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Were You Fined for Going Outside Last Year? You May Be Entitled to a Refund!

Disclaimer: This message was sent to me, but I cannot vouch for its accuracy!

Communicated:

A year ago, in October 2020, one of the Corona rules forbade people from being more than a kilometer from their homes (excepting essential workers). This included attending a demonstration. The Supreme Court ruled that this rule was unconstitutional, due to the fact that it prevented people from protesting.  Because it is impossible to distinguish between people leaving their homes to protest and people leaving their homes for any other reason, all fines handed out for being too far from home between the first and thirteenth of October 2020 have been canceled.

Authorites sent messages to people who were fined between October first and thirteenth 2020, inviting them to receive a refund. So far, of the 17,787 who were fined, 12,357 have been refunded. The refunds so far total 7,565,876 shekels.

If you were fined during this period, and have not yet received a refund, check your eligibility here: https://www.gov.il/he/service/receipt-of-refund-for-payment-corona-fines . If you are eligible, you can go to the nearest post office and present your teudat zehut to receive your refund.  No bank details or other identifying information is required.

Again, I cannot vouch for the above.

Can You EVER Trust the Establishment These Days?

People Notice When the Elites Lie

October 7, 2021
By Twilight Patriot

I’m going to try to explain what’s going on in America right now by drawing a connection between two news stories.  On the surface, they don’t seem to have much to do with each other, but when you really think about them, it’s obvious that there’s a common thread.

The first story comes from way back in November of 2018, when President Trump complained about an “Obama judge” on the Ninth Circuit ruling against his asylum policy.  Trump’s comments angered Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court, who gave a speech saying:

We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges.  What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them.  That independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for.

Trump responded by tweeting: “Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have ‘Obama judges,’ and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country….”

For the Deep State and its sympathizers, Roberts’s statement was a dignified and erudite defense of the institutions of liberal democracy, while Trump’s tweet was a crass attack on said institutions.

Ordinary Americans, who aren’t emotionally invested in keeping up the illusion that all is well on the banks of the Potomac, saw something different.  They saw John Roberts telling a lie and Donald Trump telling the truth.

Everybody knows that most of what the upper level of the judicial system does is politics by another name.  They know that most of the time, Obama judges, Trump judges, Bush judges, and Clinton judges rule differently on politically charged questions.  And a large portion of the American people decide whom to vote for in presidential elections based mainly on what kinds of judges they want the next president to appoint.

John Roberts has the audacity to tell these people that none of this is true and that all judges are really just doing their best to enforce the same laws in an impartial way.

And then, right after this creature of the Deep State (not even a Democrat, but a moderate Republican) has told his lie, Donald Trump does what most politicians won’t do (including Republicans) and tells the truth.

Over the next few years, when Trump’s base continues to believe Trump’s statements in preference to those of the media, the regulatory agencies, Anthony Fauci, the “moderates” in Congress, or whomever, the elite classes and the plutocrats and the mainstream press continue to act surprised, as if there were no reason for anybody to take Trump’s word over theirs about illegal immigration, or the origin of the coronavirus, or hydroxychloroquine, or election fraud.

Except there was a reason why the Deplorables listened to Trump instead of the mainstream voices.  It is that the mainstream voices have been lying to them for a long, long time, without even trying to be subtle.  Eventually, the Deplorables noticed, and they decided to trust someone else.

Continue reading…

From American Thinker, here.

Rabbinate ‘Kashrut’ Satire

Rabbinate Kashrut Supervisors Glad COVID Hasn’t Hampered Grueling Schedule Of Not Inspecting Restaurants

 “I haven’t relaxed my standards: I still check that the money has been deposited in my bank before I sign the new certificate.”

Jerusalem, September 9 – Members of the capital city’s official religious establishment voiced relief today, following months of economic instability, that they have found their task of failing to visit the culinary establishments with whom they have contracted to certify as following Jewish dietary law unimpeded despite the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic.

Jerusalem Rabbinate personnel in the kashrut division told reporters Wednesday that the lockown and social distancing measures in place to prevent or slow the spread of COVID-19, including various restrictions on the restaurants and prepared-food establishments under their supervision, have not prevented them from adhering to their routine of not conducting the on-site inspections their agreements require them to perform, and in fact, reported several such inspectors, the limited operations of numerous such establishments under the current regulations have allowed the supervisors to add even more restaurants and fast-food vendors to the roster of places they neglect to visit in any effective manner.

The mashgichim, Hebrew for overseers, carry exclusive legal authority to determine whether a food establishment may declare itself kosher, under a law that empowers them to enforce that aspect of consumer protection from fraud. Such arrangements typically specify an expected minimum number of visits by the mashgiach in a given period, and include payment by the establishment of a monthly salary to the inspector – regardless of whether he shows up, or how often. Ministry of Health regulations aimed at impeding the spread of the coronavirus pathogen caused many mashgichim to fear for the integrity of their not-conducting-inspection schedules, explained one enthusiastic Rabbinate mashgiach, but in the end enough food businesses under their jurisdiction have survived, allowing the inspectors to continue drawing those salaries.

“It’s been a lifeline during this uncertain time,” admitted Rabbi Niggud Inyanim. “My chief concern was that the various restrictions affecting my neighborhood would mean I couldn’t keep to my routine of not inspecting the dozens of establishments on my list, and then just mailing them their certificate when the three-month inspection period renewed. I’m proud to say that I haven’t relaxed my standards even a little: I still check carefully that the money has been deposited in my bank before I even consider signing, stamping, and sending the new certificate in the name of the Chief Rabbis of the city. Sometimes I even check more than once, just to be sure.”

A colleague of his, who declined to be identified for this article, expressed sentiments that others interviewed also acknowledged: concern that if and when the ministry lifts restrictions, the inspectors will be expected to make actual appearances at the venues they supervise.

From PreOccupied Territory, here.

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