ISRAEL - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted the prospect of a peace deal with Saudi Arabia and the advent of a “new Middle East” in his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday morning. Citing the book of Deuteronomy, in which Moses offered a choice between a “blessing” and a “curse,” Netanyahu said that the Iranian regime had proved to be a “curse to their own people, to our region, to the entire world.”

UNITED NATIONS - The UN’s charter outlines a grand mission statement of benevolent purpose, with its supposed root mission being the pursuit of global peace and security. It is therefore ironic that the institution relies on a host of fabricated crisis events and ongoing conflicts in order to remain relevant. As UN Secretary António Guterres argues: “The UN is not a Vanity Fair, it is a political body.” And really, that is the problem. There is no use for the UN other than to act as a foil for the eventual imposition of a faceless and unaccountable world government.

USA - Senators dressing like clowns is just more evidence of American decline. Rather than leaders with high standards inspiring us to be our best, we have appointed leaders with no standards. Axios reported on Sunday that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer directed the Senate sergeant at arms to no longer enforce the Senate’s dress code for senators, but not their staff, starting this week. Up to this point, senators were expected to wear business attire, meaning a coat and tie for men.

ISRAEL - In a press statement, the Israel Police spokesperson urged Israelis to carry guns for personal safety amid the High Holy Days. The Israel Police spokesperson suggested that Jews should carry weapons on Yom Kippur in a Tuesday press statement. The recommendation came in a message regarding police preparedness as the approach of the Jewish High Holy Days brings increased security risk in a Tuesday press statement. As part of the measures that the public should take, he emphasized was for citizens to carry weapons and be trained in their use.

SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Wednesday that if Iran acquired a nuclear weapon, his country would seek to do the same. “If they get one, we have to get one,” the crown prince said in an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, adding that it would be necessary “for security reasons, and for balancing power in the Middle East, but we don’t want to see that.” Crown Prince Mohammed warned of the dangers of nuclear weapons and said, “We are concerned of any country getting a nuclear weapon,” when asked about Iran in particular. “That’s a bad, that’s a bad move,” he added. He suggested trying to get nuclear weapons in general is a fruitless endeavor, since deploying them is equivalent to declaring war on the world.

UK - Ineos Automotive's CEO has thrown her weight behind the argument of why diversity is a must. While Toyota is the most notorious brand for speaking out against the concept of an EV-only solution to carbon neutrality in the automotive segment, more automakers are speaking up than ever before and sharing the same sentiment. Autocar reports that Lynn Calder openly suggested an EV-only approach is not going to work. Addressing the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' (SMMT) Electrified conference, Calder said a balance of electric, hybrid, and hydrogen is the best mix, echoing the sentiments of Toyota. "We talk about EVs all the time," Calder said. "I think that is quite dangerous. I think we're going to need a mix. I think we need a plan, because at the moment, if we just say electric vehicles are the way forward for the UK, and that's all we are going to have, I think there is a risk we are going to fail and a risk that it is going to be expensive."

USA - Do you hear that? It’s a ticking time bomb. Last Friday, the national debt quietly blew above $33 trillion. As of September 15, the outstanding federal debt stood at a cool $33,044,858,730,468.04. It took the Biden administration just three months to add another $1 trillion to the debt. It eclipsed $32 trillion back on June 15. The debt has gone up at a dizzying pace. The government has added $1.58 trillion to the national debt since the end of the fake debt ceiling fight. In just one year, the Biden administration has added $2.16 trillion to the debt.

USA - As many as 35,000 illegal aliens crossed the US border in just four days, according to Fox News reporter Bill Melugin. He called them “staggering numbers.” “That’s almost 9,000 every single day,” he said. “Astronomical.” Just a reminder that the Biden Administration is sending hundreds of billions of our tax dollars to Ukraine so that a foreign country can protect their border from invaders. Meanwhile, our own border has been breached and we are in the midst of a full-fledged invasion.

ITALY - Lampedusa now. In 5 days, 15,550 African immigrants landed in Lampedusa. This night in 30 minutes more than 20 boats arrived with 1200, 500 in Crotone and NGOs unloaded 800. Total 18,050! Now more landings are underway in Lampedusa. Isn't this an invasion?

GERMANY - Roughly 1,000 individuals gathered at Germany’s Berlin Potsdamer Platz railroad station, howling and barking in their interactions with each other. Viral video of the bizarre meetup shows hundreds of people gathered, howling and barking. Many of them can be seen wearing dog-like masks and sitting upright on their knees, as seen in a video shared by the New York Post. Commenters across social media did not mince words. “How nice of mental institutions to allow patients outdoors every once in a while. A win for animal rights at the same time,” one individual wrote, as another made the plea to “call animal control.” The video comes as concerns continue to rise as society accepts abnormal behaviors or mental illness as “normal,” whether that be males contending they are actually females or individuals identifying as “trans-species.”

SPAIN - Olive oil is the latest commodity to see huge price hikes as it faces extreme weather during its production. Spain is the world’s largest exporter of olive oil and has suffered from intense drought for months. The average price in August was 130% higher compared to the year before. Global prices for olive oil were at $8,900 per ton in September driven by extremely dry weather in the Mediterranean, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture. It is expected that olive oil stocks could be depleted before October, when the fresh harvest is expected to be ready.

UK - Rishi Sunak is set to perform a major U-turn on one of the government's flagship environmental policies by delaying a ban on new petrol and diesel cars to ease the financial burden on voters. The Prime Minister is poised to push back a deadline to outlaw fossil fuel vehicle sales from 2030 to 2035 amid economic hardship for families. He will also slow the phasing-out of gas boilers in homes in order to cut costs for consumers. The move to water down policies introduced by former PM Boris Johnson sparked a major row among Tory MPs.

UNITED NATIONS - Nearly 30 foreign ministers from countries in Europe and the Middle East met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday to unveil a new initiative aimed at reviving the long-dormant Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

USA - The US national debt topped $33 trillion for the first time ever on Monday, crossing a critical milestone at a time when government spending is already under scrutiny. The national debt – which measures what the US owes its creditors — hit $33.04 trillion as of Monday afternoon, according to new data published by the Treasury Department. By comparison, just four decades ago, the national debt hovered around $907 billion. "The United States has hit a new milestone that no one will be proud of: our gross national debt just surpassed $33 trillion," said Maya MacGuineas, the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "Debt held by the public, meanwhile, recently surpassed $26 trillion. We are becoming numb to these huge numbers, but it doesn’t make them any less dangerous."

USA - As economist Herbert Stein once said, “If something cannot go on forever, it has a tendency to stop.” Case in point: fiat money political regimes. Interventionist economies of the West are in a fatal downward spiral, comparable to that of the Roman Empire in the second century, burdened with unsustainable debt and the antiprosperity policies of governments, especially the Green New Deal. In the global Ponzi scheme, thin air and deceit substitute for sound money. As hedge-fund manager Mitch Feierstein wrote in Planet Ponzi, “You don’t solve a Ponzi scheme; you end it.”