As I write, I do not know who, for sure, will be the President of the USA come January 20.
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But, I do see that the world outside is weighing its options in case Joe Biden is President, based on what he and his party have claimed they will do.
So, let’s call it “THE BIDEN EFFECT”
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Israel, Cyprus, & Greece agreed on extensive military coordination & cooperation today, November 12th. I have no doubt one element in this agreement was concern as to whether Biden will go back to Obama policies & lean toward Erdoğan’s Turkey & against Egypt’s Al-Sisi regime.
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Israel & the Gulf States are expanding their cooperation in all areas of interest. A Biden Presidency will push them & more Arab/Sunni states closer together, assuming that a Biden Administration will reduce sanctions on Iran & provide funds for the Palestinians.
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Shared interests mean allies.
China today, killed the last vestiges of liberty in Hong Kong, & appears to have chosen to increase its expansionism in the Pacific Rim area, assuming that a Biden Administration will do nothing...
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and say nothing to limit their ambitions just as did Obama’s Administration.
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "SHABBAT SHALOM. שבת שלום
Parshat Chayei Sarah
Genesis 23:1–25:18
THERE ARE SOME INTERESTING POINTS IN THIS PARSHA THAT ARE NOT NOTICED ALL THAT OFTEN. 1)
If you want a traditional interpretation, it won’t be here. If you would like something that focuses on some less noticed items, read on.
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“Sarah dies at age 127 and is buried in the Machpelah Cave in Hebron, which Abraham purchases from Ephron the Hittite for four hundred shekels of silver”
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "As many of you know, I do not like hatred. I generally try to find ways not to hate, ways to understand rather than hate.
But there are limits.
I HATE THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA.
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Not the people of China that are subjected to this Gov't. Just the Gov't.
THE WORLD IS STRUGGLING WITH A DISEASE, COVID-19 THAT THEY INTENTIONALLY SHIPPED TO THE REST OF THE WORLD PACKAGED WITH MISINFORMATION OR A REFUSAL TO INFORM, THOUGH THEY WERE OBLIGATED TO INFORM.
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THIS WEEK THEY DESTROYED THE LAST VESTIGES OF FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY IN HONG KING, THOUGH THEY GUARANTEED THEY WOULD NOT.
AND IN THE PAST MONTH THEY HAVE ESCALATED THEIR THREATS TO TAIWAN.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote: "RESPECT FOR DISSENT IS THE CORE OF LIBERTY
It is not the conforming masses that need protection for their opinions.
It is the dissenting minority that does.
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I am afraid that the USA is losing that freedom which means so much more to the Democratic Republic than does any vote.
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Today in the USA, one can lose a job, one can be threatened, one can be physically attacked and injured, for daring to sall "ALL LIVES MATTER". or that "it is OK to call men "men"
and women "women" rather than "it".
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "SEVERAL DEMOCRAT LEADERS ARE TELLING PEOPLE TO MOVE TO GEORGIA AND REGISTER TO VOTE TO BEAT REPUBLICANS
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So, what are they saying. Move to Georgia, register, and vote -- take off of work, buy a house or rent an apartment for only a month? Nice if one is rich, I guess.
But it sound to me like fraud.
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What we have just seen is the very rixh pouring money into states where they do not live to cheat the citizens of these states.
IT IS A FELONY TO VOTE IN GEORGIA IF ONE GOES THERE JUST TO VOTE.
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "ALL OVER THE WORLD GOVERNMENTS ARE USING LOCKDOWNS AGAIN TO STOP COVID-19, BUT IS THIS AN ACT OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNING OR A DECISION BASED ON IGNORANCE AND FEAR AND GOVERNMENT TRYING TO LOOK ACTIVE BY IMPOSING SIMPLISTIC FORMULAS?
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Yes, numbers of cases of Covid-19 are up worldwide again. Yes, numbers of hospitalizations in many places are up as well.
But look closer and you’ll see that the numbers of long term hospitalizations and deaths are not up. In fact both are down.
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Numbers are up because testing is up. Before testing was available in such numbers, people who felt like they had a cough or symptoms of a cold or regular flu did not go to the doctor. They stayed home for the few days of feeling ill, and then went on with life.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "BIDEN CONSULTANTS SUGGESTING A MONTH LONG SHUTDOWN OF THE ENTIRE USA.
I just have three comments:
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1. This would be disastrous to the US economy, & it would have almost zero benefits to the health of Americans. It is a solution of idiots who react to, & use fear, to make policy, rather than looking at the facts, the science, that tells us such drastic action will not help.
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2. The President of the USA does not have the authority under the Constitution of the USA to issue any such order or to make any such demands.
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