[Off The Press] President Donald Trump lamented the American carnage afflicting Chicago’s Democrat-run city, repeating his "call in the troops" to help restore American greatness to America’s Second City.
"The Miracle Mile Shopping Center in Chicago, once considered our Nation’s BEST, now has a more than 28% vacancy factor, and is ready to call it quits unless something is done about the murder and crime, which is prevalent throughout the City," Trump wrote early Tuesday morning on Truth Social.
"CALL IN THE TROOPS, FAST, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! ’Just the News.'"
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^Skidmark ... What, crime down here in Chicago? According to the local wheeze boxes, the story is citizens cowering in their homes for fear of the crimes committed by ICE/BP!
[FoxNews] The agent claims new reported restrictions violate civil rights law after President Donald Trump's January executive order
A transgender Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer in Virginia is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), accusing it of sex discrimination over a new policy that bars transgender agents from conducting security screening pat-downs, according to a federal lawsuit.
Danielle Mittereder, a transgender woman and TSA officer at Dulles International Airport, filed the lawsuit Friday claiming the new policy violates civil rights law, according to The Associated Press.
A TSA spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the new policy states that only male officers can perform pat-downs on male passengers and only female officers can perform pat-downs on female passengers.
The rule applies regardless of an officer’s gender identity or transition status.
The spokesperson said that the rule change was implemented to comply with an executive order issued by President Donald Trump on Jan. 20. That order, titled "Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government," declared that the federal government will recognize only two sexes — male and female — defined by biological sex "at conception."
Until February, TSA assigned work consistent with officers’ gender identity under a 2021 management directive, the agency said.
"Male Transportation Security Officers will conduct pat-down procedures on male passengers and female Transportation Security Officers will conduct pat-down procedures on female passengers, based on operational needs," the statement reads.
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Sex discrimination ???.
Hell, the idiot doesn't even know what sextile it is?
Besides, the role of the TSA is too important to be using MENTALLY ILL workers.
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While the Constitution gives everyone the right to go to hell in their own special way, there is nothing in there that says the rest of us have to play along. Bugger off, dearie.
[FoxNews] Universities across the country have moved to rename DEI efforts rather than eliminate them
Undercover video shows administrators at a North Carolina university detailing how they are continuing their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts despite state and federal efforts to roll back the policies.
"It shook things up around here, but fortunately for us, this office is not actually under the DEI office at all, so we're able to just keep going. We just like switched up our, you know, changed the wording of things," Pascha Miller, Office of Intercultural Engagement assistant director at North Carolina A&T State University, says in a video obtained by Accuracy in Media.
The videos, taken in August and September 2024, came months after the University of North Carolina System Board of Governors voted to essentially ban DEI and focus on "institutional neutrality," Carolina Journal reported.
Michael Eccles, the university’s office manager for the Office of Intercultural Engagement, said in the video, "The word ‘diversity,’ we had to change saying ‘diversity’ to competency." Which have nothing in common in most recent experiences
"Yes," Eccles said when asked if he would describe that process as "creative naming," using the word "cleverly" to describe the method.
Austin Horne, assistant director of LGBTA programs and services at the Office of Intercultural Engagement, is also seen in the video going a step further.
"The Board of Governors did a statute in May that is really like, attacking DEI jobs and restricting some of our language," Horne said. "It is very intentionally vague is what, you know, the way I read it. But it’s really leaving it up to you know each university to kind of think about it in their own way and consider how much they want to open themselves up to litigation. But, luckily I think there’s only been one position that wasn’t lost, it was just changed here."
The undercover journalist then pressed Horne.
"Just to make sure I understand, so for at least A&T, you’ve not had to like, you’ve just changed or maybe got creative, with some of the language?" the journalist asked.
"Yes," Horne responded.
"To get around the legislation?" the journalist asked.
"Well, it’s not even to get around the legislation, so what the legislation is, is it’s giving us, I want to say it’s 11 rules for what we can and cannot say when we are speaking on behalf of the university, and so some universities like Charlotte have taken that and said these positions can’t function with these rules in place so we’re just going to get rid of them. Every other public university has said they can function, we’re just going to try and shield ourselves from litigation."
The journalist responded, "Just to appease the politicians?"
"Yes, it’s very much, it’s so vague," Horne said.
In another clip, Eccles says, "It’s been a little bit of a challenge, but we’re still pushing through and trying to make sure people get what they need."
Miller says in another clip toward the end of the video, "We don’t use DEI anymore, it’s kind of hard not to use the word ‘diversity,’" then laughs along with the journalist and says, "We try not to, you know, just to be safe."
Fox News Digital has reported extensively on universities this year who appear to be simply rebranding their DEI efforts in order to avoid scrutiny from the Trump administration or state governments.
Earlier this year, UNC Asheville severed ties with its dean of students after Fox News Digital reported on a video showing her boasting about DEI efforts still taking place but you "gotta keep it quiet."
Fox News Digital reached out to North Carolina A&T State University for comment.
"North Carolina’s universities have been captured by lawbreaking radicals, and they require fundamental reform," Adam Guillette, president of Accuracy in Media, told Fox News Digital.
"Any government employee who is caught circumventing laws should never again be allowed to earn a paycheck from taxpayers. And the legislature needs to enact a Kansas-style DEI ban which includes both a reporting mechanism and actual consequences for those who flout the law."
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[Regnum] About 15 solar flares were recorded over the past 24 hours. This was reported on Tuesday, November 11, by the press service of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute (IKI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to scientists, one of these flares, of the highest magnitude, X1.2, occurred. However, very high-level flare activity continues, posing significant risks to Earth.
The press service noted that, against this backdrop, weak magnetic storms are forecast for the end of November 11, which could reach peak levels the following day.
Over 10 solar flares occurred on the Sun in the past 24 hours, including one of the highest magnitude X. According to specialists at the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, these events will have a moderate impact on Earth on November 11.
The day before, scientists released a video using space telescopes showing the destruction of a giant solar prominence. Among other things, the footage shows rapidly rotating plasma filaments that spiraled back into the solar surface, dragging the remains of the prominence along with them.
The third strongest magnetic storm of 2025 is expected on Earth on the night of November 12. This was reported on November 11 by the press service of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
According to scientists, solar plasma emissions from the high-level solar flares that occurred on November 9 and 10 are expected tonight. Magnetic storms will be more powerful than those on November 7, when plasma clouds only barely touched the Earth.
This time, a more powerful event, close to a frontal one, is expected. It is highly likely that a single cloud with an especially high density and a greatly enhanced magnetic field will approach Earth on the night of November 12. The two impacts will likely be separated by several hours. The impact of the first event could begin as early as 6:00–8:00 PM Moscow time. A G1-G2 magnetic storm and intense auroras are expected in the eastern hemisphere.
The second, most powerful cloud will hit the planet at night or early in the morning of the 12th, forming a peak of magnetic storms in the G3-G4 range.
Magnetic storms of the G4 level were observed twice this year - on January 1 and June 1, against the backdrop of a frontal impact on the Earth from a large prominence ejected from the Sun.
The laboratory recalled that the last time a G5 magnetic storm occurred was in May 2024. This was the first time the highest level had been recorded in 20 years.
On November 9, a powerful solar flare (magnitude X1.79) ejected plasma toward Earth. Scientists using space telescopes captured video of the destruction of a giant solar prominence.
[FoxNews] Landslide and collapse. Piss-Poor Planning and geotechnical designs
Too much fly ash in the mix?
There are places to build a bridge that are unfit due to Geo concerns. This should have been one of them. Unstable before a bridge (of whatever Temu quality) was ever built
Sichuan Province is known for its high seismic activity. In particular, in 2008, a strong earthquake killed tens of thousands of people, and many of the victims were attributed to poor construction. The Hongqi Bridge connected the central part of the country with Tibet.
[MAIL] Only 2.5 percent of US homes changed hands between January and August 2025, according to Redfin.
That is just 25 per 1,000 and is the lowest in at least 30 years. During the 2021 pandemic boom, that figure was closer to 40 per 1,000.
Existing-home sales in 2024 fell to the lowest since 1995, even as prices continued climbing — the national median home price hit $407,500, up nearly 5 percent year-on-year.
Experts say such high home prices, mortgage rates near 6 percent, and inflated grocery and living costs mean many Americans cannot afford homeownership.
Another big issue is that homes are increasingly owned by large scale investors who buy them up in bulk to rent out.
Real estate agent Glennda Baker told the Raising America podcast that big investors are 'renting back the American dream,' noting that corporations now own 27 percent of the Atlanta housing market.
'They're telling you that you want to be a renter — that you don't want to deal with maintenance or ownership,' Baker said.
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Maybe if they built Levittown houses rather than HGTV McMansions they'd be more affordable. GenZer's claim we don't understand. I understand when we had 1000-1200 square feet with 3 small bedrooms, a small bathroom, a small galley kitchen, utility closet for the furnace and water heater, and space enough for a small living room and dining area. No A/C sweetheart.
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Some say modern tech (real estate web sites) are causing an increase in demand relative to historic norms (too many boomers shopping online for second homes).
[RedState] Republican Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19) announced Tuesday that he will not seek re-election in 2026, concluding a decade in Congress at the end of his current term. Arrington, chair of the House Budget Committee, said in a video message that "public office is a temporary stint in stewardship — not a career."
Arrington, who chairs the House Budget Committee, played a key role in crafting and passing H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which provided the largest single investment in border security and national defense alongside the largest tax cuts for families and small businesses in recent history, according to the Congressman.
The announcement comes from Texas' 19th Congressional District, rated R+25 by the Cook Political Report, anchored in Lubbock and encompassing much of rural West Texas. Arrington, first elected in 2016, stated in a video message: "As much good as we've done together, there's a time and season for everything."
"It has always been my firm conviction that public service be a lifetime commitment, while public office a temporary stint in stewardship — not a career. Representing the God-fearing, freedom-loving people of West Texas has been a labor of love and an honor of a lifetime — and I will be forever grateful for the trust they placed in me."
Arrington highlighted his work raising the profile of rural America's challenges and contributions, such as food security and energy independence, telling Fox News:
"I'm from a rural district and I can tell you, raising the profile among urban and suburban members as to the unique challenges of rural America and the unique contributions of rural America—like food security and energy independence and how much the nation depends on these plow boys and cowboys in rural areas."
He expressed confidence that Republicans, including President Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and fiscal hawks, will continue fiscal reforms, noting the House's readiness for another budget reconciliation bill to the outlet.
Looking ahead, Arrington plans a "new leadership challenge" to make the biggest difference, while prioritizing family time with his wife Anne and children Henry, Nate and Jane.
"I am profoundly grateful for God’s amazing grace, my wife and children’s constant love and sacrifice, and the prayers and support from my fellow West Texans. My plans are to remain focused on advancing the America First agenda, growing the majority, and delivering for the people of West Texas. Upon completion of my term, I look forward to my next leadership challenge and, most of all, spending more time with my greatest love — my family."
Arrington's departure opens the R+25 district for new representation, with potential speculative candidates including Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, who gained prominence during the August Texas Democrats' walkout from the state, and State Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock.
Burrows said in a statement posted to X:
"West Texas may be losing a strong partner and tireless advocate with @RepArrington’s upcoming retirement, but we are profoundly grateful for his many years of service to our communities and America’s future.
From his steadfast fiscal conservatism to his leadership supporting our nation’s farmers and ranchers, Jodey has been a champion for the opportunity and values that define West Texas. His work advancing the I-27 corridor will leave a lasting mark on our region’s future—strengthening our food security, energy independence, and economic potential. And his leadership on the One Big Beautiful Bill stands as a testament to his commitment to American families, small businesses, and rural opportunity.
On behalf of West Texas, thank you, Jodey, for your principled leadership and dedication to public service. We wish you and Anne all the best in this next chapter."
"I'm thankful that God called me and gave me the grace to succeed and to achieve the things that we've achieved," Arrington told Fox News, "His grace looks like the members of Congress that I've been doing battle with, my budget hawks who I've been in the trenches with, my constituents who I run into in the grocery store, who want to pray with me right there in the aisle while I'm checking out. The grace of God looks like my wife being both mom and dad about two-thirds of the time, because I'm in Washington doing battle for the country."
Arrington attributed his successes to divine grace and support from colleagues and constituents, stating, "Did I make my share of mistakes? You bet. Did I learn along the way? You bet I did. But we left the country better than we found it, and it gives me great satisfaction."
[IsraelTimes] Rights groups warn of more removals in coming weeks after two families booted from homes, amid decades-long legal struggle for control over neighborhood
Paleostinian residents of Silwan are on edge after authorities evicted two families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood at the start of the week — the latest development in a charged, decades-long legal battle over the neighborhood.
Early Sunday morning, large police and Border Police forces closed off the neighborhood’s Batn al-Hawa area and booted the Shweiki and Odeh families from their homes of several decades, following an eviction order issued by the Jerusalem District Court. Jewish families swiftly moved in.
Zuheir Rajabi, a neighbor of the Shweiki family who witnessed the eviction from his balcony overlooking their house, said officers closed roads leading in and out of the neighborhood and forbade residents to leave their homes.
The evicted families, 14 people in total, were caught off guard by police’s arrival, believing they had until Wednesday to pack up and leave, as set out in the court order. They were the first to be evicted from Silwan since December 2024.
Police told residents that they had asked the court to move up the eviction date to Sunday, and were granted their request, Rajabi said. They declined to notify the families ahead of time. Police did not respond for a request for comment on those claims.
"They come to the mother, a 72-year-old, and tell her that she has one hour to take her stuff and leave. To where will she leave?" Rajabi said of the family’s matriarch, Asmahan Shweiki. "She collapsed, the poor thing. She fell down and an ambulance had to come to pick her up."
The woman’s three children arrived at her home in order to console her, but police beat them, removed them from the area and arrested her grandson, Muhammad Shweiki, Rajabi claimed.
Jewish families moved into the emptied houses the same morning, he said, and soon hoisted Israeli flags from the roofs. Over the past couple of days, the new residents have been installing security cameras on the property.
Footage from the scene showed around a dozen men in neon orange work vests hauling furniture and other belongings out of the house. In another clip, police could be seen gathering on a narrow road near a row of homes as neighbors peeked out their windows to witness the spectacle.
"They started to take their [the families’] belongings down from the house and dumped them on the road," Rajabi said. "After it ended, the police came and gave them a fine, because their belongings were on the road."
ATERET COHANIM AND THE ’YEMENITE VILLAGE’
The evictions are part of an ongoing struggle between Paleostinian residents of Silwan and Jewish Israelis attempting to lay claim to the homes they live in. The disputes arose based on a law providing for the reclamation of property in East Jerusalem that was Jewish-owned prior to 1948.
The lawsuits mirror those of Sheikh Jarrah, another East Jerusalem neighborhood that saw Paleostinians protest against evictions and a subsequent harsh police response. The dispute sparked international outcry and is viewed as one of several catalysts for the 2021 war with Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... Several Jewish enclaves now exist within the mostly Arab neighborhood of Silwan, in what residents claim is part of a government-backed effort to dispossess them. Israel maintains that East Jerusalem is an integral part of its undivided capital, and that the Jews moving into neighborhoods there do so legally.
The claimants in the Silwan lawsuits are backed by Ateret Cohanim, a right-wing foundation that works to strengthen the Jewish presence in East Jerusalem. The group characterizes itself as the forefront of "Jewish land reclamation" in the city.
Prior to Israel’s independence, the land that Batn al-Hawa stands on used to be home to Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ite Jewish immigrants colonists housed there by the Benvenisti Endowment, a trust dating back to the late 19th century, when Jerusalem was under Ottoman rule.
The so-called Yemenite Village lasted until the Arab revolt that took place from 1936 to 1939, when it was demolished by British officials who grew weary of defending Jewish residents. The land remained in the endowment’s hands until the end of the British Mandate. It passed into Jordanian hands in 1948 when the kingdom began occupying East Jerusalem and leased many properties to Paleostinian families.
Israel took control of the lands when it annexed the city’s eastern half after the 1967 Six Day War. Three years later, the Knesset passed a law stipulating that former owners would be able to reclaim their lands lost during Israel’s war of independence.
Rights groups frequently allege that the law enforces a double standard, since Paleostinians are unable to claim lands their families lost in West Jerusalem following the war.
Evictions began more recently, after Ateret Cohanim obtained trusteeship over the Benvenisti Endowment in the early 2000s.
Rights groups say the foundation lacks any connection to the original owners of the land, but Ateret Cohanim has nevertheless filed dozens of lawsuits in the Benvenisti Endowment’s name, characterizing Paleostinian residents as "illegal squatters" on the trust’s lands.
Ateret Cohanim did not respond to a request for comment.
’A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD’ AT RISK OF EVICTION
Aviv Tatarsky, a researcher for Ir Amim, a group that advocates for Paleostinian Jerusalemites, warned that Sunday’s evictions "signal the possibility of a new, much bigger wave of evictions in the coming weeks."
He said the evictions are "a completely political issue" and that Israel’s legal system effectively denies Paleostinians proper housing rights.
"There are 70 to 80 more families under threat of eviction in Batn al-Hawa... The eviction yesterday is not a story of just one or two families, it’s a whole neighborhood," he said.
According to Ir Amim, nine families have been evicted from their homes since the outbreak of the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... that began with the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack.
The same morning that the Shweiki and Odeh families were forced to clear out, police delivered eviction orders to three other households belonging to a branch of the Rajabi family. The orders are set to take effect in 21 days. The families tried to appeal the District Court decision to the Supreme Court, but the petition was rejected.
Days earlier, the Supreme Court dismissed a similar appeal by the Abd al-Fatah Rajabi family, paving the way for another pending eviction.
Zuheir Rajabi is also facing eviction in a separate lawsuit, and is slated to submit an appeal to the Supreme Court on Sunday next week with five other households, numbering some 230 people in 26 families.
He worries that his petition won’t succeed, however, and noted the rejections other families have received in recent months. "It’s never-ending chaos. I don’t even know who we should be turning to," he said.
[FoxNews] Veterans suicide rate nearly double that of non-veteran adults at 34.7 per 100,000 in 2022
As Veterans Day draws focus on the mental health challenges faced by those who served, one Marine-turned-psychologist says new brain technology could change how veterans — and their doctors — understand trauma.
For years, the military has tried to close the gap between visible injuries and invisible ones. But as suicides and untreated post-traumatic stress continue to claim lives, some veterans are turning to modern science for answers traditional care can’t always provide.
Dr. Amber Deckard, Psy.D., NPT-C, Director of Neuro-Psychological Services and the Neurocognitive Assessment Program (NAP) at Caron Treatment Centers, is one of them. A Marine veteran who served from 2003 to 2007, Deckard now uses advanced neuroimaging and data-driven assessments to help veterans understand and heal from brain injuries that can’t be seen on the surface.
"Stigma remains one of the biggest barriers," she said. "Many fear that seeking care shows weakness, or that they could lose benefits they’ve already earned."
Her program combines quantitative EEGs, PET scans, and neurocognitive testing to map how trauma, concussions, or substance use alter brain activity. The technology, Deckard says, offers "objective evidence" of invisible injuries.
"It’s not just, ‘you’re anxious’ or ‘you’re depressed,’" she said. "We can show how the trauma affected the brain and measure improvement over time."
That distinction matters in a community where roughly 60% of service members who experience mental health problems never seek help, according to War Department data.
In 2022, the most recent year with full data, there were 6,407 suicides among U.S. veterans — a rate of 34.7 per 100,000, nearly double the 17.1 per 100,000 among non-veteran adults. Among those who received care through the VA in 2023, about 31% had a confirmed mental health diagnosis, federal data show.
Many of Deckard’s patients live with PTSD and substance-use disorders linked to repeated concussions or other physical trauma. Each undergoes a multi-layered assessment — combining brain imaging, cognitive testing, a QEEG brain map, full medical and psychiatric workups and measures of attention, memory and executive function.
"It allows us to get an in-depth, multi-point, objective look at what’s driving their symptoms," Deckard said.
From there, patients can receive what she calls neurorestorative care — therapies such as hyperbaric oxygen treatment, alpha-stimulation electrotherapy, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) that help retrain the brain.
"When individuals have engaged in neurorestorative care, we’ve seen significant improvements across multiple domains," she said. "Better blood flow, stronger electrical activity, sharper memory, less depression — measurable gains that give them hope."
The technology isn’t yet widespread across the VA system, where access and resources vary widely. Deckard hopes that will change. "We’re not reinventing the wheel," she said. "All these tools exist. The challenge is integrating them in one place."
For her, the larger message this Veterans Day isn’t about technology itself — it’s about proof. Proof that invisible wounds are real, and that recovery is possible.
"When they return home, they’re still warriors," Deckard said. "We just have to give them the tools to fight for their own healing."
[IsraelTimes] Groundbreaking project channeling in enough water to raise dangerously low lake level by 0.5 centimeters per month; Water Authority will double flow if needed
The Water Authority has started channeling desalinated water to the Sea of Galilee, marking the first ever attempt anywhere in the world top up a freshwater lake with processed seawater. "Hey Iran? Watch this"
The groundbreaking project, years in the making and a sign of both Israel’s success in converting previously unusable water into a vital resource and the rapidly dropping water levels in the country’s largest freshwater reservoir, was quietly inaugurated on October 23.
The desalinated water enters the Sea of Galilee via the the seasonal Tsalmon Stream, entering at the Ein Ravid spring, some four kilometers (2.5 miles) northwest of what is Israel’s emergency drinking source.
Firas Talhami, who is in charge of the rehabilitation of water sources in northern Israel for the Water Authority, told The Times of Israel that he expected the project to raise the lake’s level by around 0.5 centimeters (0.2 inches) per month.
The move has also reactivated the previously dried-out spring, allowing visitors to once again paddle down the Tsalmon, which now flows with desalinated water.
On Monday, the level of the lake stood at 213.33 meters (699.9 feet) below sea level, just a third of a meter (13 inches) above what is called the lower red line, the lowest point the water level can drop before pumping risks damaging the ecosystem.
Israel typically pulls hundreds of millions of cubic meters annually from the lake to supply local communities and augment its supply of desalinated water.
Talhami said the flow of desalinated water would be maintained for at least the next six months.
Two pipes are in place a few hundred meters apart to bring the water to the lake, but only one, which is designed for a lighter flow of water, is currently operational, sending 1,000 cubic meters (264,000 gallons) per hour into the body of water.
The second, which would bring even more water into the Sea of Galilee, may be turned on in the future, depending on how much the Water Authority decides is needed.
The Authority could increase the flow to 1,500, or even 2,000 cubic meters per hour, Talhami said, depending on several factors, including the amount of rain that falls this winter, and the amount of surplus desalinated water that will be available.
Tests carried out by scientists have indicated that the project will not have any significant deleterious effect on ecosystems, though there have also been some concerns that the desalinated water could harm local ecology by diluting the lake’s relatively high salinity.
The idea for the project was born toward the end of several disastrous drought years, between 2013 and 2018, when the lake’s level approached an all-time low. With desalinated water already set to piped to communities in the nearby Lower Galilee, officials decided they could hook the lake into the system as well.
A pioneer in turning salty seawater into something drinkable, Israel currently desalinates enough of the wet stuff to supply most of its own population and some nearby countries as well, taking pressure off the Sea of Galilee and underground aquifers.
Last winter, just half of the yearly average rainfall fell in Israel, with many places in and around the Sea of Galilee getting just 40% of the average or less, according to Israel Meteorological Service data.
The total fell well short of forecasted totals, and marked a stark shift from several previous years, which had seen enough rain to fill the lake to levels not seen in decades.
In the past year, signs of falling water levels at the lake have been starkly visible at beaches along its shrinking rim, with large expanses of sand, rock and soil normally far underwater now exposed and lifeguard stations once licked by waves sitting well inland.
For the coming winter, the IMS is forecasting 80% of the annual average rainfall, although officials point out that it’s hard to be precise with long-term predictions.
As part of the effort to refill the Sea of Galilee, only 20 million cubic meters, a tenth of the usual amount, will be pumped out of the lake for the national water carrier, which brings water from northern Israel to the more arid south.
Amid drought fears, some 20,000 dunams (just under 5,000 acres) of agricultural fields normally fed by the lake’s water are expected to go without over the coming year.
Holy men aren't competent to run complicated things best left to specialists. [MEforum] This report provides an analysis of Iran’s water crisis, concluding that it is the central driver of a cascade of systemic breakdowns pushing the nation toward state failure. The crisis is not a natural disaster, but a politically engineered catastrophe, the direct result of decades of mismanagement, corruption, and flawed ideology. The primary culpability lies with the Iranian regime and its security-economic apparatus, particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). This is evidenced by the regime’s profound failure to adapt in a region where other arid states have successfully implemented sustainable water management strategies, and by its systematic destruction of a 3,000-year-old national legacy of water stewardship.
The foundational condition is one of "water bankruptcy"—a permanent, structural deficit where national water demand far outstrips renewable supply. This has triggered a domino effect across all critical infrastructure. An agricultural sector consuming over 90 percent of the nation’s water is collapsing, creating widespread food insecurity. The failure of the water-energy nexus has crippled hydropower, leading to a "blackout state" that paralyzes the economy. Irresponsible groundwater mining has triggered irreversible land subsidence, destroying aquifers and shattering infrastructure from below.
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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.
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
[MEforum] This report provides an analysis of Iran’s water crisis, concluding that it is the central driver of a cascade of systemic breakdowns pushing the nation toward state failure. The crisis is not a natural disaster, but a politically engineered catastrophe, the direct result of decades of mismanagement, corruption, and flawed ideology. The primary culpability lies with the Iranian regime and its security-economic apparatus, particularly the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). This is evidenced by the regime’s profound failure to adapt in a region where other arid states have successfully implemented sustainable water management strategies, and by its systematic destruction of a 3,000-year-old national legacy of water stewardship.
