Bigfoot's Place: August 2018

From ABC News (where "A" stands for "Australian"), a Sri Lankan man in Australia is charged with terrorism offenses. (My spell checker doesn't like "Sri", but has no problem with "Lankan".)

From National Review, "to save the Rohingyas, go after Burma's generals".

From The Washington Free Beacon, how Trump benefits from the economy, and from his enemies.

From CNS News, it's OK to be male.

From The Daily Caller, Trump's "disapproval" ratings are the results of poor polling.

From Accuracy In Media, Facebook employees revolt against lack of political diversity.

From LifeZette, SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh receives the ABA's highest possible rating.

From The Washington Times, radioactive soil has been removed from Niagara Falls State Park.

From The Verge, the IFA has killed laptop bezels.

From WFTV, a couple in Florida sells drugs through a drive-through window. (via Fox News)

From WVVA, a TV meteorologist allegedly fractures a news anchor's skull.

And from The Babylon Bee, Starbucks introduces pumpkin spice shots, complete with syringe.

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Various And Sundry

A list of things going on, including the ordinary and the weird:

What's going on in South Africa?

No, Andrew Gillum (D-FL) is not the first black American to be nominated for governor.

Yes, Trump supporters vote on economy and jobs.

Facebook and Twitter officers will visit the House and the Senate.

Congresscritter Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) finds her spirit connection.

It's going to be hot in the U.K. and it's going to be cold.

London prepares for the battle of the balloons. (No balloon in England will ever be as cool as Pink Floyd's pig balloon, tied to the Battersea power station and photographed for the band's Animals album before it got loose.)

More women are drawn to the populist right.

Italy might leave the Sophia agreement if there's no deal with the E.U.

Post-bailout Greece will need "a greater sense of responsibility".

Greek authorities stop a U.S.-flagged yacht smuggling migrants. (Have I mentioned that migrants are being trafficked? If so, have I worn out the question?)

A man in Lingewaard, the Netherlands is arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack against Muslims.

Dutch citizens in Pakistan are warned to keep a low profile.

A Belgian man runs the Appalachian Trail in record time.

Serena Williams unveils her latest tennis outfit.

Iran's regime has connections in my state.

Iran's regime is appeased by Europeans.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's actions don't match her words.

Lots of Democrats have used the phrase "monkeying around".

Officials of the Obama and Trump administrations have been cleared of wrongdoing in response to the sonic attacks in Cuba.

And to finish, Virginia Tech's football team chooses their captains.

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Wednesday Links

Here in the middle of the week, I've noticed that Voice Of Europe has not Tweeted in six days. They had previously indicated that they would pretty much resume what they had been doing earlier, so I can't help but wonder if there's something going on between them and Twitter's head honchos. Fortunately, as I've indicated a while back, I've become familiar with some of VOE's sources, and will include links from them. But for the time being, starting with a few domestic stories, here are some things going on:

From Fox News, a judge dismisses all charges against three of the five defendants in the New Mexico Islamist compound case.

From The Federalist, here's what the media aren't showing us about the New Mexico Islamist compound.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to one Congressman, the arrest of two alleged Iranian spies is the "tip of the iceberg".

From Breitbart's Big Journalism, a CNN legal analyst blames violence by Antifa on black Americans. (From looking at their mugshots, shown among the article's pictures, Antifa is mostly white.)

From the Express, after a breakthrough on Brexit, the Pound "soars" against the Euro.

From the Independent, the E.U. says that it will offer the U.K. a Brexit deal unlike any offered to any other country.

From BBC News, British and French fishing boats fight over scallops.

From the National Post, a columnist wonders how the Canadian Liberals will blame the "NAFTA mess" on former Prime Minister Harper.

From the Global News, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is "optimistic" about current NAFTA talks with the U.S.

From France24, France and Germany prepare themselves for a no-deal Brexit.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany and the E.U. tell the U.K. not to cherry-pick on Brexit.

From ANSA, many of the migrants from the ship Diciotti claim to have been tortured and sold on the way to Italy.

From Total Croatia News, the Serbian minister of the interior tells Croatia not to discuss the border between Serbia and Kosovo.

From Sputnik International, video footage appears to show Saudi Arabia's first female car thief.

From the NL Times, the strike planned by security workers at Schiphol airport has been cancelled.

From Dutch News, one in five Syrian refugees are rejected by the Netherlands. (If you read Dutch, read the story at De Volkskrant.)

From the Greek Reporter, 16 people have died from the West Nile virus in Greece.

From Radio Poland, the new American ambassador arrives in Poland.

From FirstPost, India will observe the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks in Mumbai.

From YNetNews, U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn accuses Israel of putting words into the mouths of his fellow MPs. (I'd call this the latest version of "blame the Joooooos".)

From the Asia Times, the Muslim insurgency in Thailand "roars back to life". (via The Muslim Times)

From the Daily Mail, a Muslim extremist leader tells a former Muslim that leaving Islam has earned him the death penalty.

From Lex18, Spanish authorities arrest an Iranian man wanted for the murder of a German woman.

From FrontpageMag, Christians are in danger in Nigeria.

From National Review, Senator McCain's type of patriotism is an alternative for President Trump's nationalism.

From Townhall, "immigrants and disease".

From Breitbart Texas, a Mexican cartel boss offers money for a hit on a Breitbart Texas author, and is arrested days later.

From the New York Post, police in Denver arrest a boy for allegedly shooting another boy near a middle school.

From The Daily Caller, the president is creating "an impressive judicial legacy".

From CNS News, according to Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), we've relied on GDP statistics alone for too long.

From Page Six, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's campaign received a large donation from Harvey Weinstein's law firm six days before the investigation of his conduct was halted.

And from The Babylon Bee, Facebook unveils their new pre-crime division.

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Tuesday Links

Other than my purchase of a new Bigfootmobile, here are some things going on:

From the Express, the E.U. reportedly wants U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan to fail.

From the Independent, according to a U.N. report, both sides in the Yemen civil war may have committed war crimes.

From France24, the number of visitors to Paris reaches a record high.

From Deutsche Welle, a timeline of recent violence in Chemnitz, Germany.

From the National Post, the RCMP arrests a 16-year-old youth for allegedly shooting a German tourist.

From Global News, the new NAFTA deal between the U.S. and Mexico may affect Canadian duty-free limits.

From Ekathimerini, according to a local newspaper, Turkey is planning to build a naval base in northern Cyprus.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek Primier Alexis Tsipras reshuffles his cabinet.

From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini meets with Hungarian Premier Orban to discuss migrants.

From Radio Poland, in September, President Trump will welcome Polish President Duda to the White House. (This gives me an idea. Since Mrs. Trump speaks Slovenian and Serbo-Croatian, which are related to Polish, is there anything that she could teach the Donald which Mr. Duda would recognize?)

From Radio Praha, Czech trade unions want more time off.

From The Slovak Spectator, the Most-Híd party wants more rights for foreigners in Slovakia. (The Slovak word most and the Hungarian word híd both mean "bridge".)

From Russia Today, Russia has built up its presence in the Mediterranean near Syria.

From Sputnik International, the United States expands its Air Force base in Romania.

From the NL Times, a man in Naaldwijk, the Netherlands learns the hard way that when cops tells you to drop the knife, you should drop the knife.

From Dutch News, Schiphol Airport goes to court asking to have a strike by security staff declared illegal. (If you read Dutch, read the story at AD.)

From El País, French police send hundreds of migrants back into Spain.

From The Sun, an Afghan man is suspected of murdering a Syrian mother and daughter in England. (via FrontpageMag)

From the South China Morning Post, a sharia court in Malaysia delays the caning punishment of two lesbians for "technical reasons".

From The Washington Times, schoolchildren in Ohio pick who gets to go on a trip and who doesn't.

From National Review, how fifty years ago, the old Democratic Party died.

From FrontpageMag, "innocent lives matter".

From The Washington Free Beacon, after bashing tech companies, George Soros buys multi-million dollars worth of their stocks.

From LifeNews, let's approve a SCOTUS justice who knows that "abortion" does not appear in the Constitution.

From CBS News, the number of people who died in Puerto Rico from Hurricane Maria is far greater than previously thought. (via The Daily Caller)

From The Verge, Ford asks the government to partially exempt law enforcement vehicles from the minimum noise requirements for electric vehicles.

From The Hill, a proposal to rename an office building after Senator John McCain receives a backlash from his own party.

From the New York Post, a former Texas policeman has been found guilty of murder for shooting an unarmed black teenager.

From Newsweek, an Oklahoma policeman acquitted in the death of an unarmed black man holds a class on "surviving officer-involved shootings".

From Decider, bees swarm on a hot dog cart.

And from Breaking Burgh, Google denies Trump's allegations of bias and introduces a new logo.

Out With The Old, In With The New

I was tempted to entitle this post "The Bigfootmobile is dead, long live the Bigfootmobile", but that would be somewhat inaccurate. The old Bigfootmobile still runs, and has been donated to charity, so calling it "dead" would not be correct.

I bought the old Bigfootmobile, which has a 1998 model year, in 2000. Any current American citizen born when I bought the car will be eligible to vote in the upcoming elections. If someone drives the car next year, it will be able to legally (by human standards) consume the ethanol with which I had been fueling it as a component of its regular gasoline.

During the last few years, I had out it in the shop a number of times for various repairs and maintenance, thinking that in order for this work to be worth the money I was paying I would have to keep driving it for a while. About a month ago, however, I realized that I had reached the point where it would be better to cut my losses and get a new car, which I did earlier today. The latest problems with the old car were very disappointing, because it had recently pass emissions inspection, and carried me around Ohio on a road trip. My exhaust system was no longer muffling the engine, and then my brakes started acting up. I could still brake, but had to press the pedal farther down than normally. I added to brake fluid to its container above the engine, figuring that there was a leak, and a few days later, I noticed a small puddle of liquid hydrocarbons below and just in front of my right rear tire. As I looked at the exhaust system, I could not detect anything wrong with the muffler, but the front of the system had become disconnected from the engine's exhaust manifold, dangling below the car's body. Because of all that, I knew it was time to part ways with the vehicle.

More Monday Mania

As another manic Monday comes around, here are some things going on:

From Global News, as President Trump announces his plans to scrap NAFTA with a new agreement with Mexico, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland goes to Washington.

From the National Post, American home builders accuse Canadian lumber mills of running a "cartel".

From the Independent, French President Macron rejects U.K. Prime Minister May's plea for help.

From France24, Macron still wants a "special relationship" with the U.K. after Brexit.

From the Express, young British girls are being groomed to be married abroad.

From the Metro, a boatload of migrants lands on a Spanish beach.

From the Daily Mail, after landing on the beach, the migrants scaled nearby cliffs.

From The Guardian, in a U.N. report, Myanmar's military is accused of genocide against the Rohingya.

From BBC News, British police dismantle a criminal gang that was flying burglars in from Chile. (I guess that they were doing the jobs that British crooks wouldn't do.)

From the NL Times, a hand grenade explodes at a lounge in Eindhoven.

From Dutch News, the man wanted for the murder of an 11-year-old boy at a campsite years ago has been arrested in Spain. (This action is the equivalent of the recent arrest by ICE of a man wanted for murder in Mexico.)

From Deutsche Welle, a rising number of women in Germany are victims of FGM.

From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini says that an investigation against him for allegedly kidnapping the migrants from the ship Diciotti will "boomerang".

From El País, the family of the late dictator Francisco Franco promise to use "all legal avenues" to prevent his exhumation.

From Total Croatia News, a Croatian soccer player refuses to wear an LGBT rainbow, citing Christianity. (Although the situations are not strictly analogous, I'm reminded of a certain baker in Colorado. If you read Croatian, read the story at Goal.)

From The Slovak Spectator, Russian activists arrested while commemorating the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia have been released.

From Radio Poland, police remove protesters who had blocked an entrance to a National Judicial Council meeting.

From the Greek Reporter, after a 34-hour outage, power returns to the Greek island of Hydra. (Full disclosure: I visited Hydra when I was in Greece in 1999.)

From Russia Today, a court in Russia sentences activist-turned-politician Aleksey Navalny to 30 days of civil arrest for breaking a law about protests. (Is civil arrest anything like house arrest?)

From Sputnik International, new U.S. sanctions against Russia take effect today.

From Arutz Sheva, a plan to expand the egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall gets "backhanded" approval.

From Rûdaw, an Iraqi delegation reaches an "initial" coalition agreement with two Kurdish political parties.

From The Print, a Muslim Indian woman struggles against the practice of nikah halala.

From Business Insider, the Muslim world appears to be going Sgt. Schulz over Chinese repression of the Uighurs.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinian leaders insult U.S. leaders, but still demand U.S. aid money.

From FrontpageMag, a grandson of one of the Munich Olympics terrorist runs for Congress.

From National Review, a tribute to Senator John McCain, and a look back.

From Townhall, some facts about police shootings.

From LifeNews, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) defends forcing taxpayers to fund Planned ~~Avoidance Of~~ Parenthood.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a bipartisan group of lawmakers calls for more sanctions on Nicaragua.

From the New York Post, grape growers in Champagne, France have their best harvest in 10 years.

And from The Babylon Bee, Trump honors the fallen McRib.

Sunday, August 26, 2018

Sunday Stories

Starting with some unpleasant news, here are some things going on:

From CBS News, multiple people have been fatally shot in Jacksonville, Florida at a video game tournament.

From LifeZette, more on the Jacksonville shooting.

From Breitbart's Big Government, the Jacksonville shooting occurred in a mall which is a gun-free zone.

From the Sunday Express, two more people have been stabbed in one part of the city where knives are illegal.

From the Metro, another man is stabbed to death in another part of the city where knives are illegal.

From the Independent, women could be allowed to join the U.K. Royal Marines for the first time ever.

From the Mirror, why some U.K. princesses may wear a tiara, and others aren't allowed to.

From France24, the migrants aboard the Diciotti have been allowed to leave the ship.

From Deutsche Welle, a mannequin dressed to look like a refugee has been found hanging from a crane in Berlin.

From Radio Poland, Polish leaders pay tribute to Senator McCain.

From Russia Today, French fire on a car that was trying to hit one of them. (If you read French, read the story at Europe 1.)

From Sputnik International, a French left-wing politician calls for his country to remove "100 airmen" from near the Russian border.

From Ekathimerini, Greece leads the Eurozone countries in taxes-to-GDP ratio.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek hemp and cannabis are attracting investors.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan says that attacks against him are really against Turkey.

From Rûdaw, the prime minister of Iraq's Kurdistan region calls Senator McCain "a great defender of the Kurds".

From Dawn, a Pakistani political party will march towards Islamabad, Pakistan to protest cartoons being published in the Netherlands.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, Iran warns Saudi Arabia of consequences if they execute several human rights activists.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a migrant from Afghanistan stands trial for allegedly abusing and impregnating a German girl.

From Eurasia Review, the Iranian regime's terror machine is "on the move".

From the New York Post, thousands of people in Ireland protest against the Pope.

From National Review, some questions to ask SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

From Townhall, why Paul Manafort deserves your sympathy.

And from Bleacher Report, Hawaii defeats South Korea to win the Little League World Series.

Saturday, August 25, 2018

John McCain 1936-2018

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has died from brain cancer, after recently discontinuing treatment for the disease, at age 81. He had previously survived other cancers, including melanoma. Before entering politics, he had been a naval pilot who endured more than five years as a POW in Vietnam.

John Sidney McCain III was born at the Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the U.S. Panama Canal Zone, to John McCain Jr. and the former Roberta Wright. Both his father and his grandfather, John McCain Sr., were naval Admirals. Because his family moved around due to his father's military career, he attended about 20 schools. He graduated from a private boarding school in Alexandria, Virginia in 1954 and U.S. Naval Academy in 1958. He entered the Navy as an ensign and completed flight school in 1960. He was assigned to A-1 Skyraider squadrons aboard the USS Intrepid and USS Enterprise. He later flew A-4 Skyhawks based on the USS Forrestal. On July 29, 1967, his jet caught fire, after which a bomb exploded. The resulting fire killed 134 sailors and rendered the ship out of commission. In October of 1967, McCain's Skyhawk was shot down over Hanoi. He was taken to the prison camp known as the "Hanoi Hilton", where his captors at first would not treat his injuries. He was imprisoned, beaten and tortured, but eventually transferred to another prison and given some marginal medical care. He refused to allow the North Vietnamese to release him until everyone captured before him was released. He remained a POW until his released on March 14, 1973. After undergoing treatment for his injuries and attending the National War College, he served as a commander of a training squadron in Florida. He retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981 and moved to Arizona.

In 1982, McCain successfully ran for Congress and served in the House of Representatives for two terms. In 1986, he was elected to the Senate, where he served until his death. His most noted legislative achievement was the campaign finance reform act known as McCain - Feingold. In 2008, he was nominated to run for president by the Republican Party, losing to his fellow senator, Barrack Obama (D) of Illinois.

McCain was married twice, first to Carol Shepp, a model from Philadelphia who was injured in a car accident while he was in Vietnam, and later to Cindy Lou Hensley, a teacher from Phoenix and heir to a large beer distributorship. He adopted his first wife's two sons and also had a daughter with her. He and his second wife had three children together and adopted a girl from Bangladesh. McCain is survived by his wife, his ex-wife, his children, and his mother.

Read more at the New York Post, CNN, The Hill, Politico and AZ Central.

Saturday Stuff

It's another sunny weekend, and another slew of thing going on:

From The Washington Times, a NASCAR driver loses a sponsor because his father said the N-word before the driver was born.

From the National Post, Canadian Conservative leader Andrew Scheer explains himself. (It's about time I included a Canadian source.)

From the Express, according to a U.K. economist, Prime Minister Theresa May has three options.

From the Metro, in Ireland, Pope Francis is greeted by a sea of rainbow flags.

From The Guardian, as the Pope listens, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar calls for the Catholic church to no longer be at the center of society.

From BBC News, under a new plan, English women will be allowed to take an abortion pill at home.

From the Independent, in the U.K., plastic bags will soon cost you 10 pence instead of 5. (Where I live, stores charge 5 cents per plastic bag. Last year when I was in Antwerp, Belgium, I had to pay 5 Eurocents for a plastic bag. Although this bag tax is not universal, it appears on both side of the Atlantic.)

From the Daily Mail, residents of London's Notting Hill area barricade their homes to prepare for a festival.

From Deutsche Welle, a fire near Berlin appears to have been caused by arson.

From Radio Poland, the party currently governing Poland is easily out-polling its rivals.

From Radio Praha, the Czech Republic's president and prime minister meet to discuss appointing their new foreign minister.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian MPs keep missing their parliamentary sessions.

From Ekathimerini, the organs of a Greek-Egyptian man who died in China are used to save other patients.

From the Greek Reporter, Germany warns Greece to fulfill their post-bailout obligations.

From Russia Today, the Russian battle robot Uran-9 now includes flamethrowers.

From Sputnik International, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, the U.S., U.K. and France are training militants to carry out a chemical attack.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Russia has reportedly made proposals to Turkey about the Syrian province of Idlib.

From Breitbrart London, Germany's president calls his country "a nation of immigrants". (Germany has a president in addition to a chancellor, but the latter wields the real power.)

From Arutz Sheva, four Israeli activists claim to have been attacked by Jews wearing masks.

From Albawaba, a man kills himself at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

From the Vanguard, thousand of Nigerians attending the Hajj want to return home.

From American Thinker, a scientific look at Islamophobia.

From Gatestone Institute, will President Macron partition France?

From Townhall, more Americans should be concerned about the victims of illegal alien criminals.

From Fox News, a tourist bus crashes in Bulgaria, killing 15 passengers.

From Twitchy, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's Tweet against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh is a "multi-leveled fail".

From Fox 8, seven people have been arrested in connection with toppling of the Silent Sam statue. (via Fox News)

From the Washington Examiner, the DNC votes to limit the power of the party's superdelegates.

From The Verge, Infiniti brings out their new electric concept car.

And from People, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have made their lives a bit more ruff. (via Fox News)

Friday, August 24, 2018

Friday Links

As another weekend almost arrives, here are some things going on:

From the Express, German Chancellor Angela Merkel admits that there will be a battle against populism in the 2019 E.U. elections.

From the Independent, this summer's heat wave, along with an earlier cold spell, have produced an "incredible bounty" of fruit.

From the Mirror, a burglar who dodged prison by claiming to be a victim of the Grenfell fire sees his lie unravel.

From The Guardian, the Brexit Secretary admits that the October deadline for obtaining a deal could slip.

From BBC News, a woman from Birmingham, England is charged with attacking a three-year-old boy with acid.

From the Daily Mail, the owner of a South African game preserve promises to defend his property.

From France24, victims of abuse want actions not words from Pope Francis.

From El País, the Spanish government approves plans to make sure that Francisco Franco is still dead.

From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conti says that the E.U.'s decisions on the migrants on board the ship Diciotti will have "consequences".

From the NL Times, the Netherlands is reportedly not ready for gas shortages.

From Dutch News, the highest Dutch court rules that two children can be deported to Armenia.

From Deutsche Welle, firefighters battle a blaze near Berlin.

From Russia Today, Russia's central bank building catches fire.

From Sputnik International, new U.S. sanctions against Russia will forbid them from importing arms and dual-use goods.

From Ekathimerini, the authorities of several Aegean islands renew calls for the Greek government to relocate migrants.

From the Greek Reporter, 87 migrants in inflatable dinghies have been intercepted by Frontex near the island of Lesvos.

From VRT, Belgium will not take in any more illegal migrants from northern Africa.

From The Washington Times, a California charter school founded by Muslims has had its charter revoked.

From The Herald, in Nigeria, police abduct worshipers from a mosque and demand ransom.

From Yahoo News, in Malaysia, assailants beat a transgender woman with sticks.

From Arab News, a nurse working for Doctors Without Borders reportedly shot at Israeli troops on the Gaza border.

From CNN, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has discontinued his treatment for brain cancer.

From ABC News, President Trump asks Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to forego visiting North Korea.

From FrontpageMag, capitalism beats leftist and Islamic economies.

From National Review, a certain Rollings Stones song does not apply to elected officials. (Hooo hoooooo)

From Townhall, oh come on, non-citizen don't vote in U.S. elections, do they?

From The Washington Free Beacon, Trump has one problem with "FIRST STEP" legislation.

From LifeNews, the Canadian Conservative Party deletes its platform article against supporting legislation to regulate abortion.

From LifeZette, Vice President Pence mocks the Democrats for obstructionist tactics against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

From Fox News, as in an impending hurricane isn't enough, Maui is hit by a wildfire.

From Newsweek, after four years of marriage, a Chinese couple figures out how to have children.

And from Breaking Burgh, President Trump asks who this Michael Cohen guy is.

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Forty Things For Thursday

It looks like I may have outdone myself. If I have counted correctly, here are 40 things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, after a German doctor is allegedly murdered by a refugee, the state-sponsored news service goes Sgt. Schulz.

From The Local IT, investigators call for the remains of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa to be demolished. (via Voice Of Europe)

From Migration Watch UK, over 80 percent of U.K. population growth is due to migration. (via Voice Of Europe)

From the Express, former Brexit Secretary David Davis says that any Brexit scenario is better than staying in the E.U.

From the Metro, a no-deal Brexit could make online shopping more expensive.

From the Daily Mail, the economic consequences of a no-deal Brexit inspire a diversity of opinion.

From the Independent, women protest the detention of rights activists in Saudi Arabia, by driving near the Saudi embassy in London. (I realize that the concept of women driving cars is relatively new to the Saudis.)

From the Evening Standard, a British woman jailed in Iran gets a short reprieve.

From BBC News, an Ahmadi Muslim goes on the Hajj in secret.

From France24, Air France and British Airways halt flights to Tehran.

From VRT, Belgian police dismantle a migrant trafficking gang. (I vaguely recall that I have previously said something about migrants not merely migrating, but being trafficked.)

From the NL Times, Dutch police receive over 200 tips on the whereabouts of a suspect in a 1998 murder.

From the Dutch News, the mayor of Amsterdam wants to take action against radical imams.

From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends journalists who were prevented by police from covering a PEGIDA demonstration.

From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini calls the migrants on the ship Diciotti "illegal".

From El País, the Spanish government sends 116 migrants who jumped the fence at Ceuta back to Morocco.

From Ekathimerini, the West Nile virus has been spreading through Greece at "alarming levels".

From the Greek Reporter, an intact Minoan tomb has been found under an olive grove in Crete.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian police say that their country's security situation is "very good".

From the Hungary Journal, a Marionite patriarch explains how Hungary helps refugees return home. (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Hirlap.)

From Radio Poland, Polish investigators will examine the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Russia in 2010.

From Radio Praha, the drought in Europe is expected to decrease the hops crop in the Czech Republic. (This news is distressing, especially if you like beer.)

From The Slovak Spectator, a Slovak robot wins a special award at the robot Olympics. (The word "robot" is related Slavic words meaning "work", such as robota in Polish.)

From Russia Today, near the Foreign Ministry building in Moscow, a gunman makes his last mistake.

From Sputnik News, Russia invites the Afghani government and the Taliban to peace "consultations".

From Swarajya, a Hindu man who married a Muslim woman is murdered by her family. (via FirstPost)

From the Asean Economist, the sentence given a woman for complaining about mosque noise is four times as long as that given to rioters who destroyed 14 Buddhist temples. (I admit that I'm not familiar with the spelling "Asean".)

From The New York Times, getting all the world's Muslims to the Hajj would take 581 years.

From Premier Christian Radio, a church in Uganda closes after harassment by local Muslims.

From City Today, Muslims are safer in India than in Islamic countries, says a Saudi woman in Sweden.

From OnManorama, according to its leader, ISIS is facing a test from Allah.

From The Times Of India, a Muslim organization in India asks its members to cut cakes instead of animals.

From Gatestone Institute, multiculturalism in Britain in July, 2018.

From National Review, why crime committed by illegal aliens "can be particularly painful".

From Townhall, the coming November election will be about crime committed by illegal aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Trump plans to hold off on "FIRST STEP" legislation until after the election.

From FrontpageMag, a look at Keith Ellison's possible successor in Congress.

From the New York Post, a woman travelling from Los Angeles to New York is caught with a suitcase containing 1.5 million lethal doses of fentanyl.

From Yahoo News, you can now drive a Kalashnikov.

And from the Tennessean, Ed King of Strawberry Alarm Clock and Lynyrd Skynyrd, RIP. (via Fox News)

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Wednesday Links

As the middle of another week rolls around, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, a Hungarian security expert says that "western Europe is giving up its culture to Muslims". (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Hirlap.)

From the Express, one person is killed and several others wounded in a knife attack in Herve, Belgium.

From the Independent, a large-scale illegal gun factory is found in Hailsham, England.

From the Mirror, ten ways to save the planet while being lazy.

From the Evening Standard, firefighters battle a blaze at a major British oil refinery.

From The Telegraph, over 100 migrants force their way into Ceuta, Spain, some throwing battery acid or quicklime at police.

From the NL Times, trains in the Netherlands are running again.

From Dutch News, Maastricht police name a suspect in the 20-year-old murder of a boy at a Dutch campsite.

From VRT, "a score" of migrants are arrested at two bus stops in Kruibeke, Belgium.

From France24, residents of some suburbs north of Paris volunteer as guides to show "a different side" of these places.

From Deutsche Welle, German police detain a Russian man suspected of planning a terror attack.

From Russia Today, Russian President Putin blames U.S. sanctions on the "U.S. establishment".

From Sputnik International, Canada again criticizes Saudi Arabia on human rights, including a possible death sentence for a female activist.

From Ekathimerini, the Turkish Foreign Ministry accuses Greece of protecting terrorists.

From the Greek Reporter, Americans and Germans boost tourism in Greece.

From Radio Poland, Poland and New Zealand seek to boost their economic ties.

From The Slovak Spectator, the U.S. imposes sanctions on a Slovak company.

From ANSA, Italian prosecutors urge officials to allow underage migrants to leave the ship Diciotti.

From APB Live, the government of India changes a holiday based on when the moon is seen.

From the Niarobi Wire, during an Eid ul-Adha celebration in Kenya, residents scuffle over free meat, which is blamed in non-Muslims.

From the Times Of Assam, Muslims have more rights in Israel than in Saudi Arabia.

From Gatestone Institute, a look at Israel's recently-passed nation-state law.

From FrontpageMag, the attack on ICE by Democrats is succeeding.

From National Review, China has its own version of Jim Crow.

From Townhall, both sides should "join together to oppose out-of-control prosecutors". (The article includes the Russian word for "nothing", nichego, which is very similar the corresponding Polish word niczego.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, two Chinese men are charged with trafficking fentanyl. (My spellchecker rejects the word "fentanyl".)

From The Asian Age, a teacher in India gets his comeuppance after raping and impregnating a girl, and giving her abortion pills. (via LifeNews)

From Alabama News Network, the 11th Circuit blocks an Alabama law that would have banned dismemberment abortions. (via LifeNews)

From Fox News, the farm which hired the illegal alien accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts did not use E-Verify, according one of its co-owners.

From the Des Moines Register, the suspect's lawyer claims that his client is in the U.S. legally. (This story comes via Twitchy, who also refer to a Washington Post article stating that the suspect used a stolen ID to satisfy E-Verify. The facts in this case seem to be getting confused. Was he in the U.S. legally or illegally? Did he use a stolen ID to scam E-Verify, or was that program used at all?)

From the New York Post, police in Canada pull over "Batman" just to get a photo.

And from The Babylon Bee, PETA goes after King Darius the Mede. (This might be the only story at TBB that I've read which is actually set in Babylon.)