Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Bomb Threats In Moscow, And Other Stories

From Russia Today, over 10,000 people have been evacuated from Metro and railroad stations, universities, and shopping centers due to a number of almost simultaneous bomb threats.  Twenty places have been affected.  Police and bomb-sniffing dogs have gone out to examine the buildings.

UPDATE:  The bomb threats are not limited to Moscow.  A total of 190 sites in 17 cities in Russia have been evacuated.

In other news:


From The Local SE, the Swedish government is divided over Afghan asylum seekers.

From the Daily Mail, an Afghan on trail for killing a German medical student also allegedly raped a girl in Afghanistan and offered sexual services in a gay bar.

From the NL Times, a man from the Dutch village of Bavel is accused of raping young girls.

From Westmonster, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gives a speech, indicating that he wants more integration and open borders.

From the Express, British MEP Nigel Farage reacts to Juncker's speech with "Thank God we're leaving!"


From National Review, "Call it climate McCarthyism."

From Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabian textbooks disparage non-Muslims, Sufis and Shiites.  (via Christian Today and The Religion Of Peace)


From Arutz Sheva and the "are you serious?" department, H.R. McMaster reportedly denies that Hezbollah is a terror group.  (H/T Gadi Adelman for the Tweet)

From Variety, Vietnam War veterans Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and former Senator John Kerry (D-MA) share their experiences for Ken Burns.

From LifeNews, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is slammed for calling a pro-life group a "hate group".

From The Daily Caller, a Texas councilman trying to apologize for racism makes a very poor choice of words.

From Decider, ESPN reprimands Jemele Hill for calling President Trump a "white supremacist".

And appropriately enough, from ESPN, a football player and his fiancée tie the knot on the field.

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