tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12146523693107009062024-03-16T04:51:04.643-04:00Leon's: The World is Upside DownTimely common sense comments regarding the state of our world.Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-52149505893695276742024-03-06T09:33:00.000-05:002024-03-06T09:33:49.939-05:00It's Time to Outlaw Their Demonstrations<div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46);"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">The pro palestinian demonstrators have lost their right to protest! </span></span></div><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46);"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">In a democracy like ours in Canada, everyone has a right to peaceful protest. But they have demonstrated to us that they are not interested in peaceful protests. In fact 95% of their demonstrations for the past few decades have been anything but. How much more must the Jewish and pro Israel community be forced to endure? Their protests are designed to intimidate and harass us. To instil violence and to commit violence. It's fair to say that we've given them every opportunity to prove that they are responsible citizens who can demonstrate peacefully. They've proven to us in spades that they cannot! It's time to outlaw their demonstrations. Arrest each one who defies the order and lets get our country back. </span></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;">Even apolitical Canadians are forced to put up with their insane protests which have impacted our entire country. Just about every city has been affected by them. Shoppers at the Eaton's Centre during Christmas were forced to listen to their rants, shouted by megaphone inside the mall 'From the River to the sea, Palestine will be free'. What a treat for families looking to buy gifts for their children to hear. It's not just the volume, it's the interference from doing what you want. They blocked certain stores so that shoppers were not able to access them. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: white; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: white; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9hHYutquZL7MV0KqN9hpK2HCil8f2-8asRo3u1Tgt6RJcLO-0zcJf35rThCZBr_j4WwhOtmLs_HBZMGmwcnMlXTY4yoGUAmoCCPUmdCoYvQ3IWJ3aKUa_D55_KluEvIHMhyphenhyphenpNHUqzZvJVmoED6hD75CDLiUDCL1MKu-W6whKVzZIg1jajkoYRFzOEhwg/s767/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%208.43.17%20AM.png" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="767" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9hHYutquZL7MV0KqN9hpK2HCil8f2-8asRo3u1Tgt6RJcLO-0zcJf35rThCZBr_j4WwhOtmLs_HBZMGmwcnMlXTY4yoGUAmoCCPUmdCoYvQ3IWJ3aKUa_D55_KluEvIHMhyphenhyphenpNHUqzZvJVmoED6hD75CDLiUDCL1MKu-W6whKVzZIg1jajkoYRFzOEhwg/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%208.43.17%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46);">Perhaps you wish to pray at your house of worship? I would have thought that holy places would be exempt from such protests. Nope. Not in Canada. The other day a scary group of demonstrators, harassed Jews in a suburb of Toronto attempting to go to their synagogue. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: white; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: white; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoehqlTrtfOvcLl0AGSYja1muiecd6tznbTK0v7gFdWrH0OoT6HF4al3EyzbYHMW0J30QHOBrqiqS2XtQH9kCbh5TMAGVzfVl8bIzgZ9S8giBav2ZRtne8FuwOMQV-YMJPtUdr9Rrlijw6ZeqiK0HhqEFE7Fc2Kgknq2OEOxboCXKd0wri6-40_ZXeGDkV/s939/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%208.48.11%20AM.png" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="939" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoehqlTrtfOvcLl0AGSYja1muiecd6tznbTK0v7gFdWrH0OoT6HF4al3EyzbYHMW0J30QHOBrqiqS2XtQH9kCbh5TMAGVzfVl8bIzgZ9S8giBav2ZRtne8FuwOMQV-YMJPtUdr9Rrlijw6ZeqiK0HhqEFE7Fc2Kgknq2OEOxboCXKd0wri6-40_ZXeGDkV/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%208.48.11%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;">At the same time in Montreal, demonstrators shouted in Arabic 'Death to the Jews'. I guess our hate laws only apply if the threats are in English. </span></span></p><p><a href="https://thejewishvoice.com/2024/03/pro-palestinian-mob-harasses-jews-attending-israel-event-at-montreal-holocaust-museum/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">https://thejewishvoice.com/2024/03/pro-palestinian-mob-harasses-jews-attending-israel-event-at-montreal-holocaust-museum/</span></a></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;">Patients at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto had to be scared out of their wits when demonstrators climbed the walls and waved large palestinian flag along with their usual mantras. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: white; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: white; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTo5XAhzSfibv0VRxoLJXNL1cSNfyAujx_1SDvayRzUPYGH5C75vochv2LWcJP16O9vdjTm7qH6Zs341uBm7mckxuu_kVQzliChPwfdLY5j8nMXSYf6MZ0CU_OEOjlvrmQukPCutiRyw5DtPap_qu6Ui3r3its6mvyRegzReeNRM6ZYb6AgeMBZPzzJIz/s319/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%208.39.15%20AM.png" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="319" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTo5XAhzSfibv0VRxoLJXNL1cSNfyAujx_1SDvayRzUPYGH5C75vochv2LWcJP16O9vdjTm7qH6Zs341uBm7mckxuu_kVQzliChPwfdLY5j8nMXSYf6MZ0CU_OEOjlvrmQukPCutiRyw5DtPap_qu6Ui3r3its6mvyRegzReeNRM6ZYb6AgeMBZPzzJIz/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%208.39.15%20AM.png" width="319" /></a></span></div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46);"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;">In my mostly Jewish suburb of Toronto, we had to put up with large demonstrations that blocked our access in and out of our neighbourhood for months until the police finally ordered them to shut down their demonstration. </span></span><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white; font-size: x-large;">The police came down on horseback, it was that bad! I blogged about this </span><a href="https://leonupsidedown.blogspot.com/2023/12/we-cant-guarantee-your-safety.html" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46);" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white; font-size: x-large;">.</span></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;">In fact it's gotten so awful that our mainstream media barely report these demonstrations. For years they have taken over our city hall to protest every weekend. This photo below is from 2021 and it's ongoing. </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: white; font-size: large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="color: white; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpi_vaLUgaiqPTDPqXj_7Q085H_8AEr3a2cN7mpnrefT2xRRDLIBjNwuYsiOVFU3gcx5spL30cXDjnlYXhBeHVrGJwCocQclqGQ2WomSt5E54xrCBbFkSz_B_2xrkKlCO7AX4AyYRtQKghDOBz3W1Xwy7wWHF-uK6aaKZtP6w4G4Z75QnwA-2XdufOV7N/s663/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%208.52.12%20AM.png" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="663" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpi_vaLUgaiqPTDPqXj_7Q085H_8AEr3a2cN7mpnrefT2xRRDLIBjNwuYsiOVFU3gcx5spL30cXDjnlYXhBeHVrGJwCocQclqGQ2WomSt5E54xrCBbFkSz_B_2xrkKlCO7AX4AyYRtQKghDOBz3W1Xwy7wWHF-uK6aaKZtP6w4G4Z75QnwA-2XdufOV7N/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%208.52.12%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;">They have managed to normalize their behaviour. We can't let them, albeit it might be too late. Do you want to go for a nice skate at the city hall skating rink? Think again. You might be harassed by the demonstrators who will call you out and threaten you if they think you are Jewish or stand for Israel. </span></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;">Here's a short video of our mayor's attempt at a free skating event there that was interrupted by the demonstrators who went on the ice and via megaphone shouted 'While you're skating bombs are dropping'. She pleaded with them to leave by trying to appease them (she feels their pain). You can guess that it didn't work. </span></span></p><p><a href="https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/01/07/pro-palestinian-demonstrators-disrupt-mayors-free-skating-event/"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/01/07/pro-palestinian-demonstrators-disrupt-mayors-free-skating-event/</span></a></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;">Friends complained about visiting our amazing art gallery downtown when all of a sudden dozens of protesters entered the gallery and stopped my friends from enjoying the art and instead forced them to watch the demonstrators parade around menacingly with flags, megaphones and throwing their flyers all over the place. </span></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;">Just the other day our Prime Minister invited Italy's leader over here for a visit. But due to the threatening gang of pro palestinian demonstrators, he cancelled the visit. Back to Italy she went. I can only imagine what she must have been thinking. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShSssHcX4omgEGuL0IPUYkweaOJOgIbsiPhYuDs_yioq6f-5qinfU_sTK3bG4-Pu48GtLu7lFqH2sJQhezk3Sqrao_9rUA-a8cjGWySDkryIcecowuwVO_fWmuS1PVSPIa6RcjMxQ8G-UZPBJ7a3kaHkHdSTI0O2FN7D4VKcrWQ5AhieucYS9yne5m22H/s642/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%208.36.31%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="642" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShSssHcX4omgEGuL0IPUYkweaOJOgIbsiPhYuDs_yioq6f-5qinfU_sTK3bG4-Pu48GtLu7lFqH2sJQhezk3Sqrao_9rUA-a8cjGWySDkryIcecowuwVO_fWmuS1PVSPIa6RcjMxQ8G-UZPBJ7a3kaHkHdSTI0O2FN7D4VKcrWQ5AhieucYS9yne5m22H/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-06%20at%208.36.31%20AM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46);"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; caret-color: rgb(42, 46, 46); color: white;">We can't and shouldn't run a country this way. The more intimidating they become, the more we must be as well. In order to maintain a peaceful and freedom loving country we must enforce our laws and be more aggressive than they are. Arrests, deportations and outlawing their demonstrations are a must do, right now!</span></span></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-61573241055242282742024-02-18T10:18:00.001-05:002024-02-18T10:30:40.046-05:00How Did We Get Here?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This is what I'm seeing in the news on a daily basis in Toronto, Canada:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNTXa0D1iCuECMulOoNaxgowkaAkEzDh2y2KNTWiIvEA9N55TRU2hGM14VaVb2DuYAMV_ktRBv9Zd2Th8TXc4SnchoUYryZYoXxf16qdX7u2_s-MgJ2DJr8HG2hto1q-gwnSC7sDeeiMQpmvSgakDV29vi3YqhKK7p00Mx98ygt0xaSe_dWashNaNXrHR/s518/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-18%20at%208.36.49%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="518" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNTXa0D1iCuECMulOoNaxgowkaAkEzDh2y2KNTWiIvEA9N55TRU2hGM14VaVb2DuYAMV_ktRBv9Zd2Th8TXc4SnchoUYryZYoXxf16qdX7u2_s-MgJ2DJr8HG2hto1q-gwnSC7sDeeiMQpmvSgakDV29vi3YqhKK7p00Mx98ygt0xaSe_dWashNaNXrHR/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-18%20at%208.36.49%20AM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><span>Mount Sinai is a world renown hospital in downtown Toronto that was founded by the Jewish community here. Recently pro-Palestinian demonstrators have scaled the walls there and shout and wave their flags (who cares about sick or dying patients). </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In fact for about a year or longer, anti-Israel protestors have taken over my city and are in the news every single day!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The other day our 2nd in command (Ms. Melissa Lantsman) Conservative party member of parliament who is proudly Jewish and supports Israel loudly and lives in a suburb of Toronto, got her office vandalized by anti-Israel (pro-Hamas) thugs. That barely made the news but here's a photo of her office:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisw_3qpzXf3DLokwOMVlkQIqOnpRi2DL9sTC90kJDUTiWOssndtwwVSGG-jsyzmwL4uRWZETV9etDCaNtPnqGFLSEdhyAGI2HQnrJXN0ctYEw5MQsvwDi3__A4b0aOFvUjZsrYO_7dV2dbdkmCiY6YH2xQxlYutHJ0g8dvfnV2QXQKfpPsexH7ki0tzC6X/s295/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-18%20at%208.49.04%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="295" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisw_3qpzXf3DLokwOMVlkQIqOnpRi2DL9sTC90kJDUTiWOssndtwwVSGG-jsyzmwL4uRWZETV9etDCaNtPnqGFLSEdhyAGI2HQnrJXN0ctYEw5MQsvwDi3__A4b0aOFvUjZsrYO_7dV2dbdkmCiY6YH2xQxlYutHJ0g8dvfnV2QXQKfpPsexH7ki0tzC6X/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-18%20at%208.49.04%20AM.png" width="295" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In a previous blog post (<a href="https://leonupsidedown.blogspot.com/2023/12/we-cant-guarantee-your-safety.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>) I talked about an ongoing, nasty anti-Israel protest that was taking place in my mostly Jewish neighbourhood on Avenue Rd where it passes over hwy 401. The protesters came from distant places. None of them lived in my neighbourhood. They came here because it was an easy target where there was a large audience. Thousands of cars and trucks drive along this main artery in Toronto. There are no embassies or institutions of any kind here. Just a quiet Jewish neighbourhood who they thought that they could easily intimidate. When people like me went there to counter protest, the police showed up to separate us. They also closed traffic so that we who live in that neighbourhood could no longer access the highway or use Avenue Rd, another main access to get downtown. Here is a photo of a cop passing on coffee to one of the protesters. Notice the bus behind him which the police used to stop traffic in the area. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Bau2BjytyIio0L0eZErnQcTeokc1DexliYdegoek0a42BO-6G14Jeq4pV3dBkD2jmSJmIcZUawF2B6WfN7vzyXHcBIGrIKswVtu65KVJnAKkzCOC3JIUtwZOhEHpSs2AeBIk0aUzRdOtXBoT3GvHdbQm_EH4Wl1DmTPnS6KJA4SBhxdXCncqfuxSeRHO/s679/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-18%20at%209.03.43%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="679" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Bau2BjytyIio0L0eZErnQcTeokc1DexliYdegoek0a42BO-6G14Jeq4pV3dBkD2jmSJmIcZUawF2B6WfN7vzyXHcBIGrIKswVtu65KVJnAKkzCOC3JIUtwZOhEHpSs2AeBIk0aUzRdOtXBoT3GvHdbQm_EH4Wl1DmTPnS6KJA4SBhxdXCncqfuxSeRHO/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-18%20at%209.03.43%20AM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><span>Eventually after enough of us protested ourselves and complained loudly to our politicians and the police, the police stopped the protests at that location. But there are thousands of other protests going on every day throughout Canada as I highlighted earlier.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Attacks on Jewish individuals, synagogues, businesses and at the population at large seem to be increasing at an exponential rate. Years ago people could stick their heads in the sand and avoid knowing about it but today no one can avoid seeing it or hearing about it in the news. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So how did we get here?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The vast amount of antisemitism that we are witnessing today comes from Muslims. One of Islam's main tenets is to make the entire world Muslim. While some religions proselytize (Judaism does not), some do it to an extreme level. Islam makes conversion as simple as saying a few words in Arabic out loud and presto: you're a Muslim! The conversion process in Judaism is long and takes a lot of effort. You really have to want to be Jewish to even attempt to convert.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Muslims are not content to practise their religion where they live. History certainly backs up that claim. That's in part why many of them immigrate to all corners of the world. More recently, they have had their eye on the West. They were dying to take us over but knew that they couldn't. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Less than a hundred years ago, oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia. The US was there to help develop it. Since then trillions of dollars have been made by them and other Muslim states like Iran, Qatar, UAE and others. They made so much money that they didn't know what to do with it. One can see Mercedes cars embedded in diamonds for sale over there:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlxd6_XVliaDADnJBWbBHaj70MS0RQe8FDvK35OF_N1XC1Msw3HiSzacleQs3Hckf8snwjxdPYUkwb4RxJbRZ4D-NgZy4hTRbPGXWkA9s0fORMPDewWKaPkuUgAWvvPnyNbxzh-ZtUvTbamTAmO9vdCx_T7sA8fxddTzTaM96bQv91eUfAdyQpWby50KI/s569/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-18%20at%209.29.33%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="569" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGlxd6_XVliaDADnJBWbBHaj70MS0RQe8FDvK35OF_N1XC1Msw3HiSzacleQs3Hckf8snwjxdPYUkwb4RxJbRZ4D-NgZy4hTRbPGXWkA9s0fORMPDewWKaPkuUgAWvvPnyNbxzh-ZtUvTbamTAmO9vdCx_T7sA8fxddTzTaM96bQv91eUfAdyQpWby50KI/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-18%20at%209.29.33%20AM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So finally they had the means to spread their dangerous ideology in the West. They injected billions of dollars into our institutions, both private and public. In particular they bribed our university administrators to take their money in exchange for changing their curriculums to include a pro-Muslim one. With that came demands to hire Muslim presidents, board members and professors. Politicians were bribed and threatened as well. More and more Muslims from all over the world emigrated to the West (Europe and North America). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">They were patient. They followed their imams directions. Have patience. Have many children. Go live amongst the vile Westerners but in time we will take them over.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Is that time now?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I just returned from 5 weeks in Miami Beach, Florida. The first major sign I saw when we drove in via the main artery hwy I-95 was a large "I Stand with Israel" sign. It truly warmed my heart. The Miami area has a large Jewish population and I felt totally safe there. I didn't see a single Palestinian flag nor did I even hear of any pro-Palestinian demonstrations on the news there. Not once!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In contrast, when we crossed the border back into Canada we needed to buy gas and supplies so the first store we stopped in had Arabic writing on it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against Arabs owning stores in Canada. But our current political leaders in Canada from our PM to my mayor in Toronto have an anti-Israel, anti-Jewish bias. The current immigration policy by Trudeau is to allow as many Muslims into our country as fast as he can. They both can't wait to count these new votes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When he said that Israel was committing genocide on the Gazans for having the chutzpah to wipe out Hamas after their brutal attack on innocent Israelis, he's given a green light to all of the vile Islamists who live here and others who support them to do as they wish to us. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Therefore we must defeat him and his Liberal party any way we can and as soon as possible. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Some countries in Europe who led the way to Islamisize their states are learning the hard way that contrary to Obama's BS that 'Islam is the religion of peace', it is not! Their people have had enough and want no more Muslim immigrants. They don't want their daughters raped or their family members murdered. They are tired of the ongoing theft, attacks and abuse state wide. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The ongoing demonstrations here in Toronto are costing us millions of dollars every year and the price tag is going up. For almost every day for the past year or so, the pro-Palestinian demonstrators (I use that term for simplicity but know that there is no such people) have been all over our city hall downtown along with of course our well paid police. Here's a shot:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliP0SlqvoQN8v9pNSetvlL-U0alYc7wu8cQbmVe63COy4xFj2bd5DB04wNUN5N2a5dyXZdNicCWjhOSUXv6lwLjZQ1GXEfp5uh9bNcxCW0QYUAbHT8vZZ0CtUik22krhL8A4CHX9HXauTKoc7SyYBwtNeK4IN6forthBC2HhQoqUBEKs0OCp3de5jMEmF/s702/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-18%20at%209.00.39%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="702" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiliP0SlqvoQN8v9pNSetvlL-U0alYc7wu8cQbmVe63COy4xFj2bd5DB04wNUN5N2a5dyXZdNicCWjhOSUXv6lwLjZQ1GXEfp5uh9bNcxCW0QYUAbHT8vZZ0CtUik22krhL8A4CHX9HXauTKoc7SyYBwtNeK4IN6forthBC2HhQoqUBEKs0OCp3de5jMEmF/s320/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-18%20at%209.00.39%20AM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />I'm glad that I went to Florida because I saw with my own eyes that Muslims have not taken over the world just yet. There is hope. I'm optimistic that with G-d's help they will be defeated. Not just in Israel but here too. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-1576688262429174592024-01-27T07:14:00.001-05:002024-01-27T07:16:16.021-05:00Are We Outnumbered or Just Outvoiced?<p><span style="font-size: large;">It seems that I made up yet another word: Outvoiced. Do you recall my earlier words: 2 facism ? (not to be confused with fascism.) </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Our world seems to be growing more dangerous by the minute. The woke Leftists have partnered with Islamists and have created a most toxic climate to raise our children. Logic and reason have been thrown out the door and replaced with sometimes the most obvious insane ideas and sometimes with more subtle evil. Sad to say but many, perhaps most of our kids have been indoctrinated already by this Leftist ideology. While most of us on the Right have been asleep at the wheel, the wheels of the Left never stopped turning. That ideology has infected all schools from kindergarten up to university, all institutions both government, private and charitable organizations, all media from which we used to rely on to get accurate news and all this is happening at record pace in every single country in the world !</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So where are we today? Is it too late to turn things around? Have we lost the fight and going down for the count? Or do we still have a chance to make the world right?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I like to use nature as a good example of what happens when we do wrong and what happens when we do right. One can look at a little micro environment perhaps one in your very own neighbourhood. It could be your own backyard. Or maybe a place that you visited many times over a long period of time. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Who hasn't had a neighbour who's yard is a complete mess. Motors, tires and other junk strewn all over the lawn. The grass and weeds 3 feet tall? Skunks and raccoons taken over the place. Broken glass. If they have dogs, dog pooh never picked up. Fleas, rats and other vermin. I've seen that many times and I'm sure I'm not alone. But I've seen what happens when new people move in and in short order clean up the place. Don't get me wrong, I'm not necessarily in love with meticulously groomed yards, but some semblance of cleanliness and order - yes!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As an avid hiker and fly fisherman, I adore the pristine places I've been too. Likewise I'm heartbroken when I see garbage thrown about in those places. I recall numerous times when I've hiked deep into the forest near my cottage in Muskoka, thinking that perhaps I'm the first human being who's walked there. Only to find a piece of an old rusted car lying in the bush. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">One of my favourite places just an hour from my home in Toronto, The pristine West Credit river in Caledon:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLelQTfwOkWNr6f1830orYp_O_nJ7cGkR-_pNBdx0EE5N2fK9pJR44F5GSjsZX56WMhdYCp7nw7Vp38WdQ2jJMfC7BYdTzAx8gpU0VU_OQhinb83nt5-2aLboQaMswKXH2tSeYJF4Xk_rKqLG5bw96-Mox-e75dowjpd_ZHLWES7uS0B57d05PaQC6t0Oe/s635/West%20credit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="635" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLelQTfwOkWNr6f1830orYp_O_nJ7cGkR-_pNBdx0EE5N2fK9pJR44F5GSjsZX56WMhdYCp7nw7Vp38WdQ2jJMfC7BYdTzAx8gpU0VU_OQhinb83nt5-2aLboQaMswKXH2tSeYJF4Xk_rKqLG5bw96-Mox-e75dowjpd_ZHLWES7uS0B57d05PaQC6t0Oe/s320/West%20credit.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But nature, like humanity is able to overcome almost any disaster, given a chance. I've seen polluted rivers that I thought were dead forever, come back to life. The Don river that runs right through Toronto is one such example. When I was a teenager the stench from that river before it dumped its nasty self into Lake Ontario in downtown Toronto, was nose numbing. Today it actually holds fish. Huge salmon and rainbow trout migrate their way from the lake up the river every year. We've still got a far way to go to clean it up but in the past few years I've spotted a cray fish in that river near where I live and even a mink!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">People are no less resilient. Given a chance we can reclaim our proper places in the world. We all know of people who have overcome adversity despite all odds. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So too can we wake ourselves out of our deep slumber and challenge others to do so as well. We have to make a statement with our lives. We cannot perpetually outsource the running of our world to others because if we do, the 'others' will do what's best for them, not for us. This is guaranteed!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I think that today the people on the Right, that is the reasonable, logical, conservative minded folk who follow the Judeo-Christian model of living, still outnumber the woke Left. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">After events like October 7 in Israel we witnessed not only the sub-human evil that exists in many Muslims but also the vile antisemitism that continues to persist in the West. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We cannot afford to sit back and watch as our world continues its downward fall. Nor can we behave like sheep and follow corrupt leaders and meaningless chants. Or look at shiny new objects that distract us from things far more important that we should be considering for our immediate and long term welfare. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We can't just wish for peace, we must fight for it. Israel is doing just that and we must support her! </span></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-67499729964383710402023-12-29T10:27:00.001-05:002023-12-29T10:31:04.783-05:00We Can’t Guarantee Your Safety<p><span style="font-size: large;">As a Jewish activist who has attended numerous demonstrations in Toronto over the years, I've heard this statement from police "We can't guarantee your safety." all too often. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's a dangerous way of thinking. The premise can be legitimate. If there are thousands of rowdy demonstrators protesting something in an area and just a few people who wish to counter their protest, there might be a case where the police might institute that policy of not allowing those few people to counter protest because the police would not be able to protect them from a massive crowd. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The problem with this is twofold. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">First, where does one draw the line? If the bigger crowd is rowdy and explosive (ie. violent) then they will always have the upper hand. All one has to do is threaten violence when demonstrating and they will de facto be the only ones permitted to protest. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Second, it gives the police an easy way to abrogate their responsibility to protect the public. They can pick and choose which people to protect and which people must lose their ability for free speech. Of course their policies come from our political leaders who give them direction. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In Toronto, Canada, as is the case with most cities in the world, there are laws pertaining to protests. Protestors/demonstrators cannot trespass for example. In many cases a permit is required. Stopping traffic is usually illegal. Most important is they must be peaceful. We've all witnessed many rallies that occur all around us where all of these laws are broken, time and time again without any consequences. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In 2021 during our Covid lockdown in downtown Toronto city hall, tens of thousands of pro-'Palestinian' demonstrators protested and took over most of our downtown core. At the time our mayor instituted laws prohibiting gatherings of more than 8 people. They also insisted on social distancing (minimum 6 feet between people was the rule). Worse still was the violence committed by these brutal protesters. There were many peaceful, counter protestors who were violently injured. I was there and witnessed the entire shameful and scary event. I was part of a small group of pro-Israel counter demonstrators. Soon we found ourselves sandwiched between 2 groups of 'pro-Palestinian' protestors numbered in the thousands. Their group grew exponentially within minutes as Arabs from as far as London Ontario were being bussed in every 10 minutes. A thin line of police separated the groups. At the start of the protest, the cops put a steel barrier between us. But later the 'pro-Palis' broke the barrier and surrounded us. I asked a cop why are you allowing them to surround us? He answered that there weren't enough police. I told him to call in more. I saw the fear in his eyes. They were scared. In short order they escorted us out of there to safety where we all quickly dispersed. We had to hide any identifiable decals of who we were. (Ie. no Israeli flags, kippot, etc.) There were no consequences for the 'pro-Palestinian' protestors. Not a single arrest. No comment from our mayor, city councillors or the mainstream media. Unless you were downtown at the time, you wouldn't have even known about it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I posted about this when it happened: <a href="https://leonupsidedown.blogspot.com/2021/05/violent-anti-israel-demonstration-comes.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leon's: The World is Upside Down </a> I realized then and there that our society in the West was in big trouble. While most of us were asleep at the wheel, Islamists had taken over our country. Our government gave them a pass. Instead of doing their job and keeping us safe (a prime directive for any government), they let the dangerous crowd rule the day. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today things have only gotten worse. One can see dangerous protests from Islamists also known as 'pro-Palestinians' who's chants are always 'From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free' (free of Jews) happening throughout the Western world. Sad to say that some of the few places one doesn't see this happening is in a few totalitarian states like Russia, China or North Korea. How pathetic has the world become if we need to follow their example?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today a friend sent me this short clip <a href="https://twitter.com/OzraeliAvi/status/1740510457096773701?t=5OcIVHRZY3ykPlbMFv4zfg&s=09" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> (you might need Twitter to watch it) of a righteous man from Iran who demanded to protest freely in Toronto against the Islamist crowd who have been illegally protesting every single week at our city hall at least since the Oct 7 massacre committed by Hamas in Israel. This is what pushed me to write this post. The police refused to let this man protest with a Canadian flag no less because.... wait for it....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">'We can't guarantee your safety' </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But we can guarantee the safety of the other, thuggish Islamists side. We can guarantee only their right to free speech. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I recently went to a protest around the corner from where I live. It was held at a highway overpass (hwy 401) where there have been 'pro-Palestinian' protests occurring there weekly. That day they didn't show up. I'm glad they weren't there. I don't need to expose their vile hate to my daughter who joined me. What was noticable were the lack of police. A couple of cop cars parked nearby for a few minutes and then quickly left. They know that we are always peaceful when we demonstrate. We don't block traffic or hang signs on the highway illegally. Mostly we don't threaten others! Here's a short clip of that event:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyZ1LaeQhsrx4fVN1qvKYBjcoh_t8JRl1eBKmTGug-M3my9QlZSxlQEgymotJhAm1qFw5iIvn27X5us0Mt3Pg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br />Me and my daughter Melanie at that demonstration:</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtP27Kzd0QpsfWCto7YJvYe3G_26hGv-kgIuysAoZLzWgv0I1bOdS8NmlKuJojnW0YV7buJNqNkAaGyHLeu-c0B79mcY7TUUV_kpezTyZfRY19QKsrA7MqhOGuKxKHR7KXiU72-K-hZxS7EXh79tVhRBu9_DidRON3ph1MeugqqTQ5oKqM_6g1EnBhZXu7/s3088/me%20&%20Mel%20pro%20Israel%20rally%20at%20401.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtP27Kzd0QpsfWCto7YJvYe3G_26hGv-kgIuysAoZLzWgv0I1bOdS8NmlKuJojnW0YV7buJNqNkAaGyHLeu-c0B79mcY7TUUV_kpezTyZfRY19QKsrA7MqhOGuKxKHR7KXiU72-K-hZxS7EXh79tVhRBu9_DidRON3ph1MeugqqTQ5oKqM_6g1EnBhZXu7/s320/me%20&%20Mel%20pro%20Israel%20rally%20at%20401.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We are going down a very dangerous road. The fight is on and the silver lining of Oct 7 is that it has woken many of us out of our stupor when it comes to defending Jews from Jew hatred. We can't afford to be silent any longer. Our grandchildren and society at large are at stake. It's obvious (to me at least) that we cannot rely on our politicians to enforce the law and keep us safe. Most of the current government throughout the western world have completely abrogated their responsibility. Instead they close their eyes and ears to us since we are a small minority in the hopes that we go away and eventually disappear. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We won't. We never have. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p></div>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-24520528769716176002023-12-09T14:34:00.000-05:002023-12-09T14:34:53.317-05:00Israel is doing a fine job of defeating her enemies, but what about us?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Israel went through hell recently and continues to suffer the consequences.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But I have faith that Israelis with G-d’s help will wipe out Hamas (they are doing so at great pace currently) and deal with all of their enemies.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You might recall that hours after the Oct 7 pogrom, when the PM of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu announced that Israel is at war with Hamas in Gaza, pretty much the entire world predicted a disaster for Israel. Estimates for dead or injured IDF soldiers who would eventually have to enter the crowded cities within the Gaza strip were in the tens of thousands per month!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Those who support Israel, like myself, were very concerned. I myself was hoping that Israel would turn the entire Gaza strip into rubble via bombs dropped from planes. I didn't want to risk one Israeli life dealing with concealed weapons, booby traps and tunnels. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Yet here we are, 2 plus months into the war and the IDF are doing amazing things. The 'brave' Hamas fighters are surrendering in record numbers. Here is a recent photograph of a bunch of these overweight fighters. Apparently they are not starving after all...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7rNPZJlm7ejKpjL4xjwB8YxiW7Lp5kwDtcsrRj-7EnFnfgnPCuFtQHkYm3jeYb5lOuOFZhFsRTRPM0ubgUcukl4x_CLIe8cLlU9AZOHiLbZ-GFfFXZYRVVvhteg77FI3_bobQnVE3rNSVPwu8hi-8MSEvLyRemySnh-Bl8mblD-vFT7xZ5EkZGuluYoY/s748/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-09%20at%2012.02.17%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="748" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7rNPZJlm7ejKpjL4xjwB8YxiW7Lp5kwDtcsrRj-7EnFnfgnPCuFtQHkYm3jeYb5lOuOFZhFsRTRPM0ubgUcukl4x_CLIe8cLlU9AZOHiLbZ-GFfFXZYRVVvhteg77FI3_bobQnVE3rNSVPwu8hi-8MSEvLyRemySnh-Bl8mblD-vFT7xZ5EkZGuluYoY/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-09%20at%2012.02.17%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Of course many Israeli soldiers and civilians have lost their precious lives and many continue to suffer. But the casualty rate has not come close to the many dire predictions. Hopefully in good time, Hamas and their supporters (most Arabs in the Middle East) will be taken care of (if you know what I mean). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But we in the diaspora are not holding our own. I’m afraid that I lack any great faith to push back from the myriad antisemites that confront us daily. <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">There are some glimmers of hope for sure. I am thrilled to hear of many of my friends who until recently have been mostly silent on the war against antisemites of which there are plenty.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">From individuals to public and private institutions including our government, there is no shortage of people who hate us. It took the UN months to admit that innocent Israeli women and children were raped, beheaded, burned alive and tortured in the most gruesome ways imaginable, let alone publicly condemn it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Just as the pogrom on Oct 7 woke up some of us who stand on the right side of history, that is, with Israel - it also woke up many haters on the wrong side, against Israel and of course against Jewish people everywhere. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Israel being a Jewish state, does not suffer the kind of antisemitism that we do outside of Israel. To be sure, hers is of a most serious, existential threat. Her Muslim enemies want to wipe Israel off the map. If you can't see that they absolutely mean what they say, then you are beyond help.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Whereas in the diaspora our enemies are mostly not committed suicide bombers or beheaders just yet. There are some obvious exceptions like 9/11. But we have been under assault daily in just about every community in the West for forever. But it's getting nasty out there. To those who live in my city (Toronto) for example, think back 20 or so years. Can you recall seeing 'Palestinian' or Hamas flags on our streets throughout our beautiful city? On every single university campus (who's presidents are complicit in their solidarity with their Jew hate)? At multiple city halls? There has been a pro-Palestinian demonstration every single weekend at my city hall since Oct 7 and G-d help you if you try to run a counter demonstration there. I live in a mostly Jewish suburb of Toronto and just a couple of hours ago I saw some people carrying large Pali flags towards a bridge over our main highway (401). My Jewish friend who lives downtown told me how only recently police had to surround his building in order to protect the residents from anti-Israel (anti-Jewish) demonstrators. This evokes images of Kristallnacht in Germany in 1938, does it not? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">All this was unheard of just a decade or so before. I'm not saying that it wasn't simmering but it surely wasn't as overt as it is now. Thankfully my late Holocaust survivor parents aren't here to witness it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Although we are small in number compared to our detractors, we must speak out now more than ever. In fact because (I like the Hebrew word 'dafka' even better than 'because') we are the minority, we are obligated to be more vociferous than they are, right?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Now is the time to not hold back. Speak your mind out loud and repeatedly. Show your face. Go to rallies in support of Israel and to put pressure to free the hostages. If you don't, apolitical folks in the West will not speak up for you. They will most likely speak up for the loudest voices they can hear. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-11917629405866838152023-12-04T18:57:00.001-05:002023-12-04T18:57:42.560-05:00My Wife and Daughter's union at work donated $50,000 to Gaza agencies (HAMAS)<p><span style="font-size: large;">Both my wife and daughter work for the Canadian federal government. As such they are forced to join one of the large Canadian unions in Canada, called PSAC (Public Service Alliance of Canada) with over 200,000 members. If you work for the federal government or its agencies, you must join this union and pay union dues which are automatically deducted from your pay cheque. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The other day they were notified that PSAC decided to donate $50,000 to Gaza agencies via the following email:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://psacunion.ca/psac-donates-50000-humanitarian-aid-gaza" imageanchor="1" rel="nofollow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="177" data-original-width="294" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu0Ahz2cgDfr5UVVjZcKkWY-jsaRo71OGd3AW2srveVYf0yj4ujwJY0HfA9Fv5FV0rp19MYrZwOvpoul7peFTSZTGhUD2wa0MgOfyYC3itGCthJeXOi6veLobLXh4R3uvPn_SuqQF-ROD5Xoug5UetqiSIP3zXG7-AykK2vSxUd1kzS1c2COEL5Qid_Gui/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202023-12-04%20at%205.44.11%20PM.png" width="294" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://psacunion.ca/psac-donates-50000-humanitarian-aid-gaza">https://psacunion.ca/psac-donates-50000-humanitarian-aid-gaza</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">If you click on the link above you will see the following statement:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">"PSAC has allocated $25,000 each to two humanitarian agencies in Gaza: the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Palestinian Red Crescent has been known to sneak weapons and terrorists in and out of Gaza and other Arab enclaves in Israel.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The United Nations Relief and Works Agency has had members who belong to Hamas, Islamic Jihad, PA and other enemies of Israel. Their mission is to keep those Arabs who call themselves Palestinians, refugees as long as they can. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There are many documented incidents that prove that both organizations cannot be trusted. I picked just one article to prove this:</span></p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL05686115/"><span style="font-size: large;">https://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSL05686115/</span></a></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">On top of this, everyone knows (or should know) that any aid sent to Gaza for the citizens of Gaza will be appropriated by terrorist groups, like Hamas, who control the area. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The irony is that neither organization is registered with Canada's federal tax agency (CRA) as a registered charity in Canada. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Can you imagine working for an employer who deducts your wages in order to help fund people who want you dead?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Why is PSAC donating union dollars to organizations outside of Canada that have nothing to do with Canada or federal employees?PSAC should be focussing its efforts on benefiting its members. How does donating union funds to UNRWA help its union members?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">At the very least if they insist on doing what they did, they should have donated an equal amount to the Israeli Red Cross. Hundreds of thousands of Israeli civilians had to run away from their homes near the Gaza strip. They are living day to day and suffering. Where are the donations to them?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And finally, who asked PSAC to do this? Did they run it by their members first? Nope! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My wife and daughter both wrote to the union to complain.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For what it's worth, we will notify the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Bnai Brith about this. It would be nice if the union PSAC was sued.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Here is my daughter's excellent letter to her union at work:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Hello PSAC,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I am highly offended and frankly disgusted with the news release that you are donating $50000 to Gaza agencies which are actually run by Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">On October 7th 1400 Israelis were burned, raped, murdered and kidnapped from Hamas. Where was your offer to donate to the Israeli families? If you are siding with Gaza, you are openly stating you antisemitic. I will not go into the history of Israel and the politics involved in this unless I need to. The fact is there was a ceasefire until Hamas broke it and killed several hundred Israelis. Israel has a right to defend itself and will continue to demand the release of every hostage including a 10 month old baby.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I am actually sickened by the action the union is taking. As a Jew, I feel that you have only isolated myself and probably the rest of any other Jews that are part of this union. How dare you take our members money and give it away without even a vote on such actions? Who asked for this? Why do you have a care about what’s happening outside Canada and our union? I do not wish my union dues to be spent on any so called charitable organizations period. Should I choose to donate my personal money to any charity I’ll do that on my own accord, thanks.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Furthermore, I’d like to escalate my complaint to the highest level authority. Should this go without any resolution on my end I would like to know how I terminate my union membership as I refuse to take part of this organization that openly funds a terrorist organization and is a threat to my own people.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-79927383773947327162023-11-18T09:23:00.000-05:002023-11-18T09:23:53.885-05:00Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, and Ben Shapiro: Understanding the Dispute<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I used to watch Tucker Carlson's TV show on Fox quite often because I mostly agreed with his right wing, conservative views and I appreciated his courage to take on almost any issue. His shows were often interesting. But I was careful not to idolize him as many on the right were doing. Tucker for President? Hell no!</span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When he finally got kicked off of Fox News his fame grew ten fold. And rightly so. He had the courage to take on the mainstream media included his bosses at Fox who made a slight Left turn years ago. </span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I’ve warned my friends over the years (I’m sure that some of you have been included) that Tucker is not our friend. Despite the many excellent points he’s made with my total agreement (not sending billions to Zelensky - for example), I’ve noted that he never once mentioned the brutal and constant attacks that Israel and Jews worldwide undergo. He purports to fight for the underdog but has steadfastly remained quiet when it comes to Israel. Unlike his former colleague, Hannity, Tucker has never once interviewed Bibi Netanyahu. Something is definitely up with Tucker and it's not good. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Candace Owens was another rising star on the conservative right. </span><span>A very articulate, educated, pretty, young, Black woman and again an anomaly with her right wing views. She was against Black Lives Matter for example. So of course I also admired her and her courage to stand up against the crowd. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">She is good friends with her wealthy and famous Black friend Kanye West. She lost my support when she defended him for his vile antisemitic remarks a while back. I blogged about Kanye and others before here: <a href="https://leonupsidedown.blogspot.com/2022/10/80-of-world-does-not-like-us.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">80% of the World Does Not Like Us</a>. After the horror of Oct 7, sadly I feel confident in that post. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>I’m not in the least surprised that he and Candace would align. </span>Despite their few words decrying antisemitism, they both are not in love with us Jews. They seem to be jealous of our success and both subscribe to the belief that Jews have too much power and money. Given the right circumstances, their subliminal antisemitism will become mainstream. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXb1-2lBdZlwlE8rO3RbRkS5W4JkP3Bn6-h5MsDHSZ784NDvd63_FsJZQ1YGkQ3fRFUVUVA6gS7NsquiJwztv8CS8kOr0M535HIioHv36s4dhegH_Kfpit4Z6q4rJeUmIueGnAgpeMcchQt_HDIE5HBA8Ah_8wq2roSpiWHgZ1vdj2IZAv7Kw0NVNzBwHh/s479/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-18%20at%209.14.19%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="479" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXb1-2lBdZlwlE8rO3RbRkS5W4JkP3Bn6-h5MsDHSZ784NDvd63_FsJZQ1YGkQ3fRFUVUVA6gS7NsquiJwztv8CS8kOr0M535HIioHv36s4dhegH_Kfpit4Z6q4rJeUmIueGnAgpeMcchQt_HDIE5HBA8Ah_8wq2roSpiWHgZ1vdj2IZAv7Kw0NVNzBwHh/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-18%20at%209.14.19%20AM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I couldn’t finish watching their blathering, self serving, propaganda in this video of his interview with her that started the latest debacle. Perhaps you can.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://thejewishvoice.com/2023/11/tucker-carlson-candace-owens-and-ben-shapiro-understanding-the-dispute/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tucker Carlson interviews Candace Owens </a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Their main point as much as I could decipher was this:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>How dare these wealthy Jews criticize American institutions like universities for not supporting Israel and in fact supporting Arabs who call themselves Palestinians (who actually compose Hamas) because those same wealthy American Jews gave lots of money to those same universities while the schools were being anti-white. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>Candace danced around the issue proclaiming ignorance as to why the brilliant, religious Jew and senior editor of the show they both are on, Ben Shapiro, called her out. </span>Her purposefully vague deflection of Ben Shapiro's 'ad hominem' attack on her is completely disingenuous. Tucker's virtue signalling is equally so. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Like I said, I didn't watch the whole video and it wouldn't surprise me that what she said about the war in Gaza that disturbed Ben Shapiro, me and many others wasn't even mentioned. So for the record, here it is:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">"No government anywhere has a right to commit a genocide, ever. There is no justification for a genocide. I can't believe this even needs to be said or is even considered the least bit controversial to state."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Can you see that her statement made at this time is absolutely directed toward Israel? It sure isn't directed towards Hamas. So yes, it is indeed very controversial. It's beyond controversial. Anyone with a rational and fully functional brain would agree that Israel has an obligation to rid the world of Hamas, as quickly and efficiently as they can. The world must support Israel in her efforts. Israel has proven to have the most 'enemy friendly' army in the world. The IDF goes above and beyond the Geneva conventions in fighting wars which Israel's been forced into since her modern recreation in 1948. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In her cabal with Tucker portending to fight for free speech, and wanting to claim the higher ground with Ben Shapiro who attacked her 'without reason' with no explanation whatsoever with name calling, screams out for context. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">If this is all they’ve got as a reason to attack us ‘wealthy Jews’ at a critical and polarizing time in world history when thousands of Israelis were murdered in the most horrific way, babies, mothers, rapes and kidnapping then Ben Shapiro was absolutely correct. Her remarks are disgraceful. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To be more succinct, there is a time for criticism. But now is not the time to criticize us. I say this not because I’m Jewish. I say this as a rational human being. Would you criticize a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz if you saw him grab a rifle from a Nazi guard and shoot him in the back even if the guard was holding hands with his son?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Now is in fact the time for the world to show us unconditional support and do so vociferously!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I’ve said this before. What happened on Oct 7 delineated a clear line. You are either with us or against us. Unlike Candace, who loves to identify as a reasonable, clear headed academic, there is no room for nuance here. (Tucker is in the same boat)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span>We all know ad nauseam, that it is solely Hamas that is to blame for any deaths in Gaza. So each time Hamas announces the newly made up number of deaths in Gaza or releases videos of dead or injured arab babies, the world’s ire must be directed at Hamas and the people who elected Hamas, Gazan's. </span><br /></span><div class="AppleOriginalContents" style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-86975358193155123252023-11-02T20:43:00.000-04:002023-11-02T20:43:32.610-04:00My Prime Minister is at it Again!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">How many of you either know about or have seen the indescribable beheadings of innocent Israelis by Hamas in Israel, just a few weeks ago? I'm going to guess that most of the world has either watched those videos whereby Hamas publicized their handiwork on social media realtime or at least has heard all about it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">So do you think that Justin Trudeau, my Prime Minister of Canada, knows about those disgusting beheadings?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Again I'm going to guess: Yes, he know all about them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yet he decided to post the following on social media:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_za1FFWScdmugiLebnO0pAA4gCYGGCdVIJ3w60Ey6kKo0PoGncgemd9SLBDbwtZ1eoReeVFod2JWF95KXxqrVvh4Q-KS2nERzs5bcqDECwwKumesgPwsh7hDsYFnFg-A80dv5dZfeSfZ9QgkHO5FplUM1HYpnWidjo3Azp9sOCHtbC4KOUBJsZ23uMoy2/s532/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-02%20at%203.04.54%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="532" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_za1FFWScdmugiLebnO0pAA4gCYGGCdVIJ3w60Ey6kKo0PoGncgemd9SLBDbwtZ1eoReeVFod2JWF95KXxqrVvh4Q-KS2nERzs5bcqDECwwKumesgPwsh7hDsYFnFg-A80dv5dZfeSfZ9QgkHO5FplUM1HYpnWidjo3Azp9sOCHtbC4KOUBJsZ23uMoy2/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-11-02%20at%203.04.54%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is he that insensitive? Is he that dumb? For a guy who tries to be the most politically correct person on the planet, something doesn't make sense here. You might recall when he lectured a woman who used the word 'mankind' instead of his made up word 'peoplekind'! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Is it just me or do you think that at a time when the most horrific crimes against humanity were committed against a tiny minority, Jewish Israelis, in our lifetime, just maybe now is NOT the appropriate time to brag about your son's beheading costume on Halloween?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">What happened? Did he not vet this post with his highly paid staff first and if he did, would they not have suggested a different, more empathetic costume? Or just maybe his bosses want to normalize beheadings so that Hamas does not come off looking so bad after all. If so, this is exactly the way to accomplish that. If the PM's son wore a beheading costume AND his dad, the PM of Canada was so proud that he posted it on social media, how bad could it be? Oh heck, a little beheading never hurt anyone...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I often do this simple exercise. Substitute Black for Jew. If those same heinous crimes were committed to Blacks instead of Jews, I would bet you that his son would never be permitted to wear such a costume in poor taste. His disdain for Israel and Jews is evident. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">After the brutal slaughter of Jews in the most horrific way, I can't see anyone wearing beheading costumes ever again, let alone the son of a leader of a Western democracy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am speaking on behalf of those Jews who lost their lives on that fateful day who can no longer speak. What will it take for Jewish Canadians to stop voting for him? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Add this to his long list of serious treasonous crimes that if a regular citizen like me or you committed, we'd be in prison. Add this to his numerous tasteless acts. I've blogged about his pathetic behaviour in the past. This blog post back in 2018, was titled: <a href="https://leonupsidedown.blogspot.com/2018/02/thanks-for-laughs-justin.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thanks for the Laughs Justin</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">But this is no longer funny.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /> <p></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-12586363006858142042023-10-30T11:27:00.000-04:002023-10-30T11:27:30.707-04:00The Aversion to Speak Out<p><span style="font-size: large;">After what I perceived to be the most horrific event in my lifetime that occurred on October 7 in Israel whereby thousands of innocent Israeli citizens, from new borns (some not yet even born) to elderly Holocaust survivors were murdered in the most horrific way, would change the world. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I mistakenly thought that the the world who mostly stood silent over the decades of constant attacks on my Jewish homeland would finally wake up and defend her. From Arab suicide bombers in restaurants in Tel Aviv to daily barrages of rockets that have been shot randomly at Israelis, those attacks have never stopped even for a day since the recreation of the modern state of Israel in 1948. The only break in these attacks occurred when all out wars from all of Israel's neighbours stormed in. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Surely now people will finally speak out against our enemies I hoped. Yes, many did. And I applaud them loudly and believe me, I try to thank them all. But sadly, so did many friends of our enemies. I'm sure the world has witnessed the vile behaviour of many people especially universities (both students and their administrations), governments, main stream media and many institutions who have sided with some of the most inhumane, gruesome pigs that ever crawled on this planet. It's very hard to believe that this is the case. But it clearly is.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">That said, this is not my focus here. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Instead I want to bring your attention to the insidious behaviour of so many 'nice' people who refuse to speak out about what just happened.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Recently, an actor by the name of Mathew Perry died. He was famous for his comedic role in a TV show called Friends. This sad news was plastered all over the media and continues to make the rounds. I'm sure you've all heard of this news by now. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I usually listen to the radio in the mornings when I'm brushing my teeth. I listen to a Toronto station called Q107 on an FM station. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As expected, they haven't stopped reporting on the passing of the actor. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What I have yet to hear a peep however, was talk about the devastating attack from Hamas and the gruesome murder of 1400 innocent Israelis or their kidnapping of 240 Israelis who are still being held deep in the bowels of Gaza!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I'm sure that if you gave this some thought, you too can identify the unconscionable, aversion of people to speak out about this atrocity, wherever you might live. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3A148ykL1q_vCo3K8iUIRGOApUOQlPsf-qidawllVRiTDlra1V4uNlO5R6sQSWSRCepqOg3OFsKFSJmV3veHv4UkgnoRDptR209wOwEryMXq7MX7tnFYYrOra2KG0APeFOxbSYy3qdRkYmxZccJml1wHu_gGT4VoH17naSrpJmdycdi3ys1xJ4oJspxfX/s445/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-30%20at%2011.14.08%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="445" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3A148ykL1q_vCo3K8iUIRGOApUOQlPsf-qidawllVRiTDlra1V4uNlO5R6sQSWSRCepqOg3OFsKFSJmV3veHv4UkgnoRDptR209wOwEryMXq7MX7tnFYYrOra2KG0APeFOxbSYy3qdRkYmxZccJml1wHu_gGT4VoH17naSrpJmdycdi3ys1xJ4oJspxfX/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-30%20at%2011.14.08%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This is just one tiny example of what I'm talking about. I find this behaviour in particular to be very offensive. When a tragedy on a large scale happens anywhere in the world, people talk about it. That is normal human behaviour. Except when it happens to Israelis. Then it's forbidden to do so. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I'm sure that the management of many of these places have strict rules about talking about politics or religion or most controversial subjects. But what happened that day has nothing to do with politics. It wasn't controversial in the least. It was a tragedy of epic proportions and people everywhere, at the very least, should be talking about it and learn from it. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I urge you all to speak up now. Keep the memory of the hostages alive. BRING THEM HOME! That was the message of the rally I went to yesterday at Earl Bales park in Toronto. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=rally+to+free+hostages+at+Earl+Bales+yesterda&sp=-1&ghc=1&lq=0&pq=rally+to+free+hostages+at+earl+bales+yesterda&sc=10-45&qs=n&sk=&cvid=B11C04BBF1C94DEA9D10FF8D483C8DEE&ghsh=0&ghacc=0&ghpl=&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3drally%2bto%2bfree%2bhostages%2bat%2bEarl%2bBales%2byesterda%26form%3dQBLH%26sp%3d-1%26ghc%3d1%26lq%3d0%26pq%3drally%2bto%2bfree%2bhostages%2bat%2bearl%2bbales%2byesterda%26sc%3d10-45%26qs%3dn%26sk%3d%26cvid%3dB11C04BBF1C94DEA9D10FF8D483C8DEE%26ghsh%3d0%26ghacc%3d0%26ghpl%3d&view=detail&mmscn=vwrc&mid=205273077B03E04823BF205273077B03E04823BF&FORM=WRVORC" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">short video of the rally (vigil)</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">What happened to 1400 Israelis on October 7 can happen anywhere in the world at any point in time. Sticking your head in the ground will surely not prevent it. Simply having the courage to speak up about it now, might help prevent it. Do it!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-9714741171918639792023-10-17T19:17:00.006-04:002023-10-17T19:17:35.780-04:00In Times of Crises is When you Find Out Who Your True Friends Are<p> <span style="font-size: large;">I submitted the following to a couple of news media in Toronto. I doubt that they publish it but hopefully they read it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The war in Gaza is not political. I don’t care if you are on the right or left, Muslim or Jew, Conservative or Liberal. I don’t care what Bibi might have said years ago or what Smotrich said last month. In fact I don’t care what anyone said. I don’t care about the history of the Israeli-Arab conflict. I definitely don’t want to listen to any historical lectures right now, despite me being a lover of history. Sadly I’m hearing that and worse from far too many people right now. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">What Hamas did was unspeakable. I’m happy that they are thrilled to advertise their heinous crimes. Unlike the Nazis who tried their best to hide them, Hamas is so deranged, they are proud of their handiwork so they share it with the world. General Eisenhower ordered US troops to photograph and video the horrors of the death camps after liberation because he knew that years later people would deny all of it. And deny it they did.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Just like this war. Already many are denying that dozens of Israeli babies had their heads chopped off. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5fEz_rUfFESu8Q117hJeE9hQG7DnHgHx2ttCoaV_eZ8gOuIwAs4XxNCgyAxN60tKBwuyQ-gj_20QUux0eMZtEzMKhFtW4q6WKGK4SxtOGVqCrGHydNJ5M5m8OlsP1zvBgpuT88zaasKiJwaJUVSGWHb6GYplY2BlJNMnlvmtzdIG44kJgtqyoDIXLCt1/s470/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-17%20at%207.14.40%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="470" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5fEz_rUfFESu8Q117hJeE9hQG7DnHgHx2ttCoaV_eZ8gOuIwAs4XxNCgyAxN60tKBwuyQ-gj_20QUux0eMZtEzMKhFtW4q6WKGK4SxtOGVqCrGHydNJ5M5m8OlsP1zvBgpuT88zaasKiJwaJUVSGWHb6GYplY2BlJNMnlvmtzdIG44kJgtqyoDIXLCt1/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-17%20at%207.14.40%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">In times of crises, that’s when you find out who your real friends are. Any sane person in the world who doesn’t see the obvious, doesn’t want to and never will.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Those protesters singing From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free (of Jews), need to be shipped off to Gaza or Iran. That’s clearly where they belong. Anyone who talks of proportionality vis a vis Israel’s response, also needs to go to there. Anyone who pressures Israel to cease their blockade of Gaza, give them food, water, electricity or aid them in any way, needs to go to there or perhaps offer their children up for beheading. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">This war is no different than fighting the Nazis in WWII. We must fight to win. In war people die. Nothing we can do about it. I will definitely not shed a tear for the Arabs in Gaza just like I wouldn’t have shed a tear for the Germans who suffered in WWII. Because I was too busy shedding tears for my family who were mostly wiped out in the Holocaust. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I am blessed to see some of my Righteous Gentile friends reach out to me and completely understand the situation. They rightly acknowledge that the only solution is for Israel to wipe out Hamas and flatten Gaza. If Israel does not flatten it and remove every last Gazan from there, then this war will repeat itself over and over again. Further, Israel must wipe out all the oil, military and nuclear facilities in Iran for the same reason. Iran is the head of the snake and everyone bloody well knows it. It’s a tragic shame that this austere task will fall on tiny Israel to do. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">There are no innocent civilians in Gaza anymore. If there ever was, they have been radicalized by the very Hamas leaders who they voted in decades ago. Any anger felt for their mistreatment must be directed solely at Hamas who love to use them as human shields. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">If you don’t stand with Israel 100%, you are on the wrong side of history. </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">G-d Bless Israel!</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-29137652213832011082023-10-15T16:31:00.000-04:002023-10-15T16:31:39.866-04:00This is not the time to disparage Bibi<p><span style="font-size: large;">Everyone in the world has an opinion on the PM of Israel. Some hate him to death. Some love him to death. Some hate him because they view him as a right wing fanatic. Some hate him because they don't feel he is right wing enough. Of course Israel's enemies hate him. Most US Democrats are not his fans. Many Liberals in my country (Canada) are not in love with him either. A good chunk of Israelis are not his fans. Most are, as they voted for him in a fair, democratic election. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsCRZQsxKmFV6ExWlTLvO99ti7flB8oyJXI0xPwY42mXTgosXg7XHiMFRqtchct5E7LB12x600pfED4p7rt9RQ26j1kRneeq35-m1L_fK5YLOY3pHnyXLfi88P6zfYD-ZpKAF5PLJIuDhpclnnX188_RdTXMuEcmBodfYwKIwKfaMoBq1ISmbMBY79YLz/s569/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%204.11.17%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="569" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsCRZQsxKmFV6ExWlTLvO99ti7flB8oyJXI0xPwY42mXTgosXg7XHiMFRqtchct5E7LB12x600pfED4p7rt9RQ26j1kRneeq35-m1L_fK5YLOY3pHnyXLfi88P6zfYD-ZpKAF5PLJIuDhpclnnX188_RdTXMuEcmBodfYwKIwKfaMoBq1ISmbMBY79YLz/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-15%20at%204.11.17%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I believe that some on the Left (aka Labour party) in Israel led by real fanatics like Ehud Barak and others suffer from BDS (not the antisemitic BDS movement). More like TDS - Trump Derangement Syndrome but for Bibi. They will do anything to topple him. Barak pushed for a 'bloody' coup numerous times. He got his wish. I do believe that some in the IDF, Mossad and other intelligence agencies and even within Bibi's administration were involved in not passing on the intelligence (on Hamas' plans to attack) up to the chain of Israeli command. I can't think of any possible reason to explain why Israel was not prepared for this.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The entire cabal of Israeli leaders on the Left who threatened Bibi and Israelis who voted for him, have blood on their hands. Barak, Lapid, Gantz, the Israeli Supreme Court, their Attorney General and too many others to mention, warned that that the IDF (both active and reserves) including pilots and others would not serve under the current Likud government. Bibi and most Israelis and even some in the diaspora (like me) didn't believe them. But the world heard their threats. Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas also heard them and got the message loud and clear. We all saw widely publicized lists of former IDF generals who signed on to that idea to formally denounce their government and for the first time in Israel's modern history, abandon the defence of their country, despite the oaths they swore to when they enlisted. I do believe that seeing that was the prime motivation by Hamas et al to attack Israel as they did. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Many folks right now are upset at Bibi for inviting these very same people to join his government and make it a 'unity government'. They call it his biggest policy mistake so far. Maybe it is. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So let me explain. Now is not the time to disparage Bibi. It's pretty simple. Israel is at war. Israelis lives were lost in the most horrific way. If you want Israel to lose, you need not read further and you probably arrived at my website by accident.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So for the rest of you, Bibi (love him or hate him) needs our support. All of it from all of us right now. There is no tomorrow. We can't afford to vacillate, waver, obfuscate or any other -ate. If you you are on the Left but want Israel to survive more than you want Bibi to leave, then listen on. If you are on the Right but you feel that Bibi is partially to blame for this nightmare because he didn't do enough over his tenure to rid Israel and the world of their mortal enemies, read on. Obviously if you adore Bibi, you will read on.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">So many headlines begin with disparaging Bibi. In the details, they go on to explain why. By now you should know that sadly most people just stop at the headline. So most folks who are apolitical (that is the majority of the world we live in) and/or who are admittedly ignorant of geopolitics or even history but can't help but know about this war because it's on the MSM 24/7, will make up their minds based on headlines alone. They won't read any of the reasons that you might not like him. Whether he's too far Right or not Right enough. They will stop at the headline. 'Bibi is Losing His Support', 'Is this the end of Bibi?'. 'Bibi Written Off', etc.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We can't afford to alienate anyone right now. We need all the support we can get. We must be united. Blaming Bibi or disparaging him in any way does not help Israel right now. Please save your criticism of him for later. Much later. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-71160081809576706242023-10-11T17:46:00.001-04:002023-10-11T17:52:18.202-04:00My Daughter's Letter to PM Trudeau<p><span style="font-size: large;">Both my daughter and my wife work for the Canadian federal government in different areas.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">For years they have been subjected to various Black History events. Lately there have also been numerous Indigenous events being celebrated at their work places as well. There have been many other special commemorative celebrations for various ethnicities and nationalities at their separate work places. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But not once was there ever a celebration for Israel nor did they celebrate the non-existent 'Jewish History month'. If my wife wanted to get a promotion she'd have to undertake numerous courses on Black History. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Their union contributed to Black Lives Matter. A vile, antisemitic group that even today is proud of what Hamas has done and is doing to innocent Israelis. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-4KMoIa5UFUKXmKAlxDSg5YbDna2kb3Y4feFNIGijOyzrsZvzUsdDYXMdCVIyWogZWnK5gvzqRJlP0UqnrGT5GDl68fKO1ZMH1NeRjyrawnEhyURc-nsvewvUzb_ONmq-Iu_tkZ2kvY9_TQPdZAH0yezVP6sBcEkgX574QFFTRuxYpXUo_fMJ6tndLJP/s449/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-11%20at%205.42.41%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="449" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-4KMoIa5UFUKXmKAlxDSg5YbDna2kb3Y4feFNIGijOyzrsZvzUsdDYXMdCVIyWogZWnK5gvzqRJlP0UqnrGT5GDl68fKO1ZMH1NeRjyrawnEhyURc-nsvewvUzb_ONmq-Iu_tkZ2kvY9_TQPdZAH0yezVP6sBcEkgX574QFFTRuxYpXUo_fMJ6tndLJP/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-10-11%20at%205.42.41%20PM.png" width="320" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Hundreds of Israeli bodies lie strewn on the roads </span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Work places throughout my country whether they are government or private must acknowledge the vile, Nazi like atrocities that are taking place right now! It's not political. It's should be part of today's dialogue throughout the world. Just like we have in the past when terrible events took place anywhere in the world, like tsunamis or forest fires. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Canada and Japan are the only 2 countries out of the G7 that were not part of a joint statement condemning the Hamas attack on Israel. The silence here in Canada is deafening. Other than back in April when Trudeau decided to tell PM Netanyahu to be careful how he deals with his Arab population after a raid on a mosque in Jerusalem. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today my daughter wrote the following letter to our Prime Minister. I think it sends a perfect message. </span></p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Hello Mr Justin Trudeau,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I am a federal worker in Toronto. I am also Jewish. I also have several family members in Israel. I cannot express to you how deeply saddened I am from this week’s events. I have many emotions, but I am also trying to work and look after my family while going through this terrible time. Not once have I received any acknowledgement from my coworkers, my management, and my union. I feel alone and on an island. I’m offended and I’m hurt.</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">This stems from you. You are responsible for taking action to advise your staff how to address this war and each other. If you are too scared to speak up then I ask you to question why that is. If you are scared as to cause any sort of political unrest, then perhaps you are holding some sort of bias against Jews and israel. You should be telling Jewish employees to stay home if they don’t feel safe. You should be asking your staff to look out and report any hate speech or actions. You should be asking people to stand together against hate and condemn the actions taken by Hamas. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Your lack of actions only make me believe you either do not care or worse you support the inhumane acts that have happened to human life. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I have never felt more unwelcome in this country and my workforce in my entire life. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br />Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-33145282139849378052023-09-27T08:10:00.001-04:002023-09-27T08:24:23.407-04:00Can something good come out of my government honouring a nazi?<p><span style="font-size: large;">The speaker of our House of Commons in Canada (a Liberal) invited a Ukrainian nazi to parliament when the PM of Ukraine, Zelensky, was invited to beg us for more money and arms. This 98 year old Ukrainian nazi was given a standing ovation by everyone there! He was called a Ukrainian hero and a Canadian hero. Since then, thanks to organizations like B'nai Brith and the Simon Wiesenthal Center and others, have told our government that the man was a nazi, a fact that he himself is proud of and was not hiding. A fact that would have taken 10 minutes to discover had anyone bothered to try.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This incident created an international debacle and is yet one more mistake that our Trudeau administration is guilty of. Can we fire his ass already? The speaker of the house finally resigned yesterday after admitting his mistake by not vetting this man. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I decided to write a letter to the National Post about this as follows:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0dfZcCTxKHQLiwwoD8dQpsEheCSiIIvRKINjVQJ9aVFQ3FLlGer5sgaLEbC9aIHXVuwpxn_RFQ-UAmEZXc1t2OJiDQM-rZ2FW4N_L4PAFwChLYuPe20nK2gULhTqUIo9En7JTBOsvAH2zMFhzecN6V7PzQ2Ec3d6ayRxbMyZI30se_vBEJzlwB1jLTM2/s623/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-27%20at%208.06.20%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="623" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI0dfZcCTxKHQLiwwoD8dQpsEheCSiIIvRKINjVQJ9aVFQ3FLlGer5sgaLEbC9aIHXVuwpxn_RFQ-UAmEZXc1t2OJiDQM-rZ2FW4N_L4PAFwChLYuPe20nK2gULhTqUIo9En7JTBOsvAH2zMFhzecN6V7PzQ2Ec3d6ayRxbMyZI30se_vBEJzlwB1jLTM2/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-27%20at%208.06.20%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Dear Editor,</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Besides the resignation of the speaker, hopefully something good will come out of this. It already has. Canadians are learning very quickly that we have a nazi problem in Canada. How bad is it? Well it’s bad enough that a nazi gets honoured in Canada’s parliament and received a standing ovation from everyone there (Liberals and Conservatives) including our PM and Ukraine’s PM. Both of whom are corrupt and dangerously foolish. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">But this nazi problem is not new. Many nazis escaped Europe after WWII and snuck into Canada. It wasn’t so hard. After all under Mackenzie King, the credo ‘none is too many’ meaning no Jews allowed even after surviving the worst human Holocaust in recent times, was the feeling held by many Canadians at the time. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">As Trudeau might have just learned (his pal Zelensky certainly knows this), not all nazis were German. Certainly not all antisemites were nazis. Ukraine has a very dark history of some of the vilest antisemitism in her short history. I suggest that as punishment for the entire house clapping for this ‘gentleman’ (the term used to describe the Ukrainian Waffen SS nazi by my pathetic Trudeau boot licker MP Ya’ara Saks) must study the historical details of Babi Yar. That illustrious event happened in a ravine in the center of Kiev where almost 34,000 Jews were shot and killed by Germans and Ukrainians (nazis) in a ravine in just 2 days during WWII. A record for mass murder by gun shots that as far as I’m aware hasn’t since been broken. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">My hero Simon Wiesenthal said that he would never step foot in Canada (this was decades ago) because of our refusal to prosecute and extradite or hang all these nazis who moved here illegally back then. I think he wrote that Canada has the highest # of nazis per capita. Today Ukraine has the highest # of nazis per capita. Zelensky has helped to legitimize them in his parliament and in his armed forces yet Trudeau, marching under orders from the WEF, continues to follow his unhinged script that we must continue to send arms and money to Ukraine until Russia loses the war. The trouble is that Russia won’t lose the war and has been winning the war every day since the war began. It’s AOK for Canadians to suffer so that Trudeau gets a pat on the head from George Soros and his vile son. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I’m praying that this Ukrainian nazi be extradited immediately to any country that has the balls to put him on trial and finish him off. I heard that Poland might be interested but I would prefer Israel do it. Poland was just as cursed as Ukraine as far as antisemites and nazi sympathizers go (ask any Holocaust survivor if you can still find one). Should this happen, this would send a message to all the nazis that are still living comfortably in our beautiful country, that it’s not over for them just yet. </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Meanwhile I was listening to the Gerry Agar show and was surprised to hear that Gerry wasn’t aware of the statues in Mississauga and in BC, that depict Ukrainian nazis as heroes! Statues of real Canadian heroes are being torn down, street signs are being renamed all over the place for in many case a negative perception by wokesters, yet the statues of real, easily verifiable nazis remain standing? Tear them down already!</span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;" /></p><p><br /></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-2853635330934288442023-08-24T11:55:00.000-04:002023-08-24T11:55:12.128-04:00Don't Fall for Vivek Ramaswamy<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Lately this well spoken young man of Indian decent is all over the MSM and is presented as the US’s best option for their next president.</span></p><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VYVS7IpCfBvoJrICjBkQh7my9XNpqgxnkOiyArWAJeOi25sdUloKSHSSCsaG14twxIfjOqS98eHt5X9GXfosd7A2YYnwsFWMcso1fjPWab7pMDPZHXMx5JAW8tJPKCOGC8Khd0nYWDuOyvm5a_Mws60zF_nMS37CYaLAlS9AkiX5LRJAh4Q2Y2zIDQ7r/s276/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-24%20at%2011.46.34%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="276" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VYVS7IpCfBvoJrICjBkQh7my9XNpqgxnkOiyArWAJeOi25sdUloKSHSSCsaG14twxIfjOqS98eHt5X9GXfosd7A2YYnwsFWMcso1fjPWab7pMDPZHXMx5JAW8tJPKCOGC8Khd0nYWDuOyvm5a_Mws60zF_nMS37CYaLAlS9AkiX5LRJAh4Q2Y2zIDQ7r/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202023-08-24%20at%2011.46.34%20AM.png" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I’ve heard many of my colleagues praise him in depth.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Let me tell you my thoughts.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><div>Vivek reminds me of how they presented Obama early on. As a cool black dude shooting hoops and smoking pot and sold him as a bright young man who can bring the US back on the road to success. If you dug deep into Obama’s background (which wasn’t easy mind you, since he had most of the negatives about him scrubbed off the internet) you would’ve seen many red flags. </div><div><br class="" /></div><div>The same is true with Vivek. He is presented as a cool, bright, successful brown young man who will get the US back on track and can play tennis with his shirt off. I see him as the same smooth talking snake oil salesman that Obama was. He is a plant from the Left who is being used as both a distraction from Trump as well as a way to siphon off votes away from Trump. His stance on Israel is disturbing. <b>He said that the US should eventually cut off aid to Israel!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>I myself have said that I wish the US would stop all aid to the Middle East. None to Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, the Gulf States and all other Arab nations. Israel is more than capable of defending itself as long as her enemies are not being supplied massive amounts of aid (both militarily and monetarily) by the US. But Vivek did not make that his focus. If he’s so smart, why doesn’t he publicly acknowledge that Israel is the US’s most dependable and important ally? He could have said that the US is suffering economically and needs to draw down on aid to all of its allies but he focused just on Israel. </div><div><br class="" /></div><div>He lied about accepting a student grant from Soros. He claimed he was poor and needed the money. He was already rich at the time he entered law school. He then scrubbed the internet to remove any connections to the Soros connection. Read more on this <a href="https://www.israpundit.org/ramaswamy-took-soros-money-then-tried-to-hide-truth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br class="" /></div><div>He currently defends the unprecedented and illegal attacks on President Trump. But mark my words. He'll eventually throw Trump under the bus. Much like Obama initially defended Israel, he too threw Israel under the bus and hard!</div><div><br /></div><div>Don’t fall prey to the uniparty’s snow job on Vivek. </div><div><br class="" /></div><div><br class="" /></div><div><br class="" /><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class="" style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div></div></blockquote></div></div>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-33358626970714468682023-07-14T12:54:00.001-04:002023-07-14T13:05:47.830-04:00G-d Gave Us a Brain and Heart, Don't Mix Them Up!<p><span style="font-size: large;">The heart is for love and the brain is for thought. Please don't mix them up. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">These days I often see that many people are definitely using both organs interchangeably. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks to technology we now have the ability to watch wars in real time. Prior to the war in Vietnam, we were not privy to see and hear exactly how wars played out. We didn't get to see people shot at close range, hear their cries or watch body parts flying into the air after a bomb exploded. As with all tools, technology can be used for good or bad depending on the people using them. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">It's very easy to edit videos or photoshop photographs nowadays. In the simplest case one only needs to remove parts of a video to destroy any important context and thusly prove a lie. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We've seen that time and again in Pallywood. That's the Palestinian version of Hollywood whereby they have actors pretending to be injured or dead and blaming the IDF for their fake injuries or deaths. Of course there are always professional photographers at the scene of the crime (how opportune!). They were part of the Pallywood film crew. The PA spends millions of dollars on this. They pay the actors, the film crew, they have expert makeup artists (complete with gallons of fake blood and bandages), etc. They do this because it works.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And why does it work? Because so many of us, are using our hearts to evaluate the facts instead of using our brains. All it takes is a photo of an Arab child lying in a pool of (fake) blood with a (fake) IDF soldier standing over him in full military gear. Of course images like these are designed to pull at our heart strings. Evil people figured this out hundreds of years ago. But now with the advancement of technology and the high speed internet, the Pallywood style news fills the main stream news media faster than a comet. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Along with this are the PR firms and expert advisors to leaders all over the world. They can take a tired, broken, empty fool and make him out to be a courageous leader. They have been doing this with President Biden for a while now. While many of us haven't been fooled, many are and continue to be. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">PA leaders like the late Arafat (may his name be forgotten) or their current leader Abbas, are made out to be strong, heroic military leaders with limitless courage. After all, they are forced to stand up to the mighty nazi like IDF with tanks while their forces (often young children) are using only rocks to fend off the bad guys. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Do you remember when the terrorist leader Arafat was invited to speak at the UN? He wore his standard (fake) army uniform complete with a gun holster. I think they made him remove his gun. He accused Israel of harvesting organs from captured arabs and a myriad of other insane lies. He begged the world for money which he mostly pocketed and he pleaded with his Muslim brothers to continue to attack the Jewish state at all costs (even when it meant certain death to young, ignorant, Arab youths). And most of the world applauded him. Again when he finally died, almost every world leader attended his funeral and hailed him as a virtuous leader seeking justice for his people and peace (oy vey!).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Images from many decades prior, of fedayeen (Arab militias) are portrayed as brave soldiers despite them being cowards, shooting innocent Israelis citizens from a distance while the Israelis are working on their fields. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDZPz8NVdmwr0nI90xm1PTbvORGwRnZaLbw03roA5lw_6hhvR9GiI6fvUOZUPpTHcnWDhN2FcPOvrFAanzjSIqam2WCQi1GeiZjKvgDFjK0UUoRcukCBUYOGwgBfO0iLIvJlCDT3ad73tfpwcJhnNS58fGYshFWC2aCT-vlKPcN_b4DqolSBKQU6H7-jC/s469/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-14%20at%209.45.03%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="469" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxDZPz8NVdmwr0nI90xm1PTbvORGwRnZaLbw03roA5lw_6hhvR9GiI6fvUOZUPpTHcnWDhN2FcPOvrFAanzjSIqam2WCQi1GeiZjKvgDFjK0UUoRcukCBUYOGwgBfO0iLIvJlCDT3ad73tfpwcJhnNS58fGYshFWC2aCT-vlKPcN_b4DqolSBKQU6H7-jC/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-14%20at%209.45.03%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a shot of Arafat doing what he did best: Spread lies. But he looks so respectable though, right? He can't be a bad man because he's even wearing glasses! And he's even wearing a medal of sorts. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uXETbp9UPn46ynD0Jl-b4QcWj5uz-EX6hEtiGEAEV3qlXQn3aOv1eoRzBtvLYdxAD0upzdN99G6-utlyOx-ISA9X-bkG8MLjRmwTMNlvI3n3TDXC_-GOwk9jmvqL4aqxKIC7vovTGd4eYdf1Xwv38zelCisaH6ebjo5kVnkN8K6BJp6lbEf8crwd9Ktj/s608/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-14%20at%209.47.32%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="608" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uXETbp9UPn46ynD0Jl-b4QcWj5uz-EX6hEtiGEAEV3qlXQn3aOv1eoRzBtvLYdxAD0upzdN99G6-utlyOx-ISA9X-bkG8MLjRmwTMNlvI3n3TDXC_-GOwk9jmvqL4aqxKIC7vovTGd4eYdf1Xwv38zelCisaH6ebjo5kVnkN8K6BJp6lbEf8crwd9Ktj/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-14%20at%209.47.32%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's a shot of Ukraine's President Zelensky essentially doing exactly what Arafat did and what Abbas is doing now:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMEIPVPV1NCfmxDRd8UvFUOtB7GIIZ_UQal-zx_xWIMTOffUn3jT8rFmiL-eqlFzyNFfUMbbrg9DujoKjWX5DyHtUYA20drxj7fK6-UC3JrWzr16YQ7HFu1cUdMeYKcgpGNmT0r2jPllKtaBB4ML6pTbRvQlp47KtMDphFZgAMgLVDVjQwg7tMbw-A-T4/s790/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-14%20at%209.49.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="790" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMEIPVPV1NCfmxDRd8UvFUOtB7GIIZ_UQal-zx_xWIMTOffUn3jT8rFmiL-eqlFzyNFfUMbbrg9DujoKjWX5DyHtUYA20drxj7fK6-UC3JrWzr16YQ7HFu1cUdMeYKcgpGNmT0r2jPllKtaBB4ML6pTbRvQlp47KtMDphFZgAMgLVDVjQwg7tMbw-A-T4/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-14%20at%209.49.17%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh my, he looks like a real hero doesn't he? Very down to earth. He could leave Ukraine but no, he risks his life every day to help defend his poor country. And all he wears is the same army T-shirt. What a humble and noble guy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">He and his masters have certainly studied how Pallywood works and he is following exactly in Arafat and Abbas's footsteps. Act and look like a hero. Pretend to care for your people. Beg the world for money. Make sure to be seen on the MSM whenever and wherever possible. Accuse his enemies of all sorts of lies. Push the world to help him defeat his enemies using guilt. Amass as much wealth as possible and as quickly as he can. Hold his own people hostage to be used as pawns by him and his pals. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have warned in the past to not be lured in by the MSM, governments or other nefarious organizations or individuals. Use your brains to do your own fact checking instead of looking at an image and reading a bogus headline. The simple fact is that the Left controls the MSM and most governments. So their messaging cannot and must not be trusted. Whether it's the Left in my country, Canada, the US or in Israel or anywhere for that matter. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">Recall the al-Dura hoax whereby the Arabs in Gaza claimed that the IDF shot and killed an Arab boy seen with his father in the middle of a shoot out between the IDF and Arab terrorists. Here is the photo that's been seen around the world and is even on stamps and reproduced on murals:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrjuk-xHgNOGrqoUmU6Zmo9t5VPRa1RZJUBqs-XhV7IZrz6YMNI-HzuB8RcclCa_ljYa1h699OKXbAG0Io-opZFQiPTE0y_2Bvvlp5qXSHuScbi1-RY0upXhaAjWB9DXM19ecJofY-ZpcNPOjg36BxbHd8XMI4IGIrREYrbzt043XgTIhTjln3vKiAsIB/s578/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-14%20at%2010.18.06%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="325" data-original-width="578" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrjuk-xHgNOGrqoUmU6Zmo9t5VPRa1RZJUBqs-XhV7IZrz6YMNI-HzuB8RcclCa_ljYa1h699OKXbAG0Io-opZFQiPTE0y_2Bvvlp5qXSHuScbi1-RY0upXhaAjWB9DXM19ecJofY-ZpcNPOjg36BxbHd8XMI4IGIrREYrbzt043XgTIhTjln3vKiAsIB/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-14%20at%2010.18.06%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">This one image propelled the 2nd intifada in Israel which led to many dying and injured on both sides. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">With the proliferation of AI (artificial intelligence), false narratives can be created by keystrokes on a computer. These bogus news stories will and already are, filling the news waves. We must be ever more careful when we read or watch the 'news' as it will become much more difficult to discern fact from fiction. I urge you not to come to quick judgements before assessing all of the facts. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've seen this happen time and again. People start to read and think for themselves but then they see an image out of context and suddenly they reverse course. It's easy to use your heart to push you in any direction. Then you become a feather in the wind that blows in any direction. Please don't. Use your brain to think and your heart to love. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-27249878670018027762023-06-23T20:39:00.004-04:002023-06-24T07:34:12.980-04:00The Race for the Mayor of Toronto<p><span style="font-size: large;">For my international friends and relatives or anyone unfamiliar with this race, let me start with explaining who's in the race.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There are over 100 candidates running for this super important job, including a dog. I doubt that a single Canadian citizen can name you more than 10 candidates. I certainly can not. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Since Toronto is the largest city in Canada and has one of the largest economies of all cities in North America by some standards, the mayor is a very powerful position. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We just had a municipal election last year and John Tory won again. But he didn't come close to lasting his 4 year term this time because of a scandal that was exposed. He had an affair with one of his young female staffers and resigned about 6 months into his term. Personally I don't care too much about that as long as it was truly consensual. But since he knew he was having that affair while he was running for mayor last year and since he knew that if his secret got out, he would resign, then I feel that he must pay a consequence. Elections cost millions of dollars which he just wasted. In any case I wasn't a fan of his at all. I will never forget what happened under his watch in 2021 when tens of thousands of anti-Israel protesters took over downtown Toronto looking to hurt Jews or any Israel supporter. Despite the covid lockdown (another thing he supported vigorously) he, other political leaders and our MSM kept quiet about it. It remains Toronto's best kept secret. I blogged about it <a href="https://leonupsidedown.blogspot.com/2021/05/violent-anti-israel-demonstration-comes.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. So good riddance Mr. Tory. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">According to the polls, Olivia Chow (aka Holy Chow) is the front runner. She is a prominent member of our far left NDP party. She used to be a member of parliament (MP) for that party and then served as a Toronto city councillor. She ran for mayor last time but lost. As you might guess by her name, she is Chinese. Her English sucks. Honestly it hurts my ears to hear her speak. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">As a far left leader some of her policies are: less cops, more 'safe' drug sites (these are city run places that offer free drug kits for addicts be it heroin or most other illicit drugs), allow homeless people to take over our streets and parks, tax, tax and more tax, free low income housing and other common woke policies. In other words, if she becomes our mayor, our city which already is in decline will look like San Francisco or Vancouver in no time at all. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Because of her previous positions and her late NDP leader husband, Jack Layton, her name has a strong recognition with the public. That is, most people recognize her name but few know what she stands for. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I don't put much faith in polls anymore. Because they have become political instruments instead of honest tools to monitor the voters. Since the polls have her way ahead of the pack and since the MSM continues to quote the pollsters 24/7 one would think that no one else has a chance so many on the right are apathetic. They won't bother voting. Others on the right will wait until the last minute and vote for the right wing candidate who according to the latest poll is in second place. So rather than voting for the candidate they really want, they will be manipulated to vote for someone else. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I strongly urge you to vote for who you really want. It shouldn't be that complicated. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpc63r0ElBN80zgd8eCieu_Q45eRWjvBMqvd9cob3qaV_WKF4RzzPljlzlGkS3VRxNb4LDuxFqPasAE0CjSqmevtffTeSxZVY250Xh72niYxIpLvNpy_9iBGEVMBzES2yr3quMddUEmoJYVbUPbF07ZX3Mq5JLfPWetEpRdWCeYOH15beMtLNNLTtwJCj/s349/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-23%20at%208.06.29%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="349" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpc63r0ElBN80zgd8eCieu_Q45eRWjvBMqvd9cob3qaV_WKF4RzzPljlzlGkS3VRxNb4LDuxFqPasAE0CjSqmevtffTeSxZVY250Xh72niYxIpLvNpy_9iBGEVMBzES2yr3quMddUEmoJYVbUPbF07ZX3Mq5JLfPWetEpRdWCeYOH15beMtLNNLTtwJCj/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-06-23%20at%208.06.29%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anthony Fury</div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Since I am both opinionated and vociferous, I will provide you with a recommendation. Anthony Fury. He was a journalist. He was never a politician and does not act like one. He lacks the presence of one. He is soft spoken, calm and makes his policies based on solid right wing, common sense values. Family first, certainly before drug addicts. He has a family and like some of us (me, for example) was born and raised in Toronto and watched it decline. He knows that if holy Chow gets in, it'll be game over. He wants small businesses to succeed in Toronto and knows that if they succeed, it will help turn the city around. As the economy gets better, there will be less homeless, more people will be employed, the city will get safer and cleaner, etc. He is the exact opposite of holy Chow. He wants to hire 500 new police officers and ensure that some will go back to being beat cops. Police who used to walk around the neighbourhoods, especially the dangerous ones. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">A dear friend and faithful reader of my blogs suggested that I check him out about a month ago. I watched a video of him being interviewed by one of my Canadian heroes, a brilliant clinical psychologist who made international fame by fighting University of Toronto where he taught when they insisted that the staff use the latest LGTBQ pronouns to address the students or else. His name is Dr. Jordan Peterson and he chose 'or else'. Dr. Peterson endorsed Anthony Fury. I was sold right then. But later I watched a video of Fury talking about the exponential rise of antisemitism in Toronto. 'Why does the Jewish community have to pay millions of dollars a year to protect their synagogues and other Jewish or Israeli events? That's what the police should be doing. ' I had never heard another mayoral candidate ever say anything like that. I don't even recall our large Jewish organizations pushing our mayor to do that. Here's that video clip: </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZskVCA_yUA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Fury</span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> My daughter and her family (her husband, 18 month old twins and a dog) were on the way up to our cottage last weekend. They were driving along on the highway when some nutcase ran into them causing them to bounce off one guardrail and then another. It was a miracle that they all survived. The babies are fine. My daughter and her husband have severe neck and back pain plus PTSD and now have to deal with having their car written off plus a million other things. My wife and I help them bathe the children because it's hard for them to bend down and do it. Jamal, the driver along with his other young friends who crashed into my daughter's family claimed that someone ran into him. Thankfully there were many witnesses who watched him drive erratically and knew he was an accident waiting to happen. In a couple of years when this finally reaches our overburdened court system, he'll get off with a slap in the face. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I blame this on our pathetically incompetent and destructive PM, Trudeau. He insists on letting in some of the worst human garbage into our beautiful country. His love affair with nefarious Muslims has been clear from day one. He keeps the good ones out though. Thanks to him and other political leaders like him, our big cities, especially Toronto has become a dangerous shit hole. Sorry not sorry for the language. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">To be clear, I like immigrants. That's who built this country. Hard working, law abiding immigrants like my Holocaust survivor parents who despite arriving here with just the clothes on their backs, who never took a dime from our government. The crap coming into our country, both legally and illegally scare me and should scare you too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I begged people to not vote for Trudeau many times. The people did not listen to me. I'm now begging you to vote for Anthony Fury. Or else this city will become even more dangerous. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Of course the odds are against him. The MSM here is almost 100% Left leaning so they despise him and either slanderously attack him whenever possible or ignore him and keep him out of the debates and the news. Most of the rest of the candidates are busy virtue signalling to get votes. So are the MSM, saying things like 'Toronto will finally have its first female Asian mayor, hooray!" This follows PM Trudeau's meaningless, virtue signalling meme 'Diversity is our strength'. He can't wait to see her get in. Please don't complain to me later, when bad things happen to you or your family. Better yet, vote for him now before it's too late. Thanks for listening.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-83924705831856778712023-04-05T11:48:00.001-04:002023-04-05T12:04:53.441-04:00My Disappointment in Humanity<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">A friend of mine sent me a wonderful podcast from Dr. Gad Saad about President Trump's indictment. I urge you to listen to him. It inspired me to write this blog post.</span></p><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-indictment-of-donald-trump-the-end-of/id1516343565?i=1000606682706" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Indictment of Donald Trump - The End of the United States?</a><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">What so disappoints me is the majority of the world’s population who are either on the Left but not extremists or in the center or even to the right of center who refuse to take a stand on this, very sad day in US history. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">They either go about their business and ignore the calamity that is taking place in front of their eyes. Or even worse, they are ok with it. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The extreme Leftists and various other nefarious groups who are neither Left or Right but just plain evil, of course disappoint me but less so than the masses I referred to above. There will always be evil people who are hell bent on destroying the world in order to, in their minds, elevate them in some way. (ie. they will get richer, get more powerful, etc.).</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Someone in the gym wanted to get into a discussion with me about this the other day. She was obvious on the Left. Normally I’m happy to have a civilized discussion on politics of any sort. The usual debates with these type of people center around why I like and support Donald Trump. They just can’t for the life of them understand why I (the cool, guitar playing, pickle ball playing, artist, fly fisherman and reptile lover) like Mr. Orange man.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">But these days I'm not into having those 'friendly' discussions/debates. In previous blogs I asked out loud, why am I forced to become Donald Trump's defender? There were a million things I'd rather be doing, believe me. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Today as Dr. Saad said, the US has definitely morphed into a typical Banana Republic. Actually I stated this after the last election fiasco whereby the election was stolen. I even predicted that so many on the Left can't wait to see their former president hand cuffed in his underwear and grabbed from his home in the middle of the night screaming. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Any honest human being who is able to remove themselves from their emotional hatred of a person because of that person's personality, would be able to identify a serious problem here. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">For the first time in US history, a former US president who is running to be president again in the next election is being charged with a felony without even mentioning what the charge is! There are so many problems with the indictment that I won't bother describing them here. You can surely find them on other internet sites. I'll just mention this little tidbit: The organization that's in charge of keeping elections legitimate, passed on charging President Trump on anything. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JtWAf_F-a2KqlmTaNzwRM43ujy0HWo2TCraK1fBtJOqE8TCd2PHV1RQtpoFFoygpydsvOnr6RR8Pov58a--Ak5ZNZKK3GSgMNztfxj6TpSNP_0M2cbZ-A6IwddwvhGKX0T2tsmGX-LVYRYXvRkYM34YwuhNXYrw9rDkiIDT7a2k5nUiCKhRsmX-z8w/s582/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-05%20at%2011.36.18%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="582" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JtWAf_F-a2KqlmTaNzwRM43ujy0HWo2TCraK1fBtJOqE8TCd2PHV1RQtpoFFoygpydsvOnr6RR8Pov58a--Ak5ZNZKK3GSgMNztfxj6TpSNP_0M2cbZ-A6IwddwvhGKX0T2tsmGX-LVYRYXvRkYM34YwuhNXYrw9rDkiIDT7a2k5nUiCKhRsmX-z8w/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-04-05%20at%2011.36.18%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Here he is in court with his defence team.<br /><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">But this didn't stop an extreme Leftist Democrat, attorney general from New York who was funded by George Soros (yes his name appears in many of my blogs lately) from charging the former president on what amounts to be a possible book keeping error. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">So back to my Trump hating friend in the gym. She declared that she didn't like him for his policies and chose being 'pro-choice' as a policy she's in favour but Trump was not. To shut her down I simply asked her if she was in favour of the Covid mandates that required every citizen to get the vaccine. I guessed that she'd say yes and she did. I said I'm also pro-choice. What most progressive women say: My body, my choice. (ie. if I want to have an abortion, I will). So I told her the same thing regarding the jab. My body my choice. I tried to show her what a hypocrite she was. But I did that to simply end the discussion. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">You see, now is not the time to debate such things. Now is the time to stand up for what once was one of the greatest countries in modern day history, the USA. Trying to lure me in to defending Donald Trump now on any policy is beyond insulting. Very similar to attending a funeral of a good person and someone is dying (excuse the pun) to tell you something bad that the dead person might have done. Or maybe a better analogy: before saving someone's life you throw out your hand but before grabbing their hands you ask them if they are sorry for some stupid thing they might have done. Simply the wrong time and place.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">So, yes I'm very disappointed in Humanity right now. Regardless of how things turn out (whether or not Trump wins in court), the damage is done. By letting this clown in NY charge the former president, the US devalued itself into a Banana Republic. This is what our enemies do all the time with their political opponents. Of course this was all done under the watchful eyes of the Biden administration. The reason is simple and obvious: They knew they had no case but did it to try to abort Trump's candidacy as president in the upcoming elections. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">To put it another way, had he not thrown his hat into the game as a Republican nominee, this insane charge would never have happened.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">So to humanity, go on your merry way for now and ignore how your country is being destroyed and with it goes the rest of the world. Maybe one day after the US becomes a full on dictatorship like North Korea, you might want to kick yourself for being silent now. What you don't get is that what is happening to Donald Trump now can and will happen to you sooner or later unless you stop this now. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><div class="AppleOriginalContents" style="direction: ltr;"><br /></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><p> </p></div>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-83221269739340620672023-04-01T08:35:00.000-04:002023-04-01T08:35:08.611-04:00Is the attack of a religious couple in Tel Aviv by protesters a sign of End of Days?<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I must apologize up front for this lengthy blog post but I do have a lot to say.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Did you hear about the vicious attack by Jews on a religious couple in Tel Aviv? The Jews were part of the demonstrations. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Probably not. It's certainly not on the mainstream media not in Israel and not elsewhere. Here's the article if you care to read it (pretty vile stuff): </span><a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369435" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369435</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd45mQCQd8kpUTai-8_I4HP92_sHGQ9aBpAVhLSb88cRGEaZsCatZQPcKuXNYFY4qdsRhSnb-U_W0YQyf7ArlstO46O5pbm1XvjBZW_4eKkf6nEuqWU8XQREprettUWEfRvCnatOA2gRU-zPPciSdzvPVmPVpWSEpnW_fuP2tUfo_HDbPuIRSF4xHAgw/s789/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-31%20at%2010.18.17%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="789" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd45mQCQd8kpUTai-8_I4HP92_sHGQ9aBpAVhLSb88cRGEaZsCatZQPcKuXNYFY4qdsRhSnb-U_W0YQyf7ArlstO46O5pbm1XvjBZW_4eKkf6nEuqWU8XQREprettUWEfRvCnatOA2gRU-zPPciSdzvPVmPVpWSEpnW_fuP2tUfo_HDbPuIRSF4xHAgw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-31%20at%2010.18.17%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Photo of the religious Jewish man after being beaten for no reason by Jewish demonstrators<br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">According to our sages, Jew on Jew violence is one of many terrible things that could happen during End of Days. </span></p><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">It’s bigger than that. Man on Man violence including children vs parents, etc. Not to plagiarize my blog name but the world will be upside down. One time good nations will become evil and evil may do good. We see that happening today (the US stands out as such an example). </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Letting the worst US president of all time bring the country down to its knees while trying to put one of the best US president's in jail.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Replacing the most sought after currency (US dollar) with one of the least valued currencies from China! (Oh boy!)</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Men become women and women men. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">An Israeli hero was duly elected to be the leader of the Jewish Nation. A nation which you all well know is constantly facing existential threats from all of its many enemies. Yet he continues to be constantly hounded by his political foes and other nefarious organizations for years about every possible issue. Some are made up charges, some are real issues. But together they form a dangerous distraction for him (Bibi) and his coalition and their military leaders who are in charge of keeping Israel safe. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">In short, it has become increasingly hard for good people to discern the truth. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I see this as the biggest problem facing us. Well intentioned people will be (are) sucked in to believing all sorts of lies and nonsense. Supporting the Ukrainians at all costs (WW3) is such an example. The demonstrations, etc. happening in Israel supposedly over judicial reform is another example. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Some of you are probably wondering why I mention the End of Days. Has Leon suddenly lost his mind? He used to stick to political, geopolitical or cultural events that often had to do with antisemitism. May I remind you again that I consider myself to be a Jewish activist (among other things). Of all things Jewish, the concept of End of Days is quite an important and serious one. But one that is barely talked about by the typical Jew on the street. Orthodox Jews understand this concept quite well (far better than I). Some religious Christians do as well. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">If we can celebrate Passover and understand its importance and meaning (and most of us do), then we can certainly contemplate this concept. As I mentioned before the End of Days is a period of time that will precede the coming of the Messiah. I keep hearing that the Moshiach is at the door. Based on how I see the world right now, it all makes perfect sense. We could well be in End of Days!</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I believe that things will get incrementally ugly (like the frog in the slow boiling pot of water) until finally all of us get the message. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Let me make a case of exactly this...</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Last night I attended an event at a local synagogue whereby they brought a bright Israeli, to talk about what’s going on in Israel (judicial reform/demonstrations) in a supposed non-partisan way. I went as an observer, not to learn anything new as I am already well informed on the issue. I see how so many get easily distracted by unrelated issues and suffer from information overload. It’s so easy to throw shiny objects at us so we lose our focus on what I would say are often straight forward and not complicated issues. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">He was very well spoken, funny and at ease. He did a reasonable job keeping us engaged but the irony was that he never once explained the obvious facts on judicial reform. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">1. For decades the supreme court and AG held the elected officials hostage and ruled over them</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">2. The supreme court were self appointed</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">3. The proposals from the newly elected government aim to rectify these 2 dangerous policies</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Since his talk was to focus on judicial reform, I would have expected him to explain in detail how the current supreme court gets appointed and what they do vs the new proposals from Bibi’s administration (how he aims to change the self appointed method to a fairer model) and what they should be doing. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">He never once mentioned the dangerous interference to Israel’s democracy from the outside. By nefarious people like George Soros, or organizations like the WEF, EU or other countries like the US. When a question was asked why the US thinks it can interfere in Israeli elections he answered because Israel relies on the US. Maybe that is their thinking but they couldn't be more morally wrong. The US also relies on Israel. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">He talked about everything else though and the crowd was very satisfied. He made sure to tell us how he and his children demonstrated often and that (according to him) Bibi made a mistake in firing his minister of defence Gallant. No reason given for his sentiment.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The facts by the way are once again simple. While Bibi was away on important government business, Gallant decided to stab his boss in the back and publicly call for a halt in the judicial reform process. Plain and clear dangerous insubordination that calls for his ouster. Did that raise the ire of the demonstrators? Probably. But there was no choice. Any other action would help tear down Bibi’s administration. If every cabinet member decided to defy their boss’s orders you’d have total chaos and no government. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Although overall he made some very rational and reasonable points, he subliminally made sure that the crowd understood who the bad guys were. He called ministers Smotrich and Gvir, extremists. I might as well be listening to CNN. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Worse still in my opinion was this point:</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">That the religious sector have more children than the secular sector. And since the religious sector is primarily conservative and on the Right and the secular sector is usually liberal and on the Left, it’s not looking good for the secular sector and that’s in fact what the demonstrations are about. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Personally I found that whole idea offensive. That idea is being promulgated throughout our Jewish population and it certainly doesn’t sit well with me. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Israel is composed of a very diverse group of people. Jews both secular and religious, some Ashkenazi (European origin) some Mizrachi, some rich, some poor, some highly educated, some not, etc. Arabs also secular and religious, some are Muslim, some Christian, Druze and many others make up this population. Until now, they worked together most of the time, to make the country run. His discussion made the audience worry that if the Supreme Court eventually became run by the Orthodox community then the rest of Israeli society would suffer. Ladies would all have to wear head scarfs, men would don long beards and wear black hats. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Essentially Israel would become an equivalent to a shariah state like Iran. He didn't state this but that was the implication.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">He failed to mention that unlike the current system, the new proposals would define the job of the supreme court to judge cases, not to make laws! That’s what all supreme courts do (or should be doing). </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I think I can make this case objectively as a secular Jew but one who values Judaism. I myself stated in one of my blogs, that I would love to see a true Torah scholar sitting on Israel’s supreme court. The wisdom from such a real Jewish person is much needed there. After all if a sitting justice can be an Arab and it seems that most secular Jews are ok with that, then why not an orthodox Jew on the supreme court?</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The discussion defies logic. One can say that the Arab population is exceeding at a faster rate than the secular Jewish population. If that is the case and since we currently allow anti-Israeli Arabs to sit in the Israeli parliament (Knesset) then what’s to stop them from acquiring more and more seats until one day they run the country (never mind the Supreme Court)?</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">In any case, the demographic predictions in Israel have been wrong, often. Historically some Jews had predicted that the Arab population would outgrow the Jewish population 10 years ago. Clearly this has not happened and hopefully never will. The experts then based their calculations on the Western world's declining population. In North America and Europe it was and remains true that we are not procreating near enough to replenish our population. But the secular Jewish population in Israel defied this trend substantially. Add to this the huge influx of secular Jewish immigrants from places like Russia, Ukraine and other African nations as well as non-Jews who continue to make Israel their home, balance out the increase in orthodox Jews. His premise is if not an outright lie, it's at least faulty. It's designed to inject a sense of paranoia and fear into us. Oy vey, the religious Jews are going to ruin our 'Jewish' homeland! Can you see the irony here?</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">There are so many complicated factors in trying to wage predictions in Israelis future population growth that we simply can’t rely on any one’s ‘expert’ opinion. Making this as part of a case to any argument (pro or against the idea that the supreme court turning more Jewish is good thing) is a mistake. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I point out this event because it stands as a great example of where we are today, how we think and where we're heading. I knew many people at the event and liked them all. They are all good people with good souls and good intentions. So was the speaker. But they are all playing with fire. <br /><div class="AppleOriginalContents" style="direction: ltr;"><br /></div><div class="AppleOriginalContents" style="direction: ltr;">Yes my friends, hold on to your hats. The blurring of right and wrong, evil and good, rational and illogical are facing us right now. Enjoy the ride if you can. </div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-33602629506889721082023-03-17T17:13:00.004-04:002023-03-17T18:26:49.074-04:00Ben-Gvir demands government fire the Attorney General or End of Days<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The attorney general of Israel appears to have more say than the Prime Minister. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Should the Israeli government fire the attorney general? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They must! They have no choice. If they don’t, they are letting the enemy rule and the country will descend into absolute chaos. </span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is the ultimate decision for Bibi. He must sell this plan to the knesset, like he’s ever sold anything before… and he sure as hell has. He's good at it. He's sold himself to the citizens of Israel for years and won again and again, after all. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There can only be one leader and it must be the duly elected PM! </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLi5BX3FRegqPskWWsJbq1ec623sS1D8PayCcwYXCdlVCRPtEaa_IOYtA2MknQwRDfxvrWGdy0GxxxGzqTXbsxFOWyhgiM6Hm3Ad0jEmGYJhu7Nu9rm1QtMQ7hQHE7S4Cx3-dJX_lByPCe26Z8F5SosUplp1BWc0bb5c7ygrSeKUDeXAikr-LQvHHxUw/s321/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-17%20at%209.46.04%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="249" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLi5BX3FRegqPskWWsJbq1ec623sS1D8PayCcwYXCdlVCRPtEaa_IOYtA2MknQwRDfxvrWGdy0GxxxGzqTXbsxFOWyhgiM6Hm3Ad0jEmGYJhu7Nu9rm1QtMQ7hQHE7S4Cx3-dJX_lByPCe26Z8F5SosUplp1BWc0bb5c7ygrSeKUDeXAikr-LQvHHxUw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-17%20at%209.46.04%20AM.png" width="248" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br style="font-family: Helvetica;" /></span><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are 2 of her demands: </span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fire the duly elected PM of Israel (Bibi Netanyahu) because she does not like his policies.</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Stop the proposed reforms (to the Supreme Court and to people like her who hold the AG job).</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The former AG, Mandelblit says publicly that the current reforms proposed by Bibi</span><span>'s administration will cause Israel to cease being a democracy. The opposite is true. </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She was appointed when Bennett was the PM so one can guess where she stands politically. The system is so corrupt that the committee who appoints the AG is headed by the chief justice of the supreme court. So they are all pretty much on the same team and do what they want. </span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If they do fire her biased, corrupt ass then Bibi, Gvir, Smotrich, et al, WIN. More importantly the citizens of Israel win (hopefully save lives - I know with every bone in my body that that’s exactly what would happen) and even the lives of us Jews in the diaspora would improve as well. Because when Israel does well, Jewish lives everywhere get better (ie. less antisemitism) and we could sure use a break from this crap right now couldn't we?</span></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">If they don’t fire her, they pretty much signed their death warrants. It might be a slow death, but it will be a death for sure. And as I mentioned above, the opposite will happen. In the end, you and I (Jew or Gentile) will suffer. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Of course as a believer, I believe in miracles. So of course if He decrees it, anything can happen. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The point is, that in spite of the The Big Guy in absolute control of every thing that goes on in the world, he gives us humans and in particular, us Jews lots of latitude to make mistakes (sins). I’m afraid however that as someone who is connected to a wonderful haredi family in Judea (my sister’s), I've learned that we are in fact approaching the End of Days. This a time segment prior to the arrival of the Moshiach aka the Messiah. During End of Days (it goes by many other names) bad things will happen. The world will descend into turmoil and war. Some countries will starve. Others might not but no one will escape these bad times. Look at it like taking medicines to fight a sickness. One feels worse, sometimes much worse, before finally feeling better. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">We are slowly starting to see the world deteriorate. At almost every level. Politically, culturally, religiously and at all societal levels. Wars, some threatening WW3 are very real that can be set off by a match. Russia shooting down a US drone might bring it on. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">We should know by now that Israel faces existential wars every day of her life. The wars in the past have been mostly standard fare. One army, airforce, navy, intelligence, etc. against their enemies' forces. And in Israel's case, many enemies.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">But today the dangers are much worse since many of Israel's enemies are Jewish Israelis or Arab Israelis (ie. internal). Some are members of the government who are actually calling for a coup and civil disobedience. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Israel is a small nuclear power. It would be extremely and naively dangerous to allow nefarious leaders to gain control of our Jewish homeland. Again like the Ukraine war example above, it might not take much to set Israel off. Israel is rightly considering destroying Iran's nuclear sites. And doing it on her own without help from the US who most Israelis now realize, can't be counted on to help. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Look around you. The world is in a desperate and dangerous place. In every continent there is serious trouble. North Korea continues to test its ballistic missiles and threatens the West daily with war. South Africa is a dangerous powder keg. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Iran is on the thresh hold of building nuclear bombs along with missiles capable of sending them anywhere. So many states throughout the world are suffering financial crises. Many are simply bankrupt but the MSM refuse to report this and their governments keep their mouths closed. They don't want to advertise this especially while they continue to steal the last few assets from their coffers. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">We let ourselves get complacent, get sucked into scam after scam after scam. I often wonder why people are so nasty, evil, greedy, insane and oblivious. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The ’oblivious’ are the group who have given up on rationality, reason and logic. You know, really thinking things through. And they are by far the largest group of people on the planet right now. Many believe in the false headlines and words spoken by our governments the world over. So many countries in decline. Facing high inflation, job losses, suffering the effects of the covid era when businesses closed, schools were closed, government services closed (hospitals were packed, operations pushed back).</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Some, have very valid reasons for falling into this group. Perhaps they are poor Africans fighting off enemies (likely Islamic ones). They may be excused from sending an email for a cause because they are literally dodging bullets. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">But many are just too busy playing pickle ball (I admit it, I play it a lot!) or busy with other things to either do the same research that I do or even just to simply think rationally, logically and with reason, in a calm manner. Instead they read a headline from the MSM and believe it as fact and run with it. Letting their emotions fuel them on. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The world is in chaos and we are mostly oblivious to it. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Like in almost every country in the world, somehow we let the worst of the worst lead us in government and in most institutions, especially in education. Finally Israelis who are mostly conservative and value being Jewish and safe voted in a real Right wing government who had the expressed policy to reform the judiciary amongst other policies. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Most OBJECTIVE people would agree that firing the current AG needs to happen ASAP! </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">But the odds are stacked against the current Israeli government. From their Leftwing President Herzog on down to their opposition party's constant demands to throw Bibi and his coalition partners out and even kill them, the current insane supreme court and of course their overpowered 'first female AG' (reminds me how Kamala Harris got elected as VP) are on constant attack mode. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Add to this, a list of nefarious people and organizations from the outside. I mentioned them in my previous blog. By now I'm sure you know who they are. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Bibi himself suffers from what I call 'looking in the rear view mirror problem'. He is always busy trying to make everyone happy - an impossible challenge. </div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">So to summarize. She needs to go. Not sure if it will happen. I hope it does.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The moshiach is in the doorway, so hold on to your hats. Get ready for a rough ride ahead!</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;"><br /></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-46867537113542243562023-03-08T20:07:00.000-05:002023-03-08T20:07:00.469-05:00Stop Believing the Mainstream Media and their Political Partners<p><span style="font-size: large;">It has become abundantly clear to me for the past few decades that we should not believe a word that comes from our mainstream media (MSM) or their political partners (ie. our governments). In fact, believe the opposite.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">When they tell us that the economy is fine, you can bet that it isn't or that it soon won't be.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I recall beginning to learn that lesson at a young age. At the back of the Saturday comics, were an assortment of ads. I kept seeing what looked like an incredible deal. A 55 piece fishing set for only $14.95! It included, dozens of hooks, lures, bobbers, lines, a rod and reel and more! (don't ever forget the 'more!')</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I dreamed about that fishing set for months and saved up for it diligently (cutting the grass and doing other chores). When I finally had the funds I mailed it in and a few weeks later (after checking our mailbox every single morning) I finally got my parcel. I knew something was wrong right away because the cardboard box was kind of small to hold all that stuff. When I opened it up I almost cried. It was all mickey mouse plastic crap from a country called China. I don't recall if the reel even worked. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Since then I was so turned off advertisements of any kind and I became a huge skeptic. Even as a child I was able to discern the lies within every TV commercial. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">But then I noticed something more important. The TV shows themselves were full of crap. All of them! The news media were no longer simply reporting the news. They were opinions of what was going on in the world and biased ones at that. I loved nature shows and was a big fan of a popular show at the time called Wild Kingdom. I recall watching an episode where a black bear was fighting off a lion. It was supposedly taking place in Africa. But I knew that black bears did not live in Africa, so what was going on? Years later I found out that indeed many of the scenes in that show were fake. Even the supposedly innocuous family friendly shows like Leave it to Beaver were hoaxes. That show depicted a lovely family dealing with trivial issues that were made commercially funny. Certainly not even close to any real family that I know of or knew of then. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Today what we see in the MSM is almost entirely fake news (to quote President Trump). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of him, they (MSM and their political partners) tried to hang him for his collaboration with Russia and virtually any other thing they could blame him for. Fake news.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">They blamed him for the demonstration on Jan 6 at the Capitol. When in fact he tried to bring in more police and security but was denied by the Democrats! Now we are finding out that the Democrats and others were in fact orchestrating that entire event in order to blame Trump and other Trump supporters (many of whom are sitting in prisons right now for participating in a peaceful protest). A demonstration protesting the stealing of a presidential election. To this day the MSM and Biden himself try to call that event an 'insurrection'. Meanwhile the very real violent demonstrations that took place all over the US (in mostly Democrat run states) were called 'mostly peaceful' despite entire police stations burning to the ground, billion of dollars worth of damage and people dying. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The world bought into the insane, over reactive Covid mandates. We were all going to die unless we masked up, took untested shots, closed businesses, schools, stayed at home and self isolated. So many seniors died in isolation never getting to see or say good bye to their loved ones. In short the world suffered needlessly and still is. We are slowly learning about the dangers of the vaccines and other mandates that helped to destroy world economies and society at large. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Both the Left and Right were and continue to push us to support Ukraine in it's war with Russia 'at all costs'. Barely anyone mentions the huge and sick neo nazi element within Ukraine. Or how compromised and corrupt they are and have been since day 1. Or perhaps why Putin had legitimate reasons to invade Ukraine? Or how our billions of dollars of aid are going directly into Zelenky's pocket?Or most importantly - push us into WW3 with a country who has more tactical nukes than any other country in the world (Russia)!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The southern US border is closed and well under control says the Biden administration despite millions of illegal, undocumented immigrants from who knows where pouring into that border. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The US economy is doing great thank you says the Biden administration, despite the very clear fact that it is NOT. Recession? What recession?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now we are witnessing large demonstrations in Israel whereby the Left (who are naively being led by nefarious organizations and individuals) are protesting their new democratically elected conservative government. The MSM in Israel is no different than ours in Canada or anywhere else in the West. It's mostly Left. Almost all of their news comes from Haaretz, Times of Israel and even the Jerusalem Post which made a left turn a few years ago. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The supreme court of Israel has usurped the power from Israel's government years ago and has been expanding it's powers exponentially since then. They are the only Western 'democratic' country in the world today where they and their attorney general can over rule the duly elected government. They are also self appointed! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Instead of maintaining the existing laws on the books they are now making up their own laws. One does not have to be a genius to see the danger they pose and the damage they have done to Israelis and Israeli sovereignty for decades! Care to guess where they stand politically? FAR LEFT! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Most Israelis are conservative and therefore focus on right wing values and issues. They want a Jewish state. They want to be safe. They have seen first hand how their supreme court has behaved and are sick to death of it and them. Bibi is not perfect. Neither are Smotrich and Gvir. But Israelis voted them in. The minority are free to object, complain and even peacefully protest. But calling for civil war, trying to shut down the country and murder these guys is beyond disgusting. Keep razor focused on the important issues. Don't be led astray by minor issues and bogus claims. This new government must be given a chance to fix Israel and keep Israeli's safe. The prior self hating government of Lapid, Gantz, Bennett and others were NOT. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Follow the money! I think we can all agree that this idiom often leads to important revelations. Billionaires like George Soros who sadly is a huge self hating Jew and wants Israel to fail, helps fund the protests and wreak havoc and chaos in Israel. He is aided by the Biden/Obama administration, WEF (world economic forum), EU (european union), Iran, Kobi Richter (an Israeli billionaire who is very concerned about Arab Jewish relations (ie. negative statements about Arabs by Jews.) Sorry Kobi but I think Israelis and people everywhere in the world have a hard time being concerned about Arab Jewish relations while Israelis are being routinely murdered! Sad to say, there are far too many others to mention. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Biden has done very well financially as president despite the rather smallish salary a US president gets. So has his family (including his very wealthy son and brother). Obama has done fantastic. Have you seen his mansions? Hmm, I wonder where he got all that money? Pelosi and her often drunk husband love the insider trading that they get to do as elite members of the Democratic party. Zelensky has mansions all over the world while his people are suffering and many hungry. Bill Gates is doing great thanks for asking. He and his many organizations are doing their best to rid the world of.... wait for it.....people! Pfizer and the other big pharmaceutical companies have all become billionaires over night. I wonder if any state leaders, politicians or MSM got any kickbacks from them? Fauci who was responsible for one of the biggest and most dangerous frauds in contemporary times has also done extremely well, thanks to his investments in, you guessed it: Vaccines! Who knew?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Back to Israel...These entities help fund the MSM in Israel and around the world as do the Leftist governments and politicians. Most people (Jews and Gentiles) both in Israel and outside have little idea what the demonstrations are about. All they hear from our MSM is that former political leaders and even IDF generals are calling for a coup to overthrow the current government. They get only one side of the argument as per usual and formulate an opinion based on just that. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Check out this headline from Haaretz: </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMX0n9CEspBhxC3W63R0Lu1cIzEMjGHjyNMl4cOlKTKmLuadJdysVTpPXqrzc7m7-2RJpJlESWt8SV2S7H1pUBzJoLGTou40ETX0JykaPM4eFy5T0zwFVM1SG9K6sTnjK0ZA8YNd9I6kdCc4eZMuMfHx2h9kJEpIVXk39SoNpzt9V5KDfKbauP6k3ww/s828/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-08%20at%207.21.07%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="828" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMX0n9CEspBhxC3W63R0Lu1cIzEMjGHjyNMl4cOlKTKmLuadJdysVTpPXqrzc7m7-2RJpJlESWt8SV2S7H1pUBzJoLGTou40ETX0JykaPM4eFy5T0zwFVM1SG9K6sTnjK0ZA8YNd9I6kdCc4eZMuMfHx2h9kJEpIVXk39SoNpzt9V5KDfKbauP6k3ww/w390-h235/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-08%20at%207.21.07%20PM.png" width="390" /></a></div><br /><span face="Merriweather, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); color: #0a1633; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-size: medium;">‘Biden, Help Us Please’: U.S.-Israeli Citizens Plea for Intervention Against Netanyahu’s Power Grab</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Asking Biden to help you do anything is a sure fire way to fail. Even his former boss (Obama) said so (not that we need to listen to him). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I hope and pray that Bibi and his administration stands firm and pushes his right wing policies for which they were elected. If he backs down and tries to appease the left and his enemies, they will only get emboldened. They will learn that if they don't like any policy, all they have to do is threaten a coup, threaten the leaders and try to shut down the country. Appeasement NEVER works. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I urge people, even those with good intentions to calm down and perhaps stop watching TV and listening to the MSM. Reign in your emotions and look for the truth. Don't stop at the first MSM headline you read (like the one above). When existential threats appear, cool, rational, reasonable and logical minds must prevail. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">And please, never believe the MSM these days!</span></p><blockquote style="font-size: 18px;" type="cite"><div><div><center></center></div></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-61279915818308154382023-02-17T10:15:00.000-05:002023-02-17T10:15:25.721-05:00While the World is Focused on Balloons, Israelis are being Murdered<p><span style="font-size: large;">I met a nice Israeli man on the beach in Florida last week. We talked about the war in Ukraine and other world events. The next day we talked a bit more about the Left vs Right and then he asked me about the balloon incident (the first one). I guess he thought that I was abreast of the latest news and he respected my contrary opinion about the war in Ukraine. But I had no idea what he was talking about. The good news about vacations is that I'm not watching any news on TV at all. Of course after a day or two I couldn't help but hear all about the infamous Chinese spy balloon. It appears that the Biden administration was all over it. He rounded up half his airforce and missiles in the effort to shoot it down. Wow, what a military feat, indeed! Now it's raining balloons all over the place....</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My take away was this: How pathetic that this sweet, older, Israeli man who made alliya to Chicago decades ago is more concerned about balloons than about his former, fellow Israelis who are being murdered on an almost daily basis. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">To be fair, the MSM (mainstream media) are quite silent about the ongoing spate of the despicable murder of innocent Israeli citizens by Arab terrorists. If you search for these murders you will read headlines like 'US and EU warn Israel not to build more outposts in the West Bank as a response to the recent deaths of Israelis'. That's if they even bother to mention the murder of so many Israelis lately. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">The fact that 2 little boys and others were killed when an Arab terrorist ran into the bus stop where the boys were standing and of course minding their own business is quite irrelevant to the world.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I read about this tragic event from <a href="https://onefamilyfund.ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One Family</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">They sent me the following email: </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdDhCNE_aWKCI7mPCnsqIdfaiEOPboYIArf7CYIwKZxGOynoEXXRc5wkYTUKH62LZsFDQSkpUEcCQdzpkrGhNKRwoO_8WkImi6CjODxq1_MkRezuf49aHAmOCLLvsziFeMXhufOuJ4gb3KYuvJYu--hsUvdCgPcZwPFV35xmPh5ysJbjYCPNo-t75bw/s845/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-16%20at%207.57.37%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="641" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdDhCNE_aWKCI7mPCnsqIdfaiEOPboYIArf7CYIwKZxGOynoEXXRc5wkYTUKH62LZsFDQSkpUEcCQdzpkrGhNKRwoO_8WkImi6CjODxq1_MkRezuf49aHAmOCLLvsziFeMXhufOuJ4gb3KYuvJYu--hsUvdCgPcZwPFV35xmPh5ysJbjYCPNo-t75bw/w394-h520/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-16%20at%207.57.37%20PM.png" width="394" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Jews/Israelis are expendable, always it seems. Within only a 2 week period, 10 Israelis were murdered! The murders continue yet we are concerned about balloons.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Equally pathetic are the Left wing Israelis who are also very busy rioting in Tel Aviv about judicial reform. Most Israelis finally voted an outright Right wing government with the stated intent to finally reform their out of control Left wing supreme court. But so many on the Left, pushed by many nefarious NGO's funded by the likes of none other than the evil self hater himself, George Soros, the Biden administration and others and of course Israel's Leftwing MSM had the chutzpah to call for a civil war! A war not against the Arab terrorists that are murdering innocent Israelis but a war against Right wing Israelis who voted in a democratically elected Right wing administration who if left alone would definitely help stop the killing of innocent Israeli citizens (both Jew, Druze, Muslim and Christian). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">There is a silver lining to this latest spate of murders. The wife of the orthodox Jewish family who survived the tragic murder of her 2 sweet boys, set an incredible example of strength for all of us. She of course is a strong believer in G-d and her strong faith prevents her from succumbing to simply giving up on life despite her worse nightmare. This is an excellent opportunity for us to look at religious Jews (Haredim) in a new positive light. And perhaps shake us out of our complacency. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Here she is in this short clip explaining her feelings:</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zq8xNnup-i0">https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zq8xNnup-i0</a></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the translation: </span></p><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">A group of teenage boys came to comfort the mourners.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">They told over the pledges they plan to take on for the souls of the two children.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">"I'll put on tefillin every day."</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">"I'll honour friends."</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">"I'll keep the Sabbath."</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">"I'll work on keeping the Sabbath and honouring my parents."</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Mother of the 2 murdered boys:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">"Thank you so much!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">We derive much strength from you sharing with us this difficult time.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">We feel that this is really a tragedy for the whole Jewish People.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I would like to say to you that you are young boys whose life is before you.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">It appears that our boys have already fulfilled their mission in life.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">They cannot learn any more Torah.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">You, however, can always continue to learn and to grow.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">I would like to share with you a small story. Yaakov, for every little favour, would say 'Thank you!'</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">One day I told him, 'You are a Jewish boy." Jews say, 'Thank you.'</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">(In Hebrew the word for 'Jew' is 'Yehudi',</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">which has the letters of the word 'Hodaya' which means ''Thanks-giving').</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">In our home we are accustomed to say</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">'Don't say 'Oof!', say chapter 'kuf.'</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">(The numerical value of the Hebrew letter kuf is 100, and the reference is to the 100th chapter of Psalms, which is a Song of Thanksgiving.)</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">This is something we can all take on.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">It's not very difficult. When something upsetting happens to us, or something 'doesn't work out', remember that all that happens is from God and He is with us. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Be grateful and say 'Thank You.'</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">Thank you to each one who takes on a pledge to strengthen his faith and good deeds. It wiil surely be a merit for my husband's recovery from his wounds, and a merit for all of our nation."</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 18px;">The crowd answered "Amen!"</div><p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-11332570818568076452023-01-14T14:05:00.000-05:002023-01-14T14:05:15.842-05:00What should Schools Teach?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I recall going to a YMCA gym in downtown Toronto years ago. It was small and its layout was compact. When I went to the spin room to do some cycling on a stationary bike I was at first taken aback at how close the bikes were to each other. The sweat from the guy next to me hit me in the face. Not pleasant. But what really bothered me the most was the lack of music. There was none. I asked around why was there no music. The gym I normally went to (JCC - Jewish Community Centre) played music constantly which added a great vibe with which to work out to. They told me that some months prior, some members got into a squabble about the type of music that should be played. Some liked rock, others classical. Since they couldn't settle their debate, they decided that no music would be played in the end.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Certainly it wasn't the perfect solution but sometimes we must settle for an imperfect solution.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In our schools today, a lot of focus has been on sex. Ie. transgender studies, gay studies and a myriad of other sex based topics. Some many might view as legitimate. Some might be as so over the top, they are considered obscene. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here, where I live in Ontario, Canada, our school board has become a sad joke to the world. A male teacher who identifies as a woman, has been wearing huge, prosthetic breasts while teaching in a public school. I would have thought that the principal, school board, government officials, parents and students alike (ie. everyone) would agree that this was not appropriate 'attire' for a teacher. But then I would be wrong. Because the school board sided with his right to wear them. I know, I can't be making this up can I?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOVejXkJ_xYxP0jZCV7m8uK_RoNZXopRe16wU8WUxyQU6Gz5XtJsHoHEPIlwOslxoxSP2IXmS61dPey2rFEUoCOBGMp0BQjV5O0NLc8yKm7ClKfvI1AW3Jwf1YX81HZSM94td_1f8q836YdGpJN_K7W-wUc8AUFnEN7xyxoR8h_tqdNdegwhL_RkAcQ/s628/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-14%20at%201.29.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="491" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUOVejXkJ_xYxP0jZCV7m8uK_RoNZXopRe16wU8WUxyQU6Gz5XtJsHoHEPIlwOslxoxSP2IXmS61dPey2rFEUoCOBGMp0BQjV5O0NLc8yKm7ClKfvI1AW3Jwf1YX81HZSM94td_1f8q836YdGpJN_K7W-wUc8AUFnEN7xyxoR8h_tqdNdegwhL_RkAcQ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-01-14%20at%201.29.57%20PM.png" width="250" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here is the full article about him. I'm not sure what his preferred pronouns are (perhaps 'it'), nor do I care. </span><a href="https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/09/ontario-teacher-prosthetic-bust-school-board-defends/">https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/09/ontario-teacher-prosthetic-bust-school-board-defends/</a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Of course a topic near and dear to my heart is the decades long attack on Jews and pro-Israel students and teachers within our school board and universities, especially in Toronto. I have blogged about this repeatedly (<a href="https://leonupsidedown.blogspot.com/2021/12/in-my-own-backyard.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In My Own Backyard)</a>. It appears that despite our best efforts to stop this sort of discrimination whereby only anti-Israel views are acceptable in our education system, we are no further ahead in this fight. Believe me, I'd love nothing more than true, open debate about Israel and the Arab states at large but since it's blatantly obvious that this is not happening, hasn't happened and doubtful that it will, it's best just to keep politics out of the education system. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We have all read so many articles on what's going on and I'm sure we all have an equal number of diverse opinions as to what should be permitted and what should not be. I can guess that whatever solution one school board or parent might propose, it would most likely be shot down by another school board or parent.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So I propose another imperfect solution. Let's focus instead on teaching our children the basics. The core studies that have been the fundamental learning subject for our children for thousands of years. It began with reading and writing. It then went on to include subjects like arithmetic, science, history and geography. Most schools includ art, music, gym and shop. At higher grades, accounting, chemistry and computer science and other subjects.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In North America we spend billions of dollars on education every year. Yet studies year after year show that our children are near the bottom in the academics, world wide. Countries much poorer than ours are teaching their children at a much higher standard than we are. Could it be because we have lost our way? Could it be that we are fighting amongst ourselves on topics that should really be taught by the parents of the children if at all?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I think so.</span></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-84844400503844376292022-12-17T15:32:00.000-05:002022-12-17T15:32:17.363-05:00More Evidence: That the world is Upside Down<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I thought I'd have some fun (sort of) with my blog title. So the following is a short list of the latest news items that will prove that the world is in fact upside down. In reality however, there is nothing funny about any of these news items.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCfxgNlEpsiGLigyrir68FoM7FuucRsSsebCxsrT1ktKI22WagBV6BMRNWGt_aSAotqMv_GGqj4-iUE08wX-ES34FHYrWo0ZXZ9d1iKdw7gd5A_CaMo1zzqxL5_TSuPFAwxPc9yt1FgP6U9Q7pJMSO6mqHL4Wz_QQZKpLLMd3YczkGhjhqSHDmLVqtw/s620/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%203.25.20%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="620" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCfxgNlEpsiGLigyrir68FoM7FuucRsSsebCxsrT1ktKI22WagBV6BMRNWGt_aSAotqMv_GGqj4-iUE08wX-ES34FHYrWo0ZXZ9d1iKdw7gd5A_CaMo1zzqxL5_TSuPFAwxPc9yt1FgP6U9Q7pJMSO6mqHL4Wz_QQZKpLLMd3YczkGhjhqSHDmLVqtw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%203.25.20%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> <span> Upside down world</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So in no particular order, here goes:</span></p><p><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85)"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The United States announced humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan. Apparently the 2 trillion dollars in aid (both military and other) that the US has given them over the years was not nearly enough. Neither were the billions of dollars of the latest military weaponry that the US left them after they killed some US soldiers. Good news though. The US confirmed that their weaponry often breaks down due to the hot, sandy weather there. No more worries....</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In order to avert WWIII with Russia, the US is now supplying Ukraine with the latest missile defence systems that only American soldiers can operate. Apparently the 54 billion dollars they've given to Ukraine wasn't enough. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In order to stop Iran from its completion of nuclear weapons which it has clearly stated that it wants to use them against both the great satan (US) and the little satan (Israel) and other states (Europe), the US and the EU continue to fund the worlds greatest terror state (Iran). Apparently the 1.7 billion dollars Obama gave Iran in cash, secretly overnight, was not enough. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Americans and others in the West wish to help young children deal with severe depression and even suicide by offering and often pushing them into sex change operations with or without their parents approval. Offering a different opinion can land you in jail.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Following the science on Covid. There is much debate about the efficacy of the vaccinations available today. But having an opposing opinion or even questioning some of the supposed 'facts' about them (or other medicines) pushed by the very pharmaceutical companies that produce them, can land you in jail. This also applies to the strict mandates that the world (most of it) has undergone, such as closing schools, businesses, restricting travel and forcing the elderly to die alone in isolation. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In order to save the planet, most countries in the West are pushing to get rid of fossil fuels and replace them with wind and solar power. Honest scientists will agree that not only is this not feasible at this time (maybe never), but attempting to do this now will cause misery and death to many on the planet. It already has. Recall the terrible Texas freeze because they thought they could replace oil (which they have in abundance) with wind turbines? What a disaster - they are still paying for it. Or how about Germany who laughed at then President Trump who warned them not to rely on wind or solar or Russian oil? Get your sweaters on....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Supreme Court in Israel has outlawed the late Rabbi Kahane's, Kach party (the most pro-Israel, Jewish political party there ever was) but allows many vile antisemitic, anti Israel, Arab parties in its parliament (Knesset). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">President Biden suggested that Russia blew up its own multi billion dollar, under water, natural gas pipelines. Hmmmm...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We have a president in the USA who rarely knows what day it is (I wonder if he knows the codes to their nuclear missile bases?) and a PM in my country, Canada, who like Biden gets everything wrong. Coincidence? I don't think so. Think WEF.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I got kicked off the Times of Israel blog because I had the audacity to accuse George Soros as an antisemite and a war monger. Their response: He's Jewish and he gives a lot to charity. They forgot to mention that he donates to their newspaper. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">According to the Biden administration, we are not in a recession. Sometimes he does change his mind. His proof? He still gets to fly on his helicopter anytime he wants and eat any flavour of ice cream he desires. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">CNN was the #1 news outlet from the US reporting on the war from Ukraine until it accidentaly filmed a Ukrainian soldier doing a nazi salute. Then they got kicked out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Despite the tons of evidence that the US presidential election was stolen, the Democrats and other nefarious organizations and foreign entities have been and continue to crucify President Trump. Absolutely no let up from them. Meanwhile, just about every person who wanted to speak up about the corrupt Clinton Foundation have mysteriously died. As secretary of state she got away with using her personal phone for sharing top secret info and then destroying the evidence. Letting American's die a horrible yet avoidable death in Libya was another unforgettable achievement. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But the Biden family has been arguably more criminal than the Clinton's. President Biden and his family (especially his son Hunter) have been compromised by just about every state government in the world. He has every government agency plus the mainstream media protecting him and his family from justice. His overt criminal behaviour gets an A for chutzpah!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Speaking of President Trump, who was the most pro-Jewish and pro-Israel president in modern times, most Jews (especially reform) accuse him of being an antisemite and comparing him to Hitler!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I could go on and on but I'll stop here (for now).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Happy Hanuka and Merry Christmas!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-6535856694254536082022-11-24T13:43:00.001-05:002022-11-24T18:21:43.902-05:00Jews like her, we don't need!<p><span style="font-size: large;">This is the second time I'm posting about Whoopi Goldberg. I hope this will be my last about her. My previous post <a href="https://leonupsidedown.blogspot.com/2022/02/whoopi-goldberg-holocaust-is-not-simply.html">Leon's: The World is Upside Down </a> was a commentary on her comment: 'The Holocaust was simply white on white crime'. For that she received a 2 week suspension from one of the worst TV shows on air today, 'The View'. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZi-4_4D5ycoUYvzlu90fbmfZPJ8b88n-y0y_UrkCVFzgJ7QBOrX05Rf7v2MkMl0Z5UFNMJtxpXuXZQnzznE4FbjWyPr_lfZC_ba_ngrKcPeP3SDDTHNRs202ghcfwA-NvbR4YUyDBtXY4XPlt71r_bFtQv1sRWNLkGDc75rm36MqFx583fSNRBDdIFw/s561/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-24%20at%2012.27.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="561" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZi-4_4D5ycoUYvzlu90fbmfZPJ8b88n-y0y_UrkCVFzgJ7QBOrX05Rf7v2MkMl0Z5UFNMJtxpXuXZQnzznE4FbjWyPr_lfZC_ba_ngrKcPeP3SDDTHNRs202ghcfwA-NvbR4YUyDBtXY4XPlt71r_bFtQv1sRWNLkGDc75rm36MqFx583fSNRBDdIFw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-24%20at%2012.27.58%20PM.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">This time on the show, they were discussing Kevin McCarthy'S (most likely to be the next speaker of the house) plan to kick Democrat, Ilhan Omar, out of her current job on the Foreign Affairs & Defense committee after her many antisemitic remarks. She also hates America too (that's why she moved here from beautiful Somalia). One of the ladies on the show said that Ilhan's comment declaring that the US, Israel, Hamas and the Taliban as all being terrorists was disturbing. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Whoopi commented 'It depends on who you talk to'.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Whoopi identifies as a Jew. She isn't. She never converted. The most Jewish thing about her is her fake last name. She is as Jewish as Kanye West who also thinks that Blacks are the real Jews (or Hebrews as he calls themselves). </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">In these days of 'identification', she is certainly entitled to call herself Jewish if she wants. When I play pickle ball at the gym I rarely bring my membership card with me so I'm forced to borrow a friend's card when I need to go the bathroom. When I borrow my female friend's card I always declare that at that moment I identify as a female. It's a joke. But Whoopi is no joke. Maybe she thinks that by calling herself Jewish, it entitles her to attack Jews. Anyone who supports real terrorist organizations like Hamas and the Taliban or in any way sympathizes with them or has the least bit of trouble identifying them as terrorists are themselves complicit in the terror they do. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">She had previously apologized for her Holocaust remark (sort of). What will happen this time? Will she get another 2 week suspension from the show? I can guarantee that if a white Jewish person like me (but famous - not like me) made the following comment on a TV show where people were discussing the KKK and someone called them evil and I said 'It depends on who you talk to', I'd be fired so fast that the door would hit me on the ass as I left the building. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">She got off easy once. Now she needs to go (ie. leave the building). I suggest that she moves to Gaza and then she can make a proper assessment as to whether Hamas is a terrorist organization or not. Perhaps she can take Representative Ilhan Omar with her where she can live out her antisemitic dreams with the non-terrorists she loves. One last quote from Ilhan: she described 9/11 as the day 'some people did something'......</span></p><p><br /></p>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214652369310700906.post-33058438170873373802022-11-17T17:17:00.001-05:002022-11-17T18:02:28.442-05:00Ukraine: Do You Get It Now?<p><span style="font-size: large;">Back in March I had written 3 posts about Zelensky and Ukraine in close succession because I saw the danger of the world approaching a world war (possibly nuclear) with Russia over Ukraine.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Then the world was 100% in favour of helping Ukraine at all and any cost. Both the Right and Left were in lock step on this. Even most of my Zionist friends were on board with it. Of course Jewish liberals were on board due to Tikun Olam thinking. (Whenever I hear that from the Left I want to vomit)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Many people both Gentile and Jew considered Zelensky to be a hero. A Jewish hero no less. By now his 'Jewishness' has been debunked. He was born a Jew but that's as far as he took it. Leon Trotsky the founder of deadly communism was also born Jewish. That factoid taken on its own means nothing. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Now, thank G-d, 'only' 80% are in favour of helping Ukraine at all costs. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Some of my Israeli blogger colleagues were in awe of Zelensky and his heroic heroes who stood up to big bad Russia. Even people who I respected like Dennis Prager explained it simply: Russia invaded Ukraine so Putin and Russia are the bad guys. He left out all context! No wonder so many consider Israel occupiers of Judea and Samaria (aka the West Bank). They also leave out all context. To them the context began at the end of the 6 Day War. Likewise in the Ukraine/Russia war, the context we are fed, began just 9 months ago.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">I will not repeat the details I wrote in my previous blogs but feel free to check them out if you haven't done so. In addition there have been many treaties that have been broken both by Ukraine and NATO that I didn't mention. In one of my posts, titled: <a href="https://leonupsidedown.blogspot.com/2022/03/can-war-in-ukraine-spark-world-war.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Can the War in Ukraine Spark a World War?</a> I was warning of exactly what almost happened recently and what may yet still occur, G-d forbid!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The other day it was reported by EVERYONE (except for Russia) that Russia fired 2 missiles into Poland! Zelensky went to the air waves immediately and tried to call for WWIII with Russia. After all, Poland is a member of NATO unlike Ukraine. When one NATO member is attacked then all the remaining NATO members are obligated to defend their fellow NATO partner. Zelensky knew from where the missiles came from but lied to the world. He and his puppet masters were hoping to draw the world into a war with Russia and/or at the very least continue to put pressure on us to continue to send billions of dollars in aid and weapons to Ukraine. Russia was able to disprove this hoax in 10 seconds by both examining the missile fragments in Poland and offering their own missile tracking data. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Also please don't forget about Russia's underwater natural gas pipeline that was blown up not so long ago. Biden would have us believe that Russia blew its own pipeline up. Of course anyone with a brain knows better. This supply of gas could have helped Europe endure the cold winter that is already upon us. Now countries like Germany & Poland and others will suffer. I myself am not losing sleep over them but I am losing sleep over a possible world war over Ukraine that has been fanned by the US and it's western allies. I am also losing sleep of the millions of dollars that my own, in debt country, Canada, continues to send to Ukraine when it cannot even supply cold medicine for infants here!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The good news is the truth came out just in the nick of time and saved us from WW3. The bad news is that no matter what, Zelensky, his puppet masters and his nazi factions in Ukraine are still viewed as the good guys. I want to impress upon you exactly how close we came to WW3 just now. But every day that we continue to pump billions of dollars into one of the most corrupt regimes on earth and continue with our mantra Ukraine-Good, Russia-Bad, we are inching towards a catastrophe. As it is, the world is suffering. Hyper inflation, food shortages, energy shortages, crime waves and wars erupting everywhere are evidence of this. We need to de-escalate this war ASAP! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">We've seen this before. For decades, modern Israel has been under constant, daily attack from her Muslim neighbours and the world at large. What so many Jews and Israelis in particular couldn't understand is why so many in the West and in particular their ally in the US didn't get it. They kept restraining the Israelis. Forcing them to give up precious land and most precious of all, lives. Then 9/11 happened. Finally the Israelis thought, their American friends will understand exactly what the Israelis have had to deal with all those years. But to their chagrin, it didn't help one iota. Nothing changed. The immediate conversation by so many, including American leaders, was to appease their radical Islamic enemies. They blamed themselves for the carnage of 9/11 and of course Israel too. Islamophobia became and remains the word of the day. American political leaders like Ilan Omar got away with describing 9/11 as: 'some people did something'. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">One last point. Throughout the MSM (mainstream media) and every single government in the world (including most Israeli politicians), none have mentioned the nazi elements within the current Ukrainian government, never mind their vile antisemitic past history. I find it ironic that so many on the Left accuse us right wing conservatives of being nazis but when real live nazis are running Ukraine, they are overlooked and even hailed as heroes and sent tons of money.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Recently CNN (not my favourite media outlet) filmed Ukrainians celebrating their 'winning ways' in the war with Russia. In the clip they focus on a Ukrainian waving their national flag while standing on a moving vehicle. Eventually he added the nazi salute. For that CNN, who has been championing Zelensky and Ukraine, has been banned from Ukraine. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1eMHCKE7rWXk_WmDUvwydRY8V09fSOMB1nlYPky-ZlXxXopPZWKJ696Q7xrSQ1nnQXnyn4XnX4t_dDTdXVrwa26VgTOnHcWqJIsYJSsn4gcTTPYiI8Fe649tzaiQCBIY2c_U6ZyC0wp2KnHDM5JtVhtzWDwh3OerFBv4kq1I7-rk8nsd0qGwQ0oaLg/s284/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%202.14.16%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="265" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1eMHCKE7rWXk_WmDUvwydRY8V09fSOMB1nlYPky-ZlXxXopPZWKJ696Q7xrSQ1nnQXnyn4XnX4t_dDTdXVrwa26VgTOnHcWqJIsYJSsn4gcTTPYiI8Fe649tzaiQCBIY2c_U6ZyC0wp2KnHDM5JtVhtzWDwh3OerFBv4kq1I7-rk8nsd0qGwQ0oaLg/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%202.14.16%20PM.png" width="265" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the video clip: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/yuut8u/cnn_video_shows_ukrainian_doing_nazi_salute_in/">https://www.reddit.com/r/WayOfTheBern/comments/yuut8u/cnn_video_shows_ukrainian_doing_nazi_salute_in/</a></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">In short, Zelensky and his nazi colleagues have taken a page directly out of the Palestinian playbook. They beg the world for money, lie, perpetrate hoaxes continually, use their citizens as pawns, could care less what damage they may cause us and become billionaires in the process. I don't blame them. They see that it worked for Arafat and Abbas. <u>I blame us!</u></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Leon Kushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08017326754675766357noreply@blogger.com5