Sunday, December 24, 2017

Christmas Eve Links, But First A Song

I've driven down to Virginia, bought a few more presents, and found some time to blog.  But before I proceed to pass along some stories, here's some Christmas cheer, as in The Santa Claus Boogie by The Tractors.


Now then, here are some things going on:

From National Review, "a Christmastime reflection".

From Townhall, the Bundy mistrial shows why some people don't trust the federal government.

From The Hill, the DHS calls a series of shootings in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania an act of terror.

From ABC News, the shooter's ex-brother in law says that he was a "chicken".

From ZeroHedge, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley gets pranked by Russian comedians.

From Breitbart London, France deploys 97,000 security forces for Christmas.

From Sputnik International, an interview with Alternative for Germany's Frauke Petry.

From France24, the E.U. plans to take in 10,000 refugees from Libya, and for the first time in four years, Christians celebrate Christmas in Mosul, Iraq (via The Blaze).

From Deutsche Welle, Austria's new chancellor recommends backing safe areas for refugees with military power.

From WestMonster, merry Brexmas.

From the Sunday Express, fewer than half of polled Europeans "have a positive image" of the E.U.

From Gatestone Institute, how the west misunderstands Islam and Turkey.

From Rûdaw, Turkey is upset with President Trump's continuing aid to Syrian Kurds.  (via Assyrian International News Agency)

From the Independent, at least 10,000 people died in the Tianenmen massacre.  (via The Daily Caller)

From The Daily Caller, the truth about Kwanzaa and its creator.

From The Express Tribune, a local Santa Claus in Rawalpindi, Pakistan is now unemployed.

From Fox News, five reasons why all Americans will benefit from the tax cuts.

From the New York Post, doctors in Florida plan to remove a 10-pound tumor from a Cuban boy's face.

From Variety, The Last Jedi keeps keeps bringing in movie-goers' money.

And from Malay Mail Online, at a charity golf tournament in Jitra, Kedah, Malaysia, the prize for a hole-in-one eats grass and provides milk.  (via Golf)

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