Thursday, May 16, 2019

Thursday Links

Here in the middle of May are some things going on:



From FrontpageMag, use the preferred pronoun or go to prison.  (The person who shot Representative Gabrielle Giffords allegedly used to claim that government was trying to "control the grammar".  Congrats, pronoun Nazis.  Since pronouns are an aspect of grammar, you've brought about precisely what that nutjob was taking about.)




From American Thinker, the history behind a noted painting.



From The Conservative Woman, "Captain Mayhab and the great white BRINO".



From the Independent, the U.K. government rejects a proposed definition of "islamophobia".  (I don't fear Islam.  I don't fear Muslims.  But words without definitions scare the [bleep] out of me.)

From the Irish Examiner, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar would never criticize anyone protesting a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump.  (I hope that he has equal respect for Irish citizens who would welcome a visit by Trump.)







From EuroNews, architects and others share their designs for Notre Dame Cathedral's roof.  (One suggestion is, believe it or not, a swimming pool.  I think that such a pool would be good in one sense.  There would be plenty of water available to put out any more fires.)


From the NL Times, the Dutch Justice Ministry has reportedly hidden serious crimes committed by asylum seekers.  (The article refers to, but does not link to, the site De Telegraaf.)

From Dutch News, Dutch MPs want answers on migrant crime statistics.  (This article does link to De Telegraaf.)





From The Slovak Spectator, Slovaks buy more expensive cars than they did ten years ago.  (This would include yours truly, who purchased the latest Bigfootmobile last summer.)

From the Hungary Journal, Hungary denounces Ukraine's new language law.  (Trying to control speech isn't just for American pronoun Nazis.)


From Hungary Today, Hungary and Slovakia will get a ferry service across the Danube.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, Facebook bans the advertising accounts of a conservative Hungarian media group.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Mediaworks.)




From Novinite, architectural teams from five countries submit their offers for renovating St. Nedelya Square in Sofia, Bulgaria.  (The name "Nedelya" resembles the Polish word niedziela, which means "Sunday".)

From Ekathimerini, a temple of Nemesis is found under an ancient theater on the island of Lesvos.  (For more on the goddess Nemesis, go here.)












From The Times Of Israel, an Israeli man is charged with assault for allegedly spitting at the Polish Ambassador to Israel.  (According to the man's lawyer, an embassy employee called him "Zhid", which he took as a slur.  From my own study of Polish, this word is not a slur, but is the normal Polish word for "Jew", and spelled Żyd, the dotted "z" sounding like "zh".)















From Hivisasa, an Al-Shabaab terrorist is killed after he kills a Somali soldier near Mogadishu.  (It looks like I've found a Somali source.)


From The Jakarta Post, the Philippines recalls its ambassador to Canada.  (I haven't heard of this much hullabaloo over garbage since Alice's Restaurant.)





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