Yahoo News

HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – A 93-year-old great-grandmother was crowned “Miss Holocaust Survivor” on Sunday in an annual Israeli beauty pageant designed to put a smile on women who endured the horrors of the Nazi genocide.

A dozen contestants cautiously trod the catwalk – at times assisted – in the city of Haifa, with hair coiffed, make-up applied and sashes adorning their dresses.   Continue reading “Israel crowns 93-year-old as ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’”

PJ Media – by Debra Heine

Communist agitators took to Twitter this week to brainstorm strategies for a violent armed insurrection against their perceived enemies.

“Dr. Bones,” the co-host of the far-left podcast The Guillotine, started the conversation going with his 5,000-plus Twitter followers. Bones (@Ole_Bonsey on Twitter) asked: “Hey quick little question for military minded lefties: should leftists train/organize in a ‘insurgent’ focus where they blend into a civilian population for potential attacks or a more ‘militia’ structure focused on holding/maintaining turf?”   Continue reading “Communists Planning Armed Insurrection on Twitter”

Independent

Members of the United Nations‘ General Assembly have laughed at Donald Trump after he told them his administration had “accomplished more than almost any … in the history of our country”.

Mr Trump on Tuesday began his address by noting that this is the second time he has spoken to the UN General Assembly, and then began to tout the progress his administration has made since he took office.   Continue reading “UN members laugh at Trump after claim his administration has ‘accomplished more than almost any in US history’”

Puppet String News

Intellihub.com Reports: Secret Service Special Agent Todd Madison, a.k.a. “Hillary’s handler,” died at a Wisconsin hospital on December 8, 2017, at age 49 after serving 20 years with the agency protecting some of the most high-profile countrymen and women including the Clintons during their tenure at the White House.    Continue reading “Again: Hillary’s 2016 election Secret Service agent Todd Madison dead at 49”

RT

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has admitted Bashar Assad has won the war in Syria. However, he was quick to hit out at the Syrian leader, accusing him of failing to “win the peace” in the war-torn country.

“Assad won the war. But he hasn’t won the peace,” Le Drian said, speaking to France-Inter radio on Sunday. France’s top diplomat stressed that Paris is currently “looking for a solution [to the Syrian crisis] with Russia and Turkey.”   Continue reading “‘Assad has won the war’: French foreign minister makes Syria admission”

Middle East Monitor

Standing next to a secretive Israeli atomic reactor earlier in the week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to “wipe out” his enemies. In a speech that many will see as the Jewish state breaking its long silence over the possession of nuclear weapons, the Likud leader warned that it has the means to destroy its enemies.

“Those who threaten to wipe us out put themselves in a similar danger, and in any event will not achieve their goal,” he said on Wednesday during a ceremony to rename the complex, near the desert town of Dimona. The site has long been suspected to be the location where Israel has been developing nuclear weapons.   Continue reading “Israel threatens to use nuclear weapons to ‘wipe out’ its enemies”

CBC News

One of the most popular vehicles in the United States is a perfect example of why it would be so hard and so destructive to impose tariffs on Canadian-made cars in the name of protecting American ones.

The Toyota RAV4 — the bestselling non-truck in America — is made in Woodstock, Ont. In fact, 247,633 of them were made there last year. The process to build each one is an intricate dance of manufacturers and suppliers in multiple countries, with hundreds of trucks a day crossing borders back and forth between Canada, the United States and Mexico to deliver parts.   Continue reading “Is there even such a thing as a ‘Made in America’ vehicle anymore?”

BBC News

Police are investigating two incidents in which gunshots were fired at a luxury apartment building in Manhattan in the span of less than 48 hours.

No residents were hurt in the seemingly random shootings, in which bullets crashed through windows into two flats.

According to New York media, the bullets may have been fired from a rooftop or balcony across the river.   Continue reading “Mystery gunman targets New York luxury high-rise”

The smoke is worse than last year. Drove through two forest fires on Monday near Revelstokes, BC. One was huge and right on the highway. There were signs warning “Danger: Wildfires in Area” And I thought No Shit !!

BBC News

Western Canada has been blanketed by smoke for days as hundreds of wildfires burn in British Columbia (BC).

The smoke has also wafted south into the US state of Washington, where a group of friends in Spokane now want to try blowing it right back to Canada.   Continue reading “Spokane residents launch campaign to blow smoke back to Canada”

CBC News

A recent spate of shootings is driving a swelling chorus of calls for a handgun ban — but the nation’s top Mountie says she isn’t convinced it’s the answer.

On Monday, Montreal’s city council will debate whether to push for a federal ban on handguns. The motion before council calls on Montreal to demand the Liberal government ramp up the restrictions in its Bill C-71, tabled last March, by prohibiting civilians from possessing assault rifles and handguns.   Continue reading “RCMP commissioner ‘not sure’ handgun ban is the answer to gun violence”

True Pundit

Investigative Journalist Jen Moore was found dead in a suburban Washington D.C. hotel room Monday, according to police and shocked and distraught friends and colleagues.

Moore died of an apparent seizure. Police are closely investigating the cause of death after former FBI Agent Robyn Gritz, a friend of Moore’s, made inquiries with homicide detectives Monday afternoon in Prince Georges County, Maryland. Preliminary reports from police said the death was not the result of suicide.   Continue reading “Investigative Journalist Found Dead in D.C. Hotel Room Weeks After Reporting Bill Clinton to FBI & DHS for Allegedly Raping Boy”

CBC News

A Medicine Hat, Alta., man is facing charges of inciting hatred in public after complaints from a local business about someone displaying money stamped with with an anti-Semitic message.

When police arrested the man on July 31, a search of the suspect’s backpack turned up several $5 and $20 bills that had been stamped with hateful markings directed toward Jewish people.   Continue reading “Medicine Hat man charged with inciting hatred in public”

News.com.au

A DISTURBING child prostitution ring in which more than 250 young women and girls were branded with tattoos by their “owners” has been busted in dramatic raids over the past week.

Colombian cops have now arrested 18 people — including Liliana del Carmen Campos Puello who is known as “Madame” — were charged with the sexual exploitation of more than 250 women and girls. Continue reading “Colombian authorities bust sickening child sex ring”

Debka Files

Saturday night, July 14, the Israeli military announced nationwide IDF exercises would be conducted until the end of the week – an effective measure for placing the armed forces on the ready for war. The public was advised to expect unusual military traffic on the roads. This announcement appeared to conflict with earlier IDF assurances that large-scale tank and special units were standing by on the Gaza border ready for Hamas to further escalate the massive, continuous rocket barrage it launched against southern Israel as of Friday night (more than 100 rockets). Continue reading “Israel announces nationwide military drills amid war preparedness on northern and Gaza fronts”