Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Stories To Start October - Part 1

As the month of October and the fiscal year have arrived, here are some things going on:

From National Review, what the next Democrat president could do, even without any help from Congress.

From FrontpageMag, ICE goes after illegal aliens in sanctuary cities.

From Townhall, there was nothing wrong with President Trump's call to Australia.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) supports congresscritter AOC's (D-NY) plan to give welfare to illegal aliens.

From the Washington Examiner, GOP congresscritters put forth their talking points against impeachment.

From The Federalist, the left tries to ignore the changes made allowing whistleblowers to use secondhand information.

From American Thinker, no one seemed to care when Presidents Clinton and Obama abused whistleblowers.

From CNS News, Trump congratulates the world's worst mass murdering regime on its 70th anniversary.

From LifeZette, a photo shows former Vice President Biden golfing with an executive of the Ukrainian gas company his son Hunter was involved in.

From NewsBusters, TV host Joe Scarborough accuses Trump of calling for violence and civil war.

From Canada Free Press, the "great white lie" from New York's Mr. Bill.

From CBC News, Canada's political parties don't say much about security and defense.

From Global News, Canada's mint issues and glow-in-the-dark coin depicting a UFO.

From CTV News, according to a lawyer representing Canada's government, border guards could not have legally arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian House of Representatives gets its first female Speaker.

From The Straits Times, a Hong Kong policeman shoots a protester.

From the Borneo Post, an autopsy on a pygmy elephant reveals numerous gunshot wounds.

From Free Malaysia Today, a human rights group calls for the repeal of Malaysia's Sedition Act.

From The Mainichi, an art exhibit on the theme of censorship which had been cancelled is set to resume.  (What is this "freedom of expression" you speak of?)

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's army commander hopes that discussions with the U.N. on peacekeeping would "end on a positive note".

From the Colombo Page, according to Sri Lanka's foreign secretary, protecting human rights and fighting terrorism must "go hand in hand".

From The Hans India, NASA's next mission to Mars will include the name of a Hindu deity.

From the Hindustan Times, India and the U.S. hope for "early results" in their trade talks.

From ANI, an Indian minister launches a program for making bamboo water bottles.

From India Today, 144 minors have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir since the revocation of Article 370.

From Khaama Press, Afghanistan's national security adviser tells the Taliban to "join us in peace, or we will continue to fight".

From Dawn, Pakistan hands over to India the body of a soldier who had drowned while attempting to cross a stream.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan hopes that its current loan from the IMF will be the last one it ever needs.

From Pakistan Today, Turkey starts building four ships for the Pakistani navy.

From Radio Farda, a brother of Iran's president is sentenced to five years in jail.

From IranWire, the difficult truce between Iran's tech minister and its parliament.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey plans to strengthen its efforts in the Syrian safety zone.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish prosecutors order the detention of 99 more people, including soldiers and former military doctors, over alleged Gülen links.

From Rûdaw, a protest in Baghdad turns violent.

From In-Cyprus, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledges continued American support for the reunification of Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, after years of being closed, an important border crossing between Iraq and Syria is reopened.

From Arutz Sheva, about 50 people demonstrate outside a hospital where a terrorist is being treated, against Shin Bet methods of interrogation.

From The Times Of Israel, in an effort to ease tensions, Israel "quietly" lets in thousands of workers from Gaza.

From The Jerusalem Post, Blue and White leader Gantz cancels a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu.

From YNetNews, a look at Netanyahu's legal troubles.

From the Egypt Independent, the Grand Egyptian Museum acquires 331 artifacts, including 42 which belonged to King Tutankhamun.

From Egypt Today, how Egyptian law deals with fake social media accounts.

From Morocco World News, using a telescope in Morocco's Atlas Mountains, scientists detect gas molecules in an interstellar comet.

From Jamie Glazov Productions, the houris of Islam's paradise.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinians steal electricity and then blame Israel for it.

From The Stream, "why Christians support Israel and the Jewish people".

From The Post And Courier, the South Carolina GOP is sued for cancelling its 2020 primary.  (via Fox News)

From Breitbart, the Chinese-owned social media TikTok reportedly bans a prayer app.

From the New York Post, New York's Cardinal Egan was reportedly unsympathetic to sex abuse survivors.

From NumbersUSA, 68 percent of polled Mississippians want the owners of factories raided by ICE to be prosecuted.  (I'd say that these Mississippians have figured out the the real villains in illegal immigration are the elite Americans who hire illegal aliens, when they should be hiring citizens and legal immigrants.)

From Twitchy, a policeman in Fairfax County, Virginia is suspended for cooperating with ICE.

From Tech Radar, the best mouse pads for gaming in 2019.

And from CNN, R. Kelly's lawyer complains that his client can only visit one of his girlfriends at a time.

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