Sunday, October 13, 2019

Sunday Links - Part 1

As the new week starts off, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Senator Elizabeth "Fauxcahonatas" Warren (D-MA) and actor Jussie Smollett have something in common.

From Townhall, "it's good to be a Democrat".

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to the CDC, three STDs are on the rise.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo, a report by the DOJ inspector general covers "more than just FISA abuse".

From American Thinker, even Saturday Night Live realizes that the Democrats are ridiculous.

From LifeZette, Hunter Biden resigns from the board of an equity firm backed by China.

From NewsBusters, NBC political director Chuck Todd tires unsuccessfully to get former former Secretary of Defense General James Mattis to attack President Trump.

From The Conservative Woman, Extinction Rebellion has become a religion, with a saint named Greta.

From the Express, British troops join the hunt for ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after he issues a call to arms.

From the Evening Standard, a half-marathon in Peterborough, England is called off due to a "man acting suspiciously".

From the Independent, in the city where knives are illegal, two men are stabbed at a butcher shop.

From EuroNews, it's been 1,000 days since Northern Ireland had a government.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland will establish a watchdog to monitor online terrorist content.

From The Portugal News, Brexit and the bankruptcy of Thomas Cook threaten economic growth in the Cape Verde.

From France24, French President Macron and German Chancellor Merkel call for Turkey to end its offensive in Syria.

From RFI, France cancels its arms sales to Turkey.

From VRT NWS, hundreds of Extinction Rebellion protesters are arrested in Brussels.

From Dutch News, about 130 Extinction Rebellion protesters are arrested after blocking a bridge in Amsterdam.

From Free West Media, Norway abandons the U.S. missile defense program.

From Deutsche Welle, how the Nazis got away with the mass murder of Polish intellectuals.

From SwissInfo, Pope Francis canonizes a Swiss seamstress.

From the Malta Independent, 176 migrants are rescued off the Libyan coast, while another 110 are turned back.

From Malta Today, four migrants from Sudan living in the Hal Far open center are arrested for allegedly carrying false documents.  (While some "open borders" advocates use the euphemism "undocumented" when referring to illegal aliens, the term "falsely documented" might be more accurate.)

From Total Croatia News, kayakers connect Lesina, Croatia with Lesina, Italy.

From Daily News Hungary, opposition parties demonstrate against the mayor of Győr, Hungary.

From Hungary Today, turnout in Hungary's local elections is around 47.2 percent.

From About Hungary, more about Hungary's local elections.

From Radio PragueSlovak President Zuzana Čaputová cancels her speech in Prague due to illness.

From Polskie Radio, the Law and Justice party appears to have won Poland's parliamentary election.

From Russia Today, Russian President Putin visits Saudi Arabia.

From Sputnik International, a U.S. Vice Admiral explains why the USS Porter is in the Black Sea near Russia.

From The Moscow Times, President Putin does not blame President Trump for the failure of the U.S. and Russia to improve their relations.

From Novinite, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov visits Jordan.

From Radio Prague, one of the world's largest IT training platforms is in Bulgaria.

From Ekathimerini, according to Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, Greece regards Turkey as an equal.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, on the other hand, warns of Turkey's "dangerous imperial fantasies".

From The Stream, a look at newly canonized Saint John Henry Newman.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) now says that there might not be a need to interview the "whistleblower".

From Fox News, police respond to reports of an active shooter at a mall in Boca Raton, Florida.  (The article links to the Palm Beach Post, whose article requires you to subscribe in order to read.)

From WPVI-TV, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signs a law banning "lunch shaming".

From Twitchy, Trump has a few words for congresscritter Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich).

And from the New York Post, your moment of arf.

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