2024

June 21st, 2024

YBs 2024

Welcome to Summer. Every June 21st, I release my list of the Top 30 hottest women in politics. This list was originally known as the Top 120 political yummy bouncies. Anyway, this is a bare bones list. You can Google the photos yourself. The top 10 liberals, centrists and conservatives are listed for your viewing pleasure. I threw in one major curveball due to the changing times. 

Racist whitey-hating bully Angel Reese and her white target Caitlan Clark did not make the list. Clark’s refusal to become black, woke or a lesbian is leading to her being physically attacked. Nevertheless, nobody cares about the WNBA. 

Taylor Swift did not make the list. If you’re not over the whole Swift thing, you should be. Enough already. 

Liberals:

10.) Eva Longoria — The Eva Longoria rule is simple. When this Desperate Housewives star intentionally says or does anything political, she automatically tops the list. This year she is on the list but not at the top because her actions were unintentional. President Joe Biden tried to grope her in full public view in 2023. She pushed his hands off of her body. Don’t expect her to show any self-respect beyond that. She will likely make excuses for his behavior and campaign for his reelection. Inadvertantly exposing more hypocrisy in the #MeToo movement puts her on the list, but not at the top. If she makes another speech for him at the 2024 DNC Convention, she will show that self-respect matters less than power. 

9.) Julia Louise-Dreyfuss — She plays Kamala Harris on television as a completely incompetent Vice President in Veep. She is famous because she road Jerry Seinfeld’s coattails on his hit television show about nothing. Her obnoxious speech at the 2020 DNC Convention has been followed up with her criticizing Seinfeld for demanding freedom in comedy. She believes political correctness has a place in comedy. A comedian who favors censorship is not funny. 

8.) Gretchen Whitmer — She locked down her state of Michigan with draconian Covid restrictions that she and her husband openly disobeyed. She bashed Florida during Covid while secretly visiting the state. Somehow, she managed to get reelected. She is a future presidential candidate only because Michigan is a swing state and Democrats have abandoned all pretenses of moderation. If Biden or Harris is ousted, she will try to make the leap.

7.) Kathy Hochul — The failed New York Governor was initially appointed when Democrats forced out the more moderate Andrew Cuomo over a few cases of grab-@ss. Hochul is a radical leftist who was elected to a full term by the skin of her teeth. Her arrogance cost Democrats five congressional seats and control of Congress. Her total failure at everything makes her a perfect future Democrat presidential candidate. If Biden or Harris are tossed aside, she will try to make the climb up. She has managed to take solid blue New York and make it competitive for Republicans. 

6.) Sheng Thao — The Mayor of Oakland had her home raided by the FBI in a corruption probe. While Democrats usually skate on such matters, taking down a low level Democrat would allow the FBI to maintain a phony cloak of non-partisan neutrality. You have to be very corrupt to be held accountable as a Democrat, especially in a Democrat administration. She grew up in poverty, and supports policies that will enrich her while keeping her constituents in poverty. She with significant help from her predecessor Libby Schaaf have helped rid Oakland of all remaining professional spots teams and their pesky job-creation mechanisms.

5.) Letitia James — The only thing bigger than the New York Attorney General’s ego is her badonkadonk, and it’s a close call. She campaigned on a promise to frame Donald Trump for crimes, and in the short term she has succeeded. She would rank higher but her work will most likely be overturned by a sane judge. However, if Joe Biden gets reelected before this happens, James will rocket up this list. 

4.) Bailey Anne Kennedy — Miss Maryland is transgender. This means she is more confused about women than Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. For those wondering why beauty pageants are failing, it is because they keep putting politically correct insanity over what has always been normal. Putting Kennedy on top of the female beauty pyramid is not groundbreaking. It is simply crazy. 

3.) Claudia Sheinbaum — Mexico’s first female president happens to be Jewish. She is also a hardcore leftist socialist, which means she will be a nightmare for Jews. If she messes up in office, her critics will remind everyone that she is Jewish. If Karl Marx were a Mexican woman, he would have nothing on Sheinbaum. She is expected to allow the few people still living in Mexico to illegally enter the United States. Any fentanyl that crosses the border and kills Americans is just coincidental. 

2.) Kamala Harris — This giggling, cackling hyena became an affirmative action hire when Barack and Michelle Obama ordered Joe Biden to put her on the ticket. Despite being terrible at everything, Harris has outlasted rivals Ron Klain and Susan Harris. She does virtually nothing, and what little she does, she does badly. Yet because of her race and gender, Biden cannot fire her from the ticket. He is stuck with her. She has the ultimate no-show job. She will have absolute power if anything happens to Biden. 

1.) Tiffany Henyard — The Mayor of Dolton, Illinois might be the most corrupt politician on earth. When a constituent criticizes her, she sics the police on them to raid their home. Her profligate spending is matched only by her brazenness. She is living proof that being a black female Democrat is an automatic license in politics to do whatever she pleases whenever she pleases without consequences. For having absolute power and bragging about it, Mayor Henyard is the hottest political liberal of 2024. 

Centrists:

10.) Kirsten Glavin — This New England NBC reporter covers Cape Cod and surrounding areas. Being non-controversial in New England is a rare talent. 

9.) Liz Cho — This New York City ABC reporter has managed to work in media in the most leftist market outside of New England while coming across as sane and reasonable. For refusing to politicize virtually everything, Cho may face career setbacks. So far she has survived, although to be fair, there is a lack of a talent pool in the triple-state area. 

8.) Courtney Friel — This former Fox News personality avoided partisan commentary. She decided that all politics is local, leaving Fox News for Fox KTLA in Los Angeles. She remains gorgeous, bright, and non-partisan. 

7..) Erin Burnett — It’s hard to call anyone a centrist at CNN, but Burnett seems far less crazy than most of her colleagues. She has managed to avoid disgracing herself at her network, not an easy feat. She would rank higher but virtually nobody watches CNN.

6.) Melissa Theuriau — This French journalist works for M6, the most profitable TV news entity in France. As beautiful as she is, her stories often get overlooked due to a global apathy toward the irrelevant nation of France. President Emanuel Macron suffering severe legislative election losses may cause a ripple if she reports on it. If she covered any other nation, she would be an even bigger superstar. The upcoming French elections will not make France relevant, but it could propel her to greater career heights. 

5.) Megyn Kelly — This former attorney turned Fox News personality left the network and sued her former boss Roger Ailes. Her stint at NBC was unsuccessful, but she has now rebounded as a top internet reporter and analyst, She is a tough as nails questioner who plays it straight down the line. She would rank higher if she were on a major television network. As great as she is, the internet just does not allow for the same exposure. 

4.) Susan Li — She was born in China and raised in Toronto, Canada. Now she is a Fox Business correspondent. She has interviewed top political and business leaders in Canada and the United States. 

3.) Robin Meade — This lead morning news anchor for Headline News was once Miss Ohio. In 2021 she even released a country music album. She is an example of drop-dead gorgeous and multi-talented women who deserve to be taken seriously. 

2.) Melania Trump — She is married to the former Republican president, but she has never been overtly political. She is a former model, not a political activist. Her stint as First Lady would have been completely non-controversial had the media not despised her husband so much. She is drop dead gorgeous but ranks low on the list for staying out of the spotlight this year. If Donald Trump wins the White House again, Melania will top the list again.

1.) Princess Kate — The Royal family does not have any political power, but they do have influence far beyond Britain. The death of the beloved and respected Queen Elizabeth led to the ridiculed Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles taking over. If they somehow do not permanently destroy the monarchy, Kate and her husband Prince William could restore it. Kate and her husband both conduct themselves with propriety and class, a sparkling contrast to the publicity seeking grifters Harry and Meghan. Kate’s role is more vital than ever given the wreckage around other family members. She has been a beacon of dignity and grace as she wages a brutal battle against cancer. For her kindness, boldness, and overall strength and dignity, Princess Kate is the hottest political centrist of 2024. 

Conservatives:

10.) Kristi Noem — This great South Dakota Governor achieved plaudits for keeping her state completely open during the Covid pandemic. She has kept the state normal but lost the battle to have July 4th fireworks at Mount Rushmore an annual event. She was considered a presidential candidate and an even stronger vice presidential choice, but she ranks lower on this list for giving her dog the Old Yeller treatment. The issue of her shooting her dog is overblown, but she fumbled the media part of explaining her actions. 

9.) Lauren Boebert — While nobody should celebrate divorce, many single men perked up at the news that Lauren Boebert is about to be single. This stunning brunette is a sexy pistol packing hot mama. This Colorado congresswoman  barely survived her reelection, but is now fighting back hard against the anti-American Squad. She is held Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s feet to the fire. She will need to get reelected again to move up the list. She was involved in a sexually inappropriate incident in a movie theatre, but to be fair her date was a Democrat. 

8.) Anna Paulina Luna — She is the first Mexican-American to be elected to Congress in Florida. She is a warrior, leading the charge to have Merrick Garland and other corruptocrats impeached and Adam Schiff expelled from Congress. To move higher on this list, she needs to show staying power by getting reelected. She also needs to get results from her inquiries. So far, no Democrat she has targeted has been held accountable. 

7.) Mollie Hemingway/Miranda Devine — These are two of the hottest and smartest reporters in America. Hemingway writes for the Federalist, while the appropriately named Divine writes for the New York Post. Hemingway has done extensive work on exposing corruption involving the 2020 presidential election. Divine has brilliantly revealed the various controversies surrounding Hunter Biden and his laptop from hell. The more information dribbles out, the more these two women are seen as right. 

6.) Winsome Sears — The Lieutenant Governor of Virginia is a rock star. She is a proud black woman who served her country in the United States Marines. In her citizen life, she ran a homeless shelter. She has broken plenty of barriers in Virginia politics, which would make her a media darling if she were a Democrat. She has to settle for being loved by Republican voters nationwide. The Governor of Virginia is limited to one term, making her the logical successor to Governor Glenn Youngkin in 2025 or earlier if he becomes the Vice President. 

5.) Victoria Seaman — This gorgeous and successful businesswoman has a real chance of being the first Republican woman elected Mayor of Las Vegas in a very long time. She is a real conservative who understands the needs of small business owners. 

4.) Nikki Haley — This successful former South Carolina Governor and spectacular Ambassador to the United Nations is more than qualified to be President. Yet she ranks near the bottom of the pack. Some are seeing her as a candidate for Vice President. She has been more than competent at every government job she has ever held. Although she did not win the GOP nomination, coming in second place out of everyone is not bad. She still has a block of support. If she campaigns hard for Trump in 2024, she will earn good will in 2028. If she does not, she may be finished. 

3.) Sarah Huckabee Sanders — She was Donald Trump’s White House press secretary. Now she is the first female Arkansas Governor. Her father previously held that job when Bill Clinton’s successor Jim Guy Tucker resigned due to the Whitewater scandal. Succeeding the more moderate Asa Hutchinson, Sanders has battled critics while raising several children and moving her state sharply to the right. She has beaten back the Woke mob and largely won the culture wars in her state. She is drastically reducing taxes in an attempt to get her state income tax to zero. She could be President some day. 

2.) Amy Coney Barrett — This United States Supreme Court justice is everything her supporters could have hoped for. She is Superwoman. A mother to seven children including a racially diverse mixture of adopted children, she went through her entire SCOTUS hearing without needing to take notes. She has sided with the conservative bloc on almost every issue, including the biggest decisions regarding abortion and guns. 

1.) Judge Aileen Cannon — This young smart judge was randomly chosen to oversee one of the indictment cases against Donald Trump. Because Trump appointed her, the left is already launching baseless attacks against her for bias. She has not backed down. She would rank higher but the cases against Trump are overrated in terms of significance. Very few if any people who love or hate Trump will be persuaded, regardless of the results. Once this is over, she will fade into the background. If she rules against Trump, she will briefly become a liberal hero until her next conservative ruling. A governor can influence a state. A Supreme Court justice can influence the entire nation. For being a key player in the 2024 presidential election, Judge Cannon can influence the entire world for several years to come. For this reason, she is the hottest politically conservative woman of 2024.

eric

Israel’s best raid since Antebbe

June 12th, 2024

Lessons Learned and Not Learned From the al-Nuseirat Raid

Is George Soros really a Jew? The Torah has an answer

May 29th, 2024

Torah law, George Soros, and who is a Jew

 

Being Jewish is a birthright privilege. Jews have existed for nearly 6,000 years. Those who tried to eliminate the Jews have repeatedly been relegated to history’s ash heap. They are dust. We Jews remain.

 

While we have so far defeated our external threats, internal threats persist. Jews have a 52% intermarriage rate. A frightening Aish Hatorah graph shows that for each 100 unaffiliated Jews, two generations down the line will produce only four affiliated Jews. A 96% elimination rate is deadly.

 

Yet according to our holy Torah, every Jew is, was, and will always be a Jew.

 

Parsha Emor confronts this issue. Emor means “to speak.”

 

To celebrate Sukkos, Torah commands us to take a beautiful fruit of a tree, date palm fronds, the branch of a dense-leaved tree, and a willow of the brook.

 

With full credit to Chabad of North Hollywood, this parsha’s Midrash delves deeper.

 

A beautiful fruit of a tree, date palm fronds, a dense-leaved tree, and a willow of the brook all refer to Israel.

 

A beautiful fruit of a tree has taste and smell, comparable to Jews who study Torah and do good deeds.

 

Date palm fronds have taste but no smell. They compare to Jews who study Torah but do not do good deeds.

 

A branch of a dense-leaved tree has smell and no taste. These Jews do good deeds but do not study Torah.

 

Willows of the brook have no taste or smell. These Jews do not study Torah or do good deeds.

 

This last group of Jews are unaffiliated. Yet unaffiliated Jews still have the spark of Judaism. They were born with Jewish potential. That potential is a flame that cannot be extinguished during their lifetime.

 

Yet unaffiliated Jews are not nearly the most complex case. A lack of good deeds can be neutral. Far below that rung is the Jew committing evil deeds. What is to make of the Jew who not only forsakes Judaism, but spends their life fighting against Jews and Judaism?

 

Take the organization “Jews against Zionism.” They dress like Chassids and travel to Iran to stand in solidarity with the mullahs. Observe Jewish college students marching for Gaza and embracing the vile “From the river, to the sea, Palestine will be free” chants.

 

Judaism forbids excommunication. Jews who hate Jews are still Jews.

 

Chabad tells a tale of Jewish medical students facing budget cuts. Told to supply their own cadavers, the students asked their rabbi if they could use bodies of Jewish criminals. The shocked rabbi said he needed to know what God thought of these people.

 

Torah commands us to love and cherish every Jew. Every Jew is responsible for every other Jew. This is Ahavos Yisroel. A Jew is a Jew because they were born a Jew, regardless of mitzvahs.

 

So what do proud Jews do about George Soros? Forget momentarily his destructive leftist politics. Briefly look past his financing anti-Jewish college campus riots. Mr. Soros bragged in a videotaped CBS interview that his happiest days were as a teenager sending Jews to the gas chambers.

 

My father is a Holocaust survivor. Must I accept Soros as a Jew when he tried to murder my family? How does one reconcile a man as a Jew when his crowning joy was actively working to permanently exterminate Jews?

 

The Torah says you can love Soros as a Jew while hating him for what he does. Those things are not in conflict.

 

As long as Soros lives, we can pray he sincerely renounces his evil past.

 

Many Jews will insist this is not good enough. While this reaction is understandable, it puts them at odds with our Jewish God Hashem.

 

Torah is binding codified law. Torah says a person born of a Jewish mother is legally irrevocably Jewish. God’s word ends the discussion.

 

We can hate this. I do. When Soros dies, I will not mourn or help form a minyan to say Kaddish. To me, he represents anti-Jewish evil.

 

Yet it’s not my call. It’s Hashem’s call.

 

Soros may have lost his sense of humanity, but he remains forever a Jew. Thus saith the lord.

eric

The Top 24 Games of NFL 2024

May 15th, 2024

Top 24 Games of NFL 2024

1) Week 1: Baltimore Ravens at Kansas City Chiefs

2) Week 2: Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins

3) Week 2: Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs

4) Week 3: San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams

5) Week 4: Kansas City Chiefs at Los Angeles Chargers

6) Week 5: Green Bay Packers at Los Angeles Rams

7) Week 6: Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Broncos

8) Week 6: Pittsburgh Steelers at Las Vegas Raiders

9) Week 7: Kansas City Chiefs at San Francisco 49ers

10) Week 8: Kansas City Chiefs at Las Vegas Raiders

11) Week 9: Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers

12) Week 10: Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens

13) Week 10: Atlanta Falcons at New Orleans Saints

14) Week 10: Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys

15) Week 11: Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers

16) Week 11: Kansas City Chiefs at Buffalo Bills

17) Week 12: San Francisco 49ers at Green Bay Packers

18) Week 12: Baltimore Ravens at Los Angeles Chargers

19) Week 14: Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings

20) Week 17: Baltimore Ravens at Houston Texans

21) Week 17: Detroit Lions at San Francisco 49ers

22) Week 18: Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders

23) Week 18: Miami Dolphins at New York Jets

24) Week 18: Cincinnati Bengals at Pittsburgh Steelers