Monday, October 14, 2019

Links For Columbus Day - Part 1

As we celebrate (or for some, lambaste) the man who crossed the Atlantic in 1492, here are some things going on:








From CNS News, Trump salutes Columbus.

From LifeZette, the maligning of Columbus.




From Global News, the Canadian province of Manitoba struggles to recover from a snowstorm.  (A few years back, some people predicted that because of man-made carbon dioxide and the resulting climate change, children would never see snow.  More recently, the same general group of people attributes large snowstorms to man-made climate change resulting from man-made carbon dioxide.  Confused yet?)












From Total Croatia News, Croatian women who retire this year are receiving higher pensions than men.  (If the opposite were true, more than a few left-wingers would be complaining.  The article links to the site Večernji List, whose name means "evening letter", but not to any specific story.)









From Sputnik International, Russia's Leningrad Region will host the World Ploughing Championship in 2020.  (Although the name of city once known as "Leningrad" has reverted to "St. Petersburg", the region apparently still retains the name "Leningrad".)









From the CPH Post, a roundup of news from Denmark.



From Dutch News, according to new research, paying farmers to reduce nitrogen pollution will not do enough to reverse its damage to the environment.  (The article actually mentions the compounds ammonia and nitrogen oxide.)










From The Stream, lessons from ancient kings.







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