Friday, November 9, 2018

Friday Links

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

From The Washington Free Beacon, in the newly-elected congress, few GOP supporters of the Gang-of-Eight remain.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump promises to send lawyers to Florida to "expose the fraud".

From National Review, when they lose, the Democrats bring out the standard lame excuse.

From Townhall, the "sordid and possibly criminal history" of the election supervisor of Broward County, Florida.

From FrontpageMag, a look at the siege of Tucker Carlson's house and other actions by ProFa.

From Voice Of Europe, Iceland's Christmas ad has been banned for being "too political", and the patriots who gave their lives in World War I did not fall so that another empire could invade.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban explains how his nation benefits from a strong family policy.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From Radio Praha, a former Imam in Prague has been arrested for allegedly promoting terrorism.

From Radio Poland, will Poland's Independence Day march bridge the country's political divide?

From Deutsche Welle, German politicians mark the anniversary of Kristallnacht.

From the NL Times, a group of pro-Zwarte Piet activists are sentenced to community service for blocking a highway.

From VRT NWS, the Belgian and U.K. prime ministers lay wreaths in Mons, Belgium.

From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron can't seem to find a French hero worthy of honor.

From the Huffington Post, the U.K. will not offer asylum to Asia Bibi.  (via The European Post)

From the Express, U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says that Brexit "can't be stopped".

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. Border Force, with help of the Dover Coast Guard, intercept seven Iranian migrants in the English Channel.

From the Daily Mail, a British prosecutor is "slammed" for refusing to use the term "Islamic terrorism".  (It seems that in some places, people can get in trouble for using that very phrase, as if it's wrong to connect Islam with terrorism.)

From BBC News, British MP Jo Johnson quits as transport minister over Brexit.

From SwissInfo, much ado about the re-moo-val of cow horns.

From El País, Spain has signed €48 million in irregular arms deals with Saudi Arabia.

From Total Croatia News, a report on the U.N. migration pact will be presented to the Croatian parliament.

From the Greek Reporter, Albania's Ministry of the Interior labels 52 Greeks to attended the funeral of an ethnic Greek killed by police as "undesirables".

From Ekathimerini, the Greek government seeks clarification as to why the 52 Greeks are given the "undesirables" label.

From Russia Today, 300 Russian police officers have been fired this year due to complaints from citizens.

From Hürriyet Daily News, police in the Turkish province of Sakarya seize a stash of amphetamine worth 2 million Turkish Liras.

From Arutz Sheva, a Kristallnacht vigil in London is disrupted by men shouting about killing Jews.  (H/T Gadi Adelman for the Tweet)

From News(dot)com(dot)au, a man in Melbourne, Australia stabs three people and is then killed by police.

From CBC News, suicide bombers kill at least 20 people at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia.

From Fox News, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) "has little margin for error" in trying to take back that position.

From CNS News and the "thanks for the warning" department, Pelosi says, "I will be center stage".

From LifeZette, TV host Joey Scarborough calls Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) a "conspiracy theorist" for demanding that Florida follow its own laws.

From Accuracy In Media, Rubio accuses the media in Florida of "misleading coverage".

From Twitchy, the Woolsey wildfire has destroyed Caitlyn Jenner's home, while other celebrities evacuate.

From The Federalist, "how religion sustains the West's democratic ideals".

From American Thinker, the policies which led to Kristallnacht.

And from Breaking Burgh, the Jim Acosta microphone incident may have involved a second intern.

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