Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Tuesday Things - Part 1

On a sunny but cool Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-South Bend, IN) proposes an alternative to "Medicare For All".

From FrontpageMag, Ukraine was already investigated Hunter Biden before President Trump made his phone call.

From Townhall, a leftist group releases a list of their preferred SCOTUS nominees, should a Democrat defeat Trump in 2020.

From Politico, Bob O'Rourke found new meaning in the gun debate, but will he hurt the cause?  (via The Washington Free Beacon)

From The Washington Free Beacon, Hunter Biden claims to know no more than anyone else.

From The Washington Examiner, Democrat congresscritters justify their secret impeachment hearings by calling them "depositions".

From The Federalist, "why sex and gender are not two different things".

From American Thinker, the requirement for impeachment ain't what it used to be.

From CNS News, according to Trump, it's easier for Syrian Christians to enter the U.S. now than it was under his predecessor.

From LifeZette, an 84-year-old crossing guard and Marine veteran gets his guns back after a public outcry.

From NewsBusters, NBC and CBS fawn over actress/fitness icon/communist sympathizer Jane Fonda.

From Canada Free Press, Canada's kick-butt election.

From CBC News, according to Canadian politician Jagmeet Singh, abolishing the Senate "would give Canadians better representation".

From Global News, Regina, Saskatchewan launches an app allowing drivers to pay for parking online.

From CTV News, according to a Canadian biologist, cargo ships are a major source of plastic bottles in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

From Telesur, American Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn support anti-IMF protests in Ecuador.

From Morocco World News, the Moroccan Navy rescues 329 illegal irregular migrants in the Mediterranean.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey plans to initially resettle one million refugees in Syria.

From Turkish Minute, nine officials of the Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party are detained in Istanbul after gathering to stage a protest.  (What is this "freedom of peaceable assembly" you speak of?)

From Rûdaw, Iraq deploys troops to reinforce its border with Syria.

From In-Cyprus, the trial begins for a young British woman who allegedly falsely accused 12 Israeli teenage boys of raping her while on vacation in Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, Russian airstrikes reportedly kill a mother and child in al-Bara, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu submits an official request to Russian President Putin to pardon an Israeli woman convicted of cannabis possession.

From The Times Of Israel, Lebanon asks its neighbors, but not Israel, for help in fighting its forest fires.

From The Jerusalem Post, over 100 people rally in Tel Aviv, Israel in support of the Kurds.

From YNetNews, Ukrainian authorities arrest one suspect for allegedly painting anti-Semitic graffiti, including a depiction of Hitler, near the grave of a rabbi.

From Egypt Today, according to Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Syria has a right to defend itself against Turkey's invasion.

From StepFeed, Saudi Arabia grants citizenship to thousands to stateless people and IDs to 800,000 displaced people living in the country.

From Radio Farda, Iranian lawmakers warn the IRGC against using forced confessions from a "captured" journalist.

From IranWire, an Afghan tries to take refuge in Iran.

From Dawn, three people in Pakistan-controlled Jammu and Kashmir are killed by alleged "indiscriminate" shelling across the Line of Control by Indian troops.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan claims to like U.S. President Donald Trump because "he doesn't believe in wars".

From Pakistan Today, U.K. Prince William and Princess Kate start their visit in Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, Taliban terrorists kill or wound 458 civilians in attacks on the election process.

From The Hans India, according to Indian Prime Minister Modi, India won't let water flow to Pakistan.

From the Hindustan Times, India and the Netherlands announce partnerships on eight projects.

From ANI, Indian and Mongolian armies conduct a joint training exercise in Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh, India.

From India Today, India's National Security Guard deploys an anti-drone system to protect a statue in Kevadia, Gujarat.

From the Daily Mirror, terrorists related to ISIS have been inspired by the mastermind of the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka.

From the Colombo PageSri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena orders stepped-up security for the candidates running to succeed him.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian police claim to have foiled several suicide bomb plots in several cities on the island of Java.

From The Straits Times, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam pledges to address the housing shortage in the region.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia takes steps to become a global supplier of halal gelatin.

From Free Malaysia Today, since 1990, 586,000 illegal aliens have been deported from the Malaysian state of Sabah.

From The Mainichi, residents of central Japan are "shocked" by the damage from floods caused by the Typhoon Hagibis.

From Gatestone Institute, terror in France has inspired a "culture of denial".

From The Stream, what the media aren't telling you about Democrats making girls' sports a 2020 campaign issue.

From Accuracy in Media, the NBA chooses not to offend China rather than respect free speech.

From the Daily Caller, over 18 million Americans have concealed carry permits.

From Breitbart, ABC reportedly declines to fact-check Hunter Biden's claim of making "not one cent" from a deal with the Chinese government.

From the New York Post, Trump likens Hunter Biden to his former presidential campaign opponent.

From Twitchy, activist Brigitte Gabriel gives basketball player LeBron James a piece of her mind.

And from Fox News, a grocery store customer in Alsip, Illinois smells a rat - and provides video evidence.

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