I do not know if that's the person I spoke with. But the number I called is the same number that was associated with Avi Silverberg on the site FeastGood.

Curiously, his phone number is linked to Avi Silverberg, a powerlifter who has a background in digital media and was featured in this NY Post story: nypost.com/2023/03/30/m...

He wouldn't tell me his last name but says his community knows who he is. He told me Bow Valley Insider operates without investors or govt subsidies and is funded mostly by advertisers. He said his background is in digital marketing and media.

Well, that was a long conversation. Need to pick up my kid. More later.

I'm on the phone with the guy as I type

A reverse google image search of the Ben S. photo on the site turns up...nothing.

The crowd is calling Trump a “jagoff,” which when I was growing up in Pittsburgh was just about the worst kind of insult.

Thanks, Jeff! That was one of my all time favorite stories to work on. I hope you do put together an alt-weekly stories anthology—I’d love to read it.

Did she really?

Omg.

I understand that. What I’m saying is that if he didn’t know where the couple worked, then he killed them because they were Jewish or because they were at a Jewish museum.

Unless there’s some evidence he targeted them because of their connection to the embassy.

But the question is about whether his actions were antisemitic. Regardless of what his manifesto said, it appears he shot Jews on American streets because they were Jewish (and/or leaving a Jewish museum).

They were killed leaving a Jewish museum, not the Israeli embassy -- that's likely why there are claims of antisemitism. Have you seen reporting that shooter targeted them or knew they worked for the embassy?

I crossed between Quebec and Vermont yesterday. It was completely dead, unlike any other of my many border crossings in recent years. All but one lane into the US was closed, and in the open lane there was only one car ahead of ours. The whole stop was quicker than the wait at a red light.