@Gr8erDays wrote, "Sad to hear that Sidney Kibrick, the last featured “Our Gang” player, has died at 97.
#sidneykibrick #ourgang #littlerascals #obituaries #gr8erdays
1) According to friends, Sidney died January 2 at the ripe old age of 97. He had for years been quite active, including appearing at a 2022 event honoring “Our Gang” (repackaged as “The Little Rascals” by MGM and on TV).
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America's Recurring Quest for Greenland: A Strategic Obsession Spanning Centuries

Greenland, the world's largest island, has long captivated U.S. policymakers for its unparalleled strategic value in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
1) Before Donald Trump's bold overtures in 2019 and post-2024, American leaders eyed the territory multiple times, driven by military imperatives like defense against polar threats and control of vital sea lanes.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "A Sample of the Rhetoric and Lies of the Democrats in the Last Three Days

A. Trump has done one illegal thing after another, a record of criminal behavior. Senator Mark Kelly, Governor Gavin Newsom.
1) B. Trump intends to stay president forever. Senator Adam Schiff.

C. Trump’s action in Venezuela is an impeachable offense. Hakeem Jeffries, Congressman.

D. Trump is violating international law. — Mamdani, Senator Schumer, Senator Tim Kaine.
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There are none so blind as those who refuse to see and become useful idiots towards their own destruction. Israel is not the problem. Israel is the solution. She has been fighting against Islamic terror, the kind we are seeing here in the streets of America and
1) on college campuses. That is where the movement to destroy America began.

1. Charlie Kirk was killed after he said Islam was incompatible with the West.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Democrats are already seeking to make criminal accusations against Trump for grabbing Venezuela’s President Maduro.
1) But some of us remember when Democrat presidents did much worse, all without informing Congress under the War Powers Act, and with absolutely no reason that touched on American interests.
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KIELCE POGROM
After the German occupation ended, antisemitic violence against Jews in Poland did not cease. In the years 1944–1946, between 1,000 to 2,000 Jewish survivors of the Holocaust were murdered in postwar pogroms, mob attacks, and
1) acts of banditry carried out by Polish civilians and armed groups. These crimes reflected deep-rooted antisemitism that persisted even after the Holocaust ended.
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Trump’s Maduro Operation Revives a Historical Precedent: The Noriega Parallel

When U.S. special operations forces extracted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026, it appeared to mark an extraordinary moment in American foreign policy—
1) a sitting head of state captured abroad and flown to the United States to face criminal indictment. Yet, despite the shock factor, the precedent for such an operation is not new. It echoes a strikingly similar episode from more than three decades ago:
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In December 2025, a federal jury convicted Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan of a felony obstruction charge for actions during an April 2025 incident in her courthouse involving a Mexican national whom federal immigration agents were attempting to arrest.
1) She was acquitted of a related misdemeanor count.

On January 3, 2026, Dugan submitted her resignation letter to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, asking that it take effect immediately.
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From the Trump Administration’s viewpoint, the situation would be characterized not as a military invasion, but as a law-enforcement action grounded in U.S. criminal jurisdiction.
1) Key elements of that framing:

1. Criminal Indictment
In March 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice indicted Nicolás Maduro and other Venezuelan officials in federal court in New York on charges including narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and corruption.
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Barry Shaw @netre25 wrote, "Trump has just done an Israel. Struck back against an entity and its leader that was killing his citizens.
1) There is no, as in zero, difference between what Israel was forced to do faced with the lethal initiatives of our enemies, to what Trump and the US military is doing in Venezuela.
Both arose after the increasing death toll of our citizens by enemies that hate us.
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What is getting lost in discussions about Conservatism is that the arguments for freedom of speech and against deplatforming are purposefully masking the real issue of what Conservatism stands for. This has nothing to do with Censorship or deplatforming anyone.
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https://twitter.com/fpmag/status/2006839041644179698

This has to do with how the Conservative movement is defined and the father of Conservatism William F Buckley, Jr decided this long ago. He understood that antisemitism was morally wrong and also that fringe conspiracy theories would impede the ability to win elections and
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Israel needs a weekend

and perhaps a weekend that is three days - Friday, Saturday, Sunday
1) With most employees of large companies and government working 4, 10 hour days, more people able to work from home, and retail businesses and service businesses choosing to stay open on Friday or Sunday, but with a near shutdown of work on Shabbat.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “Media people have been speculating about. What. Trump might do to block Mamdani.
1) I don’t know what Trump will do. What happens in New York City is really not the business of the Federal Government. It is up to the Governor of New York and to the voters of New York.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I am not really surprised, but that antisemitic and racist piece of trash Nick Fuentes attacked

Vivek Ramaswamy, candidate for Governor of Ohio, yelling, "Go back to India."
1) Of course, one would not expect much in the way of intelligence from Nick Fuentes, who clearly does not know that Vivek was born in the USA, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Türkiye, under Erdoğan, is facing an election March 31st, but I wonder what kind of election it will be when the country is holding opposition candidates in prison.
1) Let me explain something. I have nothing against Turkey or the Turkish people. Some of my ancestors lived there for 500 years.

But under Erdoğan, things have changed.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "I AM RECOMMENDING ENDING THE USA-ISRAEL AID DEAL

But, this is not something new.
1) When Benjamin Netanyahu was Israel’s Finance Minister, years ago, he proposed ending the deal at a time when the deal was 10 times more important to Israel’s budget than it is today.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "THE CASE FOR JUDICIAL REFORM IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL?

Reposting this, after receiving a lot of questions both from Israelis and Diaspora Jews. It seems there is a lot of people who simply do not understand the issue. So, here it goes.
1) The real question that has never been fully answered in Israel is what the role of the High Court should be in a Jewish and Democratic Republic which The State of Israel was intended to be.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "The argument for legal reform.

Reposting this, after receiving many questions from Israelis and Jews in the diaspora. It seems that there are many people that just don't understand the subject. So here it comes.
1) The real question that has never been fully answered in Israel is what should be the role of the Supreme Court in the Jewish and Democratic Republic, as israel was intended to be.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote:
"Parshat Vayechi
Genesis 47:28–50:26

Ya’acov (Jacob) lived the last 17 years of his life in Egypt. Anticipating life is short, he asks Joseph to promise that he will bury him in his own land.
1) 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, "For the last few days, masses of people seeking freedom and justice have flooded the streets of the cities of Iran.

Calling for an end to the Iranian Islamic regime.

And calling for the return of Reza Pahlavi, the Shah.
1) The head of the National Bank has resigned. The money has become worthless, there is no water, and the people are chanting, “We do not care about Gaza and Lebanon, we want regime change.”

It is time for the world to speak out.
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@FoxNews PM Bibi Netanyahu and President Trump's personal friendship predates when PM Netanyahu was Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations in New York City (1984-1988) During that time in the 1980s, Bibi Netanyahu lived in New York and
1) @FoxNews became known in U.S. media circles for defending Israel's positions, which is likely why he and Donald Trump who was a prominent New York figure then were acquaintances.
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