Transfigurations: News and Views: September 2, 2024

IDF Recovers Bodies of Six Israeli Hostages Murdered by Hamas in Gaza Murdered hostages identified as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lubnov, Carmel Gat and Almog Sarusi.

BBC slammed after giving platform to Palestinian chief who celebrated Hamas' October 7 massacre as 'a glorious day'

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Nearly 17,000 Christians killed in Nigeria in last four years - report

Much of the violence is concentrated in Nigeria's North Central Zone and Southern Kaduna. Yet there is "markedly little security engagement at the scene of attacks".

"Millions of people are left undefended," said senior ORFA analysit Frans Vierhout. "For years, we've heard of calls for help being ignored, as terrorists attack vulnerable communities. Now the data tells its own story."

Biden criticized for omitting Nigeria from persecution watchlist

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Harris Woos Christians With a Cleric...And she’s just what you’d expect her to be The regime that pressured social media giants to censor dissenting voices. The regime that has weaponized the department formerly known as “Justice” in order to frame its principal opponent for anything that will stick. The regime that treated pro-lifers and angry parents at school board meetings as if they were terrorists. That, says Jennifer Butler, is the party of freedom. And if you believe that, you’ll buy the twisted parody of Christianity that she is selling as the real thing as well.

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The New York Times Wonders if the Constitution Is ‘Dangerous'

Have you ever noticed that the radical left simultaneously hates the Constitution while also claiming to defend it? New York Times book critic Jennifer Szalai epitomizes this in the headline of her latest piece, "The Constitution is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous?" Image

Pathetic New York Times Tries, Fails to Backpedal on Trump Arlington Criticism Oh, look. Someone at The New York Times must've realized attacking Gold Star families is a bad campaign strategy for Kamala Harris.

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Dead 20 Years, Ronald Reagan Can Still Trigger the Left

“The irony in Facebook banning ‘Reagan’ ads is that this is a movie about a historic figure who, yes, was a politician, but whose bipartisanship and friendship with Democrats is an important part of the film,” Megyn Kelly told Hollywood in Toto.

“It’s a movie about America, and how we used to talk to each other and respect each other, irrespective of political differences. On cue, Facebook bans promotion of the film, apparently seeing it as socially divisive,” Kelly added.

Reagan the Movie: How the Mainstream Media Can’t Help Itself...Critics hated it, but audiences loved it. 'nuff Said? So if you are looking for something to fill your time on the last day of the long Labor Day weekend, I can recommend Reagan without reservation.

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Is college still worth it? Many Americans say no

According to a recent Gallup survey, a growing proportion of Americans are losing confidence in higher education. The survey, released in July, found that only about a third (36 percent) of Americans said they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in higher education, while 32 percent said they had little or no confidence. The numbers are significantly down from a decade ago, when 57 percent reported having a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in higher education and only 10 percent said they had little or none.

For those who said they had very little or no confidence, 41 percent talked about colleges being "too liberal" or trying to "indoctrinate" or "brainwash" students. Some 37 percent were critical of colleges not teaching relevant skills or graduates not being able to find employment, while 23 percent cited concerns about cost, such as the hefty price tag for tuition or the mounting debt that follows those who can't afford to pursue a degree without taking out student loans.

Plus dealing with this:

Keffiyeh-Clad Man Injures Jewish Students with Glass Bottle at University of Pittsburgh

Biden-Harris Admin Warns Kindergartners Climate Change Will Leave Entire US Cities Underwater NASA's "Climate Kids" webpage offers fun environment-related educational activities, films, and video games for children in kindergarten. It also warns children that the world is undergoing cataclysmic warming, sea levels are rising, global ice coverage is diminishing, and their future may very well be doomed.

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The 1968-69 “Hong Kong Flu” Pandemic Revisited

You could go to the movies. You could go to bars and restaurants. John Fund has a friend who reports having attended a Grateful Dead concert. In fact, people have no memory or awareness that the famous Woodstock concert of August 1969 – planned in January during the worst period of death – occurred during a deadly American flu pandemic that only peaked globally six months later. There was no thought given to the virus which, like ours today, was dangerous mainly for a non-concert-going demographic.

Stock markets didn’t crash because of the flu. Congress passed no legislation. The Federal Reserve did nothing. Not a single governor acted to enforce social distancing, curve flattening (even though hundreds of thousands of people were hospitalized), or banning of crowds. The only school closures were due to absenteeism.

No mothers were arrested for taking their kids to other homes. No surfers were arrested. No daycares were shut even though there were more infant deaths with this virus than the one we just experienced. There were no suicides, no unemployment, no drug overdoses attributable to flu.

Media covered the pandemic but it never became a big issue.

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