Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Wednesday Whatnot - Part 1

As the cloudy weather hangs around, here are some things going on:

From National Review, some top Republican Senators call the House impeachment resolution a denial of President Trump's "due process" rights.

From FrontpageMag, when dealing with terrorism, be sure to "look for the country behind the curtain".

From Townhall, according to a forensic pathologist, there is some evidence suggesting that Jeffrey Epstein died from being strangled, not from suicide.  (The articles sites The New York Times, whose article is behind a paywall.  The pathologist was hired by Epstein's brother, so some NaCl might be appropriate.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer doesn't know how much money he has spent in opposing Trump.

From the Washington Examiner, the Trump administration expands the program requiring asylum seekers to remain in Mexico.

From The Federalist, why haven't we heard anything from Islamic countries about China's mistreatment of a million Muslims?

From American Thinker, the impeachment has become a railroading.

From CNS News, U.S. lawmakers give Turkish President Erdoğan a double setback.

From LifeZette, according to congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH), congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) prevented Republicans from asking questions about the "whistleblower".

From NewsBusters, NBC and CBS scare viewers by predicting that millions of people will be underwater.

From Canada Free Press, why the "desperate" Democrats "must" impeach President Trump.

From CBC News, Quebec will require prospective immigrants to pass a "values" test.

From Global News, Molson Coors is expected to cut between 400 and 500 jobs.

From CTV News, a Canadian woman fights to get her children back from Lebanon, where her estranged husband took them.

From TeleSUR, according to the government Government, the OAS will audit its elections starting tomorrow.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa undergoes minor heart surgery.

From El País, a "quest for chocolate and cheese" creates a small-scale border crisis in Gibraltar.

From France24, Rwanda takes in refugees from neighboring African countries.

From RFI, the 84-year-old man accused of shooting to other men in a mosque in Bayonne, France was reportedly suffering from "impaired judgment".

From EuroNews, French President Macron condemns those who "sow hatred and division" by using secularism.

From SwissInfo, "why do we need a free press?"

From ANSA, migrants disembark from the rescue shop Ocean Viking.

From Malta Today, with Halloween approaching, where are the spookiest spots in Malta?

From Total Croatia News, large cruise ships can now easily dock in the harbor of Rijeka, Croatia.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to President Hashim Thaçi, Kosovo's security forces are a modern army.

From Ekathimerini, Israel's foreign minister is in Greece for a two-day visit.

From the Greek Reporter, 795 migrants land in Greece in less than two days.

From Novinite, the Bulgarian parliament accepts the resignation of two of its members.

From The Sofia Globe, the Russia diplomat accused of being a spy has reportedly left Bulgaria.

From Radio Bulgaria, the large forest fire on the border of Bulgaria and Serbia has been extinguished.

From Romania-Insider, a store in Budapest, Romania grows plants in an indoor "micro-farm".

From Russia Today, Russia reopens the investigation of the Nazi murder of 214 handicapped children in Krasnodar.

From Sputnik International, Turkey and Russia will start joint patrols in an area of northern Syria.

From The Moscow Times, Russian submarines drill in the north Atlantic.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary vetoes a NATO resolution on Ukraine, because it did not require Ukraine to restore the rights of its Hungarian minority.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto meets with the leaders of GazProm and Rosatom.

From About Hungary, more about Hungary's veto of the NATO resolution on Ukraine.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak MPs consider a moratorium on polls before elections.

From Radio Prague, a Czech communist makes some "shocking" statements about the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

From Radio Poland, a Polish firm unveils a scale model of a high-speed magnetic train.

From the CPH Post, Denmark "finally" approves the Russian pipeline Nord Stream 2.

From Voice Of Europe, Turks and Kurds clash - in Norway.

From Deutsche Welle, the German government announces plans to deal with "far-right" extremism and hate speech online.  (I generally use quotes around the term "far-right" because its definition can be subjective.)

From the NL Times, residents of and visitors to Amsterdam are advised to avoid the Zuidas neighborhood due to construction.

From Dutch News, a protest by builders against government measures on pollution breaks up after they dump sand on a grass field in The Hague.

From VRT NWS, 12 migrants are found in a refrigerated truck in the Oud-Turnhout area of Antwerp, Belgium.

From Euractiv, fishermen in the Mediterranean seek to supplement their income via tourism.

From the Express, the department store Harrods is evacuated following reports of a "chemical incident".

From the Evening Standard, U.K. Labour Party leader Corbyn challenges Prime Minister Johnson to a televised debate.

From the (U.K.) Independent, Johnson hires a fracking lobbyist to help write the Conservative Party's election manifesto.

From the (Irish) Independent, a member of Extinction Rebellion is arrested for theft outside a hotel in Dublin.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar rules out a pre-Christmas snap election as not being "in the country's interest".

From The Conservative Woman, do the Conservatives, a.k.a. Tories, deserve the U.K. people's votes?

From The Stream, U.S. border agents seize guns and drugs, and save thousands of lives.

From NumbersUSA, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announces another push for E-Verify legislation.

From Fox News, evangelical leaders gather at the White House to pray for President Trump.

From Politico, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) will "slash" her presidential campaign staff.  (via the Daily Caller)

From Reason, after the NCAA allows athletes to profit off their names and images, a Republican Senator wants to tax their scholarships.

From the New York Post, Trump Tweets a photoshop of himself awarding a medal to the army dog who helped chase down ISIS leader al-Baghdadi.

And from CNN, asthma patients could reduce their carbon footprints by using "greener" inhalers.  (It's interesting that something is called "greener" when it reduces the output of carbon dioxide, when carbon dioxide is precisely what makes green possible.  The story comes via Twitchy.)

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