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So, what I hear is that Donald Trump is not joining the G7 to discuss global warming and the Amazon fires.

What is important enough for him, exactly?

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So, what I hear is that Donald Trump is not joining the G7 to discuss global warming and the Amazon fires.

What is important enough for him, exactly?

Quote (Leevee @ Aug 26 2019 07:42pm)

So, what I hear is that Donald Trump is not joining the G7 to discuss global warming and the Amazon fires.

What is important enough for him, exactly?

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah will retaliate against Israel after drones crashed in Beirut’s suburbs, but a new war between the old enemies remains unlikely, the Iran-backed movement’s deputy leader has said.

“I rule out that the atmosphere is one of war, it is one of a response to an attack,” Sheikh Naim Qassem told Russia’s RT Arabic channel on Tuesday night. “Everything will be decided at its time.”

Lebanon’s Hezbollah is preparing a “calculated strike” in response to the drones but seeks to avoid a new war with Israel, two sources allied to the Shi’ite Muslim movement told Reuters earlier on Tuesday.

Israel has not claimed responsibility for the two drones that crashed in the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of Beirut at the weekend, with one them exploding.

Israeli officials have declined to comment when asked if Israel was responsible for the drones, which Hezbollah says were rigged with explosives.

But in a speech on Sunday, Nasrallah described it as the first Israeli attack in Lebanon since the two sides fought a month-long war in 2006.

In response to questions about the origin or target of the drones, Qassem did not give details.

He said Hezbollah deemed it an attack that it must respond to, so that Israel does not upset the status quo and set its own terms.

“We want the strike to be a surprise...and so there is no interest in diving into the details,” he added. “The coming days will reveal this.”

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San Francisco passes resolution calling NRA "domestic terrorist organization"

By Jason Silverstein

September 4, 2019 / 5:37 PM / CBS News

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling the National Rifle Association a "domestic terrorist organization." The resolution also urges local organizations to stop doing business with the gun rights group.

"The leadership of National Rifle Association promotes extremist positions, in defiance of the views of a majority of its membership and the public, and undermine the general welfare," the resolution says.

"The National Rifle Association through its advocacy has armed those individuals who would and have committed acts of terrorism."

It also accuses the NRA of inciting gun owners "to acts of violence" and spreading "propaganda that misinforms and aims to deceive the public about the dangers of gun violence."

The resolution says the city and county of San Francisco "should take every reasonable step" to limit financial and contractual relationships with the NRA. It calls on other cities, states and the federal government to do the same.

The resolution from the board of supervisors — and 11-member legislative group representing the city and county — is mostly symbolic, and does not have a direct impact on local policy.

It was passed weeks after a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in the San Francisco Bay Area, where three people were killed and 12 were injured. The resolution notes that there have been more mass shootings than days in 2019.

The NRA tweeted Wednesday calling the resolution "a reckless assault on a law-abiding organization, it's members, and the freedoms they all stand for."

"We remain undeterred - guided by our values and belief in those who want to find real solutions to violence," the NRA said.

The NRA has consistently opposed gun control efforts and financially supported politicians who oppose them as well. NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre spoke with President Trump on the phone last month in the wake of the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Soon after the call, Mr. Trump backed away from his previous calls for stronger background checks — something the NRA has lobbied against.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/san-francisco-passes-resolution-calling-nra-domestic-terrorist-organization-2019-09-04/


San Francisco passes resolution calling NRA "domestic terrorist organization"

By Jason Silverstein

September 4, 2019 / 5:37 PM / CBS News

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling the National Rifle Association a "domestic terrorist organization." The resolution also urges local organizations to stop doing business with the gun rights group.

"The leadership of National Rifle Association promotes extremist positions, in defiance of the views of a majority of its membership and the public, and undermine the general welfare," the resolution says.

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