Monday, May 11, 2020

Monday Mania - Part 1

Here on another Monday are some manic things going on:

From National Review, the DOJ is considering federal hate crime charges in the killing of Georgia resident Ahmaud Arbery.

From FrontpageMag, a look at who Facebook is putting on their Oversight Board.

From Townhall, Mexico demands an apology for the Obama administration's "Fast and Furious" operation.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada may have broken a law in dealing with the Chinese corporation Huawei.

From the Washington Examiner, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) should admit that his nursing home policies resulted in seniors dying.

From The Federalist, the video showing the killing of Ahmaud Arbery was leaked by a defense attorney who thought that he was helping the men who killed him.

From American Thinker, "social distancing" is a new experiment, not settled science.

From CNS News, Tara Reade is willing to take a polygraph test if former Vice President Biden will do the same.

From LifeZette, White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx admits not trusting anything from the CDC.

From NewsBusters, 95 celebrities who "smeared" then-nominee Brett Kavanaugh are Sgt. Schulz on Joe Biden.

From Canada Free Press, the coronavirus and the Democratic tribe of the "Boston-Newark Megalopolis".

From CBC News, a look at a drive-through coronavirus testing center in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada.

From Global News, the Canadian province of Quebec reports over 3,000 total deaths from the coronavirus.

From CTV News, more coronavirus restrictions are lifted across Canada.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela captures 14 mercenaries in a single day.

From The Conservative Woman, is there really any point to "social distancing"?

From the Express, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak faces his toughest test yet while in office.

From the Evening Standard, Brits will have to keep their masks on in stores and on public transportation.

From the (U.K.) Independent, jury trials resume next week in England and Wales.

From the (Irish) Independent, the Irish government warns about fraudulent texts about welfare payments.

From the Irish Examiner, gardaí plan to surround Buttevant, Ireland to prevent a horse festival from taking place.

From VRT NWS, drones enforce social distancing at a retail area in Westerlo, Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, police bust a "lockdown party" in Brussels attended by 17 people.  (If you read Flemish, read the story at Bruzz and Het Laatste Nieuws.)

From the NL Times, Dutch children head back to their primary schools.

From Dutch News, Dutch Universities plan to keep teaching online until February of 2021.

From Deutsche Welle, a coronavirus outbreak at a meatpacking plant in Coesfeld, Germany reveals "modern slavery".

From EuroNews, the "bitter spat" between the European Court of Justice and the German Constitutional Court.

From the CPH Post, soccer is coming back to Denmark.

From Voice Of Europe, the world's "northernmost" mosque is planned for Luleå, Sweden.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at SVT Hyheter.)

From Polskie Radio, Poland will hold a new presidential vote after yesterday's "ghost election".

From Radio Prague, Czech cinema operators welcome their reopening.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak politicians honor the people who died liberating Slovakia from Nazi Germany.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian cabinet slams George Soros for his alleged "political profiteering".

From Hungary Today, a shipment of potatoes imported into Hungary from the French region of Normandy includes World War I-era detonators.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index.)

From About Hungary, Prime Minister Orban thanks Hungarian ambulance workers for their service.

From Russia Today, according to President Putin, Russia will start easing its coronavirus measures on May 12th.

From Sputnik International, Putin holds a video conference meeting about Russia's coronavirus situation.

From The Moscow Times, how propaganda from the Kremlin destroyed health care in Russia.

From Romania-Insider, a modular hospital for coronavirus patients is inaugurated in Bucharest, Romania.

From Novinite, Bulgarian Minister of Health Kiril Ananiev allows museums, galleries, libraries and cinemas to reopen.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian shopping malls will remain closed.

From Radio Bulgaria, beaches in Bulgaria will reopen for visitors on June 1st.

From Ekathimerini, police on the Greek island of Chios arrest two migrants for alleged involvement in rioting at a migrant reception center.

From The Greek Reporter, Greece reopens high schools, but keeps malls, bars and restaurants closed.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Catholic Church in Bosnia and Hercegovina raises controversy by wanting to hold a Mass for members of the pro-fascist Ustaša.

From Balkan Insight, as coronavirus restrictions are lifted, some people in the Balkans return to cafes.

From Total Croatia News, the founder of the Višnjan Observatory is voted "Communicator of the Year" by Croatian Association for Public Relations.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian schools and kindergartens face many issues before their reopening on May 18th.

From the Malta Independent, the Maltese government is paying €6,000 per day to accommodate migrants on two ships owned by Captain Morgan.

From Malta Today, a Syrian man wanted in Hungary for alleged human trafficking is arrested in Malta.

From ANSA, the Italian party M5S blocks a deal regularizing migrant farm workers.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss watchmaking industry has been brought to a standstill by the coronavirus.

From France24, millions of people emerge from France's eight-week coronavirus lockdown.

From RFI, French hairdressers reopen their shops.

From Euractiv, France expels Bulgarian migrant workers despite European Commission "guidelines".

From El País, how neighboring countries Spain and Portugal experienced different impacts from the coronavirus.

From The Portugal News, Portugal agrees to take up to 60 unaccompanied underage migrants from camps in Greece.

From Free West Media, the number of worldwide deaths from the coronavirus increases three days in a row.

From The Stream, be careful about hating the Church.

From WSB-TV, video footage appears to show Ahmaud Arbery inside a home under construction minutes before he was killed.  (The story comes via the New York Post, which indicates that the home's owners have denounced the men who killed Arbery.)

From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), the coronavirus might make college students "laugh at microaggressions".

From BizPac Review, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) wants face masks and social distancing to continue until there's a coronavirus vaccine.

From Coindesk, Bitcoin has finally reached its third "halving".

From the New York Post, the 2021 World Baseball Classic is likely to be postponed until 2023.

From WPVI-TV, MLB owners reportedly approve a plan to start the 2020 baseball season in July.

And from The Babylon Bee, several states order people to move around in human-sized hamster balls.

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