WEATHER WEDNESDAY AT 12:30 So get your questions ready for Fox 31's Chief Meteorologist Dave Fraser.
SYRIA IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE AND NO ONE CARES I got a message from my nephew in Israel that said this:
The Druze are the best ethnic group I have ever encountered, they are polite, familial, hard working, loyal, and make some of the finest soldiers in the Israeli Special Forces. This is an actual ethnic cleansing that is about to happen. ISIS is selling Druze women as sex slaves in public markets and in line with their interpretation of Islam.
He also said that the Syrian leadership that the United States is welcoming into the fold is systematically killing the Druze in Syria. There are about 500,000 Druze in Syria, and so far, Syrian troops have massacred several hundred as "government" troops roll into Druze areas to seize the weapons the Druze possess. The Druze are fighting back, and wish only to be left alone, but they are fighting. Why are they fighting so hard? Because in April the soldiers of current leader Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa massacred another ethnic minority called the Alawites and the Druze are in no mood to have the same happen to them. Why should you care about this? Because once again, in our zeal to bring what looks like peace to the region to the outside world our government is ignoring the murder of potentially thousands of people. I posted about this yesterday on X and said that Israel needed to step up and help the Druze in Syrian and lo and behold they did. But ONCE AGAIN, the news is being reported by CNN like this:
Dozens of people were killed this week after clashes between government loyalists and Druze militias in the southern city of Suwayda, prompting Syrian forces to intervene. That, in turn, triggered renewed Israeli airstrikes, as Israel – citing a commitment to protect the Druze – expands its footprint in southern Syria.
The United States views the situation as “worrisome,” according to the US special envoy for Syria, Tom Barrack, and has reportedly urged Israel to halt its strikes. But on Wednesday, Israel warned it would intensify attacks if Syrian government forces do not withdraw.
Let's start with "expands its footprint in Southern Syria" for a minute. They literally bombed Syrian forces who were attacking the Druze. The Druze are an integral part of Israel. They are policeman, soldiers, members of the Knesset, business owners and one of the most highly educated groups of people in Israel. They cause no problems. They literally just want to be left alone to be a part of Syria, as they have been for 100 years. And when Israel steps up to bomb the military headquarters in Damascus to signal how serious they are about protecting the Druze, this is how it's reported:
CNN has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for comment regarding civilian deaths.
No such questions have been directed to the President of Syria. Just at Israel. The Alawites are still under attack, by the way. And are we supportive of Israel protecting the Druze? Of course not because the Trump administration still believes that an Islamist is going to enter into the Abraham Accords and there will be lasting peace between Syria and Israel. I am definitely doubting that. And the next time you see some stupid young woman wrapped in a Palestinian flag, please show her this news story about a young Yazidi woman (another ethnic minority) who was just found in Gaza after being held as a sex slave for TEN YEARS. She was released because her captors "had been killed". I wonder how that happened. Even as Israel bombs Southern Syria to get heavy military equipment away from where the Druze live, the news has this to say:
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 248 people had been killed in Sweida province since the violence erupted on Sunday. The Britain-based watchdog said 28 civilians were among 92 Druze killed, 21 of them "in summary executions by government forces". At least 138 Syrian security personnel were killed, along with 18 allied Bedouin fighters, it added.
Israel has presented itself as a defender of the Druze, although some analysts have said that is just a pretext for pursuing its own military goal of keeping government forces as far from the border as possible.
Even as they tell you about the murders of the Druze, they have to leave you wondering about Israel's intentions. I hate all of these reporters.
SHOULD WE REALLY BE GIVING METH AND FENTANYL SMOKING TIPS? I get that people in what's called the "harm reduction" world just want to make sure that addicts don't kill themselves before they suddenly wake up with an overwhelming desire to get clean (which doesn't really happen much but whatever) but this seems ridiculous to me. Harm reduction advocates are handing out helpful sheets of information about how consume drugs with unknown potency that could potentially kill them. With handy tips like
"keep the flame moving around the bowl so you melt the drugs instead of burning them. The helps prevent the pipes from cracking and wastes less drugs."
Very helpful indeed! How is harm reduction going? Not so great.
But I'm sure it will be fine.
TODAY'S LISTENER QUESTION I think I'm going to do these with regularity because I like hearing stuff from you guys too. Today's question is simple: what is happening in your life that you are your grateful for right now?
PHIL WEISER CHOOSES VIRTUE SIGNALING OVER COMMON SENSE And this will not help his gubernatorial campaign in the long run. So far Michael Bennet is hoovering up the money so Weiser is trying to find ways to distinguish himself and suck up to minority voters, so he's jumped into the CU Regent Wanda James fray. This is dumb. Read more here.
AND HE'S WRONG ON ICE MASKING TOO AG Phil Weiser has jumped into the fray about ICE agents wearing masks during raids now too. He's joined other lefty states in suing to unmask ICE. Weird that he didn't take a stand on protesters wearing masks. Before you come at my an point out that there is a difference between law enforcement and protesters, I totally agree. If law enforcement does something wrong, we can get the names of those people from ICE. We can't do that with protesters, can we? As long as Democrats are calling for violence against ICE agents (here too) I am fine with mask wearing so they and their families are safe. I checked to see where he condemned such calls for violence but was unable to find one so if you see one pass it along, k?
THE ANTI WOLF GROUP ISN'T RAISING MUCH MONEY And I just don't see this effort being successful until there are wolves in City Park, as it was Denverites who pushed wolves upon ranchers. Read more here about the move to stop wolf reintroduction and how anemic their fundraising thas been.
BIG FIRES ARE BURNING ON THE WESTERN SLOPE And they are going to be around for a bit so pay attention. Read more here.
THE GOVERNOR WANTS YOU OPINION ABOUT HIS UGLY ASS BRIDGE So PLEASE GIVE IT HIM. Click here to take the survey and just say no to this unnecessary monstrosity that will surely be inhabited by homeless people and their poop and pee. Read more about this horrible idea here.
TIMELINE CLEANSER FOR THE DAY It's babies doing the most adorable baby things. You're welcome.
PAT SURTAIN IS RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST And not just by Bronco fans, but by the AP. He's been named the Top Cornerback by the AP writers and they are not wrong.
SOME CUTS ARE COMING TO THE FEDERAL BUDGET Using the recission process the Senate passed cuts of about 8 billion dollars, which sounds like a lot but isn't really. The cuts do include cuts for NPR and PBS so I'm good with that. The House now has to pass the amended package.
ANOTHER YOUNG MOTORCYCLIST IS DEAD And I don't know what happened here but there was a bus involved so he probably didn't stand a chance.
GABE EVANS IS RAISING DECENT MONEY For what is going to be a touch re election campaign in the highly competitive 8th Congressional District. Read more here.
COLORADO CITIES ARE UNHAPPY WITH POLIS'S LAND USE TAKEOVER And once again, our Governor SAYS he loves local control, until he doesn't. That's what happened when the state passed new one-size-fits-all zoning rules and now cities are fighting back.
BROADCAST TELEVISION HITS A NEW LOW For the first time ever, Broadcast television makes up less than 20% of all viewership. Streaming is taking over completely. How much longer can the networks hang on?
ABOUT THE FEDERAL RESERVE'S OSTENTATIOUS REMODEL This is a great column on how the Federal Reserve under Jerome Powell is making renovations to their HQ in DC. No big whoop, right? Except the renovations to an existing building cost $2.3 BILLION. You read that right and now Congress and Trump are involved and as well they should be. Read this for more.
THE END OF WEAPONIZED EMPATHY Good grief I love this column. Just read this part:
the issue is that past a certain point, people simply stop caring about you and your endless needy demands for the world to order itself around your right not to be offended as the cornerstone and non-negotiable demand of your sense of well being and security.
PREACH. I'm so sick of mentally unstable people being giving a moral authority they have no right to. But there's more gems in the column:
when the very people accusing you of "lacking concern" are actually playing upon your concern and using it to manipulate you, you eventually wise up.
it snaps into focus that this was never a damsel in distress, it was a long con.
at its most charitable, this was just bad pavlovian conditioning induced by getting a cookie every time you throw a tantrum, but a lot of it is done with malice aforethought.
I love that people are finally waking up to it. LOVE IT.
DUDE. Researchers create living lung tissue with a 3D printer. Whoa. Right now the tissue will be used for research but how long before we can print new organs for people needing donors?? This is amazing.
GRANDMA IS GAMING AGAIN This is a cool story about people over 50 who play video games and how helpful it can be to keep your brain and reflexes sharp. I'll take their word for it.
THIS LOOKS LIKE A FOOD CHALLENGE TO ME TikTok has helped accumulate a list of the MUST TRY foods in the world. Challenge accepted.
WANT TO MAKE SOME KEYBOARD MUSIC? Then check this out, it's got the cheat codes to play songs on your phone's keyboard. What a great time waster.
DOUGLAS MURRAY IS HAVING NONE OF THE LGBTQIA+ NONSENSE
THE RIGHT WAY TO SAY NO This is good intel.
WE DON'T DESERVE DOGS
HOW DID JAPAN GET RICH AND NOT FAT?