Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Wednesday Links - Part 1

Here in the middle of the week in the middle of January are some things going on:

From National Review, for the Democrats, this primary is deja vu all over again.

From FrontpageMag, the latest Democratic debate flops.

From Townhall, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) announces the seven House managers for impeachment.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Russian President Putin proposes constitutional reforms that could extend his time in office.

From the Washington Examiner, if you go into marriage thinking that the sexes are the same, your marriage won't be a success.

From The Federalist, a former participant in the Women's March explains why she's not going back.

From American Thinker, climate activists attack dairy farms in Vermont.

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Michael McCall (R-TX), Democrats are relieved that Suleymani is no longer around, but "may not be able to say so".

From LifeZette, the strike against Suleymani is applauded by Trump's predecessor's national security advisor.

From NewsBusters, some in the Media believe that President Trump turned the NCAA football championship game into a MAGA rally.

From Canada Free Press, Pelosi dreams of a "forever" impeachment.

From CBC News, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are welcome to Canada, but should pay their own bills.

From Global News, according to a poll, 73 percent of Canadians don't want to cover any costs for Harry and Meghan.

From CTV News, the University of British Columbia's annual snowball fight is postponed because of snow.

From TeleSUR, in Honduras, hundreds join a caravan heading northward.

From The Portugal News, for the first time, the number of foreigners living in Portugal becomes more than 500,000.

From El País, Catalan regional premier Quim Torra promises elections if he is removed from office.

From France24, thousands of asylum seekers create makeshift camps around Paris, even while over 108,000 beds in shleters are available.

From RFI, according to French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, strikes against the government's pension reforms have gone on for too long.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland returns $1.3 million in assets to Turkmenistan.

From ANSA, a controversial book is published with Pope emeritus Benedict XVI as a co-author.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela appoints his new Cabinet.

From Malta Today, all three female Maltese Labour parliamentcritters are in the Cabinet.  (In parliamentary governments, legislators are eligible for seats in the Cabinet, which is an executive body.  By contrast, in the American system, Cabinet posts are appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate.  Congresscritters cannot simultaneously serve in the Cabinet.)

From Free West Media, ProFa thugs prevent a professor from giving a lecture and injure students in Vienna, Austria.

From Total Slovenia News, the magazine Outside comes to Slovenia.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian Culture Minister Nina Obuljen Koržinek refuses to censor a "communist" sculpture.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, an outbreak of bird flue is reported on a turkey farm in the Romanian region of Maramureş.

From Ekathimerini, the location of a former U.S. base on Crete is set to host a new casino.

From the Greek Reporter, in an apparent policy reversal, Greece re-creates its ministry of migration.

From Novinite, according to Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, holding power and managing a state "are two different things".

From The Sofia Globe, eight people are arrested in connection for alleged real estate fraud in Sofia, Bulgaria.

From Radio Bulgaria, the E.U. policy on Kosovo, as seen from the Western Balkan perspective.

From Romania-Insider, Romania plans to introduce electronic ID cards in 2021.

From Russia Today, after President Putin proposes constitutional changes, the Russian government resigns.

From Sputnik International, how the Russian government works and what will soon change.

From The Moscow Times, Putin nominates the head of Russia's tax service to become the country's next prime minister.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary has replenished its oil reserves.

From Hungary Today, the bird flu appears in Hungary at a turkey farm in Ács and a duck farm in Létavértes.

From About Hungary, according to Justice Minister Judit Varga, Hungary rejects witch-hunts and double standards.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovaks in the U.K. need to register their residents so they can stay there.

From Radio Prague, Czech individuals and charities try to provide relief for fire-ravaged Australia.

From Polskie Radio, a tribute is planned in Warsaw for a Swedish diplomat who saved Jews during the Holocaust.

From Deutsche Welle, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer pushes to keep her country's troops in Iraq.

From EuroNews, Germany's foreign minister slams an attack on the office of a Senegal-born member of the Bundestag.

From the NL Times, a man seeking asylum in the Netherlands is suspected of desecrating bodies in the Syrian civil war.

From Dutch News, a fake bomb is left outside a Jewish restaurant in Amsterdam.

From VRT NWS, Belgium's new ID cards will include finger prints.

From Euractiv, the European Commission decides to ban the pesticide thiacloprid.

From the Express, how U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson enraged the E.U. with a prediction about the euro.

From the Evening Standard, what we know so far about Nigel Farage's Brexit celebration.

From the Independent, due to a government SNAFU, an Indian man formerly living in the U.K. but now in Germany is threatened with deportation.

From the Irish Examiner, Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will review the case of a family facing deportation from Ireland.

From The Conservative Woman, don't get too excited about Brexit just yet.

From The Stream, why are there so many atheists in Generation Z?

From Legal Insurrection, Senators McConnell (R-KY) and Schumer (D-NY) set the rules for the impeachment trial.

From Reason, why the Great Society failed and what it means for this year's election.

From Fox News, a South Carolina man, age 86, allegedly robs a bank.

From the New York Post, "mystery drones" seen in Colorado inspire conspiracy theories.

And from Twitchy, let's just say that Schiff happens.

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