Saturday Miscellany

First, in the least surprising story of the day, special counsel named Robert Hur filed a report where he said that whatever Joe Biden had done, he could not be put on trial, because his obvious cerebral impairment would make him sympathetic to the jury.

The report says this:

At trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory. . . . It would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him—by then a former president well into his eighties—of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.

Naturally, Biden’s supporters are hard at work rationalizing their vote for him.

Second, Congressman Wesley Hunt explains it all:

Let me get this straight. Biden is too cognitively impaired to be charged with a crime, but he’s not too cognitively impaired to be the Commander-in-Chief?

Third, the Biden administration has decided that the best way to reward Hamas for having committed unspeakable atrocities is to give it its own state. Dare we notice that Hamas has rejected the supposed two-state solution and will use its own state to arm and to fight against Israel.

Raylan Givens explains:

Israel Ch. 12: Blinken is expected to tell the PA president in a meeting with him that the US will recognize a Palestinian state by the end of 2024. Now we understand why Galant told Bkinken that Sinwar wanted to fight it until the end. He knows he already won. I can't believe this: Biden will give Sinwar something he never dreamed of. Instead of going down as the rat he is, he will be known as the one who gave a state to the savages. Biden is rewarding the Nazis for 10/7 with a state. I have no words… this is pure evil.

Fourth, on a more positive note, a Hamas commander told his fellow terrorists to surrender.

The New York Post reports:

A commander of Hamas’ elite Nukhba unit who was captured in Gaza urged his fellow terrorists to give up the fight and surrender just like he and his men did, according to a new interrogation video released Thursday.

Muhammad Nasser Suleiman Abu Namer, a Hamas operative since 2009, was filmed speaking to Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence officers about his capture inside a tunnel in Khan Younis.

Despite being armed with guns and explosives, Abu Namer said he and two other Hamas fighters refused to open fire on the Israeli forces knocking on their door, Ynet reports.

“We sat in the room, we placed all the weapons outside,” Abu Namer said. “We sat and we waited. When the army arrived, we put up our hands and surrendered.”

The Nukhba commander said he and the two other Hamas members, Hamis Safi and Iyad al-Astal, had made the decision to surrender as soon as the army was approaching.

So, as Joe Biden attacks Israel, the Netanyahu government has achieved some real success. The administration likes to blame the Jews, because it fears losing Muslim votes in Michigan.

Fifth, Israel is on the verge of victory in Gaza. If this is true, it is surely good news. From Pyjamas Media:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a statement that the Jewish state is "just a touch away" from proclaiming a decisive victory over radical Islamic terrorist group Hamas. This is good news if it is accurate. Taking out a terrorist organization is always a reason to celebrate as it means that one less group is posing a threat to the safety and peace of the world, which is already strained to the limit.

Of course, leftists all over the world, particularly here in America, are going to be irritated to hear that Hamas has almost been defeated, seeing as how they view the organization as a group of freedom fighters striking back at colonialist oppressors rather than radical religious zealots who would love to commit genocide against Jews and Christians. Then again, the left believes that everything is about the relationship between the oppressed and the oppressor.

“Now we are in Khan Younis, and we have guided the IDF to go into these last strongholds of Hamas,” Netanyahu said. “Here, again, when the time comes, the IDF, according to international law, will enable the civilians a safe passage outside these areas. The destruction of this underground is what we are going to do until the very end.”

Sixth, and then there is the case of one Sally Orange. She raises money by running marathons dressed as pieces of fruit.

Meet the only person on the planet to have completed a marathon on every continent dressed as — a piece of fruit.

Sally Orange is famous for her running gear — “and has even met members of the Royal family whilst dressed in her fruity outfits.”

Sally, 49, who is an ex-army major, has been running her fruit-themed marathons since 2009.

She completed her first fruity continent challenge in 2017 before doing it again in 2023, this time doing it in 7 days.

She ran as a jackfruit in Africa, an orange in Europe, a peach and a kiwi in Australasia, a pear in Antarctica, an apple in North America, grapes in South America, and a banana in Asia.

Sally, who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps for 22 years, said: “I couldn’t recognize any of my teammates in Antarctica as they had goggles on and hoods up.

“But everyone knew who I was as I was dressed as a pod of peas.

Seventh, imagine that you are looking for a job. There are two things that will damage your prospects. First, if you put your pronouns at the top of your resume. Second, if you show up late.

CNBC reports:

Tardiness is the one interview behavior that puts hiring managers off the most, according to a new report from Ringover, a cloud-based telecom provider, which surveyed over 1,200 people who have interviewed job candidates.

"Nothing flags red to a recruiter more than a candidate that can't keep track of time, particularly in roles where deadline management skills are essential," the report notes, adding that lateness, even more so than getting the name of the company wrong or dressing too casually gives hiring managers "the biggest ick."

Once you get the job, be sure to show up early and to leave late. Do not be on time and do not leave when the clock strikes….

Eighth, in news that speaks for itself, Joe Biden’s backup, Kamala Harris, has an approval rating of 28%.

Ninth, you can’t make this up, from the Daily Mail:

A transgender Muslim woman is suing her ex-boyfriend for throwing out her surgically removed testicles which she left rotting his fridge.

Tenth, a word from Mrs. Robert Kennedy, Jr. That would be Cheryl Hines. Anticipating the chance that she might be living in the White House, Cheryl explained:

When I wake up in the morning, you know, I'll sleep in my ratty pajamas, but when I walk out into the main living area, yes, I'll put on my Armani silk pajamas and prance around.'

While we are on the topic, let’s bow our heads for Kennedy’s first wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy. When Kennedy met Cheryl Hines he decided to divorce his first wife. The negotiations were a horror, with Kennedy pressuring his wife by suing for custody of his children and by canceling her credit cards and bank accounts.

Mary Richardson Kennedy hanged herself in the barn. This detail seems absent from all of the coverage of the campaign.

Eleventh, as I have noted, I am finishing a manuscript called “Can’t We All Just Get Along?” A certain number of serious thinkers do not think that the topic is sufficiently serious, so the book is still looking for a literary agent or a publisher or both.

As for the timeliness of the topic, consider this, from Psychology Today this month:

The internet is awash in information about parents and adult children who struggle to get along. Reasons for dysfunction include past child abuse, drug addiction, boundary issues, and poor communication. But sometimes, parents and adult children do not get along for a far more boring reason: They have nothing in common.

Dare I say that the issue is far more complicated, but surely the world is ready for a book on why we should get along and how we should go about it.

Twelfth. Happy Chinese New Year. Today begins the Year of the Dragon. It brings good luck and prosperity. 

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