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Israel, Unpopular and Embattled, Fights On

2 days 19 hours ago

You might think that Israel, facing a worldwide wave of contumely (the “genocidal” Jewish state), and embattled simultaneously on five fronts, with enemies dedicated to its elimination in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen, Judea and Samaria, and Iran, would be mired in a slough of despond. Not at all.

Hugh Fitzgerald

Elderly man on e-bike brutally beaten in unprovoked attack in broad daylight. Then Good Samaritan lends unexpected help.

2 days 19 hours ago


"I'm lucky to be alive," 77-year-old Herb Freeborn told WPVI-TV in the wake of a brutal, unprovoked attack he suffered just after noon Wednesday in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, while he was riding his e-bike.

Ridley Township is just under 30 minutes southwest of Philadelphia.

'I ain't used to people helping me like that, you know.'

Freeborn told the station he was waiting to cross Chester Pike in the Crum Lynne section when a male approached him from behind and began punching him.

Surveillance video shows the suspect crossing through traffic and heading toward the victim before the attack, WPVI said.

"This guy came up behind me, started punching me and punching me," Freeborn recalled to the station.

WPVI asked him if the suspect said anything during the attack, but Freeborn said, "No, didn't say nothing, just came up to me and started hitting me."

The station said Freeborn suffered injuries to his eye and face.

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Surveillance video shows Freeborn managing to run from the attacker, WPVI reported.

At that point, one might expect the suspect to make off with the victim's e-bike — but he didn't.

The station said the suspect actually threw Freeborn's e-bike and walked away.

Surveillance video also captured a bystander — Danny Doyle — stepping in to help, WPVI noted.

Doyle told the station he saw the incident and went to assist Freeborn, grabbing the victim's e-bike and checking on his condition.

"At first I thought he was stealing his bike; that's why I went and grabbed it for him," Doyle recalled to WPVI.

Freeborn told the station that Doyle's actions meant a lot to him: "I want to thank him very, very much. I appreciate everything he done for me."

The elderly man then added a gut-wrenching admission WPVI: "I ain't used to people helping me like that, you know."

Ridley Township police released surveillance photos of the suspect and announced just before 4 p.m. Wednesday that he had been taken into custody.

Police on Friday didn’t immediately respond to Blaze News’ request for more information about the arrested suspect.

"If he did it to me, why wouldn't he do it to somebody else?" Freeborn asked the station.

Commenters under the police department's Facebook post about the incident didn't hold back:

  • "Typical coward. Prey on the elderly. Not surprised," one user stated.
  • "Piece of s**t," another commenter declared. "I hope they find out what he did when he goes to jail, and those boys stomp him out for it."
  • "Like why WTF," another user wrote.
  • "Always carry ... end them," another commenter suggested.

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Dave Urbanski

US Expands Blockade to Restrict Iranian Land Trade

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After a months-long naval blockade on Iran, the US military is setting up a task force ‌to bolster Washington's efforts to restrict ​Tehran's movement of advanced weapons systems and other sanctioned material across its ⁠land borders and the Caspian Sea.

Maher: Young People Not Knowing Failures of Socialism, Communism An 'Indictment' of Schools

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During the online “Overtime” segment of Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that the fact that younger people don’t know that large amounts of socialism or Communism have failed “is because nobody taught them in school.”

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Maher: Teachers' Unions Are Problem, Not Lack of Funding, Unions Even Hurt Good Teachers at Times

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During the online “Overtime” segment of Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher stated that teachers’ unions, not lack of funding are the problem in public schools. “Conversations w/Coleman” host and Free Press columnist Coleman Hughes stated, “I

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Ian Hanchett

Maher: Need Compromise in Government, Liberals Need to Stop Acting Like Every Illegal Immigrant Is Good

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During his closing monologue on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher called for bipartisan deals and said liberals should “stop pretending that everyone who crosses the border is Anne Frank with a leaf blower” while Republicans should

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