Friday, March 27, 2020

Friday Phenomena - Part 1

On the last Friday in March, here are some things going on:

From National Review, say "goodbye" to the Green New Deal.

From FrontpageMag, America faces jihad - in 1785.

From Townhall, contrary to what the media might say, New York City has not become an apocalyptic war zone.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Supreme Court will allow decades-old deportations to be reviewed.

From the Washington Examiner, the Trump administration seeks overdue justice for Venezuela.  (The author is from Venezuela.)

From The Federalist, amid coronavirus restrictions, American neighborhoods are undergoing a "strange revival".

From American Thinker, the left is loving the government power being wielded in response to the coronavirus.

From CNS News, U.S. officials, but not President Trump, take a swipe at China.

From LifeZette, Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway criticizes New York's Mr. Bill on his coronavirus response.  (The subheading uses the term "lard Left", which might be a typo for "hard left", and I emphasize "might".)

From NewsBusters, Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams scolds the media for hyping their "worst-case scenario" projections.

From Canada Free Press, a "working hypothesis" that the coronavirus is an act of bioterrorism.

From CBC News, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces wage subsidies for small and medium-sized Canadian businesses.

From Global News, 36 people in the Canadian province of Alberta have died of the flu this year.

From CTV News, the province of Ontario tells recent travelers to stay home.

From TeleSUR, Uruguay cuts public sector wages to finance a "coronavirus fund".

From The Mainichi, police in the Japanese prefecture of Chiba arrest a man for allegedly delaying a flight by claiming to be infected with the coronavirus.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's prime minister is expected to announce an economic stimulus package.

From Free Malaysia Today, construction bosses in the Malaysian state of Sabah urge that their companies are allowed to do evaluation work.

From The Straits Times, the Shangri-La Dialogue normally held in Singapore is called off due to the coronavirus.

From The Jakarta Post, dozens of Indonesian medical professionals call for a lockdown.

From Maldives Insider, the first Maldivian tests positive for the coronavirus.

From the Daily Mirror, donations to Sri Lanka's COVID-19 fund are exempted from taxes.

From the Colombo Page, ships at Sri Lankan ports will be exempted from entry and demurrage charges.

From the Dhaka Tribune, U.K. citizens are asked to leave Bangladesh.

From The Hans India, India sets up 157 government-private labs to test for the coronavirus.

From the Hindustan Times, an oncologist in Bengaluru, India reportedly claims to be close to having an effective treatment for the coronavirus.

From ANI, eight hospitals in Jammu and three in Kashmir are exclusively dedicated for coronavirus patients.

From India Today, India's Northern Railways conducts a study on the feasibility of using passenger coaches as isolation wards.

From Khaama Press, Afghan forces thwart a car bomb attack in the province of Paktia.

From Dawn, Pakistan sets up a youth volunteer force to help with coronavirus relief efforts.

From The Express Tribune, according to Prime Minsiter Imrah Khan, Pakistan's coronavirus restrictions won't effect the transport of food items.

From Pakistan Today, young Pakistani engineers create splitter valves for ventilators used by coronavirus patients.

From Radio Farda, public transport in Tehran will be suspended due to confusion about coronavirus restrictions.

From IranWire, a meeting with narcotics anonymous in Iran.

From StepFeed, some Arab world economies face risk from the drop in tourism.

From The New Arab, some coronavirus-related travel restrictions and border closings in the Middle East.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia reports 92 new coronavirus cases and 35 recoveries.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Trade Minister Ruhsar Pekcan, Turkey is maintaining "contactless" external trade.

From Rûdaw, the U.S. withdraws its "non-emergency" personnel from its diplomatic missions in Iraq.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus's House of Representatives approves the first 10 bills of a coronavirus support package.

From The Syrian Observer, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps sets up a command center in Aleppo, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, a rocket is fired from Gaza into southern Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, former Blue and White leader Benny Gantz "sacrifices everything for stability".

From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu will further tighten coronavirus-related restrictions.

From YNetNews, Gantz's supporters are angry at his deal with Netanyahu.

From the Egypt Independent, Italy praises an Egyptian medical team who saved the lives of 10 elderly tourists who had the coronavirus.

From Egypt Today, Egypt reportedly tests its citizens returning from Europe for the coronavirus.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's economy reportedly can overcome the coronavirus crisis.

From The Sydney Morning Herald, the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shooter pleads guilty.  (The article is from yesterday, but in my opinion, way too important to leave out.)

From Global Village Space, will religious clerics make the coronavirus outbreak in Pakistan worse?

From Gatestone Institute, the coronavirus causes the European Union to unravel.

From The Stream, the coronavirus exposes a whole bunch of useless laws.

From Reason, Cuba is not the "cancer pioneer" that the TV show Nova attempts present.

From the New York Post, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) cites the death from the coronavirus of a New York City hospital worker.

From Breitbart, CNN analyst Joe Lockhart badmouths Dr. Deborah Birx.  (You could say that he put the "anal" in "analyst".)

From KFOR-TV, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) orders abortion facilities to close, regarding them as not being "essential".  (via LifeNews)

And from Politico, the man I like to call "Boris the Spider" tests positive for the coronavirus.

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