Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Links For The End Of February

As the month comes to a close, here are some things going on (with some commentary from yours truly):

From WSB-TV, a teacher is taken into custody after firing a gun in a Georgia high school.

From CNN, Dick's Sporting Goods will no longer sell "assault style" rifles.  (I use the quotes because terms like "assault" and "assault style" aren't always precisely defined.)

From National Review, as a result of Dick's decision, some customers will boycott them.

From The Federalist, a writer buys his first gun, in response to CNN's town hall.



From the Express, French President Macron's popularity goes down, as France braces for a strike by railroad workers.

From Gatestone Institute, "why Turkey wants to invade the Greek islands".

From the International Business Times, France finally admits that the murder of an elderly Jewish woman was motivated by antisemitism.



From France24, Greece shuffles their cabinet, including replacing their migration minister.

From Russia Today, could the Italian election bring a "swing to the right" or "business as usual"?


From The Defense Post, according to Syrian Kurds, Turkey is using refugees as an excuse to attacks in Afrin.


From Deutsche Welle, Scotland and Wales announce that they will pass laws to protect their autonomy after Brexit.

From Flanders News, people from outside the E.U. will have less red tape to deal with when they apply for work in Belgium.

From the Evening Standard, London gets a snowstorm.  (As with what recently happened in Rome, this can be blamed on my SUV.)

From AhlulBayt News Agency, an "international advisor" to Iran's government claims that there are 80 countries involved in the Syrian civil war.  (This would mean that Syria is even more of a cluster[bleep] than I had previously thought.)

From BBC News, Blackburn, Lancashire has never elected an Asian woman to its council, despite its high Asian population.  (In the U.K., "Asian" is a code word for "Muslim".  By the way, have you counted all those 4,000 holes yet?)

From FrontpageMag and the "roll your eyes" department, "your computer is racist".

From Townhall, a new organization is dedicated to protecting the free speech rights of college students.

From the New York Post, churchgoers in Newfoundland, PA really cling to their guns and religion.

From The Baltimore Sun, a Maryland high school hosts STEM night.

And from Psychology Today, being different does not mean that you're weird.  (But I would hope that it helps.)

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