Saturday, December 7, 2019

Saturday Stuff - Part 1

On a sunny but cold Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, some books for your little ones.

From Townhall, the U.S. and Iran conduct a prisoner exchange.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritters Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reject their party's efforts to back a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine.

From the Washington Examiner, American Airlines forces a passenger to change out of her T-shirt which said "Hail Satan".

From American Thinker, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) sees white supremacy behind climate change.

From NewsBusters, a look back at how the media lamented the "rush" to remove Senator Al Franken D-MN).

From Canada Free Press, how Presidents Clinton and Obama abandoned and disarmed Ukraine.

From CBC News, the RCMP tells a cannabis shop to remove a picture of one of themselves from its store window.

From Global News, according to Mexico's top trade negotiator, the new trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico is not yet finalized.

From TeleSUR, the Bolivian party Movement Towards Socialism appoints the director of its 2020 campaign.

From The Mainichi, the Japanese government postpones a debate about the imperial succession.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian policemen 3, suspected drug traffickers 0.

From Free Malaysia Today, Muslims should not be obsessive or arrogant in politics, says a Malaysian politician.

From The Straits Times, Singapore and the U.S. sign a deal to allow Singaporean fighter pilots to train in Guam.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia claims to be dealing with forest fires better than some other countries.

From the Daily Mirror, over 1,000 Sri Lankan migrant workers have reportedly lost their lives in foreign countries during the last three years.

From the Colombo Page, the leader of Sri Lanka's Muslim party has no objection to the lack of Muslim ministers in the country's new government.

From The Hans India, voting concludes amid violence for 18 of 20 seats in the Assembly of the Indian state of Jharkhand.

From the Hindustan Times, India's National Investigative Agency files charges against two suspected ISIS operatives.

From ANI, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accuses Pakistan of making terrorism its "state policy".

From India Today, the Vishva Hindu Parishad demands that land outside the city limits of Ayodhya is allotted to the Sunni Waqf Board for a mosque.

From Khaama Press, protests against fraud are staged in the Afghani provinces of Bamyan, Nangarhar and Kapisa.

From Dawn, Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz files a petition to have her name removed from the country's Exit Control List.

From The Express Tribune, 140 baby green sea turtles are released at Hawkes Bay Beach in Karachi, Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's government reaches out to two political parties.

From Radio Farda, Iranian students stage anti-government rallies.

From StepFeed, the small Saudi Arabian town of Ushaiqer dates back 1,500 years.

From The New Arab, the home of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gets droned.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, NATO has raised no objection to Turkey's purchase of S-400 missile defense systems.

From Turkish Minute, a U.N. human rights body rules against the extradition of a teacher linked to the Gülen movement from Morocco to Turkey.

From Rûdaw, the Kurdish regional government deploys heavy weapons to places recently attacked by ISIS.

From In-Cyprus, the Cypriot cities of Lanarca and Livadia start planning land uses for areas formerly occupied by oil refineries.

From Arutz Sheva, rockets and sirens can't stop a youth event in Sderot, Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, more on the rocket attack near Sderot.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israelis, Palestinians and others protest against the police presence in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Isawiya.

From YNetNews, "let's stop calling each other Nazis".  (This opinion column is directed at the people in Israel, but would also be good advice for people in Europe and the U.S.)

From the Egypt Independent, according to the Secretary General of the Arab League, the "Arab region needs needs extensive economic and social reform".

From Egypt Today, Egypt's foreign minister calls terrorism a "major threat".

From Morocco World News, mountainous areas of Morocco prepare for the cold.

From The Stream, the Fairness for All Act would not protect religious liberty.

From the New York Post, Presidents Trump (U.S.) and Moon (South Korea) discuss the "grave" status of relations with North Korea.

From WPVI-TV, the Pensacola shooter hosted a party where he and others watch videos of mass shootings.

From the eponymous website of Sharyl Atkisson, what is populism and why is it unpopular with the establishment?

From the Daily Caller, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) apologizes for her past false claims of Native American ancestry.

And from The Peedmont, an ambulance driver doesn't turn his siren on during the Dominion Energy Christmas Parade.

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