Today is Good Friday, when Christians solemnize the death of Jesus by crucifixion. This method of execution, commonly used by the Roman Empire, involved affixing the condemned to a tree or wooden structure, usually by nails, but sometimes also with ropes. The victim would die a slow and painful death, and serve as a warning to anyone else who might be tempted to get out of line. I have some thoughts related to Good Friday and crucifixion that I will write about later today. For the time being, here are some things in the news:
From Voice Of Europe, a student is suspended for telling the truth about migrant sex crimes in Sweden.
From Russia Today, the real Big Brother is not Facebook.
From Breitbart London, in Pompeii, Italy, anti-vehicle bollards do their job.
From BBC News, Israeli troops defend their border fence.
From Sputnik International, according to a German financial analyst, the Euro is doomed.
From Dutch News, the Dutch cabinet wants to send asylum seekers back to Belgium or Germany.
From the NL Times, a "special database" has stored the passwords of 3.3 million Dutch internet users.
From France24, Kurdistan Workers Party fighters kill six Turkish soldiers.
From the Metro, after Brexit, users of Netflix UK will not be able to access it outside of the U.K.
From Deutsche Welle, can the children of ISIS fighters return to Europe?
From FrontpageMag, the worst anti-Semitic hate this year in the United States was committed by a Muslim immigrant.
From Local 10 News, the widow of the Pulse nightclub terrorist has been acquitted of aiding his actions.
From Coconuts, in Malaysia, a female emcee was allegedly barred from speaking "for Islamic reasons".
From the Malay Mail Online, a member of the Malaysian parliament is under fire for using the phrase "if I were God".
From Egypt Today, Saudi Arabia's crown prince calls the Muslim Brotherhood "an incubator for all terrorists".
From National Review, "you can't repeal history".
From the New York Post, Russian ships might be spying undersea cables.
And from Eos, five weird things that scientists can use to study climatic history.
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