Sunday, January 20, 2019

Sunday Stuff

As I await tonight's lunar eclipse, here are some things going on down here on earth:

From National Review, the real reason why single payer is not a good idea.

From Townhall, what really happened when a Native American and a group of white high school kids in Washington, DC?

From Reason, how the media "wildly mischaracterized" the encounter.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Rudy Giuliani, President Trump told Michael Cohen to tell Congress the truth.

From American Thinker, Senator Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) "keep digging their hole".

From FrontpageMag, the media admits that the Women's March rallies had lower attendance this year.

From CBC News, the Canadian government wants to give civil servants medals.

From CTV News, why some Wet'suwet'en councils will allow a pipeline to be constructed through their territory.

From the Sunday Express, former UKIP leader Nigel Farage warns Prime Minister May that he will form a new Brexit party.

From the Evening Standard, a dinghy carrying eight suspected migrants is towed to Dover, England.  (When I visited Dover, I got there by train.)

From BBC News, a U.K. cabinet minister accuses pro-remain MPs of trying to "steal" Brexit.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a man is charged with illegally flying a drone near Heathrow Airport.

From the (Irish) Independent, four men are charged in connection with a car bomb explosion in Derry, Ireland.

From the Irish Examiner, video footage of the car bomb explosion.

From RFI, according to Japanese media, France is pushing for a merger between Renault and Nissan.

From Deutsche Welle, Iran denies using a German army translator as a spy.

From Malta Today, the NGO Alarm Phone claims that Libyan authorities ignored a migrant boat in distress.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's opposition claims that yesterday's demonstrations "made great progress".

From Radio Praha, the Czech Republic will postpone its tax reforms until 2021.

From Sputnik International, the Russian space corporation is ready to design a new super heavy rocket launcher.

From Novinite, Bulgaria charges six people with financing terrorist groups.

From Ekathimerini, a small leftist party in Greece votes to approve the FYROM name deal.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Syrian children have gotten used to Turkey.

From Rûdaw, why the Kurds in Syria should be given autonomy.

From Iraqi Newsthe foreign ministers of Iraq and Egypt meet in Beirut.

From The Times Of Israel, the remains of six Holocaust victims found in a British museum are buried in a Jewish cemetery.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority renounces all monetary aid from the United States.  (As an American taxpayer, I welcome this development.)

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt will relocate 51,000 government workers to the New Administrative Capital.

From The Straits Times, China has been able to reduce the amount of particulates in its air, but ground-level ozone has increased.

From The Times Of India, 31 Rohingyas have been stranded at the Bangla Desh-Myanmar border.

From ABC News, a University of Oklahoma is kicked out of her sorority for videoing a friend painting her face black.  (The friend's language did not help.  The story comes via the New York Post)

From Variety, Gillian Anderson will portray Margaret Thatcher in The Crown.

And from WPVI-TV, a frog finds a mate online.

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