Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Wednesday Whatnot - Part 1

On a cool sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, DACA will have its day at the Supreme Court.

From FrontpageMag, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) welcomes a woman who supports of BDS and Louis Farrakhan.

From Townhall, ranking Intelligence Committee member Devin Nunes (R-Cal) "devastates" his Democrat colleagues with his opening statement for the public impeachment inquiry.

From The Washington Free Beacon, San Francisco gets the district attorney that it deserves.

From the Washington Examiner, former FLOTUS/Senator/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will never be as "gutsy" as one woman left out of her book.

From The Federalist, the suspension of an Ohio State football player shows what's wrong with the NCAA.

From American Thinker, President Trump knows what he's doing on DACA.

From CNS News, Nunes wants three questions answered.

From LifeZette, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants congresscritter AOC (D-NY) to be in his presidential cabinet.

From NewsBusters, ABC calls Democrats "serious" and "focused" and Republicans "theatrical" at the public impeachment hearing.

From Canada Free Press, it's congresscritter Adam Schiff's (D-Cal) "soviet-style" show.

From CBC News, Canada scraps a climate change research mission because of a shortage of ships.

From Global News, a Canadian inmate who allegedly ran a drug ring while in prison faces extradition to the U.S.

From CTV News, a Canadian teacher who relocated using a canoe gets to claim a deduction for moving expenses.

From TeleSUR, trespassers force their way into Venezuela's embassy in Brasilia, Brazil.

From The Conservative Woman, the "shameful" silence by the U.K. Conservatives over Hong Kong.

From the Express, Prime Minister Boris Johnson issues his final plea to Brexit Party Leader Nigel Farage.

From the Evening Standard, Johnson calls Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn's opinion on al-Baghdadi "naive to the point of dangerous".

From the (U.K.) Independent, over 1.5 million people in the U.K. have registered to vote since the upcoming election was called two weeks ago.

From the (Irish) Independent, an Irish senator warns against using the words "knacker" and "pikey".

From the Irish Examiner, Irish ISIS supporter Lisa Smith is reportedly "willing to talk to anyone to clear her name".

From VRT NWS, an ethnically Vietnamese man in Bruges is sentenced for smuggling eight Vietnamese people in Belgium.

From the NL Times, Apeldoom, Netherlands takes extra security measures for its upcoming Sinterklaas arrival festival.

From Dutch News, new anti-nitrogen measures in the Netherlands draw mixed reactions.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)

From Deutsche Welle, a German far-right bundestagcritter is removed from his committee chair over anti-Semitic comments.

From the CPH Post, how immigrants from Denmark revolutionized the U.S. dairy industry.

From Polskie Radio, Poland's Internal Security Agency detains two people for allegedly plotting an attack against Muslims.

From Radio Prague, Russian authorities place the Czech NGO People in Need on a list of undesirable organizations.

From The Slovak Spectator, two men are arrested in a raid of a nuclear power plant in Mochovce, Slovakia,

From the Hungary Journal, Hungarian European commissioner-designate Oliver Varhelyi stresses his independence.

From Daily News Hungary, a museum in Győr, Hungary may have displayed a fake coin collection because the real one had been stolen.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index.)

From Hungary Today, Hungarian and Slovenian authorities reportedly seize a record 730 kilos of heroin.

From About Hungary, Hungary supports measures to strengthen the E.U.'s security and defense capabilities.

From Russia Today, a new Kalashnikov rifle fires NATO bullets.

From Sputnik International, Russia's Bureau of Investigative Journalism demands a report from the U.K. Prime Minister's office about alleged Russian interference in U.K. politics.

From The Moscow Times, Russia's Northern Fleet lets the dogs come on board.  (If you read Russian, read the story at Interfax.)

From Romania-Insider, Romania President Klaus Iohannis rejects a debate with his challenger Viorica Dancila.

From Novinite, according to Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Bulgaria will be able to deliver liquefied national gas from the U.S., Asia and Africa next year.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria reports 106 outbreaks of swine fever between July and November.

From Radio Bulgaria, the 28th consecutive Bulgarian expedition to the Antarctic sets off.

From Ekathimerini, an ancient cup given to the winner of the first modern Olympic marathon is returned to Greece.

From the Greek Reporter, an abandoned Greek monastery is set to become a refugee accommodation center.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets with Greeks in Albania.

From Total Croatia News, 12 Roma children are allegedly expelled from a kindergarten in Kotoriba, Croatia.

From the Malta Independent, some animal activists object to a government grant given to people who adopt animals from licensed shelters.

From Malta Today, an electric bicycle thief in Malta is given a suspended sentence and a deportation order for overstaying his visa.

From ANSA, Venice has its worst flooding since 1966.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland sees a record number of workers commuting from outside the country.

From France24, Roman Polanski's new film faces a boycott due to the latest rape allegations against him.

From RFI, survivors of the Paris attacks gather for the fourth anniversary.

From Free West Media, the French "yellow vest" protesters gear up for their first anniversary.

From El País, a vote count gives the Spain's conservative Popular Party one more seat in the Congress of Deputies.

From The Portugal News, a Portuguese couple is suspected of human trafficking.

From EuroNews, E.U. Council President Donald Tusk gives his farewell speech.

From Euractiv, the E.U. comes to the rescue of olive producers.

From The Stream, "confessions of a white male".

From Reason, former Vice President Biden joins the crusade against online free speech.

From LifeNews, the lawyer for undercover journalist David Daleidin wants Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood to be blamed for selling baby parts, not his client for exposing it.

From WPVI-TV, President Trump meets Turkish President Erdoğan.

From the New York Post, New York's Mr. Bill backs down from his plan to move the Charging Bull statue.

From the Daily Caller, Democrats violate Trump's rights - and charge him with a fake "crime".

And from NBC News, a drag queen sashays into the Trump impeachment hearings.  (via the New York Post)

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