Thursday, October 24, 2019

Thursday Links - Part 2

As Thursday evening arrives, here are some more things going on:

From National Review, Montana's Supreme Court unanimously rules that a gun-check ordinance in Missoula violates state law.

From FrontpageMag, will Hillary Clinton run?

From Townhall, Democrat congresscritters have an "unhinged" hearing with Facebook executive Mark Zuckerberg.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Tim Ryan (D-OH) ends his presidential campaign.

From the Washington Examiner, police officers are rejecting Bob O'Rourke's "gun control authoritarianism".

From The Federalist, 10 questions to ask about President Trump's withdrawal of our troops from Syria.

From American Thinker, yes, Trump is getting lynched.

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Steve Scalise (R-LA), whatever document congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) is putting together is tainted.

From NewsBusters, congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) exposes the media for following Schiff's playbook.

From Canada Free Press, the "whistleblower" is a figment of Schiff's imagination.

From CBC News, a vulgar slur is painted across the office of Canadian parliamentcritter Katherine McKenna.

From Global News, an expected lawsuit against the Canadian government for climate change will be difficult to argue, according to "experts".

From CTV News, the Canadian Liberals will have a stronger minority because the opposition is split, again according to "experts".

From TeleSUR, unrest and alleged "dictatorship-like practices" continue in Chile.

From The Mainichi, how Japanese calligraphy connects to art around the world.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's Federal Court upholds the 20-year sentences imposed on two brothers for promoting terrorism.

From Free Malaysia Today, a group of artists in the Malaysian state of Sabah demand better protection of their creative rights.

From The Straits Times, hundreds of protesters in Hong Kong rally for Catalan independence.

From The Jakarta Post, in Jakarta, Greenpeace activists who had climbed landmarks and unfurled banners are arrested, and released after two hours of questioning.

From the Daily Mirror, a group building a kovil reportedly bulldozes archaeological remains.  (From what I can gather, kovil is a Tamil word for a certain style of Hindu temple.  It can also be spelled koil or koyil.)

From the Colombo Page, police in Colombo, Sri Lanka use tear gas and water cannons against protesting students who passed a barrier.

From The Hans India, after the BJP has a poor showing in the election in Maharashtra, an ally invokes a "fifty-fifty" formula for power sharing.

From the Hindustan Times, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives his victory speech.

From ANI, the Indian state of Odisha intends to be free of state child marriage by 2030.

From India Today, more election results, including those from Maharashtra and Haryana.

From Khaama Press, an airstrike in the Afghan province of Balkh destroys a car bomb and its two occupants.

From Dawn, India and Pakistan sign the agreement on the Kartarpur Corridor.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani government bans the Ansarul Islam wing of the Jui-F.

From Pakistan Today, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is suffering from ITP.

From Radio Farda, in the Iranian province of Mazandaran, a thief gets an Islamic punishment.

From IranWire, the U.K.'s Fire Brigades Union expresses support for Iranian workers.

From the National Secular Society, an Islamic school in the U.K. stays open after telling the government that it was closed.

From NDTV, a court in Bangladesh sentences 16 people to death for burning a woman alive.

From The Christian Post, a Bible translator in Cameroon is killed in his own home.

From Clarion Project, an imam in Michigan spews out hate.

From the Spectator, bomb attacks are becoming normal in Sweden.

From Gatestone Institute, the summit between Turkish President Erdoğan and Russia President Putin "should ring alarm bells for NATO".

From The Conservative Woman, the evidence for a link between abortion and breast cancer, and the official silence about it.

From The Stream, former FLOTUS/Senator/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's overreach on impeachment is now common for Democrats.

From Breitbart, according to Fox News host Jesse Watters, the Republicans are "losing the message war" on impeachment.

From the Daily Caller, a DOJ watchdog tells Congress that the FISA abuse report is "lengthy" and has "few" redactions.

From Chron, a teenager from Georgia is arrested for allegedly selling fake World Series tickets - on two consecutive days.  (via the New York Post)

From NBC News, a woman is set on fire at a Taco Bell in Tallahassee, Florida.  (via Fox News)

From the New York Post, Trump might attend the fifth game of the World Series, if there is one.

And from Twitchy, a photo from the younger days of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) "shows off those high cheekbones".

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