As the Jewish New Year (which begins at sunset) approaches, here are some things going on:
From National Review, in one writer's opinion, why President Trump did nothing wrong in his phone conservation with Ukrainian President Zelensky.
From Townhall, Senator and presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D-Cal) is hypocritical in wanting us to leave former Vice President Biden alone.
From The Washington Free Beacon, time is running out for Senator Spartacus (D-NJ).
From the Washington Examiner, protect the borders, but don't cut back on letting refugees in.
From The Federalist, the Burisma investigation timeline yields more questions about Hunter Biden.
From American Thinker, the left intends to use violence against other citizens.
From NewsBusters, while ABC claims that its poll shows support for impeachment "climbing", it didn't ask that question.
From Gateway Pundit, congresscritter Peter Schiff (D-Cal) has his own Ukrainian problem. (via Canada Free Press)
From CBC News, engineers in Alberta think that they can make a clean fuel from oil sands. (The fuel is elemental hydrogen, which reacts with oxygen to produce water vapor. Like the dreaded carbon dioxide, water vapor is a greenhouse gas.)
From Global News, the platform of Canada's Liberal Party promises budget deficits, even with new taxes.
From CTV News, a Canadian sculptor's work is installed in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.
From the Express, the Democratic Unionist Party is ready to back down on the Irish backstop as U.K. Prime Minister Johnson is reportedly close to clinching Brexit deal.
From the Evening Standard, Downing Street denies an accusation that Johnson squeezed a journalist's thigh. (Since 10 Downing Street is the prime minister's address, "Downing Street" refers to his office in much the same way as the "White House" refers to the American president's office. I would be disappointed if Johnson is acting like Biden.)
From the (U.K.) Independent, Johnson rules out forming an electoral pact with the Brexit Party.
From the (Irish) Independent, the bishop of Galway, Ireland calls for an end of the direct provision system for accommodating asylum seekers.
From the Irish Examiner, a spokesman for people protesting against direct provision centers points out that they are not homes.
From France24, France unveils its first ever "green budget" benchmarks.
From RFI, French authorities expand their investigation of rape suspect Tariq Ramadan to include evidence from two more alleged victims.
From VRT NWS, more than 1,500 people take part in a Refugee Walk in Leuven, Belgium.
From Deutsche Welle, the apparently successor to German Chancellor Merkel denies that there's any rift between them.
From the CPH Post, cyclist Mads Pedersen becomes the first Danish man to win the World Roads Championship.
From Polskie Radio, climate change will reportedly affect the construction of a railroad extending from Warssaw, Poland to Tallinn, Estonia.
From Radio Prague, in Brno, several hundred people protest against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.
From The Slovak Spectator, a MiG-29 fighter jet crashes near Nové Sady, Slovakia.
From Daily News Hungary, a court in Pécs, Hungary grants political asylum to a Russian politician, even though authorities had declined his application.
From About Hungary, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban offers to protect "certain sections of the Italian border" if necessary. (I can see where former Interior Minister Salvini would have welcomed such an offer, but the current Italian government probably won't.)
From Russia Today, American leaker Edward Snowden weights in against "unnecessary captcha tests. (The article calls him a "whistleblower". I call him a "leaker", since he leaked classified information, which is not the same as whistleblowing.)
From Sputnik International, about 20,000 people rally in Moscow in support of previously detained ralliers.
From The Moscow Times, the future of genetically modified babies may be in the hands of Russia President Putin.
From Novinite, Jordanian Princess Dana Firas arrives in Bulgaria for a working visit.
From The Sofia Globe, the Sofia mayoral campaign begins.
From Radio Bulgaria, the ancient basilica in Plovdiv, Bulgaria gets a new lease on life.
From Ekathimerini, migrants in the Moria camp on Lesvos light fires and clash with police.
From the Greek Reporter, a smuggler carrying 12 illegal migrants in his vehicle hits another car, killing its driver. (As I've said before, migrants aren't merely migrating, but are being smuggled.)
From Independent Balkan News Agency, a Bulgarian prime minister comes out against North Macedonia's hopes to join the E.U.
From Total Croatia News, Croatia will have to wait at least two more years before joining the Schengen Zone.
From the Malta Independent, the Catholic Church turns over a property in Santa Venera, Malta to Hospice Malta.
From Malta Today, the state of Michigan recognizes Maltese-American heritage day.
From Free West Media, Sea Watch captain Carola Rackete is said to have brought to Italy people who had allegedly tortured and killed people in Libya. (This shows why controlling borders and vetting immigrants is perfectly non-racist and non-xenophobic. If neither are done, some very nasty people could come into your country.)
From Voice Of Europe, a gang of migrants from Algeria robs an Italian senator and a judge in Rome's main railway station. (Maybe a bit of vetting might have helped prevent this sort of thing, to some extent.)
From EuroNews, former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz wins Austria's snap parliamentary election.
From SwissInfo, in Geneva, confiscated luxury cars are auctioned for a total of 27 million Swiss francs.
From The Portugal News, the Portuguese opposition Social Democratic Party accuses the governing Socialists of acting as if they "own" the country.
From The Conservative Woman, don't surrender, Boris the Spider, to the "Ruddy" traitors.
From The Stream, a conservative writer admits falling for fake news from the left. (I've been guilty of this myself. A few years back, I read and then blogged a story about a young woman in Arkansas who allegedly claimed that President Bill Clinton was her father. Considering Mr. Bill's known proclivities, it seemed very believable, until I figured out that the site in which the story appeared is satirical. Go to this blog's archives for March of 2015.)
From Breitbart, a former homeland security adviser to President Trump thinks that he could bring himself down by pushing "debunked" theories about the 2016 election.
From Twitchy, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) asks Senator Harris (D-Cal) an "ethical and moral" question after she says to "leave Biden alone". (See the story from Townhall above.)
From the Daily Caller, when criticizing Trump, actor Robert De Niro can't keep it clean.
From the New York Post, thousand of runners in New York City retrace the route of a first responder who gave his life on 9/11.
And from ABC7 News, cops catch a suspected stalker in a corn maze at the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch. (via Fox News)
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