Happy Friday! As the workweek comes to a close and you prepare for the weekend, I hope you're enjoying a delightful cup of freshly brewed coffee in your hand. If coffee isn't your preference, then I hope you're savouring your favourite beverage instead.
I hope you had a great week and will have an even better weekend. Let's get started!
NEWS Headlines:
Massive pro-Hamas protests/demonstrations all over the world happening this week. Although I have to clarify not all pro-Palestine people are pro-Hamas. We are not talking about race but politics.
Many commentators are saying things like “this will increase racism”. This will lead many to profile based on religion. I say yes this will happen unfortunately. The real issue hear is not freedom of religion or freedom of speech. Although these are important.
“Europe and the world must prepare itself for more terror attacks”, accordin —Claude Moniquet (Belgian Terrorism Specialist)
For a few years now commentators have called the Gaza Strip a concentration camp or an open air prison. Israel’s protected border is not the same as a concentration camp or prison. I live in Canada. I do not have the right to enter the USA without permission. I could run across the border but I will be arrested. Does that mean I am being abused?
If Gaza is a concentration camp. How did they arm themselves to this point? Aren't concentration camps more secure than that? The Gazan people suffer while their radical Islamic overlords make war. I am not trying to make light of the situation. I really want to know how this is an accurate analogy. If the border is so secure how did the military weapons get in the hands of terrorists? Obviously, Hamas is more concerned with hate that helping their fellow man, woman and child.
The issue here is world views. Islam followers have a clear message for their worldview. “Free Palestine” means no Jews or any other religion other than Islam in the middle east. This is the reason we need to educate ourselves on the world view Islam. And of course, like other religions, there are moderates and extremists all over the world. So not every Muslim is a terrorist—obviously.
Incidents of radical Islamic violence around the world this week:
This shooting happened on Oct 16, 2023. The man claiming to be the shooter is still at large. “In the name of Allah, this is a message from the soldiers of the Islamic State. The Islamic State will remain despite your laws. We live for our religion and we die for our religion,” says Brussels terrorist in a Facebook message before killing two people. This person is an extremist and a murderer. It has now been confirmed the gunman was shot and killed by police.
During a Saturday address at the annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police in San Diego, FBI Director Christopher Wray implored law enforcement to be particularly vigilant about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’s potential to inspire ‘copy cat’ terror attacks. (Source: https://thepoliticsbrief.com/fbi-director-warns-about-rising-threat-of-hamas-style-terror-attacks-coming-to-us)
This one gunman is dead. Hopefully there will not be any more of this violence. I do think there will be more as the war rages on.
Largest DDOS attack ever recorded:
Google has said it successfully prevented one of the largest DDoS (Distributed Denial-of-Service) attacks on record, with an unprecedented peak of over 398 million requests per second (RPS). In making the announcement, Google warned of a flaw that could be exploited to make the attack successful if attempted again. (Source: https://www.ign.com/articles/google-says-it-successfully-stopped-largest-ddos-attack-ever)
This happened approximately 7 days ago. So make sure your stuff is backed up. These wars are going to be online too. Make sure you have more food and water than you need. This type of attack can affect critical infrastructure such as supply chains. Everything is run on computers now. Carry some cash too.
Brain Teaser of the week:
The person who makes it, sells it. The person who buys it never uses it. The person who uses it never knows they're using it. What is it?
Answer from last week's brain teaser: computer keyboard
Video Pick:
Tech Tip of the week:
Be Wary of fake news created with fake or misrepresented facts and images!
Since this last war started there is a ton of fake news about Israel out there. Same thing happened with the Russia/Ukraine war. This even happened before the advent of the internet. For example Hamas sent a rocket into a hospital by accident then blamed the incident on Israel. Social media channels picked it up and it enraged people around the world. The Al Jazeera channel unknowingly saved Israel from the lie that it is responsible for the attack on the hospital. There were several different CCTV and news media filming the rockets take off out of Gaza meant for Israel. One of the rockets veered off its course and landed on or near the hospital. Hamas took responsibility for the rockets but then 10 minutes later stated it was an Israel rocket. There is plenty of video evidence that this hospital was damaged by a rocket fired nearby the hospital in the Gaza.
Attached here is a recording of Aljazeera's live broadcast today against the background of Gaza.
Pay attention to the broadcast time on the right. 18:59 - In the background we can see a failed launch that crashes inside the strip - exactly at the time when the red color warning was activated.
The line of reports running at the bottom of the page talks about the elimination of Iman Nofal so that the broadcast is certain from today.
That is, a reasonable period of time of about ten minutes from the moment of the fall to the Gaza news channels.
Here is live proof courtesy of Aljazeera - a launch from Gaza is responsible for the fall inside the Gaza Strip. (source: https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/19906 October 17,2023)
If you are interested in doing your own fact checking and sleuthing check out this website: https://www.osintcurio.us
Meme Picks:
Bible Verse of The Week:
Psalm 25:14-15 TLB
Friendship with God is reserved for those who reverence him. With them alone he shares the secrets of his promises. My eyes are ever looking to the Lord for help, for he alone can rescue me.
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Ken