After the most recent high-school massacre in Parkland, Florida, left 17 students and teachers dead, the National Rifle Association (NRA), the nonprofit gun-rights advocacy group, was rebuked by a surprising group of liberal activists: American corporations. Pressured by Parkland high-school students and others to boycott the NRA, more than 20 companies have cut ties with the pro-gun group. MORE
1.8 million Israelis, 842,000 of them children, under poverty line
Funny, I always pictured Israel as a prosperous Nation until I saw this commercial for food bank donations for their people.
Some 1.8 million Israelis, including 842,300 children, were living in poverty in 2016, according to new figures released by the National Insurance Institute this month.
The poorest region in the country continued to be Jerusalem, where some 55 percent of children live under the poverty line (down from 58% in 2015), followed by northern and southern Israel. MORE
A Drought in Iran?
A senior military adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Feb. 27 for talks with Iraq and Afghanistan on water resources.
At a two-day conference in Tehran, “National Water Diplomacy and Opportunities for Hydropolitics in West Asia,” former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Yahya Rahim Safavi said, “The issue of the scarcity of water resources may lead to … challenges among countries. In Iran, we have common water [resources] with 12 neighboring countries, which can [lead to] both interaction and tensions.” MORE
Anti-Semitic incidents soar by 57 percent in 2017
The Anti-Defamation League is reporting a 57 percent increase in anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. last year, the highest tally that the Jewish civil rights group has counted in more than two decades, according to data it released Tuesday. MORE
Walmart Sets Age of 21 to Buy Firearms, Ammunition
NEW YORK — Walmart announced Wednesday that it will no longer sell firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21 and would also remove items resembling assault-style rifles from its website. MORE
Trump shocks oil industry as U.S. sells oil to Arabs
UNREAL!
The world’s oil industry is turning upside down under President Donald Trump’s economic leadership, as the United States is now selling its exported oil in the Middle East to the most unlikely oil-rich buyers. MORE
VIDEO: Russia Says It’s Deporting North Korean Workers to Stop Kim Jong
Russia has started the process of expelling North Korean migrant workers from its Far East region in order to comply with a United Nations Security Council resolution passed in December, officials said Tuesday. MORE
Prominent Republican Donor Issues Ultimatum on Assault Weapons
A prominent Republican political donor demanded on Saturday that the party pass legislation to restrict access to guns, and vowed not to contribute to any candidates or electioneering groups that did not support a ban on the sale of military-style firearms to civilians. MORE
Turkey wants to criminalize adultery
Not Christian Nations
The recent flood of news about instances of child abuse around Turkey has caused a backlash of anger among the public and politicians from different parties. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan instructed six ministers to work on more effective administrative and legal measures to address child abuse, including harsher penalties, such as the highly debated chemical castration for offenders. The commission held its first meeting Feb. 22. MORE
Bergoglio Excommuncated!
Rome is getting ready to make “The Man of Sin” a Saint. Is God showing his cold shoulder?
The Arctic storm dubbed the “Beast from the East” saw temperatures across much of Europe fall Monday to their lowest level this winter and even brought a rare snowstorm to Rome, paralyzing the city and giving its residents the chance to ski, sled and build snowmen in its famous parks and piazzas. MORE
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz may lose $80G
Could be a reason for his care takers were covering up for him
Is the NRA a Tax-Exempt Nonprofit Organization?
Wow, can you believe
A Facebook meme gets the basic facts right about the gun lobby’s status as a social welfare organization.
VIDEO: Tornadoes, flooding across central US leave at least 5 dead as storm system moves east
Apocalypse weather not letting up
At least five people are dead as a storm system that stretched from Texas to the Canadian Maritime provinces roars eastward across the central U.S., spawning tornadoes and floods and leaving a path of destruction in its wake from the Upper Midwest to Appalachia. MORE
Cocaine seized at Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Six suspected drug traffickers were arrested after 860 pounds of cocaine were found in the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s government said on Thursday. MORE