Links for One Two-Three

Today is January 23rd, which may be expressed as "1/23", or maybe even as "one two-three".  Here are some things that have been going on during 1 2-3:

From Politico, according to former VP Joe Biden, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) prevented President Obama from calling out the Russians.

From Bloomberg, Senator Charles Schumer takes the wall off the table.  (via The Daily Caller)

From RFI, three female French jihadis face death sentences in Iraq.

From the Daily Mail, airstrikes in Syria led by the U.S. send 150 ISIS fighters to meet Allah.

From the Express, a man in Belgium aims his knife at a policeman, and quickly becomes eligible for the Darwin Award.

From Defend Europa, six migrants assault two train conductors in Milan, Italy.  (If you read Italian, read the story at Il Giornale.

From Voice Of Europe,  a swimming pool in Bonn, Germany will have a special area for Muslim women.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany faces criticism over German tanks being used by Turkish forces invading Syria.

From The Brussels Times, the Belgian police have opened an investigation after the Interior Ministry's plans for dealing with migrants are leaked.

From the Republic Standard, U.K. police and media falsely accuse activist/journalist Tommy Robinson have having influenced the man on trial for running down Muslims near the Finsbury Park mosque in London.

From Sputnik International, an Afghan asylum-seeker goes on trial for allegedly killing a woman who converted from Islam to Christianity.

From The Local DE, a teenager who holds German and Kazakh citizenship is arrested for allegedly killing his German classmate.

From WestMonster, the AfD could soon become the second largest party in the Bundestag.

From Russia Today, the elites start gathering in Davos, Switzerland.

From the NL Times, an Amsterdam city councilman receives a death threat after discussing squatters.

From Newsweek, ISIS looted gold and jewelry to recruit fighters in the Philippines.

From the Kaplan Herald, a nascent #MeToo movement arises in Pakistan.

Form the Hürriyet Daily News, a Turkish academic still insists that Noah called his son on a cell phone.  (Again, I must ask.  Where were the antediluvian cell towers?)

From FrontpageMag, Vice President Pence speaks to the Knesset.

Back to Bloomberg, Pence says that the United States must play a "preeminent" role in Middle East peace talks.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, "one in three Americans can't eat without their phone".

From NME, 11 weird facts about the Teletubbies.  (For any Falwellians out there, the alleged homosexuality of Tinky Winky is not included.)

From Space(dot)com, winds blow the wrong way on a "hot Jupiter".

And from WYFF, yo quiero Taco Bell - in the boss's face.