Modern Journalism: “She's not Trump; neither we nor the masses have a need to know more.”

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Don't ask, don't tell, be happy, citizen

MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle on Kamala Harris Avoiding Interviews —

Brett Stevens: … My fear is that she doesn't really have a very good command of what she wants to do as president.

It would be great for her to sit down with you, or George Stephanopoulos, or you Stephanie. 

It's not too much to ask Kamala 'Are you for a Palestinian state, if Hamas is going to run that state?'"

Stephanie Ruhle: "If you don't like her answer, are you going to vote for Trump? Kamala Harris is not running for perfect, she is running against Trump.

We have two choices. There are some things that you might not know her answer too.

In 2024, we know exactly what Trump will do, who he is, and the kind of threat he is to democracy."

Bret Stephens: "The problem that a lot of people have with Kamala is that we don't know her answer to anything."

Ruhle: "But you know his answer to everything."

Stephens: "People also are expected to have some idea of what the program that you're supposed to vote for.

I don't think it's a lot to ask for her to sit down for a real interview."

Ruhle: "When you move to Nirvana, I'll be your next door neighbor. We don't live there."

Israel sabotages pagers ordered by a terrorist group specifically for use in coordinating terrorist attacks ? DAMN those sneaky Jews!

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How it's properly done, using UN-approved tactics

Weaponizing Pagers Violates International Law and May Be a War Crime, UN Rights Chief Says

Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, claims that the pager attacks using Hezbollah electronics not only "violated international human rights law" but also appear to violate international humanitarian law’s key principles in carrying out attacks: "distinction between civilians and combatants, proportionality, and precautions."

“We need only look at the Palestinian freedom fighters’ tactics to see the difference here” , Mr. Türk explained to FWIW. “Hamas and Hezbollah do make a distinction between civilians and combatants: they target only the former. The October 6 massacre? Young music lovers only — the few Israeli soldiers who died were accidental deaths, unfortunate victims who happened to be where they weren’t supposed to be, attending a music festival when they should have been in their barracks.

“The same principle was followed when the Hezbollah shot randomly-aimed Iranian rockets into that Druze playground killed 12 children — no Jew soldiers there, so any deaths were expected to be, and were, Druze civilians, wherever the rockets found them. This is how war is properly conducted; openly, not by using sneaky tricks .

“And look: even your country’s most distinguished statesmen agree with us. Your Bernie Sanders and Miss Occasionally- Cortez have labeled this a war crime, a violation of the international law that prohibits the humiliation and embarrassment of enemy combatants. They demand an investigation, we demand more — we demand justice for Ahmad and his brothers in terror!”

Kampalla FINALLY reveals her foreign policy strategy: "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs". That sounds tough, but you’ll have to elect her to find out the rest of her “thinking”.

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If we thought you needed to know any more, we'd have told you. now shut up and vote

Cooking host Padma Lakshmi: Harris’ culinary skills ‘might say even more about her success as a leader’

The TV host, chef and actress wrote in a New York Times column, 'I want a president who is intent on nurturing and nourishing all Americans'

This is the (only) kind of coverage of Harris’s campaign that the Times is providing its readers this year. Many decades ago, the paper had a reputation as a legitimate, serious source of news; that hasn’t been true for a long time, if it ever were. See, eg, Duranty, Walter, and Stalin’s Holodomor, 1930-1933.

The inmates have taken over the zoo

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Howling mad! Fury as school allows pupil suffering from 'species dysphoria' to identify as a WOLF

A British schoolchild has been officially allowed to identify as a wolf, the Mail can reveal.

The secondary-school pupil is said to suffer from 'species dysphoria', which is when someone claims their body belongs to a different species.

Teachers are said to be supporting the youngster.

Growing numbers of schoolchildren are said to be taking on the personalities of creatures including foxes, dragons, birds, snakes, sharks and even dinosaurs.

However, clinical neuropsychologist Dr Tommy MacKay insisted last night: 'There is no such condition in science as 'species dysphoria'. It's not surprising that we are seeing this in an age when many people want to identify as something other than they are.

'Now we have a council which appears to accept at face value that a child identifies as a wolf, rather than being told to snap out of it and get to grips with themselves, which would be the common-sense approach.'

Confirmation of the first-known case in Scotland in which a school has recognised that a pupil identifies as an animal was revealed in official documents.

The local authority said the pupil belonged to a group who called themselves 'furries' and identified with 'animal persona'. The council said it offered 'personal support' and 'more specific support' from a 'wellbeing worker', including counselling and help with learning, adding: 'There is very little specific guidance on species dysphoria.'

When I was very young — 2 1/2? 3? — I had a game that I played, where, upon awakening, I would declare to my mommy what animal I was that day, and insist that she play along. “Chrissy, breakfast is ready”, she might call, but I’d refuse to respond, so she’d try again: “Mr. Tiger, your breakfast is here”, and I’d toddle off to the kitchen to get fed (I assume I ate oatmeal, rather than raw meat, but the memory is dim).

I’m told I kept that game going for much of one entire summer, but then stopped. If I hadn’t, if I’d truly believed I was a tiger, or lion, or an ant eater, my parents would have hustled me off to a child psychiatrist for immediate treatment. Today, I’d be encouraged to continue my fantasy, and my delusion would be reinforced by my teachers and society; hell, I could probably announce that I was a girl these days, and still be applauded. Is that crazy, or what?

Our new Village People

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Old timers may remember “The Children’s Shop”, owned by Cliff Frost, who was often seen running down the street to hop on a fire truck and join his fellow volunteers, including Sterling Watts of Watts’ Hardware, save lives and rescue pets. Or The Old Greenwich Sports Shop”, owned by Bud DeVito with assistance from his daughters, or Bob’s Pet and Model Shop, across the street. All friendly, nice people, residents of Riverside and Old Greenwich, who were an integral part of the Village and who enriched the lives of all in the community.

They’re all gone now, and have been replaced by out-of-town proprietors who have brought their venomous political views into the Village and insist on inflicting them on the rest of us.

That’s not only stupid from a business perspective, it’s downright unneighborly.

This year’s edition

Slow learners: Our brightest minds are figuring out what's been obvious for the past eight decades.

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Arafat walked away fron the Oslo ACCORD IN 1983, preferring to continuing to work his grift, and died in 2004 with a (hidden) fortune estimated at between $300 million and $1 billion,

WSJ: Biden Admin Slowly Realizing Hamas Doesn't Want Peace. Change that to “Palestinians” And they’ll be almost there.

Officials cited two main reasons for the pessimism. The ratio of Palestinian prisoners that Israel must release to bring Hamas-held hostages home was a major sticking point—even before the U.S.-designated terrorist group killed six hostages, including an American citizen. And the two-day attack on Hezbollah with explosive pagers and walkie-talkies—followed by Israeli airstrikes—has made the possibility of all-out war much more likely, complicating diplomacy with Hamas.

Another problem is that, according to Biden administration officials, Hamas makes demands and then refuses to say “yes” after the U.S. and Israel accept them. The intransigence has severely frustrated negotiators, who increasingly feel the militant group isn’t serious about completing an agreement.