Saturday, March 7, 2020

Saturday Stuff - Part 1

On a sunny but still cold Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former Vice President Biden has become "the comeback gramps".  (Considering that the required age to be president is 35, it's notable that Biden, his chief Democrat rival Senator Socialism (I-VT), and the current president all meet this requirement twice.)

From Townhall, former New York Mayor Mini-Mike's presidential campaign staffers reveal why his campaign imploded.

From The Washington Free Beacon, in New Jersey, having the proper permits for carrying a gun and ammo might not count if you're black.

From the Washington Examiner, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson points out that abused women in shelters have rights, too.

From American Thinker, left-wingers are outraged about the Trump administration arresting illegal aliens.

From LifeZette, President Trump tells sanctuary cities to stop protecting criminals.

From NewsBusters, Hollywood cancels a Trump-supporting actor.

From Canada Free Press, pollution in China makes it difficult to see the sun.

From CBC News, according to the national chief of Canada's Assembly of First Nations, indigenous people need allies, but blockades don't help.

From Global News, according to Canadian health officials, despite the rise in coronavirus cases, the risk remains low.

From TeleSUR, Colombian President Ivan Duque denies receiving drug money for his campaign.

From The Portugal News, snake, a snake, oh it's a snake.

From France24, France has confirmed 716 cases of the coronavirus, and 11 deaths.

From RFI, France imposes an upper limit on the price of hand gel.

From SwissInfo, more grass and trees are proposed for Swiss cities, to deal with "heat islands".

From Free West Media, according to Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, "hundreds of thousands and maybe millions" of migrants want to enter the E.U.

From the Malta Independent, Malta confirms its first coronavirus case, a 12-year-old girl from Italy.

From Malta Today, the Moviment Graffitti demonstrates against "developers' greed" in Ħamrun, Malta.

From Total Slovenia News, as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Slovenia rise to 12, health officials ban large indoor gatherings.

From Total Croatia, Croatia also has 12 confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek town of Sintiki agree to host a closed migrant camp.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece celebrates 72 years since the Dodecanese joined the country.

From EuroNews, according to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the E.U.-Turkey migration agreement is "dead".

From Voice Of Europe, according to polls, over three fourths of Greek citizens support their government's decision to block migrants from invading Greece.  (If you read Greek, read the story at Proto Thema.)

From The Sofia Globe, all tests for the coronavirus in Bulgaria have turned out negative.

From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian village of Bachevo celebrates Saint Theodore's Day with horse races.

From Sputnik International, President Putin starts the reform of Russian citizenship and migration rules.

From The Moscow Times, five Russian women who deserve to be better known than they are.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian government cancels March 15 celebrations due to coronavirus concerns.

From Hungary Today, the first Hungarian coronavirus patient is identified, the fifth case overall in the country.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia has confirmed three cases of the coronavirus, and has identified patient zero.

From Radio Prague, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic is now 21.

From Polskie Radio, Poland confirms its sixth case of the coronavirus.

From Deutsche Welle, Chancellor Merkel calls on Germans to do more on gender equality.

From the NL Times, three entrepreneurs, political leaders, and academic leaders team up in an effort to launch a nighttime race in Eindhoven, Netherlands for electric cars.

From Dutch News, the Netherlands confirms 188 cases of the coronavirus.

From VRT NWS, a road tunnel named after Belgian King Leopold II will be renamed after the completion of renovation work.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium confirms 169 cases of the coronavirus.

From the Express, Queen Elizabeth gets locked out of her own castle.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. has confirmed 206 cases of the coronavirus.

From the (U.K.) Independent, 18 months after losing their case against deportation, three members of a Rochdale, England grooming gang are still in the U.K.

From the (Irish) Independent, hundreds of people protest in Dublin to calls for a left-wing government.

From the Irish Examiner, two Irish men are arrested for alleged human trafficking in the U.K.

From The Conservative Woman, will Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon "get cranky" with environmentalists?

From Snouts in the Trough, don't believe BBC and C4 about the new migrant invasion.

From Breitbart, a Swedish politician is reported to police for handing out flyers saying "Sweden is full" in Turkey.

From Legal Insurrection, it might be time to "dial back the coronavirus drama".

From Fox News, according to Senator Socialism (I-VT), former Vice President Biden can't "generate enthusiasm" because he has billionaire backers.

From the New York Post, meet Senator Socialism's "comrades".

And from Twitchy, congresscritter Haley Stevens (D-Mich) doesn't like the AR-15 that fellow congresscritter Ken Buck (R-CO ) has mounted on his office wall.

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