Monday, September 16, 2019

Monday Mania - Part 1

Once again, it's "just another manic Monday", and here is some of the mania going on:

From National Review, the latest accusations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh "fail several basic tests of plausibility".

From FrontpageMag, a look at the Islamic concept of the houris.

From Townhall, "questions for college preview day".

From The Washington Free Beacon, global warming (or climate change or whatever it is these days) threatens former Vice President Biden's beach house.  (When former President Obama bought his house in Nantucket, did he check with Biden?)

From the Washington Examiner, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's high school friend Leland Keyser doesn't have any confidence in Ford's accusation against Kavanaugh.

From The Federalist, a new book admits that Keyser doesn't believe Ford.

From American Thinker, an interview with the director of The Trayvon Hoax.

From CNS News, bomb Iran or don't bomb Iran, depending on which Senator you trust.

From LifeZette, tickets to see former FLOTUS Michelle Obama are gonna cost ya.

From NewsBusters, media networks "shamelessly" report the dubious allegation by The New York Times against Justice Kavanaugh.

From Canada Free Press, Democratic presidential candidates are "punked by their own media surrogates".

From CBC News, People's Party leader Maxime Bernier is invited to Canada's campaign debates.

From Global News, a look at Canada's dueling tax cuts.

From CTV News, Newfoundland and Labrador's premier meets with Innu leaders after someone accuses the latter of playing the race card.

From TeleSUR, the Venezuelan government reaches agreements with several opposition parties.

From The Portugal News, Portugal prepares to mobilize its oil reserves.

From El País, nitrogen dioxide levels in Madrid's low-emissions zone have increased back to where they were before the zone was established.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland's parliament considers a proposal to restrict immigration.

From ANSA, former Italian Interior minister Salvini dismisses criticism over bringing a child abuse victim onto the stage at a rally.

From the Malta Independent, the Maltese government is close to making and agreement to import trees from Greece and Turkey.

From Malta Today, one Maltese garden has over 13,000 trees and shrubs.

From Total Croatia News, are the 10 myths of Croatian tourism, as written about 10 years ago, still true today?  (Yours truly was there 12 years ago.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, more than three million euros have been provided for cross-border projects between Serbia and Montenegro.

From Ekathimerini, according to Greece's migration policy minister, it's time for the E.U. to step up and deal with the migration issue.

From the Greek Reporter, Greeks commemorate the Nazi atrocities at Viannos, a village on the island of Crete.

From Novinite, Bulgaria and Norway will work together on projects in the western Balkans.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's Defense Ministry asks for bids to supply four training aircraft.

From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian army is ready to deal with refugee pressure at its border with Turkey.

From Romania-Insider, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thanks tennis player Bianca Andreescu's parents for migrating from Romania to Canada.

From Russia Today, an explosion and fire hit a large virus lab in Siberia.

From Sputnik International, an unauthorized rally participant in Moscow gets 3.5 years in prison.  (What is this "right of peaceable assembly" you speak of?)

From The Moscow Times, a Russian National Guardsman asks his colleagues to avoid detaining protesters.

From the Hungary Journal, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Hungary will defend its borders even as Italy's policy on migrants changes.

From Daily News Hungary, a look at the only Hungarian to lead a Crusade.

From Hungary Today, criminals wanted by the American FBI are arrested in Budapest.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, the anti-Hungary pro-migration element is "at it again".

From The Slovak Spectator, according to Nobel laureate Ben Feringa, "molecular machines can work like smart drugs".

From Radio Prague, a Czech author recounts leading fleeing East Germans through the Malá Strana section of Prague.

From Polskie Radio, will Poland introduce a sugar tax?

From Euractiv, Poland's governing party plans to allow the arrests of prosecutors and judges.  (The sign in the picture says "Poland, the heart of Europe".)

From Deutsche Welle, two schools near Berlin are evacuated after vials of irritant gases dating to World War I are found.

From CPH Post, the trial of three people accused of trying to acquire drone parts for ISIS starts today in Copenhagen.

From the NL Times, Greenpeace asks the public to choose the type of protest to be held at a Dutch airport.  (My idea would be to make signs pointing out how China leads the world in carbon dioxide emissions, and place these signs near the counters of any Chinese airlines in the airport, or of any airline that features flights to China.)

From Dutch News, Dutch Education Minister Arie Slob tells an Islamic school in Amsterdam to lose its entire board or lose its government funding.

From VRT NWS, as transport unions go in strike in Bruges, Belgium, you can ride the bus for free.

From France24, European Commission leader Jean-Claude Juncker and U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson talk, but differ in assessing their progress.

From RFI, angry French professionals march against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform.

From Free West Media, in two days, 10 people are injured by gunshots in Marseilles, France.

From EuroNews, volunteers retrieve over 100 e-scooters from the Rhône River in Lyon, France.

From the Express, Boris Johnson might be "digging into" a loophole in the law which prevents a no-deal Brexit.

From the Evening Standard, U.K. parents are warned against "terrifying" their children with "doomsday" climate change warnings.

From the (U.K.) Independent, "Incredible Hulk" Boris Johnson appears too scared to go to his own press conference.  (I don't think he should be called "Incredible Hulk".  He should be called "Boris the Spider".)

From the (Irish) Independent, an Irish couple creates a biodegradable tooth brush.

From the Irish Examiner, meat industry spokesman may look for government support if their factories continue to be blockaded.  (I thought that the meat industry and beef farmers reached a deal, as was reported yesterday.  Looks like actually working things out is going to take some time.)

And from Snouts in the Trough, former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has the audacity to call other people "liars".

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