Friday, June 14, 2019

Friday Flag Day Fuss

As another Friday rolls around, which also brings us Flag Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the worry over climate change is not matched by any willingness to pay any price to combat it.

From Townhall, the left will be the left.

From FrontpageMag, the tolerance that is really bigotry.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the battle for 2020 begins.

From CNN, ICE quarantines 5,200 immigrants after they are exposed to chicken pox or mumps.  (via the Washington Examiner)

From the Washington Examiner, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau will visit the White House next week.

From The Federalist, President Trump should take notice of million-person protests in Hong Kong.

From American Thinker, the unbounded hypocrisy of the left.

From CNS News, Trump promises "over 400 miles of wall" before the end of next year.

From LifeZette, Democrat presidential candidate Julian Castro cavalierly dismisses a woman's report of her social security number being stolen by an illegal alien.

From The Conservative Woman, what is the chance of a real conservative leading the U.K. Tories?

From BBC News, the U.S. says that a video shows Iranians removing a mine from an oil tanker.

From the Express, a French supermarket issues a D-Day anniversary bag that omits the contribution by the British.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. bans ads that feature "harmful gender stereotypes".

From the Independent, U.K. prime minister candidate Boris Johnson is "under fire" for his "unworkable" Brexit plan.

From the Irish Examiner, Gardaí in Dublin, Ireland will march in the city's pride parade.

From CBC News, Canada's federal government picks 11 communities for a pilot immigration program.

From Global News, under proposed legislation, edible cannabis-based products will become legal.

From CTV News, some fans celebrating the Toronto Raptors' victory in the NBA finals go overboard.

From TeleSUR, millions of Brazilians protest President Bolsonaro's pension reforms.

From Morocco World News, the Saudi government tracks women who leave the country through their cell phone ID codes.

From The Portugal News, Europe is experiencing more "she don't lie" than ever.

From El País, the Spanish Supreme Court denies Catalan MEP-elect Oriol Junqueras permission to leave prison and attend his own swearing-in.

From France24, the French government releases €70 million for funding emergency rooms.

From RFI, most of the money pledged to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral has yet to materialize.

From VRT NWS, over 600 kilos of cocaine are seized at the docks in Antwerp.  (It's "she don't lie" indeed.)

From the NL Times, the amount of ketamine seized by Dutch authorities increases massively.

From Deutsche Welle, does the rift between the U.S. and Turkey put NATO's future at risk?

From the CPH Post, Denmark celebrates the 800th anniversary of its flag.

From SwissInfo, a device that produces fuel only from water and atmospheric carbon dioxide is unveiled in Zurich.

From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Salvini accuses the Sea Watch 3 of "playing" with migrants.

From Ekathimerini, leaders of southern E.U. countries express support for Cyprus.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece needs women - in politics.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, in Bihać, Bosnia and Hercegovina, police find 282 illegal migrants in two family houses.  (Sounds like they were packed in like sardines.  Seriously, how to you pack that many people into two houses?)

From Total Croatia News, integrating the Roma in Croatia will require help from regional and local governments.

From the Hungary Journal, saying what's good for Hungary is for Hungarians, says Prime Minister Orban.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary and Serbia sign an agreement to build a gas pipeline.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto calls the fight against terrorism "never unfinished business".

From About Hungary, according to Orban, Hungary "can only support E.U. leaders who respect Central Europe".

From The Slovak Spectator, new Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová will be officially appointed tomorrow.

From Radio Praha, Czechs get to practice archaeology in Syria.

From Radio Poland, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak meets veterans who fought in Afghanistan in Washington.

From Russia Today, how gold and platinum came to earth.

From Sputnik International, was there Russian collusion in the recent E.U. elections?

From The Moscow Times, a Russian runner is suspended for working with a banned coach.

From Romania-Insider, the principal targets of "hate speech" in Romania last year were sexual minorities and ethnic Hungarians.  (I use quotes around "hate speech" because the definition of hate can be very subjective.)

From Novinite, Bulgarian Interior Minister Mladen Marinov bans martial demonstrations in front of children, after three children are injured by a grenade.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey will not reduce the number of its troops in Cyprus.

From Turkish Minute, according to North Macedonian President Stevo Pendarovski, Turkey has asked for the extradition of 15 people with suspected Gülen links.

From Rûdaw, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls on Turkey tells Turkey to respect Iraqi territory.  (Yes, Mookie is still around.)

From Arutz Sheva, thousands of Arabs riot along the border between Gaza and Israel, again.

From The Times Of Israel, after recent Gaza violence, the IDF reportedly wants a "serious military campaign".

From The Jerusalem Post, more Palestinians are injured, and more fires break out.

From YNetNews, the Israeli Air Force welcomes its first Druze pilot.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's government talks like U.S. President Bush the Elder.

From Radio Farda, the U.S. promises to defend its interests as Iran denies involvement in attacks on oil tankers.

From IranWire, female volleyball fans are allowed to watch the Iranian team play against Canada.

From Dawn, a Pakistani Senate committee is concerned about the country's growing debt to China.  (I don't think Pakistan is alone in that sort of thing.)

From The Express Tribune, India suddenly bans Sikh pilgrims from visiting Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani parliamentcritters travel to London to play cricket.

From The Hans India, India prepares retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.

From the Hindustan Times, suspected Maoist terrorists kill five policemen.

From ANI, India signs 15 agreements with Kyrgyzstan.

From the Daily Mirror, two would-be suicide bombers are arrested in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo Page, five suspects arrested in Dubai in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks are extradited to Sri Lanka.

From The Himalayan Times, a 14-year-old boy has been tied to a rope for 12 years.

From Gatestone Institute, a look at Denmark's recent elections.

From The Jakarta Post, in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia, the music stops at 6 p.m.

From The Straits Times, in Singapore, a suspected drug offender scales down 12 stories on the outside of his building in an escape attempt.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian cabinet approves the acquisition of drones from the U.S.

From NewsBusters, celebrities tell press secretary Sarah Sanders "good riddance".

From Fox News, migrants complain about "poor conditions" at U.S. holding centers.  (If you don't want to end up in such a place, refraining from coming to the U.S. illegally would help.)

From Reason, do Hatch Act restrictions violate Kellyanne Conway's First Amendment rights?

From the New York Post, a woman who had suffered 13 miscarriages finally gives birth.

And from The Babylon Bee, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) promises to cure smallpox.

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