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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

September 21, 2016

Iran threatens to 'turn Tel Aviv and Haifa to dust' if Israel missteps
"If the leaders of the Zionist regime make a mistake then the Islamic Republic will turn Tel Aviv and Haifa to dust," reads banner on military truck in missile parade.  
Charlotte protests: Police injured after black man shot
Twelve police officers have been injured during protests sparked by the police shooting of a black man in Charlotte, North Carolina. Demonstrators destroyed marked police cars around the block of flats where the shooting took place, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department tweeted. One officer was hit in the face with a rock, it said.  
Syria aid convoy attack: US 'holds Russia responsible'
The US has said it holds Russia responsible for a deadly attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday. The White House has called it an "enormous humanitarian tragedy". Meanwhile, US officials have told the BBC that two Russian war planes were responsible for the attack.  
US senators seek to modify new $38 billion Israel aid package
Republican US lawmakers launched an effort on Tuesday to modify a $38 billion military aid agreement with Israel by providing more money and easing controls on how it is spent... Senators Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte, John McCain and Ted Cruz told a news conference they had filed a measure to give Israel an additional $1.5 billion in military aid, while renewing US sanctions on Iran.  
Sisi meets Jewish leaders, praises Israeli cooperation in war on terror in Sinai
Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi applauded the level of cooperation between Israel and Egypt in a closed-door meeting with Jewish leaders in New York on Tuesday. Among those attending the meeting were representatives of B'nai B'rith and the World Jewish Congress.  
Cal Reinstates Class Observer Deemed ‘Effort to Erase Jewish History From Israel’
Administrators at University of California, Berkeley reinstated a class Monday originally suspended days after an Observer story by Abraham H. Miller deemed the class “so biased it mocks the very purpose of a university.”  
Satanic Temple headquarters to open quietly in Salem
When The Satanic Temple officially opens its doors on Friday, Salem will become home to the organization’s international headquarters. But pitchfork-wielding mobs protesting the move seem unlikely, as the fire-and-brimstone theology of the Puritans who once populated the city has given way to a “live and let live” attitude in present day Salem.  
‘70% of European Jews won’t go to shul on High Holy Days despite heightened security’
A poll released on Tuesday claiming that 70% of European Jews won’t go to synagogue on Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur due to security concerns, has been met with skepticism by prominent Jewish leaders.  
"We Haven't Seen This Since The Great Depression" - Gallup CEO Destroys The "Recovery" Lie
I've been reading a lot about a "recovering" economy. It was even trumpeted on Page 1 of The New York Times and Financial Times last week. I don't think it's true. The percentage of Americans who say they are in the middle or upper-middle class has fallen 10 percentage points, from a 61% average between 2000 and 2008 to 51% today.  
Trump-Clinton debate expected to shatter records
The first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON Trump campaign manager remarks on 'hurt feelings' in Bush family Overnight Cybersecurity: Republicans seize on Reddit claims in Clinton probe Cruz: 'My focus is on defeating' Clinton MORE and Donald Trump promises to be the most watched ever, with an audience that could exceed 100 million people, according to experts interviewed by The Hill. A debate with an audience that size would be something never seen before in U.S. politics and would be a figure close to what the Super Bowl gets.  
'Sickening' airstrike on UN aid trucks in Syria may be the last straw in US-Russia relations
A week into a cease-fire in Syria brokered by Russia and the US, Russian-made warplanes hit a UN aid convoy traveling to the besieged town of Aleppo to provide relief to Syrians at the scene of some of the most intense fighting in the country's five-year civil war.