The Morning Report — 10/2/24


Good Morning Kids. How fitting that on the 100th birthday of Jimmy Carter, Iran decided to celebrate by launching nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel. Were it not for the fact that Carter stabbed the Shah of Iran in the back by recognizing the kullahocracy of Ayatollah Khomeini that overthrew the country and precipitated the hostage crisis, along with installing the world's largest state sponsor and exporter of global terrorism.

In the event, there evidently was only one casualty. Turns out it was a "palestinian" killed by a piece of debris from an intercepted missile that fell on him. So far, there has been no military response from the Israelis but given the magnitude and nature of the attack, and that it obviously was in response to Israel's so far incredibly effective campaign aimed at dismantling Iran's proxy armies of Hezbollah and Hamas, Israel is going to have to respond. Despite the blather from Kalorama or the Oval Offie, and Foggy Bottom that the US is standing behind Israel in the wake of the missile barrage, I think the Iranians sense exactly the opposite and are itching to retaliate in a way that would force the Israelis to respond in a way that the current pro-Iran junta in DC would not approve. Remember, it's always the damned Jews that are at fault for "escalating" the cycle of violence. /sarc!!!

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Tuesday night by saying that they would pay dearly for their actions. Netanyahu’s words, delivered to the Israeli people in Hebrew, came after Iran fired approximately 180 ballistic missiles into Israel, most of which were shot down or landed in areas where they caused minimal damage.

“This evening, Iran made a big mistake – and it will pay for it,” he said. “The regime in Tehran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves and to exact a price from our enemies.”

Israel vowed that there would be a “significant response” to Iran and the U.S. said that Iran’s attack was result in “severe consequences” for the Islamic regime.

Meanwhile, as the missiles were raining down on Israel, this happened:

Two terrorists opened fire Tuesday evening on civilians along Jerusalem Boulevard in the city of Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv in an apparent terror attack, killing six and wounding several other people. . . Several people took shelter in a nearby Hasidic synagogue, according to Army Radio. Jerusalem Boulevard is one of the main thoroughfares in Jaffa, the oldest part of the Tel Aviv metro area. The city has a significant Arab population, and Jews live alongside Arabs in the area.

Of course, last night was the Vice-Presidential candidates debate and Tampon/Tiananmen Tim and the Democrats must feel like the "Palestinian" that got hit by falling flaming missile wreckage. Because that's what happened. Vance delivered a few body blows himself to Walz and the media but much of the damage was self-inflicted. Calling yourself a knucklehead on national television when you're trying to convince people to vote for you to my untrained eye seems like a suboptimal move. But what the hell do I know?

Gov. Tim Walz may not have been in Tiananmen Square, but tonight he got hit by a tank.

Walz lost on issues, to which the Harris-Walz campaign has a congenital allergy, he lost on style, defaulting to word salads about being a regular guy from a small town whenever a question (like lying about Tiananmen Square when he was befriending members of China’s Bureau of Foreign Affairs) made him uncomfortable, but he lost on television.

Kamala had gotten rid of one confused old white man only to replace him with another.

Not since the Kennedy vs. Nixon matchup has there been a candidate who performed so much worse when people could see his face. And Walz’s bugged-out eyes, quivering apple pie chin, and the profile of a decaying jack o’lantern lost the debate more eloquently than any words 

. . . Walz need not have really shown up. The talented moderating team of Margaret Brennan and Norah O’Donnell put in their late bid for the presidency and vice presidency by debating Vance more effectively than Walz had. It helped that they had control of the microphones. Brennan and O’Donnell, whose greatest previous taste of power had been yelling at CBS News interns for bringing them the wrong kind of coffee, joyfully smirked at the power to win a losing argument by announcing that Vance’s microphone had been cut off.

All things considered, Tim Walz probably was at Tiananmen Square. He was inside the tank, in the driver's seat when he stepped on the gas pedal and ran over the demonstrator!

In the days leading up to Tuesday’s debate, Democrats went out of their way to say they were nervous about how Gov. Tim Walz would perform.
It was an obvious effort to lower expectations in the hopes Walz would beat the gloomy forecasts and thus look like an upset winner.
They didn’t lower expectations far enough.
Walz had occasional moments of clarity, but he spent most of the night giving rambling answers that filled the allotted time without reaching a clear conclusion. The only thing he won was finishing first in the number of non-sequiturs.
Voters looking for a point where they could say “aha, that’s what the policy would be” had to be frustrated.

I know I was. . .

. . . His opponent, Republican Sen. JD Vance, was by far the smarter, more thoughtful and more organized thinker on the stage. His tone was pleasantly even, whether he was defending Donald Trump or attacking Kamala Harris.
Because VP debates are largely seen as referendums on the presidential nominees, Vance’s performance was a boost for Trump and the GOP ticket.
Walz, on the other hand, added to doubts about his readiness to serve, and thus was a minus for Harris.
The difference in temperament was so stark that Walz at times looked bug-eyed as he speed-talked his way through answers that often veered off course, as if his brain couldn’t keep up with his mouth.
“I’ve become friends with school shooters,” he said during an answer on school safety. “I’m a knucklehead at times” was his final weird answer to a question about why he falsely claimed to be in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Vance, by contrast, was cool, deliberate and polite to a fault. He called the moderators by their first names,and began some answers by saying “I agree with Tim” or saying they had common ground, an obvious move to be the one creating a civil and substantive tone.

Have a good day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• How a Bernie Sanders fan sent his own father to prison.
  Fatherland: Nazi Germany in Biden’s America

• John Stossel: If homeowners miss property tax payments, even if they never received the bills, some towns grab the whole house and keep the proceeds. All the proceeds. Even if the total is much more than the property tax owed.
  Politicians Steal Homes
  
• "7 years later and this day never gets easier. Sending love out to everybody in the Route 91 family today," the country superstar wrote.
  Jason Aldean And Others Take Time To Remember Victims Of Vegas Music Festival Shooting

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS/Hezbollah . . . AND BIDEN
• Two terrorists opened fire Tuesday evening on civilians along Jerusalem Boulevard in the city of Jaffa, south of Tel Aviv in an apparent terror attack, severely wounding at least seven people.
  Terror Attack in Tel Aviv: 4 Killed, 7 Wounded in Shooting in Jaffa

• He said that those in Iran responsible for the attack will soon understand just how serious Israel is about protecting its people.
  Netanyahu Hints At Israeli Response To Iranian Missile Attack
  
• Iran defied Biden's warning on Tuesday when it fired ballistic missiles into Israel
  FLASHBACK: Biden Told Iran ‘Don’t’ When It Came To Attacking Israel, Iran Ignored
  
• This turn of events is a big deal. It's one thing for the U.S. to provide aid to Israel while it's under attack, but it's another matter altogether for American personnel to actively shoot down Iranian missiles. 
  BREAKING: White House Orders U.S. Military to Aid Israel Against Iran
  
• “Iran made a grave mistake this evening – and it will pay for it.”
  Israel at War
  
• The folly of diplomacy as the way to lasting peace in the Middle East.
  ‘Diplomatic Engagement’ Camouflages the Betrayal of Israel
  
• Will it succeed?
  The Israeli Left’s War On Netanyahu
  
• Her public statement ought to have been a key moment for her as vice president—one where she projected strength, confidence, and resolve. Instead, her delivery only exposed a dangerous sense of weakness, confusion, and a lack of real leadership. For someone who’d been in the Situation Room next to [so-called quote-unquote] President Biden, supposedly directing a response to an international crisis, she came across as unprepared and scared, as though she had no idea what she was even talking about.
  WATCH: Kamala Completely Botched Her First Public Statement About Iran Attacking Israel
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• Shayma Al-Hanooti frequently spars with colleagues and superiors about the conflict in Gaza.
  Virginia Teacher Who Makes Kids Criticize Israel Is Daughter Of Imam At Al Qaeda-Linked Mosque

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Robert Spencer: Did his parents really not notice anything?
  Philadelphia: Teen Jihadi Planned to Bomb Pride Parade, is Son of Far-Left Lawyer

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• 'I'm writing to let you know the [so-called quote-unquote] president's schedule has shifted and we need to reschedule,' writes WH liaison to Jewish community Shelley Greenspan
  Biden-Harris Junta Abruptly Bails on High Holidays Call With Jewish Community as Iran Bombs Israel
  
• “We are going to nyc to slaughter them” with AR-style rifles and hunting knives “so we can slit their throats,” Khan told an undercover FBI agent he believed was a co-conspirator, according to an agent complaint. “Even if we don’t attack an event, we could rack up easily a lot of Jews.”
  Liberal Canada’s lax immigration policies behind a plot to kill Jews in NYC, ‘largest attack since 9/11’

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• America has been given two gifts between Butler and West Palm Beach. Unfortunately, we appear intent on squandering those gifts.... And, at the risk of alienating a significant portion of the populace by stating it, this must be stated: it is unlikely that there is a path towards conciliation absent America’s Left wing abandoning its radical rejection of our institutions over the past decade.
  Trump dying could've led to civil war
  
• Our democracy is at stake? No, the real threat is the Democrats' efforts to snuff out freedom.
  American Liberty In The Balance

  "BIDEN BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• Immigration was thrust into the public spotlight as towns in America were overwhelmed with migrants, from Springfield, Ohio to Aurora, Colorado. Bureaucracies and non-profits often work in tandem to resettle refugees, and NGOs have only grown in influence under the Biden-Harris junta, experts said.
  ‘A Self-Feeding Circle’: How A Web Of NGOs Enabled By Biden-Harris Is Fueling The Migrant Crisis
  
• The most populous city in Minnesota, controlled by Democrat vice presidential hopeful Governor Tim Walz, has sworn in its first non-U.S. citizen police officer. Lesly Vera, who was born in Mexico, took the oath of office in Minneapolis last week.The move follows a policy change by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) in 2023, eliminating the citizenship prerequisite for law enforcement candidates. Under the new guidelines, candidates only need to be residents authorized to work in the U.S.
  Tim Walz’s Minnesota Swears in First Non-Citizen Cops, Including Hijab-Clad Somali Muslim.

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• Lorenz’s departure is being billed as her opportunity to become an internet “content creator” more than a traditional news reporter. She is starting a Substack called “User Magazine,” where she says she will discuss social media from a user perspective. Lorenz is a 40+-year-old New Yorker who often attempts to ingratiate herself within the culture of much younger, often sub-20-year-olds online. She gained notoriety by doxxing the Libs of TikTok account, which made fun of far-left activists by using their own clips on social media.
  Taylor Lorenz Out at Washington Post After Calling Biden a ‘War Criminal.’
  
• After far-left Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law that basically attacked election-related memes in state of California on September 17, one satirical organization decided to take action. Along with the Alliance Defending Freedom, The Babylon Bee filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Monday on the grounds of violating the First Amendment right to free speech.
  Marxist Says What? Babylon Bee Sues California Over New Law that Censors Free Speech

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• The union boss, ILA president Harold Daggett, warned in a video that, "I'll cripple you. I will cripple you and you have no idea what that means." He said, "Everybody's hating the longshoremen now because now they realize how important our jobs are." 
  Nice Country You've Got There: Longshoreman Boss Promises 'Crippling' Strike in Creepy Video

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• Survival without power, water, or help for days on end is only possible with resources the authoritarians running our country want to ban.
  Government Wants To Ban Everything That Helps Keep Humans Alive

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• School syllabi in the U.S. run the gamut from Marxism to Biblical stories.
  Classical v. Unclassical Curricula

  ABORTION

• LeRoy Carhart, who performed partial-birth abortions for years, had no qualms about casually using the terms ‘baby,’ ‘killing,’ or ‘dead’ when describing abortion.
  ‘He Threw The Baby In The Pan’: The Late-Term Abortion Horrors Democrats Deny

  THE 2020 AND 2022 ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH— Plus Anticipated 2024 Shenanigans

• The proposed amendment states, “No person shall be denied the equal protection of the laws of this state,” and lists protections regardless of “race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, creed [or], religion, or sex, including sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy.” According to critics, the inclusion of “national origin” could extend protections and potentially voting rights to noncitizens, including illegal immigrants.
  Abortion Ballot Measure Would Also Establish Noncitizen Voting Rights.
  
• In March, 53.4% of Huntington Beach residents approved a ballot measure that would require voters present identification in order to vote in municipal elections. The measure was slated to take effect in 2026 and also permitted the city to “provide more in-person voting locations” and “monitor ballot drop-boxes.”
  Newsom Signs Law Barring Huntington Beach Voters From Deciding Their Own Voter ID Laws

  POLITICS

• Daniel Greenfield: A disaster for Democrats.
  Walz Tanks VP Debate While Lying About Tanks
  
• Walz, 60, who has honed a folksy demeanor on the campaign trail, was noticeably nervous and misspoke repeatedly as he wrung his hands, took frantic notes, and his eyes darted around the CBS studio.
  Tim Walz staggered by cool JD Vance, admits ‘I’m a knucklehead’ during genial VP debate
  
• When you remember what the point of the V.P. is, you can easily see who won.
  Bottom line for the vice presidential debate
  
• Michael Goodwin: It was an obvious effort to lower expectations in the hopes Walz would beat the gloomy forecasts and thus look like an upset winner. They didn’t lower expectations far enough.
  JD Vance only boosted Donald Trump, Republicans while bug-eyed Tim Walz hampered Kamala Harris’ chances at VP debate
  
• Daniel Greenfield Part Deux: There's a lot of red flags here.
  Why Walz’s Tiananmen Square Lie Matters
  
• Make no mistake about it, JD Vance crushed Tim Walz in this debate. It wasn't even close.
  Tim Walz Gets Spanked in Debate With JD Vance
  
• The debate moderators appeared to consistently show bias against vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance (R-OH) by fact-checking him, cutting off his mic, and asking questions framed unfairly. They did not appear to use the same tactics on vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D).
  Moderators Slammed for ‘Awful,’ ‘Obvious,’ ‘Craptastic’ Bias in VP Debate 
  
• Brennan jumped in to “thank” Vance for his response and attempted to move on, but Vance could be heard trying to finish, criticizing Harris for her role in the illegal immigration crisis.
  JD Vance’s Mic Cut As He Tries To Counter Moderator’s Fact Check On Springfield Migrants
  
• “I think that something Gov. Walz just said is quite extraordinary. You, yourself just said Iran is as close to a nuclear weapon today as they have ever been. And Gov. Walz blamed President Trump. Who has been the vice president for the last three-and-a-half years? And the answer is your running mate, not mine,” Vance said.
  ‘Nervous As Hell’: Bewildered Walz Emerges From Media Quarantine Only To Get Shelled By Vance
  
• Governor's [fake!] 'folksy' charm wears thin in bewildered, gaffe-filled performance
  DAD IN HEADLIGHTS: 'Knucklehead' Tim Walz Bumbles Through Primetime Debate with a Smooth J.D. Vance
  
• While the polls showed a narrow result, commentators were less sure, with many saying that JD Vance won the debate handily, while Tim Walz struggled.
  CBS, CNN Polls Say JD Vance Beat Tim Walz in Debate
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• The comparisons between former President George W. Bush’s supposed mishandling of Hurricane Katrina and sitting Vice President Kamala Harris’ blatant mishandling of Hurricane Helene are quite startling.
  Trump Takes Lead in NC as Kamala’s Katrina Leaves State Helpless
  
• “And we know that Donald Trump has been going after that vote, and he is in a very, very strong position—more so perhaps than with any other bloc.”
  CNN Data Analyst Sounds Alarm for Harris Campaign About Low Support From Union Households
  
• It’s not hyperbole that Harris needs an easy October politically if she wants to win the White House. The race between her and former President Donald Trump is so close that any disruption could result in a last-minute vote surge. Unfortunately for Harris, she is staring down four issues that will be a disaster for her campaign as Nov. 5 approaches.
  Four Horsemen Of Harris’ Campaign Apocalypse Have Arrived
  
• Mollie Hemingway: He’s failing to win over white men and hasn’t secured any crucial swing states for Harris.
  Tim Walz Isn’t Helping Kamala Harris, He’s Hurting Her
  
• "He fooled a lot of Minnesotans in the last two elections, we can’t let him fool the rest of the country"
  A Day In Tim Walz’s Minnesota
  
• “Migration to Wisconsin shifted up a gear only after Tim Walz was elected.” (Tony Evers is the Tim Walz of Maura Healys - jjs)
  Why People Are Leaving Tim Walz’s Minnesota

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The FPÖ ran on reinforcing Austrian neutrality, which is enshrined in the country’s postwar constitution.
  Ukraine-Skeptical Conservatives Win in Austrian Election
  
• The new Mexican president may prove less of a pragmatist than her predecessor.
  Sheinbaum’s Inaugural Radicalism
  
• China’s debt-ridden, centrally controlled economy is trying to spend its way out of a crisis, while Argentina is slashing public spending and letting market forces take over....
  Argentina, not China, is the model for economic growth

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• The Register reports that the University Medical Center (UMC) in Lubbock, Texas, has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, forcing the hospital to turn away ambulances and limit its operations. The cyberattack, which occurred on Friday, has caused significant disruptions to the hospital’s services, highlighting the growing threat of ransomware to critical healthcare infrastructure.
  America Unprotected: Texas Hospital Crippled by Ransomware Attack, Ambulances Redirected

  HURRICANE HELENE AFTERMATH, BIDEN/HARRIS DEBACLE

• In North Carolina and elsewhere in the South, post-Helene rescues must be done as quickly as possible—but even a successful mission can be painfully slow.
  The Floods This Time
  
• North Carolinian Ricky Brown said, “There  you go that is your government. They don’t care about us. You know what I mean, they care more about the damn election and all that stuff than they care about these people that just lost everything.”
  Mayorkas on NC Resident Feeling Abandoned: We Warned About Extreme Weather Events Increasing
  
• Poor, agenda-driven choices made by FEMA, the Commerce Department and the FCC may be contributing to the death toll from Helene, and needlessly delaying recovery operations.
  Biden-Harris Bureaucrats Hindering Effective Helene Response
  
• “I'm speechless, having worked in a White House that was responsive […] Vice President Harris and [so-called quote-unquote] President Biden should have been in North Carolina," he said. "They should have been there for substantive reasons. They should have been there for political reasons and personal reasons.”
  Ouch! Dem Strategist Blasts the Biden-Harris Junta's Hurricane Response

• The Biden-Harris junta took more than a billion tax dollars that had been allocated to the agency responsible for American disaster relief and used it to offer services for illegal immigrants.
  Biden-Harris Junta Used FEMA Disaster Funding For Illegal Immigrants

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• A Harris administration will impose California’s soft tyranny on the entire nation while her cronies laugh all the way to the bank.
  Life in Kamala’s California

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• Harris says her policies are cutting Medicare's costs. But what she's really doing is cutting the future cures that could save your life.
  You Can Kiss New Medical Cures Goodbye

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "This is the way," Riley Gaines said.
  University Women’s Team Becomes Latest To Refuse To Play Against Trans-Identifying Male
  
• The Health Equity and Accountability Act also referred to breastfeeding as ‘chestfeeding’
  Sherrod Brown [-note] Co-Sponsored Bill Referring to Women as ‘Birthing People’

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• It’s hard to describe the journey of the song “Fighter,” written by Breitbart’s Jon Kahn & Nashville Hitmaker Chris Wallin, and performed by Kahn. The Trump tribute song accompanied by the viral black and white video continues to have a life of its own. Today, “Fighter” claimed the #1 spot atop Billboard’s Digital Sales Charts. And if that’s not enough, Kahn became Billboard’s #1 emerging artist.
  America Chooses Its ‘Fighter’: Trump Anthem Tops Billboard Digital Sales Charts
  
• Colgate University Professor Andrew Horowitz peddled this bizarre conclusion to a group of impressionable undergraduates during a recent guest lecture on the “systemic racism” of hurricanes.
  N.Y. Prof: There is No Such Thing As 'Natural Disaster,' Blames Racism for Hurricanes
  
• Christian Toto: New numbers suggest singer's political ploy dented her superstar brand
  Will Taylor Swift Regret Endorsing Kamala Harris?
  
• Rapper “Macklemore” says: “F*** America!”
  A Tale of Two Americas

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