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Best of the Web: US and Israel 'coordinating' jihadist offensive in Syria - Iran


RT
Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:57 UTC
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© Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesJihadist militant tears down a poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad • Aleppo, Syria • November 30, 2024
The terrorists' foreign backers aim to weaken the country and sow sedition across the region, Tehran claims.

The jihadist offensive in Syria was launched in coordination with the US and Israel, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday. According to the diplomat, it is no coincidence that the terrorists attacked northern Syria right after Israel struck a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah.

The Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) terrorist group (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra), along with allied militias, launched an assault on government-controlled territory in northern Syria last Wednesday. The jihadists seized a number of villages and towns in Aleppo, Idlib, and Hama provinces, and entered the city of Aleppo on Friday.
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Best of the Web: Asteroid nearly hits Earth in Siberia on December 3, with a 2nd massive asteroid passing this week

Leah Sarnoff
ABC News
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:18 UTC
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A small asteroid was visible in northern Siberia on Tuesday, as it closed in on its collision course with Earth.

It's the first of two expected asteroid fly-bys this week.

The European Space Agency issued an alert for the 27-inch asteroid at 4:27 a.m. ET, with the agency saying the celestial rock would create a visible fireball in the sky but that "the impact will be harmless."

The asteroid, temporarily named C0WEPC5, has become Earth's fourth detected asteroid strike of the year and just the 11th of all time.

Detected strikes are known as "imminent impactors," according to the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, which identified the fast-moving asteroid ahead of its arrival.

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Best of the Web: New research paper shows Little Ice Age, climate fueled by a number of natural driving factors

Klimanachrichten
No Tricks Zone
Sat, 30 Nov 2024 09:12 UTC
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© Klimanachrichten/AI-generatedThe Little Ice Age, 1250 to 1860 AD
The period between 1250 and 1860 is also known as the Little Ice Age. We have already reported on it several times here. The Little Ice Age was the undoing of the Franklin expedition, among others. In search of the Northwest Passage, the crew failed because of the ice, even though they had set off in summer. Franklin was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He paid with his death.

But what was the climate like at the time and what were the climate drivers? Volcanoes played a major role, but so did a minimum of solar activity. However, summers were by no means consistently wet and cool.

Comment: The importance of the NAO has been coming into focus in the last decade. It's potential collapse is perilous.

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Best of the Web: 'It just keeps coming and coming': Heavy lake-effect snow dumps over 4 feet on parts of Great Lakes region - nearly 5 feet for Copenhagen, New York


CNN
Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:13 UTC
Lake-effect snow buried a vehicle in Pennsylvania's Millcreek Township.
© Matt EisertLake-effect snow buried a vehicle in Pennsylvania's Millcreek Township.
As biting cold temperatures sweep across a large swath of the US, parts of the Great Lakes face up to two feet of additional lake-effect snow through Tuesday - the latest complication for cities already blanketed by snowfall amid post-Thanksgiving travel.

More than two million people downwind of the Great Lakes have been under winter weather warnings. Winter storm warnings were posted off Lakes Superior and Michigan, and lake-effect snow warnings are in place off Lakes Erie and Ontario, with heavy snow reported this weekend across parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York state.

Nearly 4 feet of snow fell on parts of western New York the last few days, according to the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center, with some places exceeding the 4-foot mark Sunday. Copenhagen, New York, saw 58.8 inches - nearly 5 feet - by Sunday night, according to the weather service.

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Best of the Web: Trump transition team inks modified White House agreement, without govt technology to conduct surveillance

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The Conservative Treehouse
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:20 UTC
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The President Trump transition team has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to start the process of transferring control of the federal government. The landing teams from each of the cabinets will now begin to engage with their exiting counterparts.

There were many articles written about the delays in signing the agreements. However, President Trump waited until he has his cabinet fully assembled before signing the first part that permits the landing teams to engage. The second part with government provided offices and technology is NOT being accepted.

President Trump's Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, announced the Trump transition team has refused to sign an MOU with the Government Services Administration (GSA), and will not be using cell phones, computers, offices or "any technology" provided by the GSA. This is a smart move to avoid the Deep State surveillance situation that was faced in the first term.
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Best of the Web: A whimper, not a bang: Where was Antifa after Trump's victory?

David Reaboi
Late Republican Nonsense
Tue, 26 Nov 2024 12:57 UTC
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The Democrats had gone to the edge of American discourse — beyond which is the disintegration of normal political life — and then, when they'd been repudiated by the voters, meekly pulled back. Why?

Perhaps the only disappointment for those of us elated with the outcome of this month's presidential election was the muted, downcast response from the Left at Donald Trump's massive victory. We'd expected angry riots from purple-haired Antifa goons; emotive demonstrations of impotent and self-righteous defiance by Handmaid's Tale cosplayers; and, maybe best of all, delicious cable news highlight reels reminiscent of Hillary Clinton's surprise defeat in 2016. The quiet sobbing we got instead came as somewhat of a surprise.

For the Left, it all seemed to end, as it did at Kamala Harris's victory party at Howard University, with a whimper. There was no defiant or fiery speech that night; in fact, the candidate wasn't seen at all, unwilling to face even the dedicated supporters who had worked hardest for her candidacy. Over the next few days, while there was some hissing and a few entertaining misfiring synapses at MSNBC and CNN — including some angry denunciations of elements of the Democrat coalition — the emotion seemed forced and perfunctory.
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Best of the Web: The Antisemitism Awareness Act is the death knell for free speech

Mike Whitney
The Unz Review
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00 UTC
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Freedom of speech is the principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins....Ben Franklin
The Antisemitism Awareness Act is a wrecking ball designed to pulverize the First Amendment. While the alleged intention of the bill is to make Jewish students feel safer on campus, the real purpose is to put an end to the anti-genocide demonstrations that have broken out across the country and to prevent the criticism of Israel. The proposed bill invokes a dodgy legal mechanism to derail the protests and to silence Israel's critics. By using a broad and ambiguous definition of antisemitism, the bill compels university administrators to crackdown on free speech invoking sketchy claims of discrimination. Political analyst Paul Craig Roberts summed it up like this: "if universities ...don't suppress student protests against Israel's massacre of civilians in Gaza and Lebanon they will lose their accreditation and federal financial support." In short, universities are being encouraged to quash the free expression of political ideas to preserve their federal funding. This helps to illustrate how Zionist lobbyists are now engaged in a full-throated assault on constitutionally protected civil liberties, namely free speech.
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Best of the Web: Force Evacuation and Smash the Camps - The Israeli Genocide Continues Unabated

Seymour Hersh
Substack
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:15 UTC
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© Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images.Displaced people use animal-drawn carts for transportation in Deir al-Balah on the central Gaza Strip on November 20
A report from inside Gaza

Israel, fortified by bombs and funding from the Biden administration, is escalating the forced evacuation of hundreds of thousands from the north of Gaza to the south, amid fierce bombing and the deprivation of food and water for those who stay behind. This is continuing amid marches and other demonstrations sponsored by the religious right in Israel whose leadership also is calling for north Gaza to be turned over to Israeli settlers. What was a worrisome rumor in Gaza more and more seems like a reality.

Control over all of Gaza and the West Bank is the core demand of the religious right in Israel that now dominates the government. I was told this week by a well-informed Washington official that the Israeli leadership will formally annex the West Bank in the very near future — perhaps in two weeks — in the hope that the decisive step will end, once and for all, any talk of a two-state solution and will convince some in the skeptical Arab world to reconsider financing the planned reconstruction of Gaza. Arab communities in the West Bank have been under increasingly violent pressure from Israeli police and armed settler attacks have become a sad staple of life.
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Best of the Web: Why Matt Gaetz Matters

Scott Ritter
Scott Ritter Extra
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 19:59 UTC
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Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Attorney General of the United States
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Matt Gaetz to be the next Attorney General of the United States. Many Americans are appalled and offended by this choice. I find it one of the best nominations made by Trump. Let me tell you why. And please take note — it is personal.

Let's get the easy part over with upfront.

On paper, Matt Gaetz isn't qualified to be the Attorney General of the United States.

His résumé is paper thin.

And he operates under a dark cloud of controversy which, under normal circumstances, would be automatically disqualifying.

And I'll add this — if Matt Gaetz is found criminally guilty of any of the things he has been alleged to have committed, then he is, in fact, automatically disqualified.

But herein lies the rub: he has not been found guilty of anything.

Comment: Scott discussed this article on Ep. 212 of Ask the Inspector:



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Best of the Web: Red Alert on Pacific Coast as flooding worsens in Costa Rica - November rainfall already up to 10 times more than normal - 3 feet in 6 days


The Tico Times
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:53 UTC
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The National Emergency Commission (CNE) in Costa Rica has issued a red alert for the Pacific coast as severe flooding and heavy rains continue. The rest of the country remains under an orange alert, with the Southern Caribbean under a yellow alert.

This heightened alert follows forecasts that the intense rainy conditions are expected to persist throughout the week. "Rainfall is projected to continue for the next several days, especially along the Costa Rican Pacific coast. Additionally, there is significant soil saturation across much of the country," the CNE reported.

In just six days, Guanacaste has recorded rainfall totals that typically match the entire month of November. "In some areas, rainfall levels have been 8, 9, or even 10 times the usual amount for November. If the average monthly rainfall is 130 millimeters, some areas have received up to 900 millimeters in just six days," explained meteorologist Daniel Poleo.

Many areas are experiencing unprecedented rainfall levels, with the North Pacific region especially impacted. "It's been an extraordinarily rainy month, which explains the numerous incidents in Guanacaste and the South Pacific," Poleo added.

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