Roundup again
(1) Some bus drivers in DC refuse to take Jews to the pro-Israel rally. How sweet. The bus company has so far not been named, nor have the drivers. Nor are they described. “DC bus driver” wouldn’t seem to be an especially “woke” demographic of young college students, so it would be interesting to learn more about these bus drivers. One can guess, of course.
(2) These popular new weight loss drugs sound awful, in terms of GI side effects. But what would you expect? There is no free lunch.
(3) For at least 15 years it’s been said that Hamas and other terrorist groups hide in and under hospitals, schools, and the like. Now Israeli forces are planning to take a tour of the enormous complex under Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa, as they have with another hospital, Al-Rantis:
A lot of those currently demanding a cease-fire would likely answer, “Leave those operations alone.” That’s a good way to ensure that the threat of Hamas continues. This is the same dynamic as the proposal to deploy U.S. Naval hospital ships off the coast of the Gaza Strip to treat Palestinian children discussed yesterday. Anytime you declare, “Israel will not strike in this spot,” Hamas will move its forces and its equipment to that spot.
Leaving the hospitals alone gives terrorists their safe places, a kind of sanctuary, from which to attack. And yet Israel is sharply criticized for attacking anyone in a hospital, even if the IDF takes extraordinary care to warn and evacuate the patients and staff. But since Israel is sharply criticized for everything it does, at this point the IDF is going forward (after doing things like providing babies with incubators).
By the way, the Brits built the hospital itself, back in 1946 when the country was in charge of Gaza.
(4) Rashida Tlaib is a member of a pro-Hamas Facebook group. Surprise, surprise.
(5) Nikki Haley wants to ban anonymity on the Web. What a terrible idea.
IDF Colonel Jonathan Conricus in Shifa Hospital, giving a brief tour of discoveries there (7:19): https://youtu.be/IldITFyJGak?si=TTOGSA9nlHeixQZg
As one who occasionally rides DC area buses, I will note that quite a few of the drivers appear to be “recent immigrants.”
Some American Jews are discovering the Democrats want their votes, but not them in person. NC Democratic party voted to refuse to allow the NC Jewish Caucus to formally affiliate with NC Dems.
https://www.carolinajournal.com/north-carolina-democrat-party-rejects-call-for-jewish-caucus/
SpaceX’s federal license to launch the next test-flight of Starship has just dropped, so all things equal, that flight will take place sometime Fri. Nov 17. Should be another spectacular event to say perhaps the least of it.
Regarding #3,
On Dec. 8, 2016, U.S. Central Command released a statement: “Coalition Strikes Mosul Hospital.” The Islamic State, it explained, “was using the hospital as a base of operations and command and control headquarters.” Accordingly, the U.S.-led coalition conducted precision strikes in support of Iraqi troops who fought for the hospital.
… “In Mosul Battle, ISIS Used Hospital Base” was the Human Rights Watch headline; it explained that “armed forces or groups should not occupy medical facilities, undermining their protected status.”
That was from today’s WSJ opinion page.
What a difference a war makes:
See the front page of the Human Rights Watch website: “Unlawful Israeli Hospital Strikes Worsen Health Crisis.” For 4,500 words, the group acts as Hamas’s defense attorney, contesting Israel’s claims and dismissing evidence.
What a surprise!
Hamas lies!!
All the time!!!
(Kinda like “Biden”…)
And they all just LAP IT UP….
And someone please tell me Nikki Haley was quoted out of context or something. I want to like her. This is just detached!
she seems to have hired the worst advisors, among other things, she doesn’t get the most vocal hamas supporters, put their name, their title and preferred pronouns in their twitter feed,
I was going to guess what Telemachus suggested…that perhaps DC bus drivers are named Achmed, Mohammed, or Abdullah…or one of the variations thereof.
here’s an interesting twist the idf spokeman noted,
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/1520134/Hamas-leaders-three-sisters-live-secretly-in-Israel-as-full-citizens.html
this isn’t the first rodeo
https://web.archive.org/web/20090313095323/http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054569.html
Nikki Haley just Bud Lighted herself.
sdferr, I really look forward to the launch. SpaceX seems to be one of the few newsworthy outfits that still works!
Mike Plaiss, Nikki Haley’s comments calling for an end to anonymity online and her demand for all the names is on video. She is not being misquoted.
}}} Nikki Haley wants to ban anonymity on the Web. What a terrible idea.
Vivek shredded her in the debates. I haven’t really paid that much attention to Vivek, but he clearly seems to be aiming to be Trump’s Veep.
I’m with ya there Bill K, very much looking forward to it. Grew up watching space shots, as my Pops worked for IBM contracted to NASA for pre-manned sats, then Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and on into unmanned communication sats thereafter. Good times.
Any Seinfeld buffs remember the episode where Elaine is dating an advisor to the mayor and she suggests that everyone in NYC wear name tags, and the mayor actually adopts it as part of his campaign? This is that bad!
OBloodyHell said-
“[Vivek] clearly seems to be aiming to be Trump’s Veep.”
VR certainly reminds me of a younger, more kinetic Trump. I find his manner very obnoxious, but having listened to him speak quite a bit, I have yet to hear him say anything that I strongly disagree with. His lack of political experience is a disadvantage for the top job, but fine for VP.
My former 2nd choice was RDS; I’m thinking that he will be more useful as FL Gov for another few years, and VR for VP has a nice ring to it.
Re: Semaglutide. I asked my GP if he would prescribe this for me and I have been on Ozempic since July. While people want to use it for weight loss and it’s commonly labeled as a weight loss drug, it’s actually meant for Type II diabetics to reduce blood glucose levels. My diabetes was pretty well-controlled with Metformin tablets but I would like to see normal-people blood sugar levels.
Since being on Oz, my blood glucose levels are dramatically lower, and that’s unrelated to weight loss. I’ve also lost some weight but it’s not dramatic. What a relief to feel full and satiated after “normal sized” portions, and to be free of cravings. The side effects have been substantial, I am learning what I can and cannot eat, and at what time of the day.
The jury is still out as far as my own decision whether to continue or not. I don’t want to be on a powerful medication my whole life; I hope I can come off of this at some point within a year, after more weight loss. My thinking is that when I am not carrying around thirty extra pounds, I won’t be as hungry anyway and my eating habits will be reformed—although I am not a glutton nor am I an emotional eater. Lower weight and lower blood sugar result will hopefully result in reduced appetite and cravings.
Thanks for the notes on Ozempic, RigelDog.
I have a friend who has been on Ozempic for about three months. His side effects have been pretty extreme, but he’s slowly learning, as you did, what to eat and when. The side effects have become less extreme.
His diabetes has been out of control until now. Ozempic is helping his A1C. So, he persists and lives with the side effects. It may well improve his long-range outlook if he can stay with it.
When I lived in Arlington, VA in the late 1990s, with friends in DC, it was widely known taxi drivers would refuse to pick up young black men. The thing was, the taxi drivers were immigrants from Ethiopia and Eritrea, they weren’t racist, just interested in not being killed in a robbery.
It seems that Somalis are the new drivers. If not actual US citizens, deport them.
Nikki was not misquoted, just misguided.
Trump is America First, but willing to work with and support allies. Vivek is a bit too libertarian isolationist for my taste.
JJ, I’m more than happy to relate my experiences in the hope that anyone might benefit from my input.
It sounds like your friend with uncontrolled diabetes would find Oz to be a literal life-saver, and I pray that is so. I’ve been on the drug for a little longer than your friend has and can report that the side-effects got noticeably better in the past month or so.
I just got notice from Blue Cross that, starting next year, they are requiring pre-approval to have the insurance cover the cost. It will be interesting to see if I will qualify for pre-approval because I am not going to want to pay $1000/month or whatever if insurance doesn’t authorize.