Monday, January 20, 2020

Stories For 1/20/2020 - Part 1

Here on the 20th day of the 20th year of this century are some things going on:

From National Review, some observations by Jay Nordlinger.

From FrontpageMag, the suicide of the United Kingdom.

From Townhall, the First Amendment supports the Second in Richmond, Virginia.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the wealth tax proposed by Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) will do little to reduce wealth inequality, according to a pioneer of such a tax.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump's defense team files a legal brief.

From The Federalist, why the March For Life better reflects Dr. King's legacy than the Women's March.  (Today is the federal holiday observed in honor of Dr. King's birthday.)

From American Thinker, the media will have its own impeachment trial.

From CNS News, according to Senator John Cronyn (R-TX), this is the first time a president has been impeached for a non-crime.

From LifeZette, Democrats are "pretty concerned" that Americans support Trump.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC falsely alleges that the gun rights rally in Richmond includes "white nationalists" and "armed militias".

From Canada Free Press, did Puerto Rican politicians keep emergency relief supplies away from the people.

From CBC News, if Prince Harry wants a job in Canada, here are some he could full.

From Global News, according to Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, the province could impose a carbon tax.

From CTV News, anti-pipeline protesters disrupt ferry operations in British Columbia.

From TeleSUR, Honduras calls Hezbollah a terrorist organization.

From Morocco World News, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin thanks Moroccan King Mohammed VI for preserving connections with Moroccan Jews.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey and Japan discontinue their partnership for building a nuclear power plant in the province of Sinop.

From Turkish Minute, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey is not sending troops to Libya.

From Rûdaw, protesters throw rocks at Iraqi security forces in Baghdad, injuring 14.

From In-Cyprus, about 9,700 Cypriots apply for settled status in the U.K.

From The Syrian Observer, more than 26,000 people have been displaced near Aleppo, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich calls for a vote on sovereignty for the Jordan Valley.

From The Times Of Israel, according to the leader of Shin Bet, the organization stopped 10 suicide bombings and four kidnappings in 2019.

From The Jerusalem Post, why have terrorist groups in Gaza resumed launching incendiary balloons into Israel?

From YNetNews, the BDS movement targets Israeli herbs.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt tackles overbilling by electrical utilities with a new meter reading program.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli attends a celebration to compensate Nubian people for the displacement suffered by the construction of two dams.

From StepFeed, Lebanon's healthcare sector suffers from the country's problems.

From The New Arab, journalists are victims of the government crackdown in Lebanon.

From Radio Farda, the commander behind the massacre of protesters in Mahshahr, Iran.

From IranWire, who is responsible for the downing of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran?

From Dawn, U.S. diplomat Alice Wells appreciates Pakistan's efforts against illegal immigrants.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the economic summit in Davos, Switzerland.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani government approves the duty-free import of 400,000 tons of wheat.

From Khaama Press, residents of Kabul, Afghanistan report an alarming level of insecurity in their city.

From The Hans India, 17 member of the Andhra Pradesh Asssembly are suspended for obstructing a speech by their chief minister.

From the Hindustan Times, a bomb squad safely detonates an explosive left in an unclaimed bag at the Mangaluru International Airport.

From ANI, a panther found on a terrace in Hyderabad, India is successfully rescued.

From India Today, anti-Citizenship Act protesters claim to have asked police for permission, but were immediately detained.

From the Dhaka Tribune, a court in Dhaka sentences 10 members of the Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami to death for a car bombing in 2001.

From the Daily Mirror, a Sri Lankan black leopard is spotted by a camera trap.

From the Colombo Page, five new envoy to Sri Lanka present their credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

From LatestLY, a Hindu couple gets married at a mosque in the Indian state of Kerala.

From Asharq Al-Aswat, Houthi militias reportedly target 76 mosques in Yemen.

From The Khaleej Times, three Sri Lankan men are fined for insulting Islam online.

From Gatestone Institute, an Assyrian Christian couple is kidnapped in Turkey.

From The Jakarta Post, four tribes in Papua, after turning land over to the Indonesian military, ask them to enlist their children.

From The Straits Times, China confirms that the new coronavirus found in the city of Wuhan can be transmitted between people.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia will ship 110 containers of plastic waste back to where they came from.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia's Federal Court allows a woman raised as a Buddhist to apply to be declared a non-Muslim.

From The Mainichi, a Japanese court, using a video-linked Tagalog interpreter, gives suspended sentences to two Filipina women who violated Japan's immigration law.

From The Stream, if you support President Trump, help him correct his mistakes.

From WPVI-TV, the pro-gun rally in Richmond, Virginia ends peacefully.

From Twitchy, a Huffington Post journalist admits that law-abiding gun owners are not the problem.

From Live Science, a new documentary discusses why the allies didn't bomb Auschwitz.  (via Fox News)

From the Daily Caller, New Jersey teachers test a program on LGBTQ history, including the Nazi persecution of gays.  (I wonder if communist Cuba's treatment of gays will also be included.)

From the Miami Herald, the suspected "pillowcase rapist", who terrorized women in Florida during the early 1980s, is arrested.  (via the New York Post)

From the New York Post, Senators Warren (D-MA) and Sanders (I-VT) shake hands and put their feud aside for MLK day.

And from Triple J Hack, according to a survey, people no longer believe that hard work will lead to a better life.

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