🚨 Catcalls – August 13 2025

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Lead: Netanyahu’s Water Pitch to Iran Runs Dry on Credibility

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging Iranians to overthrow their government, dangling the promise of abundant water if they do. Iran is suffering from a severe drought.

In a new video message, Netanyahu stands beside a water jug and tells Iranians they lack “clean cold water to give your children.” If they are “bold and brave” and “take risks for freedom,” he says, Israel will send “top water experts…into every Iranian city” with “cutting-edge technology and know-how” the moment that Iran is “free.”

Israel does indeed have the best water management systems in the world, he’s right about that. But would you trust them to provide food and water? If the plight of the Palestinians is any indication of how that promise would go, Iranians might want to think twice.

Israel has a long history of weaponizing water in Palestinian territories — particularly the West Bank. Since 1967, it has maintained de facto military control over all water resources, making it nearly impossible for Palestinians to drill wells or develop infrastructure without permits. That control means Israeli settlers often consume up to 300 liters per person per day, while many Palestinians get less than 20 liters — far below the WHO’s minimum for daily needs.

So, sure: Israel has the technology. But their track record on water distribution… That’s another matter.

Inflation’s Tame, but Trump’s Still Swinging at the Wrong Target

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The encouraging July inflation report has emboldened President Trump to demand rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. On Tuesday, he threatened a “major lawsuit” against Fed chair Jerome Powell, not only because he has refused to cut interest rates, but also, according to the President, “because of the horrible, and grossly incompetent, job he has done in managing the construction of the Fed Buildings.”

He’s playing the wrong game. You don’t pressure the Fed chair; you end the Fed. The Fed is a financial cartel. You can’t beat them at their own rigged game. How many times must we repeat this?

Inflation in July was up just 0.2% from a year ago. Food prices held steady. Energy prices fell 1.1%. Did tariffs bump consumer prices? Marginally. Household furnishings and supplies ticked up 0.7% after a 1% rise in June. Apparel prices edged up 0.1%. Core commodity prices? A mere 0.2%.

These numbers sent the Nasdaq and the S&P to “record highs” on Wednesday, which the White House victory lapped on X.

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Designer Babies 

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This is right out of the movie sci-fi film Gattaca: parents in the Silicon Valley are trying to bio-engineer the “perfect” children and avoid having any duds. It’s a bold, dystopian trend called genetic optimization, and it raises every conceivable ethical alarm: eugenics, inequality, commodification of children, and the chilling question—what happens when parents feel pressure to optimize?

You may feel put off by this very notion but what if you live in New Jersey? A new law in Gloucester Township holds parents legally responsible for their children’s repeated misbehavior. If a minor racks up multiple juvenile infractions—anything from loitering or truancy to disorderly conduct—the parent can be fined up to $2,000 or jailed for as long as 90 days.

Suddenly, engineering a desirable kid doesn’t sound so crazy, does it?

Of course, the worst parents with the best bioengineered baby could still land themselves in jail in New Jersey. Bad kids don’t care if their parents are punished — and bad parents can mess up even the most “optimized” child.

So really, neither of these trends solves anything. One is sci-fi eugenics dressed up as “family planning,” the other is state-sponsored blame-shifting — and both are built on the illusion that you can legislate or engineer your way to perfect children.

What’s Trending?

credit: Taylor Swift on Instagram

Taylor Swift is trending because she announced the name of her 12th album on a podcast with her boyfriend Travis Kelce and his brother Jason. The album is called The Life of a Showgirl.

Alien: Earth is trending because the new show is getting rave reviews.

The Sydney airport is trending because police tried to arrest a man there and someone fired a gun, although it’s not clear who.

News By The Numbers

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11. That is how many games Caitlin Clark has missed since her July 15 injury.

253. That is how many home runs Mets’ player Pete Alonso now has, making him the home run king for the team.

$30,000. That is how many Labubu dolls were stolen from a warehouse in California last week but luckily police found them and returned them to the rightful owner.

UK Police Go Undercover as Joggers to Nab… Compliments

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Police in the U.K. are jogging around in leggings and then arresting men who catcall them. Don’t they have anything better to do?

New reports show undercover female police running around communities and arresting men who whistle or comment or blow their horn.

A policeman admits that “these kind of behaviors may not be criminal offenses in themselves but they still need to be addressed” because the kind of people who do them “may then go on to commit more serious offense or more serious behaviors.”

May?

So let me get this straight: This isn’t a crime but they think that people who do it may be crime-prone so they gotta get them. And this is supposedly for public safety? No one is being protected here—there’s no victim, no harm, no crime. Just police patting themselves on the back for “saving” themselves from the catcalls they went out of their way to solicit.

“It’s so, so prevalent,” says one of the undercover women. Thankfully you have sexy cops like me to show you….

I wonder if this will work in the winter when they have to wear more clothing?

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