Links For Jackie Robinson's Centennial

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jackie Robinson, who broke the MLB color line when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.  Some other black Americans had played in the National League before 1900, but Robinson became the first in the major leagues in the 20th century.  As we mark Robinson's centennial, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, the "yellow vest" protest leader who was hit in the face with a police rubber bullet has been placed in an artificial coma.

From France24, anti-globalist activists protest at Google's office in Paris.

From RFI, France bans face coverings during protests.

From El País, Uber and Cabify decide to pull out of Madrid.

From Morocco World News, U.N. diplomats see hope for an end to the conflict in Western Sahara.

From ANSA, the Sea-Watch 3 docks in Catania, Sicily.

From Malta Today, a Maltese man arrives in Sicily, and gets arrested for carrying 231 kilos of cannabis.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia wades through the Brexit quagmire.

From Ekathimerini, a Greek prosecutor calls for a probe of fake academic degrees.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek parliament will note on FYROM's admission to NATO.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Turkish embassy in FYROM accuses the Skopje government of subsidizing a Gülen-linked newspaper.

From Russia Today, a new improved Tu-160M bomber will join the Russian air force in 2021.

From Sputnik International, over 90 percent of Kuril Islands inhabitants want the islands to stay Russian.

From Hungary Journal, Hungary's MEPs speak out.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's foreign minister and Romania's health minister discuss health risks related to illegal immigration.

From The Slovak Spectator, demanding security checks for judges is against the Slovak constitution.

From Radio Praha, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's stance on Huawei might bring him a meeting with U.S. President Trump.

From Radio Poland, the U.S. and Poland celebrate a centennial of diplomatic relations.

From Deutsche Welle, a German investor plans to move his sausage museum to the former Buchenwald concentration camp.

From the NL Times, an explosion, possibly from a grenade, closes a gymnasium in Amstelveen, Netherlands.

From the Dutch News, in Houston, Texas, U.S., Dutch people dance for their new F-35 fighter jet.

From VRT NWS, despite a possible no-deal Brexit, Belgium supplies the U.K. with electricity equivalent to one nuclear plant's output.

From CBC News, Canada's Supreme Court rules that even bankrupt companies must clean up old oil wells.

From Global News, Canadian drivers have to deal with some large four-legged road hazards.

From CTV News, prosecutors seek an eight-year sentence for a woman convicted of terrorism for attacking a tire store in east Toronto.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey is disappointed that Japan won't take in Turkish workers.

From Turkish Minute, the Turkish Constitution Court denies a request for the release of a prisoner, who was already dead.

From Rûdaw, Iraq will expand its Majnun oil field and survey other areas.

From Arutz Sheva, despite being supported by stars, the BDS movement has little appeal in the U.K.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel's army simulates an attack on gas rigs for a complex naval drill.

From The Jerusalem Post, many experts are skeptical about a recently-announced cure for cancer.

From YNetNews, after nine months of deadlock, Lebanon forms a government.

From the Egypt Independent, locusts attack Egypt.

From Dawn, Pakistan again successfully test-fires a Nasr missile.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Supreme Court made a courageous ruling in the Asia Bibi case.

From Gatestone Institute, "Belgium welcomes multiculturism".

From FrontpageMag, a Stanford student seems to have a selective appreciation of "provocative" speakers.

From National Review, a look at anti-Christian bigotry.

From The Federalist, "hot takes" from newspapers is why we can't have national discussions.

From American Thinker, the "near impregnable" three-tier structure of American society.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a PAC linked to Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) sends $250,000 to a George Soros campaign.

From the Washington Examiner, Pelosi suggests placing Normandy fencing on the border.  (If a wall won't work, as she claims, how would Normandy fencing do any better?)

From Twitchy, the pay equity Tweet from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gets "flattened".

From LifeZette, will President Trump pick Herman Cain to sit on the Federal Reserve?

From The Daily Caller, a lawsuit against the NFL over a blatant non-penalty is thrown out of court.

From the New York Post, an American doctor who survived Ebola is honored for his service in Liberia.

From Grunge, some not-very-well-known things about Tom Petty.

And from The Babylon Bee, Chik-Fil-A promises to use only born-again chickens.

Wednesday Whatnot

In the middle of a cold week, with occasional snow storms, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) would be the eliminator of your healthcare plan.

From Red State, Harris electrifies voters and undermines herself in 24 hours.

From Townhall, remember when a Canadian doctor told Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) about the biggest problem with socialized medicine?

From The Washington Free Beacon, Congressional Democrats face pressure from their constituents on border security.  (Hopefully, some Democratic congresscritters - and some from the GOP, too - will someday realize that border-jumping illegal aliens are not their constituents, but I'm not holding my breath.)

From the Washington Examiner, natural gas is doing more than renewables to decrease carbon dioxide emissions.

From The Federalist, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) implies that babies could be killed after birth.

From American Thinker, Catholic Church leaders are cowards.

From FrontpageMag, Austria is rocked by the murder of women by migrants.

From The Conservative Woman, hijabs mean oppression, not freedom.

From the Express, British politician Nigel Farage lets it rip.

From the Evening Standard, E.U. citizens in London are already affected by Brexit.

From The Sun, astronomers are baffled by the "empty trash bag" in earth orbit.  (via the New York Post)

From the (U.K.) Independent, a truce among the U.K. Tories falls apart as Prime Minister May is accused of a "stupid mistake".

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Varadkar tells May that her U-turn on the Irish backstop makes Ireland more determined.

From the Irish Examiner, could technology make the Irish backstop less troublesome?

From France24, police in France are "under fire" due to casualties inflicted on "yellow vest" protesters.

From RFI, "yellow vest" protests make French economic growth more uncertain.

From SwissInfo, children in Switzerland's canton of Zurich will get data protection lessons.

From ANSA, after six countries pledge to take migrants from the Sea-Watch 3, Interior Minister Salvini proclaims "mission accomplished".  (He might want to ask George Bush the Younger about that phrase.)

From the Malta Independent, Malta agrees to take some of those migrants.  (The article says that seven countries have offered to take the migrants, rather than six as stated by ANSA.)

From Malta Today, yet more on the Sea-Watch 3 story.

From El País, Spain sends as much wine as they can, to brace for a possible no-deal Brexit.

From NL Times, Dutch coalition parties find a compromise on the children's pardon.

From Dutch News, with some children being allowed to stay in the Netherlands, a church asylum designed to protect an Armenian family comes to an end.

From Deutsche Welle, German police arrest three refugees from Iraq for allegedly plotting a terror attack.

From Radio Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Mazowiecki urges the E.U. to try to avoid a hard Brexit.

From Radio Praha, Czech Senators sue President Zeman for alleged "gross violations of the Constitution".

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovaks donate over €95,000 to people in Syria.

From Russia Today, tractor fight!

From Sputnik International, Iraq's foreign minister thanks Russia for helping in the fight against ISIS.

From Hungary Journal, Hungary's defense minister calls migration "the biggest threat to the safety of Europeans".

From Daily News Hungary, a man who traveled on Hungarian trains 760 times without a ticket gets a year in jail.

From Hungary Today, photos from a drone of frozen Lake Balaton.

From About Hungary, according to Prime Minister Orban, there are no problems in Hungary's relations with the United States.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the government in Skopje decides to change its signs to reflect the country's new name.

From Ekathimerini, the director of the Acropolis Museum says that the British Museum does not legally own marble statues from the Parthenon.

From the Greek Reporter, during wind turbine installation Karystos, three ancient marble quarries are discovered.  (Karystos is on the island of Evia, which is also spelled "Euboea".)

From Hürriyet Daily News, southern European leaders agree to continue cooperating with Turkey.

From Turkish Minute, a court orders the reinstatement of a municipal worker fired for being gay.

From Rûdaw, a Yezidi woman and her two sons are rescued from ISIS.

From Arutz Sheva, a protest by Ethiopian Jews in Tel Aviv turns violent.

From The Jerusalem Post, Ethiopians block a highway.

From The Times Of Israel, U.S. aid to Palestinian security forces will be discontinued.

From Egypt Today, the Egyptian cabinet approves a bill to allow the execution of narcotics smugglers.

From Dawn, a Pakistani Senate committee approves a bill to raise the country's minimum age for marriage at 18 years.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology says that government subsidies on the Hajj is permissible.

From Pakistan Today, according to a U.S. report, terrorist safe havens in Pakistan are a threat to its neighbors.  (The article uses the euphemism "militant".  I don't.)

From the (Bangladeshi) Independent, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls for international support to force Myanmar to take back their Rohingya nationals.

From Gatestone Institute, grooming gangs in Finland.

From CBC News, the Canadian government sets up a team to watch out for election interference.

From CTV News, Canada reduces its embassy staff in Cuba after a 14th Canadian becomes ill.

From Fox News, bakers find themselves in hot water for getting political.

From CNS News, where are all the "human rights advocates" on the new New York abortion law?

From Accuracy in Media, on the new abortion laws, the media go Sergeant Schulz.

From NewsBusters, the New York-based El Diario pushes open borders propaganda.

From Breitbart, four men are convicted of smuggling a woman from Georgia into New York.  (Her Georgia is not the Georgia of Jimmy Carter or Newt Gingrich, but the Georgia of Ioseb Jughashvili, a.k.a. Joseph Stalin.)

From LifeZette, media and activists put targets on Houston policemen's backs, says their union leader.

From TechRadar, Internet Explorer 10 will terminate in January 2020.

From WPVI-TV, Gregory Hines gets his own postage stamp.

And from the New York Post, people in the Midwest make their own snow.

Tuesday Links

As the white stuff falls from the sky in my part of the world, here are some things going on:

From National Review, expecting immigrants to assimilate is not xenophobic, but the opposite of xenophobia.

From Townhall, yes, most Americans did get a tax cut from a law passed by the GOP-led Congress.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to former Starbucks CEO Howard Schulz, Americans must take "personal responsibility" for global warming.  (As I have been pointing out, China was producing twice as much carbon dioxide as the U.S. as of 2015.  This means that if increasing CO₂ emissions will lead to some kind of climatic disaster, and even if everyone in the U.S. does exactly what Schulz wants while China keeps doing what it's doing, the only result will be that the disaster will still happen, being brought on by Chinese, rather than American or western CO₂.)

From the Washington Examiner, beware the barrier deniers.

From American Thinker, yes, a wall would work.

From FrontpageMag, the wall is urgently needed.

From The Federalist, biblical literacy is important, which is why it should not be in public schools.

From CTV News, Pakistan's highest court has upheld its acquittal of Asia Bibi, who will soon join her daughters in Canada.  (The story comes via Spencer Fernando's eponymous blog.  Also see the article from Dawn below.)

From CBC News, the British Columbia government will investigate complaints by the Wet'suwet'en against a pipeline builder.

From Global News, according to Canada's foreign affairs minister, there is no apparent connection between the arrest of a Canadian man in Macau to other recent arrests.

From Voice Of Europe, the Swedish Migrant Agency's phones are hacked to answer with a vulgar greeting.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at SVT.)

From the Metro, Muslims urge Nike to recall shoes whose soles allegedly say "Allah".

From the Express, E.U. leader Donald Tusk celebrates the Remainer attempt to avoid a no-deal Brexit.

From BBC News, MPs reject a move to delay Brexit.

From the Evening Standard, Prime Minister May receives House of Commons backing to renegotiate her Brexit deal.

From the (U.K.) Independent, due to government action, blood donations in Dover and Folkestone will go on as previously scheduled.

From the (Irish) Independent, U.K. MPs votes to replace the Irish backstop with "alternative arrangements".

From France24, French jihadists held in Syria might be allowed to return to France.

From RFI, a French court will consider a ban on riot guns due to injuries suffered by "yellow vest" protesters.

From El País, the war between Uber and taxis in Spain.

From The Portugal News, Portugal wants to more than double its electricity production from renewables.

From Morocco World News, Morocco and Nigeria have completed a feasibility study for a proposed gas pipeline between the two countries.

From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini says that the kidnapping case against him should not be allowed to proceed.

From the Malta Independent, the European Court of Human Rights tells Italy to provide the migrants on board the Sea-Watch 3 with medical care and supplies.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia did not import meat from sick cows in Poland.

From Ekathimerini, according to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Turkey and Greece should respect each other and international law.

From the Greek Reporter, Tsipras and Trukish President Erdoğan will meet next week.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bosnian border police learn new technologies to detect forged documents.

From Novinite, Bulgaria will adopt the Euro at the start of 2022 at the earliest.

From Russia Today, Russia might allow the importation of cannabis for medical research.

From Sputnik International, Russian authorities allow a U.K. consular visit for accused spy Paul Whelan.

From Radio Poland, a film shows how Polish diplomats helped Jews during World War II.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto says that regarding migration as a given in dangerous for Europe.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarians are the largest group of migrant workers in Austria.  (Is Minister Szijjarto OK with those particular migrants?)

From Hungary Today, a Hungarian Catholic Mass is held for the Csango people in the Romanian region of Moldavia.

From Deutsche Welle, the German Federal Police caught about 38,000 illegal immigrants from January to November 2018.

From Dutch News, four coalition parties still don't agree about how to deal with child refugees.

From VRT NWS, things are starting to stink in Flanders.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a U.N. delegation on a mission to investigate the Khashoggi murder is denied entry into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

From Turkish Minute and the "so what else is new?" department, Turkish authorities order the detention of 51 policemen and 44 others over suspected Gülen links.

From Rûdaw, their territory has been reduced, but thousands of ISIS terrorists are still out there.

From Arutz Sheva, the chairman of the Israeli Resistance party says "we will never withdraw from the Golan".

From The Times Of Israel, Israel's National Planning Council proposes a cable car crossing over the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem.  (Under its Hebrew name Gehenna, this place has become a metaphor for Hell.)

From YNetNews, Gaza will receive its first-ever recycling plant, on the site of former Israeli settlements.

From the Egypt Independent, after receiving a presidential pardon, British tourist Laura Plummer leaves Egypt.

From Dawn, Pakistan's Supreme Court upholds Asia Bibi's acquittal.

From The Express Tribune, nine people are killed in a suicide attack on a police facility in Loralai, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, Afghani forces rescue 38 people from a Taliban prison.

From OpIndia, a man says that all India will burn if its Supreme Court grants a transfer of land.

From Behind The News, a 17-year-old Muslim is caught with a bomb in his bag at a crossing in Samaria.

From The Tundra Tabloids, in Finland, a man from Iraq is sentenced to 5.5 years in jail for an attempted honor killing against his wife.

From The Straits Times, the Christian former governor of Indonesia's Jakarta province is criticized for wanting to marry a Muslim woman.

From ABS CBN News, the person who left the bomb in the church in Jolo, Philippines was a woman and not a suicide bomber.

From LifeZette, according to actor Nick Searsy, Kernit Gosnell's actions would not have been crimes under the new abortion law in New York.

From LifeNews, according to Cardinal Dolan, excommunicating New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) won't accomplish much of anything.

From the New York Post, Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) warns against withdrawing U.S. troop from Syria and Afghanistan too quickly.

From CNS News, school choice is a way for parents to end socialism in America's schools.

And from WPVI-TV, would anyone like some guacamole?

"Why Trump Won" And Other Stories

I ran across this video put on YouTube by the user PragerU.  It also was discussed on Kel the Red Fox Blogger's BlogTalkRadio show.  The speaker is former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who explains the difference between people who can live anywhere and people who do not have this option.  You could even call them, respectively, the globalists and the nationalists.



You can also watch the video directly on YouTube.
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In other stories:

From CNS News, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) doesn't have much of a chance to primary President Trump, at least in New Hampshire.  (This gives me a chance to use the "Romney" label, which I used frequently during the 2012 presidential campaign, but not very often since then.)

From LifeZette, Catholics in New York express their anger at New York's new abortion law.

From National Review, the recent government shutdown shows us how irrelevant much of the federal government is to most people's lives.

From Townhall, get it through your thick skulls that they hate you.

From The Washington Free Beacon, "why Democratic socialists support totalitarian regimes".

From the Washington Examiner, some facts omitted by Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) in her recent speech in Oakland.

From The Federalist, why do Democrats smear Venezuela's interim president, when he's the type of person they normally adore?

From American Thinker, is it immoral to oppose a border wall?

From FrontpageMag, "exterminating whitey".

From Voice Of Europe, the African tradition of breast-ironing is on the rise in the U.K.

From the Express, what different areas within the U.K. think of a no-deal Brexit.

From the Evening Standard, Prime Minister May and Boris Johnson (figuratively) knock heads.

From the Independent, May hints that she may demand the removal of the Irish backstop.

From Global News, the U.S. will announce charges related to the Chinese company Huawei.

From CTV News, a Kingston, Ontario youth facing terrorism charges is scheduled to make an appearance in court.

From France24, a look at town hall meetings inspired by the "yellow vest" movement.

From RFI, are France's riot police getting too violent?

From VRT NWS, supermarket workers in Sint-Truiden, Belgium unpack bananas and find cocaine.

From the NL Times, about 100 young people attack police in Boxtel, Netherlands with fireworks, cans and food.

From Dutch News, the Dutch party D66 launches a plan for Brits and Dutchmen living in each other's country to obtain dual citizenship.  (Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau is allowed to use the term "Dutchpeople".)

From Deutsche Welle, Denmark starts building a border fence with Germany - to keep out pigs.

From Radio Poland, an exhibit opens in Brussels to honor Poles who helped liberate Belgium in World War II.  (In Ypres, Belgium on the Cloth Hall, there is a plaque which honors the Polish troops who helped take that city from the Germans, which is inscribed in Flemish, French and Polish.  Because I know a bit of the last two languages, I could pretty much make out what it says during my visit there in 2005.)

From The Slovak Spectator, beware the fake coin.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian official Zoltan Kovacs accuses pro-migration forces of "hijacking" E.U. institutions.

From Hungary Today, according to a spokesman for the Fidesz party, pro-migration countries should take in a Syrian convicted of terror offenses.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary gets quacking.

From About Hungary, Vodaphone will provide free technological training for female students.

From Russia Today, most polled Russians oppose giving four of the Kuril Islands to Japan.

From Sputnik International, investigators determine the cause of a fire on two tankers in the Kerch Strait.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, the deal to rename FYROM solves a big gridlock problem.

From Ekathimerini, in a "thinly disguised warning against Turkey", Greece promises to defend its territorial integrity.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece raises its minimum wage.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian and Serbian cultural ministers meet.

From ANSA, a delegation from the Democratic Party boards the migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3.  (This is the Italian Democratic Party, which does not include Hillary Clinton or Chuck Schumer.)

From El País, with no E.U. policy in sight, Spanish authorities review their own migration rules.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, four million Syrians will return to safe zones set up by Turkey.

From Turkish Minute, 11 more people are detained over alleged Gülen links.

From Rûdaw, according to the co-chair of the Syrian Democratic Council, Turkey's record on "safe" areas in Syria isn't very good.

From Arutz Sheva, the number of Jews living in Judea and Samaria has increased by just over 20 percent in five years.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is scheduled to talk to Russian diplomats tomorrow.

From The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu decides to evict international observers from Hebron, West Bank.

From Radio Farda, in Iran, there is "no end in sight" for child marriages.

From Dawn, Islamabad braces for trouble as Pakistan's supreme court prepares to hear a petition to overturn the acquittal of Asia Bibi.  (This site spells her first name "Aasia".)

From Khaama Press, Afghani President Ashraf Ghani urges the Taliban to talk directly with his government.

From Yeni Şafak, according to Turkey's top religious leader, a smoker can never become an imam.

From the Business Standard, a Malaysian company produces an Islam-compliant web browser.

From Fox News, a group of Border Patrol wives in Texas invite Speaker Pelosi to visit their town.  (via The Blaze)

From WPVI-TV, the Speaker finally invites the President to deliver the SOTU.

From the New York Post, how to celebrate the Year Of The Pig.  (Pass the bacon, please.)

And from The Babylon Bee, instead of the Super Bowl, CBS will broadcast a four-hour lecture on toxic masculinity.

Links For Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today is the 74th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps in the area of Oświęcim, Poland by the Soviet army.  Today's date has come to be a day of remembrance for all victims of the Holocaust.  In some related items:

From The Wichita Eagle, five things to know about today's about Holocaust Remembrance Day.

From USA Today, today's observance is marked amid renewed violence.

From Time, survivors of Auschwitz observe Holocaust Remembrance Day.

From Newser, amid today's observance, some "shocking" poll results.

And from Euronews, a memorial ceremony is held today at Auschwitz.
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In today's news:

From Voice Of Europe, police target a "yellow vest" protest leader with a rubber bullet.  (Reader discretion is advised.)

From France24, "red scarves" and "blue vests" counter-protest the "yellow vests".

From RFI, more on the "red scarves" counter-protest.

From the Sunday Express, Albanian drug lords easily return to the U.K. after being deported.

From BBC News, the U.K.'s health secretary says that social media companies should "purge" material that promotes suicide.

From the (U.K.) Independent, Prime Minister Theresa May's hopes for renegotiation are thwarted by Ireland's refusal to change its position on the backstop.

From the (Irish) Independent, according to a former Northern Ireland police chief, a hard border could be exploited by dissident republicans.

From the Irish Examiner, a no-deal Brexit could have some very stinky results for Northern Ireland.

From the South China Morning Post, a Canadian is arrested for fraud in Macau, China.  (via Global News)

From Global News, enhanced refugee vetting won't reduce homegrown terrorism.

From CBC News, why incels are a threat to Canada.

From the NL Times, a gas explosion destroys a building in The Hague.

From VRT NWS, tens of thousands of protesters march in Brussels, claiming that "they still haven't got it".  (Every once in a while, I like to suggest that such people need to make part of their protest in front of the Chinese embassy in their country.  This is because China, as of 2015 according to this data sheet, was emitting the most carbon dioxide of any country in the world, over twice that of the next highest emitter, the United States.  China's 10.64 million kilotons easily outdoes the U.S.'s 5.17 million KT and the E.U.'s combined 3.47 million KT, all rounded to the nearest 0.01 KT.  Belgium's output was a mere 97,001.75 KT.  Naturally, I must concede that these figures are a few years old.  If anyone knows anything more recent, please feel free to provide links in a comment.)

From Deutsche Welle, a majority of polled Germans approve of proposed speed limits for the Autobahn.

From Radio Poland, a Polish-American docudrama about Jews in Poland during World War II is screened worldwide.

From Radio Praha, a graphic novel about a real-life child abuse case wins the Czech Republic’s annual Muriel Award.

From Daily News Hungary, the newest political party in Hungary intends to protect "northern civilization".

From Russia Today, Russian troops parade in St. Petersburg to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the siege of Leningrad.

From Sputnik International, Moscow digs out from its heaviest snowstorm in 68 years.

From Novinite, Coca-Cola will open an office in Varna, Bulgaria.

From Ekathimerini, about 250 people protest against the FYROM name deal in Thessaloniki, Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, the history of the marble statues from the Parthenon currently held by the British Museum.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia is among the top five emerging destinations for U.S. travelers.  (I was there in 2007.)

From Morocco World News, over 80 Moroccan figures oppose Israel's demand for compensation for properties lost in 1948.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President al-Sisi and Sudanese President al-Bashir discuss a possible railway linking their two countries.

From Arutz Sheva, an Israeli teenager is attacked near Adei Ad, Samaria, and one of his attackers who was later killed was a convicted terrorist.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel recognizes the Venezuelan opposition government of self-declared interim president Guaido.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to former Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will likely be charged with bribery.

From YNetNews, Israel has an obscure Holocaust memorial on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

From Rûdaw, Kurdish Prime Minister Barzani tells the U.S. to stay around because ISIS is still a threat.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey strikes YPG targets in northern Syria.

From Turkish Minute, Kurdish protesters "storm" a Turkish military camp in Iraq.

From Radio Farda, no one has been chosen to succeed Iran's leader Ali Khameini, says another ayatollah.

From The Express Tribune, Asia Bibi's lawyer has returned to Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, according to Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, his country has "reset" its relations with the U.S.

From Al Arabiya, Hezbollah's leader brags about their tunnels.

From ABC News, at least 20 people are killed and 111 others wounded when two bombs explode during Sunday Mass at a cathedral in Jolo, Philippines.

From Gatestone Institute, persecution of Christians during November 2018.

From American Thinker, "the Democrats' stealth jihad".

From National Review, the indictment of Roger Stone raises questions of equality under the law.

From Townhall, a Venezuelan woman promises to build and paint President Trump's wall if he "knocks down Maduro".  (Painting the wall with inscriptions such as "Do not cross here.  Go to the port of entry and present your passport" might not be a bad idea.)

From the Washington Examiner, a professor at Duke University steps down over an email warning students against speaking Chinese.  (I'm pretty sure that anyone who speaks both Chinese and English could talk to half the world's population.)

From Twitchy, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) denounces President Trump's wall as she speaks behind multiple security fences.

From LifeZette, a look at Harris's presidential campaign platform.

From CNS News, an all-female CNN panel calls Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) "the ideal anti-Trump".

From CNN, Trump's rival is not ruling out running in 2020.  (I've come to believe that Hillary Clinton's desire to be president won't be gone until she's no longer vertical, and even then I'm not sure.  The story comes via the New York Post.)

From The Daily Caller, Cliven Bundy promises to "expose the rest of their dirt" if he is re-indicted.

From WPVI-TV, a Florida man drives to a Taco Bell with a grenade he found while fishing.

And from Breaking Burgh, Punxsutawney Phil transfers to Arizona.

Saturday Stuff

Here on a sunny but cool Saturday are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban accuses George Soros of "wanting to take over European institutions".

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, international organizations "are making a huge mistake" by encouraging migration.

From Radio Praha, a group of intellectuals warn against the rise of populism in Europe.

From Radio Poland, according to Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, the Pentagon will reports its assessment of a U.S. Army base in Poland by March.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany plans to stop using coal by the end of 2038.

From SwissInfo, some recent stories containing numbers.

From France24, the "yellow vest" protesters are back yet again.

From RFI, who are the "red scarves"?

From VRT NWS, about 30,000 people are expected to march for climate change tomorrow in Brussels.  (As I keep asking, will their route go anywhere near the Chinese embassy?)

From the Express, European politicians "plan to make sure" that the "remain" vote wins if there is a second Brexit referendum.

From BBC News, European leaders give Venezuelan President Maduro an ultimatum.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K.'s cabinet ministers are split over a no-deal Brexit.

From the (Irish) Independent, the E.U. offers to "revisit" the Irish backstop if the U.K. remains within its customs union.

From the Irish Examiner, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald calls for a "unity" referendum after the U.K. leaves the E.U.

From El País, after 13 days, rescuers reach the body of a two-year-old boy who had fallen down a borehole.

From the Malta Independent, the city of Syracuse offers to let the Sea-Watch 3 dock, but the government in Rome says otherwise.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian minister Oleg Butković visits the world's largest shipping company.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski, which name means "of the sea", in Croatian, Polish, and probably most other Slavic languages.)

From Ekathimerini, the British Museum rules out lending marble statues from the Parthenon to their country of origin.

From Novinite, with help from the IAEA and the FAO, Bulgaria stops the spread of a disease affecting livestock.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, "millions" of Syrians will be able to return home after a Turkish military operation.

From Rûdaw, the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church opens a residence in Erbil, Iraq.

From Arutz Sheva, the leader of Hezbollah promises more tunnels.

From The Times Of Israel, Qatar starts dispensing money to poor Gazans, without any help from Hamas.

From The Jerusalem Post, Jordan reportedly bans Israelis from Naharayim.

From YNetNews, life in Israel can be difficult for Ethiopian Jews.

From the Egypt Independent, the largest restoration project on King Tut's tomb has been completed.

From Egypt Today, Egypt starts flights from a new airport.

From The Express Tribune, in Qatar, the U.S. and the Taliban reportedly produce a "draft deal" end the conflict in Afghanistan.

From Khaama Press, Afghani authorities destroy two heroin labs in Nangarhar province.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran holds a British woman hostage.

From CBC News, Canada's ambassador to China turns in his resignation.

From Global News, Metrolinx tells its workers in "safety sensitive" jobs to avoid cannabis.  (Metrolinx is a government agency operating in Ontario's Golden Horseshoe region.)

From CTV News, how Canadian diplomacy helped Venezuela's opposition movement.

From National Review, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's "indefensible" morality.

From Townhall, The New York Times keeps on giving Stalinist propaganda.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown and Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) once had a thing going on.

From the Washington Examiner, a British newspaper apologizes to the First Lady for publishing an error-laden article about her.

From American Thinker, why President Trump went for a 21-day reprieve from the shutdown.

From the New York Post, a gunman kills five people in Louisiana.

From Fox News, Russia will deport more than 5,000 illegal aliens.

And from Variety, Dr. Ruth announces a new edition of a book she published in 1995.

Friday Fuss

I should note that Fuss is the German word for "foot", so in that language, you could call me Grossfuss, and in English accuse me of making a gross fuss, to which I would gladly plead guilty.  Today's gross fuss includes the following things going on:

From the Illinois Review, are New York and Illinois competing to "glorify" abortion?

From Gaia Fawkes, the elites in Davos, Switzerland discuss climate change after arriving in private jets.  (To paraphrase a line from a great Jewish man, before you pluck the SUV out of your neighbor's eye, pluck the private jet out of your own.)

From FrontpageMag, if you really believe in diversity, support the women's right to choose to not wear a hijab.  (When I looked up this site yesterday, my protection software gave me a warning about malware on the site.  Perhaps it was under some sort of attack, but today it appears to be safe.)

From National Review, the wealth tax proposal from Senator Warren (D-Mass) essentially amounts to "down with the kulaks".

From Townhall, a question that I'm largely inclined to answer in the negative.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Iran's detention of American hostages is not merely something from 40 years ago.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump agrees to a temporary deal to end the shutdown.

From The Federalist, why do Democrats oppose the judicial nomination of a gay person of color?

From American Thinker, the real reason that the APA is wrong about "toxic masculinity".  (The article contains some interesting history about the expectations imposed on men.)

From CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warns that fear-mongering over immigration will be a theme of his reelection campaign.

From Global News, Quebec's highest court rules that police seizure of a sexual assault suspect's coffee cup was justified.

From CTV News, a Canadian woman convicted of terrorism charges disagrees with the facts of her case.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland's Taoiseach warns that Irish troops may be placed at the border with the U.K. if there is a no-deal Brexit.

From the Express, a possible breakthrough on the Irish backstop is proposed by the Democratic Unionist Party.

From the Evening Standard, Her Majesty weighs in.

From BBC News, how many post-Brexit trade deals does the U.K. have?

From the Independent, on Burns Night, "how to address your haggis".  (Be sure to include the neeps and tatties.)

From France24, President Emmanuel Macron's ratings "creep up".

From RFI, according to France's president of its Commission of National Public Debate, the "Great National Debate" is "skewed".

From El País, the E.U. is "more united than ever".

From SwissInfo, what really goes on in Davos?

From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini says that he has told the Dutch to take charge of the ship Sea-Watch 3.

From the Malta Independent, the Sea-Watch 3 is just a mile from the coast of Sicily because of bad weather.

From Total Croatia News, Serbian President Vučić calls for better relations between his country and Croatia.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek parliament ratifies the agreement which will change the name of FYROM into "Republic of Northern Macedonia".

From the Greek Reporter, opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis wants Greece to oppose Northern Macedonia's admission into the E.U.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bosnia and Hercegovina will give migrant children free medical exams.

From Novinite, nearly 200 children are rescued from the heavily-snowed Kulinoto ski area near Razlog, Bulgaria.

From Russia Today, a look at Russia's military exoskeleton.

From Sputnik International, has Amelia Earhart's plane finally been found?

From Hungary Journal, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban calls the E.U. debate on Hungary a "campaign event".

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary is listed among the world's smartest countries.

From About Hungary, a Hungarian court sentences a human smuggler from Iraq to four years and four months in prison.

From Radio Praha, in Davos, Czech Prime Minister Babiš discusses business with Brazilian President Bolsonaro.

From Radio Poland, the Polish government signs a deal to buy Black Hawk helicopters.

From Deutsche Welle, politicians from the "far-right" AfD are barred from attending Holocaust memorial services at the Buchenwald concentration camp.

From the NL Times, over 250 companies are considering moving to the Netherlands after Brexit.

From Dutch News, the Dutch parliament considers a law making visiting terrorist-dominated areas illegal.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey never sides with coup-plotters.

From Rûdaw, Kurdish Prime Minister Barzani hopes that Christians will not leave Iraq and Kurdistan.

From Arutz Sheva, 10,000 Gazans riot near the border fence.

From The Times Of Israel, IDF soldiers fatally shoot a Palestinian teenager who was throwing rocks at vehicles.

From The Jerusalem Post, "the anti-Israel religion".

From YNetNews, there's a better way to help the people of Gaza.

From the Egypt Independent, French President Macron will visit Egypt.

From Egypt Today, an Egyptian lawmaker calls for a one-year prison term for "unstated polygamy".

From Dawn, why are people bothered by attractive female selfies?

From The Express Tribune, Asia Bibi's lawyer has decided to return to Pakistan, and Canada takes in Bibi's daughters.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's government introduces the e-visa for 175 countries.

From The Nation, at a Karachi city council meeting about the demolition of a mosque, a hockey game breaks out.

From Al Arabiya, two Iranian men are jailed for supporting women who don't wear the hijab.

From The Lid, when Ilhan Omar (now in Congress) asked for compassion for ISIS recruits.

From NewsBusters, journalists continue to look away from extremism from Democrats.

From Breitbart, according to Cardinal Joseph Zen, a deal between the Chinese government and the Vatican is causing "huge confusion".

From Accuracy In Media, congresscritter Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) calls out the media for not reporting GOP efforts to help federal workers during the shutdown.

From LifeZette, a conservative teenager in Atlanta raises $52,000 for pro-life causes.

From Twitchy, right-wing commentator Dan Bongino rips Senator Schumer (D-NY) and wants President Trump to pull the shutdown deal.

From the New York Post, nearly two percent of high school students identify as transgender.

From Fox News, a 4.1 billion year old rock brought from the moon in 1971 might have originally been from earth.  (This would give new meaning to the notion of "going home".)

And from The Babylon Bee, a guide to facial expressions and their meanings.