Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Wednesday Links - Part 1

On a cool sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, some some questions on the impeachment of President Trump that need to be answered.

From FrontpageMag, why former National Security Advisor John Bolton's testimony on "quid pro quo" is a "waste of time".

From Townhall, when "never again" has no meaning.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Democrat running for a seat in the Texas Houses is embraced by Bob O'Rourke and liberal groups loses in a landslide.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the allegations in Bolton's book "fall well below" the standard for convicting the president.

From The Federalist, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg (D) "isn't really running for president", and that's the real problem.

From American Thinker, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) wants you to know that he's important.  (This gives me a chance to revive the label "Romney", which I used during his unsuccessful presidential campaign in 2012.)

From CNS News, Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) has not yet made up his mind on the impeachment, and neither has Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV).

From LifeZette, CNN's mocking of Trump supporters leads to a "brutal" new GOP ad.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC host Chuck Todd offers Bolton an hour to be heard on Meet The Press.

From Canada Free Press, what's wrong with Trump's peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians.

From CBC News, the number of guns restricted guns in Canada increased by 24 percent during Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's time in office.

From Global News, the University of British Columbia, the city of Vancouver, and several First Nations groups agree to jointly seek funding for a subway extenting to the university.

From CTV News, many Canadians in China are frustrated with the lack of communication from the Canadian government.

From TeleSUR, the Brazilian government and pediatricians disagree on how to prevent teenage pregnancies.

From The Mainichi, the Hiroshima Prefecture government is set to postpone the demolition of some buildings that survived the atomic bomb attack during World War II.

From the Borneo Post, AirAsia extends its suspension of flights to and from Wuhan, China.

From Free Malaysia Today, four people in Malaysia are arrested for allegedly spreading fake news about the coronavirus.

From The Straits Times, the death toll in China from the coronavirus reaches 132.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia criticizes President Trump's peace plan.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's health ministry will check Chinese construction workers for the coronavirus.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan health officials will issue guidelines for addressing the challenges posed by the coronavirus.

From the Dhaka Tribune, 148 Bangladeshi migrants return home from Libya.

From The Hans India, the Indian government advises against traveling to China.

From the Hindustan TimesAll India Muslim Personal Law Board tells the Indian Supreme Court that women are allowed to enter mosques, and that fatwas to the contrary should be ignored.

From ANI, India's Snow Leopard Brigade airlifts 100 stranded civilians from the Gurez valley in Jammu and Kashmir.

From India Today, two flights are set to bring Indian citizens back from the Chinese province of Hubei.

From Khaama Press, Afghan Security Forces free 62 army personnel from a Taliban prison.

From Dawn, two polio workers are killed in Swabi, Pakistn after "unidentified men" open fire on them.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's anti-terrorism court acquits 40 people accused of lynching.

From Pakistan Today, four Pakistani students in China contact the coronavirus, but no cases are reported in Pakistan.

From Radio Farda, Iranian officials call on "all Muslims" to oppose President Trump's peace plan.

From IranWire, Iranian chess champion Mitra Pahlevanzadeh says that she was oppressed by Iran's hijab laws.

From StepFeed, a British tourist gets ten years for smuggling drugs in the UAE.

From The New Arab, Palestinians declare a "day of rage" in response to Trump's peace plan.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a museum in Tekirdağ, Turkey sheds light on the ancient Thracian civilization.

From Turkish Minute, according to Turkey's Human Rights Association, more inmates alleged being tortured in prisons in central Turkey.

From Rûdaw, Iraq considers a larger role for NATO to replace the current U.S.-led coalition.

From In-Cyprus, Greece and Cyprus seek to strengthen their cooperation on the diaspora between the two countries.

From The Syrian Observer, Syrian refugees blame German feminist organizations for encouraging women to seek divorce.

From Arutz Sheva, Palestinian President Abbas threatens a discontinuation of security cooperation with Israeli if it accepts Trump's peace plan.

From The Times Of Israel, an interim cabinet that can't fund daycare is probably not going to be able to annex the West Bank.

From The Jerusalem Post, Russian President Putin pardons Israeli citizen Naama Issachar.

From YNetNews, the Trump peace plan does not change the "status quo" around the Temple Mount.

From the Egypt Independent, according to its public business sector minister, Egypt will sign agreements this year to launch the production of electric cars.

From Egypt Today, the Youth Loves Egypt foundation launches a campaign to remove pollution from the Nile in the Giza Governate.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan King Mohammed VI grants pardons to 201 inmates from sub-Saharan Africa.

From Gatestone Institute, leaked documents in China show the atrocities against Muslims in the province of Xinjiang.

From The Stream, what pro-choicers really believe in.

From Fox News, why Senator Socialism (I-VT) winning the Democrat nomination "should concern the Trump campaign".

From the New York Post, according to Trump defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz, quid pro quos to help get him reelected are not impeachable.

From the Daily Caller, Captain Kirk's prenup before his fourth marriage saves him $100 million in his divorce.  (For Star Trek fans such as myself, William Shatner will always be Captain Kirk.)

From Breitbart, Arizona considers requiring athletes to compete according to their biological genders.

And from Twitchy, congresscritter and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) wants to know why she wasn't invited to upcoming Democrat town halls.

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