Thursday, March 28, 2024

Thursday Tidings

On a cool and cloudy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried learns that stealing for an allegedly good cause is still stealing.

From FrontpageMag, RIP to former Senator (D, I-Con) and presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, whose opposition to Islamist terrorism infuriated the left.

From Townhall and the "no good deed goes unpunished" department, a New York City councilwoman asks where are the men who would stand up against criminals who attack women, and is shown what happens to such men.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Israelis brace for the real war - which will come from their north.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Lauren Boebert (R-Col) gets some bad news.

From The Federalist, what the ACLU won't tell you about Georgia's election integrity bill.

From American Thinker, where did all the "transsexuals" go?

From MRCTV, former President Trump isn't the only New Yorker who allegedly overvalued his residence.

From NewsBusters, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) claims that President Biden could have banned the Chinese-linked platform TikTok, but chose against doing so for personal reasons.

From Canada Free Press, for Easter, let's "make America pray again".

From TeleSUR, 120 forest fires are burning in 19 Mexican states.

From TCW Defending Freedom, democracy decays as technocrats invade.

From Snouts in the Trough and the "Hitler rants parodies" department, even Hitler regards U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak as a disaster.

From EuroNews, why Roman Polanski's newest film The Palace should be avoided at all costs.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti urges more prosecutions in connection with the war against Serbia in 1999.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco officially chooses the port city of Nador for a new liquefied natural gas import terminal.

From The New Arab, 100 Tunisian opposition figures back political prisoner Essam Chebbi as their presidential candidate.

From The Times Of Israel, Columbia University investigates an event where speakers showed support for Hamas.

From The Jerusalem Post, Hamas terrorists fire at IDF troops from within the Al-Shifa hospital.

From the Daily Mail, a country which allows women to be stoned to death for adultery gets to chair the U.N. women's rights group.

From Arutz Sheva, Ramadan is observed in Germanistan.  (The last four links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, feminists go Sergeant Schultz on sexual violence committed by Hamas.

From The Straits Times, disposing your waste in Singapore is gonna cost ya more, pilgrim, but gas and electricity are gonna cost ya a bit less.

From Tempo(dot)Co, foreign tourists visit the Batam Wonderfood and Art Ramadhan in Indonesia.

From Free Malaysia Today, eight Thai migrants are arrested for allegedly running a fish crackers business in Malaysia without a license.

From the Borneo Post, health authorities in the area of Sibu, Malaysia deal with myths about tuberculosis.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam and Australia cooperate to develop offshore bird chopping platforms.

From the Taipei Times, police in Taipei, Taiwan arrest a man for allegedly firing at the Ministry of Digital Affairs building.

From The Korea Herald, South Korea goes into election mode.

From The Mainichithe Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly cancels its plan to set up a harassment consultation desk.

From Japan Today, the Japanese moon probe Smart Lander for Investigating Moon survives its second lunar night, one of which lasts about two weeks.

From The Stream, the Candace Owens affair is an unforced error by the right, from which only the far left will benefit.

From The Daily Signal, how to repair the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore "without breaking the bank".

From The American Conservative, convicting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would mean the end of free speech.

From The Western Journal, according to a federal judge, there's no evidence that charges against First Son Hunter Biden are politically motivated.

From BizPac Review, karma is a [female dog] to a "kayak Karen" in Australia.

From The Daily Wire, Harvard University is accused of promoting eco-terrorism for planning to show the film How To Blow Up A Pipeline.

From the Daily Caller, according to new Republican National Committee chairman Michael Whatley, the party wont punish the network NBC for humiliating his predecessor Ronna McDaniel.

From the New York Post, Ukrainian President Zelensky talks with U.S. House Speaker Johnson (R-LA) and asks for more military aid.

From Breitbart, the Argentine Navy intercepts a Chinese fishing boat which invaded Argentina's territorial waters.  (If you read Spanish, read the story at La Nación.)

From Newsmax, a tribute to the aforementioned Senator Joe Lieberman from the CEO of Newsmax.

And from the Genesius Times, in a surprise move, Disney names P. Diddy its new CEO due to his appeal with children.

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Wednesday Wanderings

On a cool and rainy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a man who fatally shot a New York City police officer had 21 prior arrests, including one for an alleged gun-related offense.

From FrontpageMag, a tragic shipping accident occurs in Baltimore, or at least we think it was an accident.

From Townhall, the illegal alien who allegedly killed a woman in Michigan was previously deported.

From The Washington Free Beacon, while Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) won a prize for combatting dark money, he has relied on it for years.

From the Washington Examiner, six questions about the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and their answers.

From The Federalist, leftists who bragged about "fortifying" the 2020 election flaunt their plans to do it again this year.

From American Thinker, yes, someone does want to take away your guns.

From MRCTV, the real and the fake.

From NewsBusters, eight new gaffes from President Biden get buried by ABC, CBS and NBC.

From Canada Free Press, whatever you do, "don't use the T-word".

From TeleSUR, 70 districts in Peru go into a "state of emergency" due to heavy rainfall.

From TCW Defending Freedom, some questions for BBC "disinformation expert" Marianna Spring.

From EuroNews, E.U. countries seal a deal on Ukrainian grain, which could include some tariffs.

From Voice Of Europe, foreigners account for 57.4 percent of all crimes and 100 percent of serious sexual assaults in Frankfurt, Germany.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From ReMix, according to secret documents, Germany's public health agency warned that coronavirus lockdowns could cause more harm than good.

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo moves closer to joining the Council of Europe.

From The North Africa Post, Nigerien junta chief Abdourahmane Tiani and Russian President Vladimir Putin discuss "security cooperation".

From The New Arab, the Iraqi government raises automotive fuel prices and taxes celebrities.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a migrant from Syria, driving in Germany after leaving Denmark, honor kills his wife on a motorway.  (If you read German, read the story at Exxpress.)

From RAIR Foundation USA, the Pakistani flag is raised above Westminster Abbey in London.

From The Hans India, Indian and U.S. forces start the sea phase of the "Tiger Triumph" military exercise.

From the Hindustan Times, the Bharatiya Janata Party announces its candidates for 24 of the 25 seats in the Lok Sabha for the state of Rajasthan.  (The Lok Sabha is the lower chamber of the Indian parliament.)

From ANI, according to Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, tolls in India will be collected via a satellite system, which will replace toll plazas.

From India Today, sabhacritter Kathir Anand (DMK-Tamil Nadu) is accused of making derogatory remarks about women in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India for suggesting that they might have used "fairness cream".  (Since the names of both chambers of the Indian parliament include the word "Sabha", a sabhacritter is the Indian equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.  Similarly, Ireland has dáilcritters, Israel has knessetcritters, Poland has sejmcritters, Russia has dumacritters, and many countries have parliamentcritters.)

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare directs all hospitals in the country to avoid using halothane as an anesthesia after recent fatalities.

From New Age, intern doctors and trainee physicians in Bangladesh keep on striking.

From the Colombo Gazette, the Indian state of Tamil Nadu plans to deport to Sri Lanka three men convicted for the murder of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's Special Boat Squadron holds a passing out ceremony at the Naval Dockyard in the city of Trincomalee.

From Raajje, nominations for the Maldives' "National Award for Public Service" will come to a close tomorrow.

From the Bangkok Post, Thailand's House of Representatives passes a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration's pier for Gaza is a Trojan horse for terrorists.

From The Stream, they've finally come for the Orthodox Christians.

From The Daily Signal, a history lesson for Biden about Haitian immigration chaos.

From The American Conservative, with his pick for vice president, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) is gunning for the Democrats.

From The Western Journal, former President Trump has some unpleasant things to say about RFK Jr. and his running mate.

From BizPac Review, according to RNC co-chair Lara Trump, the Republican Party is past disputing the results of the 2020 election.

From The Daily Wire, the nursing program at Elmhurst University in Illinois gets a DEI grant to promote "racial healing".

From the Daily Caller, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) endorses senatorial candidate Kari Lake (R-AZ).

From Breitbart, a book written by Trump-era intelligence official Cliff Sims exposes transgender propaganda at the CIA.

From Newsmax, according to former Trump advisor Jason Miller, Biden has displayed "very selective" compassion.

And from the New York Post, North Central University in Minnesota draws complaints of "discrimination" by limiting its George Floyd scholarships only to black students.

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Tuesday Things

On a partly sunny and cool Tuesday, here are some things going on, including more on the previously reported collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore:

From National Review, what led to the collapse of the Key Bridge.

From FrontpageMag, why left-wingers hate beauty.

From Townhall, the predictable starts to happen ahead of California's latest hike in the minimum wage.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Jahana Hayes (D-Con) defends a letter she wrote praising the Hamas-friendly organization CAIR.

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden promises federal money for the reconstruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

From The Federalist, the real scandal about former RNC chairperson Ronna McDaniel is why she would want to join the corporate media.

From American Thinker, another legacy from the coronavirus.

From MRCTV, two boys in Texas almost stab a woman to death, and their mother calls it a "mistake".

From NewsBusters, alleged "comedian" Kathy Griffin defends her picture which shows her holding an effigy of former President Trump's severed head.

From Canada Free Press, Russia designates the LGBTQ movement a terrorist organization.  (Can a movement be treated as a single organization?)

From TeleSUR, according to President Nicolás Maduro, the Law for the Defense of Guayana Esequiba is to protect Venezuela from imperialism.  (Since the region of Essequibo is part of Guyana, Venezuela's intent to take control of it is itself imperialism.  Thus, we see the leftist tactic of accusing your opponent of doing what you're doing, known as "projection".)

From TCW Defending Freedom, a dishonest denial of a link between the coronavirus vaccine and cancer.

From EuroNews, according to director Alexander Bortnikov of Russia's Federal Security Service, the U.S., the U.K. and Ukraine were behind the attack at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow.

From Voice Of Europe, a new political party is created in Poland, with the purpose of saying do widzenia to the E.U.

From ReMix, a Russian homeless man sets a Hungarian homeless man on fire in Graz, Austria.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.  If you read German, read the story at Die Presse.)

From Balkan Insight, the international overseer in charge of the implementation of the Bosnia and Herzegovina peace deal imposes change to the country's election law in order to curb fraud.

From The North Africa Post, human rights violations by the group Polisario in the Tindouf camps include forced procreation.

From The New Arab, the Iraqi oil ministry accuses foreign oil producers in the region of Kurdistan of "interference in national affairs".

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who is based in Qatar, will meet with Iranian officials in Tehran, Iran.

From IranWire, an Iranian Christian convert is given two years in prison for "actions against national security".

From Iran International, according to an Iranian economist, Iran's economy has problems running deeper than sanctions.

From Khaama Press, half of the people in Afghanistan struggle with mental distress.

From Hasht e Subh, 25 faculty members at Balkh University in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan are under scrutiny for allegedly failing to attend a program for interpreting and translating the Koran.

From the Afghanistan Times, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) wants the U.S. to target ISIS-K in Afghanistan.

From Dawn, China demands a "thorough investigation" after five Chinese nationals and a Pakistani are killed in a suicide bombing in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

From The Express Tribune, more on the suicide bombing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani government gathers data on migrants from Afghanistan ahead of a planned effort to deport them.

From The Jerusalem Post, Hezbollah claims to have increased its speed of stockpiling weapons by a factor of six.

From RAIR Foundation USA, in Canada, Nestlé's produces KitKat "Iftar Bars".

From Palestinian Media Watch, a Palestinian Authority TV commentator claims that Americans are turning against Jews because they harm the U.S. economy.

From Gatestone Institute, is China's "unrestricted warfare" here already?

From The Stream, a shocking video from the border and some shocking legal stupidity.

From The Daily Signal, does the FDA believe that abortion convenience is more important than abortion safety?

From The American Conservative, against the 22nd Amendment.

From The Western Journal, the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is an "economic nuke strike".

From BizPac Review, according to Governor Wes Moore (D-MD), quick actions by workers on the Key Bridge "saved a lot of lives".

From The Daily Wire, according to journalist and author Peter Schweizer, China is the "senior partner" in the fentanyl crisis.

From the Daily Caller, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) reveals his running mate.

From the New York Post, a preview of the 2024 season for the New York Yankees.  (I've been a fan of the Yankees since I was a Littlefoot growing up in New York state.)

From Breitbart, more on the collapse of the Key Bridge, including aerial footage.

From Newsmax, Poland debates whether to shoot down Russian missiles that enter its airspace.

And from SFGate, beaches in San Francisco are covered by something that looks like clear potato chips.

Ship Collapses Major Bridge In Baltimore

At around 1:30 a.m. this morning, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship named Dali collided with one of the support columns of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the bridge to collapse into the Patapsco River.  The ship reportedly lost power and sent out a "mayday" distress call.  No injuries are reported on the ship, but six people who had been filling potholes on the bridge have not been accounted for.  Several vehicles were on the bridge when it was struck, five of them being have detected in the river by rescue crews using sonar.  The bridge was part of Interstate 695, the beltway around Baltimore.

Read more at The Baltimore Sun, CBS News, AP News, WBAL and NBC News.

Monday, March 25, 2024

Monday Mania

On a sunny but cool Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former President Trump gets a break, and a reprieve.

From FrontpageMag, President John Quincy Adams and his "essay" about the Ottoman Turks.

From Townhall, Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis shows that she hasn't learned her lesson.

From The Washington Free Beacon, one part of President Biden's political origin story is almost certainly fake news, and could get him into legal trouble.

From the Washington Examiner, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer would be "amazed" if the draft decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson case was leaked by a justice.

From The Federalist, Indiana state Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) admits that coronavirus-related data from four years ago was inflated.

From American Thinker, (D)enying election results is (D)ifferent when (D)one by the other si(D)e.

From MRCTV, no, birds do not change their sex.

From NewsBusters, The Washington Times exposes pro-trans earmarks in the recent federal omnibus spending bill.

From Canada Free Press, it's time to stand up for Trump and for America.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Maduro registers his bid for reelection.

From TCW Defending Freedom, virtue signaling doesn't help minorities and merely makes everybody else even more cranky.

From EuroNews, a new sleeper train goes from Brussels, Belgium to Prague, Czech Republic.

From Voice Of Europe, talks to form a new government for Bulgaria collapse as former E.U. commissioner Mariya Gabriel withdraws her bid to become prime minister.

From ReMix, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán explains why Ukrainian grain exports harm European farmers.

From Balkan Insight, a closed border crossing condemns an area in North Macedonia to decline.

From The North Africa Post, Algerian President Tebboune shortens his term without giving any explanation.

From The961, Lebanese olive oil wins two global awards.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan, Israeli blood is cheap to the U.N. Security Council.

From The Times Of Israel, the controversial "United Purim" parade in Jerusalem, Israel draws a lowered turnout after protests.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli security agency Shin Bet seizes Iranian weapons intended for terrorists residing in the West Bank, and Hamas admits firing mortars at IDF troops near the Al-Shifa hospital.

From YNetNews, the Lebanese media is surprise by the IDF re-entering the Al-Shifa hospital, which is the largest in Gaza.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi calls on the U.N. Security Council to end the war in Gaza.

From Egypt Today, the Egyptian Air Force continues to conduct airdrops of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the GirlsTech Project equips young female students digital skills and helps to empower them in STEM education.

From the Saudi Gazette, golf carts are made available to the elderly and people with special needs who wish to circumambulate the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

From Doha News, the Qatar Red Crescent Society supplies food for 234,000 Muslims in 18 countries for those who need food as they observe Ramadan.

From The New Arab, 101 Jordanians are arrested while allegedly attempting to "besiege" the Israeli embassy in Ammon, Jordan.

From RAIR Foundation USA, Austria bolsters its Easter security due to a high threat level from Islamic terrorism.

From The Jewish Chronicle, racist fans threaten to boycott the latest James Bond film if the title character is portrayed by a Jewish actor.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.N. is called to respond to sharia-linked violence against women.

From The Stream, rudderless Republican congresscritters funds the deep state and gets nothing in return.

From The Daily Signal, some U.S. Army retirees are urged to return to work due to manpower shortages.  (Wait a second, I just got a message from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau objecting to the term "manpower".  He wants me to instead say "peoplepower", with which my spellchecker has no problem.)

From The American Conservative, Biden's abuse of humanitarian parole is driving the migration crisis.

From The Western Journal, Vice President Harris accidentally tells the truth about the war in Gaza.

From BizPac Review, the Biden administration is already trying to bring "pride" flags back to U.S. diplomatic facilities.

From The Daily Wire, right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro shows how Biden has made the fentanyl crisis worse.

From the Daily Caller, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador blames the fentanyl crisis on the United States.  (I'd say that he's partly right, for reasons explained just above in TDW.  However, the drug cartels which smuggle fentanyl into the U.S. are based in Mexico, so AMLO and his country have to take part of the blame.)

From the New York Post, what is "iPhone finger"?

From Breitbart, actor Forrie J. Smith of the show Yellowstone is kicked off a plane for refusing to sit next to a passenger wearing a mask.

From Newsmax, Trump has some things to say about New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron after receiving the aforementioned break and reprieve.

And from The Babylon Bee, Boeing's board of directors forces CEO Dave Calhoun to resign after evidence surfaces indicating that he's a white male.

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Sunday Stories

On a sunny but cool Sunday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a Russian cruise missile on its way to Ukraine spends some time in Polish airspace.

From FrontpageMag, yes, Hamas terrorists hide behind babies.

From Townhall, terrorists are entering the U.S. thanks to President Biden's immigration policies.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a review of a book about the British Empire just after World War I.

From the Washington Examiner, according to former Speaker McCarthy (R-Cal), congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) motion to oust Speaker Johnson (R-LA) will fail.

From American Thinker, who are the winners in Biden's America?....and who are the losers?

From NewsBusters, the NBC show Meet the Press has a "meltdown" over NBC's hiring of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Steven Spielberg bombs the British.

From Snouts in the Trough, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak lies that "Britain is growing".

From Gatestone Institute, the pier for Gaza is really a gift to Hamas terrorists.

From The Stream, can a president promote national righteousness?

From The Daily Signal, according to former San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, victims of crime don't have constitutional rights.

From The American Conservative, there's no longer any "rules-based order".

From BizPac Review, an illegal alien points out everything he gets for free in New York City.

From the Daily Caller, a better thing for billionaires to do with their money than fighting climate change.

From the New York Post, South American "crime tourists" exploit the U.S. visa system and target rich people's homes.

From Breitbart, the teenage girl whose head was bashed into the pavement by another teenage girl is now stable and breathing on her own.

From Newsmax, according to U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski, ISIS is still a threat in Iraq.  (The article cites Reuters, to whom Ambassador Romanowski made her statement, but does not provide a link thereto.)

And from Fox Business, as a result of the recently passed $1.2 trillion spending package, pride flags will no longer be flown at U.S. embassies.  (How did anyone, presumably on the right, get that provision put into the bill?  The story comes via the New York Post.)

Saturday, March 23, 2024

Saturday Links

As the cool and cloudy weather continues on a Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Russian President Putin claims that the Ukrainian government is tied to the terror attack in Moscow, which a Ukrainian official denies.

From Townhall, according to a report, the illegal aliens who charged at National Guard troops may have been released into the U.S.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Chuck "Schumer's Folly" (D-NY) and the Democratic foreign policy delusions.

From the Washington Examiner, why Republican congresscritters keep resigning.

From American Thinker, why leftists are terrified of free speech.

From NewsBusters, cable TV host Bill Maher and Monty Python alumnus John Cleese trash The New York Times.

From TCW Defending Freedom, if you're in Ireland, have you gotten "The Message"?

From CNN, ISIS claims responsibility for the aforementioned attack in Moscow.

From RAIR Foundation USA, without authorization, Muslims convert Catholic buildings into Islamic places for worship in Monfalcone, Italy.

From The U.S. Sun, still more on the attack in Moscow.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration dances a jitterbug with the Iranian government.

From The Stream, a couple who owns nine McDonald's restaurants in Tennessee celebrates Easter with window art saying "He is risen".

From The American Conservative, getting General and President Dwight Eisenhower right.

From The Western Journal, 11 suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack in Moscow.

From BizPac Review, Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) rejects the claim that 30,000 Gazans have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas.

From the Daily Caller, President Biden is running out of time to bolster his poll numbers in certain battleground states.

From the New York Post, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) cancels a planned trip to the southern border, citing "safety concerns" in Mexico.

From Breitbart, the aforementioned President Putin promises retribution for the attack in Moscow.

From Newsmax, the U.K. royal family undergoes strain due to the cancer cases of King Charles III and Princess Kate.

And from Page Six, actress Shannen Doherty, who has breast cancer, praises Princess Kate's "strength" and slams her conspiracy theorists.

Friday, March 22, 2024

Friday Fuss

On a cool and cloudy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, get rid of President Biden's mandates for electric vehicles.

From FrontpageMag, the IDF finds luxury apartments in the Gazan city of Khan Yunis where Hamas bigwigs reside.

From TownhallFormer Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel finds a new gig at NBC.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the road to a Senate controlled by Republicans.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) files a motion to remove congresscritter Mike Johnson (R-LA) as the Speaker.

From The Federalist, why did the U.S. military remove the phrase "duty, honor, country" from its mission statement.

From American Thinker, debunking some "passionately held" but stupid myths about the 1994 crime bill.

From MRCTV, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy (D) "shrugs off" an alleged rape committed by an illegal alien migrant against a 15-year-old girl.

From NewsBusters, the media go Sergeant Schultz when it comes to hold the Bidens accountable.

From Canada Free Press, in woke America, another glass ceiling is shattered.

From TeleSUR, the Venezuelan congress approves a law for the defense of the region of Essequibo, which is actually in Guyana.

From TCW Defending Freedom, King's Cross railway station in London and its "Hadith of the Day".  (A hadith is a short record of a saying or action by the Islamic prophet Mohammed, the word translating to something like "report".  The plural is ahadith.  The ahadith are very numerous and have been compiled into collections such as Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bukhari.  This leads me to ask two questions.  First, will King's Cross station display the hadith in which Mohammed conducts an exchange of slaves?  Secondly, will any railway station in a Muslim-majority country display verses or other excerpts from the Bible or any other non-Muslim religious writings?  My answer to both is "don't worry, I won't hold my breath".)

From Snouts in the Trough, is your life story "really interesting"?

From EuroNews, according to polls, the "radical right" is now "unstoppable" in the E.U.'s six founding countries.  (The "radical right" are people who believe that there are only two biological genders, that countries should be governed by officials elected by their citizens rather than by international organizations, and that immigration should be controlled and limited by national governments.)

From Voice Of Europe, Germany and France agree on details for their new military cooperation.  (If you read German, read the story at Spiegel.)

From ReMix, France, Hungary and Poland form an "unlikely alliance" against Ukrainian grain imports.

From Balkan Insight, Croatia wants Bosnia and Herzegovina to strengthen its visa regulations in order to decrease the number of migrants and asylum seekers.

From Morocco World News, a joint Moroccan-Spanish security operation intercepts a helicopter being used to smuggle drugs.

From The North Africa Post, why diplomacy by Algeria is in decline.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish government slams statements from Israeli officials targeting President Erdoğan.

From Turkish Minute, the İstanbul Regional Court of Appeals in Turkey finds that bans imposed on a Woman's Day march in the city's neighborhood of Taksim in 2022 constituted a rights violation.

From Rûdaw, Iraq forms a judicial board for elections in the region of Kurdistan.

From Armenpress, a delegation led by Armenian National Assembly President Alen Simonyan arrives in Geneva, Switzerland.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, Armenia officially opens its embassy in Uruguay.

From Azərbaycan24, an Azerbaijani delegation led by Speaker of the Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova arrives in Geneva, Switzerland.  (The Milli Majlis is Azerbaijan's legislature.)

From Azer News, while in Geneva, Speaker Majlis meets with the aforementioned Alen Simonyan.

From The Syrian Observer, Irish peacekeepers withdraw from the Quneitra countryside and the Yarmouk Basin in Syria.

From North Press Agency, according to human rights activists, reports to the U.N. are crucial to document Turkish violations in Syria.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus's Ministry of the Interior outlines new criteria for acquiring Cypriot citizenship.

From The New Arab, Qatari soccer player Hassan Al-Haydos retires.

From The Times Of Israel, a Pakistani court sentences a woman to life imprisonment for burning a page from the Koran.

From Gatestone Institute, "inquisitions" and hatred of Jews in Canada.

From The Stream, the anarcho-tyranny in the U.S., and other items.

From The Daily Signal, the federal judiciary has new "guidelines" for assigning cases.

From The American Conservative, securing the border should be America's top priority.

From The Western Journal, a Republican congresscritter helps the Democrats one day before he leaves office.

From BizPac Review, 101 Republican congresscritters vote in favor of the omnibus bill, which fully funds Biden's open border policies.  (Can we give each one of them a Dalmatian?)

From The Daily Wire, gunmen open fire and kill "numerous" people at the Crocus City Hall, a music hall in Moscow, Russia.

From the Daily Caller, the U.K.'s Princess Kate reveals her cancer diagnosis.

From Breitbart, the aforementioned Speaker Johnson violated the Hastert Rule.

From Newsmax, the body of University of Missouri student Riley Strain is found in the Cumberland River near Nashville, Tennessee.

And from the New York Postgood Samaritans find a dog after she ran away from her vet's office.

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Thursday Tidbits

On a sunny but cool Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Hong Kong boosts its program of repression with a new security law.

From FrontpageMag, the West suffers from civilizational masochism.  (Some might call it "oikophobia".)

From Townhall, another state fights back against DEI.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a complaint against the University of Wisconsin alleges misconduct by its DEI czar.

From the Washington Examiner, Ridgely, Maryland suspends its entire police force.

From The Federalist, everything that Democratic Senators lied about during their hearing on abortion and in vitro fertilization.

From American Thinker, how many illegal aliens do the Democrats need in order to destroy this country?

From MRCTV, the left-wing media can't let go of former President Trump's out of context "bloodbath" remark.

From NewsBusters, according to a study, the media loved interviewing Trump's competitors in 2020, but not President Biden's rivals for 2024.

From Canada Free Press, the Nashville, Tennessee police department drop standards to satisfy an imaginary quota.  (The dirty little secret of affirmative action based on race or sex is the lowered standards for the preferred groups.)

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accepts the presidential nomination of an 11-party coalition known as the Simon Bolivar Great Patriotic Pole.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. undergoes an assault on free speech.

From EuroNews, the Irish government comes under fire for its treatment of illegal migrants asylum seekers.

From Voice Of Europe, according to a survey, three quarters of Germans do not trust the defense capabilities of the German military.  (If you read German, read the survey at Focus.)

From ReMix, Czech Conservative Party leader Jan Kubalcíc proposes requiring citizens to pass a knowledge test before being allowed to vote.  (I believe that similar tests were once required in the southern U.S.)

From the Greek Reporter, the top 10 monuments to see at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.  (I visited the Acropolis during my trip to Greece in 1999.)

From Ekathimerini, the collapse of a road in Athens reveals a tunnel used in a bank heist in 1992.

From the Greek City Times, Greece continues to be a prominent destination for asylum seekers.

From Balkan Insight, as negotiations to form a coalition government appear to reach a dead end, Bulgaria moves closer to having snap elections.

From the Sarajevo Times, it's time for the E.U. to start accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From Total Croatia News, alcohol consumption in Croatia continues to be a concern.

From The Slovenia Times, Slovenia declares Russian diplomat Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Lemeshev persona non grata.

From The Malta Independent, Project Green collects 30 tonnes of waste from four locations in Malta.

From Malta Today, according to the Council of Europe’s Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), Malta has implemented only 4 of its 23 recommendations.

From ANSA, according to judges in Palermo, Italy, alleged deals between the mafia and three-time former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi were never proven.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss canton of Newchâtel plans to introduce a fast-track for asylum.

From France24, the French Senate rejects a proposed free trade deal between the E.U. and Canada.

From RFI, according to the French education ministry, at least 30 schools in and around Paris have been sent threatening messages and videos showing beheadings.

From The Portugal News, the Ria Formosa navigation channels in the Portuguese region of Algarve will be dredged.

From The North Africa Post, at an event in New York City, the International Network of Liberal Women denounce the violations of women's rights in the Tindouf camps run by the group Polisario.

From The New Arab, according to the U.N., Sudan is experiencing one of the "worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory".

From Arise News, at least 21 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a bank in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

From Arutz Sheva, what does Islam have to say about what happened on October 7th?

From Gatestone Institute, Senator Chuck Schumer threatens Israel with sanctions if it does not allow Hamas to keep existing.

From The Stream, a Canadian acquitted of "hate speech" is forced to undergo a second trial.  (What is this "prohibition on double jeopardy" you speak of?)

From The Daily Signal, the more that the federal government borrows, the more that interest rates increase, and the more we pay for mortgages, credit cards, and student loans.

From The American Conservative, so far, Trump's coattails have been "yuge".

From The Western Journal, more on my former governor trying to become my next senator.

From BizPac Review, the platform Google changes its definition of "bloodbath".

From The Daily Wire, former White House press secretary Jen Psaki calls independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a "huge, huge problem" for Biden's chances of being reelected.  (President George Bush the Elder, who allegedly lost more votes to independent candidate Ross Perot than Democrat candidate Bill Clinton did in 1992, is unavailable for comment.)

From the Daily Caller, a group of Republican congresscritters demands transparency from Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra about thousands of lost unaccompanied migrant children.

From the New York Post, for a cool $60 million, you can have eye care mogul Massimo Musa's mansion in Delray Beach, Florida.

From Breitbart, London has become the most antisemitic capital city in the West.

From Newsmax, 78,000 more American government workers can get their student loans canceled.

And from SFGate, Oakland, California is drowning in abandoned vehicles.

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Wednesday Whatnot

On a mild and sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Biden administration imposes the strictest-ever standards for vehicle emissions in an effort to push the auto industry toward electric cars.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's fentanyl deal with China has not prevented deaths from overdose.

From Townhall, "15 days to slow the spread", we were told.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) teases about sending expected Haitian migrants to Martha's Vineyard.

From the Washington Examiner, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra admits that "over 300,000" unidentified migrant children have been allowed into the U.S. over the last three years.

From The Federalist, Biden has no problem with high gas prices because they restrict our use of energy.

From American Thinker, the war which has lasted for thousands of years.

From MRCTV, some important truths revealed by the case Murthy v. Missouri.

From NewsBusters, shows in CBS and NBC ignore the House hearing on the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

From Canada Free Press, someone finally gives Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau an ultimatum.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela rejects accusations made by an "international fact-finding mission".

From TCW Defending Freedom, the idea of replacing U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with his fellow parliamentcritter Penny Mordaunt deserves to be laughed at.

From EuroNews, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces his resignation.  (My spellchecker objects to his last name, but has no problem with "Taoiseach", as long as the initial "T" is capitalized.)

From Voice Of Europe, as shown by a study of its wastewater, Antwerp, Belgium retains its status as Europe's capital of she-don't-lie.

From ReMix, the "anti-immigration" party AfD appears to be polling as well as ever in Germany's eastern states, despite being attacked by both the government and the media.  (I put "anti-immigration" in quotes because such people are not necessarily against immigration per se, but are merely against illegal immigration and/or want immigration to be limited to a finite number of immigrants.)

From Daily News Hungary, pictures from the restored Boldogkő Castle in Hungary.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Startlap.  If you're wondering how the letter "ő" is pronounced, your guess is as good as mine.)

From Hungary Today, employees at a Mercedes factory in Kecskemét, Hungary welcome their new robot coworkers.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Világgazdaság.)

From About Hungary, the NATO innovation program DIANA is expanding its network to include new sites in Hungary.

From Russia Today, reports of a planned visit to Russia by Pope Francis have been greatly exaggerated.

From Sputnik International, what Russia can learn by studying a knocked out Abrams tank left in no man's land near Berdychi, Ukraine.

From The Moscow Times, observers describe the 2024 Russian presidential election.

From The Kyiv Independent, drones reportedly strike Russia's Engels airbase and other sites in the oblasts of Belgorod and Saratov.

From Romania-Insider, Romania's governing coalition chooses its candidate for mayor of the capital city of Bucharest.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Digi24.)

From Novinite, a grain corridor between Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine emerges as a global market hub.

From The Sofia Globe, the resumption of talks for a new Bulgarian government faces a question mark.

From Radio Bulgaria, the outgoing Bulgarian government grants two state-owned properties to the party We Continue the Change.

From Balkan Insight, a Greek journalist goes on trial for alleged defamation because of a book he wrote claiming that the Orthodox Church's Easter Holy Fire is not miraculous.  (What is this "freedom of the press" that you speak of?)

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. approves the sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Morocco.  (The alliance between the two countries is very old.)

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia plans to set up a $40 billion fund to invest in AI startups.  (When our future robot overlords arrive, we might have to blame thank the Saudis.)

From The Jerusalem Post, a U.N. mission set up in Iraq to investigate alleged crimes committed by ISIS is forced to shut down.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Pakistani family in Wächtersbach, Germany sets fire to their house to defraud an insurance company, and writes Nazi slogans on its walls to deflect blame.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From Gatestone Institute, is Israel being betrayed?

From The Stream, another way by which jihad is carried out.

From The Daily Signal, according to a survey, most voters support parents having a role when their child explores gender transition at school.

From The American Conservative, what is the Republican position these days about the Chinese-connected platform TikTok?

From The Western Journal, leftists are so convinced that former President Trump will win in November that they want to boot Justice Sonia Sotomayor off the Supreme Court.

From BizPac Review, Fox News host Jesse Watters warns of an upcoming "dark and dangerous" chapter with the "deep state" preparing for war.

From The Daily Wire, a Harvard University employee flips out after being caught ripping down posters showing Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

From the Daily Caller, Fulton County, Georgia Judge Scott McAfee allows Trump and his co-defendants to appeal his ruling which allowed District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on their case.

From the New York Post, a bus company agrees to stop taking illegal aliens migrants from Texas to New York City while courts consider a lawsuit by Mayor Eric Adams (D).

From Breitbart, Trump explains why female and minority voters are moving toward him and the Republican party.

From Newsmax, according to a poll, 50 percent of New Yorkers plan to leave the city during the next five years.

From Fox News, my former governor apparently has a good chance to become my newest Senator.

And from CheckYourFact, no, congresscritter Marjorie Taylor Greene did not hold up a sign saying "Honk if you want a bloodbath".