Steve Sebag

@jemelehill Blacks represent 13% of the population. 4/32 is pretty much bang on that ratio - why are you so outraged ?

So just to be clear: Florida is trying to challenge the NFL on the Rooney Rule when there are 3 Black coaches in the NFL, two Black offensive coordinators, and four Black general managers. This is out of 32 teams. It seems like the system has worked swimmingly well for white guys, so … what’s the issue?

@itsmorganariel FAFO

Imagine thinking that the demons who did this to Gaza are Gods chosen people.

For years the Jewish community has warned about Al-Quds Day. Today Ontario is taking action. Premier Doug Ford is seeking an injunction to stop the rally in Toronto. Hate has no place on our streets.

@alon_mizrahi Hahhahahahah nice one useful idiot - she was 6 when the contract was signed and 9 when consummated. He was 53. Disgusting like you

@alon_mizrahi Mohammed’s wife wasn’t a kid ? You’re a buffoon

Because it forbids pedophilia

In a remarkable statement Monday afternoon, Lebanon called for direct talks with Israel on “permanent arrangements for security and stability on our borders,” while accusing the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah of betraying the country. cnn.it/46PG639

@nntaleb Talk about a smart dumb dude looking for lost relevance

I wonder if the founding fathers conceived of the possibility that the U.S. government could be controlled by a recently established small Polish-Ukrainian colony in the Near East.

@avilewis Tough day at the office Avi ?

The images coming out of Iran are already unbearable. Reports of an elementary school struck by missiles, killing dozens of people, with scores more killed around the country. Fear and chaos in the streets as families run through smoke and search for safety.  The United States and Israel have launched an illegal act of war while Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu speak openly of regime change. This is what Prime Minister Mark Carney says he supports. He has issued a statement so brazenly belligerent that even Conservatives like Jason Kenney are cheering it on. It’s a shameful moment that buries all of Carney’s high-minded rhetoric in Davos under the rubble. These leaders justify this war as serving Iranian liberation. But the courageous movement in Iran that has been fighting tyranny for nearly five decades — and is still reeling from the worst massacre in the country’s modern history in January — will suffer a massive setback from these foreign bombs.  We remember the disastrous outcomes of previous U.S.-led wars of regime change in the Middle East, including in Iraq. They led to hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths, sectarian conflict, and a world that is less safe, not more. The current attacks on Iran must stop now, before the entire region is plunged into conflict, death, and destruction. My thoughts are with the people in Iran and around the world who are watching this unfold with heartbreak and uncertainty.  Freedom will not come from military intervention by outside powers, it can only come from the Iranian people. War is not the way.

@VivianBercovici @MarkJCarney No need to stir up shit. The statement was exactly what we would want it to be and if it had been sent by someone you support you would have termed it perfect. So in serious times like these, leave the partisanship alone for 5 secs

An hour or so ago I posted a comment re @MarkJCarney statement on the joint US-Israel operation, saying that it doesn't even mention Israel but praises and supports the US pre-emptive military action to prevent Iran from developing nukes. Several people pointed out, rightly, that I do not have a reading comprehension ability beyond grade 2. I stated that he does not even mention Israel in his statement. My bad. He does mention Israel. But the geopolitical commentators who jumped on my previous post (I deleted to replace with this one) perhaps need to review their notes from poli sci 101. Many of these pundits praised Carney for his brilliant statesmanship and read this as support for Israel. To all of you, I say this: Re read it. Carney lamely asserts, near the end, that Israel has a right to defend its population. Gee. Thanks. Does any country ever make that comment about any country other than Israel? Or another fave - "We support Israel's right to exist." Do you ever read such garbage about any other country? No. So. Let me restate the point to make it really clear for the elbows up crowd. Mark Carney has consistently - both publicly and behind the scenes - made it very clear that he has boundless contempt for the state of Israel, its government and its people. Mark Carney has done nothing to deal with chronic and violent incitement against Jews in Canada. Every day there are acts inciting violence and hatred in Canada that clearly reach the Criminal Code of Canada threshold. Yet Carney looks away. Pretends that there is not a national security issue metastasizing in Canada. And spare me the jurisdictional crap, all you insta-legal experts out there. The federal government always has the jurisdiction to assert control in such situations. Carney chooses not to. He looks away. He has issued too many statements that are intemperately critical of Israel. Factually inaccurate. This military action is a tightly co-ordinated effort. With the United States and Israel. There are several threats: The slaughter of the Iranian people by the regime theocracy and IRGC; the development of nukes by Iran; the accelerated production of BMs by Iran as well as intel that they have the ability to launch BMs with dirty warheads. Iran's primary target? Israel. The regime's foundational principle is to destroy Israel. And murder all Jews. Carney cannot bring himself to even acknowledge Israel's role in this joint op - nor the fact that Israel is the main target of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Israel has a right to defend itself? Seriously? This - you think is a statement to be applauded? No. Carney should have the courage and principle to articulate support for America AND Israel in taking care of the greatest threat to western liberalism in the world. Sorry - but this does not cut it. Not even close.

@CanadianPolling Terrible take

Why are we applauding the Americans and Israelis attacking a nation that didn't attack them???

@GadSaad Biggest pleonasm in English language history

Is radical Islam a religion that I’ve never heard of? I heard of Islam though. How are they different?

@MrPitbull07 GD bless you - beautiful

"My name's Hank. I'm 66. I deliver propane to homes. Rural routes, farms, folks off the grid. I fill their tanks, check connections, drive to the next house. Most customers just sign the slip, barely look up. I'm just the propane guy. But last February, during that brutal cold snap, I noticed something at the Miller place. Pulled up to fill their tank, gauge showed empty. Completely dry. In 15-degree weather. I knocked on the door. Mrs. Miller answered, three kids bundled behind her in coats. Inside the house. "Ma'am, your tank's bone dry. How long you been without heat?" "Four days." Her voice was steady, but her hands shook. "Bill's due Friday. We're waiting on my husband's paycheck." Four days. Three kids. Fifteen degrees. "Ma'am, I'm filling it now." "I can't pay until" "I'll mark it as a delivery error. Computer glitch. Nobody'll know." She started crying. "Why would you do this?" "Because those kids are wearing coats inside." I filled their tank. Checked the furnace. Made sure heat kicked on before I left. Drove away thinking about what I'd seen. Kids doing homework in winter jackets. A mom choosing between heat and food. Started paying attention different after that. The elderly veteran whose tank was at 10%, he was rationing, keeping one room warm. The single dad whose payment was two weeks late, he'd been burning firewood he couldn't really afford. I started doing something I shouldn't. When I saw someone struggling, someone who'd run out, someone rationing heat—I'd add 50 gallons. Mark it as "meter calibration" or "pressure test residual." Small amounts. Enough to get them through. Did it eleven times that winter. My boss noticed the discrepancies. Called me in. "Hank, we're showing extra gallons delivered but not billed." I told him the truth. Everything. He stared at me for a long time. Then said, "My daughter was a single mom once. Chose between heat and groceries every winter. I wished someone had helped her." He didn't fire me. Instead, he created something, "Warm Hearts Emergency Fund." Customers could donate. We'd match it. Use it for families in crisis who couldn't afford propane. But here's what broke me, Mrs. Miller came to our office in May. She'd gotten a better job, caught up on bills. She handed me an envelope. Inside, $200. "For the next family. The one you'll find in February, four days without heat, trying to be brave for their kids." She grabbed my hands. "Hank, my youngest has asthma. Four more days in that cold... I don't know if..." She couldn't finish. Last winter, the Warm Hearts Fund helped 23 families. Not with handouts, with heat when they had none. With dignity when they felt broken. And here's the thing, other propane companies heard about it. Started their own programs. Now there are "emergency heat funds" in six states. But the moment that destroyed me happened last month. Got a call to deliver to an address I recognized, the Miller place. Mrs. Miller answered. "Hank! Come in, please." Inside, warm, kids doing homework at the table, laughing. She handed me a check. Full payment, plus extra. "For the fund. But also..." She pulled out a drawing her youngest had made. Stick figure man with a propane truck. Caption in crayon: "Mr. Hank, my hero." "She asks about you every winter. 'Is Mr. Hank making sure people are warm?'" I'm 66. I deliver propane to houses nobody notices. But I learned this- Cold doesn't wait for paychecks. And no child should do homework in a winter coat inside their own home. So if you deliver anything, oil, propane, firewood, and you see someone struggling, someone empty, someone rationing, Find a way. Mark it wrong. Call your boss. Start a fund. Do something. Because heat isn't a luxury. It's survival. And the difference between freezing and living shouldn't be whether your paycheck arrived on time. Be the reason someone stays warm." . Let this story reach more hearts.... . Ai image is for Demonstration purpose only . Credit: Mary Nelson

@EYakoby @OzraeliAvi Nope just a well paid gig

This is a mental illness.

@NTarnopolsky @KyleWOrton @el_pais Parody account

💥@El_Pais, widely considered The New York Times of Spain, reports that Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who will preside over the Maduro trial, is a highly regarded jurist "𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲."

@FleurHassanN @ElPaisRx Parody account

Que asco de antisemitismo que hay que aguantar del @ElPaisRx

@alon_mizrahi Stfu

Asking people not to protest a genocide carried out by Israel because of an attack on a synagogue in Britain makes less sense than asking people not to go to and pray in a synagogue in Britain because of the crimes of the Jewish state

The only political leader in Canada willing to speak the words "radical Islamists" in an official setting and to denounce them for attacking "our values." Why is it so hard for the others to state the obvious?

עוד פחות משעתיים, כשתצא השבת ותשמעו המון איומים מסמוטריץ׳ ובן גביר, תזכרו שאין להם במה לאיים. לא ניתן להם לטרפד את העסקה. רוב מוחלט בכנסת ישראל ורוב מוחלט בעם ישראל תומכים בעסקת טראמפ. שלוש שנים אתם נואמים לנו על ״רצון העם״ ו״רצון הרוב״ - זה מה שרוב העם רוצה.

I have been trying to write something about this peculiar moment of a "peace plan" and a "day after" on the table and how it might play out. But my only interesting thought is that Hamas must be very fragmented now, with leaders esconced pleasantly in Qatar vs. soldiers on the ground in Gaza and communication must be very difficult--because Israel has tremendous surveillance ability, I don't think it's safe to use a phone in Gaza--so how are the leaders on the ground (whoever they may be at this point) having any kind of coherent conversation with those leaders in Qatar. And I think about how their interests might diverge. And I wonder how Qatar must be getting a bit queazy about sheltering those leaders there and how Trump won't like "maybe" for an answer given his 3-4 day deadline. So we'll see. But beyond that, this moment is unforgettable for what we have learned. Not about Trump or Bibi or the Arab leaders or Hamas's decision. (And can a group with a fierce and destructive ideology really decide "No mas"--to accept defeat?) But forget all that. Just look at the people outside Gaza who are saying no to this deal. The people outside Gaza without skin in the game who have been yelling genocide and famine. So many of them are either silent or opposing the deal. Opposing the deal? If you love Gazans or at least feel for them as fellow human beings as any decent human does, surely the eagerness of the everyday people of Gaza for this war to end must count for something. But with people outside of Gaza who purport to support the Palestinians, evidently not. How can that be? What do we learn from this? Sure, as a number of people have pointed out, this puts a lie to the use of the word "genocide" by Israel's critics. But that has been theater all along. But even it's not genocide, it's horrible. It's war. Civilians are dieing and of course even if you're alive in Gaza, your life is hard. You're probably homeless, so living in a tent or something makeshift. While I don't believe there is famine, I'm sure feeding your family is uncertain and there is real hunger which is frightening. So why are so many people who purport to love the Palestinians against this deal and putting an end to this war and the suffering of Gazans? One answer is that accepting the deal means Israel wins the war. Of course, Israel has already won the war, but the victory implied by this deal is much stronger than just winning the war. Israel has won all of its wars. But Israel is never allowed to really defeat the enemy and dictate terms. Someone always intervenes and leaves Israel's opponents to fight another day. This deal is something much closer to unconditional surrender. So why do some people oppose it? First of all, it's a feather in the cap of Trump and Netanyahu and they are hated by many people who are loathe to see them get the satisfaction of being able to crow about this. I get that. It's a petty and selfish emotion to sacrifice the Palestinians for that reason, but that's human. Alas, I think there is a deeper reason and tragically, it's the same reason Hamas is happy to sacrifice the lives of Gazans. If Gaza is de-radicalized and Hamas is disbanded, the Hamas dream of a "Free Palestine," a Judenrein Israel, ending the State of Israel as it is now, is over for a while, maybe a very long while. Accepting the Trump plan means giving up on "resistance." No river to the sea. It means an end to the the role of the UN and UNRWA in teaching Gazans to be victims and who romanticize martyrdom. In short, this deal is good for the Jews. That it also means a desperately just respite for the people of Gaza is evidently irrelevant. In short, it seems that those who have been silent or who actively oppose this deal support Hamas's mission. I like to think well of my opponents. I understand being upset about many things Israel has done and does. But opposition to this deal is not what this is. This is about a group of people who hoped that October 7 was the start of something transformational. It's hard for me even to write that sentence as some 20 or so people continue to be held captive going on two years and with all the suffering that families here in Israel and all Israelis have endured. That's your side? Tell me I'm wrong and tell me why. I'd love to be wrong. But what I'm learning from this moment is that there are a lot more people than I thought not just outraged by Israel's behavior in this war but outraged by Israel's very existence. These people don't want the war to end after all, if it means an Israeli victory. They want it to end with Israel's defeat or at best a ceasefire that lets Israel enemies, as they are usually allowed to do, to fight another day. As @havivrettiggur likes to point out, we here in Israel are not going anywhere. The real victims of the attitude I'm describing are the Gazans themselves. They, and we, deserve better.

@RealCandaceO mercantile witch looking for validation. Hinting at an imaginary scoop for click bait 3 days after the man was shot. You’re a vile human

Charlie Kirk was fighting with some very powerful billionaires that he took money from over things he was discussing. The pressure on him was immense over the last two weeks. The truth will be revealed. The messages will be leaked. And the movement he built will rise up.