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Articles from the September 26, 2016 edition


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  • Trump: "If Mark Cuban sits in the front row, I will put Jennifer Flowers right alongside of him!"

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Sep 26, 2016
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    Update: The Commission on Presidential Debates Monday morning stated that while each candidate is allowed a certain number of tickets for guests, Gennifer Flowers is not among the spectators certified for tonight's debate. For political junkies, the 2016 U.S. Presidential election is a lot like a high school debate between a smart but mean homecoming queen and the class bully, only better. And it just keeps getting better. Donald Trump critic Mark Cuban has front-row seats to the Debate, which...

  • All Cars Will Be Driverless in 5 Years. Autonomous Cars Will Replace Humans, Says Lyft Founder

    Samuel Alioto, Observer Staff Writer|Sep 26, 2016

    In Total Recall, where Arnold Schwarzenegger calls a Johnnie Cab as his get away vehicle. It doesn't understand quickly enough that Arnold wants to go "anywhere!", so he pushes down the robot and takes control of the car himself. Later, when Arnold stiffs it on the fare, Robot Johnnie blows up the cab. Clearly, the tension between robots and the drivers they replaced was foreseen. Total recall is set in 2084, but according to John Zimmer, the co-founder and CEO of Lyft, this future will be upon...

  • NY Times Appropriates the Holocaust for Political Gain. Not Every Refugee Is a "New Jew"

    CAMERA|Sep 26, 2016

    The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof published last month a column with the stomach-turning headline, "Anne Frank Today Is a Syrian Girl." Last week, he continued with this analogy, asking his readers, "Would You Hide a Jew From the Nazis?" Kristof goes into detail about the many nations of the world that refused to provide refuge to the Jews. He then tells the stories of a few brave souls – Martha Sharp, Witold Pilecki, Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma, Aristides de Sousa Mendes – that defied their gov...

  • UC Berkeley Reinstates Anti-Israel Seminar, Over Jewish Protests of Anti-Semitism

    Christine Emerson|Sep 26, 2016

    On Monday UC Berkeley reinstated a course that had provoked controversy, not only for its virulently anti-Israel syllabus but also for its violation of University of California policy regarding political indoctrination. The course, a one-credit "student-led" class is titled "Ethnic Studies 198: Palestine: A Colonial Settler Analysis." The major subject under discussion in the once-a-week class was to devise ways to "decolonize Palestine." Students were to research, formulate, and present ways to...

  • Former Jihadi: ISIS will Increase US Terror Attacks, As We Proceed to Election

    Observer Staff|Sep 26, 2016

    A self described former Jihadi Maajid Nawaz, speaking on FoxNews' the Kelly File, said that The Islamic State terror group, will increase the pace of US terror attacks as we move toward the November 8th US Presidential election. This is based on chatter overheard in ISIS online chat rooms, he said. Nawaz is well educated and tours the Middle East, he explains in a British accent, to lecture young people at Universities of the danger of extremism. ISIS prefers and wants to help Donald Trump to...

  • Terrorist Clown Ring Arrested in Alabama

    Liz Miller|Sep 26, 2016

    Flomaton, Alabama police have taken one adult and two juveniles into custody in connection with a threat that put four local schools under lockdown, and they may be able to link the trio to some of the other malicious clown activity that has frightened communities over the last few weeks. Makayla Smith, allegedly the clowns' ringleader, will likely be charged with making a terroristic threat, report the Flomaton police. Smith is from Pensacola, Florida, according to information released by...