Everyone is wondering.

First, you must know that Quds, or al-Quds, is the Muslim name for Jerusalem.

World Quds Day is an invention of the late founder of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Imam Khomeini. It’s purpose is to show ’solidarity with the Palestinian nation’ and ‘express hate for Israel’.

This year the Iranians are putting a great deal of effort into publicizing the date, which is always the last Friday of Ramadan. Which happens to be tomorrow, September 3, Iran local time. A couple of hours from the time this post will appear.
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The meeting in Washington between Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian President (or Acting Chief, as some call him) Abbas is over.

They agreed to meet again.

That’s about it.

It’s being spun by participants as a diplomatic success because neither side walked out.

Or one might say it was a total failure, because they left the meeting with absolutely nothing changed. (more…)

Hurricane Earl is roaring up the East Coast, and millions of people are wondering if it will hit their area hard. Forecasts for hurricanes are helpful, but far from guaranteed to be accurate. The next 24-36 hours should tell the story. Hopefully it will have a happy ending, if you are one of those threatened.

Emergency Supplies

Even now there may be time to make a little difference. I suggest you do what you can. In the areas most likely to be hit, stores have already been overshopped, and crowds have made getting things difficult. Hopefully there are some items left on the shelves. Question is… is it worth going to the store? If it is dangerous, no it isn’t. If you can get in and get some things and get out without a confrontation or being hijacked, sounds like it may be still worth a try. Use wisdom.

When disaster strikes, stay away from stores. You’ll only find trouble there at that point in time.

Let’s assume you can get to a store and they have some stock left. If it were me, I’d get things in this order:
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