Tonight I got attacked by some silly pro-Hamas stan as I was putting up posters of the hostages kidnapped in Israel.
Don't worry - I'm fine; he just knocked the phone outta my hand. After he left, I put up more posters.
And I'll continue to do so.
@OmarRiverosays
The DOJ should add Elon Musk to this investigation, as he & Jared Kushner are besties. Their proximity in the photos taken at last year's World Cup in Qatar are telling.
Something's rotten in the abject state of America, & the Trump-Kushner-Musk connection is part of that stink.
@StephenKing
Slava Ukraini - absolutely. But taking Elon at his word is problematic, as the tweet he shared referenced his Starlink "donations." This suggests he's estimating the value to be $100 million.
Musk amplifies Putin cronies & talking points. His charity, IMHO, is smoke & mirrors.
@OmarRiverosays
@NPR
I suspect Musk's emails cited above not only are unethical, but also are unlawful. This may not be a civil issue, either.
The dude can't help himself. He is consumed with malice. Elon is clearing the path to his own fall from whatever purported grace he enjoyed.
Let's watch.
@elonmusk
@anothercohen
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, Muskeleh: This ain't the take you think it is. In fact, what you've tweeted here likely violates the law, given your denial of this individual's disability.
I would be shocked at how unintelligent this is - if you hadn't already set a precedent.
Yes, I was stopped once again by the team outside the shul near Pret to do tefillin. Why not, right?
Anyway, today I dedicate my prayers to hostage Romi Gonen. Shabbat Shalom to all!
Last night, someone ripped off the poster around my neck of a hostage kidnapped in Israel & ran off before I knew it. Anyway, that's why I have extra posters to wear ... & why these silly antisemites can't deter me.
Today's awareness-spreading poster is of Alexander Dancyg.
This morning, please think of Tsachi Idan, who has been kidnapped in Israel by Hamas.
I'll be wearing his poster today while at my usual spot for flyer distribution.
The other day, while I was setting up my station, a tall dude stopped before me.
"May I take one of these?" he asked, pointing to the flyers. "Sure," sez I.
He took one & tore it up. "F--k you," he snarled, walking off. I laughed reflexively.
The moral: Print more flyers. ;)
I'll be wearing posters that sometimes feature hostages whom I've spread awareness of before - in addition to any those I haven't. I'm doing this to augment my awareness campaign.
Here is one of those posters: It shows Noa Argamani, who was kidnapped by Hamas in Israel.
Today a woman approached my station & began going through the flyers.
"I'm looking for my nephew," she said. "He's a hostage."
"I'm so sorry," I said. "What's his name?"
"Tamir Nimrodi." She found the flyer of Tamir in my selection & took it.
I'll wear a poster of him tom'w.
I'm wearing - to spread awareness of the hostages kidnapped in Israel - 2 posters today: 1 of Kfir Bibas, & the other of his brother, Ariel. Both were abducted by the monstrous Qhamas.
Thanks to benuri_sam for suggesting these two guys to honor. Let's all bring them back home.
Well, here I am - spreading awareness, via flyers, of the hostages kidnapped in Israel. Got a little message for the pro-Hamas set, too.
I'll be here for a couple of hours. I'll tell you about the provenance of this photo soon.
Moments ago, while I sat on the steps, a group approached me. One person asked if I was related to Edan Alexander, whose poster I'm wearing.
"Just spreading awareness," I added.
Turns out they're Israeli. We exchanged Shabbat Shaloms.
And Shabbat Shalom to me tweetniks, too.
Today I'm wearing a poster of hostage Gadi Moses. I've worn a poster of him before, but I'm doing it again to spread awareness of the fact that Qhamas kidnapped elderly, vulnerable seniors, among others.
There still is a future for Gadi. There ain't one for Qhamas.
@OmarRiverosays
White supremacists embrace white supremacy's tenets yet bristle at being called white supremacists - though they deny other white supremacists are white supremacists because they're offended they could be deemed white supremacists.
That made as much sense as a white supremacist.
By the time I got to Effy's Cafe this morning, volunteers had already cleaned up most of the red paint & graffiti that pro-Hamas louts had vomited all over the place. I was able to get some paint off one of the outside pots, tho.
Antisemitic intimidation tactics just don't work.
@StephenKing
Some other points: Actual, altruistic philanthropists generally don't get defensive in public about their donations. They don't believe in bragging about it, either - & they certainly don't point to donations made months ago as sufficient.
This is cover for Elon Musk.
@RonFilipkowski
Rittenhouse's communication team needs to read Strunk & White's The Elements of Style, as this missive is full of grammatical, punctuation & spelling errors.
On the other hand, that's in character for Kyle.
Been dealing w/ some health issues on Day 10 of my campaign not to get my hair cut or my eyebrows trimmed until the hostages kidnapped in Israel return home. But I've been wearing my poster of hostage Naama Levi, anyway - to keep her plight top of mind.
She will be back.
@OmarRiverosays
*is telling. I regret my error immensely & will now do penance by not saying anything negative about Donald Trump for the rest of the year.
Just kidding. ๐
@OccupyDemocrats
@OmarRiverosays
Long ago, when he was senior editor at Forbes, a family friend wrote a story on Trump's finances. Richard told us that Trump showed him some kind of spreadsheet w/ figures - & covered up a column w/ his hand/arm while doing so.
The moral: Trump has been a crook for a LONG time.
@nexta_tv
Orban reminds me of the rebel wannabes in parts of the American South who shriek that "the South will rise again" while meekly imbibing their moonshine to the tune of bowling on the telly.
Putin has lost. It doesn't matter whether he accepts it.
It's now history.
AN ONGOING LIST OF ANTISEMITIC TWITTER ACCOUNTS
Given Twitter's inaction with regard to suspending accounts spewing antisemitism, I've taken the liberty in this thread of identifying a number of users engaged in such hate speech on this site.
Please feel free to add as needed.
Shabbat Shalom, dahlinks! Today I'm spreading awareness of the hostages by wearing a poster of Romi Gonen, who was kidnapped in Israel.
Oh ... & one more thing:
FCK HMS.
Shabbat Shalom! As promised, today I am wearing a poster of hostage Tamir Nimrodi, who was kidnapped by Qhamas in Israel. He is the nephew of a woman I met at my flyer-distribution station yesterday.
This Shabbat is for them.
Shabbat Shalom. I'm taking extra precautions to mask up because I've been sick. Anyway, today I'm spreading awareness of hostage Uriel Baruch, who remains in captivity.
P.S.: I didn't realize that ad was behind me when I took this photo. But I can't argue w/ the directive.
Folks: I'm ashamed.
It's been 44 days since I decided to avoid haircuts & eyebrow trims until the hostages return home. But the pro-Qhamas set's comments on my tweet today about buying Israeli products showed me the error of me ways. I haven't done enough.
So I bought more. ;)
Got stopped today in the subway by a couple of supportive people regarding the poster I'm wearing of hostage Liri Albag. One person asked me to send blessings to her if I knew her. I said I don't but I would pass on the positive vibes.
Let's send Liri positive vibes together.
@ZoeSchiffer
I don't know why, but that reminds me of the old song by The Kinks that goes like this: "Paranoia the destrrrroyyyyyyyyaaaaa!"
Guess it's just me.
I've always liked the Hebrew name "Ariel," which means "lion/lioness of God." Hostage Ariel Cunio, who was kidnapped by terrorist outfit Qhamas in Israel, is such a lion.
I'm honoring this courageous fellow today. Let's give him a shout-out ... or - more appropriately - a roar.
@OccupyDemocrats
This sounds like the plot of a movie - a very bad, sordid movie based on a very bad, sordid book written by a very bad, sordid scribbler who moonlights as a Sidney Sheldon impersonator.
I propose a name: The Loneliness of the Long-to-Be-Convicted Trumper.
Lots of awesome folks stopped by my flyer-distribution station today. Two people offered me some snacks - one of which was Bamba, ha ha! - but I respectfully declined, suggesting they give them to someone who needs.
Oh, & I was able to give away the hamantashen. Baruch Hashem!
@OmarRiverosays
Elon "Lord of the Gonifs" Musk keeps on tweeting that "transparency builds trust," but - as usual - he's completely wrong.
Compliance builds trust. Noncompliance builds regulatory enforcement.
The squirming will be legendary.
This is my new friend Chris, who wanted to be in a photo & was very concerned about the hostages kidnapped in Israel. Chris, who said he is Catholic, told me he would pray for them.
Please consider, while praying for the hostages, adding one for Chris.
@EuromaidanPR
Gonzalo Lira is also a typically dim white supremacist. I placed his account on my list of antisemitic accounts for Twitter to suspend last year, & Twitter still hasn't suspended it.
Maybe it will now, as his account should be inactive while he's in jail. Right,
@ellagirwin
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I'm heading home because of this persistent frickin' bug. No, it's not COVID-19; my latest tests were negative. But I've decided to forego stints at my usual flyer-distribution station this weekend to focus on my health.
Like Ahnold, however, I'll be back. So will Uriel Baruch.
When I had long, curly hair, I spoke w/ long, curly hair; I understood w/ long, curly hair; & I thought w/ long, curly hair. But when I went to the barber, I put away hirsute things.
On to a new chapter. Nite, tweetniks ... & bring them back home now!
At lunch on the 17th day of my campaign to eschew haircuts & eyebrow trims until the hostages kidnapped in Israel - such as Ariel Bibas, who appears in the poster I'm wearing here - return home.
Who is Bipin Joshi, & why am I wearing a poster of him today? Well, the heroic Bipin - a citizen of Nepal who helped other people on October 7 - is a hostage who was kidnapped by Qhamas in Israel.
I'm spreading awareness of him today.
@Gerashchenko_en
Here are my thoughts: Lavrov is full of gavno.
He's not welcome in NYC by anyone of merit - a group that makes up about 99% of the Big Apple.
@OccupyDemocrats
Remember that disturbing data from Twitter that showed it didn't suspend more than 4,000 accounts tweeting child sexual exploitation? Questions arose as to why.
The piece are disgustingly falling together. Elon Musk should be investigated by U.S. authorities, too.
AN OPEN LETTER
To the fellow who put a container of watermelon chunks on my flyer-distribution table yesterday:
Next time, could you buy me fruit that's a little more ripe? Also, if you could provide utensils & napkins, that would be swell!
With great Am Yisrael Chai,
SHB
For Shabbat today, I'm thinking about Kaid Farhan al-Qadi, who was kidnapped by terrorist outfit Qhamas in Israel and IS STILL IN THE CLUTCHES OF THAT OBSCENE GROUP.
It's been nearly 5 months since he was taken hostage. Please give him a thought today & pray for his delivery.
A fab dude stopped before my sign touting "Criticize Israel: The Game," laughed, & then walked away. When he came back, he noticed my vain attempt to take a photo of myself.
"Want me to take a photo of you?" he kindly asked. I replied w/ an affirmative.
This is a photo he took.
I wish, with all me heart, me hearties a hearty Shabbat Shalom! Today I'm honoring hostage Chanan Yablonka, who was kidnapped by Qhamas in Israel & deserves a Shabbat Shalom, too.
Let's extend one together to him, shall we? And - of course - bring him back home.
I count 41 days since my decision to avoid cutting my hair & trimming my eyebrows until the hostages kidnapped in Israel by Qhamas return home. But those hostages - incl. Ariel Cunio - have been in captivity a lot longer than that.
Here's to them - & to their safe delivery home.
@elonmusk
@anothercohen
@danielhoughton
@iamharaldur
Way to make light of your repulsive, illegal attacks on Halli's disability. You've proven time & again to be insincere, & this tweet further proves that.
Still think "transparency builds trust"? You're definitely transparent - but you don't build anything except malice.
Make some noise for Youssef Alziadne, who was kidnapped by obscene terrorist outfit Qhamas in Israel. He remains a hostage, so I'm spreading awareness of his plight today.
Bring him the f--k back home NOW!
It's raining, it's pouring - but that's not gonna wash away this poster I'm wearing today of hostage Tsachi Idan.
I have confidence that Israel will bring him back home.
I'm a little better today (thanks to all for the kind words) but am working from home as a precautionary measure. I will say that my ailments are nothing compared to what Rom Braslavski, who was kidnapped in Israel, has gone through.
I raise my mug to him. Bring him back home.
Poster prep for this evening.
I will be putting up posters of both remaining & rescued hostages to point to the fact that every one has been abducted by terrorist org Hamas.