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Mexico deflecting illegals at its southern border to h elp Joe Biden    By James Terminiello     In the Frank Sinatra musical comedy Robin and the Seven Hoods by the mere touch of a button, a raucous speakeasy converts into a p ious, gospel-swinging , anti-booze lecture .  And federal agents, all set for some juicy arrests, a re confounded by this elaborate switcheroo.      These days Joe Biden, or rather the string-pullers presiding over Joe Biden, are conducting a similar ploy to fool elements of the American electorate . The Mexican Army , at the b ehest of the Mexican president and the string-pullers, has beefed up its presence at the Mexican southern border to slow the progress of i llegals headed for the U.S. southern border . Or so says NBC News (1).     This will enable the tag team of Biden/Harris to wag a finger and say: “There you see, the migrant crisis is ebbing. A mere trickle. There is no problem at the southern border. Shame on Donald Trump and his racist and

  Why was  October 7 inevitable ?   One word: Extortion By James Terminiello     It’s difficult now but if you run a web search to find images of the Gaza Str i p before the current war , you w ould encounter a  place of wrenching poverty ; decay ; and , until recently , qui e t despair .     As an economic entity Gaza could not and did not operate without funds injected from many sources including the U.S., some Arab nations, and, yes, Israel. Naturally, as with all aid from afar, too much of it finds its way into the wrong pockets most of the time. As a place to live Gaza practically stewed in depression which easily and naturally turns into envy and fury - particularly when you see other nations prospering on your mobile device.     Isr ael’s forlorn hope was that if you lined the pockets of Hamas and other minor semi-political, semi-military, semi-religious organizations with extortion money they would slurp up the cream and use the meager rest to keep the popul