Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Wednesday Links - Part 1

Here in the middle of another week are some things going on:

From National Review, both parties like to decry the "imperial presidency", when someone from the other party is president.

From FrontpageMag, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) brings out a "fact sheet" full of distortions.

From Townhall, congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) leads Republicans into crashing a secret impeachment meeting led by congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal).

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Jim Banks (R-IN) accuses Reddit of "election interference" for putting a pro-Trump forum in "quarantine".

From the Washington Examiner, the testimony from former Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor tells us nothing not already known from transcript of President Trump's call.

From The Federalist, the media goes Sergeant Schultz over congresscritter Katie Hill's (D-Cal) alleged affairs with her staffers.

From American Thinker, some questions for former Ambassador Taylor.

From CNS News, a U.S. envoy disputes the idea that Trump's withdrawal of troops from Syria is what allowed Turkish forces to enter.

From LifeZette, former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal tells China that we Americans value our free speech.

From Canada Free Press, the "stupidest" Democrat coup is "Hillary for 2020".

From CBC News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rules out a coalition government and promises gender equality for his new cabinet.

From Global News, more on Trudeau's plans.

From CTV News, most of Nova Scotia's crown attorneys walk off the job to protests against legislation that would remove their arbitration rights.

From TeleSUR and the "pot/kettle" department, Venezuelan President Maduro warns of "fascism" in Bolivia.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese authorities dismantle an eel-smuggling network.

From El País, the U.K. blocks a Spanish judge from questioning Julian Assange as a witness against a company accused of spying on him.

From France24, the U.S. pledges closer cooperation with France's space agency.

From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron arrives on the island of Réunion and is greeted with protests over the costs of living.

From Free West Media, firefighters and police officers come under mortar fire in Champigny-sur-Marne, France.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss corporation Nestlé remains among the world's worst plastic polluters.

From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte claims that U.S. President Trump never spoke to him about Russiagate.

From the Malta Independent, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees investigates a joint Maltese-Libyan interception of a migrant rescue.

From Malta Today, the Maltese government and the General Workers' Union meet with the intention of improving conditions at migrant holding centers.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia could learn from Poland about developing medical tourism.

From Euractiv, even with its nod to join the Schengen zone, Croatia may have to wait.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bosnia and Hercegovina reporteldy fails to comply with 15 recommendations from the Council of Europe's anti-corruption body.

From Ekathimerini, an artificial intelligence system called "Pythia" helps find missing parts of ancient Greek inscriptions.

From the Greek Reporter, according to Greek scientists, Alexander the Great died of pancreatic necrosis.

From Novinite, Bulgaria has met 74 percent of its 2020 energy savings target.

From The Sofia Globe, prosecutors in Bulgaria charge five people with smuggling migrants through Bulgaria.

From Radio Bulgaria, police in the U.K. find a Bulgarian-registered truck with 39 dead bodies inside.

From Romania-Insider, locals in Otopeni, Romania try to scare away wild boars.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Digi24.)

From EuroNews, courts block the expansion of Romania's largest coal mine.

From Russia Today, a Russian Orthodox TV channel is looking for people for a reality show set in a monastery.

From Sputnik International, Libya and Russia sign an agreement under which Russia will send wheat to Libya.

From The Moscow Times, a migrant from Russia goes on a hunger strike against Latvia's refusal to allow his mother-in-law to obtain residence without a language exam.

From Daily News Hungary, 13 things you might not know about Budapest.

From Hungary Today, Hungary observes the anniversary of the 1956 uprising.

From About Hungary, remembering the heroes of the 1956 uprising.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia bans fur farming.

From Radio Prague, Czechs love their dogs.

From Polskie Radio, Poland seeks U.N. World Heritage status for the Gdańsk shipyards.

From the CPH Post, most people immigrating into Denmark come from the West.

From Voice Of Europe, a man hijacks an ambulance and drives it into a crowd in Oslo, Norway.  (If you read Norwegian, read the story at NRK and Aftenposten.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany defends its vision of an international safe zone in Syria.

From the NL Times, a "farewell Britain" party will be held on the beach of Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands on October 31st, whether or not Brexit actually happens on that day.

From Dutch News, Dutch police hunt for a drug gang from Scotland, in connection with the murder of a crime reporter.

From VRT NWS, refugees in Belgium have a hard time finding a home.

From the Express, Remainer parliamentcritters plot to create a new law that could reverse Brexit and block the Tories from keeping their majority.

From the Evening Standard, the first picture of the man driving the truck in which 39 dead people were found.  (the ES confirms that the truck is registered in Bulgaria, but no other connection to that country has yet been found.)

From the Independent, more on the story about the truck with 39 dead bodies inside.

From the Irish Examiner, the driver of the truck is from Armagh, Northern Ireland, and has been arrested.

From The Conservative Woman, a Canadian professor loses her job for telling the truth about polar bears.

From The Stream, Project Veritas puts out two more videos showing the bias at CNN.

From Fox News, former White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus defends former White House press secretary Sean Spicer's success on Dancing With The Stars.

From Variety, a small group of protesters gather outside NBC News headquarters to demand the ouster of executives for the network's handling of sexual misconduct allegations.

From TechRepublic, state-sponsored groups increasingly use mobile malware for espionage.

From Accuracy in Media, media outlets turn pro-Trump stories into anti-Trump stories.

From Legal Insurrection, when Mr. Bill was president, Democrats called his impeachment "lynching".

From the New York Post, in New York City, two boys are charged with a hate crime for allegedly assaulting a Muslim school safety agent.

From CNN, a farmer in Tennessee grows a 910-pound pumpkin, and turns it into a boat.  (via the New York Post)

And from The Babylon Bee, a biological male takes on a bunch of women in a bicycle race.

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