Today is April 4th, which may be expressed as 4/4. As the fourth day of the fourth month of the year has arrived, here are some things going on:
From National Review, conservatives should be willing to pay the price for not using transgender pronouns.
From Townhall, the media downplays a major accomplishment by President Trump.
From FrontpageMag, America is endangered by its overwhelmed immigration system.
From The Washington Free Beacon, Democrats seem more willing to protect baby cats than baby humans.
From the Washington Examiner, a DNA testing system could enable ICE to verify whether groups of immigrants are families.
From The Federalist, human smugglers make money from the border crisis. (I believe that in previous posts, I have mentioned that migrants are not merely migrating, but are being trafficked. If you ask me, this fact cannot be stated enough.)
From American Thinker, let's count the ways in which the border may be secured.
From CNS News, the Mormon Church will baptize the children of LGBT parents and no longer consider gay marriage to be apostacy.
From LifeZette, even more allegations have emerge against former Vice President Joe Biden.
From The American Conservative, the problems with colleges are not entirely the fault of the left.
From CBC News, a Nova Scotia woman tests positive for THC while not being high.
From Global News, according to a survey, the longer one lives in Canada, the more they are skeptical of immigration.
From CTV News, the Canadian Bar Association wants Quebec to modify its bill against religious symbols.
From The Conservative Woman, some facts about climate change that the BBC omits.
From the Express, Brexit protesters use the White Cliffs of Dover as a projection screen.
From the Evening Standard, the House of Commons gets wet.
From the Independent, according to a Conservative MP, his party would be "wiped out" from parliament in a snap election.
From The Guardian, the E.U. cracks down on words used in the names of vegetarian products. (via The Irish Post)
From the Irish Examiner, German Chancellor Merkel claims to be moved by stories from people on both sides of the Ireland-U.K. border.
From France24, France's Constitutional Council rejects a preemptive ban on "yellow vest" protests.
From RFI, the gun with which Vincent Van Gogh committed suicide will be up for auction.
From the NL Times, two Dutch lawyers stop representing terror suspects for fear of being denied entry into the U.S.
From Dutch News, Dutch Agriculture Minister Carola Schouten bans electrified dog collars.
From Deutsche Welle, AfD lawmaker Mariana Harder-Kühnel fails for the third time to become Germany's parliamentary vice president.
From Radio Poland, Solidarność is at it again.
From Radio Praha, British activist Tommy Robinson will speak to the Czech parliament.
From the Hungary Journal, according to the head of the Hungarian prime minister's office, the E.U. must stop giving migrants prepaid bank cards.
From Daily News Hungary, is Hungary preparing to censor Facebook?
From Hungary Today, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, "Hungary contributes to NATO's success beyond its means".
From About Hungary, Hungarian House Speaker László Kövér meets with Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.
From Russia Today, the Russian parliament votes to allow bowhunting.
From Sputnik International, Japan protests over a planned Russian military exercise in the Kuril Islands.
From The Moscow Times, a record number of polled Russians want to leave the country.
From El País, an official of Spain's Vox party is investigated for alleged hate speech against Muslims. (Spain was conquered by Muslims starting in 711 AD and finished throwing out the conquerors in 1492.)
From Morocco World News, police in Tangier, Morocco arrest four men in possession of 30,000 ecstasy pills.
From SwissInfo, due to a longstanding friendship, Bern, Switzerland has 32 more Japanese cherry trees.
From ANSA, the ship Alan Kurdi heads for Lampedusa with 64 rescued migrants on board.
From the Malta Independent, the Alan Kurdi has been refused entry by both Malta and Italy.
From Malta Today, how to get more women into Malta's parliament.
From Total Croatia News, former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is taken into custody after his sentence is increased.
From Independent Balkan News Agency, the prime ministers of Greece and North Macedonia are nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
From Ekathimerini, if you're a pinball wizard, there's a place for you in Athens, Greece.
From the Greek Reporter, police in Thessaloniki, Greece bust a migrant trafficking operation.
From Hürriyet Daily News, as recounts continue, the local elections in Turkish cities such as Ankara and Istanbul remain undecided.
From Turkish Minute, one new mayor is under investigation for allegedly insulting Turkish President Erdoğan.
From Rûdaw, flood victims in Iran receive foreign aid.
From Arutz Sheva, noted American anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan tells his latest whopper.
From The Times Of Israel, Syria vows to take the Golan Heights back from Israel "by all means".
From The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli spacecraft Beresheet enters lunar orbit.
From YNetNews, Russia demands more warning time from Israel before it attacks targets in Syria.
From Radio Farda, Iran accuses the U.S. of blocking aid to its flood victims.
From Dawn, a team from Saudi Arabia helps set up arrangements for Pakistani Hajj pilgrims to clear Saudi customs before leaving Pakistan.
From The Express Tribune, India releases two Pakistani men from prison.
From Pakistan Today, the Pakistan People's Party announces a march on Islamabad.
From Khaama Press, six ISIS media activists are arrested in Kabul, Afghanistan.
From Stuff, Muslims in New Zealand demand that the rugby team Crusaders drop their name.
From The Times Of India, Pakistan's former intelligence chief Ijaz Shah, who once aided Osama bin Laden, is sworn in as minister for parliamentary affairs.
From Gatestone Institute, Russia should get out of Venezuela.
From Twitchy, a look at Virgin Atlantic's new "super-woke" flying icons.
From Reason, New Mexico decriminalizes drug paraphernalia and small amounts of cannabis.
From AP News, the man suspected of shooting rapper Nipsey Hussle is charged with murder. (The suspect's name is definitely from the "you can't make this stuff up" department. The story comes via The Daily Caller.)
From Fox News, Democrat congresscritters who voted against releasing the Starr Report call for the release of the Mueller report. (To paraphrase Mark Twain, suppose you're a member of Congress, suppose you're a hypocrite, but I repeat myself.)
From NewsBusters, actor Alec Baldwin considers retiring his Trump impersonation.
From the New York Post, an Italian explorer sets out to follow the routes of plastics polluting the oceans.
And from The Babylon Bee, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) gets a presidential candidacy endorsement from lazy pirates. (As far as I can tell, these pirates have nothing to do with either the Caribbean or Penzance.)
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