Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Tuesday Links

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



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 Thinkeryes, 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?

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