Friday, May 8, 2020

Friday Phenomena - Part 1

On a cool rainy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the standard of due process should apply to everyone, not just former Vice President Biden.

From FrontpageMag, the DOJ drops its case against General Michael Flynn, and other shoes could fall.

From Townhall, President Trump's critics "can't have it both ways".

From The Washington Free Beacon, how the U.S. got to the "cruel new normal".

From the Washington Examiner, there are more efficient ways to control the spread of the coronavirus than testing.

From The Federalist, what an ICU doctor wishes everyone knew about the coronavirus.

From American Thinker, the Democrats are now singing "how do you solve a problem like Joe Biden?" to each other.

From CNS News, due to the coronavirus, the U.S. labor force participation rate falls to a new low.

From LifeZette, New York City proposes a "hiring freeze" on police personnel.

From NewsBusters, ABC has a "meltdown" over the DOJ case against Flynn "blowing up".

From Canada Free Press, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-NC) dances a "two-step" around Flynn.

From CBC News, Canada lost almost 2 million jobs in April due to the coronavirus.

From Global News, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's wage subsidy program will be extended past June.

From CTV News, a class action lawsuit has been filed against the estate of the Nova Scotia mass shooter.

From TeleSUR, the second day of Guyana's vote recount goes by without any setbacks.

From The Mainichi, an asteroid studied by Japanese researchers shows signs of "sunburn".

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam rejects China's unilateral ban on fishing in the East Sea.  (The East Sea is also known as the South China Sea.)

From the Borneo Post, travel between states on motorcycles of public transport is now permitted in peninsular Malaysia.

From Free Malaysia Today, the oil company Petronas agrees to pay RM 2 billion in sales taxes to the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

From The Straits Times, in Singapore's Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, people are reminded to socially distance by their new robot overlords.

From The Jakarta Post, India and Australia will implement an economic partnership agreement on July 5th.

From Maldives Insider, the main airport in the Maldives Islands rolls out new social distancing measures.

From the Daily Mirror, all Sri Lankan Buddhist temples are empty on Vesak Poya.

From the Colombo Page, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa directs Sri Lanka's economic task force to have drugs produced in the country.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Banglasesh eases the discharge requirement for coronavirus patients from the country's hospitals.

From The Hans India, sanitation workers in Amaravati, India protest against not being paid their salaries.

From the Hindustan Times, Taiwan donates a million face masks to India for its frontline medical personnel.

From ANI, the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti demands that the Indian government inspect all chemical plants to prevent another leak of poison gas.

From India Today, 16 migrant workers are run over by a freight train near Aurangabad, India.

From Khaama Press, the police chief of the Afghan province of Khost is killed by a roadside bomb.

From Dawn, six Pakistani Frontier Corps personnel are killed by an IED explosion near the border with Iran.

From The Express Tribune, according to its chief minister, the Pakistani province of Sindh will ease its coronavirus lockdown according to the federal government's directives.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan sends a "red-letter" to 16 ministries, hinting at another cabinet reshuffle.

From Radio Farda, a magnitude-5.1 earthquake strikes in Tehran, resulting in at least two people being killed.

From IranWire, Iranians react to the earthquake.

From The New Arab, Yazidis in Iraq face a mental health crisis due to the coronavirus.

From the Saudi Gazette, trees in Abha, Saudi Arabia bloom purple.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the number of displaced persons in eastern Africa drops "drastically".

From the Egypt Independent, according to a presidential adviser, Egypt has conducted over a million coronavirus tests.

From Egypt Today, Egypt sends a dam letter to members of the U.N. Security Council.

From Arutz Sheva, could the coronavirus result in increased immigration of Jews to Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, according to an op-ed, Israel is showing rare cohesion in protecting itself from the coronavirus.

From The Jerusalem Post, cordoned-off areas are set up at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for Shabbat prayer services.

From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, Israeli politics and courtrooms need to be transparent.

From The Syrian Observer, Kurdish People's Protection Units personnel arrest an ISIS financial official in Raqqa, Syria.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus sets new rules for hairdressers and barbers ahead of their reopening.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to a Turkish defense industry official, Russia will have no access to the S-400 air defense missiles that it sells to Turkey.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan and Spanish authorities cooperate to arrest an ISIS suspect in Barcelona.

From the Scroll, police in the Indian state of Kerala arrest a TV anchor for allegedly "offending Muslims".

From Palestinian Media Watch, imprisoned Palestinian terrorists find a new way to become fathers.

From Gatestone Institute, General Flynn was "pressured to plead guilty".

From The Stream, three things to know about the hairdresser in Dallas, Texas who was jailed and released.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) gets his first haircut in months, from the above-mentioned Dallas hairdresser.

From the eponymous blog of Jonathan Turley, according to journalist Linda Hirshman, Joe Biden "is a rapist", but should still be the next president.  (via ZeroHedge)

From ZeroHedge, the economic effects from the coronavirus have hit truck drivers hard.

From the New York Post, a spokeswoman for Vice President Pence tests positive for the coronavirus.

From 9TO5Mac, Apple plans to start reopening stores in the U.S. next week.

And from Twitchy, right-wing journalist Ben Shapiro points out the selective media outrage regarding Florida Governor Don DeSantis (R) and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D).

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