http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/286465
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a leading haredi rabbi, has instructed that post-high school yeshivas not conduct coronavirus tests, since the tests may send thousands of students into quarantine, wasting time during which they would otherwise be learning Torah, Kikar Hashabbat reported.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-riots-andrew-napolitano
Now back to the present use of words to incite violence. President Trump has been accused of inciting violence by his use of words. He has said many things: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” “Knock the crap out of them,” “any guy who can do a body slam, he’s my type,” and “the audience hit back; that’s what we need a little more of.”
Even though the president’s language was referring to violence in American cities last summer and this summer, and even though his supporters may take some consolation in his harsh and supportive words, because there was time for more speech to rebut what he said, his words are protected.
I write this as a constitutional analysis, not a political one. The voters will decide if Trump’s words are prudent or helpful or even presidential. But the courts will leave him alone.
Hours after once again denouncing states which are mailing ballots to all active registered voters for November, President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged his supporters to not only vote by mail or by absentee ballot, but also then to show up to the polls on Election Day to vote a second time, which theoretically could put voters in legal jeopardy.
Some election experts said the President himself broke the law by suggesting people should vote both by mail and in person.
In his answer, the President quickly suggested that people should both cast a ballot by mail, and then vote again at the polls.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/04/health/george-floyd-coronavirus-autopsy/index.html
The final autopsy says Floyd had heart disease and a history of high blood pressure. It includes a more complete toxicology report that said Floyd had evidence of several drugs in his blood and urine, including morphine, fentanyl, cannabis and methamphetamine, although not all of the tests were reliable.
Some of the comments already online include: “Fentanyl and meth in his system, while trying to by [sic] cigs with counter fit [sic] money sounds like he was just another good boy.” And, “George Floyd died as a direct result of the drugs he ingested.”
These comments are taken directly from the playbook that blames the victim, laying total responsibility for any abuse suffered on whatever flaws the victim may possess. The motivation behind such comments is domination, born out of a fear of being too weak to be comfortable dealing with others on equal footing.
But the simple bottom line is that it does not matter that George Floyd had drugs in his system. The only reason he could not breathe that night was because the breath was squeezed out of him by men in uniform who had more than enough time and training to know the reality of what they were doing. That is murder.
https://factcheck.afp.com/george-floyd-did-not-die-drug-overdose
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54007103
"I take responsibility for trusting the word of a neighbourhood salon," the top Democrat told reporters on Wednesday. "It turns out it was a setup."
Mrs Pelosi was pictured in the salon without a mask over her face.
The California lawmaker has often criticised President Donald Trump for refusing to wear a mask.
"I take responsibility for trusting the word of a neighbourhood salon that I've been to over the years many times," Mrs Pelosi said in a testy press conference in San Francisco when asked about the incident.
She said eSalon SF had told her they could accommodate one guest at a time.
"I trusted that - as it turns out it was a setup," Mrs Pelosi said. "So I take responsibility for falling for a setup and that's all I'm going to say on that.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53991722
Mr Trump has also said that Democratic-run cities are "rampant with crime", but some of the fastest increases in murder rates are in Republican-run cities.
Data from local police departments does show stark increases in Democratic-run Chicago and New York. But that's also a trend seen in some Republican-run metropolitan areas.
Lexington in Kentucky, a city of over 300,000 people, has seen 84.6% increase in murders when compared with the same period in 2019, for example.
Mr Trump has not talked about these places.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/286500
Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of Malka Leifer, paving the way for her extradition to Australia.
The ruling of the three-judge panel on Wednesday was unanimous in backing a lower court ruling that Leifer was fit for extradition proceedings. The Jerusalem District Court had ruled in May that those proceedings should be reopened.
On Sept. 21, the district court will rule whether Leifer can be extradited based on the facts of the case.
