Wednesday, September 30, 2026
1,400 Years of War
AI Overview
Yes, the "dancing Israelis" narrative is an antisemitic conspiracy theory and a baseless myth that claims Israel or Jewish people had foreknowledge of or involvement in the September 11 terrorist attacks. [1, 2, 3]
Origin of the Myth
- The Arrests: On 9/11, police detained five young Israeli men in New Jersey after a witness reported seeing them acting jovial and taking photos while watching the World Trade Center burn. [1, 2, 3]
- The Investigation: The FBI detained and thoroughly investigated the men, conducting multiple background checks and polygraph tests. [1]
How it Became a Conspiracy Theory
Early Morning Darkness
It is 7:25 AM. The official sunrise is 7:35 AM. I noticed how dark it was, with the light just barely beginning to appear in the sky. This is why I don't want to go on Daylight Saving Time all year round. It would be bad in the winter where sunrise would be around 9:06 AM in early January. I think it would be better to stay on Standard Time.
I have suggested for decades that we should have "Compromise Time," where we set the clocks halfway between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time and leave them there. I just hate having to change all my clocks twice a year.
I have suggested for decades that we should have "Compromise Time," where we set the clocks halfway between Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time and leave them there. I just hate having to change all my clocks twice a year.
The night Linden Avenue stopped feeling safe
How did this county come to release a man like this so easily?
Part of the answer is a decade of deliberate policy. Some of it was paid for by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation when it awarded Allegheny County a Safety and Justice Challenge grant. The initiative describes its mission as fighting “the misuse and overuse of jails.” The county’s own first-year report is blunt about what the money was for: “to reduce the population of the Allegheny County Jail by 20%.”
The county beat that goal. It reported a 36% reduction in its jail population during that first two-year grant, a stretch that included the COVID-19 shutdowns, when jails nationwide emptied out.
The MacArthur Foundation then renewed: $2 million in 2020, $1.17 million in 2022 over four years, and $334,000 in 2024. In all, $5.5 million since 2018. The county has said it was chosen for the 2021 renewal “based on the promise and progress of work to date.”
In other words, results got rewarded.
What did the money buy? The county’s reports list public defenders at overnight arraignments, hiring staff so every district judge could get a pretrial risk assessment, and faster court processing. The results were measurable. At the overnight arraignments where public defenders began appearing, district judges set money bonds 39% less often than in the same period of 2018. And the county’s pretrial office, in its own words, “never recommends money bail, which is ineffective and unfair to people who are poor.”
That recommendation creates a system built to say yes to release, one that measures success by how many beds sit empty. Keeping a man in jail requires somebody — a judge, a prosecutor, a victim — to push against that current.
Part of the answer is a decade of deliberate policy. Some of it was paid for by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation when it awarded Allegheny County a Safety and Justice Challenge grant. The initiative describes its mission as fighting “the misuse and overuse of jails.” The county’s own first-year report is blunt about what the money was for: “to reduce the population of the Allegheny County Jail by 20%.”
The county beat that goal. It reported a 36% reduction in its jail population during that first two-year grant, a stretch that included the COVID-19 shutdowns, when jails nationwide emptied out.
The MacArthur Foundation then renewed: $2 million in 2020, $1.17 million in 2022 over four years, and $334,000 in 2024. In all, $5.5 million since 2018. The county has said it was chosen for the 2021 renewal “based on the promise and progress of work to date.”
In other words, results got rewarded.
What did the money buy? The county’s reports list public defenders at overnight arraignments, hiring staff so every district judge could get a pretrial risk assessment, and faster court processing. The results were measurable. At the overnight arraignments where public defenders began appearing, district judges set money bonds 39% less often than in the same period of 2018. And the county’s pretrial office, in its own words, “never recommends money bail, which is ineffective and unfair to people who are poor.”
That recommendation creates a system built to say yes to release, one that measures success by how many beds sit empty. Keeping a man in jail requires somebody — a judge, a prosecutor, a victim — to push against that current.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Monday, September 28, 2026
Saturday, September 26, 2026
FBI Dumps BIZARRE New Details About Trump Assassination Attempt. What Else Are They Hiding?
@john2001plus0 seconds ago
I was starting to develop a new respect for Matt Walsh, but then he started promoting this conspiracy-theory crap. He accuses the left of trying to assassinate Trump because Trump said it himself, which is absurd.
I like Trump's agenda, but he is a complete troll who will say absolutely anything. He has no filter and doesn't seem to care much about facts. What Trump cares about the most is winning, and the truth is secondary. He will say absurd things to motivate people or to get attention.
Matt Walsh complains that we aren't getting information about active investigations. I don't expect us to. I expect the authorities to handle it. Trump is in charge now. He should be able to get whatever information he needs.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
FULL SPEECH: Trump addresses United Nations General Assembly
I liked Trump's speech. It came off almost totally like a campaign speech, with Trump talking about America's success, but he hit enough policy and foreign policy points to make it interesting.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Israel Right to Exist
All these genocide arguments are BS.
Historically, there was never a Palestinian state. The land was owned by the Ottoman Empire and then by Britain, which had the authority to allocate it as it saw fit. Many national boundaries were redrawn after World War II, including those involving Palestine.
The land was sparsely populated, with room for two peoples. The Arabs could have had a state from the beginning, but instead, they engaged in multiple wars of extermination against Israel. None of this would have happened if the Arabs had accepted the original partition, as did the Israelis. The Palestinians have refused every peace offer, including some that gave them almost everything they wanted, and have responded to every peace proposal with acts of aggression and the stated goals of wiping out Israel and the Jews. The Hamas charter calls for the destruction of Israel, and the killing of Jews.
Historically, there was never a Palestinian state. The land was owned by the Ottoman Empire and then by Britain, which had the authority to allocate it as it saw fit. Many national boundaries were redrawn after World War II, including those involving Palestine.
The land was sparsely populated, with room for two peoples. The Arabs could have had a state from the beginning, but instead, they engaged in multiple wars of extermination against Israel. None of this would have happened if the Arabs had accepted the original partition, as did the Israelis. The Palestinians have refused every peace offer, including some that gave them almost everything they wanted, and have responded to every peace proposal with acts of aggression and the stated goals of wiping out Israel and the Jews. The Hamas charter calls for the destruction of Israel, and the killing of Jews.
When you wage wars of aggression, you risk losing territory as a result. I don't necessarily think that Israel should have taken as much territory as it did, but this is a case of FAFO. Most national boundaries in the world came about because of war. The United States, for example, gained territory as a result of its war and border dispute with Mexico.
The Arabs have repeatedly engaged in terrorism and acts of war and then claimed victimhood when Israel goes to war with them. In fact, this is part of their strategy to gain international support.
People die in war. It would be unreasonable for Israel not to go to war in response to the atrocities of October 7th, and if a similar attack had happened against any other powerful country, such as the United States, a disproportionate number of the attacking people would have been killed in the response. Israel has tried to avoid civilian casualties, but Hamas has hid behind civilian structures to provoke civilian casualties. So who is really at fault here?
Gaza has effectively had its own government since 2005. Israel wanted nothing to do with Gaza, which could have chosen to live in peace rather than commit acts of war. This is true of multiple Arab aggressions going back to before 1948.
Some Muslims are peaceful, and Israel would gladly coexist with peaceful Muslims, but many are not. Fundamental to the teachings of Islam is political violence and a desire to conquer the world. Islam does not respect human rights or the autonomy of other peoples. A Palestinian state would not respect human rights, such as the rights of women or gays. The truth is that Islam is a fascist political movement disguised as a religion.
The Arabs living under Israel rule are far better off and have more rights than the Arabs living under Palestinian rule.
If somehow Israel ceased to exist, there would not be peace in the Middle East. Hamas and the Palestinian Authority would be at perpetual war with each other.
If the Palestinians chose to lay down their arms, there would be peace. However, if Israel chose to lay down its arms, they would be exterminated. Although the issues are complicated, it is mostly clear who the aggressors are. It is also clear who really wants to commit genocide.
Of course, I want peace in the Middle East. So does Israel, which would rather not be embroiled in these conflicts. However, when one side is repeatedly the aggressor and calls for the destruction of the other side, there can be no peace.
The Palestinians have not demonstrated the capacity to peacefully self-rule in a competent way. The Palestinian Authority operates as a deeply dysfunctional government plagued by institutional collapse, severe financial crisis, and a total lack of democratic accountability. President Mahmoud Abbas has been in power for two decades, even though his original four-year term expired long ago. The Palestinian Legislative Council has not met in many years.
After World War II, there were many displaced Jews who needed a home, especially after Arab nations expelled large numbers of Jews living within their borders. This is one reason why I support Israel's right to exist and to defend itself. Israel is also the only country in the Middle East that respects human rights, including those of its Arab citizens.
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