Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "REBUILDING Los Angeles

SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT CONSIDERING.
1) Homes that were built out of concrete with tile roof are still standing in many cases. While those around them built of wood and with shingle roof are gone. The lesson?
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "GAVIN NEWSOME, YESTERDAY, REPEATED THE LEFT'S BIG CAMPAIGN SLOGAN.

REPUBLICANS WANT TO GIVE TAX BREAKS TO BILLIONAIRES.

Next time you hear this lie, ask them to prove it.
1) Ask them, for an example, and for evidence. Because nothing in anything produced by the Republicans or by Trump gave any tax break to th wealthy.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "THE Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) HAS EVOLVED INTO AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS ANTI-AMERICAN, ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-CHRISTIAN, AND ONE MIGHT SAY ANTI-RELIGION,
1) IF IT WERE NOT FOR THEIR RELUCTANCE TO HAVE ANY CRITICISM OF MUSLIMS IN AMERICA OR ABROAD.

Interestingly, one might ask where the SPLC is, regardless of its name, about anyone in poverty or the homeless in major cities.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "ISLAM HAS AN INTERESTING CONCEPT THAT IS HARD TO TRANSLATE INTO OTHER LANGUAGES.

When the Americans and Europeans and Israelis talk about a “ceasefire” it is assumed that this simply means warfare stops and
1) one can hope the cessation of hot war can open the door to a peaceful resolution of the conflict. In Hebrew הפסקת אש (Hafsakat Eshkol, simply means cease fire.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "SHABBAT SHALOM
PARSHAT SHEMOT
Exodus 1:1–6:1

Someone mentioned to me “Reuven, you like to relate the parshas of the Torah to lessons for today, but Shemot is simply a narrative of what happened in Egypt and the beginning of the Moses story”
1) Well, that is true. Shemot tells us how the growing Hebrew population in Egypt in the grasslands of Goshen was growing into being a significantly large minority, that amounted to 30% of the population and more of the economy of the nation,
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE USA, GEORGE WASHINGTON, WARNED AGAINST TWO THINGS IN HIS FINAL ADDRESSES TO THE NATION. ONE WAS A WARNING AGAINST WHAT HE CALLED “ENTANGLING ALLIANCES”...
1) WHERE AN ALLIANCE MIGHT BECAME DETRIMENTAL TO THE USA AND THE PRINCIPLES OF ITS CONSTITUTION. THE SECOND WAS A WARNING AGAINST LOYALTY TO POLITICAL PARTIES THAT COULD BECOME MORE LOYALTY TO PARTY THAN TO THE PEOPLE AND TO THE LAWS AND VALUES OF THE United States.
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Roger Froikin @rkefraim wrote, "I OPPOSE ANY CHANGE IN FEDERAL TAX LAW THAT FORCES THE TAXPAYERS OF LOW TAX STATES TO SUBSIDIZE NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA AND OTHER HIGH TAX STATES.
1) SALT IS A LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT THAT SOMEONE CAN DEDUCT ON THEIR FEDERAL INCOME TAXES, FOR STATE, LOCAL, AND PROPERTY TAXES.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "WATCHING THE PRESS CONFERENCE FROM LOS ANGELES YESTERDAY MORNING,

I noticed that repeatedly the Media People asking questions implying that no one from Trump's new Administration had contacted Los Angeles.
1) And time after time, the Mayor and other officials said they were in contact with the incoming Trump people.
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As of January 10, 2025, firefighters in California have been working to rescue animals, including dogs, from the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles County. The Pasadena Humane Society has taken in over 300 pets displaced by the fires,
1) with some animals arriving covered in burns. Firefighters have been spotted showing compassion to the affected animals, with one firefighter even petting a dog while battling the Eaton Fire.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "A COMMENT ABOUT THE LOS ANGELES FIRES

I am tired of hearing the excuses. It is time to look at the facts.
1) First, there is nothing new about fires in California, dry seasons, high winds, and massive fires fueled by dry brush and spread by Santa Ana winds. Early Spanish settlers wrote about it 500 years ago in the Los Angeles area.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "SHABBAT SHALOM
Parshat Vayechi

Genesis 47:28–50:26

Ya’acov (Jacob) lived the last 17 years of his life in Egypt.
1) Anticipating life is short, he asks Joseph to promise that he will bury him in his own land. He blesses Yosef’s two sons, Manasseh and Efraim, elevating them to the status of his own sons as fathers of tribes within the nation of Israel.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION ABOUT LOS ANGELES TOLD TO ME TODAY BY A LOCAL ATTORNEY:

Los Angeles claims they have no money. But, they have 10 departments, and each department,
1) though budgets have been cut for Police and Fire in recent years, they have appointed DEI Administrators, 10 of them, at a salary of $ 450,000 a year per DEI Administrator.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "JUST A THOUGHT

BUT IT APPEARS THAT 90%, IF NOT MORE, OF THE NEWS REPORTS AND DISCUSSION ON ISSUES, IS ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN. LOTS OF SPECULATION - MOSTLY ABOUT THINGS THAT NEVER WILL HAPPEN.
1) How about instead, that we do this:

No more speculation without it being connected to a suggestion that is thought out of what the writer would like to see happen along with the reasons of why it should.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "FACT: THERE IS ONE JEWISH PEOPLE, ONE JEWISH NATION, UNITED BY ONE CONSTITUTION, ONE SYSTEM OF BELIEF AND THOUGHT. TORAH, WITHOUT WHICH THERE WOULD BE NO JEWISH PEOPLE, NO JEWISH RELIGION, NO JEWISH STATE.
1) When former High Court Judge Aharon Barak stated in his March 2023 TV Interview that he knew nothing of Torah and had no interest in knowing anything about it or Talmud,

When Lapid decided to eliminate Torah from the Curriculum of the schools, as Prime Minister,...
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EU Sexual Assault Rates 2010-2016 And It Continued To Rise

According to available data, there was an increase in reported sexual violence offences in the EU between 2010 and 2016.
1) Specifically, the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (BRÅ) reported that in 2014, there were 6,697 rapes reported to the Swedish police, marking an 11% increase from the previous year. In 2016, the number of reported rapes in Sweden increased again to 6,715.
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EU Asylum to Muslim Migrants

Between 2010 and 2016, the European Union experienced a significant influx of asylum seekers, with a substantial number being Muslim migrants.
1) According to estimates, approximately 3.7 million Muslims migrated to Europe during this period, including around 2.5 million regular migrants and 1.3 million Muslims who were granted or expected to be granted refugee status.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "ATTENTION TO ALL JEWISH: IF YOU DONATE TO YOUR JEWISH FEDERATIONS --- KNOW THAT THESE FEDERATIONS ARE GIVING MONEY TO "JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE", WHICH IS, AND HAS BEEN BUSY ON THE MEXICAN BORDER...
1) PICKING UP ILLEGAL MIGRANTS TO LEAD THEM TO SAFETY.

Of course, this is dwarfed by the activities of Catholic Charities and other religious groups....
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Paul Gherkin: "The plain truth is that Israel is a model state to be replicated, while cast as a Zionist ideology to be terminated."

1)primarybowman.com/2025/01/05/zio… Gil Troy, a historian and author of 'The Zionist Ideas,' explained that Zionism has three principle components: that Jews are a nation; that Jews have ties to their particular homeland in the land of Israel; and that Jews have a right to establish a state in that homeland,
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@jellen805 @HaroldWren22 Whitewater Controversy: In the 1990s, Clinton was involved in a real estate investment deal called Whitewater, which led to a long-term investigation. Critics accused her of financial impropriety and cover-ups, although no criminal charges were ever filed against her.
1) @jellen805 @HaroldWren22 Benghazi Attack: In 2012, a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked, resulting in the deaths of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. Clinton, who was Secretary of State at the time, faced criticism for her handling of the situation.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "THE ALLIES OF BIDEN SEEM CONVINCED THAT HE WAS A SUCCESSFUL AND ACCOMPLISHED PRESIDENT.

I thought at first they were all simply liars. Then I considered that perhaps they were stupid.
1) But then I thought about it and decided that if they are not stupid and not liars, what that means is that they agreed with Biden in all his policies.

So, look at what they think was good.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Biden and the Democrats claimed, if you remember, that the greatest threat to the USA is Domestic Right-Wing Hate Groups

But, think about this.
1) Jews are 2% of the US population. But, 67% of hate crimes in the USA are against Jews. And, in recent years, 95% of those hate crimes have been from people who vote for Biden and Harris and the left.
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