Thursday, January 11, 2018

Thursday Links

As temperatures get even warmer around here, which is a sign of global warming, er, climate change just as much as recent cold temperatures were, here are some various things going on:

From Fox Business, the store I sometimes call Sam's Asian Imports is giving its employees bonuses of up to $1,000.  (I used to call them Sam's Chinese Imports until I started noticing other Asian countries of origin on their products' tags.)

From Accuracy In Media, the media are still "cherry picking" stories to support their view on global warming, er, climate change.

From Breitbart's National Security, Julian Assange is now a citizen of Ecuador.  (If you read Spanish, you can also read the story at El Universo.)

From Sputnik International, on the other hand, the U.K. will not grant Assange diplomatic status.

From TechRadar, a robot teaches kids how to code.

From The Daily Caller, President Trump signs a bill to give the Border Patrol $9 million to combat the importation of fentanyl.

From Voice Of Europe, Malmö, Sweden has become so dangerous that even refugee want to leave.

From Breitbart London, an Italian party says, "Slaves of Europe?  No Thanks!"

From the Express, protesters in Bulgaria burn the E.U. flag.

From the NL Times, the Dutch government has stopped four terror attacks since 2011.

From The Local SE, according to his son, the man killed by a hand grenade in Sweden thought it was a toy.

From France24, Trump say that the U.S. might "conceivably" rejoin the Paris agreement.

From Deutsche Welle, seven southern E.U. countries promise to improve their migration policy.

From Philly(dot)com, the Trump administration allows states to require recipients of Medicaid to work.

From FrontpageMag, why the Democrats really oppose a border wall.

From National Review, Steve Martin's new play Meteor Shower is one of his best works ever.

From Variety, Patricia Hearst blasts two documentaries about her kidnapping.

From the Detroit Free Press, the 2018 Women's March won't feature last year's headgear.  (via The Washington Free Beacon and Townhall)

From the Daily Mail, comics legend Stan Lee is accused of sexual misconduct.

From WKRN, a Tennessee university cancels an event over the allegedly "anti-Muslim" views of one of its speakers.

From DNA, Hindus in Mithi, Pakistan face pressure to convert or leave.  (Yes, there are Hindus in Pakistan, just as there are Muslims in India.)

From the New York Post, 17 members of MS-13 are arrested in Long Island.

From Forbes, Jon Gruden is a "weird choice" to (again) coach the Raiders.

And from The Mercury News, some ugly, weird or offensive wine labels.

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