Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Wednesday Whatnot - Part 1

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

From National Review, a look at Bob O'Rourke's America.

From FrontpageMag, "don't romanticize the Kurds".

From Townhall, CNN pretty much confirms allegations by Project Veritas.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood director Dr. Leana Wen agrees with a stance on abortion that used to be common among Democrats.

From the Washington Examiner, analysis reportedly shows that "Medicare for all" would increase rather than decrease health care spending.

From The Federalist, the judge in a trial where Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood is suing a journalist rules out evidence about "the truth of abortion procedures".

From American Thinker, at last night's Democratic debate, there were zero questions about illegal immigration.

From CNS News, one Democrat candidate proposes limits on third-trimester abortions.

From LifeZette, why former Vice President Biden is no longer the Democrat front runner.

From NewsBusters, the "whistleblower" has become incredibly "vanishing".

From Canada Free Press, tourists should stay away from Toronto due to its "climate emergency".

From CBC News, Prime Minister Trudeau accuses Canada's Conservatives of running the "dirtiest" campaign ever.

From Global News, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer proposes fines of up to $20,000 for politicians who break Canada's ethics laws.

From CTV News, according to Oceana Canada, 47 percent of fish they found at retailers and restaurants was mislabeled.

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Johnson explains his latest proposed Brexit deal to Tory backbenchers in five minutes.

From the Evening Standard, students at Manchester University oppose the city's plans to erect a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, because of his alleged "anti-black racism".

From the Independent, Johnson is criticized by his most recent predecessor over his immigration plan.

From EuroNews, according to European Council President Donald Tusk, an agreement on Brexit "could be accepted by tomorrow morning".

From The Conservative Woman, how Johnson can revive true conservatism.

From the Irish Examiner, hopes for a Brexit deal rise as one issue is reportedly left to resolve.

From France24, French supermarkets are faulted for throwing away food before its "use by" date.

From RFI, a new dispute arises about wearing the hijab in public.

From Free West Media, Paris is "helpless" against rising crime.

From VRT NWS, the number of foreigners working in Belgium has seen a large increase.

From the NL Times, two men in Utrecht, Netherlands are arrested for allegedly bombing ATMs in Germany.

From Dutch News, Dutch farmers block traffic on the way to The Hague.

From Deutsche Welle, protesters prevent the founder of AfD from giving a lecture at Hamburg University.

From the CPH Post, some immigrants in Denmark want to curtail free speech.

From Polskie Radio, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin thanks nine Poles for saving Jews during World War II.

From Radio Prague, how mummification was a status symbol - in Bohemia.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová draws praise from The Washington Post.

From Daily News Hungary, when Russian President Putin visits Hungary later this month, the two countries will sign several agreements.

From Hungary Today, Hungary will receive the identification documents of about 600,000 Hungarian POWs held by the Soviet Union during and after World War II.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index.)

From About Hungary, some Hungarians who had emigrated are returning to Hungary.

From Russia Today, Russian police reportedly remove three U.S. diplomats from a train traveling through restricted territory.

From Sputnik International, Russia's Federal Security Service has foiled 39 terror attacks and eliminated 49 terrorist cells.

From The Moscow Times, Russian police arrest five more opposition protesters for allegedly assaulting police officers.

From Romania-Insider, who is Romania's new prime minister?  (As I recently mentioned, he shares his last name with his Hungarian counterpart.)

From Novinite, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva, Bulgaria does not support economic sanctions against Turkey.

From The Sofia Globe, six people are arrested in Bulgaria for alleged racist acts during a Bulgaria-England soccer match.

From Radio Bulgaria, an interactive museum exhibit in Chavdar, Bulgaria recreates the country's folklore and traditions.

From Ekathimerini, unidentified thieves steal an ATM in Agrinio, Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, police clear out two illegal squats in the Exarchia district of Athens.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece faces a "very serious" problem with the refugee and migrant arrivals.

From Total Croatia News, archaeologists at the Croatian site of Stari Jankovci discover a Roman chariot and the bones of its horses.

From the Malta Independent, Malta has still not submitted an air pollution control program to the European Commission.

From Malta Today, a Knights-era farmhouse is demolished, instead of being dismantled and reconstructed, to make room for a shopping mall.  (Malta was ruled by the Knights Hospitaller, a.k.a. the Order of Saint John, from 1530 to 1798.)

From ANSA, Presidents Mattarella (Italy) and Trump (U.S.) discuss tariffs and other matters.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss government calls for Turkey to implement a ceasefire in Syria.

From El País, pictures of the unrest in Catalonia.

From The Portugal News, Portugal's Coastal Control Unit rescues 71 migrants in Greek waters.

From Euractiv, there is reportedly "broad support" for a tax on plastic waste throughout the E.U.  (Why do the proposed remedies for so many problems involve creating a new tax?)

From The Stream, "the bloodless coup forges ahead".

From Fox News, according to a man who shares his name with an amphibian, we're living through the death of the Democratic Party.

From The Washington Times, a federal judge rules that the DHHS can't force medical facilities to provide abortions and transgender care under an Obama-era definition of "sex" discrimination.  (via LifeNews)

From Tech Republic, "how North America is leading the 5G revolution".

From Vice, Yahoo Groups is on its way to nonexistence.

From ABC News, constituents of congresscritter Nita Lowey (D-NY) can breathe a sign of relief.  (ia the New York Post)

And from the New York Post, when spooked by a robotic spider, a three-year-old boy fights back.

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