Today is Sunday, but it's been raining all day so far, so I'm calling it Rainday. Here on a wet first day in December are some things going on:
From National Review, why we fight over history.
From Townhall, Mitt Romney is the "national dad" that we didn't ask for.
From The Washington Free Beacon, under progressive policing, crime surges on the transit systems of New York and San Francisco.
From the Washington Examiner, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) blasts former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his "everyone else sucks" presidential campaign. (If a candidate were to say "everyone sucks, myself included", I would respect him/her for his/her honesty.)
From American Thinker, Republicans who join the climate alarmists will regret doing so.
From NewsBusters, according to a poll tracker, President Trump has a good chance for reelection as the Democrat candidates are becoming more unpopular.
From Canada Free Press, Democrats have the obsession of impeaching Republican presidents, now and forever.
From CBC News, a major oil pipeline extending from Alberta to Manitoba is now up and running.
From Global News, a teenager in Regina, Saskatchewan is arrested for allegedly possessing a prohibited weapon - a can of bear spray.
From CTV News, the Yukon Territory legislature votes to make Yukon College a university, which will make it the first university in Canada's northern territories.
From The Mainichi, former Japanese and Major League baseball player Ichiro Suzuki plays baseball again as an amateur.
From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian state of Sabah battles to save its pygmy elephants.
From Free Malaysia Today, four men and two teenage boys are reportedly jailed and fined for missing Friday prayers in Terengganu, Malaysia.
From The Straits Times, thousands of protesters return to the streets of Hong Kong.
From The Jakarta Post, the South Jakarta Social Affairs Agency detains a beggar who allegedly had 194.5 million rupiah in his possession, the equivalent of US $13,819.
From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan cricket team will be protected by heavy security while visiting Pakistan.
From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is ready to abolish the country's 19th constitutional amendment if his party wins a two-thirds majority in the next parliamentary election.
From The Hans India, with the price of onions "soaring" in India, its government will import onions from Turkey and Egypt.
From the Hindustan Times, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India's National Investigative Agency detains two men suspected of having links to ISIS.
From ANI, people form a human chain to mark the 35th anniversary of the gas tragedy in Bhopal, India. (For information on the Bhopal disaster, go to Wiki.)
From India Today, India's Border Security Force is working to procure an anti-drone system to use in guarding the India-Pakistan border.
From Khaama Press, Afghanistan's president orders the termination of government contracts with a gold mine and a copper mine.
From Dawn, a Pakistani soldier is killed and two more wounded in a battle with terrorists in North Waziristan.
From The Express Tribune, sedition charges are filed against participants in a Student Solidarity March held in Pakistan.
From Pakistan Today, according to Prime Minister Imran Khan, "controlled" student unions will groom Pakistan's future leaders.
From Radio Farda, Iran plans to organize "pilgrimage" trips to Syria.
From IranWire, Baha'is fear for the safety of nine of Baha'is arrested in Isfahan, Iran.
From StepFeed, how Twitter can sometimes save lives and help Saudi people to obtain justice.
From Hürriyet Daily News, according to the Turkish Defense Ministry, nine civilians were injured by a car bomb in Jarablus, Syria, which was the work of YPG/PKK terrorists.
From Turkish Minute, Greece will seek support from NATO against a maritime agreement between Turkey and Libya.
From Rûdaw, Tel Tamr, Syria has become the Assyrian frontline.
From In-Cyprus, two women are arrested in Paphos, Cyprus for allegedly residing illegally in Cyprus and possessing fake documents. (This would tend to show that illegal aliens are not undocumented, but falsely documented.)
From Arutz Sheva, the Blue and White party leadership has in internal dispute.
From The Times Of Israel, the IDF hails the success of its new siren system.
From The Jerusalem Post, Blue and White leader Gantz and Likud leader Netanyahu prepare compromises for a unity government.
From YNetNews, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett plans to have a Jewish neighborhood build in Hebron, West Bank.
From the Egypt Independent, three people are killed and four others injured in a partial wall collapse at the Monastery of Saint Fana.
From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi inaugurates the 23rd Cairo International Communication and Technology Conference.
From Morocco World News, Morocco and Germany sign an agreement on sustainable economic growth.
From The Sun, jihadist friends of the London Bridge knife attacker are back on the street.
From OpIndia, a Pakistani cleric spews hate against Sikhs in a sermon.
From The Great Architect, what's the point of having peace talks with the Taliban?
From Gatestone Institute, two recent incidents show Pope Francis's upside-down vision of Islam.
From The Stream, when a Christian leader bashes Jews and thus makes Jesus look bad.
From Quartz, China requires applicants for mobile phone plans to have their faces scanned.
From the New York Post, Amazon creates outrage by selling Auschwitz-themed Christmas ornaments.
From Twitchy, congresscritter Lee Zeldin (R-NY) offers three reasons why the "whistleblower" should testify.
And from the Daily Caller, MSNBC host Joy Reid issues a "big" correction after her producers got confused about people named Richard Spencer.
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