Friday, December 28, 2018

Friday Fuss And Fun

It's the last Friday of 2018, with its own set of things going on.  The first two stories, both from Israel, were Tweeted by Gadi Adelman, so he gets the H/T.  Starting with those, here are today's stories:

From Arutz Sheva, what if the Six-Day War had not taken place?

From YNetNews, a balloon bomb lands in a kindergarten yard in Israel near the Gaza border.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu arrives in Brazil, where he will meet with President-elect Bolsonaro.

From the Egypt Independent, three Jewish cemeteries in Alexandria will be protected under Egyptian antiquities law.

From Al Jazeera, a roadside bomb kills two Vietnamese tourists near the Giza pyramids.

From Rûdaw, the Syrian army enters Manbij.

From Hürriyet Daily News, tourist visits to Turkey during the first 11 months of 2018 have increased by 22 percent over 2017.

From Turkish Minute, 15 military officers are arrested after communicating via pay phone.

From Ekathimerini, a man is arrested near Thessaloniki, Greece for allegedly transporting illegal irregular migrants.

From the Greek Reporter, the issue of FYROM"s name will be a major factor in Greek politics in 2019.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, this year has seen a record high number of mafia-related murders in Serbia.

From Total Croatia News, the U.S. Congress approves Israel selling F-16s to Croatia.

From the Malta Independent, the Sea-Watch 3 receives a distress call from another ship carrying migrants.

From Malta Today, NGOs call on Malta to accept migrants.

From ANSA, 9.8 million tourists are expected to celebrate the New Year in Italy.

From El País, the ship Open Arms arrives in Spain with 311 migrants.

From France24, "yellow vest" activists plan to protest tomorrow and on New Year's Eve.

From the Express, U.K. Home Secretary Sajid Javid admits that the migrant crisis is "out of control".

From the Evening Standard, 12 migrants from Syria and Iran are rescued from the English Channel.  (The reason given for all these people for migrating is that their countries are torn by war.  While this is certainly true for Syria, what war is currently being fought in Iran?)

From BBC News, will next year be one of rising knife crime?

From the Independent, the Royal Mail apologizes for issuing a stamp commemorating D-Day with a photo of U.S. troops landing in Indonesia.  (There has to be a bad joke similar to the Germans bombing Pearl Harbor in there somewhere.)

From VRT NWS, although Belgium has been on the Euro for 17 years, some people are still acquiring Euros for Belgian Francs.

From the NL Times, for the third time in a week, an ATM is bombed in Amsterdam.

From Dutch News, the Netherlands asks for help finding a port where the Sea-Watch 3 may dock.

From Deutsche Welle, a German who tried to join ISIS is charged in the death of a five-year-old girl she held as a slave.

From Radio Poland, two Czech foundations raise money for the families of the 12 Poles killed at a coal mine in Karvina, Czech Republic.

From the Slovak Spectator, according to a poll, these were the ten most momentous events of 2018.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian State Secretary Bence Retvari calls mass immigration "dangerous".

From Daily New Hungary, a Hungarian court sentences five members of a Slovak gang to several years in prison for multiple burglaries.

From Hungary Today, pictures of Transylvania from hundreds of years ago.

From About Hungary, Hungary has a goal of increasing the number of marriages and children.

From Russia Today, vandals in Saint Petersburg, Russia make Christmas trees look like klansmen.

From Dawn, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff ratifies the death sentences given to 22 terrorists.

From The Jakarta Post, in Vietnam, six men are arrested for killing and eating an endangered monkey.

From Citizen Digital, a former al-Shabaab spokesman is running for office in Somalia.

From CBC News, a "Canadian detained in China has returned home".

From Global News, waiter, there's a rat in my soup.

From FrontpageMag, their person of the year.

From National Review, Democrats hate the border wall because President Trump loves it.

From Townhall, the mayor of Oakland has no regrets about warning illegal aliens about ICE.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former (and possibly future) Speaker Pelosi finds a comfortable place to spend time during the shutdown.

From the Washington Examiner, Ohio legislators override Governor John Kasich's veto of a self-defense gun use bill.

From The Federalist, America's biggest rival isn't Russia, but China.

From AP News, Latino support for the Republicans remains steady, even with Trump's talk on immigration.  (Perhaps some people realize that being against illegal immigrants is not the same thing as being bigoted toward Hispanics.  The story comes via American Thinker.)

From LifeZette, the illegal alien wanted for the murder of Police Corporal Ronil Singh has been apprehended.

From CNS News, for the third straight year, a town on Long Island offers a gun exchange for toy guns.

From the New York Post, NYPD officers couldn't hide their shock at an explosion occurring at a power substation.

And from The Babylon Bee, the Grinch arrives to steal Christmas decorations, but finds that he's too late.

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