[Jpost] Letter from a terrorist to the world is written by Jerusalem Jane to reveal the horrendous reality and deep trauma facing the Jewish people and Israel when the world and mainstream media again and again is failing Israel and is believing the lies from Israel's enemies.
A heartbreaking, very partial catalogue of Palestinian atrocities against Israeli Jews since 2011. Hamas does not deserve to negotiate with America for aid in rebuilding. Hope will not drive Gaza to become a partner for peace.
[RT] Why the 47th president’s Greenland move could reshape the world order
Donald Trump certainly knows how to grab attention. The new US president has entered the 2025 political season like a bull in a china shop.
In less than a month, Trump and his team have managed to rattle Canada, Mexico, and Panama. But while these moves could be dismissed as political trolling, it’s Denmark that’s really on edge. Overnight, Greenland, previously regarded as a remote, unremarkable landmass, has become the crown jewel of Trump’s imperial ambitions.
Reports from US media insiders suggest Trump is “100% serious” about his intention to grab the island. The president-elect has even hinted at taking the island by force if Denmark refuses to sell. This has sparked a flurry of debates in the American press, with even Trump’s detractors weighing the military capabilities of America and Denmark and calculating the potential benefits of controlling Greenland.
Naturally, theories abound as to why Trump is so fixated on this land. Broadly, these explanations fall into three categories. First, Greenland might be part of Trump’s larger, yet unclear, plan for a geopolitical reordering of the world. Second, Greenland’s rare earth metals and its strategic Northwest Passage – a North American counterpart to Russia’s Northern Sea Route – could give the US a critical edge over China. Finally, skeptics argue that Trump’s obsession with Greenland is nothing more than a personal whim, fueled by his desire to secure a place in history.
Trump’s penchant for “bigger,” “greater,” and “brighter” projects certainly fits the narrative. What could be more monumental than securing the largest territorial acquisition in modern history? Colonizing Mars is Elon Musk’s business, but annexing Greenland – now that’s a legacy-defining move. However, this theory falters when considering the practical implications of such a move.
What’s the point of annexing Greenland? The US already maintains a military presence in the Arctic. Greenland’s resources could be accessed through negotiations with Denmark, likely at a much lower cost than outright control. And the geopolitical fallout would be immense. Whether or not the EU retaliates, NATO – already strained – would be effectively dismantled. A rift between the US and Western Europe could push the EU closer to Russia or even China, severing access to critical overseas markets and military infrastructure. For a president promoting the philosophy of Make America Great Again, such risks seem counterproductive.
A more plausible explanation is that Trump doesn’t actually intend to annex Greenland but rather aims to increase American control over its resources and strategic location without formal acquisition. To achieve this, Trump is deploying his signature “madman” strategy.
Consider the famous scene from the Russian TV series Streets of Broken Lights, where Anatoly Dukalis, pointing a machine gun at criminals, shouts, “I’m a fool, I served in Afghanistan! Drop your weapons!” The criminals comply, not because Dukalis is actually insane, but because he convincingly pretends to be. Trump’s approach is remarkably similar. Over the years, the American media has cultivated his image as an erratic, dangerous madman. To many, the phrase “crazy idiot” is now synonymous with Donald Trump.
Remarkably, this “madman” strategy works. By playing into expectations that he’s unpredictable and willing to do the unthinkable, Trump forces his adversaries to make concessions. During the campaign, Trump threatened to crack down on social media and jail journalists he deemed unfair. After his victory, he appointed Brendan Carr to head the Federal Communications Commission. Carr promptly vowed to dismantle companies censoring their platforms. On January 11, Mark Zuckerberg gave a tearful interview to Joe Rogan, detailing how the Biden administration suppressed free speech and pleading for Trump’s protection against European censors.
In the case of Greenland, Trump has done little more than make provocative statements. Yet Danish officials are already reaching out to his team, proposing to expand US bases on the island and expressing a readiness for dialogue to avoid losing their territory. It wouldn’t be surprising if Denmark now offers Washington significant concessions.
If this is where it ends, Greenland could go down as one of the most audacious political scams in modern history.
The geopolitical implications of Trump’s gambit are significant. The island’s rare earth metals are crucial for high-tech industries, and control of the Northwest Passage could alter global trade routes. However, the most important outcome might be the impact on NATO. A serious rift would mark the end of the alliance as we know it.
The irony of Trump’s strategy is that it relies on the very media narratives that portray him as a threat to the Western world order. By leveraging his reputation as an unpredictable “psychopath,” Trump is reshaping the global chessboard in ways that his predecessors never could.
The story of Greenland’s annexation may remain unfinished, but one thing is clear: Donald Trump’s “madman” strategy continues to defy conventional wisdom, forcing even his fiercest critics to play along.
[TelegraphArchive] Study also suggests the longer a foreigner lived in Sweden, the less likely they were to commit rape
Nearly two thirds of convicted rapists in Sweden are migrants colonists or second generation immigrants colonists, a new study has found.
Researchers at Lund University found that 63 per cent of convictions for rape or attempted rape were handed down to people born abroad, or whose parents were born abroad.
The study examined 4,000 convictions between 2000 and 2024 and also suggested that the longer a foreigner lived in Sweden, the less likely they were to commit rape.
It comes as the Swedish government adopts a significantly tougher stance on migration, with new rules coming into force which require foreigners to prove they have lived an "honest life" to gain citizenship.
The study was led by Ardavan Khoshnood, a criminologist at Lund University, and follows a similar study in 2018 which found that 58 per cent of rape convictions came from residents born overseas.
STUDY FACES CRITICISM OVER METHODOLOGY
Mr Khoshnood said the statistics also showed that migrants colonists who had been in Sweden for less than five years were more likely to be convicted of rape.
"The longer you have lived in Sweden, the lower the odds of being convicted of rape. So we can see that the integration and understanding you develop for Swedish society plays a major role," Mr Khoshnood told Swedish news outlet SVT.
That’s interesting. Do the long-term rapists leave, or do the rapists outgrow it over time?
The study has faced criticism over its methodology, as it only studied rape convictions in Sweden. Experts point to the fact that just a small proportion of rapes in the country are reported to the authorities.
Jerzy Sarnecki, a criminologist at Stockholm University, dismissed the study as "meaningless" as it only examined figures for convicted rape.
"They’ve only looked at convicted people, and they make up a fraction of all rapists," he told Swedish broadcaster SVT.
Mr Khoshnood has defended that approach, arguing that 4,000 rape cases over a two-decade period gives "as broad a picture as possible" of the situation in Sweden.
TOUGHER LAWS ON MIGRATION
Sweden, which has a population of 10.5 million, welcomed around 160,000 asylum seekers at the height of the 2015 refugee crisis.
That’s it? Germany accepted about a million that year, as I recall.
But the mood on mass migration has soured in Sweden, which announced last August that it had recorded more emigrants colonists than immigrants colonists for the first time in a century.
The shift is partly due to the make-up of the current minority government, which relies on the far-Right Sweden Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... party to pass legislation.
Having come second place in the 2022 elections, the Sweden Democrats have pushed for tougher laws on migration, integration and citizenship in Sweden.
Under new rules, migrants colonists will be required to live in Sweden for eight years before being eligible for citizenship, rather than five years.
They must also prove that they have no criminal record or unpaid debts in Sweden or abroad, whereas previously the "honest way of life" clause applied only to their conduct since coming to Sweden.
"You should feel proud to be a Swedish citizen, and you only feel proud once you’ve made an effort," said Johan Forssell, the migration minister this week.
"This is particularly important at a time when Sweden has welcomed hundreds of thousands of people from many parts of the world in recent years."
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"The longer you have lived in Sweden, the lower the odds of being convicted of rape. So we can see that the integration and understanding you develop for Swedish society plays a major role," Mr Khoshnood told Swedish news outlet SVT.
Because there are so many rapes going on and no go zones so they can't and won't be arrested and convicted?
It would be interesting to see the conviction rate of native vs. immigrant accusations, too.
[RT] US President Donald Trump is unlikely to actually annex Canada by force and is simply “trolling” outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the press service of Russia’s embassy in Ottawa has told the Daily Storm.
Ahead of his inauguration on Monday, Trump had suggested that Canada should become the 51st state of the US, adding that Washington could use “economic force” to absorb its northern neighbor.
In an article published on Monday, the outlet quoted the diplomats as stating that what Trump is doing “looks more like a cruel joke, an attempt to tease Canadians, trolling the current Canadian leadership,” particularly given the lack of “personal chemistry” between him and Trudeau.
The embassy is said to have suggested that it was “hardly worth talking about any attempts at a forceful takeover, an armed conflict or a split in NATO” and noted that Trump’s loud statements may be linked to upcoming trade negotiations between the US and Canada.
Trump had previously announced plans to impose sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China after he takes office, including a 25% tax on all Canadian imports to the US.
“Trump is creating division and confusion within the Canadian political establishment. In doing so, he is softening Ottawa’s position ahead of the inevitable future trade negotiations,” the diplomats told the outlet, adding that the “nervous and pliant reaction” to the provocation suggests that Trump “is already winning” in this regard.
[Reprinted from the Toronto Star] The flood of "Trump-fearing" American liberals/progressives sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week. The Republican presidential win is prompting an exodus among left-leaning Americans who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, pay taxes, and live according to the Constitution. Canadian border residents say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, global-warming activists, and "green" energy proponents crossing their fields at night.
"I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said southern Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. "He was cold, exhausted and hungry, and begged me for a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn't have any, he left before I even got a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?"
In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. He then installed loudspeakers that blared Rush Limbaugh reruns across the fields, but they just stuck their fingers in their ears and kept coming Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals just south of the border, pack them into electric cars, and drive them across the border, where they are simply left to fend for themselves after the battery dies. "A lot of these people are not prepared for our rugged conditions," an Alberta border patrolman said "I found one carload without a single bottle of Perrier water, or any gemelli with shrimp
and arugula. All they had was a nice little Napa Valley Cabernet and some kale chips. When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often wailing that they fear persecution from Trump high hailers.
Rumors are circulating about plans being made to build re-education camps where liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer, study the Constitution, and find jobs that actually contribute to the economy.
In recent days, liberals have turned to ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have been disguised as senior citizens taking a bus trip to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans in blue-hair wig disguises, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior citizens about Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney to prove that they were alive in the '50s. "If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we become very suspicious about their age," an official said.
Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage, are buying up all the Barbara Streisand CD's, and are overloading the internet while downloading jazzercise apps to their cell phones. "I really feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't support them," an Ottawa resident said. "After all, how many art-history majors does one country need?"
“She dresses like a hooker”. That’s what Megan Kelly says about Jeff Bezos girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez,, who got Bezos to cheat on his wife w her & then leave his wife n kids. She convinced him to go even more woke and extreme left.
[Jpost] Approximately 1-2 hours following Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, the Senate Intelligence Committee appointed John Ratcliffe as the CIA Director. He is tasked with leading the world's foremost intelligence and espionage organizations during this particularly critical period.
Unlike some former CIA directors who for mere thousands of dollars would disgrace themselves by attending fanatical Islamic terrorism events such as those hosted by the MEK, exchanging integrity for money, Ratcliffe would never fabricate baseless lies and empty rhetoric against the Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, the most esteemed and influential figure of the Iranian opposition.
Mike Pompeo, refuses to recognize that the Islamic Republic and the MEK are two sides of the same coin, with this terrorist group originating from the Freedom Movement — supporters of Khomeini and Mossadegh — and this notorious and shameful group having blood on their hands from Americans such as Colonel Paul Shaffer, Jack Turner, and Oveis Hawkins.
Ratcliffe is committed to ethics, principles, and the pillars of free thought. He understands that if Tehran's regime were to collapse, the transitional period would require a strong, reputable, and credible leader to guide society temporarily until it can choose its own path via democratic means—whether toward a modern democratic republic or a return to its monarchical roots, reflecting the true course of Iranian civilization and history.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...every time you hear the phrase 
[Reprinted from the Toronto Star] The flood of "Trump-fearing" American liberals/progressives sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week. The Republican presidential win is prompting an exodus among left-leaning Americans who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, pay taxes, and live according to the Constitution. Canadian border residents say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, global-warming activists, and "green" energy proponents crossing their fields at night.
