Saturday Stuff

On a warm Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the makers of Mary Magdalene might have made a casting mistake.

From Townhall, National Security Advisor John Bolton honors the Bay Of Pigs fighters.

From the Washington Examiner, according to a former aide to George Bush the Younger, the failure to stop Russian interference lies with Obama.  (Let's drag not one, but two former presidents into this controversy.)

From American Thinker, what President Trump is really guilty of.

From CNS News, Spartacus criticizes the Donald.

From BizPac Review, Trump's press secretary's father responds to shots from Senator Romney (RINO-UT).

From LifeZette, most Democrats are weary of the "I" word, but Senator Fake Cherokee isn't.

From CBC News, meet one of Canada's youngest legal cannabis suppliers.

From Global News, high prices and supply problems help Canada's illicit cannabis market.  (This would show that legalizing drugs will not get rid of the problems inherent with illegal drugs.)

From CTV News, organizers of a "Weed Day" protest find that "new freedoms bring great bureaucracy".

From The Conservative Woman, the case of the U.K. ISIS bride is not about human rights.

From Snouts in the Trough, lies, lies and more lies, not from figures but from people.

From the Express, some Tories are "furious" with Prime Minister May after Nigel Farage's Brexit Party surges in European election polls.

From BBC News, (a dog named) Jesus is saved (from a lake).

From the Evening Standard, the latest numbers on Extinction Rebellion are 750 arrested and 28 charged.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the surge in child refugees in Calais, France trying to enter the U.K. is causing border conditions to reach the "breaking point".

From the (Irish) Independent, two teenagers are arrested in connection with the shooting death of journalist Lyra McKee.

From the Irish Examiner, a "new breed of terrorist" could be emerging in Northern Ireland.

From France24, Marine Le Pen's party National Rally tries to go green.

From RFI, police use tear gas and detain 180 people in Paris, as President Macron's ratings reach their lowest point ever.

From VRT NWS, a Belgian artist wants to design a new spire for Notre Dame Cathedral.

From Deutsche Welle, how Dinslaken Germany became an ISIS recruiting ground.

From Radio Poland, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sends Easter greetings to his people.

From Radio Praha, a look at Easter in Moravia.  (For some time, I've noticed the resemblance of the Polish Prime Minister's last name to "Moravia", which is the name of a region in the Czech Republic.  Similarly, the RP article quotes an ethnographer named Jana Poláková, her name derived from Polák, which means "Pole", with the suffix -ová, appended to indicate a female person.)

From The Slovak Spectator, Easter in Slovakia's Tatra Mountains.

From Daily News Hungary, some Hungarian women who deserve to be portrayed Forint notes.

From Hungary Today, "Easter customs and foods in Hungary".

From Sputnik International, military vehicles parade their way into Moscow.

From Morocco World News, an Eritrean refugee in Morocco.

From The Portugal News, a European law to protect whistleblowers is not likely to be adopted by the Portuguese parliament.

From Malta Today, customs officials seize €15.7 million worth of cocaine in Freeport, Malta.

From SwissInfo, springtime in the Alps, when the crowds aren't around.

From Total Croatia News, Bosnia and Herzegovina is still investigating the alleged recruitment of its citizens by a Croatian intelligence agency.

From Ekathimerini, a "silent protest" against racism is planned for Lesvos, Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, refugees are moved from Syntagma Square in Athens to a camp in Eleonas.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkey's defense minister, Greece "violates international law" by arming islands in the Aegean.

From Rûdaw, 110 Kosovars, mostly women and children, are brought back from Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, a terror attack is thwarted in Tapuah Junction, Samaria.

From The Times Of Israel, a rocket fired from Gaza fails to leave Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, 70 used Israeli buses sent to Rome don't meet E.U. emission standards.

From Egypt Today, polls close after Egyptians vote on their proposed constitutional amendments.

From Radio Farda, Iran moves 300,000 people to flood shelters.

From the Qatar Tribune, a conference in Doha, Qatar seeks to mobilize world efforts against the Rohingya genocide.

From Dawn, a mosque is vandalized in the Steel Town area of Karachi, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan lodges a protest against Iran for alleged inaction against the group which killed 14 people on a Pakistani highway.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's prime minister will visit the families of Hazaras who were killed in a suicide bombing.

From Khaama Press, the Taliban denies responsibility for an attack in Kabul.

From The Hans India, the Chief Justice of India faces sexual harassment charges.

From GDN, a car crashes into a mosque in Muscat, Oman.

From Eurasia Review, a Muslim cleric in Bangladesh demands that Ahmadis are classified as "non-Muslims".  (The last two links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From The Straits Times, counting the votes in Indonesia's election could take months.

From Gatestone Institute, is there a "no-go" zone in Athens, Greece?

From CNN, a California couple is sentenced to 25 years to life for torturing their children.

From Fox News, owning a dog is good for you.

From the New York Post, a new book explores whether Honest Abe played for the other team.

And from MLive, Grand Rapids, Michigan could criminalize calling police on non-white people for "participating in their lives".