Friday, November 22, 2019

Friday Fuss - Part 1

On a rainy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, there are already plenty of fetters on American capitalism.

From FrontpageMag, journalist Peggy Noonan reminds us why candidate Trump won.

From Townhall, what Chik-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy told Franklin Graham after the company stopped donating to three Christian charities.

From The Washington Free Beacon, why the latest reboot of Charlie's Angels flopped.

From the Washington Examiner, in having a copy of his book auctioned off, President Trump outdoes his predecessors.

From The Federalist, how China is gradually become the world's largest imperialist country.  (Since China, in my estimation, has largely received a free pass for its world-leading carbon dioxide output, its air pollution, its detention camps for the Muslim Uighurs, and its organ harvesting, a free pass for its imperialism would be no surprise.)

From American Thinker, according to impeachment witness Fiona Hill, Russia President Putin had a puppet in the White House, but it wasn't Trump.

From CNS News, when actors try to impersonate scientists on front of Congress.

From LifeZette, if the impeachment is tried in the Senate, Trump wants congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) to testify.

From NewsBusters, according to legal analyst John Turley, the impeachment is "designed to fail".

From Canada Free Press, "unpacking the impeachment".

From CBC News, a conscience rights bill for physicians in Alberta is voted down.

From Global News, in the workplace, your existence affects air quality.

From CTV News, Ontario Premier Doug Ford meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudean and afterwards stresses national unity.

From TeleSUR, three people have died and another 122 were injured in protests against Colombian President Ivan Duque.  (What is this "right to peaceably assemble" you speak of?)

From The Portugal News, in Portugal, bank branches and ATMs are becoming more scarce.

From El País, Spain and Russia no longer have a joint working group to fight against cybersecurity threats.

From France24, the Catholic Church in France pleads for forgiveness for its sex abuse scandals.

From RFI, a French woman who joined ISIS and took her four children with her faces trial.

From Free West Media, France leads Europe in asylum applications.

From SwissInfo, a look through Swiss eyes at the Council of Europe.

From EuroNews, how does a city get to be "inclusive" and why is Zurich, Switzerland the most "inclusive" city in the world?

From ANSA, the Italian court of ministers shelves an investigation of former Interior Minister Matteo Salvini for allegedly misusing his office.

From the Malta Independent, another protest is staged in front of the Maltese prime minister's office.

From Total Croatia News, a firefighting exercise is held off the Croatian city of Pula, involving participants from Croatia and Italy.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Kosovar leaders discuss forming a new government.

From Ekathimerini, according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece should "shut the door" to migrants who are not entitled to asylum.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek Coast Guard rescues 400 refugees and migrants in 24 hours.

From Novinite, according to President Rumen Radev, Bulgarian "highly appreciates" its partnership with the UAE.

From The Sofia Globe, U.S. ambassador to Bulgaria Herro Mustafa predicts a "positive and productive visit" for Prime Minister Boyko Borissov as he meets with President Trump.

From Radio Bulgaria, the monastery in Zograf, Bulgaria has an archive full of secrets.

From Romania-Insider, Romania produces a lot of wine, but doesn't export very much of it.

From Euractiv, Ukraine will criminalize the smuggling of tobacco.

From Russia Today, President Putin wants the Russian military to be able to meet any future challenge.

From Sputnik International, the new NATO military drone arrives in Europe.

From The Moscow Times, a Russian agent briefly jailed in the U.S. reportedly accepts a job with the Russian government.

From the Hungary Journal, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, his party Fidesz can't belong to a pro-migration community.

From Daily News Hungary, is Hungary among the world's worst countries for anti-Semitism?

From Hungary Today, the European Court of Human Rights rules that confining migrants to a transit zone was not unlawful.

From About Hungary, according to spokesman Gergely Gulyás, Hungary will not budge on migration.

From The Slovak Spectator, sand formations show that there once was a sea in what is now Slovakia.

From Radio Prague, around 200 Czech families are reportedly willing to adopt refugee children in Greek camps.

From Polskie Radio, the remains of 20 Polish insurgents who took part in a 1863 uprising against Russian rule are reburied in Vilnius, Lithuania.

From the CPH Post, a roundup of stories from Denmark, including one stating that many Danes don't use their own toilets.  (Where, dare I ask, do they find relief?)

From Deutsche Welle, while visiting Hiroshima, Japan, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas speaks against a unilateral withdrawal of nuclear weapons.

From the NL Times, the Utrecht district of Zuilen cancels its Sinterklaas arrival party after decided to permit only Chimney Pieten instead of Zwarte Pieten.  (A Chimney Piet has soot on his face, while a Zwarte Piet uses blackface makeup, which is used to simulate soot.)

From Dutch News, Dutch and North American scientists detect a source of methane using a satellite-borne instrument.  (Was the source a certain American congresscritter, by any chance?)

From VRT NWS, Belgium considers importing hydrogen to reduces its carbon dioxide emissions.

From the Express, U.K. Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is verbally attacked by a member of the audience at BBC Question Time.

From the Evening Standard, Corbyn isn't the only party leader grilled on BBC Question Time.

From the Independent, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage recommends that the U.K. send out clear signals against illegal migration.

From the Irish Examiner, U.N. human rights experts fear for the safety of the daughter of ISIS bride Lisa Smith.

From The Conservative Woman, a former liberal Remainer recounts his path to the Brexit Party.

From The Stream, while Republicans might not be innocent, most of the evidence of voter fraud points toward the Democrats.

From Fox News, possible presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg launches a "massive" ad buy.

From WPVI-TV, convicted sex offender Jerry Sandusky gets resentenced to the same sentence that he already had.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) becomes a co-chair of Senator Warren's presidential campaign.

From the New York Post, former National Security Adviser John Bolton claims that the White House stole his account on Twitter.

And from Twitchy, ABC News needs some help figuring out why health insurance has become more expensive during the last ten years.

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