Jew Hate In Sweden Grows

The Swedes really should stick to what they are known for: Nordic sports, snow, ice, meatballs, pornography, and snow. But increasingly it seems that Jew Hate is overtaking porn and suicide as the Swedish national past time, with the Swedish government leading the way, condemning Israel at every turn...seems having the EU rotating presidency went to their blonde, frost bitten heads.

Of course there was the IDF blood libel run in a Swedish paper that claimed Israeli soldiers were kidnapping Arabs and selling their organs. It turned out to be a complete fiction...duh...but the Swedish government didn't seem to think it necessary to repudiate the story as that would infringe on a libelous reporter's freedom of speech. It seems that members of the Swedish government spent one too many nights sleeping in that ice hotel they build every winter, and their little nordic brains have frozen.

So what's the latest manifestation of Jew Hate? It seems that Jews are fleeing the town of Malmo in the wake of increasing violence against them there. Jew Hate crimes doubled last year over 2008, and there have been increasing incidents of graffiti, desecration of sacred places including cemeteries.

There is a growing Muslim population in the town of course, because if there's one thing the Middle Eastern adherents of Islam love it's snow. But Jews from the town are of the mind that it is Swedish politicians on the city council that are responsible for fostering an atmosphere in which Jew Hate is tolerated.

Fredrik Sieradzki, a member of Malmo's Jewish community, believes that politicians like Social Democrat chair Ilmar Reepalu are very much part of the problem. Arutz-7 quotes Sieradzki as saying

“He’s demonstrated extreme ignorance when it comes to our problems. It’s shameful and regrettable that such a powerful politician could be so ignorant about the threats we face.

“If you read between the lines, he seems to be suggesting that the violence directed toward us is our own fault simply because we didn’t speak out against Israel. We’re a non-political, cultural and religious organization, and there are all kinds of Jews in Malmö.”

Don't worry Fredrik, you're not alone. Leftist Jew haters, including plenty right here in the good ol' USofA, have marched in the streets demanding the destruction of the Jewish state, and the globalization of the intifada.

But if all of Sweden's Jews come to their senses and make aliyah to Israel, what will the Swedes do for fun, go back to committing suicide and watching porn? They really need to have Jews around to hate. I suggest that Israel create an exchange program where the 700 or so Jews of Malmo move to Israel and 700 Leftist Israeli politicians, including Shimon Peres and Ehud Barak, go to Sweden so they will have Jews in Malmo to hate. Then those idiots may finally realize that acting like Europeans, looking like Europeans, and pretending to be Europeans does not keep them from hating us. No, it probably won't work, but it's worth a shot.

IDF Haiti Squad Going Home

The 236 person aid delegation from Israel is returning home from Haiti after wrapping up its operations on Wednesday. Since its arrival the Israeli workers took in more than 1100 patients, performed 319 operations, and 16 births. They also demonstrated to the world how to run an effective and responsive disaster zone field hospital, which every nation should study, and became the world's media darlings, if only for a moment, seemingly appearing to be the best thing that has come out of Israel since the Jaffa Orange.

Flying back to Israel with the crew is a 5 year old Haitian boy who is suffering from a congenital heart defect so that he can receive treatment in a more proper medical facility.

And to help with the continuing rescue and medical efforts in Haiti, Arutz-7 reports that the IDF left behind 30 tons of supplies including:

bandaging materials, surgical kits, two incubators, community medicine equipment, and large quantities of food and water. In addition it is distributing 1,150 blankets, 30 large tents, 500 mattresses, 200 sleeping bags and kitchen equipment. These supplies will be transferred to the tent cities throughout the country.

So the big question is, when will the press start condemning the Israelis for leaving too soon? I'd say sometime tomorrow. And I wager 20,000 quatlumes on the BBC being the first to lodge a complaint.

Kol HaKavod chevre. You made us all so proud.

Knesset Bolsters Gump's Law

If Forrest Gump has taught us anything, and I'd like to think that he has, it's that, "stupid is as stupid does." The Israeli Knesset proved two things this week:

1. Gump was right.
2. A fictional movie character has more sense than most Israeli politicians.

Before the Knesset plenum this week came a bill introduced by Aryeh Eldad and Michael Ben-Ari of the Ichud Leumi, National Union Party. The bill proposed the banning of the organization known as the Islamic Movement which operates inside Israel.

Make no mistake about it, this is an organization dedicated to Israel's destruction. It attempted to incite violence against Jews by accusing us of plotting to take over the Temple Mount while it was organizing rioters and stockpiling rocks above the Western Wall so they could hurl them at the Jews below. This is an organization whose leaders refer to Jews as parasites, bugs, and lice. So naturally, when the bill came before the plenum it was rejected.

Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu, parties of the ruling coalition, promised that the Islamic Movement would be outlawed during the elections. But coalition members, including MKs from Yisrael Beiteinu voted the bill down.

Here's an idea for the zombie clown apocalypse freak show running the Knesset. Why don't you give the Islamic Movement the keys to Dimona? That ought to hasten the suicide. Is it any wonder why the world doesn't give a crap about Jewish human rights in Israel? Why would it when the Jews running Israel don't seem to give a crap themselves?

Stupid is as stupid does.

Hate and Violence?

It has just been brought to my attention that this blog is being filtered for one of my readers under the category of "Hate/Violence." The fact that this has happened in the wake of my embedding a humiliating youtube of Conan O'Brien sticking it to NBC, which the little turds pulled (what's the matter you babies? Comedy isn't pretty...but in this case, it sure is expensive!) is not lost on me.

So let's do a little analysis of OMV and see if the Hate/Violence label is warranted.

Who do I hate? I bet you'd say I hate Arabs. I don't hate Arabs, just the ones that want to see me and my people exterminated. The fact that there seem to be so many is not my fault. You might also be inclined to say that I hate Muslims. But again, only the ones that want to see me and my people exterminated. Again, the fact that there seem to be so many is not my fault.

And no, there is no love lost between me and Marack. But do I hate him? I wouldn't say that. Do I wish that the mothership would come down and take him and his legion of idiots back to their home world of Planet Asshat? Hell yes. Do I hate him? That's an awful lot of energy to expend on someone who had to have a washed up terrorist ghost write his life story for him.

Do I hate Ehud Barak, Shimon Peres and Bibi Netanyahu? No, I don't hate them. They are my fellow Jews. I have to find it within myself to love my fellow Jew, even if they are complete and total idiots who should be deported to Sweden. True, we are not supposed to love heretics or betrayers, and a strong case could be made that these guys fall into both categories, and I probably wouldn't disagree. But I don't hate them. I just think they are fat stupid idiots who are selling their people to their enemies. Sure, it's a fine line. But too bad.

Now, let's address the violence inherent in the system. Do I advocate violence? Well, I think the IDF should be used to drive out the terror armies of Fatah and Hamas until they either surrender and are deported, or are all dead. But that's war. Lots of people blog about war. Do I advocate the extermination of every Arab? No. As a matter of fact you can find plenty of posts where I have written that I hope they live long and prosper in the many Arab countries of the world. I just want them to end their occupation of the Land of Israel. I would never suggest genocide as a solution, especially when my broccoli and garlic farts would drive them out with efficiency. So much for violence.

Yes, I have posted photos of Tibetans who have had the tops of their heads blown off by the Red Army, to illustrate the point that there is in fact genocide being carried out in the world, and that it is not being committed by Israel. I have also posted video of the Iranian crackdown of the protesters. I guess that's violent.

So does the Hate/Violence label suit this blog? Maybe in sissyland where the little faery gnomes live on sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. I'm just dealing with reality. And guess what? Reality frickin' blows a lot of the time. It's racism and hate against my people. It's terrorism and genocide that the world ignores while condemning Israel for simply having the audacity to still exist. It's incompetent world leaders that stupidly think that if they kill us all that there will be anyone left to help them maintain the water fat existence to which they've become accustomed.

So perhaps there is a computer algorithm out there that filters out reality when its ugly side is shown. Well, that's for sissies. At OMV it's all reality all the time. With a few exceptions just for kicks.

Deal with it cyberdorks.

Turns out the filter is one that is designed to protect kids from certain content. I agree. Children should be protected. They should be protected from hate and violence. They should be protected from prejudice and attempted genocide. This cannot be done by content filters. It can only be done when people stop hating and killing. To this end, let's start with the world no longer hating and killing my people. After all, we've been getting hated on and killed longer than anyone. When that happens see how fast peace in the Middle East breaks out, and then the world. This blogger is not going to start holding his breath...just gonna keep praying, and telling it like it is.

Let's Jump Up And Down For Our Buddy Scott Brown

Freedom this and Patriot that and blah blah blah. Americans who believe in the rule of law are patting themselves on the back in the wake of Scott Brown's victory in the special senatorial election in Massachusetts. While this win is certainly a good indication that Americans are fed up with the Democrap Party's incessant spew of fascism, it is certainly not a victory. It is hollow at best.

Here's a little refresher course for everyone out there that thinks replacing everyone in Congress with their political opposites is going to be such a great idea.

Who brought us warrantless wire tapping? The Republicans. Who sealed it as law? A Democratic Congress with a Republican president. So while you can scream bloody murder over Marack shredding the Constitution, you can thank his teachers...Ronald Reagan, the Shrub Father & Son, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Tom Delay, Newt Gingrich, etc. When you're the president it's a prerequisite that you are willing to shred the Constitution. If you are in Congress it is your job to endorse it, on behalf of your political party at least; or you can act indignant and self-righteous when the other party does it. How splendid. Of course the results will be the same, and you'll clap when your party does it and tear your hair out when the party you don't like does it.

And Americans will march in the streets and defend the Constitution that barely exists, and beat their heads over the current resident's support of Islamic radicalism forgetting that it was George Bush II that put Keith Dayton in the Middle East to train terrorists, fund them, and arm them. And now they are killing Jews with American weapons in Israel. That's right, the Republican president sent an American Lieutenant General to the Middle East to train, fund, and arm terrorists. Does that register America, or are you too busy making sure all your gels and liquids are in ziploc bags?

So yes, let's jump up and down and cheer for Scott Brown. I can hardly wait until the Republicans are back in control of Washington so they can screw us their way. The Democrap Party raping is old already. The only good thing on the horizon in this regard is that with a Republican congress there might, and that's a slim might, have a check against the little dictator in the White House, that is if the White House and Congress aren't colluding to line their pockets, and the pockets of their friends...again.

The Trouble With Conan

NBC is discovering what I have already known for years: Jay Leno just isn't funny. Sorry, he's not. This is why his show is failing in its time slot. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno was successful because it is...well...the Tonight Show. People watch it. I have to admit that I don't watch much TV at all, but did check out Conan's first round of shows. It was nice to see the host actually be funny. I happen to like Conan's twisted sense of humor, sight gags, etc.

Truth is that the guy is getting screwed by NBC simply so they can massage Leno's ego, the only thing about him larger than his head. Conan has been a far better host, and I need no more evidence than the segment you are about to watch. Having essentially carte blanche to do what he likes, Conan has decided to spend as much of NBC's money as he can before his show gets yanked.

Ladies and gentleman, I give you the Bughatti Veyron Mouse...

Conan, you rock man.

Is Dahlan A Wuss, or Is Israel Just Stupid?

Mohammed Dahlan, the Fatah leader who announced on PA television last year that Fatah, the party the United States, EU, UN, Russia, etc want to run a Falacstinian state in our heartland, does not and will not ever recognize Israel's right to exist, missed his mommy's funeral because he was scared that he would get shot by the little green men of Hamas.

That's right, Dahlan missed the burial of the woman who had the misfortune of issuing a genocidal spawn of filth from her womb (the apple of her eye no doubt) because he was chicken. What's the matter brave mighty warrior for the Falacstinians? You couldn't put on a bullet proof vest and carry a gun? Still rattled from the bomb that went off at the family wedding last year? Of course, a factor that played into his decision was no doubt the fact that Israeli officials warned him that he could be in danger if he went.

See, this is where I start shaking me head, after slapping it an exclaiming...

When a leader of your enemy is potentially going to their death you wish them well, and give them a bullet proof vest filled with sawdust...or fleas. What you don't do is warn them for their safety. If you didn't realize it before, there is no denying it now. The stupid virus that infected the US government has spread to Israel...with a vengeance.

Starring Ban Ki-Moon as Chutzpah Man!

Check out the nerve on this guy. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon asked Israel, the country banned from holding a rotating seat on the UN Security Council, UNHRC punching bag, target of the UN's Goldstone Report that claims that it is a war crime for Israel to defend herself against terrorism, and object of the Secretary General's personal condemnation, to please send police to Haiti to help bring order to the anarchic streets.

Naturally the Israeli Foreign Ministry agreed and sent 100 police to the island. I suppose it makes sense considering the Israelis are the ones operating the go-to field hospital there, treating around 400 people so far. It would most likely be more if there were clear roads, and no aftershocks, which are creating even greater problems than already existed.

It will no doubt be debated if Israel is acting like a lapdog seeking approval from the UN master, or simply doing what Israel typically does: put politics aside to save lives. I'll go with the latter on this one. But I have to wonder, how long will it be before Ban Ki-Moon demands the Israeli police be charged with war crimes? I mean, isn't he afraid they'll start eating babies or something?

Hang on folks...the OMV Megadouche 5000 Hypocrisy Meter may just go Chernobyl on this one.

Disproportionate Response

I received an email from my rabbi this morning about "disproportionate response," that makes an excellent point, and one that has been on my mind since the disastrous earthquake that devastated Haiti.

During operations like Cast Lead in Azza last year, when Israel finally responded to 8 years of unending rocketing and shelling of its civilian population by the radical genocidal Muslim terror group Hamas, or the 2006 Lebanon war, a response to the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers and rocketing of Israeli cities by Hezbollah, the world cries out "disproportionate response!" like a bunch of Chicken Littles, many of which are liberal bloggers, some of whom I am embarrassed to say, I worked with and wrote for in response to the fascism and misogyny of the Marack campaign in 2008. So where was the outcry from Code Pink, Cindy Sheehan, Amnesty International, these liberal bloggers, the UN, EU, and the rest of the hypocrites while Israeli civilians were attacked and soldiers kidnapped in violation of international law? They were either actively cheering on, or silently approving of the Islamic terrorists' actions against the Jews.

And now there is a new response from Israel, this one truly being disproportionate. In answer to the crisis in Haiti, Israel, a nation of 7.5 million people, has sent 220 people, including medical personal, to actuate search and rescue, and open and operate the largest field hospital there, which is established to treat 5000 people a day, and has already seen the birth of a Haitian baby, whose mother chose to name Israel in honor of the Jewish medical and military workers who helped facilitate a healthy and safe delivery. In comparison, Britain, a country that never shies away from condemning Israel for anything it can think of, sent 64 firemen and 8 volunteers.

The Arab and Moslem nations sent nothing, with the exception of Turkey which has provided a nominal search and rescue team. Seems that when saving lives, as opposed to attempting to destroy Jewish and non-Moslem lives is the agenda, these countries can't be bothered. As the email I received pointed out the Organization of the Islamic Conference is the largest voting bloc in the UN, an organization whose Human Rights Committee has managed to condemn Israel repeatedly for defending itself against terrorists seeking to kill its civilians by any means possible, while a gross violator like China is a permanent member of the UN Security Council, on which an oppressive genocidal regime like Syria is allowed to sit as a rotating member while Israel is banned from ever having a seat. It should come as no surprise that Turkey is the only country of the OIC that has pledged either money or personal to Haiti, and at best it is only for show.

It is also no surprise that Israel, a country whose military takes far greater measures to reduce civilian casualties in military operations than any other on the planet, as testified to by Britain's former military commander in Afghanistan, as well as being a plain statistical fact, and provided disproportionate amounts of aid and workers to Gujarat India, Kenya, Indonesia, and a host of other disaster zones over the years, is once again leading the way in bringing help, relief, and aid to the Haitian people. But somehow I doubt that these fine Jewish men and women will be honored in the halls of the UN any time soon. If they were to be however, I would hope they would have enough pride and self-respect to refuse to accept any such accolades from the racists of the UN if they were to be offered.

Kol HaKavod ladies and gentleman. You do us proud.

This Is Not Bizzaro World...Just Another Tricky Day At Camp Pampers

Some say it is deplorable. Some will call it shocking. This is the Marack White House we're talking about, so why is anyone shocked?

Marack Pampers Pajama appointed himself an "anti-semitism czar," that way no one can accuse him of being an anti-semite...except for those of us with a functioning nervous system and the cognitive ability to indulge in the luxury of rational thought. Since this is a Marack appointee, is anyone surprised that the Jew he picked to deflect his not so latent anti-semitism attacked an Israeli official in an act of...say it with me...anti-semitism?

If you answered, "yes I am shocked and stunned," please see me afterwards to be fitted for your dunce cap, which will be arriving by mail bearing the legend, "I am a big stupid idiot."

It seems that Jew Hate Czar, Hannah Rosenthal (Marack appointee rule #3...make sure the Jew Czar has a superbly Jewish name), head of the "Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-semitism" (unless it is directed at Jews), decided to combat anti-semitism by attacking Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren (who at this point must feel like a kosher punching bag), for daring to criticize J Street, the anti-Israel lobby machine created by George Soros whose purpose seems to be to attempt to turn the notion of a pro-Jewish lobby on its head by advocating policies that are not only destructive to the Jewish state, but largely come out of the Yassir Arafat/Arab League playbook. Oren's crime? He pointed out to an assembly of Jewish leaders what we have known since its creation, that it is, "fooling around with the lives of 7 million people."

Rosenthal leveled criticism at Oren's statement, referring to it as, "most unfortunate," which is the typical response from the current administration when someone outside of it actually tells the truth.

The American Israeli Action Coalition, an actual pro-Israel organization that does NOT seem to have its collective head jammed up its bottom, attacked Rosenthal who was, coincidentally, a member of J Street's advisory panel before being anointed by the holey one to be #1 Jew (not) Protector.

The AIAC in a statement characterized J Street as

"a radical, far left, anti-Israel, American organization funded by Arab and radical sources" which "has been almost universally condemned by mainstream Jewish organizations. As a high ranking member of the Obama administration, Rosenthal’s criticism of the Israeli Ambassador to the US is beyond bizarre, and highly offensive in the extreme. It is a virulent anti-Israel attack which AIAC interprets to be anti-Semitic. That the State Department took the highly unusual step of announcing its “complete support” for Rosenthal confirms that she was expressing the views of the Obama administration. Contrary to her duty to fight anti-Semitism, Rosenthal used her bully pulpit to advance it. This is deplorable.”

So said AIAC chairman Harvey Schwartz, who furthered his statement saying:

“Even more deplorable is the Obama administration’s public slap at Israel, utilizing Rosenthal as its mouthpiece. When coupled with the Obama administration’s numerous other slaps at Israel, including its almost hysterical non-recognition of Israel’s inalienable right to build civilian homes in its Jerusalem capital and Senator Mitchell’s recent public threat to withdraw U.S. loan guarantees from Israel, while at the same time saying and doing nothing to the Palestinians to ‘encourage’ them to return to the peace talks, the Obama administration has laid bare its anti-Israel focus and has proven itself to no longer be ‘an honest broker for peace.’ The more than 250,000 Americans living in Israel condemn this development.”

Oh yes, while I was on a little vacation George Carp Face Mitchell decided to threaten Israel with the withdrawal of aid (that Israel doesn't really need considering the Israeli economy is wiping the floor with America's limping Blowbamanomics, and should tell the US to keep), which the Congress has already pretty much said it will not touch. Somewhere along the line George forgot that the Congress, not a special envoy with a fish face, controls the purse. Whoops! Damn that meddling Constitution again. But let's get back to Hannah Rosenidiot shall we?

Aaron Tirschwell, AIAC's Executive Director (more officers makes for more fun) said:

“Rosenthal has committed an unpardonable sin. She must go promptly. AIAC calls upon all American Jewish organizations, as well as all Americans of good will, to demand that the Obama administration dismiss Rosenthal forthwith.”

If Kapo Rosenthal has committed an unpardonable sin in the real world, in the bizarro world of the Jew hating White House she has surely been named a hero of the revolution.

At Least Mort Has Beitzim

Zionist Organization of America President, Morton A. Klein, has done what a schlub like Abraham Foxman won't; call Jimmy Carter for what he is: a liar. You know doubt remember that the Dhimmi wrote a false apology to American Jews for slandering Israel, which was not a real apology at all, and was motivated by his grandson's election campaign, not by any sort of epiphany that he is a Jew hating racist pig who should change his ways.

In his rebuttal to Carter's false penitence, Klein referenced a piece Carter wrote that appeared in the London Guardian, almost simultaneously to his non-apology apology in which he said,

“Israel has long argued that it cannot negotiate with terrorists, yet has
had an entire year without terrorism and still could not negotiate.”

Apparently hundreds of mortars and rockets fired from Azza into Israel, and shootings and firebombings in Judea and Samaria don't count in Jimmy's world. He might want to ask Rav Chai's fatherless children what constitutes a terror attack, since Carter clearly doesn't have the foggiest idea.

Klein goes on to say:

“a careful reading of Jimmy Carter’s supposed apology reveals that in fact
he retracts not a single one of his hostile words and deeds against Israel over
three decades, but on the contrary reaffirms their correctness. Now he adds
insult to injury by purporting to have apologized for his hostile words and
deeds while continuing to add to their number. The former President’s cynicism
knows no bounds.

“He speaks of a year free of anti-Israel terrorism,
ignoring not only continuing Palestinian assaults – like the murder by Mahmoud
Abbas’ Fatah of [a rabbi last month], for which deed Abbas and the PA honored
the terrorists who committed this foul deed – but the hundreds of assaults that
Israeli forces prevent week after week. He ignores continuous Israeli efforts to
negotiate with the PA, which the PA has consistently rebuffed, but fails to
criticize the PA.

“Jewish and Christian Zionist leaders should repudiate
his spurious apology for the sham that it so clearly is.”

It's about time that an American Jewish leader showed a little backbone. We can always count on Abraham Foxman to kiss up to the Jew hating Resident in the White House, or stupidly accept Carter's faux apology saying he should be "congratulated and encouraged," so it's refreshing to hear an American Jew tell Carter to take his fake apology and stuff it.

Now if we can just get American rabbis to start condemning the assassination of Rav Chai, and calling on American Jews to protest the United States' continuing funding and training of Fatah terrorists who are dedicated to killing Jews and destroying Israel. Now that would be something.

Parsha Vayechi and Jewish Vengeance

I finally got around to seeing the Quentin Tarantino film, "Inglourious Basterds" this weekend. If there's one thing Hollywood can always give us plenty of, it's killin' Narzis. Even better than killin' Narzis are Jews killin' Narzis. Frankly, I could have used a few more scenes of the "Bear Jew" bashing in Narzi skulls with his baseball bat, but watching the entire German high command go up in flames, and Adolf Hitler being turned into ground beef by Jews...well...pass the popcorn.

Actually, it was quite appropriate that I screened that film this past weekend, considering the parsha we read; Vayechi. It recounts the death of Jacob, his final words to his sons, and the oath that Joseph made with him to see to it that he would be buried at Machpelah with his wife Leah, his father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, and Adam and Eve, in the plot that Avraham purchased from the Hittites.

A story is recorded in the Sefer HaAggadah concerning the burial of Jacob that is particularly noteworthy. It concerns the sons of Ishmael, Esau, and Keturah who came to Machpelah to wage war against Jacob's sons, who had come up from Egypt to bury their father. Joseph, who had been made viceroy over all of Egypt, second only to Pharaoh himself, had placed his crown on Jacob's coffin. When they saw this, instead of waging war they removed their crowns and placed them on the coffin with Joseph's in homage to the servant of Hashem.

The story continues that Esau himself appeared, seeking to keep Jacob from being buried in the final plot in the cave, attempting to claim it for himself. Jacob's sons reminded Esau that he sold his claim as Isaac's firstborn son, and his portion as an heir. Esau demanded the bill of sale, to which they replied that it was in Egypt. Jacob's son Naphtali was sent to retrieve it.

Hushim, Dan's son, who was hard of hearing, asked what was going on. When the events taking place were related to him he said, "...until Naphtali returns from Egypt, is my father's father to lie shamefully unburied?" Hushim took a club and struck Esau on the head so hard that his eyes fell out of their sockets landing at Jacob's feet. According to the story, Jacob opened his eyes and smiled, which is why in the Book of Tehillim (Psalms) it states that "the righteous man will rejoice when he seeth revenge; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked," (58:13).

It would do well for those who currently, and wrongly claim to alternatively be the descendants of Ishmael, Esau, the Hittites, Jebusites, Philistines, and possibly parasites, to take note of this story.