Sunday, December 8, 2019

Sunday Stories - Part 1

Here on a sunny but cool Sunday are some things going on:

From Free West Media, the German party AfD asks for a sign advertising an alleged anti-racist organization be removed from the Frankfurt city hall.

From Deutsche Welle, a drunken raccoon staggers into a Christmas market in Erfurt, Germany.

From Polskie Radio, several thousand volunteers deliver packages to needy Polish families.

From Radio Prague, Prague, Czech Republic and Vienna, Austria will sign a pact to become sister cities.

From The Slovak Spectator, according to an opinion column, winners usually start with big advantages.

From Daily News Hungary, the scariest places in Hungary.

From Russia Today, a Siberian traffic cop pours a different type of antifreeze into his car's cooling system.

From Sputnik International, modernized S-300 air defense systems are deployed about 500 kilometers south of Moscow.

From The Moscow Times, integration talks between Russian President Putin and Belarusian President Luckashenko "fall flat".

From Romania-Insider, Bucharest Mayor Gabriela Firea announces that she will run for another term, and says some unflattering things about Romania's prime minister.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at MediaFax.)

From Novinite, the Bulgarian parliament ratifies an agreement with Greece to connect their gas systems.

From Radio Bulgaria, a museum in Rome hosts a historical exhibit on Bulgaria.

From Ekathimerini, European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas backs Greece's migration plan.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek Americans in Boston struggle to digitize the newspaper The Hellenic Chronicles.

From Total Croatia News, meet Barica, the new Croatian artificial intelligence.

From Total Slovenia News, the Slovenian government adopts a strategy against violent extremism.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat launches his farewell tour.

From Malta Today, "how much will Joseph Muscat take down with him?"

From SwissInfo, a Swiss-flagged ship reportedly carried weapons to Saudi Arabia.  (This is interesting because Switzerland is a landlocked country, and therefore cannot host its own ocean-going ships.)

From The Portugal News, about 2,400 needy Portuguese children will receive free consultations and glasses.

From France24, French President Macron hopes to restart the Ukraine peace process at a summit in Paris.

From RFI, will the current strike in France bring about a repeat of the 1995 shutdown?

From EuroNews, France is willing to take U.S. President Trump to the WTO over his proposed tariffs.

From VRT NWS, as part of a climate protest in Brussels, about 2,400 people make a human chain.  (Did the human chain or any other part of the protest get anywhere near the Chinese embassy?)

From the Express, a caller to a British radio show tells former Prime Ministers Blair and Major that their time is over.

From the Evening Standard, the Conservative Party's lead over the Labour Party "inches forward".

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. business leaders attack Prime Minister Johnson's immigration plan.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish gardaĆ­ offer home security tips for the Christmas season.

From the Irish Examiner, Storm Atiyah hits Ireland.

From The Conservative Woman, should the British vote for the traitors, or for the other traitors?

From The Stream, the impeachment reminds a conservative why he's conservative.  (The impeachment is called a "kangaroo court", which I regard as unfair to kangaroos.)

From Townhall, congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) explains his "guiding philosophy" for his impeachment inquiry.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a First Amendment group appeals the military's ban on selling religiously themed dog tags.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Al Green (D-TX) tries to connect President Trump to slavery.

From American Thinker, the "convenient Catholicism" of pro-abortion Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal).

From LifeZette, the Naval Academy in Annapolis mourns its loss in Pensacola.

From NewsBusters, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) "destroys" NBC host Chuck Todd on impeachment, media bias and Ukraine.

From the Daily Caller, former Vice President Joe "Hairy Blonde Legs" Biden denies knowing about his son's conflict of interest with the Ukrainian company Burisma.

From Legal Insurrection, the media spreads a misreported version of former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley's (R) comments about the Confederate flag.

From the New York Post, noted lawyer Alan Dershowitz claims that he was left out of the House impeachment hearings because of accusations relating to Jeffrey Epstein.

From ESPN, some equipment belonging to the Kansas City Chiefs gets sent to the wrong place.  (via the New York Post)

And from Page Six, the man who originally voiced Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street goes to Muppet Heaven.

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