Saturday, February 23, 2019

Saturday Links

Here on the last Saturday of this month are some things going on:

From Voice Of Europe, could Euroskeptics bring about the collapse of the E.U. superstate?

From the Express, the Independent Group of U.K. MPs admit that they want to "run the country".

From the Evening Standard, three pro-E.U. MPs warn that they will delay Brexit to avoid the no-deal situation.

From the (U.K.) Independent, there is little desire among voters to support the Independent Group.

From the (Irish) Independent, why Irish citizens are urged to get rid of U.K. drivers licenses.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish politician Colum Eastwood, there's a "special place in hell" for those who call for a unity referendum without a plan.

From France24, neither France nor the U.K. have committed to replace the U.S. troops leaving Syria.

From RFI, "yellow vest" protesters have a picnic.

From VRT NWS, the Flemish party N-VA hold a congress on "energy and ecology" as anti-nuclear activists demonstrate.

From Swiss Info, a team of astronomers, including some from Geneva, find a "big sister for earth" just eight light-years away.

From Radio Poland, Poland's governing party announces their new programs.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén and the leaders of four ethnic Hungarian organizations sign a declaration on cooperation.  (DNH had been offline for a few days, their home page saying "coming soon", but they're back now.)

From the Malta Independent, Malta International Airport is closed for 30 minutes after a drone sighting.  (First England, then Ireland, and now Malta.  It might be time to ask "what's going on here?")

From Total Croatia News, one runner in the Split Half Marathon will be the president of Slovenia.

From Ekathimerini, the ventriloquists among Greece's politicians.

From the Greek Reporter, thousands of refugees in Greece are likely to be kicked out of their homes at the end of March.

From Novinite, Bulgarian and U.S. forces start a joint exercise at the Novo Selo Range.

From Sputnik International, NASA will work with Russia on the first unmanned test flight of the U.S. capsule Dragon.  (Would this qualify as "Russian collusion"?)

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey's defense minister warns the U.S. against leaving a power vacuum in Syria.

From Rûdaw, eleven Yazidi children have been rescued from ISIS and brought to the Iraqi border.

From Arutz Sheva, a judge in California rules that a boy born to a gay Israeli father and an egg donor is an American citizens.

From The Times Of Israel, a section of the Temple Mount closed to Palestinians in 2003 has been reopened.

From the Egypt Independent, a tower to be built in Egypt's New Administrative Capital will be the tallest in Africa.

From Radio Farda, food prices in Iran are heading toward hyperinflation.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, Iraqi troops find and dispose of four chemical grenades made by ISIS.  (According to critics of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein's government had no WMDs such as chemical weapons.  Where, then, did the chemicals used by ISIS come from?)

From Khaama Press, in Afghanistan's province of Uruzgan, a "top" Taliban commander is sent to his virgins.

From Global News, a British Columbia man gets seven years for attempting to smuggle ecstasy into the U.S.

From CTV News, as the U.S. plans to pull troops out of Syria, Canada tries to plan for its own forces still in Iraq.

From Reuters, two sisters from Saudi Arabia now trapped in Hong Kong recall beatings from their male family members.

From DesiBlitz, an American of Indian origin admits to masterminding an immigration fraud scheme.

From National Review, if working with Russia is "collusion", both parties are guilty of it.

From Townhall, on video, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Cal) tells supporters of the Green New Deal to "shove it".

From the Washington Examiner, don't fall for the lies from the SPLC.

From LifeZette, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) calls for reparations for the people with which she shares 1/1024 of her blood.

From The Federalist, what modern Christians can learn from Saint Polycarp.

From American Thinker, there's more to the story about sex trafficking in Florida than Robert Kraft.

From Fox News, speaking at the My Brother's Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, former President Obama sounds downright conservative.

From NewsBusters, the media's self-sabotage accelerates.

From The Daily Caller, Special Counsel Robert Mueller releases an 800-page sentencing memo against Paul Manafort.

And from Rolling Stone, due to a muscle disease, Peter Frampton realizes that his musical career will soon be over.  (via Fox News)

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