Saturday Stuff - Part 1

On a partly sunny and warm Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, two cases show a two-tiered justice system.

From Townhall, congresscritter Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) points out why socialism isn't biblical charity.

From The Washington Free Beacon, North Carolina judges appear soft on sex offenses.

From the Washington Examiner, a North Carolina deputy claims to have been fired for following the "Billy Graham rule".  (Sorry to pick on North Carolina.  I think that the "Billy Graham rule" is a forerunner of the "Mike Pence rule".)

From American Thinker, we should be compassionate to migrants, just don't put them in my neighborhood, demand well-off residents of Washington, DC.  (The article contains two excerpts from The Washington Post, and links thereto, but they are behind a paywall.)

From LifeZette, MIT will "examine" the donations it received from Jeffrey Epstein.

From NewsBusters, right-wing commentator Rush Limbaugh's predictions about the left come true.

From CBC News, what Newfoundland and Labrador could learn from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

From Global News, the OPP are looking for two suspects who allegedly stole cornstalks.  (The article includes a picture of an O.P.P. insignia, of the same type which was worn by Paul McCartney in a picture from the Beatles album Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.  In that photo, the last "P" is somewhat obscured, resulting in some people thinking that it's a "D".  This makes the acronym look like "OPD", which "Paul Is Dead" believers think stands for "Officially Pronounced Dead".  But I digress - by a long way.)

From CTV News, U.K. Prince Andrew breaks his silence on his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

From TeleSUR, Brazilians protest against President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires in the Amazon.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian police arrest three terror suspects in East Java.

From The Straits Times, after several relatively peaceful days, police and protesters in Hong Kong clash violently.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia chooses its national tree.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to the human rights group Tenaganita, the Malaysian government needs to combat the trafficking of its own people to other countries.

From The Mainichi, North Korea fires two ballistic missiles which hit the Sea of Japan.

From the Daily Mirror, the Chinese government is expected to ratify extradition treaties with Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

From the Colombo Page, the end of Sri Lanka's state of emergency does not affect its ban on terrorist organizations.

From The Hans India, Indian opposition leaders object to limits placed on the ability to visit the Kashmir Valley.

From the Hindustan Times, police arrest two terror suspects in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

From ANI, action against terrorists will continue in Jammu and Kashmir, says the territory's police chief.

From India Today, reports of terrorists in the state of Tamil Nadu lead to the Indian Navy being put on high alert.

From Khaama Press, American envoy Zalmay Khalilzad denies reports that the Taliban and the U.S. have agreed on an interim government.

From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel discuss the situation in Indian-controlled Kashmir.  (Or if you side with Pakistan, that's "Indian-occupied Kashmir".)

From The Express Tribune, according to General Qamar Bajwa, the Pakistani Army is prepared to deal with any threat on their eastern border.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan urges the U.N. "to protect Kashmiris' lives".

From Radio Farda, Iranians in France protest a visit by Iran's foreign minister.

From IranWire, the families of nine prominent Baha'is who disappeared 39 years ago are still trying to figure out what happened to them.

From StepFeed, seven Arab matchmaking methods that are better than Tinder.

From Rûdaw, Kurdistan bans tomato imports.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, the U.S.-Turkey joint operation center for a safe zone in Syria is fully operational.

From In-Cyprus, the Animal Party announces a counter-protest against a campaign to allow umbrellas on a beach where turtles nest.  (Could this be the Animal Party versus the party animals?)

From Arutz Sheva, according to a poll, the right wing and center-left blocs are separated by just two Knesset seats.

From The Times Of Israel, according to Palestinian Authority officials, the West Bank bombing which killed a teenager indicates a "highly organized cell".  (The article uses the acronym "PA".  As far as I'm concerned, "PA" belongs to the state north of Maryland.)

From The Jerusalem Post, researchers at Israeli university use 3D printing technology to help rebuild coral reefs.

From YNetNews, Israeli police reportedly arrest three Palestinians in connection to the murder of the teenager.

From Egypt Today, mysterious worms found at a beach in Alexandria, Egypt turn out to be mosquito eggs.

From Morocco World News, Spain grants Morocco €32 million to help curb illegal irregular migration.

From the Daily Mail, a land dispute in Pakistan leads to a stabbing in Birmingham, England.

From Sify News, a woman in Ayodhya, India is given the triple talaq for giving birth to a baby girl.  (This occurs even though India has recently outlawed the practice.)

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinians are victims of racism and discrimination - by Arabs.  (The author appears to be an Arab himself, if his name is any indication.)

From The Stream, the time for a Convention of the States has come.

From Fox News, a six-month-old girl is in critical condition after her father illegally takes her across the Rio Grande.

From the Daily Caller, a former Israeli Air Force pilot defends President Trump on his comment about American Jews being "disloyal".

From The Washington Times, Boris the Spider says that he will tell The Donald to ease up on the trade war with China.

From the New York Post, selfie culture dooms the world's most precious tourist destinations.

And from Twitchy and the "oh noes!" department, dogs are bad for the planet.