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Unidentified vandals hang pig's head on synogogue door in Israel

synagogue gate
© REUTERS / Fabrizio Bensch
The incident at the synagogue occurred on the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, a major attack on Jews that happened in Nazi Germany on 9-10 November 1938, when hundreds of Jewish-owned stores were destroyed by anti-Semitic mobs.

Unidentified individuals hung a pig's head covered with blood on the doorway of the Sukkat Shaul Synagogue in Ramat Hasharon, Arutz Sheva 7 TV reported Friday.

Handcuffs

Man sentenced to 15 years in prison for tricking straight men into gay sex

Duarte Xavier
© Metropolitan Police
A London man posing as a woman on Tinder has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after tricking unsuspecting blindfolded men into sex.

Duarte Xavier, a 33-year-old resident of Wandsworth, was tried and convicted of sexual assault after luring several men from popular dating app Tinder to his apartment by posing as a woman named 'Ana'.

After the men arrived at his apartment, Xavier would come up with excuses for his victims to wear blindfolds or cover their faces in order to prevent his identity from being revealed, and then initiate sexual contact.

Two of Xavier's victims discovered the truth, midway through the process, after removing their blindfolds, at which point they fled the apartment and called the police. Xavier was arrested twice in connection to such assaults before receiving a serious sentence on Friday.

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Illegal elections: American's speciality

Early voting, Donetsk elections

Early voting, Donetsk
The November 11 elections in the DPR and the LPR are "illegal" -- unlike the unconstitutional elections in Honduras and Kiev in 2009 and 2014

How ironic is it that the elections in Donetsk and Lugansk Sunday will be illegal according to the US and the West? The US says the coming elections in Donetsk and Lugansk are illegal, but elections before a president's term is up - like Zelaya's or Yanukovich, are unconstitutional and extraordinary, but they give cover to an imposed government, and are recognized and respected and "legal" if they crown a government imposed by US putsch. Here is Hillary Clinton, in the hardcover edition of her book Hard Choices:
In the subsequent days [following the coup] I spoke with my counterparts around the hemisphere, including Secretary [Patricia] Espinosa in Mexico. We strategized on a plan to restore order in Honduras and ensure that free and fair elections could be held quickly and legitimately, which would render the question of Zelaya moot.
Quickly! And legitimately!

Colosseum

Discover Aleppo: Syria invites tourists to visit ancient city two years after liberation

Aleppo, Syria
© Youtube / Syrian Tourism
Video offering panoramic and aerial views of Aleppo has been released by the Syrian ministry of tourism in an apparent attempt to say that the country's historic pearl is finally ready to receive visitors.

The pitch comes almost two years after the Syrian army defeated jihadist rebel groups besieging the city in a series of fierce battles.

The fighting damaged many of Aleppo's historical buildings and much of its industrial infrastructure. The government video shows the destroyed buildings being repaired or rebuilt, while heavy trucks carry away stones and rubble.

Arrow Down

Child abuser who bought girl is out on bond after parents win lottery

Doll
© Global Look / Frank Röder
What would you do if you won the lotto? The question often inspires people to fantasize about world trips and private jets. But a Texas couple had a different answer. They used the money to bail their child-abuser son out of jail.

Registered sex offender Jason Wayne Carlile was being held at the Wichita County Jail, facing one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child under the age of 14. He previously served time for buying a 15-year-old girl and has a separate conviction for indecency with a child.

The 47-year-old had been held in the jail since December 2017, but he was bailed out this week on a $100,000 bond after his parents won $15.25 million on the lottery, the Times Record News reports.

Fire

Huge blaze at St. Petersburg mall prompts massive evacuation

st petersburg mall fire
Around 800 shoppers were forced to flee a mall in the Russian city of St. Petersburg when a massive fire broke out inside. Pictures have emerged on social media showing plumes of smoke billowing from the burning building.

One of the buildings of the popular supermarket chain, 'Lenta,' was engulfed by flames at around 8am local time on Saturday. The inferno raged across an area almost the size of a football field, around 5,000 square meters.

The 24-hour shop was open at the time of the incident. Tass reported that two people were injured, but this has yet to be confirmed by the emergency services.

Comment: Other notable fires recently include:


Black Magic

Disgusting: Leading editor at Vox defends Antifa siege of Tucker Carlson - then deletes all tweets

Antifa
© Reuters / Jim Bourg
After far-left protesters harassed Fox News host Tucker Carlson's family in an incident now being investigated as a potential hate crime, a Vox.com writer defended the intimidation - and then ate his words. All of them.

Matt Yglesias, prominent editor of Vox.com, tweeted in support of Smash Racism DC, an Antifa group whose members swarmed Carlson's front yard and carried signs with his home address written on them in retaliation for Carlson's supposed role in "spreading fear."

Vox tweets
© Twitter / @mattyglesias

Heart - Black

Tragedy strikes twice for California bar shooting survivors - because several of them ALSO witnessed Las Vegas massacre

procession for the Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Ron Helus
© Reuters / Ringo Chiu
People attend the procession for the Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Ron Helus, who was shot and killed in a mass shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, U.S., November 8, 2018.
Survivors of last year's massacre at the Route 91 country music festival in Las Vegas were at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks at the gunmen started firing sporadically killing 12 people and injuring many.

Former Marine and Afghanistan veteran Ian David Long went on a shooting rampage at the crowded bar armed with his Glock 21 .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun with extended magazine. The crowd inside, who had gathered for the bar's weekly college country music night, smashed windows with barstools and scrambled to escape.

For several of them, Wednesday's shooting was the second such incident they had survived in little over a year. Survivors and their friends told reporters that some of them had escaped from the massacre at the Route 91 country festival in Las Vegas in October 2017, during which gunman Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured 850.

Comment: See: Another mass shooting in the USA: 12 dead in California bar shooting, including gunman and police officer - UPDATES


Briefcase

US DOJ sues UBS Bank over alleged crisis-era mortgage security fraud

UBS bank
Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, has been accused by US authorities of defrauding investors in its sale of residential mortgage-backed securities leading up to the 2008-2009 global financial crisis.

According to the complaint by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed with the federal court in Brooklyn, New York, the bank is accused of misleading investors about the quality of more than $41 billion of subprime and other risky mortgage loans backing 40 securities offerings in 2006 and 2007.

The lawsuit came after UBS rejected a US government proposal that it pay nearly $2 billion to settle, sources told Reuters.

US Attorney Richard Donoghue in Brooklyn said investors suffered "catastrophic losses" from the Swiss bank's failure to fully disclose the risks of mortgage securities it helped sell.

Comment: So basically most of the world's major banks have admitted to mortgage securities fraud - and UBS is still holding out for a better settlement with the US gov.


Bizarro Earth

Migrant caravan undeterred despite facing border bottleneck after Trump tightens asylum rules

migrant caravan mexico
© Associated Press
The caravan, numbering roughly 6,000, spent one more night in Mexico City before continuing north to Queretaro.
A major shot across the bow from President Trump on Thursday may give migrants in the Central American caravan second thoughts about entering the U.S.

The caravan, numbering roughly 6,000, spent one more night in Mexico City before continuing north to Queretaro.

However, in a statement issued jointly by the DHS and DOJ, the administration said migrants will not be allowed to enter the U.S. illegally to file asylum claims, which is how the vast majority of roughly 150,000 Central American families and children entered the U.S. last fiscal year.

Instead, they will be required to enter through official ports of entry, like those near San Diego, Yuma and El Paso. By issuing the new directive, the President is creating a bottleneck by funneling tens of thousands of illegal immigrants to already overcrowded ports.