OK, this format is bit irregular, but so is the world today

Israel

I read that Hamas fighters who came into Israel were told they would get $10,000 and an apartment if they brought back and Israeli hostage, and that they were supposed to concentrate on young people. Is this true?

In any event, why doesn’t Hamas say “We will give you our 200+ hostages back, if you stop fighting us?” (Or “if you stop fighting us” is not enough, why don’t they come up with something that would be?) It would certainly put pressure on Israel to get back their citizens. But Hamas does not say this – they would rather hold on to the hostages and let Gaza be completely bulldozed, and Gazans deprived of life, safety, possessions and everything else. They would rather dribble out hostages 2 at a time, in hope that this will forestall the ground war.

And why don’t so many Arab (and other) supporters of Hamas (or of Palestinian rights in general) condemn the October 7 invasion, even if they support the aims of the Palestinians for a future Gaza?

And why doesn’t Israel work even harder to avoid civilian deaths in Gaza? Why does Israel tell people to move south, and then bomb the south?

And how does Egypt get away with not opening the Rafah border crossing? Seriously!

And if Hamas leadership is comfortable in Qatar and Beirut, what is Israel planning to do about that?

And if the hostages are being held in tunnels under Gaza City, how does Israel plan to get them out before Hamas kills them?

And are the tunnels so deep or so well protected that Israel bombs don’t get to them?

And why can’t the hospitals be evacuated to safety with the agreement of all parties?

I just have so many questions. These don’t even touch the surface.

And when does Israel reach the limit of what it can do to civilians in Gaza?????

House of Representatives

Mike Johnson? Election denier, pro-life absolutist, homophobe, opponent of medical marijuana, against allowing Muslim immigrants into the country, supporter of Christian prayer in public schools, admirer of Donald Trump. Just what this country needs.

How long will he last as the candidate for Speaker? Who will be next?

Donald Trump

Here are some of the things Donald has promised in term #2, according to a posting from the Meidas Touch Network. Each has a date and citation.

1. He will pardon and apologize to all those convicted in connection with Jan 6 at Capitol
2. Anyone convicted of a drug crime will get death penalty
3. He will arrest all homeless people, round them up and relocate them in tent cities where they can be rehabilitated
4. All federal employees will have to take a patriot test and, if they refuse or fail it, they will be fired.
5. He will build ten “freedom cities” around the country free of any government regulation
6. He will appoint federal judges who are like Clarence Thomas.
7. If he doesn’t like the way a DA is doing their job, he will remove them from office. (May)
8. He will fire all college accreditation boards, since they are dominated by Marxists and lunatics.
9. He will take over university endowments of any school dominated by Marxists or discriminating against white people
10. General Milley will be prosecuted for treason by DOJ
11. He will end the Ukraine War 24 hours after his inauguration by cutting off all Ukraine aid if they don’t reach immediate agreement with Russia
12. Principals of schools will be elected every year by parents (June)
13. He will remove Comcast, MSNBC and NBC from the pubic airwaves and have them investigated for treason by DOJ (Sep)
14. He will appoint Michael Flynn to a top position
15. He will end all diversity training programs in civilian agencies and the military
16. He will bring back the originator of the child separation program to run ICE
17. If he finds fraud in an election, he will override the Constitution
18. He will eliminate absentee and absentee voting.
19. He will form a commission to determine if vaccines cause autism.
20. He will end birthright citizenship by executive order.
21. He will fire 40,000 career civil servants and replace them with people loyal to him.
22. He will set up a commission to study whether marijuana causes mass shootings
23. He will abolish the Department of Education
24. He will ban transgender people from the military
25. He will bring back God into the public school system
26. He will impose a 10% tariff on all goods brought into the United States
27. He will restore the ban on immigrants from certain Muslim countries.