Saturday, February 15, 2020

Saturday Links - Part 1

Here on a sunny but cold Saturday in the middle of February are some things going on:

From National Review, President Trump tries to make federal architecture great again.

From Townhall, one Democrat presidential candidate is considering former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as his running mate.  (If so, I would suggest that he should hire a food taster.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, the strange case of America's suicides.

From the Washington Examiner, a journalist confronts former Vice President Biden about the Obama administration putting immigrant children in cages.

From American Thinker, "Trump wins on fracking".

From LifeZette, despite the "public wake" for his campaign, Biden keeps on running.

From NewsBusters, appearing on Real Time with Bill Maher, TV host Katie Couric enjoys Michael Bloomberg's insults of Trump.

From Canada Free Press, Biden's chances were destroyed by congresscritters Pelosi (D-Cal), Schiff (D-Cal) and Nadler (D-NY).

From CBC News, Canada's indigenous services minister meets with Mohawk leaders to discuss a railroad blockade in Ontario.

From Global News, regarding the railroad blockades, Trudeau the younger needs to learn from his father and show some resolve.

From TeleSUR, more than 2.3 million Venezuelans train to protect their homeland.

From Morocco World News, trying to find accessible recycling bins in Morocco.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a Turkish delegation will visit Russia to discuss the situation in the Syrian region of Idlib.

From Turkish Minute, Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk is acquitted of the terrorism charges for which he was removed from his office in Mardin, Turkey.

From Rûdaw, can Kurdistan's cement boom balance development and the environment?

From In-Cyprus, a 17-year-old Cypriot enters the Guinness Book of Records for solving Rubic's Cube upside down.

From Arutz Sheva, Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman hopes that Prime Minister Netanyahu will step down.

From The Times Of Israel, despite reports of a ceasefire, two rockets launched from Gaza land in open fields.

From the Jerusalem Post, a device invented by an Israeli doctor is expected to treat coronavirus patients in China.

From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, the Israeli government's decision to allow the Falash Mura to enter Israel from Ethiopia is an election ploy.

From the Egypt Independent, the Egyptian government considers cooperating with the private sector on desalination projects.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's antiquities ministry prepares for the solar illumination inner part of the King Ramses II temple.

From StepFeed, finding affordable restaurants with vegan foods in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

From The New Arab, after a Saudi Arabian fighter jet crashes in Yemen, Houthi rebels claim to have shot it down.

From Radio Farda, Iran warns Korean businesses against leaving.

From IranWire, in Iran, Valentine's Day is "suppressed but extremely popular".

From Dawn, U.K. royals and former E.U. leaders go skiing in Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan summons an Indian diplomat over alleged ceasefire violations in Kashmir.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan admits government negligence to be a cause of price increases.

From Khaama Press, an airstrike in the Afghan province of Takhar sends five Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From The Hans India, Stalin condemns actions by police against anti-Citizenship Act protesters.  (Yes, India has a politician named Stalin.)

From the Hindustan Times, an Air India plane is damaged from dodging a person and a vehicle which intruded onto the runway.

From ANI, during his upcoming visit to India, U.S. President Trump will be protected by over 10,000 policement.

From India Today, anti-Citizenship Act protesters in the Delhi neighborhood of Shaheen Bagh plan to take their demands to the residence of Indian Home Minister Amit Shah.

From the Dhaka Tribune, according to Bangladeshi Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, barbed wire fences are under construction around Rohingya refugee camps.

From the Daily Mail, Sri Lanka puts on its yearly Lab Expo.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy arrests three Indians allegedly trying to reach Sri Lanka on a dinghy, and two Sri Lankans who allegedly were helping them.

From The Jakarta Post, the family of a 19-year-old Indonesian student suspected of carrying the coronavirus has not been allowed to visit him.

From The Straits Times, according to Singaporean Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen, countries should support diplomatic efforts for resolving conflicting claims in the South China Sea.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia Airlines adopts new safety measures to give travellers peace of mind.

From Free Malaysia Today, an Orang Asli tribe denies living at a garbage dump, saying that they were there only to look for recyclable items.

From The Mainichi, a prefectural government worker is arrested after allegedly biting a policeman in Kashima, Japan.

From Gatestone Institute, the terrorists who are migrating into Europe.

From The Stream, what can pro-lifers do to encourage adoption?

From Fox News, according to an opinion column, Attorney General Barr is right to reject the "overly harsh" prison sentence recommended for Roger Stone.

From NBC News, according to police, Amazon Ring has done little to help them fight crime.

From the Daily Caller, the media once praised recently convicted extortionist Michael Avenatti as "the man who could take down Trump".

From Legal Insurrection, the media wrongly call Democratic candidates Pete Buttigieg (IN) and Amy Klobuchar (MN) moderates.

From WPVI-TV, what is a passport card, and can it replace a RealID license?

And from Breaking Burgh, former Vice President Joe Biden gets a running mate.

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