Friday, March 13, 2020

Stories For Friday The Thirteenth - Part 1

As the dreaded date is upon us for the first time in 2020, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Utah state legislature passes a bill to ban most abortions and to require fetal remains to be buried or cremated.

From FrontpageMag, what the "deplorables" should keep in mind as former FLOTUS/Senator/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton considers a comeback.

From Townhall, President Trump will reportedly declare a national emergency over the coronavirus.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Socialism (I-VT) is not a relic, but a preview.

From the Washington Examiner, TV host Whoopi Goldberg would like Hillary Clinton to be vice president.  (As I've said before, if Hillary is vice president, the president should hire a food taster.)

From The Federalist, Chinese propagandists claim that the U.S. military created the coronavirus.

From American Thinker, exploding the "1619 Project".

From CNS News, the Democrats withdraw their latest attempt to oppose a Trump travel ban.

From LifeZette, the coronavirus is a gift to our politicians.

From NewsBusters, is this story from Politico or from former Vice President Biden's campaign?

From Canada Free Press, the hysteria over the coronavirus is worse than the disease itself.

From CBC News, the Canadian government warns against international travel and limits inbound flights to stop the spread of the coronavirus.  (It appears that travel bans aren't just for President Trump any more.)

From Global News, doctors in Saskatchewan provide virtual appointments, due to the coronavirus.

From CTV, the province of Quebec closes schools, universities and day cares for at least two weeks.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela confirms two cases of the coronavirus.

From The Mainichi, the Chinese capital of Beijing will donate medical supplies to Tehran, Iran; Seoul, South Korea; and the Japanese cites of Tokyo and Yokohama.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian health ministry personnel work around the clock to conduct coronavirus screenings at the Sri Petaling Mosque.

From Free Malaysia Today, a popular harvest festival in the Malaysian state of Sabah is cancelled due to the coronavirus.

From The Straits Times, anyone entering Singapore having respiratory problems or a fever will be ordered to stay at home for 14 days, even while testing negative for the coronavirus.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian government will provide tax breaks and job training to combat the economic effect of the coronavirus.

From Maldives Insider, Atmosphere Hotel's resorts in the Maldive Islands makes efforts to protect sea life.

From the Daily Mirror, 60 Sri Lankans and two foreigners are under medical observation to see if they have the coronavirus.

From the Colombo Page, China promises to assist Sri Lanka against the coronavirus.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh declines to suspend Friday prayers.

From The Hans India, the Delhi High Court orders district courts to use video conferencing.

From the Hindustan Times, a woman in Delhi dies from the coronavirus, the second death in India.

From ANI, three men are arrested in Delhi for having fake ID cards.

From India Today, according to an Indian official, soap is better than hand sanitizer for protecting against the coronavirus.

From Dawn, Pakistan closes its western borders and bans large public gatherings due to the coronavirus.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan confirms seven new coronavirus cases at the border with Iran.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani lawmakers call for a "cohesive" national policy against the coronavirus.

From Radio Farda, the Iranian armed forces plan to clear the country's roads as the number of coronavirus cases exceeds 11,000.

From IranWire, the families of Iranian coronavirus victims are forced to be silent.

From StepFeed, eight Arab traditions that should be suspended due to the coronavirus.

From The New Arab, ISIS's response to the coronavirus is "keep calm and jihad on".

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey confirms its second case of the coronavirus.

From Turkish Minute, the governor of Turkey's Şanlıurfa province blames Kurdish fighters for a car bomb that killed four people near the border with Syria.

From Rûdaw, the Iraqi cities of Erbil and Sulaimani are put under a 48-hour lockdown due to the coronavirus.

From In-Cyprus, the Maltese House bans the banning of dogs on beaches.

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian army reportedly constructs a military prison in the province of Homs.

From Arutz Sheva, Prime Minister Netanyahu tells the Israeli people to avoid storming supermarkets.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel now has 143 cases of the coronavirus.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett orders the establishment of three recovery facilities for coronavirus patients.

From YNetNews, Netanyahu calls for the creation of an emergency government to combat the coronavirus.

From the Egypt Independent, 18 Egyptians die from storms and flooding.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry hands to French Foreign Minister Jean-Ives Le Drian a dam message from President Abdel al-Sisi.

From Morocco World News, the first Moroccan to contract the coronavirus recovers.

From Israel Islam & End Times, Iran blames "Zionists" for the coronavirus.

From Michael Smith News, the editor of a British Muslim website would rather take his chances with the coronavirus than with an Israeli vaccine.

From Culture Watch, Australia would rather have "dead citizens" than "Islamophobia".

From Gatestone Institute, European leaders finally acknowledge the scale of the coronavirus crisis.

From The Stream, how public relations people preach the world's gospel.

From TechRepublic, six video conferencing platforms for large events.

From Reason, biohackers secretly hunt for a coronavirus vaccine.

From the Daily Caller, Disney suspends live-action movie production due to the coronavirus.

From NumbersUSA, is it still possible for immigrants to assimilate?

From Accuracy in Media, Cubans blame the U.S. embargo for their lack of medical masks.

From Frontiers in Nutrition, if you have flu-like symptoms, it could be the coronavirus - or your keto diet.  (via the New York Post)

And from the New York Post, how to get the germs off your smartphone without breaking it.

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