Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Tuesday Things - Part 1

On a cold cloudy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, "Democrats shouldn't blame Latin" for Americans not supporting their impeachment efforts.

From FrontpageMag, congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) denies requests from Republicans for witness testimony.

From Townhall, former governor and congresscritter Mark Sanford (R-SC) suspends his presidential campaign.

From The Washington Free Beacon, 2020 Democrat presidential candidates plan a freeze on deportations.

From the Washington Examiner, should the decline of Christianity be blamed on conservative "blowhards"?

From The Federalist, four lies from feminists that make women miserable.

From American Thinker, the 2020 election is President Trump's to lose.

From CNS News, according to National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Trump did provide military aid to Ukraine, while President Obama did not.

From LifeZette, former FLOTUS/Senator/Secretary of State/presidential candidate Hillary Clinton finds yet another excuse for losing in 2016.

From NewsBusters, former governor (R-SC) and ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley tells an NBC anchor that the media must look at former Vice President Biden.

From CBC News, could a bullet train link Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; and Vancouver, B.C.?

From Global NewsQuebec Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette apologizes for problems with immigration reform.

From CTV, Canada's first Arctic and offshore patrol ship won't be delivered until 2020.

From TeleSUR, police reportedly shoot anti-coup protesters in El Alto, Bolivia.

From The Mainichi, the Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 is set to return to earth from the asteroid Ryugu.

From the Borneo Post, according to Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia will take steps to correct anything wrong with its civil aviation authority.

From Free Malaysia Today, in the Malaysian state of Sabah, 72 Chinese nationals are charged with illegal entry and overstaying.

From The Straits Times, police in Hong Kong retreat after a day-long clash with protesters on a university campus.

From The Jakarta Post, a Bank of Indonesia official promotes sharia finance.

From the Daily Mirror, a suspected drug smuggler tries to escape police custody and thus makes his last mistake.

From the Colombo Page, a Sri Lankan presidential candidate allegedly has not shown that he has revoked his U.S. citizenship.

From The Hans India, Indian Prime Minister Modi is urged to declare as martyrs Kar Sevaks killed in 1992.  (In Sikhism, "kar seva" means "selfless service to others".  This Sikh practice has to some extent being adopted into Hinduism.  A "Kar Sevak" would be a person performing "kar seva".)

From the Hindustan Times, despite a fee waiver, only 700 Sikh pilgrims crossed into Pakistan using the Kartarpur Corridor today.

From ANI, Indian security forces send a Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist to his virgins.

From India Today, president's rule is imposed on the Indian state of Maharashtra for six months.

From Khaama Press, an ISIS terrorist surrenders himself, his comrades, and their family members to Afghan Special Forces.

From Dawn, Sikhs celebrate the 550th anniversary of the birth of the religion's founder.

From The Express Tribune, most Pakistani cabinet members oppose allowing former Prime Minister Nazaw Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment.

From Pakistan Today, leaders of the "Azadi March" move to "Plan B", according to which marchers will block roads.

From Radio Farda, Iranian President Rouhani admits that without oil exports, his government is broke.

From IranWire, Belgian trade unions voice their support for Iranian workers.

From StepFeed, Saudi Arabia grants 73 foreigners "Premium Residency" status.

From The New Arab, thousands of Lebanese continue protesting, causing banks and schools to close.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan will press U.S. President Trump over a YPG group still being present in Syria near the border with Turkey.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish courts give 2,327 defendants life sentences for involvement in the 2016 coup attempt.

From In-Cyprus, Animal Rescue Cyprus faces being shut down due to lack of funds.

From The Syrian Observer, three explosions go off in Qamishli, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, 90 rockets are fired from Gaza at Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, Egypt and the U.N. push for a ceasefire.

From The Jerusalem Post, the group Islamic Jihad causes headaches not only for Israel, but also for Hamas.

From YNetNews, an E.U. court rules that products from Israeli settlements must be labeled as such.

From the Egypt Independent, ten people are injured by a gas explosion at a hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

From Egypt Today, how Egyptian law treats the young children of jailed mothers.

From Morocco World News, Morocco sends a military delegation to observe a joint exercise by Egypt and Russia.

From ABC News, German authorities detain three suspected ISIS supporters for allegedly planning an attack.

From NDTV, a video published by Saudi Arabia's state security agency labels feminism, atheism and homosexuality as "extreme ideas".

From Gatestone Institute, "the Palestinian Christmas show".

From CBN News, while Erdoğan prepares to visit the White House, his forces target Kurds and Christians in Syria.  (via The Stream)

From The Stream, exposing cultural genocide in China.

From LifeNews, pro-abortion extremists hijack the U.N.

From The Korea Herald, a mass slaughter of pigs, done to prevent the spread of swine fever, turns a Korean river red.  (via Fox News)

From Fox News, a Michigan teenager undergoes a double lung transplant because of vaping-related illness.

From the New York Post, Facebook staffers blast the company's "black people problem" in an open letter.

From the ACLU, a court in Boston rules that suspicionless searches of laptops and smartphones of international travelers violate the 4th Amendment.  (I don't always agree with the ACLU, but when I do, it's usually pretty significant.)

And from Twitchy, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) accidentally admits that climate change is a cult.

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