Sunday, January 21, 2018

The Government Shutdown And Other Stories

One event that I could not overlook during my brief hiatus was the federal government shutdown which started Friday night.  It seems that one main sticking point was the Democrats demanding some continuance of DACA, under which certain illegal aliens have been allowed to stay in the United States.  I cannot think of any other instance, in any country in the world, in which elected legislators were so insistent on acting on behalf of people who technically should not even be in the country.  I would thus nominate the following as the Democrat party's new official song.  (I think I used this one in a Music Break post, but it's worth bringing back.)

For some punditry on the shutdown, go to National Review and FrontpageMag.
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Before I post some links from today, here's something from a few days ago.  As reported by American Thinker, there really are some [bleep]hole countries in the world.
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Here are some things going on out there today:

From Voice Of Europe, a Finnish presidential candidate sounds like President Trump.

From the Sunday Express, what's up for Nigel Farage?

From Fox News, the dangers Christian women face where Islamic extremists control.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek migration minister fears a renewed migrant crisis in the Greek islands.

From Russia Today, the last thing Syria needs is the Turkish operation in the Afrin region.

From Sputnik International, Europeans rally for the Kurds.

From the Daily Mail, an Afghan accused of sexual abuse in Germany flees to Sweden.

From Deutsche Welle, the German Social Democrats vote to start coalition talks with Angela Merkel's CDU.

From The Local FR, a man in France is charged with plotting a terror attack.

From The Daily Signal, three reasons for Trump to get rid of the solar tariffs.

From PoliZette, the FBI "failed to preserve" text messages from two members of Mueller's staff.

From Dunya News, there could be a shutdown in Punjab, Pakistan.

From The Sun Daily, a Malaysian cleric says that Muslims should vote for Muslims.  (If a priest or minister told Christians to vote only for Christian candidates, in how many microseconds would he be accused of hate and bigotry?)

From the New York Post, there were (gasp!) Russians attending some of Trump's inauguration events.

From Page Six, former Kinks and Argent bassist Jim Rodford dies at age 76.

And from The Oxford Eagle (in Oxford, Miss.), "weird weather is nothing new".

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