Friday, January 24, 2020

Friday Phenomena - Part 1

On a relatively mild Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the big divide inside the right.

From Frontpagemag, how Islam sees Muslim blood as superior to infidel blood.

From Townhall, on the third day of the impeachment, "make it stop".

From The Washington Free Beacon, Twitter attaches a warning label to a pro-life video from the Trump campaign.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump's speech at the March For Life will be more important to his chance of reelection than his impeachment trial will.

From The Federalist, advice from National Review to GOP Senators on the impeachment is very naïve.

From American Thinker, a thought experiment involving abortion.

From CNS News, a member of the Trump impeachment defense team promises not a rebuttal, but an attack.

From LifeZette, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) promises a presidential Cabinet including women and non-binary people.

From NewsBusters, the "big three" broadcast networks lose thee million viewers during their impeachment coverage.  (The only thing I want to watch is the hysterical reaction that the Democrat Senators are bound to have when Ken Starr walks in.)

From Canada Free Press, how the U.S. protects the unborn - if they have feathers.

From CBC News, this year's Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse, Canada will have a "Pride House".

From Global News, an immigrant from Syria opens a restaurant in London, Ontario.

From CTV News, a surgeon in Ontario is suspended for a month for making vulgar remarks on Twitter about two female doctors.

From The Portugal News, over 231,000 Portuguese citizens apply for resident status in the U.K.

From El País, two people arriving in Spain from Wuhan, China test negative for the coronavirus.

From France24, thousands protest as the French government adopts President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms.

From RFI, according to French author Hugo Micheron, the challenges of jihadism in France are "ahead of us, not behind".

From Free West Media, since 2014, 16 members of French Intelligence have been excluded for possible radicalization.

From EuroNews, France confirms the first two cases of coronavirus in Europe.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland plans to take in unaccompanied minor migrants now in Greece.

From ANSA, the Trevi Fountain in Rome will be given a barrier, to stop people from sitting on it.

From the Malta Independent, two Maltese government agencies are "cooperating" to restore an area to its natural state.

From Malta Today, Maltese Cultural Minister Jose Herrera insists that a float he banned from a carnival was defamatory and constituted hate speech.

From Total Slovenia News, January 31st is the next important date for the border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia.

From Total Croatia News, Croats are still shopping for cigarettes and fuel in Bosnia and Hercegovina.

From Independent Balkan News AgencyEuropean Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas and former Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discuss the migration crisis.

From Euractiv, U.S. envoy Richard Grenell tells Serbia and Kosovo to cooperate and make concessions.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek parliament votes to change the country's election law.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets with Venezuelan leader Juan Guaidó and Iraqi Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani.

From Novinite, Bulgaria declares two Russian diplomats personae non gratae.

From The Sofia Globe, a flu epidemic is declared in Sofia, Bulgaria.

From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian parliament will vote on a no-confidence motion on January 29th.

From Russia Today, two Indian elephants enjoy the snow in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

From Sputnik International, Russian President Putin appoints a former economic development minister to be his economic advisor.

From The Moscow Times, a group of activists and politicians call on Russians to vote "no" on Putin's proposed constitutional amendments.  (If you read Russia, read the story at Novaya Gazeta.)

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian President János Áder meets Holocaust survivors in Jerusalem.

From Hungary Today, Hungary is not affected by the new coronavirus, for now.

From About Hungary, an organization funded by a man with lots of money and influence is worried about "big money" and "undue influence" in politics.

From The Slovak Spectator, civil society is seen as the best way to safeguard democracy.

From Radio Prague, three Czechs are confined to Wuhan, China due to the lockdown there.

From Polskie Radio, Poland's parliament passes controversial new rules for disciplining judges.

From the CPH Post, the Copenhagen City court declares the Danish gang Loyal To Familia illegal.

From Deutsche Welle, six people are killed by a gunman in Rot am See, Germany.

From the NL Times, a man in Utrecht, Netherlands is sentenced to community service for insulting the Dutch queen.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Dutch News, the Dutch cities of Utrecht and Rotterdam will test their buildings for lead water pipes.

From VRT NWS, the University of Antwerp and the Catholic University of Leuven suspect their student exchanges with China.

From the Express, U.K. MEP Daniel Hannon three times the E.U. made up the rules as they went along.  (As the article notes, Hannon and the other U.K. members of the European Parliament will soon be out of their jobs.)

From the Evening Standard, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson signs the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

From the (U.K.) Independent, police in London roll out the face recognition technology.

From the (Irish) Independent, an obituary of Northern Irish leader Séamus Mallon, who helped create the Good Friday Agreement.

From the Irish Examiner, some important points in Fine Gael's election manifesto.

From The Conservative Woman, the ECHR upholds the conviction of an Austrian woman for hate speech against Islam, but criticizes Azerbaijan's conviction of two journalists for criticizing Islam.

From Snouts in the Trough, "developed, developing and disintegrating countries".

From The Stream, Charlotte Pence Bond, daughter of the vice president, speaks at the March For Life.

From Breitbart, no, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) did not launch the impeachment inquiry without waiting for evidence.

From Fox News, a copy of a letter written by Christopher Columbus, stolen 35 years ago, is recovered.

From Space WarPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatens to end annual war games with the U.S. if a drug war official's visa isn't restored.

From the New York Post, the Trump administration promises to step up efforts against counterfeit goods.

And from The Peedmont, a man's rampage inside a Dollar Tree store causes $52 worth of damage.

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