Thursday, June 13, 2019

Thursday Things

As I return home from running around, here are some things going on:

From Free West Media, President Trump is such a homophobe.......oh, wait.

From EuroNews, ahead of Mexico's increased security on its southern border, migrants rush in.

From CBC News, according to Canada's parliamentary budget officer, Ottawa needs to increase the country's "carbon tax".  (I use quotes around "carbon tax", because it's really a tax on carbon dioxide, as if taxes are the answer to environmental problems.  The word "dioxide" does not appear in the article, while the formula "CO2" appears only in a comment.)

From Global News, the Canadian federal "carbon tax" will be imposed in Alberta starting next January.  (The article includes neither the word "dioxide" nor the formula "CO2".)

From the Express, the E.U. admits that it can't force the U.K. to cough up £39 billion for Brexit.

From the Evening Standard, former London Mayor Boris Johnson does well in the first round of the Tory leadership contest.

From the Independent, knife crime in England and Wales reaches a new high, despite harsher sentences.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish gardaí have been using more pepper spray.

From France24, the French Senate backtracks from increasing the legal delay for women seeking abortion.

From RFI, France introduces a bill that would extend reproduction assistance to gay couples.

From VRT NWS, due to global warming, Bruges, Belgium discontinues its ice sculpture festival.

From the NL Times, a failed attempt to bomb an ATM leaves an explosive behind.

From Dutch News, Anne Frank's pre-war home can be "visited" on Google Street View.

From Deutsche Welle, Trump's talk about moving more troops into Poland draws "mixed" reactions in Germany.

From Radio Poland, a former head of the Polish prime minister's office is convicted of negligence in planning the 2010 flight which killed the country's president and 95 others.

From Euractiv, why Poland wants to ally with the U.S.  (If you know about General Tadeusz Kościuszko and Kazimierz Pułaski, you might have an idea.)

From Radio Praha, a look at the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia gets to host its first E.U. institution, the European Labour Authority.

From the Hungary Journal, Hungary wants the E.U. to focus on migration, sovereignty, and protecting Christian culture.

From Daily News Hungary, the captain of the cruise ship which collided with a sightseeing boat posts bail.

From Hungary Today, finding victims of the ship collision proves difficult.

From About Hungary, the Hungarian Army is two-thirds of the way through a joint exercise with the U.S. military.

From Sputnik International, according to President Putin, Russia intends to restore relations with Ukraine.

From The Moscow Times, the leader of Chechnya can't handle criticism.

From Morocco World News, the trial of the men accused of killing two Scandinavian tourists resumes today.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese party Left Block calls for the country's military police to be "wound up".

From El País, 12 Catalan separatist leaders on trial for their roles in the 2017 secession attempt call for a "political solution" to the conflict.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland approves the planting of genetically modified crops "under controlled conditions".

From ANSA, according to Italian Interior Minister Salvini, the Sea Watch ship should dock in Libya.

From the Malta Independent, a Maltese court rejects an extradition request from Italy.

From Malta Today, Malta is for the birds.

From Total Croatia News, more illegal migrants try to enter Croatian from Bosnia.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Serbia and Montenegro quarrel over the church.

From Ekathimerini, Albanian police bust a gang which was trafficking migrants through Greece into western Europe.  (As I keep saying, migrants don't just migrate, they get trafficked.)

From the Greek Reporter, in front of the Greek embassy in America's capital, animal rights activists protest donkey rides on the island of Santorini.  (This would support my contention that climate activists protesting against carbon dioxide should have no trouble locating the Chinese embassy in whatever country they're in, and carrying out their protests in front of it.  Full disclosure:  I have been to Santorini, but did not ride any donkeys while I was there.)

From Novinite, Bulgarian and Romanian ships work to clean up oil spills in the black sea.

From The Sofia Globe, an appellate court allows a teenager suspected of a terror plot to remain in the custody of his parents.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey promises to respond to Syrian attacks on its bases in the Syrian region of Idlib.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish columnist turns himself in to start serving his sentence for insulting President Erdoğan.

From Rûdaw, two years after Mosul, Iraq is liberated from ISIS, the city's children still face challenges.

From Arutz Sheva, the IDF attacks Hamas infrastructure in Gaza.

From The Times Of Israel, why Israel didn't celebrate Moldova's embassy move.

From The Jerusalem Post, legalizing cannabis with bring out "high public health costs", says........a computer?

From YNetNews, some Gaza factions maximize the danger caused by incendiary balloons.

From Egypt Today, Egypt reiterates its calls to eliminate FGM.

From Radio Farda, two oil tankes are hit by explosions, for which the U.S. blames Iran.

From IranWire, the families of the Iranians killed by authorities in a violent crackdown against protests in 2009 have not forgotten.

From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has an "informal" talk with Russia President Putin.

From The Express Tribune, renovation of Sikh historic sites in Lahore, Pakistan has been completed.

From Pakistan Today, the U.S. ship Mason arrives in Karachi, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, Afghan authorities predict a 20 percent increase in wheat production the province of Kunduz.

From The Hans India, India plans its own space station.

From the Hindustan Times, India's HRD ministry proposes developing two Sanskrit-speaking villages.

From ANI, India's National Investigation Agency seize arms and ammo belonging to an insurgent group.

From India Today, India launches a space probe to study the sun.

From the Daily Mirror, India arrest a man in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks in Sir Lanka.

From the Manchester Evening News, a strict Muslim father is accused of making life "hell" for his "rebel" daughters.

From Gatestone Institute, one type of anti-Palestinian persecution that you might not know about.

From The Jakarta Post, 34 suspected terrorists are detained in the Indonesian province of Central Kalimantan.  (Kalimantan is the Indonesian part of Borneo.)

From National Review, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) "runs for queen".

From Axios, the DNC releases the names of the 20 candidates who qualify for the party's first debates.  (via Townhall)

From Townhall, conservatism does not require rolling over for big tech.

From FrontpageMag, "leftism makes people meaner".

From The Washington Free Beacon, millions of dollars in dark money flows to pro-abortion organizations.

From the Washington Examiner, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders steps down, triggering a scramble to be her successor.  (She is not related, as far as I know, to a certain senator from Vermont, but is the daughter of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R).)

From The Federalist, an anonymous author tells her experience with Planned Avoidance of Parenthood.

From American Thinker, hiding behind alleged "Islamophobia".

From CNS NewsHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) accuses Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) of double standards on foreign interference.

From LifeZette, a town in Texas tries to become a "sanctuary city for the unborn".

From Fox News, a police officer in Utah is allowed to continue working after pulling his gun on a 10-year-old boy, sparking protests.

From The Daily Caller, former HUD Secretary Julian Castro wants White House counselor Kellyanne Conway to be fired for violating the Hatch Act, although he also violated it.

From Accuracy in Media, media outrage over Trump's comments about accepting dirt on opponents exposes their own short memories.

From the New York Post, Shaft, that mean mother [shut your mouth!] is back.

From NewsHub, someone working for an online swimsuit retailer has a weird sense of humor.

And from Newsweek, smartphone use appears to be producing a strange side effect.  (via HotAir)

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