Month: August 2017

Jerusalem Post

The refugee crisis has splashed across headlines in recent weeks as European governments scramble to deal with thousands of people arriving on their borders. A dialogue has also been triggered in the global Jewish community about what it can do to help, particularly in light of its own history as refugees seeking asylum from anti-Semitism. The Jerusalem Post reached out to Jewish aid organizations around the world to find out what role they are playing to help refugees from Syria and the region.   Continue reading “The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Jewish Sense of Responsibility”

ABC News

A hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire, was partially evacuated Friday following detection of an unknown odor and complaints of nausea, according to ABC affiliate WMUR in Manchester.

A hospital spokesperson told WMUR that an unknown odor was detected at Exeter Hospital around 11:15 a.m. ET, with staff and patients complaining of nausea and dizziness. Fire crews were dispatched to the hospital, and both the emergency room and operating room areas were evacuated and closed.   Continue reading “New Hampshire hospital evacuates emergency and operating rooms due to mysterious odor”

USA Today

The parent company of Applebee’s and IHOP plans to close up to 160 restaurants, vastly boosting the number of eateries from the two comfort-food chains that it plans to shutter.

Some 105 to 135 Applebee’s restaurants will close, up from the 40 to 60 that parent DineEquity said would close in the first quarter. Also on the chopping block are an estimated 20 to 25 IHOP sites, up from about 18.

At the same time, the two chains now will open 125 restaurants globally between them in new locations, DineEquity said.   Continue reading “As many as 160 Applebee’s and IHOP locations to close”

AZ Central – by Robert Anglen

A Las Vegas courtroom erupted in drama Thursday when a federal judge ordered a defendant in the Bundy Ranch standoff trial to get off the stand, struck his testimony, dismissed jurors and abruptly left the bench.

Jurors looked stunned as Eric Parker returned to the defense table with his head hung and then buried his face in his hands, according to lawyers in the case.

“He put his head down on the counsel table and appeared to be crying,” defense lawyer Shawn Perez said. “My observation of the jury was they were looking at everybody in the courtroom and going, ‘What just happened?’ ”   Continue reading “Drama erupts at Bundy retrial as judge scolds defendant, orders him off stand”

Fox 10 News

PHOENIX (KSAZ) – As the threat of nuclear warfare with North Korea grows, some are already asking questions on where to stay, should war break out.

On Thursday, FOX 10 Phoenix got a rare look at a fallout shelter, located at the Papago Military Reservation. The shelter was originally built in 1956, in case of a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. It has since been converted to offices for the Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management.   Continue reading “Government office space in Phoenix could be used as shelter during nuclear war, should it happen”

Fox 10 News

PHOENIX – Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms is wrapping up a big investigation near 64th Avenue and Van Buren after several search warrants were executed with assistance from local law enforcement.

Thomas Mangan of the ATF stated the case involves alleged violations of narcotics and firearms laws.  Continue reading “Law enforcement agencies raid homes in Phoenix area”

Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft

A federal prosecutor’s body was discovered on a Hollywood, Florida beach on May 24.

He was shot in the head.

Beranton J. Whisenant, Jr.’s body was found in May by a random individual. The police were investigating at the time to determine if Whisenant’s death was a “homicide, suicide, or something else.”   Continue reading “OFFICIALS: Federal Prosecutor Investigating Visa Fraud in Wasserman Schultz’s District Shot Himself in Head – But NO GUN Was Found”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: It is a circus people, a made house! ‘We’re locked and loaded boys‘. What is this a B-rated movie? Reality TV, Reality TV. Personally, I think they should kick it up a notch. If Trump can body slam CNN, I think he and ol Kim Jung Un should step into the ring. People would pay for this. You could charge people $50 bucks for this event, think about the increase in GDP and not a single troop or civilian would have to die. They could duke it out in a world class match of silly global “leaders,” epic, just epic!…
Continue reading “Trump: “Military Solutions Are Now Fully In Place, Locked And Loaded” In Tough Talk Aimed At North Korea”

Seattle Times – by Daniel Beekman

The Washington state Supreme Court has upheld Seattle’s tax on gun and ammunition sales, according to an opinion issued Thursday morning.

The justices ruled 8-1 to affirm a previous decision by King County Superior Court, which sided with the city against opponents, including the National Rifle Association.

The city has been imposing the tax of $25 per firearm and 2 or 5 cents per round of ammunition for more than a year and a half, following City Council passage in 2015.  Continue reading “Washington state Supreme Court rules in favor of Seattle’s gun tax”

Huffington Post – by Alexander C. Kaufman

Continue reading “Mark Cuban Slams U.S. Plan To Give Chinese Billionaire Monopoly On Cancer Drug”

Strategic Culture – by Eric Zuesse

The lies are usually about the most important policies and actions of the United States government regarding international relations — foreign policy matters, such as wars, treaties, and economic sanctions. In the past, they were lies about matters such as that North Vietnam had attacked the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, and that Chile’s President Salvador Allende opposed democracy, and that Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein was «six months away from developing a [nuclear] weapon», and that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s «conquest of land» regarding Crimea had happened, and is the basic reason for the economic sanctions the US has placed against Russia.

On August 2^nd, US President Donald Trump signed into law increased sanctions against Russia, which had been passed 98-2 in the Senate and 419-3 in the House. This new law stated in Section 211, «Congress makes the following findings» as the basis for greatly hiking the economic sanctions against Russia:   Continue reading “US Government & Press Lie Constantly, with Total Impunity”

The College Fix – by Matthew Stein

Anthropology course will explore ‘coming to terms with white identity’

Stanford University is slated to offer a class this fall called “White Identity Politics,” during which students will “survey the field of whiteness studies” and discuss the “possibilities of … abolishing whiteness,” according to the course description.

Citing pundits who say “the 2016 Presidential election marks the rise of white identity politics in the United States,” the upper-level anthropology seminar will draw “from the field of whiteness studies and from contemporary writings that push whiteness studies in new directions.”   Continue reading “Stanford University course to study ‘abolishing whiteness’”

Strategic Culture – by Alex Gorka

Around 200,000 US troops are stationed in 177 countries throughout the world. The forces use several hundred bases, more than 1,000 if the figure includes overseas warehouse and installations. The US may need more soon, with its presence and involvement in armed conflicts on the rise.

It was reported on August 7 that the Pentagon plans to conduct airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) in the Philippines. This move will be part of the effort to rout IS militants who occupied Marawi, a city in the south of the Philippines, in May, prompting President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law in the entire southern region of Mindanao and ask the US for help. In June, the Joint Special Operations Task Force Trident joined the battle.  Continue reading “US Military Presence Overseas Mushrooming: Here, There and Everywhere”