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JUNE 10, 2021 | The Jewish Home
Yamina and New Hope, will have the same weight as those of the other six parties in the coalition combined in the cabinet and the Ministerial Committee on Legislation. In the security cabinet, there will be 12 ministers, six each from the Right bloc and the remaining six parties, to keep the two blocs equal. The coalition agreement also calls for updating the Norwegian Law, which allows ministers and deputy ministers to resign from the Knesset to be replaced by the next candidate on their party’s list, to give the coalition parties more MKs to work for them in the Knesset. If the ministers quit their posts, they would return to the Knesset automatically. New Hope and Meretz, which have six seats each, could have three new MKs enter the Knesset. Yamina, Labor and Yisrael Beytenu, which have seven seats, and Blue and White, which has eight, could have four MKs join, and Yesh Atid, which has 17, could have five. Each party will decide on its own how and when to implement the law. But every party in the coalition is expected to implement it at least partially.
Kamala: OK I’m Not at the Border
Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back on criticism that she hasn’t visited the U.S.-Mexico border in an interview aired on Tuesday by arguing that her travel had been limited during the early days of the Biden administration. In an interview that took place in Guatemala during Harris’ first foreign trip since taking office, NBC’s Lester Holt asked Harris whether she had plans to visit the U.S. Southern border. “At some point, you know, we are going to the border,” Harris said. “We’ve been to the border. So this
whole, this whole, this whole thing about the border. We’ve been to the border. We’ve been to the border.” Holt responded, “You haven’t been to the border.” “I, and I haven’t been to Europe. And I mean, I don’t – I don’t understand the point that you’re making,” Harris said with a laugh. “I’m not discounting the importance of the border.” Harris has been tasked by President Biden to lead efforts to stem the flow of migration from Central America. Her comments come as Republican critics have tried to make Harris the face of the Biden administration’s response at the border, where a record number of unaccompanied children crossed into the U.S. this spring. “I care about this, and I care about what’s happening at the border. I’m in Guatemala because my focus is dealing with the root causes of migration,” Harris said. “There may be some who think that that is not important, but it is my firm belief that if we care about what’s happening at the border, we better care about the root causes and address them.” Harris met with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Monday and flew to Mexico on Tuesday to meet with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Cicada Causes Car Crash
A man in Ohio crashed his car on Monday after a cicada flew into his car through his open window. The man was driving near Cincinnati when the insect flew in through an open window and struck the driver in the face. He was temporarily stunned and crashed into a utility pole. Thankfully, the driver was wearing a seatbelt. The airbag also helped to mitigate the harm, although the car was totaled. Cincinnati Police Department noted, “The heavy swarm in the area and dead cicada on the floorboard proved he wasn’t lying.” In a tweet, the police used a hashtag that said: “Nothing good happens with cicadas.”
As a result, Cincinnati drivers have been warned to “remember to keep [their] windows rolled up until our little red-eyed friends are gone.” Cincinnati police have noted that “cicadas have historically been attributed to car crashes when they emerge.” Cicadas are at or near their peak in Cincinnati, Ohio. Brood X cicadas appear every 17 years after living underground. Billions of cicadas are appearing in the Cincinnati area and will remain for a few weeks before dying off in late June and into July. Cicadas will also be emerging in Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Monopoly Game Leads to Most Fights
One of five people have banned a board game for causing problems on game night, Study Finds reported. In a recent survey of over 2,000 U.S. residents, 20% say game night is “often” or “always” disrupted by competitive or unfriendly behavior. Typically, this is because someone is losing (46%), accusing someone else of cheating (44%), or at least two people are arguing (44%). Among those who have banned games, the most common games that have been banned are Monopoly (44%), Uno (37%), and Sorry (27%). According to data compiled by OnePoll on behalf of Z-Man Games, just 11% of respondents have witnessed a physical fight. However, 22% of respondents banned certain games, and another 22% have had to ban a player. In addition, 13% of respondents confessed to being the problem player “every time” or “most of the time.” Among those over 57 years of age, 71% are “never” the problem player, while among those aged 41-56, just 57% are “never” the problem player.
