Links For The End Of April

As the end of April arrives, here are some things going on:

From Free West Media, according to Austria's deputy chancellor, replacement is real.

From Euractiv, E.U. citizens want jet fuel to be taxed.  (Soon enough, they'll wonder why airline tickets became more expensive.)

From SwissInfo, Switzerland's health commission calls for cannabis to be legalized.

From Deutsche Welle, the German government stays quiet as Julian Assange faces extradition to the U.S.

From the CPH Post, more refugees in Denmark are finding work.  (H/T Paul Sutliff, for mentioning this site on his BlogTalkRadio show.)

From Dutch News, more Brits move to the Netherlands as Brexit approaches.

From VRT NWS, Belgium's Aliens' Office intends to house families in a facility next to the country's largest airport.

From France24, France and Italy prepare to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death.

From RFI, May Day in Paris is expected to draw several marches and heavy security.

From The Guardian, an Arab LGBT advocacy group in Tunisia runs into sharia.

From the Express, former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair tries to predict the future.

From the Evening Standard, the Labour Party's leaders reject calls to commit the party to a second Brexit referendum.

From the Independent, Prime Minister Theresa May threatens to discontinue talking with Labour if no deal is reached within a week.

From the Irish Examiner, a memorial to Irish troops who died in Flanders Fields is inaugurated in Dublin.

From Global News, four things wrong with thinking about cannabis like we think about alcohol.

From El País, five Catalan separatists won seats in the recent elections, but are currently in jail.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan doctors protest in Rabat.

From ANSA, the Italian region of Liguria will stop funding hotels that housed migrants.

From Total Croatia News, Bosnia and Hercegovina wants to solve its border issues with Croatia and Serbia.

From Daily News Hungary, why do the Poles and the Hungarians get along so well?

From About Hungary, Hungary strengthens its relationship with Morocco.

From The Slovak Spectator, a tower in Poprad, Slovakia offers a view of the Tatra Mountains.

From Radio Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki calls on the E.U. to "return to its roots".

From Russia Today, Russian lawmakers seek to compile a list of U.S. officials who allegedly violated the rights of Maria Butina.

From The Moscow Times, Russia accuses the Venezuelan opposition of being violent.

From Novinite, Bulgaria will be able to import gas from Romania, starting next year.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, a border agreement between the E.U. and Albania takes effect tomorrow.

From Ekathimerini, the mayor of Kalamata, Greece concedes that the city could discontinue its dangerous flare throwing tradition.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek authorities arrest a terrorist in Evros.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turks will celebrate May Day in Istanbul's Taksim Square.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish appeals court acquits a teacher fired for alleged terrorist ties - three months after his death.

From Rûdaw, about 45,000 children in Iraq are reportedly being denied documentation because they were born under ISIS rule.

From Arutz Sheva, according to U.S. envoy Jason Greenblatt, Hamas and Islamic Jihad are the real danger to the Palestinians.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel deploys Iron Dome missile defense systems to prepare for its Independence Day and the Eurovision contest.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel will offer monetary grants to build hotels in West Bank settlements.

From YNetNews, according to the IDF, a rocket from Gaza which landed in the sea was launched by Islamic Jihad.

From Egypt Today, authorities seize a variety of items from an Arab passenger at Cairo International Airport.

From Radio Farda, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signs a bill declaring all U.S. forces in the Middle East to be terrorists.

From Dawn, the Indian army is mocked for claiming to find footprints left by my cousin.

From The Express Tribune, according to U.S. diplomat Alice Wells, there is "no evidence" that India is using Afghan soil against Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's National Assembly passes a bill against child marriage.

From Khaama Press, in two Afghan provinces, airstrikes send 17 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From the Daily Mirror, the archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka warns the U.K. about Islamic extremists.

From The Jakarta Post, Malaysian authorities destroy almost four tons of seized ivory.

From the Borneo Post, several people are "hauled up" for criticizing Malaysia's rulers.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkish President Erdoğan is "increasingly friendless".

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K. left can't handle the truth.

From The Federalist, why is collusion between congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Islamists acceptable?

From American Thinker, the real threats to press freedom aren't from Trump, but were from Obama and earlier presidents.

From CNS News, in March, 103,000 illegal aliens were caught at the border, the highest monthly total in 12 years.  (How many got through without being caught is another matter.)

From LifeZette, according to presidential candidate Bob O'Rourke (D), the earth has 10 years left.  (Congresscritter AOC gave our planet 12 years.  I guess we'll know who, if either, was right in 2029.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Trump cracks down on asylum abuse and streamlines the application process.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Clay Higgins (R-LA) asks a Catholic bishop about the wall around the Vatican.

From National Review, that former Vice President Joe Biden (D) is now considered a "moderate" reveals the leftward drift of the Democratic Party.

From Townhall, moderate or not, Biden is easily out-polling his fellow Democrats.  (The Dems should nominate a Biden/Sanders ticket.  Why let over 150 years experience go to waste?)

From FrontpageMag, could British activist Tommy Robinson become an MEP?  (If he does, the U.K. might become a dangerous place to visit, due to the exploding heads.)

From CNN, Japanese Emperor Akihito formally abdicates.

From Breitbart, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tries to tell Disney what to do with its profits from Avengers: Endgame.

From Accuracy in Media, the media let Sanders "distort his version of socialism".

From The Daily Caller, the media won't even ask Sanders about Venezuela's socialism.

From Reason, Venezuelan government armored vehicles slam into protesters.

From WPVI-TV, during a safety test run, test dummies fall off a roller coaster in New Jersey.

From Fox News, in Tennessee, two sixth graders are charged with conspiracy to shoot up their school.

From Scott Adams' Blog, the "fine people" hoax is a funnel.

From CheckYourFact, no, former congresscritter Michele Bachman did not recommend making Mexican food illegal.  (My inner glutton breathes a sigh of relief.)

From Twitchy, congresscritter Omar pals around with a real live terrorist.  (This terrorist is not of the above-mentioned Islamist variety.)

From NewsBusters, a reporter for The New York Times admits that the paper excludes climate "deniers".

From the New York Post, restrictions are placed on U.S. lobster fishing to protect an endangered species of whale.

And from The Babylon Bee, according to an update, we only have 12 seconds left before climate change destroys our planet.  (Oh well, it was nice knowing all youz out there.)

Monday Mania

First up is a YouTube video from the Heritage Foundation about immigration and the principles which should be followed when trying to legislate a solution.  At around 4:00, the speaker advises against "a comprehensive deal".  As I realized years ago, when a politician proposes anything which includes the word "comprehensive", be afraid, be very afraid.

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On to today's things going on:

From National Review, Democratic presidential candidate Bob O'Rourke is slammed for not quite supporting the Green New Deal.

From TownHall, the Poway, California synagogue shooter is not a Christian.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the share of American adults under incarceration reaches a 20-year low.

From the Washington Examiner, from either the left or the right, anti-Semitism is evil.

From The Federalist, the one thing anti-Semites have in common is a hatred of Israel.

From American Thinker, the 3.2 percent economic growth under President Trump outdoes Obama and Bush the Younger.

From CNS News, the rabbi of the Poway synagogue thanks Trump for offering "comfort and consolation".

From LifeZette, Cook County, Illinois State's Attorney Kim Foxx gets subpoenaed.

From FrontpageMag, the Christophobia following the Sri Lanka bombings.

From Snouts in the Trough, are government statistics racist?

From Free West Media, a French author is indicted for his "condoms for Africa" Tweet.

From EuroNews, U.K. police ask crime victims to hand over mobile phones and social media passwords.

From Euractiv, Europe's largest business lobby warms to French President Macron's carbon tariff idea.

From the Express, Brexit supporter Iain Duncan Smith outlines his solution.

From the Evening Standard, to protect birds, keep your cat indoors.  (My parents had a cat which could catch low-flying birds out of the air, so it might not be a bad idea.)

From the (U.K.) Independent, Scottish minister Nicola Sturgeon promises that Scotland "will lead by example" on climate change.  (If there's a Chinese consulate in Scotland, protesting in front of it might help just a bit.)

From the (Irish) Independent, taxi drivers in Dublin declare the city center "a warzone".  (Although my spellchecker rejects "warzone", I must use this word, instead of "war zone", to quote the article correctly.)

From the Irish Examiner, Irish civil rights activists call upon the government to repeal censorship legislation.

From CBC News, 2,000 Canadian military personnel assist volunteers dealing with floods in three provinces.

From Global News, Saskatchewan residents are expected to pay the most carbon dioxide tax out of four provinces, but could see the highest rebates.

From CTV News, according to B'nai Brith Canada, online hate is fueling a rise in anti-Semitism.

From Mexico News Daily, Mexico sends the U.S. a diplomatic note requesting faster movement of cross-border traffic.  (I think that this is the last MND article I can view this month.  Like I may have said earlier, if our border wasn't being crashed by numerous migrants from Central America, we'd have more Border Patrol agents available to man the ports of entry.)

From France24, architects advise French President Emmanuel Macron to exercise caution in rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral.

From RFI, French authorities arrest four people for allegedly planning an attack on security forces, including a minor who had tried to join ISIS.

From El País, now that the election results are in, how will Spain be governed?

From Reuters, Portugal's fuel truck drivers might stage another strike.  (The article was linked at The Portugal News.)

From Morocco World News, Oxfam calls Morocco "one of the most unequal countries in Africa".

From the Malta Independent, a Maltese citizen is arrested for fraud in New York.

From Malta Today, to prevent illegal dumping into Maltese sewers, 3,000 manholes will be sealed.

From ANSA, two members of a neo-Fascist gang are arrested for alleged rape.

From SwissInfo, when anarchists set off bombs in Geneva, Switzerland.

From Total Croatia News, the bear necessities come to the Pelješac peninsula.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Kosovar leaders outline their demands at the Berlin Summit talks.

From Ekathimerini, the colors of the Parthenon marbles.  (During my first trip to Greece in 1999, my tour group learned that Greek temples and their sculptures were not originally bare rock, but were painted various colors.)

From Novinite, 400 Bulgarians will be investigated for buying luxury items while not reporting any income.

From Russia Today, Russian students petition for the removal of a statue of Bolshevik revolutionary Felix Dzerzhinsky.  (Removing statues of historical figures isn't just for American leftists anymore.)

From Sputnik International, an order of chicken wings from a McDonald's in Beijing includes feathers.

From The Moscow Times, uncontaminated Russian crude oil still hasn't traveled as far as Belarus.

From the Hungary Journal, a Hungarian government spokesman slams the European Commission's figures on trust in the member states' judicial systems.

From Daily News Hungary, despite the rain, 10,000 Hungarians ride their bike in Budapest.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto accuses the U.N. of siding with terrorists.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, claims by The Guardian that Hungary is "starving" asylum seekers are not true.

From The Slovak Spectator, a Slovak court declines to dissolve the "far-right" People's Party.  (Due to the use of the term "far right" as a slur against people who want their country to be governed by its own elected legislators instead of international organizations such as the E.U., I choose to use quotes around this term.  This is not to say that this party isn't "far-right", but since its desired policies are not set forth in the article, I don't know whether the label is deserved.)

From Radio Praha, for the fifth day, the Czech Republic deals with the cutoff of Russia crude oil, due to contamination.

From Radio Poland, Polish drivers reportedly need to slow down.

From Deutsche Welle, the "climate emergency" trend catches on in German-speaking countries.  (Those countries have Chinese embassies and consulates, don't they?)

From the NL Times, it's another hand grenade.

From Dutch News, authorities in Amsterdam set up a task force to deal with grenades and other explosives.

From VRT NWS, 1 in every 9 Belgian children grow up in families in which no one works.  (American left-wing politicians will sometimes talk about "working families", but these might be called "non-working families".)

From Hürriyet Daily News, since the 2016 coup attempt, the Turkish military has dismissed 15,540 personnel.

From Turkish Minute, "unidentified masked men" push asylum seekers trying to enter Greece back across the Evros River into Turkey.

From Rûdaw, for the first time in five years, the leader of ISIS makes a video appearance.

From Arutz Sheva, according to a former Shin Bet officer, social media can be used to stop synagogue shootings.

From The Times Of Israel, Australia opens a trade and defense office in Jerusalem.

From The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority faces financial collapse.

From YNetNews, the Knesset, including 40 new members, gets ready to meet.

From Egypt Today, mummies and artifacts from a tomb near Aswan, Egypt are exhibited.

From Radio Farda, closing the Strait of Hormuz would be risky for Iran.

From Dawn, the Pakistani Senate passes a bill against child marriage.

From The Express Tribune, the U.S. and Pakistan see a "historic opportunity" to end the conflict in Afghanistan.

From Pakistan Today, Saudi Arabia will allow 16,000 more Pakistanis to attend the Hajj.

From Khaama Press, a Taliban sniper is sent to his virgins.

From the Hindustan Times, Indian authorities arrest an ISIS-linked suspect who was allegedly inspired by the Sri Lanka attacks.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's Human Rights Commission calls for the country's citizens to refrain from reprisals.

From Al Masdar News, the Libyan National Army claims to have evidence that Turkey is supporting ISIS, and the leader of ISIS is reportedly trapped in the Syrian desert.

From TeleSur, Libya's grand mufti urges Muslims to boycott the Hajj because of crimes committed by the Saudi government.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey is harsher on journalists than on ISIS members.

From CBS News, an Army veteran is arrested for allegedly plotting to detonate an IED.

From Billboard, the 50th anniversary celebration of Woodstock has been cancelled.  (via Yahoo Entertainment)

And from the New York Post, a college baseball player makes an amazing catch, even with the fence in the way.

Sunday Stuff

Here on the last Sunday of April, which is Easter for Eastern Christians, are some things going on:

From Free West Media, French politician Marine Le Pen sees a Europe "that cannot protect itself from migration".

From El País, Spaniards go to the polls today.

From EuroNews, Spain's Socialist Party has an upper hand in the Congress of Deputies, but no majority.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese researchers help discover a protein that might lead to new cancer treatments.

From France24, French women deal with sexual mistreatment on public transportation.

From RFI, the small village of Ferrette, France integrates migrants and refugees.

From the Express, E.U. Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier a "soft" Brexit breakthrough.

From the Evening Standard, pictures from the London Marathon.

From BBC News, one runner, dressed as Big Ben, has a difficult time crossing the finish line.

From the (U.K.) Independent, three airplanes are diverted from landing at Gatwick Airport due to a suspected drone sighting.

From the (Irish) Independent, policemen foil an attempted ATM robbery in Carlingford, Ireland.

From the Irish Examiner, the leader of Ireland's Fianna Fail party suggests a referendum on gay marriage for Northern Ireland.

From VRT NWS, when it comes to running, Antwerp, Belgium tells London to "hold my beer".  (I've visited Antwerp twice, both times walking.)

From Dutch News, the Netherlands is sending Yezidi asylum seekers back to camps in Iraq.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at Trouw.)

From Deutsche Welle, German conservatives start their European election campaign.

From SwissInfo, more asylum seekers in Switzerland are finding work.

From the Malta Independent, do cows really fart?

From Morocco World News, the Polisario Front uses tanks to disperse protesters.

From Ekathimerini, a lantern carrying a flame lit in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem arrives in Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, a look at the islet of Agios Nikolaos.

From Novinite, happy Easter from Bulgaria.

From Total Croatia News, stricter rules will be used for the commemoration of the victims of Bleiburg.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Večernji List, which name means "evening letter".)

From Daily News Hungary, the Budapest-Belgrade railway will be the fastest link between central and southeastern Europe.

From Radio Poland, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher warns against exchanging classified information.

From Sputnik International, the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is "unstoppable".

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish, U.S. and Qatari air forces hold a joint drill.

From Turkish Minute, 10 percent of Turkey's millionaires left the country in 2018.

From Rûdaw, human trafficking remains a huge problem in post-ISIS Iraq.

From Arutz Sheva, a girl shot in the Poway, synagogue attack had moved from Israel to get away from rocket attacks from Gaza.

From The Times Of Israel, according to Shin Bet, Hamas planned a suicide bombing to coincide with Israeli elections.

From The Jerusalem Post, a Finnish MP is criticized for comparing Israel to ISIS.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's Supreme Council for Media Regulation warns against improper ads during Ramadan.

From Radio Farda, Iran considers leaving the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.  (Were they even obeying it in the first place?)

From Dawn, Pakistan urges its citizens in Libya to avoid conflict areas.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistanis in the U.S. and the U.K. are the top dam contributors.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan releases 60 more fishermen from India.

From Khaama Press, five Taliban bomb-makers won't get to make any more bombs.

From The Hans India, a depression over the Bay of Bengal becomes a "severe cyclonic storm".

From the Daily Mirror, the elder brother of two of the Sri Lanka Easter bombers is arrested.

From CBC News, McDonald's restaurants in Quebec are menaced by a real life hamburglar.

From Global News, "several more days" of flooding are expected in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada.

From CTV News, police remove protesters from a pig farm in Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada.   (Considering that "pig" is a derogatory term for the police, I suppose there's kind of an irony here.)

From The Conservative Woman, "lost in Twitter space".

From National Review, Democrats want to impeach President Trump for being himself.

From Townhall and the "you can't make this stuff up" department, an interview with Border Patrol agents is interrupted by illegal aliens crossing the border.

From The Washington Free Beacon, even with its internal turmoil, the NRA is still potent.

From the Washington Examiner, a county in New Mexico goes NIMBY on illegal migrants.

From The Federalist, in 1998, then-Senator Joe Biden (D-Del) admitted that he thought that Anita Hill had lied.

From American Thinker, what to do about illegal immigration.

From CNS News, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) thinks that colleges are silencing faith-based student groups.

And from the New York Post, the wrong way to implement "hold my beer".

Saturday Links

Other than the weather being just about ideal for hiking, here are some things going on:

From 7 San Diego, one person is killed and three others injured in a shooting at a synagogue in Poway, California.

From WPVI-TV, retired Lt. Col. Oliver North will not accept a second term as president of the NRA.

From NewsBusters, to "bash" former Vice President Biden, The New York Times calls on Anita Hill.

From American Thinker, Biden repeats a whopper from his former boss.

From Twitchy, TNYT unleashes its inner anti-Semite.

From The Daily Caller, Virginia's NCAA champion basketball team declines to visit President Trump and the White House.

From Scott Adams' Blog, an update on the already-dead "fine people" hoax".

From the New York Post, the ban on Kate Smith could be taken much farther.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how the plight of the Palestinians is self-inflicted.

From the Washington Examiner, Pope Francis aids and abets illegal migration.

From Townhall, Trump allows lawsuits against companies that use property confiscated by the Cuban government.

From National Review, when it comes to needing repairs, Notre Dame Cathedral is not alone.

From Russia Today, according to Russian President Putin, the sentence given to gun activist Maria Butina is "a travesty of justice".  (Cry him a river.)

From Sputnik International, Russia starts to investigate the contamination of oil in the Drushba pipeline.

From The Moscow Times, according to Putin, Russia might offer fast-tracked passports to all Ukrainians.

From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, "East and West should work together".

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian students protest against a requirement to learn a foreign language in order to enter college.

From Hungary Today, an interview with the author of Orbanland.

From The Slovak Spectator, Bratislava will spend over €1.6 million on bike paths.

From Radio Poland, Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party holds a convention in Poznań.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany urges a quick end to the China-U.S. trade war.

From the NL Times, the Dutch celebrate King's Day with very few problems.

From VRT NWS, the main suspect in a diamond heist done six years ago is extradited to Belgium.

From France24, "yellow vest" protesters keep on protesting.

From RFI, there are fewer "yellow vest" protesters this time.

From the Daily Mail, astronomers claim to have found Snoopy.

From the Express, some Scottish Tory voters turn to the new Brexit Party.

From the Evening Standard, an Oxford University instructor is saying that it's aliens.

From the Independent, a Labour MP calls Trump "a threat to our world order" after he pulls out of the international Arms Trade Treaty.

From the Irish Examiner, two houses are fire-bombed in Drogheda, Ireland.

From CBC News, already-flooded New Brunswick could get even more rain.

From Global News, Canadian Conservative leader Andrew Scheer promises a climate action plan.

From Morocco World News, 16 sub-Saharan migrants are killed in an accident in northeastern Morocco.

From The Portugal News, Portugal will invest in a new air traffic control system.

From SwissInfo, according to Switzerland's foreign minister, relations with Brazil have not changed under new President Bolsonaro.

From the Malta Independent, the number of illegal migrants entering Spain has decreased due to cooperation with Morocco.

From Malta Today, the Maltese law students' society calls for a task force against human trafficking.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia supports Bornia's "European journey".

From Ekathimerini, thieves blow up an ATM in the Athens neighborhood of Thisio.  (Attacking ATMs is not just for Irish criminals anymore.)

From the Greek Reporter, in 2018, over 2,600 underage migrants sought asylum in Greece.

From Novinite, more Bulgarians are expected to live to 100.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey denies the alleged cancellation of a pact with Sudan, under which Ottoman-era artifacts on the island of Suakin are being restored.

From Turkish Minute, more Turks are getting convicted for insulting President Erdoğan.

From Rûdaw, according to Yezidi leaders, children born to Yezidi mothers raped by ISIS terrorists will not be accepted into the faith.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel will release two Syrian prisoners in exchange for the remains of an IDF soldier.

From The Times Of Israel, IDF troops shoot at three Palestinians trying to sabotage the border fence.

From The Jerusalem Post, why are some of Israel's MKs wearing fezes?  (According to the Doctor, "fezes are cool".)

From Egypt Today, Egyptian Copts celebrate Holy Saturday amid tight security.

From Radio Farda, accusations about Iranian leader Khamenei's wealth anger Iraqi Shiite clerics.

From the Qatar Tribune, the "Silk Road" initiative could help Qatar's economy.

From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan calls for the creation of a tourism corridor.

From The Express Tribune, the U.S. might deny visas to Pakistani officials.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan suspends its anti-polio-drive due to attacks on vaccination teams.

From Khaama Press, airstrikes and other operations send 30 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From the Hindustan Times, India advises its citizens to avoid "non-essential" travel to Sri Lanka.

From the Daily Mirror, at least 15 people are killed in an explosion and a gun battle in Kalmuai, Sri Lanka.

From The State, Muslim cabdrivers at the Philadelphia airport use a parking lot as a mosque.

From the Brisbane Times, due to a fatwa from Iranian clerics, the country's version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? has been cancelled.

From Winds of Jihad, Sri Lanka deploys security forces to protect mosques.

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. sanctions against Iran's leaders are working.

And from Fox News, I tawt I taw a putty tat, knocking on a door.

Friday Fuss

As the rain falls on the end of the workweek, here are some things going on:

From USA Today, some of Senator Elizabeth Warren's "free college" plans are rather expensive.  (via Twitchy)

From NPR, the Supreme Court of Kansas rules that the state's constitution protects a woman's right to an abortion.  (via The Daily Caller)

From Reason, a new film depicts Satanists as unlikely defenders of the First Amendment.  (Beatles fans will appreciate the director's name.)

From NewsBusters, polled voters call political corruption America's worst crisis.

From The Federalist, an interview with Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah).

From American Thinker, the economic "experts" get it wrong.  (During my first year in college, one professor defined an "expert" as "someone who is more than 25 miles from home and carrying briefcase", or words to that effect.)

From CNS News, the persecution against "Easter worshippers".

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Vice President Joe Biden's first presidential campaign interview.

From the Washington Examiner, while President Trump speaks at an NRA meeting, a cell phone appears to fly in his general direction.

From Townhall, Trump promises the NRA that he will oppose the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty.

From National Review, the Democrats play "intersectionality roulette".  (My spellchecker objects to "intersectionality".)

From FrontpageMag, why leftists don't want anyone to cry for Notre Dame.

From The Conservative Woman, I think, therefore I am.........in trouble.

From The Guardian, two suspects are arrested in a counter-terrorism operation in Melbourne, Australia.

From the Express, a German economist warns the U.K. to get away when Europe's economic "bomb explodes".

From the Evening Standard, U.K. Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to eat with U.S. President Trump.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a Ukip candidate defends his own use of racist speech.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Varadkar and U.K. Prime Minister May agree to start new talks concerning Northern Ireland.

From the Irish Examiner, some background on the Stormont powersharing crisis.

From CBC News, an airbnb for LGBTQ travelers calls for a boycott against hotels owned by the sultan of Brunei.

From Global News, Canada is getting more "100 year floods" due to climate change, or are they?

From CTV News, at Wilfred Laurier University, a woman tells Muslim women that their clothes don't make them look Canadian.

From Mexico News Daily, about 1,300 migrants escape from a detention center in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico.  (I have one more MND page this month.)

From El País, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is worried that the right and "far right" could join forces.

From France24, some key points of French President Macron's proposed reforms.

From RFI, are "yellow vest" protests still justified?

From VRT NWS, Belgium's Princess Elisabeth tries her hand at fighting fires.

From the NL Times, a Dutch court forbids Amsterdam enforcement officers from striking on King's Day.

From Dutch News, for King's day, bring your umbrella.

From Deutsche Welle, about one in ten E.U. voters support "far right" parties.

From SwissInfo, "zero-waste" shops are on the rise in Switzerland.

From ANSA, Italian President Sergio Mattarella proposes a law expanding the right to self defense.

From the Malta Independent, the Maltese government will change a law under which adopted children will receive Maltese citizenship.

From Morocco World News, a joint Spanish-Moroccan anti-terror operation nabs one in each country.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi meets with world leaders in Beijing.

From The Times Of Israel, the U.S. will donate $500,000 to help restore the tomb of the prophet Nahum.

From The Jerusalem Post, training for a day with Israeli-Arab soldiers.

From Rûdaw, according to one of its generals, the Peshmerga needs to reform in order to fight ISIS.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Brazil detains a FETÖ suspect wanted by Turkey.

From Turkish Minute, prosecutors in Istanbul order another 210 military personnel to be detained over suspected Gülen links.

From Ekathimerini, over 2,600 underage migrants sought asylum in Greece in 2018.

From the Greek Reporter, Greeks mark Holy Friday with processions in which the Epitaphios (Bier of Christ) is carried.  (For Eastern Christians, today is Holy Friday, the equivalent of Good Friday in the West.  This year, Easter for Eastern Christianity occurs a week after the Western Easter.)

From Novinite, Bulgarians travel for Easter weekend.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Albanian opposition protesters block roads.

From Total Croatia News, the status of the Serb minority impacts the European nature of Croatia.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto objects to Ukraine's new language law.

From Daily News Hungary, a flash flood early warning system will be installed on the Serbia-Hungary border.

From Hungary Today, more on the Ukrainian language law.

From About Hungary, E.U. elites spend over €1.5 billion using migrant credit cards.

From The Slovak Spectator, climate activists protest in Bratislava.  (Since Bratislava is Slovakia's capital, it would most likely contain China's embassy to Slovakia, assuming that the two countries have normal relations.)

From Radio Praha, European "far right" leaders rally in Prague, with "Czexit" supporter Tomio Okamura.

From Radio Poland, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak signs a deal to purchase four anti-submarine helicopters from Italy.

From Russia Today, a Russian gun rights activist is sentenced to time in an American prison.

From Sputnik International, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un lays a wreath at a memorial in Vladivostok, Russia.

From The Moscow Times, half of Russia's Orthodox Christians don't know why Easter is celebrated.

From Radio Farda, Iranian imams claim that the country doesn't need oil money, just believe in God and their supreme leader.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, Iranian Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi claims that Western freedom leads to "deviation and scandal".

From Dawn, more families in the Pakistani region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa refuse to have their children vaccinated against polio.

From Pakistan Today, two girls trafficked to the UAE are returned to Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, a Taliban commander is killed by Afghan forces in Zabul province.

From the Hindustan Times, according to Sri Lanka's prime minister, his country may seek Pakistan's help in tracing terrorists.  (via The Express Tribune)

From the Daily Mirror, one of the Sri Lanka church attackers was investigated by Australia in 2014.  (The Daily Mirror is the first Sri Lankan source that I've run across.)

From the Borneo Post, a bomb scare and a suspicious vehicle rattle Sri Lanka.

From Gatestone Institute, how Turkey's democracy went from bad to worse.

From the New York Post, in Brooklyn's Pig Beach, you can eat barbecued alligator.  (If you go swimming in the wrong swamp, the alligator eats you.)

From Fox News, the defense rests in the trial of a Minneapolis police officer who killed a woman as she approached his squad car.

From Channel News Asia, according to his lawyer, a American arrested in Myanmar for growing cannabis had received a permit to do so.

And from Asia One, a man in Hong Kong learns the hard way that he should not reveal spoilers.  (If you read Chinese, read the story at TVBS News.)

Thursday Things

Here on the last Thursday in April are some things going on:

From Russia Today, President Putin (RU) is ready to tell President Trump (USA) about his talks with leader Kim (NK).

From Sputnik International, Syriac Christians in Sweden expect a [bleep]ing civil war.  (via Voice Of Europe)

From The Moscow Times, according to Putin, security guarantees by the U.S. are unlikely to get Kim to denuclearize.

From the Hungary Journal, according to Prime Minister Orban, the Belt and Road Initiative is in line with Hungary's interests.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Secretary of State Miklos Soltész calls for Balkan nations to join forces.

From Hungary Today, what the ban on nighttime flights to and from Liszt Ferenc Airport will mean to the area and to small airlines.

From About Hungary, Hungary's bomb disposal unit receives new equipment.

From The Slovak Spectator, volunteers will help tourists find their way around Bratislava.

From Radio Praha, the Czech Republic's cultural history will be posted on the Internet.

From Radio Poland, Poland suspects crude oil imports from Russia.

From Deutsche Welle, Germans are becoming more hostile to migrants.

From the NL Times, four out of ten Dutch have no interest in King's Day.  (Two years ago, King's Day occurred during my visit to the Netherlands, so I wore my orange knit hat to observe King's Day.  If an American visitor can do that, surely so can the natives.)

From Dutch News, the Netherlands granted protected status to about 6,000 refugees last year.

From VRT NWS, an old cobblestone roadway is accidentally discovered in Asper, Gavere, Belgium.

From France24, French mayors urge the central government to do more for asylum seekers.

From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron promises tax cuts and a "return to public order".

From the Express, besides the U.K., two other countries could leave the E.U.

From the Evening Standard, Extinction Rebellion ends their protests in London with a "closing ceremony".  (Since China is the world's largest carbon dioxide emitter, was the "ceremony" anywhere near the Chinese embassy?)

From the Independent, only 1.7 percent of reported rapes in England and Wales are prosecuted.

From the Irish Examiner, take Irish border concerns seriously, warns a bombing victim.

From CBC News, the Canadian province of Ontario cancels a tree-planting program.

From Global News, Ontario's chamber of commerce asks the provincial government to abandon a plan to make gas stations display carbon tax stickers.  (Once again, I ask my neighbors to the north, could you please just say the word "dioxide"?)

From CTV News, this could be really bad dam news.

From Morocco World News, according to a study, Morocco has done a better job against terrorism than either Tunisia or Egypt.

From El País, born in Spain, lived all their lives in Spain, but may not vote.

From Total Croatia News, what steps can you take for sustainable tourism in Dubrovnik?

From Independent Balkan News Agency, U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Philip Kosnett warns against "selective justice".  (Considering the history of the U.S., another way to put it would be "don't make the same mistakes that we did".)

From Ekathimerini, Greece's Culture Ministry announces the discovery of an "exceptionally important" Bronze Age settlement.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek taxpayers are already delinquent to over €2 billion.

From Novinite, over 4,500 young Bulgarians live in a criminal environment.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Istanbul rolls out the carpet - of tulips.  (During my aforementioned trip to the Netherlands, my tour group was told that tulips do not originate there, but from western Asia.  The Netherlands got tulips from Austria Hungary, who got them from the Ottoman Empire, the predecessor of modern Turkey.)

From Turkish Minute, Erdoğan has been exiled from Turkey and is pessimistic about ever returning.  (This Erdoğan is not the country's president.)

From Rûdaw, women killed for honor are Kurdistan's forgotten victims.

From Arutz Sheva, a third Hezbollah tunnel into Israel has been found.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel tells its citizens to leave Sri Lanka.

From The Jerusalem Post, a convicted Palestinian terrorist has been a U.S. citizen since 2008.

From YNetNews, about 300 IDF paratroopers train on a U.S. base in Germany.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt extends its state of emergency for three months.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi celebrates Sinai Liberation Day.

From Radio Farda, in an opinion column, Iranian leader Khamenei shows weakness by bringing Iraqi Shiite militias into the country.

From Dawn, archaeologists discover a 2,200-year-old Indo-Greek workshop.

From The Express Tribune, according to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan will not intervene in Afghanistan's internal conflicts.

From Pakistan Today, female Pakistani lawmakers slam Khan's "misogynist remarks".

From Khaama Press, a terrorist in Kabul, Afghanistan experiences premature detonation.

From The Hans India, the hazards of growing crops can sometimes be very large.

From Gatestone Institute, is there free speech in Denmark?

From The Conservative Woman, left-wing contempt for Christians.

From Snouts in the Trough, will Notre Dame Cathedral undergo a conversion?

From CNN, former Senator and Vice President Biden announces his presidential campaign.

From National Review, a Massachusetts judge is charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly helping a man evade ICE.

From Townhall, Biden claims that President Trump is the "worst thing in his lifetime", but there's plenty of evidence to the contrary.

From FrontpageMag, Florida starts cracking down on sanctuary cities.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the NRA sues Los Angeles requiring contractors to indicate if they support the group.

From the Washington Examiner, a CNN editor claims that the "religious right" is "flummoxed" by South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg's sexuality, his evidence being one Tweet.

From The Federalist, the five times in which the Mueller investigation broke prosecutorial rules.

From American Thinker, why it's hypocritical to call out Notre Dame "truthers".

From CNS News, hundreds of people protest in front of the Turkish embassy to denounce Turkey's denial of the Armenian genocide.  (This shows that when I recommend that some people should protest in front of an embassy, such as China's for its carbon dioxide output, it's not far-fetched.)

From LifeZette, presidential candidate Biden will not get an endorsement from his former boss.

From Reason, Trump's son-in-law argues for merit-based immigration.

From Accuracy in Media, Harvard can't figure out why Americans don't trust the media.

From the New York Post, New York Mayor de Blasio (D) backs off on banning foreign flags in the city's parks.  (Isn't the U.N. building, which is surrounded by numerous foreign flags, in New York?)

And from The Babylon Bee, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) proposes to solve a problem created by big government with an one created by an even bigger government.