Friday, May 10, 2019

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, there really aren't any mysteries about President Trump.

From Townhall, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) explains why Americans should care about Venezuela.

From FrontpageMag, a look at the city run by Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D).

From The Washington Free Beacon, the real agenda of the Democrats.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump's 2020 opponents continue showing their disdain for middle America.

From The Federalist, attacks on Jews in New York City are ignored because the attackers aren't white.

From American Thinker, many Democrats have become proverbial "birds of a feather".

From NewsBusters, Louis Farrakhan places blame for his Facebook ban exactly as would be expected.

From CNS News, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and congresscritter AOC (D-NY) propose letting the Postal Service provide basic banking services.  (Considering how the price of postage keeps going up, up, and away, we can only wonder how much these services would cost if run by the Postal Service.)

From LifeNews, the bullying by Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Sims (D) seems to have backfired.

From The Conservative Woman, "how to speak Leftie".

From Free West Media, the U.S. pushes for its LNG in Europe.

From Euronews, the co-founder of Belgium's Islam Party is given a suspended jail term for gender discrimination.

From VRT NWS, the Flemish government plans a billion-euro investment for a new dock in Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium.

From the NL Times, Amsterdam considers banning alcohol from its canals.

From Dutch News, the number of electric cars in the Netherlands doubled last year.

From Deutsche Welle, the German national anthem causes an East-West controversy.

From the CPH Post, Denmark gives its first approval to a company to produce medicinal cannabis.

From Radio Poland, Polish President Andrzej Duda has been invited to visit the White House.

From Radio Praha, E.U. scientists in Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic work on the most powerful laser system.

From The Slovak Spectator, as the U.S. and Slovakia prepare to play hockey, the U.S. ambassador to Slovakia points out that off the ice, "we are one team".  (Yours truly, an American of mostly Slovak descent, greatly agrees.)

From Hungary Today, the satirical Two-tailed Dog Party wants Europe to be "cheerful and cool".

From About Hungary, when the PC thought police went after About Hungary.

From Russia Today, Austria charges a Russian with creating a militant group and arms trafficking.

From Sputnik International, Russian President Putin plays hockey.

From The Moscow Times, children marching in military uniforms in the Victory Day parade in Pyatigorsk, Russia are the subject of controversy.  (Due to the similarity of the Russia and Polish languages, I can make an educated guess that the city's name means "five mountains".)

From Novinite, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva approves of an Albania law for protecting minority rights.

From Ekathimerini, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wins a confidence vote.

From the Greek Reporter, Turkey issues a Navigational Telex for an area south of Greek waters around the archipelago of Castellorizo.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Slovakia supports Albania's integration into the E.U.

From Total Croatia News, Bosnia and Hercegovina wants Croatia to return its property on BiH territory.  (In the abbreviation "BiH", the letter "i" means "and".)

From SwissInfo, Swiss startups will investigate whether changing the diet of cows will reduce their emissions of methane.

From ANSA, Italian authorities sequester an NGO ship after it had picked up 30 migrants.

From the Malta Independent, about 70 migrants drown after their boat capsizes near Tunisia.  (As I've said before, one of the many non-racist reasons to oppose illegal irregular migration is the danger to the migrants themselves.)

From Malta Today, Malta's efforts to ban single-use plastic will include balloons at public events.

From Morocco World News, although not yet officially inaugurated, a cable-stayed bridge is opened in Casablanca, Morocco.

From The Portugal News, in Portugal, "far-right" propaganda is "intensifying".

From El País, according to a poll, more Catalans reject separation from Spain than support it.

From France24, the French army rescues four hostages held in Burkina Faso, but lose two soldiers.

From RFI, according to France's culture minister, "Notre Dame will be as beautiful as ever".

From the Metro, a masked gunman fires a shot outside the Seven Kings Mosque in Ilford, England.

From the Express, the U.K. cabinet is headed for an "explosive showdown".

From the Evening Standard, due to a strike at Heathrow Airport, passengers on long flights might lose their food and drink.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to E.U. leader Donald Tusk, Brexit has a 30 percent chance of being cancelled.

From the (Irish) Independent, thieves in County Meath, Ireland steal from people attending mass.

From the Irish Examiner, three men allegedly attack two Muslim asylum seekers on their way to a mosque in Limerick, Ireland.

From CBC Newsthe Supreme Court of Canada rules that migrants have the right to challenge their detention before a Superior Court judge.

From Global News, according to U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID), U.S. lawmakers will not rest until China releases two Canadians held "in harsh conditions".

From CTV News, neither the time nor the cost is yet known for the retrieval of Canadian trash from the Philippines.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan praises the decision of Turkey's election board to re-run the election in Istanbul.

From Turkish Minute, eleven elected neighborhood administrators are removed due to accusations of terrorism.

From Rûdaw, former Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki calls on the U.S. and Iran to deescalate.

From Arutz Sheva, 75,000 Palestinian Arabs pray in Jerusalem as part of their Ramadan prayers.

From The Times Of Israel, 180,000 Muslims pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first Friday in Ramadan.

From The Jerusalem Post, the U.S. sends more Patriot missiles to the Middle East.

From YNetNews, skateboarders in Gaza struggle against a blockade and a conservative culture.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's House of Representatives prepares law to reinstate the country's Senate, formerly known as the Shura Council.

From Radio Farda, the U.S. warns that merchant ships could be targeted by Iran.

From IranWire, how will sanctions on metal affect Iran's economy?

From the Qatar Tribune, Qatar's Red Crescent Society distributes food to 30,000 displaced Iraqis.

From Dawn, three more Chinese citizens are arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan for alleged fake marriages.

From The Express Tribune, China promises to cooperate with Pakistan against human traffickers.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan starts building a fence on their border with Iran.

From Khaama Press, a Taliban leader in charge of a "kangaroo court" is sent to his virgins.

From the Hindustan Times, 26 Islamic preachers in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala are "under watch".

From the Daily Mirror, identifying the ideology of the Sri Lankan church bombers is like "finding a black cat in a dark room".

From 9News, Facebook is accused of "auto-generating" terrorist propaganda.

From Gatestone Institute, will Germany grant citizenship to polygamous migrants?

From WPVI-TV, parties for Mother's Day or graduation could be deflated by a shortage of helium.

From Twitchy, the number of Dems who ate chicken during a congressional hearing exceeds the number who have read the less-redacted Mueller report.

And from the New York Post, your moment of arf.

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