IRANIAN anti-aircraft batteries near nuclear research site (Wikipedia)/

Iran is retaliating against Israel’s attack on its nuclear sites with a barrage of long-range missiles, many of them in Tel Aviv. At least 34 people have been wounded.

According to the Associated Press, Israel’s earlier attacks – which also included targeting generals and scientists killed 78 people and wounded 320 others, as claimed by Iran’s UN ambassador.

As Iranian missiles and Israeli intercept weapons dueled in the sky, Ali Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, said he would not allow Israel to “escape safely from this great crime.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his nation had been planning for months to “roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.”

Iran has been seeking to develop a nuclear capability for years. It’s believed that the Iranians have not yet manufactured an atomic weapon.

Many protests planned for Saturday

An estimated 2,000 protests against President Donald Trump’s policies are expected across the nation, according to The New York Times.

Some of the demonstrations are in reaction to the use of military force in connection with immigration enforcement efforts. Some –the “No Kings” movement – had been planned for months on the same day that Trump will preside over a military parade in Washington, D.C.

The largest protest is expected in Los Angeles where 2,000 California National Guard troops and U.S. Marines have been deployed. There’s been some injuries and some violence in clashes between law enforcement and protesters, but no reported fatalities.

About 1,200 persons protesting the immigration crackdown have been arrested.

Court says troops can stay …maybe

Late Thursday night, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals placed on hold a lower court order that had ruled that President Donald Trump has broken the law by federalizing California National Guard troops in connection with immigration enforcement.

The issue will go before a three-judge panel on Tuesday. According to The Los Angeles Times, two of the judge were appointed by Trump during his first term, and the third by President Joe Biden.

U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer of San Francisco has issued the original temporary restraining order.

Weather: It’s the 80s all over

All over our West Orange County cities, that is. The forecasts call for summer-y temperatures as least through Tuesday. Saturday’s outlook is for a daytime high of 81 with an overnight low of 62. There should be clouds in the morning and sun in the afternoon. Sunday and Monday will hit 84 degrees (62 and 64 at night) with partly cloudy skies. Tuesday with be sunny with temps of 85 and 64.

Great Thoughts

“Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.”
― Maya Angelou

“The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.”
― Robert Frost