Bigfoot's Place: More Travels And Some Stories

While travelling yesterday, I learned about the winter storm which left a bunch of snow in Virginia and Maryland, and was expected to leave a bit more snow, ending this past midnight. As I started out from my undisclosed location in North Carolina, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the rain and mist I had battled the previous day was no longer present. Along the way northward, the weather was mainly cloudy with occasional bits of sunshine. I first noticed snow on the ground near the southern outskirts of Richmond, Virginia. Thankfully, while the ground was covered with snow from there northward, the interstate was completely clear, and even the back roads were mostly clear, too.

Now that I'm back home, I can rest a bit, but first, here are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, President Emmanuel Macron writes a letter to the French public, stressing that they work together. (I've come to believe that when a politician, regardless of nationality or ideology, says to "work together", it really means "everyone do what I want to be done".)

From France24, Macron's letter is not well-received by his rivals or the "yellow vest" people.

From RFI, according to one analyst, Macron has only himself to blame.

From VRT, Moroccans fill vacancies in the Flemish IT industry.

From the NL Times, a "yellow vest" protester was killed by a truck in a hit-and-run incident.

From Dutch News, Dutch political parties clash over the government's plan to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

From Deutsche Welle, the German party CDU holds their first conference without Angela Merkel as their leader.

From Radio Poland, Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz has died from being stabbed yesterday.

From Radio Praha, a Czech man has been convicted of terrorism charges for causing two train crashes.

From Hungary Journal, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto wants cooperation with Belarus.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian opposition Socialist-Párbeszéd alliance takes their case against recent labor law changes to the country's highest court.

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian opposition party Jobbik calls on the government to not "sacrifice" workers on the "altar" of capitalism.

From About Hungary, how long have pro-migration forces in the E.U. been planning a migrant quota?

From Russia Today, Russia loses control over its Spektr-R scientific satellite, but it's still sending pictures.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the E.U. wants reforms, not snap elections.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek parliament will hold a confidence vote this Wednesday.

From Total Croatia News, six migrants from Albania have been arrested for assaulting police in Zagreb. (For those like to blame the migrant crisis on western attacks on their homelands, who has been attacking Albania?)

From the Malta Independent, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will not allow Malta to become the next Lampedusa.

From Malta Today, Muscat accuses NGOs of "advertising" their positions near Libyan waters, thus encouraging smugglers to send migrants out to sea.

From ANSA, fugitive left-wing terrorist Cesare Battisti is back in Italy.

From El País, "nobody helped" a Spanish woman who died in the bakery gas explosion in Paris.

From The Portugal News, bars and restaurants in Lisbon will be forbidden to serve drinks in single-use plastic cups, starting in 2020.

From the Express, former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson of a "deep state plot to kill Brexit".

From the Evening Standard, Brexiteers and Remainers have "bust-ups" outside the U.K. Parliament.

From the (U.K.) Independent, Prime Minister May makes her "last ditch plea".

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is trying to reduce his carbon footprint by eating less meat.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey sends tanks to their border with Syria.

From The Times Of Israel, the chief of the IDS admits that Israel sent weapons to Syrian rebels.

From The Jerusalem Post, Muslims protest against an Israeli policeman who wore a kippah at the Temple Mount.