Saturday, May 18, 2019

Saturday Stories

As I return from a weekend hike, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the "insidious hegemony" of cold coffee products.  (One of my fellow righties B&Ms about the redefinition of "coffee".)

From Townhall, left-wingers call for a party purge of pro-life Democrats.  (Yes, a few of them still exist.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, the DNC gets a loyalty pledge from Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), but offers no loyalty in return.

From the Washington Examiner, DNA tests show that some migrant families arriving at the border aren't really families.  (At least some migrants have learned to exploit the "don't separate families" loophole.)

From The Federalist, Howard Stern claims that then-candidate Hillary Clinton's refusal to let him interview her hurt her chances.

From American Thinker, how President Trump's supporters understand him while his critics don't.

From LifeZette, illegal aliens arriving in Texas might get a free ride to California.

From CBC News, a military complex from Canada's colonial days is found under Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

From Global News, according to Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, with U.S. tariffs out of the way, NAFTA's replacement could be quickly ratified.

From Morocco World News, Morocco steps up its efforts against illegal irregular migration.

From SwissInfo, in Swiss valleys, let it bee.

From the Malta Independent, two Maltese soldiers are arrested for allegedly being involved in the murder of a migrant from Ivory Coast.

From Malta Today, some Maltese believe that the murder was motivated by racial hate, but others don't.

From Euronews, after Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache resigns, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz calls for a snap election.

From Total Croatia News, marches for life are held in the Croatian cities of Rijeka and Osijek.  (The name "Rijeka" appears to the be cognate of the Polish word rzeka, which means "river".  The city's Italian name "Fiume" also means "river".  This means that there really is a "River City".)

From Ekathimerini, Greek police rescue 74 migrants held hostage in a warehouse near Thessaloniki.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek island of Delos will become an open-air museum.

From Novinite, today is Bulgaria's tax freedom day.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey will assist children born to ISIS terrorists in Iraq.

From Rûdaw, Yezidis build houses on Mount Shingal in Iraq, because it's the only place some of them feel safe.

From Egypt Today, Coptic Christians join Muslims inaugurating a new mosque in Dayrout, Egypt.

From Arutz Sheva, in southern Israel, a donkey is vandalized with a swastika.

From The Times Of Israel, Syria claims to have intercepted Israeli missiles - again.

From The Jerusalem Post, Eurovision's grand finale starts tonight in Tel Aviv, Israel.

From Hivisasa, former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is innocent of a scandal involving fake gold.

From Radio Farda, Bahrain tells its citizens to get out of Iran and Iraq.

From the Qatar Tribune, the U.S. warns that airplanes flying over the Persian Gulf could be misidentified.

From Dawn, migrants fleeing Afghanistan find themselves at the mercy of human smugglers.

From The Express Tribune, an attempt to find hydrocarbons off Pakistan's shore turns up empty.

From Pakistan Today, peace talks with the Taliban may lead to a meeting between U.S. President Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.

From Khaama Press, 25 civilians, including children, are killed or wounded by a bomb in Obe, Herat, Afghanistan.

From the Hindustan Times, the largest religious association in the Indian state of Assam dissociates itself from a family because they raise pigs.

From ANI, three people are arrested in connection to a grenade explosion in Guwahati, Assam, India.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena urges the people to recall the teaching of the Buddha.

From the Colombo Page, on the occasion of Vesak Poya Day, Sirisena pardons 762 prisoners.  (For more on Vesak Poya Day, read more at Lanka(dot)com.)

From Bakhtar News, in Afghanistan's Paktika province, two mine-planting terrorists experience premature detonation.

From Gatestone Institute, many in Turkey have celebrated the burning of Notre Dame.

From The Jakarta Post, police are drawn into Jakarta to prepare for any violence in response to announced election results.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysians deal with fake news.

From the Hungary Journal, while in Washington, DC, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto discusses protecting Christians.

From Daily News Hungary, at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, the word "runway" is taken literally.  (Ferenc Liszt, whose first name may also be spelled "Franz", was a classical composer known for his Hungarian Rhapsodies.)

From The Slovak Spectator, archaeologists find a human skull and several artifacts in Nitra, Slovakia.

From Radio Poland, Poles and Italians observe the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Casino.

From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Merkel tells Europeans to stand up to the "far-right".

From Free West Media, one in ten tenants housed by Germany's largest housing company is a migrant.

From VRT NWS, tens of thousands gather in Brussels for a Pride Parade.

From France24, French "yellow vest" protesters mark the sixth month of their movement, but with dwindling numbers.

From the Irish Examiner, three men are charged in connection with two ATM burglaries.

From the Express, according to a former aide to Prime Minister May, there's only one candidate who can defeat the Brexit Party.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. Border Force intercepts two boats carrying 20 migrants off the Coast of Kent.

From the Independent, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage faces an E.U. investigation over gifts from a tycoon.

And from BBC News, bedbugs have been around for millions of years longer than beds.  (via HotAir)

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