Saturday, April 11, 2020

Saturday Stories - Part 1

As the cool windy weather continues on a Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, authoritarian policies are not necessary to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

From Townhall, left-wing commentator Bill Maher takes SJWs to task for their objection to naming the coronavirus after its place of origin.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Republican congresscritters consider plans for opposing the coronavirus oversight committee proposed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal).

From the Washington Examiner, former Vice President Gore is open to having former President Obama as a "coronavirus czar" if former Vice President Biden becomes president.

From The Federalist, a suburb of Little Rock, Arkansas enforces social distancing by removing a basketball hoop.  (The author is the mother of a girl who liked to play basketball at the hoop before it was removed.)

From American Thinker, if you like coronavirus confinement, you'll love Joe Biden's "green prison".

From LifeZette, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) faces opposition to her expanded and extended coronavirus restrictions, and a recall petition.  (Here I go picking on governors again.)

From NewsBusters, as Western Christians get ready to celebrate Easter, let's recall how the media trashed The Passion Of The Christ.

From Canada Free Press, coronavirus models are "the false prophets of doom".

From CBC News, the Canadian parliament is expected to pass a wage subsidy bill in response to the economic effects from the coronavirus.

From Global News, the bill is passed due to a deal between Canadian governing and opposition parties.

From CTV News, according to the Canadian military, fighting the coronavirus will not be easy.

From TeleSUR, Cuban doctors arrive in Angola to train medical technicians.

From The Conservative Woman, a large number of people cannot afford a coronavirus lockdown

From Snouts in the Trough, the coronavirus pandemic highlights how the West has become dependent on China.

From EuroNews, Queen Elizabeth gives her first Easter address, urging Britons to stay at home but promising that the "coronavirus will not overcome us".

From the Express, what do all members of Labour Party leader Keir Starmer's shadow cabinet have in common?

From the Evening Standard, NHS staff deliver Easter eggs to U.K. hospitals.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. government can't say how long social distancing measures will continue.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Health Minister Simon Harris sets a target for when coronavirus restrictions can start to be lifted.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish legislator Micheál Martin, austerity is not the way to deal with the coronavirus crisis.

From VRT NWS, a man riding a moped tries to escape a police coronavirus checkpoint dies after crashing into a police vehicle.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium's Royal Academy of Medicine recommends cloth face masks if surgical masks are unavailable.

From the NL Times, five telecom towers in the Dutch municipalities of Oudenbosch, Veldhoven and Groningen are set on fire.

From Dutch News, a court in The Hague rejects a plea to force the Dutch health ministry to make abortion pills available to women who can't visit a clinic due to the coronavirus.

From Deutsche Welle, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier calls for patience and solidarity in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

From Polskie Radio, Poland's National Institute of Public Health approves the production of coronavirus tests developed at the Polish Academy of Sciences in the city of Poznań.

From Radio Prague, a Catholic Priest in Valašská Polanka, Czech Republic discusses celebrating Easter amid the coronavirus crisis.

From The Slovak Spectator, how did the castle in Spiš, Slovakia look during its heyday?

From Daily News Hungary, for the first time ever, Easter goes fully online in Hungary.

From Hungary Today, Prime Minister Viktor Orban inspects a new temporary coronavirus hospital in Kishunhalas, Hungary.

From About Hungary, according to Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller, the spread of the coronavirus in Hungary has accelerated.

From Russia Today, the first group of volunteers for coronavirus vaccine tests in Russia is assembled.

From Sputnik International, according to a Kremlin spokesman, Russia's Victory Day parade will take place, even if it is postponed.

From The Moscow Times, one inmate is found dead after a riot and a fire at a Siberian prison locked down due to the coronavirus.

From Novinite, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov makes masks mandatory in Bulgaria.

From The Sofia Globe, Sofia, Bulgaria steps up enforcing its social distancing measures.

From Radio Bulgaria, 11 countries decide to recognize expired Bulgarian personal documents.

From Ekathimerini, 16 Roma are moved out of their settlement in Larissa, Greece and into a rehabilitation center.

From the Greek Reporter, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes the large Greek island of Crete.

From Total Croatia News, in Zagreb, Croatia, city funds for disaster relief are reportedly spent on ceremonies.  (The article cites the Croatian-language site Večernji List, but links to its home page rather than to any specific story.)

From Total Slovenia News, some coronavirus-related news from Slovenia.

From the Malta Independent, some inmates at a prison in Paola, Malta are transferred to a segregated area, in case anyone in the prison is infected with the coronavirus.

From Malta Today, according to Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo, Malta cannot handle any more people as it tries to fight the coronavirus.

From ANSA, the number of coronavirus cases in Italy passes 100,000.

From Free West Media, former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini writes an open letter to German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss government warns against underestimating the coronavirus.

From France24, the French will be allowed to leave their home to adopt pets from animal shelters.

From RFI, France allows women to access abortion pills while up to nine weeks pregnant, due to the coronavirus.

From El País, Spain eases some restrictions on workers, hoping that coronavirus cases will not increase again.

From The Portugal News, according to Portugal's health minister, the country's coronavirus curve has reached a plateau phase, but the underlying data must be "interpreted with caution".

From Voice Of Europe, the NGO ship Alan Kurdi tries to find a European port at which to offload 150 migrants.  (If you read Flemish, read the story at Het Laatste Nieuws.)

From The Stream, "we all need saving".

From the New York Post, how Pope Francis is observing Holy Week while in isolation due to the coronavirus.

From Fox News, the man who almost but not quite reached the moon twice sees the coronavirus as a problem which must be solved.

From Twitchy, more on Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's response to the coronavirus.

From WPVI-TV, the first coronavirus stimulus checks are expected to arrive this coming week.

And from The Washington Times, Paul McCartney's original handwritten lyrics to Hey Jude sell at auction for $910,000.

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