While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Congress, a group of pro-Palestinian/Hamas protesters, above, burned the American flag outside the U.S. Capitol.
In an uncharacteristically quick condemnation from the Biden Administration, deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said:
Identifying with evil terrorist organizations like Hamas, burning the American flag, or forcibly removing the American flag and replacing it with another, is disgraceful. Antisemitism and violence are never acceptable. Period. Every American has the right to peaceful protest. But shamefully, not everyone demonstrated peacefulness today.
Exactly right. Stunts like this test American goodwill and tolerance.
Lions of Judah
Talk about a rousing speech. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address to a joint session of Congress yesterday was about as powerful and moving a speech as you will ever hear. Netanyahu, above, introduced heroes of Israel and told story after story of their bravery. He called them Lions of Judah who remain ‘undaunted and unafraid.’
The entire speech is below. It is worth your time.
It’s hard to believe, but Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi skipped the speech. Shameful, really. No excuse for that.
Inappropriate
FBI Director Chris Wray told Congress yesterday that one person in the FBI posted some “outrageous” thoughts about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life (disappointed the shooter missed?) and the person is being internally investigated.
One word: Yikes.
July 25: Feast of St. James
St. James the Apostle was the first of the Apostles to be martyred. He was beheaded in AD 44 by order of Herod. Tradition has it that the body of James was removed by friends and miraculously spirited to a tomb in Santiago de Compostela in Spain. His remains are housed in a silver casket below the high altar.
Today thousands of people from around the globe make the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela.
If you are following the popular series “The Chosen” St. James is called “Big James.” He and his brother John were dubbed “Sons of Thunder’ by Jesus.
Want to know more about the pilgrimage? Find the movie “The Way”. It’s worth your time.
Dishonest
Now that Kamala Harris has been selected to be the Democratic Party’s standard bearer, fawning media are falling in line to shield her from accountability for her biggest failure as VP — the southern border.
You will remember that President Biden tasked her with fixing the border. After she whined about it, Mr. Biden clarified that Mrs. Harris said wasn’t tasked to “fix” the border, but to identify “root causes” of the immigrant surge. She was widely — and correctly — referred to as Biden’s “border czar.” But now that this has become a point of criticism, media outlets are backtracking their own reporting. Here’s an example:
Jeez, Axios, have you no pride?
Many Thanks
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Here’s a little known fact about me. Well, not really about me directly, but my grandfather.
My great-grandfather in the late 1800s and early 1900s was a miner bumping around Bisbee and Tombstone, Arizona. My grandfather, Perley Lewis, grew up in Tombstone and as a teenager danced in the famous Birdcage Saloon. He and other boys his age, so the story goes, were dressed as girls to make the chorus line look fuller.
I was lucky enough to know my grandfather fairly well, but I had never heard the Birdcage story until after his death when it appeared in an edition of Arizona Highways magazine. He was an engineer during World War II, working on the Burma Road before heading to the Pacific Theater where he worked on the airstrips at Iwo Jima and Tinian. He was on Tinian when the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan and ended the war. I have his diary and there’s an entry written while standing atop Mount Suribachi.
Pretty cool stuff.
(No mention of the Birdcage story, however.)
Here he is on the Burma Road with other officers. He’s on the far left with the sidearm.
In Case You Missed it
LeBron James and Coco Gauff will be Team USA's flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics tomorrow,July 26. — Reuters
Sharks off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for large amounts of cocaine. The cocaine is making its way into the waters via illegal labs where the drug is manufactured. (I smell a cheesy re-make of Jaws. — BBC
American and Canadian warplanes intercepted two Russian and two Chinese bombers in international airspace near the state of Alaska on Wednesday. — Agence France-Presse
Republican leaders warned party members against using overtly racist and sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris. They urged lawmakers to stick to criticizing Harris for her role in Biden-Harris administration policies.
Thanks for reading. Remember to laugh a little, avoid soreheads and always question authority. You can follow me on Facebook and X and reach me directly via email at shermfrederick@gmail.com.
Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi snubbed Benjamin Netanyahu in order not to offend their rabid constituency in Michigan--but there's more; they are part of the Obama-Kerry Get-Iran-a-Bomb Project. This will become apparent in Obama's fourth term when Russia and China will be ceded air and naval bases in Alaska--to complement their joint balloon base in Montana. The border czardine will move the southern border to Canada's southern boundary thereby finessing the Search for Root Causes. The Artist Formerly Known as the Most Liberal Senator will hand off her Ronco Word Salad Shooter to KJP so Peter Doocy's question, "Where's Waldo?" will be lost in the arugula.
Wow... the AXIOS "take back" is truly something! Has AXIOS yet printed a correction on their "good people on both sides" position? On a secondary note, do you know anywhere I can get odds on Biden pardoning Hunter, Jim, and other family members prior to the 2025 inauguration? I'm thinking the WH will issue a press release as Joe and Jilly are heading to the inaugural.