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October 1, 2024
Iran has attacked Israel with between 180 and 500 missiles that have
hit Israel throughout their territory, including Haifa, Tel Aviv and
elsewhere. The attack was in retaliation for Israel's attack in
Beirut that resulted in damage and deaths to a number of people
including a guest to the government of Iran. The United States, which
has 43,000 soldiers in the area, primarily in Iraq has stated that
they are sending an additional 1,300 soldiers to the area and has
stated that they will protect Israel The United Kingdom has also
declared it's support for Israel Israel is also continuing to bomb
Lebanon. In April of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin
stated that Russia will protect Iran if Iran is invaded. Some have
stated that what is happening now could be the beginning of a major
war or even a world war. If this is the case, in this age of advanced
missiles, no country can be considered safe, even if protected by oceans.
October 1, 2024 At
midnight today, fifty thousand International Longshoremen went on
strike on the east coast of they United States, from Maine, all the
way to Texas. This means that ships can not be loaded or unloaded,
thus all imported and exported shipping has come to a standstill on
the east coast. New products, such as car parts, cars, food, wine,
beer and everything else can not leave or come into the east coast of
the United States. It is estimated that the USA is losing about 5
billion dollars PER DAY as a result of the strike. The impact of this
strike will not be felt for several weeks, since warehouses across
the country as well as the stores themselves have some reserves,
however after the products are sold, no new products will be
available. The strike only effects the east coast, however the west
coast can not add more volume since it is already at capacity. The
longshoremen want job security and are concerned that they will lose
their jobs over the next few years as a result of automation. The
longshoreman men were offered a pay increase of 50% over a 6 year
period, which works out to a little more than 8% pay raise per year
when compounded, however they were not offered job security. This
strike can and will have a massive impact on the USA, the economy and
on an individual basis on scarcity of products, higher prices and more.
October 1, 2024
Some estimates have stated that vastly more than the official death
toll of 138 people as a result of Hurricane Helene has occurred with
some saying that the number could actually be in the thousands. Very
little real aid has entered the devastated areas and President Biden
has stated that he has not provided any additional federal money to
the effected areas. He has been criticized for this considering that
he just advanced an additional 19 billion dollars to protect the
foreign countries of the Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel Some unconfirmed
reports indicates that numerous bodies are floating in the flooded
areas and in the resulting mud. A true disaster by any standard.
September 30, 2024
Over 125 people are known to have died in the United States, as a
result of Hurricane Helene, which caused massive flooding and wind
destruction throughout the south eastern part of the United States,
from Florida to North Carolina.
September 30, 2024
Recent illegal immigrants are accused of looting in flood ravaged
Tennessee, following Hurricane Helene. This has led some to speculate
that the illegal immigrants are culturally incompatible.
September 30, 2024
U.S. President Biden has told Israel not to invade Lebanon, after
killing the Hezbollah leader, using American made, 30,000 pound
"bunker buster" bombs that penetrated over 40 feet (13
meters), which is about four stories into the ground and then exploded.
September 29, 2024
It has been reveled that Mr. Doug Emhoff apparently cheated on his
first wife with the home nanny and she became pregnant, though the
baby was not born. Mr. Emhoff is the current husband of Vice
President Kamala Harris, who is also running for president of the
United States on the Democratic platform.
September 28, 2024
Hezbollah chief, Hassan Nasrallah was killed by an attack by Israeli
jets, using bunker buster bombs in Beirut, Lebanon.
September 27, 2024
Representative Jerry Nadler, the most senior New York House Democrat,
is demanding that Mayor Adams resign from being Mayor of New York
City, while he battles his Federal indictment.
September 26, 2024
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on five Federal
charges on alleged corruption and accepting gifts including luxury
travel, from the country of Turkey. Mr. Adams is also accused of
fraudulently getting 10 million dollars in public funds and over one
hundred thousand dollars worth of free luxury travel and other benefits.
September 25, 2024
A US Air Force veteran has returned to the United States after being
arrested in Dubai accused of drug and alcohol use. The two brothers
claim that they had been invited to a yacht party and on board had
been drugged.
September 25, 2024
The King of Thailand has signed a law making same-sex marriage into law.
September 24, 2024
Caroline Ellison has been sentenced to two years in jail for her role
in the FTX Crypto "currency" fraud.
September 23, 2024
Israel is denying that they were behind the mass pager and
walkie-talkie attack.
September 22, 2024
Icom, the famous radio maker from Japan, is claiming that they had
nothing to do with the walkie talkie explosions and that the modes of
the exploding walkie talkies had been discontinued in 2011. Icom
further stated that the walkie talkies involved in the explosion,
were illegal knock-offs. The pager manufacturer is from Taiwan but
they have declared that they licensed the technology to a Hungarian
company. The Hungarian company is claiming that they are only a
distributor of the pagers. Some sources are claiming that the
Hungarian company is a Massad front organization. Much is unknown how
the devices came to be and how they had an explosive added to them.
September 22, 2024
Leon Panetta, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) has called Israel's pager bomb operation terrorism.
September 20, 2024
Reports now indicate that the pager explosions that occurred on
September 17, 2024, killed at least 12 people, including two children
and severely injured up to 2,700 people, many with their fingers or
hands blown off and blinded in one or both eyes by the explosion. The
ambassador from Iran is said to have been severely injured and lost
an eye. In addition, the walkie-talkie explosions killed 25 people
and injured an additional 1.300 people. Reports indicate that the
pagers were sent a message and then a few seconds later, the pagers
exploded. In those few seconds, the pager users, in many cases held
the pager to see who was texting them and then after the explosion,
had their hand severely injured and in many cases, suffered from
partial or complete blindness. Some countries are calling this a
massive terrorist action. Many Middle East countries are blaming
Israel for the attack and Lebanon has declared that a state of war
exists between Lebanon and Israel.
September 19, 2024
Qatar Airways has banned passengers from bringing pagers and
walkie-talkies onto their planes.
September 18, 2024
Thousands of walkie-talkies exploded at the same time through out
Syria and Lebanon, at the same time. This comes a day after the pager
explosion attacks.
September 17, 2024
Thousands of pagers used by the political/fighting group Hezbollah,
exploded in Syria and Lebanon at almost exactly at 3:30PM middle East
time. Apparently a code was sent out that activated some sort of
installed explosive in the pagers.
September 17, 2024
The assassination suspect has been named as 58 or 62 year old, Ryan
Wesley Routh from Hawaii, but formerly lived in North Carolina. Routh
also spent months in the Ukraine, attempting to recruit fighters from
different countries.
September 15, 2024
A new attempt to assassinate former President Trump at his Florida
golf course, was foiled by the U.S. Security forces.
September 12, 2024
Today is the 341 year since the defeat of the invading Turkish army
in the battle of Vienna on September 11, 1683. This defeat led to the
end of the Turkish and Muslim invasion of Europe, at least through war.
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This years 9-11
memorial light was apparently not from the foot prints of the two
twin towers of the World Trade Center, but further downtown. In the
past, the lights were lit for one week, however this has been so
called back to just one day. Further, it seems that the lights are
not as bright as they were in the past. This might be do to
atmospheric conditions and the lack of moisture in the air, or
perhaps the intensity of the lights is less than in the past. |
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Rockefeller Center
is a major draw for both New Yorkers and Tourists alike. |
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September 11, 2024
Lower Manhattan, New York City. Today is the twenty second year since
the destruction of the World Trade Center and the deaths of over
2,000 people. The general explanation of the attacks was that 19
hijackers hyjacked 4 airplanes and two crashed into the twin towers
of the World Trade Center, one crashed into the Pentagon in
Washington DC and one crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Never the
less, many questions remain, including how 7 World Trade Center
collapsed considering that it was not hit by any of the planes, how
come so many people heard bombs going off in all three buildings and
many other issues. The desctruction of the Trade Center led to
America's attack on Iraq, and Alfganistan, that resulted in the
deaths of close to 10,000 American soldiers and tens of thousands of
injured American soldiers and the deaths of an estimated million civilians.
August 19, 2024
Dumbo, Brooklyn. Human skeletal remains were found along the water,
on the north part of the dock that holds Jane's Carousel. The remains
were found by Park's Department workers around 7:30AM this morning,
who quickly called the NYPD. The investigation is continuing.
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Human skeletal
remains were found along the water, near Jane's Carousel. |
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NYPD has temporarily blocked this area while their investigation continues. |
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August 11, 2024 The Paris 2024 Olympics came to an end with a
spectacular closing ceremony. The Paris Olympics has been marred with
controversy including the opening ceremony where it appeared the
Olympics were mocking Christianity, allegations by athletes of the
poor quality of accommodations in the Olympic Village including the
lack of air conditioning even though the temperature was very high,
poor quality of the beds and mattresses and the food that mostly
lacked meat protein.
August 11, 2024 The annual Dominican Parade was cancelled half way
through, at 42 Street in Manhattan, because of alleged unruly crowd.
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Crowds near St.
Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral. |
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This 1960's Style
French Renault van now sells ice cream at Rockefeller Center |
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This new Tesla
electric pickup truck in unusual in both it's shape as well such
technical novelties such as the fact that the steering wheel is not
mechanically connected to the wheels and relies on two batteries to
power electric servo motors to turn the wheels. There is a slight
delay between the steering wheel turn and the turning of the wheels. |
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This building on
34 Street and 8th Avenue is apparently using air rights of the
neighboring building to build larger. It is interesting to note that
above a certain height, the new building overhangs the neighboring
building. Some say this leads to unattractive buildings. |
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August 7, 2024 Anti-immigrant protests are continuing throughout the
United Kingdom. The catalyst for the protests were the machete
hacking deaths of three little girls and the sever injury of 10
others. The UK government has vowed to crack down on the protesters.
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Next to the former
Shea Stadium (now called "CitiField"), is a large area of
reasonably priced auto repair shops. |
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An upstate county
fair in the Finger Lakes District of New York. New York State has a
lot more to offer beyond New York City! |
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Could this be one
of the last drive in movie theaters in New York State? Upstate New York. |
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This is an unusual
houseboat, land craft! |
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This amazing farm
vehicle is so high, that some regular cars can drive right under it. |
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The Bass Pro Shop
chain, that has stores around the East Coast, offers an amazing
selection of clothing and equipment for the sportsman. |
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Brooklyn, 9 Street
and 5 Avenue. This 10 plus story high machine is capable of pumping
cement to upper floors of a building, while it is being built. |
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Brooklyn, under
the BQE in Brooklyn Heights. This "cherry picker" is over 9
stories high. |
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Manhattan at 45
Street and Madison Avenue. The famous Roosevelt Hotel has become a
housing complex for illegal immigrants. |
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Roosevelt Hotel. |
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Canal Street. New
York and the rest of the United States is being flooded by illegal
immigrants that are being brought into the country by NGO's, funded
by both private and governmental money. |
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The illegal
immigrants are culturally vastly different than the traditional
Americans. Some say that the new culture is not compatible with the
established culture that created America, that pushed self
sufficiency, independence and privacy. |
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More illegal
migrants are being bussed into New York City. Here at 31 Street and
8th Avenue. |
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This monstrosity,
attached to the trailer hitch of a vehicle, is a bike rack, without bicycles. |
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To many people,
privacy represents freedom. |
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Pedicabs on
regular streets slows down vehicle traffic, and also is dangerous for
the pedicab occupants. |
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Men's fashion has
certainly changed in recent years. |
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August 3, 2024 The Vatican has finally issued a statement regarding
the Olympic opening ceremony that billions of Christians world-wide
has found blasphemous. The Vatican statement is considered rather
weak in that it only states that the Vatican regrets the
controversial event.
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Mott Street,
Chinatown in Manhattan. In the past, prior to the Covid restrictions
imposed by the government, Chinatown was open all night long. Today,
for some reason, almost every restaurant closes as 9PM. Some say that
Chinatown has lost it's edge. |
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Hyland Blvd,
Staten Island. For an alleged free country, the United States has so
may laws restricting freedom. |
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Hyland Blvd has
both speed cameras as well as noise "cameras" to fine and
enrage the population. |
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Williamsburg
Brooklyn. As Hsidic man riding an electric scooter. Do bicycles and
scooters represent a collapse in the standard of living? |
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This bike lane on
the Brooklyn Bridge is hardly used by during rush hour, vastly slows
down tax paying vehicle traffic. |
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August 3, 2024 Many UK police officers have been injured during the
massive protests engulfing the UK regarding the hacking murder of the
3 young girls and critical hacking injuries of 9 others, in
Southport, England. The protests have taken a new life in protesting
the arrival of all immigrants in the UK.
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Large
pro-Palestinian protest in Washington Square Park. August 2, 2024 |
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Every day,
thousands of tourists come to Dumbo Park to see the amazing view of
the Manhattan skyline. |
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August 2, 2024 Huge riots are happening throughout England in protest
of the knife/machete murder of 3 young girls and 8 others in critical
condition by a UK born, Rwanda background, 17 year old. Apparently
this savage attack was the match that has ignited the anger that has
been brewing for a number of years because of the massive immigration
and mixing of English culture with non European immigrants. The new
liberal UK Prime Minister, Mr. Keir Starmer has blamed what he
describes as the "far right". The fact is that the protests
have broad support among the population.
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Canal Street in
Lower Manhattan has become an on street market for knock off goods.
The police rarely stop them. |
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Every day, in
front of the Farley Main Post Office on 8th Avenue and 33 Street,
there is a free concert. |
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July 31, 2024 Ismail Haniyeh, a Palestinian politician and political
leader of Hamas was assassinated in Tehran, along with his bodyguards
by an Israeli airstrike on the residence that he was staying at. Mr.
Haniyeh had been attending the inauguration of the new Iranian
president, Masoud Pezeshkian. Iran has vowed to punish Israel for
violating its airspace and for the assassination of Haniyeh.
July 30, 2024 Israeli aircraft apparently violated Lebanese airspace
and bombed south Beirut, and destroyed a 4 story building and several
other buildings, about 300 feet (96 meters) from the Bahman hospital.
The apparent target was Mohsen Shokr, the commander of the Hezbollah
operations headquarters who is in charge of the use of high precision
missiles. Mr. Shokr is said to have left the building before the
Israeli attack.
July 30, 2024 Slovakia has threatened to cut off diesel fuel to the
Ukraine, if the Ukraine does not restart the flow of Russian oil,
that the Ukraine cut off last week.
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Police mobile
command post. |
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A huge number of
migrants have entered New York City, that was declared, under Mayor
DeBlasio, a sanctuary city. The Migrants are flowing into the city at
an estimated rate of 20,000 per month. This has created a housing as
well as a huge financial burden for the City and the taxpayer. |
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This migrant
center, which is an industrial building, is used to house thousands
of migrants on Kent Avenue in Brooklyn, next to the Navy Yard. This
was the scene after two men were shot in front of the center. |
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July 30, 2024 Microsoft has again been hit by a global computer
outage, though this outage appears to be smaller than the July 19
outage that effected millions of computers.
July 30, 2024 The State Department of the United States refused to
label the rape of a male Palestinian Prisoner as a war crime. The
rape occurred at the Sde Teiman detention facility.
July 30, 2024 Nine Israeli IDF troops have been arrested for a rape
attack on a Palestinian male prisoner. This has led to protests by
hundreds of IDF reservists against the arrest of the accused rapists.
July 30, 2024 Israeli Defense forces, who raped a male Palestinian
detainee, claimed that they raped him in self defense. This seems
extraordinarilly hard to believe. One may question what it means to
have the right to defend yourself.
July 30, 2024 Israeli forces today attacked the Greek Orthodox Church
of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City. This is the second time that this
church has been attacked.
July 30, 2024 Huge riots are happening in Southport, England in
protest of the knife/machete murder of 3 young girls and 8 others in
critical condition. The attack was by a UK born, Rwanda background,
17 year old. Exact motives for this savagery has not been disclosed
but many in England are saying that it is an attack against the
traditional white, Christian, English population. It is believed that
the attacker was Moslem. Over 100 people have been arrested and many
have been admitted into hospital. There is fear in England that the
rioting may spread throughout the country, because of simmering
underlying anti-non European feelings.
July 30, 2024 The Olympic committee has cleared two male boxers to
compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin
Yu-Ting of Taiwan had previously been banned from world championship
tournaments after the International Boxing Association claimed that
tests proved that the athletes had XY chromosomes, meaning that they
are male. The International Olympic Committee said that the two
fighters may compete in the female boxing matches.
July 30, 2024 Slovakia's deputy Prime Minister, Tomas Taraba has
announced a boycott of the "degenerate" Olympics. Deputy
Prime Minister is said to have written in his official Facebook page
"I was supposed to represent Slovakia at the closing ceremony,
but for the normal world, this Olympics will forever remain a symbol
of degenerate decadence, which abused the beauty of sport and turned
it into progressive political Theater. Therefor, I have decided not
to participate in the closing ceremony". Deputy Prime Minister
Taraba also wrote on his X (former Twitter) account "The insults
to Christianity and the decadence presented have reached such a level
that they have offended the whole normal world, which understands the
difference between culture and garbage".
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Hyland Blvd in
Staten Island is being repaved. Hyland Blvd is also known for its
many speed cameras, that ticket drivers if the exceed the speed limit
by a few miles per hour. |
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Kilmyer's
Restaurant Inn on Staten Island, is one of the oldest German
Restaurants in New York City, having started in the 1820's. |
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July 29, 2024 A savage sward/knife attack occurred at a childrens
dance studio killing at least two children and critically injuring at
least 9 other people. The attacker is said to be of Rwanda background
is 17 years old. He was captured alive.
July 29, 2024 Elon Musk said that the Olympic opening ceremony
mockery of the "Last Supper" was extremely disrespectful to Christians.
July 29, 2024 A company in the United States has withdrawn support
for the Olympics over the mocking of Christians at the Olympic
opening ceremony.
July 29, 2024 The Olympic body has removed the controversial opening
ceremony elements from its website.
July 26, 2024 Donald Trump Jr. labeled the Olympic drag queen
performance as "seemingly Satanic" on his X account.
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Empty Brooklyn
Bridge Park |
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Bike Port on Kent
Avenue in Brooklyn, next to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The founder has
pushed the use of bicycles for well over 40 years. His original store
was in Manhattan on East 3rd Street, off of First Avenue, then on
Spring Street, near the Holland Tunnel and now on Kent Avenue. |
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These mysterious
containers have emerged on top of many lamp posts throughout the
city. Are they 5G antennas? |
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July 26, 2024 The Paris Olympics opening has created a firestorm of
controversy. On the famous seine river, a group of transvestite/drag
queens held a parody of "The Last Supper", mocking 2.4
Billion Christians. Further, one of the performers at the Paris
Olympic opening ceremony had his testicles hanging out the side of
his pants. Other controversial issues have come up including holding
a model head of the beheaded Marion Antoinette. These hideous, vulgar
displays of mockery and debauchery has destroyed the good feelings
that billions of people around the world had for the Olympics.
July 26, 2024 The Paris Olympics has officially opened with the long
anticipated opening ceremony Security in Paris is extremely tight,
with many zones closed off to the public,without special passes.
July 25, 2024 The Paris Olympics torch lighting included 10,000 torch
bearers including 3 Transgender/drag queens.
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The NYC skyline at
sunset is spectacular as seen from Dumbo Park. |
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Thousands of
tourists come to Dumbo Park every day to enjoy the view. |
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Tourists next to
Dumbo Park |
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July 24, 2024 Israeli president arrived in Washington DC today to
address Congress. There have been massive protests in all major
cities today against Israel's war against Palestine in which an
estimated 42,000 Palestinian civilians have been killed.
July 23, 2024 The head of the United States Secret Service, Ms.
Kimberly Cheatle, has resigned. Members from both parties have been
calling for her resignation because of what is perceived as a poorly
organized protection plan for former president Donald J. Trump, who
was shot in the ear on July 13, 2024, during an assassination attempt
on his life in Pennsylvania. One innocent bystander was killed and
two bystanders received serious injuries.
July 21, 2024 President Joseph Biden has decided not to seek
re-election based on "health issues". Recently
representatives from both parties have expressed concern regarding
President Biden's cognitive ability and also questioned if he can
beat former President Trump in the November elections. President
Biden has now endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the presidency.
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New York City has a problem with motorcycles and so
called electric "bicycles", which are nothing more than
electric motorcycles. Either the motorcycle does not have license
plates, insurance, etc, or the plate is covered, as in this case. It
is also time for all so-called electric "bicycles" to be
registered, and insured, the same as automobiles, to protect the public. |
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The FDNY does much
more than fight fires. They also rescue people, are often first
responders to heart attacks and first responders to accident victims. |
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The car on the
left crashed into a city light pole, as seen on the right and
apparently the driver was injured. Accidents do happen. |
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July 20, 2024 It is now estimated that as much as 5.5 Billion U.S.
dollars may have been lost because of the global Microsoft computer outages.
July 19, 2024 A huge computer error effecting millions of Microsoft
computers around the world, has caused global disruptions. These
disruptions include thousands of airline flights cancelled, hospital
billing systems in disarray and hundreds of companies forced to
curtail business.
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A in line skate
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July 14, 2024 The bystander killed by the attempted Trump assassin
has been revealed to be 50 year old Mr. Corey Comperatore, a former
volunteer fire chief. He died apparently shielding his 20 year old
daughter. The two other victims have been identified as 74 year old
Mr. James Coenhaver, and 57 year old Mr. David Dutch. Both are in
hospital and listed as being in stable condition.
July 14, 2024 It was reveled that the attempted assassin was 20 year
old Thomas Matthew Crooks, from Bethel Pennsylvania, which is about
40 miles south from Betler Pennsylvania, where the attempted
assassination occurred. Mr. Crooks was shot and killed by Secret
Service snipers.
July 13, 2024 President Trump landed at Newark International Airport,
in his own jet, called Trump Force One and went to his property in
Bedminister, New Jersey.
July 13, 2024 President Joe Bidden and a variety of politicians in
the United States and worldwide has condemned the assassination
attempt on former President Donald J. Trump. It is understood that
President Biden has called Mr. Trump and told Mr. Trump that he hopes
that he has a speedy recovery.
July 13, 2024 Mr. Trump left the hospital on his own power and has
been escorted to the airport.
July 13, 2024 Former President Donald J. Trump has
been shot. The shooting occurred this afternoon at a campaign
rally in Betler Pennsylvania. A sniper apparently attempted to
assassinate former President Trump for a roof top, outside of the
security perimeter, about 400ft (130 meters) from where Mr. Trump was
addressing the crowd. Reports indicate that former President Trump
right side ear was grazed and that he was bleeding over his face.
Further, spectator was killed and two spectators were badly injured.
The United States Secret Service quickly gunned down and killed the
sniper. President Trump was led off of the podium, on his own power,
by a phalanx of Secret Service Officers, and defiantly held his fist
up and said "fight". His face was covered in blood. Mr.
Trump was rushed to a local medical facility.
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Canal Street in Manhattan has become a market for
knock-off name brand items. |
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One of the reasons
for constant traffic jams includes the constant road repairs. The
repairs are often by utility companies and sadly, the repairs are not
coordinated, so it is possible one week an electric company opens the
street, then the next week a cable company opens the street and then
after a gas company opens the street. The street openings should be
coordinated so that they are all such work is done at the same time. |
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July 5, 2024 The country of Nigeria has decided to recall the 21 tons
of gold that it is storing in the United States and in the UK.
Nigerian officials are said to be concerned by rising inflation, debt
levels, and tical tensions. Essentially they seem to have lost faith
and trust in the United States and the UK. The fact that Russian Gold
valued at 650 Billion dollars as well as their money was seized by
western countries is also of great concern. For these reasons Nigeria
has decided to store their wealth locally. In 2015, Australia brought
back about half of its gold that was said to be held by the Federal
Reserve. In 2017, Germany repatriated about half of its gold
holdings, said to be in the Federal Reserve. At the time, they had
trouble having the gold returned and the gold that was returned was
said to be, not the original gold that they had deposited with the
Federal Reserve. In 2019, Poland repatriated 100 tons of gold, as did
Hungary and Romania. Some "conspiracy" stories claim that
the gold in the Federal Reserve as well as other depository sites,
such as Fort Knox in Kentucky have long been depleted of its gold and
that no gold remains, other than promissory notes for the
non-existent gold.
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This company is advertising to assemble furniture. Anyone who has
ever shopped in Ikea knows how frustrating it can be to assemble
furniture, often times having parts left over or having to rebuild
the item! |
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This corner store used to be a diner at 86 Street and
Second Avenue in Manhattan. It is now a "convenience store",
however it has been shut down by city authorities for selling
canibis without the proper license. Of course just a few years ago,
sale of canibis would have resulted in a possible jail sentence. Our
recommendation: don't touch the stuff. |
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July 4, 2024 Happy Independence Day!
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Many times were
forget the service and sacrifice of our military. This is the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5159 in Red Hook Brooklyn. |
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The VFW post 5159
has a beautiful bronze of a soldier. |
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VFW post 5159 |
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This is a Donald
Trump impressionists "Tomy Trump", to liven up the American
Legion Rawley post in Brooklyn |
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July 2, 2024 Calls continue to come in for President Biden not to
seek re-election this November, including from members of his
Democratic Party.
July 2, 2024 According to a report in the New York Times, allegedly
leaders of the recent G7 summit were shocked by what they perceived
as President Biden mental and physical decline.
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Many car owners cover their license plates allegedly
to protect the plate from the elements, however such curved coverings
makes it difficult for automatic toll collect (EZ Pass) locations to
properly bill the car owner for tolls. |
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Protruding automobile bike racks are extremely
dangerous since it can act as a spear and injure the rear car driver
in an accident. Further, the bike rack prevents the license plate
from being read. The police should enforce the rules to fold such
racks when not in use. |
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July 1, 2024 According to the New York Post, President Biden's wife
Jill Biden is negotiating with Democratic Party leaders to have
President Biden withdraw from the 2024 election, provided that
certain conditions are met including a billion dollars for the a
Biden Presidential library, a 100 million dollar book advance deal
and immunity from any possible prosecution of any Biden family
members or President Biden himself. It seems unlikely that any of
these conditions would be met, if in fact, they were even suggested.
June 30, 2024 The annual Gay Pride Parade was held
today in New York City as well as a number of other locations around
the world. In the case of New York City, the parade and people
watching the parade created quit a spectacle which included nudity,
partial nudity and colorful behavior. The after effect of the parade
was somewhat dampened by a very heavy rain downpour and high winds.
Union Square as well as Washington Square Park are where many Pride
participants ended up.
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Gay pride celebration. The flag denotes gay and Transgender |
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Nudity was common at the Gay event. Many women walked
around with their breasts exposed (which has been legal since 1979).
Further, some women painted their personal areas, but otherwise was
completely exposed. |
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Just a generation ago, homosexual events were mostly
not accepted. Today, regardless of accepted or not, critics are
mostly silent. |
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The NYC Department of Transportation also participated in "Gay
Pride" month. |
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Homosexuality is still illegal or greatly curtailed in
over half the countries in the world. In some countries, being gay
can mean a jail sentence or worse. The U.S. Government, though
various means including financial incentives and other methods,
encourage non-compliant countries. |
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Even the iconic Empire State Building displayed the
gay flag colors. |
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As in every year, the NYPD was out in force to protect
the Gay pride parade and events. |
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This building displays the United States, Canadian and
gay/Transgender flags. The U.S. Code calls for the American flag to
be in the center and higher than other country flags, though this
rule seems to be very rarely followed. |
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At the Dumbo/Brooklyn Heights boat yard, many boats had the gay flag
displayed. This reporter did not see any American flags on display. |
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The bus lanes are designed to speed bus traffic and to
discourage and undermine private car use. A combination of bus lanes
and mostly under used bike lanes have greatly slowed down the speed
of private cars. It should be noted that private cars pay gas tax,
registration fees and other taxes to pay for the road. |
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People enjoying the East River water front at Dumbo
Park. The weather has been lovely over the past few weeks, being
mostly in the 80's F. |
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June 28, 2024 Calls for President Biden to decline the Democratic
nomination for reelection are coming from all quarters, after his
terrible performance at the debate with former President Donald Trump
two days ago. Some people have also suggested that he should resign
immediately and other are demanding that President Biden be removed
because of incompetency.
June 27, 2024 President Joseph Biden gave a speech this morning at
9AM EST in South Carolina, where unlike yesterday evening at the
debate with former President Trump, President Biden seemed completely
in control, coherent and at the top of his game. His excellent
performance in the morning contrasts greatly with his terrible
performance in the evening, which might indicate a type of Sundown Syndrome.
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The Danbury
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Hyland Blvd in Staten Island, has become a fascinating
area for quality high end Middle East and Turkish food and markets. |
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June 26, 2024 Mr. Julian Assange arrived in Canberra, Australia, a
free man, though convicted of the charge in the United States of
conspiring to obtain and disclose classified U.S. national defence
documents. Many people from around the world have agreed with Mr.
Assange and the vast majority of reporters and people who respect
free press and open government agree with Mr. Assange. His case
started when in 2010, Mr Assange received documents as well as a
video showing U.S. forces killing a group of believed innocent
civilians in Afghanistan, by a U.S. helicopter. Earlier, the U.S.
Government stated that these civilians and two reporters were killed
by terrorists, but the video showed that it was U.S. forces behind
the massacre. This caused a global scandal. Immediately, the U.S.
Government did everything possible to find the leaker and prosecute
anyone who initially published this, which happened to be the website
Wikileaks. The case is stunning since immediately after, two Swedish
women claimed that they had been raped by Assange, but Mr. Assange
stated that their intercourse was consentual. To add to the absurdity
of this, one of the women stated that Mr. Assange had intercourse
with her a number of times one night, however the last time he had
intercourse with her, Mr. Assange did not wear a condom and she
stated that "she required a condom". Eventually those rape
charges were dropped, and many believe that the allegations of rape
was a method to arrest Mr. Assange and eventually deport him to the
USA for prosecution of the above noted secrecy act violations. Mr.
Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he
stayed from 2012 till 2019, when Ecuador decided to allow British
police to arrest him. Since 2019 till 2024, Mr. Assange was in a
British prison, fighting extradition to the USA. A compromise was
reached in early June and Mr. Assange pleaded guilty to lower charges
and was released because of time served in the British prison. This
case reminded many people and reporters of the Pentagon Papers from
1973, however in that case, the two Washington Post reporters were
not arrested. Further, Mr. Assange's refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy
for seven years reminded many of Soviet citizens who took refuge in
the US Embassy in Moscow during the Cold War. Many view Mr. Assange
as a political prisoner. Freedom of press apparently has limits in
today's world.
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These interesting cast iron fire alarm boxes have been
around since around 1900. Many of them still exist. Over the past 40
years, new sheet steel fire boxes have emerged. In the past, cell
phones did not exist and most people did not have access to a
telephone, and these fire boxes played an important job of quickly
notifying the fire department. |
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Last day before summer closure at the distinguished,
125 years old plus, National Arts Club in Gramercy Park. |
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Many private car owners feel that under used street
closures are unfair since they create additional traffic. This writer
was born on the Upper East Side in Manhattan and back in the 1950's
and 1960's, it was common for the streets to be closed for "play
days". Most people then owned private cars. Private cars
represents a type of freedom. |
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The Vision Zero program that was pushed by former
mayor Bill DeBlasio has not led to less pedestrian traffic accidents,
but rather more! Pedestrians today feel entitled and often do not
even bother to look both ways before crossing a street and often time
seem to be mesmerized by their telephone. |
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There are many sides to the Gaza-Israeli war,
currently being fought. |
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Here is a large advertisement calling for privacy by
using their remote VPN internet service. Privacy is slowly becoming
extinct, though in the past, privacy was equated with a type of
freedom. If cash is eliminated, privacy and potentially freedom to do
with one wants with their own money, may be a thing of the past. |
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June 26, 2024 Former President Donald J. Trump and current President
Joseph Biden debated this evening. Several times, President Biden
lost his chain of thought, at times he froze and he seemed to be
mumbling. Further, his answers seemed inconsistent with the questions
and Mr. Biden seemed incoherent at times.
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An ultra cute
scene. A gentleman on lower Bowery, riding his electric bicycle with
his two little children in their protected "cabin" in the
rain! The little girl is waving. Some news can be happy. |
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June 24, 2024 The United States Supreme Court has agreed to take on a
case to decide whether states can restrict "gender affirming
care" for minors.
June 24, 2024 The World Health Organization (WHO) is now recommending
that children and teens not be vaccinated against Covid 19. In the
past, WHO did recommend the various emergency authorized Covid 19
vaccinations be given to children and teens. Many school systems
still require the vaccination.
June 23, 2024 A group of five climate "activists" invaded
the green in a PGA tournament, damaging the golf course. They were
all quickly arrested.
June 23, 2024 The Israeli military is being criticized for strapping
an injured Palestinian man to the hood of a military vehicle, using
him as a human shield. The Israeli government stated that this action
violated Israeli military protocol.
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NYC is deeply divided in the ongoing Gaza Israeli war. |
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A beautiful sunset view of Manhattan, as seen from
Dumbo Park in Brooklyn. |
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Thousands of tourists visit Dumbo Park every day. |
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Should a private company be given special rights to
park their rental cars in a community, even though parking spots are
so hard to come by? Some say this action is to discourage private
ownership of cars. To car owners, cars represent freedom. Cars also
seem to be the dividing line between the wealthier New Yorkers from
the struggling New Yorkers. |
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June 23, 2024 Russia says that the United States is responsible for
the deadly attack in Crimea, that killed five people, including three
children and injured 124. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that
the United States manufactured ATACMS missiles, that were equipped
with cluster bombs, were programmed by American specialists and was
coordinated by U.S. Spy satellites.
June 22, 2024 A missal containing cluster bombs (which is considered
illegal in most countries) hit a beach in Crimea, killing and
injuring scores of people.
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A late night fire in Soho. |
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Though building fires are less and less common, the
job of the fire department and police department can still be very
dangerous. Imagine climbing up these seven story ladders, covered in
water at night. |
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June 20, 2024 The U.S. House Judiciary Committee and subcommittee has
stated that the Biden Administration pressured Amazon to hide over 40
book titles that were critical of the vaccinations.
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A major multi alarm fire erupted next to the BQE in Brooklyn between
Gold Street and Tillary Street. |
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The fire was very difficult to fight since it was
behind a fenced in area around the highway and rather far from a fire
hydrant (Johnny pump, in traditional New York lingo). It took almost
3 hours to bring under control. |
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June 20, 2024 The New York City area is experiencing a heat wave with
temperatures reaching 95F. It is common for massive fluctuations in temperature.
June 10, 2024 French president Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the
national parliament following his party's massive loss to Marine Le
Pen's conservative National Rally party, in the European Elections.
June 10, 2024 Maderna has a new combination Covid, flu vaccine that
is said to be more effective than existing shots, for those who want
to take more vaccinations.
June 9, 2024 ISIS has warned and threatened the Paris 2024 Olympics
with a mockup of the Eiffel Tower being attacked by a drone.
June 9, 2024 The German far right party, the Alternative for Germany
(AfD) has made significant gates in the EU vote. AfD is for
conservative values including the deportation of illegal immigrants
and other issues.
June 8, 2024 In the Netherlands, euthanasia is being used to kill
hundreds of people every year, including some people who only feel depressed.
June 8, 2024 Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a suit
against Planned Parenthood for allegedly trafficking children for out
of state abortions, without parental consent.
June 8, 2024 New York Mayor Eric Adams is apparently under
investigation by a grand jury regarding alleged federal campaign fundraising.
June 6, 2024 Groups of illegal aliens have taken to blocking traffic,
the latest in Times Square.
June 6, 2024 Today is the 80th anniversary of the invasion of France
at Normandy by the United States and Great Britain. Thousands of
Americans, British and Germans were killed. In addition, tens of
thousands of French civilians were killed during and immediately
after the invasion. Further, many French villages were completely
leveled by the intense bombing by the Americans and British.
June 6, 2024 NY Governor Kathy Hochul has suspended the highly
disliked congestion pricing plan, that was set to take effect on June
30, 2024.
June 6, 2024 Sara Milliken was crowned Miss Alabama in the National
American Miss pageant. Ms. Milliken, who is plus, plus, plus sized,
that some might say obese, is the first such woman to receive this crown.
June 5, 2024 Some Illegal Aliens have taken to jumping in front of
moving cars in order to claim injury and shake down drivers. This has
happened in the Rockaways, Queens, New York City.
June 4, 2024 Liberal anti-Israel democrats, representing gay/LGBT
interests, stormed the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. They were
protesting the Israeli attack and killings in Palestine/Gaza.
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These are rented jet ski's, showing off to the
thousands of tourists who come to Dumbo Park every day to enjoy the
beautiful view of the Manhattan Skyline. Jet ski's can be fun to use,
but are also very dangerous. This writer knows of a young man who was
paralyzed waste down when he was thrown from his jet ski. |
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June 3, 2024 A bar in Idaho, The Old State Saloon, has declared June
to be Heterosexual Awareness Month.
June 2, 2024 Some illegal aliens on unregistered, uninsured motor
cycles have taken to robbing law abiding pedestrians. This is similar
to what plagues Brazil and other countries.
May 30, 2024 A storm destroyed the worlds largest floating solar
power plant. Solar power, while sounding wonderful, is still in its'
infancy and may actually never be viable.
May 25, 2024 Andrew Cuomo has publicly stated that he has been
suffering from Covid vaccine injury.
May 22, 2024 A New Yorker in Florida keyed (scratched) a Toyota
Tundra because he saw a pro Trump sticker on the truck. He was
promptly arrested for the felony and will have to pay to repaint the
car, which can be $6,000
May 20, 2024 Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi is dead. Also dead were
several high ranking Iranians including Foreign Minister Hossein Amir
Abdollahian. It has been confirmed that his helicopter crashed in a
remote part of Iran. The cause of the crash was not released, however
the area is hilly and visibility due to fog was limited.
May 20, 2024 Belgium and Hungary are set to launch controversial
digital ID's, ahead of the expected EU regulations. They join
Iceland, which already has a digital ID system in place. Some say
that privacy is undermined with the digital "passport",
while others mention the convenience of such a system.
May 20, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned
the International Criminal Court's prosecutor for seeking an arrest
warrant against him for alleged war crimes. Mr. Netanyahu claims that
he is disgusted that democratic Israel has been compared to what he
describes as mass murderers. Neither Israel nor the United States
have signed the ICC treaty, however it remains unclear if at some
point Mr. Netanyahu travels to one of the many signatory countries,
if he will be arrested.
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Pro-Palestinian protests continue around New York City. |
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Protesters claim that Israel is committing genocide in
Gaza. So far, according to Palestinian authorities, 36,000 people
have died, 11,000 people are missing and 78,000 people are severely injured. |
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May 17, 2024 A Federal Appeals court has ruled that Maryland parents
can not opt out their children from attending LGBTQ lessons.
May 16, 2024 The World Economic Forum (WEF), a private organization,
is demanding that countries limit private ownership of automobiles.
In many countries, automobiles represents freedom of movement.
May 16, 2024 Warsaw Poland Mayor has ordered the removal of all
Crucifix's and religious symbols from all Warsaw government
buildings. He has also ordered the use of Transgender pronouns.
May 16, 2024 NFL champion Harrison Butker made a speech several days
ago, where he advocated that some of the graduating women may find
comfort in being stay at home mothers in the future. Needless to say,
his recommendation did not sit well with many career seeking women.
His speech however was commended by several notables including U.S.
Senator Josh Hawley, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone,
Bishop Strickland and Notre Dame head football coach Lou Holtz, as
well as others.
May 16, 2024 The IMF (International Monetary Fund), has warned
western countries not to seize Russian financial holdings in their
countries out of fear that such an action could undermine the global
monetary system.
May 16, 2024 Investigators investigating the attempted assassination
of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico stated that the attempted
assassin may not have acted alone. They question why the alleged
assassin, which Slovakian newspapers have said is Mr. Juraj Cintula,
had is social media accounts erased several hours after his arrest.
May 16, 2024 Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi helicopter has gone
missing. It was one of three helicopters flying in his group.
May 16, 2024 Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot several
times by a would be assassin and President Fico is said to be now in
critical condition.
Angelica,
New York. Could this be the
friendliest town
in the USA?
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The town of
Angelica, in upstate New York. Town square/circle. |
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This town can only
be described as Angelic, thus the name Angelica. |
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It reminds this
writer (Frank X. Didik), of the 1950's movie Brigadoon. Everything is
too perfect. |
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The American House
and Hotel in Angelica, New York. Amazing place. The restaurant is
excellent and also, they have a wonderful play area for children.
What a town. |
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A large coffee
from the American House and Hotel in Angelica. |
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Did you know that
there is a Brooklyn Heights in ... Cleveland, Ohio? |
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May 13, 2024 Former President Donald J. Trump has called for child
sex traffickers to get the death penalty.
May 9, 2024 The American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claims
that the new bird flu can kill one in four Americans. So far only one
case has been discovered and no one has died.
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Until 1054, when what are now known as Catholics and
the Orthodox separated, the Catholic Mass (service) was almost
identical to how the Russian Orthodox still celebrate today. Till
1969, an estimated 70% of the Catholics had their Mass in the Middle
Latin language (10 Century Latin). The rest of the Catholics back
then had their service in the local languages. Latin was adapted by
the Catholics around 400AD. Prior to that, the Mass as mostly said in
Aramaic or Greek. The Socalled Traditional Latin Mass, is actually
rather new and was known as the "Dialog Mass", and was
instituted in September, 1958. Prior to 1958, the people did not
speak at all during the mass. Singing (not chanting) and seats in
Catholic Churches were added after 1054. |
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May 6, 2024 Israeli industry is bracing for major economic damage now
the Turkey has ceased all trade with Israel. An estimated 20 to 25%
of Israel's trade and raw and finished materials comes from Turkey.
May 6, 2024 Anti-Israeli protests have now expanded to over 200
universities across the United States.
May 5, 2024 Reports are coming out of Israel that the U.S. Defense
system had only a 25% success rate during the Iran retaliation attack.
May 5, 2024 Israel has raided that Al Jazeera news agency in Israel
and has taken them off of the air. Al Jazeera, the highly respected
news agency from Qatar, stated that Israel wants "to cover its crimes".
May 4, 2024 A damage report has stated that Israel has caused an
estimated 50 Billion U.S. Dollars in Damage to Gaza.
May 4, 2024 Today is the 54th adversary of the Kent State shootings,
where the National Guard used live ammunition and shot student
anti-Vietnam protesters, killing four students and injuring a number
of others. The Kent State shootings occurred on May 4, 1970 and this
galvanized the anti-Vietnam war protests throughout the United
States. Some people are drawing parallels between the anti-Vietnam
student protests and the current anti-Israel protests. In the case of
Vietnam, the students were protesting the bombing and killing of
Vietnamese by the American military, while today, the students are
protesting Israeli destruction and killing of (at present) 35,000
Palestinians and injuring of over 75,000.
May 4, 2024 In a stunning move, France has sent combat troops to the
Ukraine battle front. It is estimated that between 600 and 1500
French Foreign Legion troops have entered Ukraine. There is fear that
the Ukrainian war might suddenly become much larger.
May 4, 2024 Israel is now blockaded, to a degree, by land and sea.
With Yemen striking cargo ships headed to or from Israel in the Red
Sea and now Turkey suspending all trade with Israel, with demands
that all Israeli troops must leave Gaza and allow an independent state.
May 4, 2024 Yemen has threatened to attack all Israeli ships in the
Mediterranean. How Yemen plans to do this was not explained.
May 4, 2024 The United States is building a very costly, 320 Billion
dollar, temporary dock/harbor to Gaza, allegedly to bring
humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza people. One must wonder how
come the aid is not simply transported overland from Egypt and even
Israel Some Arab and Palestinian people feel the true purpose is to
transport the Gaza Palestinians away from Gaza, similar to what
happened to the people in what is now Israel in 1947.
May 4, 2024 In a stunning move, liberal Denmark, where anything goes,
is allowing 15 year olds to get abortions without their parents consent.
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May 3, 2024 Highway I95 in Connecticut. The night of
May 3, 2024, a gasoline truck was involved in an accident and created
a massive fire under the exit 15 bridge. This fire caused the bridge
to suffer structural damage and was immediately demolished. Traffic
on I95 was halted and caused a 5 hour traffic jam as this writer can
personally attest to. |
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May 3, 2024 49 Senators have urged President Biden to reject the WHO
(World Economic Forum) demand for medical passports and international
oversight to health, rather than such decisions for the United States
being with the American people.
May 3, 2024 The country of Colombia has cut diplomatic ties with
Israel over the continuing "genocide" of Palestinians in Gaza.
May 3, 2024 According to journalist Tucker Carlson, the U.S.
Destroyed Germany's domestic energy supply when the U.S. allegedly
blew up the Nord Stream pipelines, that carried inexpensive natural
gas from Russia to Germany.
May 3, 2024 The Houthi blockades has forced the Israeli port of
Eilat, to lay off half of its workers.
May 1, 2024 The United States House of Representatives passed the
"Antisemitism Awareness Act" to silence criticism of Israel
as "Hate Speech". In the United States, speech is protected
by the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. The notion of "hate
speech" is clearly a violation of the existing constitutional
law of the land.
May 1, 2024 Major pro-Palestinian protest in
Washington Square park consisting of thousands of protestors. The
NYPD was out in force and carefully prevented the large
pro-Palestinian demonstrators from the pro-Israeli demonstrators.
Curiously, there were Orthodox Jews who were were demonstrating with
the pro-Palestinians.
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A pro Palestinian protest in Washington Square Park.
What made this protest interesting is that one Orthodox Jewish sect
was there protesting and agreeing with the protestors. |
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April 29, 2024 Hungary opposes any more NATO money be sent for
military purposes in the Ukraine.
April 22, 2024
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated that the European
Union (EU) and NATO appear to be preparing for war. He stated that
many leaders in NATO are suffering from what he called "war
psychosis". He was referring to the Ukrainian-Russian war.
April 22, 2024
Today is the Jewish holiday of Passover.
April 21, 2024 The
New York City storefront vacancy rate is now 11.2%, which is up from
2019, when it was 6%.
April 21, 2024 The
African country of Chad has reportedly asked American Troops to
"stop their activities" at an air base near the capital of
N'Djamena. Many feel that this is a prelude to Chad asking the
Americans to leave Chad.
April 20, 2024
Hundreds of people in the Nigerian city of Agadez have protested the
U.S. Military presence in their country and are demanding that the
U.S. Military leave Nigeria.
April 20, 2024
According to the New York Post, a high school soccer game was forced
to cancel after a group of about 30 illegal migrant men refused to
leave the field, even after the police were called.
April 19, 2024 A
Florida man named Max Azzarello, 37 years old, has set himself on
fire, outside of the Trump hush money trail in lower Manhattan.
Witnesses say that he was completely engulfed in flames.
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The "Pompeii" room at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. Originally, in the center, was a beautiful pool of
water, with statues in the pool. Surrounding the pool was a wonderful
restaurant. This was built in 1952. Sadly, around 20 years ago, this
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Shoplifting is making it difficult for many businesses to stay in New
York City. Basic goods, such as tooth paste are not being locked
away. Part of the problem is that shoplifters are no longer detained
but rather given desk summonses. So called "bail reform"
has allowed perpetual law breakers to avoid prison, if their theft is
below $1000 each time they shoplift.
April 18, 2024
Google quickly fired 28 employee's who had demanded that Google not
do business with the Israeli government. In prior cases of employee's
protesting, they normally protest for higher wages, better working
conditions or better benefits. It is very rare that employee's
protest who a company can do business with.
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This truck has a
license plate that can not be read because the back of the truck is
coated with dust. |
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An interesting new
concept. These people rent radio headphones in Washington Square Park
and play music. The range is said to be about 1000 feet / 330 meters. |
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Trauma Dump Here.
It seems that more and more people are burdened by self imposed
Trauma Just live life with its ups and downs! |
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April 15, 2024
Today is Tax Day whereby every worker is required to file and pay
their annual Federal, State and City income tax. Income tax first
started in 1913.
April 15, 2024
Thousands of Japanese have flooded that streets in Tokyo protesting
WHO, WEF, Bill Gates and vaccinations. They do not want Japan to sign
the World Health Organization "Global Pandemic Treaty",
which the protesters say will limit Japan's souverenty.
April 15, 2024 The
World Economic Forum wants ICANN (the governing body on domain names)
to seize website domains that publish non mainstream content. Many
people say this is censorship.
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April 14, 2024 The American Olympic Committee hosted a
wonderful press event at the boathouse in Central Park, where the
athletes and press were able to interact. |
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April 14, 2024
According to reports, Iran's recent retaliation against Israel for
the attack and killing on the Iranian Embassy in Syria, consisted of
185 drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface to surface missiles
launched from Iran. All of the missiles used by Iran were apparently
outdated and according to some reports, do not represent a vast
stockpile of newer missiles in Iran's stockpile. Israel stated that
over 99% of the missiles fired at Israel were destroyed. A retired
Israeli general, Brigadier General Reem Aminoach, has stated that
Israel used over 1.3 billion dollars in missiles to stop this attack.
In addition, it is estimated that the United States, Great Britain
and France also spent in excess of 1.5 billion dollars to stop the
attack. The assumption is that had Iran launched a significantly
larger number of missiles, that the destruction level would have been
much greater. A patriot missile system costs over 1 billion dollars.
April 14, 2024
Israeli citizens are said to have been panic buying and some
supermarkets are said to have been shopped bare.
April 12, 2024
Reports have stated that Germany missile reserved are depleted since
they have given the missiles to the Ukraine.
April 12, 2024
Iran launched a massive missile attack on Israel in retaliation for
Israel's attack and killing of Iranian diplomats at their consulate
in Damascus Syria. Israel stated that over 99% of the missiles were
shot down.
April 9, 2024 It
is being reported that hundreds of bodies were found in a mass grave
at the Al-Shif Hospital in Gaza and that the Israeli's bulldozed and
buried the bodies.
April 9, 2024
According to Palestinian authorities, over 30,000 people have now
died as a result Israel's invasion of Gaza, with an additional 15,000
missing. Further the injury rate is now close to 100,000.
April 8, 2024
Eclipse in Upstate New York: From Mexico and all the way across the
United States, there was a total eclipse. The time of totality was
between 3 minutes and 3.5 minutes, depending upon the location. The
width of totality was about 109 miles/170km. In the case of News1.net
and Frank Didik, our telescopes were set up just north of Lake Placid
New York, about 300 miles/500km north of New York City. A total
eclipse is vastly different than a 99% eclipse. First, within just 4
seconds, the temperature dropped by 7 degrees Fahrenheit. During
totality, animals and insects were confused. We were set up by a lake
and immediately, the ducks, geese and loons could be heard screaming.
The totality was different than just being dark. The colors, for some
unexplained reason, seemed to shift. Further, our digital cameras did
not seem to function well and we had to rely on film cameras. It is
regrettable that we did not bring radio testing equipment. There are
articles written in the 1950's by Ham (short wave radio) operators
who wrote that the eclipse effected short wave communication.
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March 31, 2024 Today is Easter Sunday, for Catholics and many other
Christian groups, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. A
significant part of the Orthodox Christian world, however, celebrates
Easter on May 5.
March
23, 2024 Today is Palm Sunday for Catholics world-wide. Today is
also the Jewish holiday of Purim. In the Hsidic community, children
dress in costumes, similar to Holoween, however rather than asking
for candy, they ask for money. I was told that the average child
makes from $600 to $1,000!
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Advertisement for Holiday hats. These hats can be
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March
27, 2024 The Baltimore bridge collapse has closed Baltimore harbor
which has been a major import port for motor vehicles. This collapse
underscores the vulnerability of American shipping ports to
unexpected events, such as this disaster. Six people are believed to
have died in the collapse
March
24, 2024 Squatter crisis. Seemingly out of nowhere, the country is
suddenly facing a Squatter crisis where knowledgeable people break
into homes and claim that they have a right to be there. Shockingly,
after a certain period of time, these trespassers gain certain rights
and the real home owner has to take the squatters to court, which may
take years and cost tens of thousands of dollars to try to get them
out. In New York City, a Squatter only has to be in the property for
28 days. There are cases of families returning home from a vacation
only to find out that someone is now living in their home!
March
23, 2024 Russia has detained 11 suspects in the Moscow concert hall
massacre that has killed over 133 people.
March
16, 2024 Parkinson's disease has vastly increased over the past 20
years. Some say that common pesticides used in the United States is
causing this increase.
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This group of
vegan's in Washington Square Park are trying to convince others to be
come vegans by showing movies of how, in some cases, food animals are treated. |
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March
15, 2024 President Vladimir Putin of Russia has won another 6 year
term by a huge majority.
March
14, 2024 The NYPD is now conducting random bag checks on the MTA
subway system. This is based on increase of subway crime and concern
of the migrant crisis.
March
14, 2024 The controversial and conservative alleged Catholic news
site "Church Militant" has agreed to pay a Catholic priest
$500,000 for running a story about him that apparently was without
proof. The site has also announced that they are closing down.
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Pro-Palestinian /
Anti-Israel protest in Shibuya, Tokyo |
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This Japanese man
in Shibuya, Tokyo, is wearing a Donald Trump mask and is very much
for Trump for president, for a variety of perceived reasons. |
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A pro Ukraine,
anti Russian protest in Shibuya, Tokyo. Since the professionally
printed signs and numerous flags was a costly operation, one must
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Protests
for and against various issues has gone global. Above are examples of
protests on the streets of Tokyo, Japan.
February
24, 2024 A U.S. Airforce member set himself on fire in front of the
Israeli Embassy in a protest to "free Palestine". This is
reminiscent of the Budist monk who killed himself in 1966 in Saigon
in protest of the Vietnam war.
February
18, 2024 It is reported that anti Christian threats and violence in
the United States has risen by a astounding 800% since 2018.
JAPAN UPDATE
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Technology for 360
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Many protests in
Tokyo, but by foreigners, not by or for Japanese! |
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Micro toy/model trains in Z gauge. Notice the pen in
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National museum in
Ueno, Tokyo. This small, postcard sized flag was allegedly brought to
the moon on the Apollo 11 moon flight on July 20, 1969. |
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This small stone
was given to the Japanese people by NASA, after the said July 20,
1969 moon landing. Hopefully it is a real stone from the moon, unlike
a similar stone given by NASA to the Dutch people, that turned out
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This display is
alleged to be of early human beings. Science is the ability to test
and retest and always get the same results. If something can not be
tested, it falls under the domain of philosophy. Anything that ends
with "theory" is mere speculation and may or may not be
true. For example, the molecular theory, the theory of evolution or
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Excellent for home
security...well not exactly. In Japan, it is almost impossible to buy
a gun. These are realistic looking replica's in a toy/train/model store! |
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In the opinion of this author, cars from the 1960's were a lot better
looking than cars from today. Shown is a 1966 Nassan/Datson. |
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The bi-annual famous Matsua Ginza classic film camera show. |
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February
11, 2024 Superbowl. In a surprising upset and comeback, the Kansas
City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in an overtime play. San
Francisco was in the first half winning 9 to 0.
February
11, 2024 Superbowl. It seems that the television commercials during
the super bowl are becoming more and more ridiculous. Sadly the half
time show has also fallen. Years ago, the halftime show was something
to look forward to. This year, the show lacked dynamics and was
lackluster to a number of people.
February
9, 2024 News commentator Tucker Carson interviewed Russian President
Vladimir Putin. The interview seemed drawn out to many, with
President Putin giving a long, detailed talk, for perhaps half of the
interview, on early Russian history, apparently truly to explain that
Russia and the Ukraine have always been together and have a thousand
year history of working with each other. There were no surprises in
the interview.
February
9, 2024 It seems that many countries are extremely critical of
Israel regarding the Israeli-Palestinian war. Turkish president
Tayyip Erdogan compared the Israeli attack on Gaza to World War 2
Nazi atrocities. It would seem that Israel has lost the propaganda
war and there is now fear that the current conflict may become a
regional war.
February
9, 2024 A Brazilian tourist was shot in the leg during a shoot out
between teenage illegal aliens and police, after the teenage illegals
was stopped from stealing from a local store. Illegal aliens in New
York City has significantly increased the rate of crime. Sadly, not
only is the USA southern border not protected, but illegals are
actually being paid and given debit cards of $1,000, that are
automatically refreshed every 28 days. Almost all Americans are
opposed to this obvious injustice.
February
7, 2024 Former President Donald J. Trump has said that if/when he is
back in office, he will deport millions and millions of illegal's who
have snuck into the country.
February
7, 2024 The controversial and highly unpopular Congestion pricing
toll, that was originally proposed by former Mayor Bloomberg, may
come into force in mid June and cost New Yorkers $15 to enter the
city, south of 60th street. Many feel that businesses will suffer,
Uber and taxi riders will pay more, deliveries will be more expensive
and that real estate values will decline and many other possible
downsides. News1.net recommends that the entire congestion pricing
plan be permanently abandoned.
February
5, 2024 The U.S. Department of Justice and the Attorney General of
the United States has issued a scathing report on both President Joe
Biden keeping secret documents as well as President Joe Biden's
cognitive ability. At one point the 332 page report refers to
president Biden as an old man with poor memory.
February
5, 2024 South Australian court rules employers who mandated Covid
vaccines can be held liable for injuries. So it begins. It is perhaps
only a matter of time that similar rulings will happen in the USA.
February
5, 2024 King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer. The nature
of his cancer was not disclosed, however there is a photograph of the
King in his car that looks as though he is under massive stress.
Prince Harry immediately rushed from the USA and visited his father.
They spoke for over an hour.
February
3, 2024 Polish president Andrzej Duda has stated that the Crimea is
historically Russian and he further expressed doubts that Kiev would
be successful in trying to take back that region.
January
19, 2024 Japan has landed on the Moon with a space craft called
"Slim" or Smart Lander for Investigating Moon. Japan has
become the fifth country to land a craft on the Moon. Prior to this
achievement, The Soviet Union was the first to land (or crash) a
human made craft in 1959, followed by soft landings by again the
Soviet Union, followed by the United States, and many years later,
China and India. The United States is said to be the first to land
people on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
January
19, 2024 The controversial American actor Alec Baldwin has been
charged by a New Mexico grand jury of involuntary manslaughter over
the killing of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021.
January
19, 2024 U.S. home sales have had the worse year since 1995.
Swiss update. Switzerland
is beautiful, with its spectacular natural beauty and some of it's
architecture, but if you rent a car, be very careful of their speed
cameras. Going just 2km (1.5 miles per hour) above the speed limit
can result in hefty fines. Switzerland today, is not the monolithic,
sophisticated culture it was, just a few years ago. Much has changed.
They have allowed in significant immigration that has changed the
original Swiss culture.
January
17, 2024 The United States Army has removed it's highly
controversial LGBT recruitment commercial that it put out in 2022
amid drastically reduced number of new recruits.
January
17, 2024 "Having children is saving the world" said Elon
Musk. This phrase is now being used on a billboard by a diaper
company, in Times Square. It is true that at 3:30PM, most American
playgrounds are empty and very few couples are getting married and
having families. This is an industrial world phenomenon. The cause of
this is complex. Women are encouraged to seek careers first, and
often this means that they lose the opportunity to meet a man to have
a family with. Further, some say that general selfishness prevents
families, while others say that the collapse in the relative standard
of living and salaries in the industrial world, are to blame. In the
United States, men often think twice before getting married since
there is a perception that the court systems are anti-men and if a
divorce should occur, men are forced to pay significant amounts of
money to women under the guise of excessive child support.
January
17, 2024 Photographs of United Airlines CEO, Mr. Scot Kirby, dressed
as a woman, have been circulating on social media sites. This writer
was on a flight from Tokyo to New York in June, 2024, and noticed
what is believed to have been a Transgender Stewardess.
January
17, 2024 The World Economic Forum meeting in Davos Switzerland is
advocating greater news censorship in the guise of reducing
"Mis-information". Be confident that News1.net should be
the goal post in news accuracy. Further, we are willing to assist
other news agencies to censor all news that we do not agree with.
January
17, 2024 Pope Francis sent a message to the World Economic Forum
meeting in Davos Switzerland praising their goals. His message is
somewhat unusual in that he did not mention religion, or Jesus and
nor did he mention abortion which is strongly advocated by the WEF.
 
Boat Show in New York City. Imagine, a power boat the
shape of a Fiat 500!
January
16, 2024 President Putin of Russia declared that the U.S. 2020
election was falsified and that Donald Trump won the election.
January
16, 2024 Dimitry Medvedev, the vice president of the Russian
security council has stated that the Ukraine will be erased from the
map and will join the Russian Commonwealth. He further added
"better life in Russia than death".
January
16, 2024 It was announced that since Roe vs Wade, which was
overturned in 2022, 65,464,760 abortions has occurred in the United States.
January
15, 2024 There are massive protests in Warsaw Poland against the new
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk who the protesters say wants to
destroy Polish culture by importing large numbers of non Slavic, Non
Polish, non-Christian immigrants, who they claim is pushing LGBT
"propaganda" and who they say is a puppet of the west and
the World Economic Forum. Estimates say the protestors numbered over
300,000 people.
January
13, 2024 Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has
married he long term live in boyfriend. They already share a child
together. Under Ardern's rule, New Zealand had some of the strictest
laws limiting almost all freedoms under the guise of protecting the
population from the alleged Covid dangers.
January
13, 2024 Mr. Gonzalo Lira, the well known United States alternate
news journalist, jailed in the Ukraine for allegedly saying things
that the Ukrainian government did not like, has died in prison. Mr.
Lira's father stated that he was tortured to death and that the
United States government did nothing to secure his freedom. Mr. Lira
was 55 years old.
January
13, 2024 Former President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has
won the Iowa Republican caucus by a huge margin, said to be the
largest in Republican history.
January
11, 2024 The New York City Department of Buildings have issued a
vacate order to the synagogue with the illegal tunnel. The buildings
department has ordered that an engineer be hired to determine how to
upgrade a structure and if necessary, fill in the illegal tunnel.
January
9, 2024 Illegally dug 60 foot long tunnel between the headquarters
of the Jewish Chabad Lubavitch global headquarters in Crown Heights
Brooklyn and a smaller adjacent building. The tunnel was apparently
dug by radical, young Orthodox Jews from Israel to expand the size of
the synagogue, without permission of the Rabbi or the higher ups.
When the tunnel was discovered, the Rabbi ordered that the tunnel be
filled and the young radicals objected. Police were called and a riot
ensued with a number of young Orthodox men being arrested. This is an
evolving story.
January
7, 2024 Today is Christmas day for many Orthodox Christian groups,
using the Julian Calender. It is also the Epiphany or Three Kings day
for most of the other Christian/Catholic groups.
January
7, 2024 Ukrainian President Zelensky has banned the Ukrainian
Orthodox Christian Church and has ordered that their Christmas be
celebrated on December 25, as listed in the Gregorian Calender,
rather than January 7, as listed in the Julian Calender. President
Zelensky is of Jewish background.
January
4, 2024 Automobile sales data shows that the sale of Electric
Vehicles is slowing down. It is believed that the long charging times
or 1 hour for a 40% charge or 8 hours for a full charge, plus limited
range and high initial cost plus a lower resale price is contributing
to the decline in electric vehicle sales.
January
4, 2024 Reports/rumors have been floating around the Ukraine stating
that the Ukrainian government is considering exempting high earners
from military draft. During the U.S. Civil War, it was possible for a
drafted person to be exempt from military service in the North, if
they could find someone to take their place or if they paid a fee of
$200. In the 1860's, $200 was the average yearly income for the owner
of a farm.
January
1. 2024
Happy New Year! Wishing all of our readers peace, health and
happiness throughout the new year.
Happy
2024!
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Frank
X. Didik with former NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio and first lady Chirlane
McCray, at Gracy Mansion. Former
Mayor DeBlasio served two terms in office and then as per term
limits, had to leave office at the end of his second term. Mr
DeBlasio original birth name (May 8, 1961) was Warren Wilhelm Jr. and
later used the name Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm and then finally adapted
his mother's maiden name DeBlasio and today is commonly known as Bill
DeBlasio. Mr.DeBlasio was succeeded as mayor on Jnuary 1st, 2022 by
new mayor Eric Adams, who became New York City's 110 mayor.
