Headlines, 5-5-25: Israel to Control Gaza, Rhinoceros, Ice, Alcatraz, Elections

Israel to Seize All of Gaza, Control It Indefinitely [here]
5-5-25, SlayNews -- The Jewish state of Israel’s government has approved a plan to seize all of the Islamic terrorist occupied Gaza Strip and hold control over the territory. The newly approved offensive plan would move Gaza’s civilian population southward and keep humanitarian aid from the terrorists. It's to be implemented after President Trump’s expected visit on May 22-23, 2025. The takeover will be gradual at first  focusing on a certain unspecified area within the Strip. Aid deliveries will be implemented when the situation in Gaza necessitates it; entailing private security contractors handing out boxes of food to individual non terrorist Muslim families unlike the previous warehousing.

Reportedly Drones Attack Ship Headed for Gaza off Malta [HERE]
5-1-25, DailyMail -- Ship [CONSCIENCE] hit in Mediterranean - the ship originated in Tunisia and  was flying under a Palau flag. 

Israel is accused - who says they are looking into the attack. The explosions caused two large holes in the ship's deck. All crew and passengers on board were confirmed to be safe at 3.45am and refused to be brought ashore.

In 2010 a similar "coalition" ship mission to Gaza in 2010 was stopped and boarded by Israeli troops, and nine terrorists died. Other ships have similarly been stopped and boarded, without loss of life. 

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This animal sanctuary lets you track rare black & white Rhinoceros' on foot in Kenya [here]
4-7-25, National Geographic -- The secluded Samburu conservancy is the first of its kind in the region of Kenya. [..] Until February 2024, white rhinos had never roamed Samburu in Kenya; they are native to South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. In 2024 four adult southern white rhinos—two males and two females—were translocated from Lewa Wildlife Conservancy to Sera, marking the first-ever presence of white rhinos in the region.In 2015 black rhinos were introduced into the Samburu. Historically, black rhinos roamed the region for thousands of years; but were wiped out by poaching. Currently the region has employed advanced monitoring and notching techniques to rigorously track the species – the rhinos are back and thriving. 

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Huge Blow to the Global Warming Crowd
5-5-25, * -- The earth's ICE MASS ebb & flow recedes and regrows ... it’s cyclical. It’s natural. Researchers from Tongji University and other institutions analyzed satellite gravimetry data from the GRACE and GRACE-FO missions, which measure variations in Earth’s gravity to detect changes in ice mass. It was reported that between 2011 and 2020, the Antarctic Ice Sheet [AIS] was annually losing ice at a rate of 142 gigatons. However, between 2021 and 2023, the trend reversed, with the ice sheet gaining approximately 108 gigatons per year — a historic turnaround. […] Full Townhall report here

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5-4-25, * -- President Trump says he is directing the US government to reopen and expand Alcatraz Penitentiary which was closed in 1963 after 29 years of operation. This may be the solution to battling judges about the legality of deportations of illegal criminal migrants.  The American maximum security federal prison is an island off the coast of San Francisco, CA. Historic photos reveal what life was like at the island jail, also known as The Rock, with everything from the cultivated gardens to the bustling mess hall and the bulletproof main guard's office on show.     

In 1972, Alcatraz was added to the newly created Golden Gate National Recreation Area and was opened to the public in 1973 as a historical landmark. oday the former prison welcomes more than 1.5 million visitors a year. Tickets sell out nearly every day, sometimes weeks in advance, for audio tours of the main cell block and recreation yard plus the chance to stroll past the island's gardens and ruined buildings. More here

According to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) daily operating costs - Alcatraz was nearly three times more expensive to operate than any other Federal prison (in 1959 the daily per capita cost at Alcatraz was $10.10 compared with $3.00 at USP Atlanta). The main expense was that all goods had to be shipped in. The island had no source of fresh water, so nearly one million gallons of water had to be barged to the island each week. The govt found it was more cost-effective to build a new institution than to keep Alcatraz open.
​*More from DailyMail here 

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Presitent Trump makes ultimate move to combat election 'fraud' [here]
3-25-25, DailyMail -- President Trump signed an executive order making radical changes to ensure elections are honest. The order requires 'documentary proof' of US citizenship to register to vote in federal elections demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day, include putting a citizenship question on the federal voting form. The order eliminates 'postmarked by' deadlines on mail voting.'That requires voting methods that produce a voter-verifiable paper record allowing voters to efficiently check their votes to protect against fraud or mistake.'
It threatens to pull federal funding from states where election officials don't comply. In 2021 Biden issued an executive order directing federal agencies to take steps to boost voter registration, which drew complaints as it was federal overreach. President Trump rescinded that order.

Judicial Watch Fights to Keep Elections Honest [here]
2-7-24, Judicial Watch & 'BIN' -- For more than a decade, Judicial Watch has been fighting to keep elections honest. In 2023 we made inquiries into federal voting records to over a dozen states about their voter rolls. District of Columbia, Illinois and California were on notice that federal records investigated by Judicial Watch indicate they are out of compliance with the National Voter Registration Act [NVRA] -- their voter rolls are dirty. In Sept 2023, we advised the District of Columbia Board of Elections that according to records, the district had removed zero voter registrations during the last two-years due to change of residence. The regulation states that voters can be removed from the voting rolls for failing to respond to an address confirmation notice and/or not voting in two consecutive federal elections. As a matter of common sense there's no way that the DC [Board of Elections] is complying with the NVRA if it removed zero registrations.