Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Tuesday Tidings - Part 1

As the rain continues on Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, in a 2015 recording, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended racial profiling by police.

From FrontpageMag, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) attacks President Trump for protecting Americans.

From Townhall, where Trump went, right after finishing his New Hampshire rally.

From The Washington Free Beacon, what to watch for in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.

From the Washington Examiner, in January, authorities at the southern border dealt with the fewest number of illegal crossing attempts in 24 months.

From The Federalist, how to take on the Mexican drug cartels.

From American Thinker, the Trump administration finally goes after sanctuary cities.

From CNS News, Trump's proposed budget cuts foreign aid.

From LifeZette, Senator Fake Cherokee (D-MA) likens Vice President Pence to man's best friend.

From NewsBusters, according to right-wing journalist Brent Bozell, Americans tuned out the Oscars due to their "pompous politics".

From Canada Free Press, Democrats want to loosen the definition of "whistleblower".

From CBC News, Mohawks protesting in support of Wet'suwet'en pipeline opponents block railroads near Belleville, Ontario.

From Global News, anti-pipeline protesters block the entrance to the British Columbia legislature ahead of a Throne Speech.

From TeleSUR, 20,000 Brazilian oil workers strike against plans to privatize their business.

From The Portugal News, four people are arrested at the Lisbon airport while carrying eight suitcases full of glass eels.

From El País, the World Mobile Congress in Barcelona, Spain is hit by numerous cancellations due to concerns about the coronavirus.

From Voice Of Europe, the Spanish coast guard rescues 119 migrants from the Mediterranean and looks for 67 more.

From France24, the U.N. calls for "urgent action" as locusts plague eastern Africa.

From RFI, France's fifth National Conference on Disability promises measures to make life easier for the country's disabled people.  (During my trips to Europe, I've realized that many of its highly visited places would not meet the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.)

From Free West Media, violent crime in France "explodes" in 2020.

From SwissInfo, how does one shadow box a virus?

From ANSA, Venice makes plans to prevent Saint Mark's Square from flooding.

From the Malta Independent, the Libyan Coast Guard intercepts 81 migrants in the Mediterranean and returns them to Libya.

From Malta Today, according to Maltese cartoonist Gorg Mallia, satire can be brutal, but must also be honest.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian women still face stereotypes and discrimination in the STEM fields.

From Total Croatia News, the city council of Zagreb rejects an urban development plan from Mayor Milan Bandić.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the governments of Albania and Kosovo schedule a joint meeting in Shkodra, Albania.

From Balkan Insight, Serbia's defense minister visits Montenegro amid a dispute over the latter's Freedom of Religion Law.

From Ekathimerini, the council of the North Aegean Region votes to take legal action against the Greek government's plan to expropriate land on which to build more asylum centers.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece's ministry of culture approves the temporary removal of skeletons from an ancient mass grave in the Athenian district of Faliro.

From Novinite, another 74 containers of waste will be returned from Bulgaria to Italy.

From The Sofia Globe, prosecutors ask the Sofia City Court to de-register the organization that puts on the annual Lukov March.

From Radio Bulgaria, a Bulgarian sports federation want all visually impaired children to participate in sports.

From Romania-Insider, the European Commission approves Romania's plan to offer €53 million for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations.

From Russia Today, medics in Saint Petersburg will be disciplined for forcing a 10-year-old girl to undergo a test for the coronavirus.

From Sputnik International, according to Russia's ambassador to Sri Lanka, Russia could build a nuclear power plant in Sri Lanka.  (Will the two Sri Lankan sources that I normally cite have anything on this?  Stay tuned.)

From The Moscow Times, Russia considers making its former presidents Senators-For-Life.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the U.N. should spend money on counter-terrorism instead of migration.

From Hungary Today, Hungary's government rejects ratifying the Istanbul Convention.

From About Hungary, speaking in Berlin, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban points out the annual increase in trade volume between Hungary and Germany.

From The Slovak Spectator, the threats faced by journalists in central Europe.

From Radio Prague, a Celtic head sculpture dating from the Iron Age goes on display in Olomouc, Czech Republic.  (The region known as Bohemia is named after the Celtic tribe Boii, who inhabited the region over 2,000 years ago.)

From Polskie Radio, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki praises Poland's emergency call operations.

From Deutsche Welle, now that Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has stepped down, who are the top candidates to succeed Angela Merkel as leader of the Germany party Christian Democrat Union?

From the NL Times, police find over a kilo of fentanyl in a shed in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

From Dutch News, few rape cases in the Netherlands are prosecuted in court.

From VRT NWS, a cyclist riding the Leuven to Mechelen canal reportedly shows off his anatomy.

From The Brussels Times, a record number of people called on Belgian food banks in 2019.  (If you read Flemish, read the story at Het Laatste Nieuws.)

From Euractiv, the European Parliament is set to approve a trade deal with Vietnam.

From EuroNews, where is the post-Brexit U.K. now, and how did it get there?

From the Express, British shoppers boycott ALDI's self-service checkout system.

From the Evening Standard, how many people are being deported from the U.K. to Jamaica and why?

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to an opinion column, the high-speed HS2 rail system favored by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be obsolete by the time its constructed.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish President Michael D. Higgins donates 700 of his own books to the Dublin City Libraries.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Fine Gael member Simon Harris, Sinn Féin has the duty to make the first move in forming the next Irish government.

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K. Tories are causing the gender dysphoria epidemic that they want to review.

From The Stream, what does it mean to "love your enemies"?

From NumbersUSA, the Trump administration appears to have abandoned E-Verify.

From Computer World, Microsoft backs off plans to change Chrome's search engine.

From the New York Post, MLB's latest plan to expand its playoffs is "preposterous".

From Twitchy, National Review writer Jim Geraghty seems to think that Tom Steyer, due to a Tweet about Michael Bloomberg, might be a "GOP deep cover agent".

And from The Peedmont, according to a study by the University of Virginia, visiting Iceland is hazardous to your Instagram feed and friendships in general.

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