Monday, May 25, 2020

Stories For Memorial Day - Part 1

As you remember the people who died to make you free, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the troops who were most badly treated deserve to be remembered.

From FrontpageMag, another terror attack, and again lessons not learned.

From Townhall, The New York Times accuses the U.S. military of celebrating white supremacy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, bring back the roast chicken.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump intends to cut some of the red tape that ties up doctors.

From The Federalist, on this Memorial Day, it would be good to reach out to isolated veterans.

From American Thinker, the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. is missing 74 names.

From Canada Free Press, is the coronavirus crisis a "pandemic, plandemic, or both?"

From CBC News, why reopening Montreal is riskier than admitted by Quebec Premier François Legault admits.

From Global News, Canadian Mounties and experts disagree as to whether the Nova Scotia mass shooting was "completely senseless".

From CTV News, the RCMP examines the Nova Scotia shooter's devices.

From TeleSUR, according to President Sebastián Piñera, Chile's healthcare system is near collapse.

From The Conservative Woman, some questions about the coronavirus that deserve to be answered.

From the Express, prime ministerial advisor Dominic Cummings claims that he left London for Durham due to "threats of violence".

From the Evening Standard, Cummings says that he has no regrets.

From the (U.K.) Independent, British bishops criticize Prime Minister Boris Johnson for not dismissing Cummings.  (It appears that I have given Mr. Cummings a trifecta.)

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has a picnic with some friends after an official discourages such activity.  (In other words, lockdowns for the peons, but not for their overlords.)

From the Irish Examiner, maintaining a cemetery in Ireland's County Cork gets really baaaaaad.

From VRT NWS, Belgium's coronavirus measures are relaxed again today.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium does not rule out a second coronavirus lockdown.  (If you understand Flemish, watch and listen to a related video story at Het Laatste Nieuws.)

From the NL Times, a court in The Hague rules that the Netherlands can continue to roll out 5G cellphone technology.

From Dutch News, a second Dutch fur farm worker catches the coronavirus from a mink.

From Deutsche Welle, will the state of Thuringia become Germany's "coronavirus guinea pigs?"

From Euractiv, the German government gives Lufthansa a €9 billion coronavirus bailout.

From the CPH Post, the restaurant Geranium emerges from Denmark's coronavirus lockdown with a new vegetarian lunch concept.

From Polskie RadioMałgorzata Manowska becomes the new chief justice for Poland's Supreme Court.

From Radio Prague, according to Professor Jan Švejnar of Columbia University, the Czech government faces a "big question" about how it would respond to a second coronavirus wave.

From The Slovak Spectator, seven steps to integrating artificial intelligence into your business.

From Daily News Hungary, according to Chief Medical Officer Cecília Müller, the coronavirus pandemic is subsiding in Hungary.

From Hungary Today, the lifting over coronavirus restrictions in Hungary has not resulted in a high number of new cases, so far.

From About Hungary, Hungary's moratorium on loan repayments has saved its people almost 3.6 trillion forints.

From Russia Today, Russia plans to build its own space station.

From Sputnik International, Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov is discharged from a hospital after recovering from the coronavirus.

From The Moscow Times, Russia prosecutors call for an 18-year sentence for accused U.S. spy Paul Whelan.

From Romania-Insider, according to Environment Minister Costel Alexe, Romania's secular forests will be protected.

From Novinite, Bulgaria lifts its coronavirus quarantine requirement for international transport and bus drivers.

From The Sofia Globe, on a weekly basis, the number of recoveries from the coronavirus in Bulgaria exceeds the number of new cases.

From Radio Bulgaria, Varbitsa, Bulgaria gives local food producers an "unorthodox incentive".

From Ekathimerini, Greek police arrest an Afghan woman for allegedly killing another Afghan woman in the Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesvos.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek island of Mykonos opens up its bars and restaurants.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bulgaria successfully holds plasma therapy trials on coronavirus patients.

From Balkan Insight, Bosnia and Herzegovina investigates the alleged issuing of illegal tourist visas concernina Iraqi citizens.

From Total Croatia News, the Roman arena in Pula, Croatia reopens.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Jutarnji Vijesti.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian Interior Minister Aleš Hojs expects legal action against the organizers of anti-government protests, where the protesters rode bicycles.

From the Malta Independent, Malta's members of the European Parliament warn against rushing any decision to reopen the country's airports.

From Malta Today, Malta's home affairs minister disputes an NGO's claim that migrants held on Captain Morgan ships went on a hunger strike.

From ANSA, according to Region Affairs Minister Francesco Boccia, Italy will not allow inter-region travel if "movida" youth gatherings continue.

From Free West Media, the disclosure of messages between Italian magistrates about then-Interior Minister Matteo Salvini leads to scandal.

From SwissInfo, telework in Switzerland is likely to continue after the coronavirus, but on a smaller scale.

From France24, according to Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, French health workers will get a "significant" pay increase as part of reforms following the coronavirus pandemic.

From RFI, after the coronavirus, Parisians get on their rented bikes and ride.  (If you read French, read the story at Le Parisien.)

From El País, despite moving to Phase 1 of Spain's coronavirus deescalation, residents of Barcelona are not allowed to leave the city.

From EuroNews, people in Spain can now visit beaches and drink on terraces as the country's coronavirus lockdown is eased.

From The Portugal News, Portugal outlines its coronavirus-related rules for outdoor swimming pools.

From Voice Of Europe, one man is killed and two others are injured in a shootout in Seixal, Portugal.  (If you read Portuguese, read the story at Correio da Manhã.)

From The Stream, to honor those who served, protect the freedoms for which they died.

From BizPac Review, according to Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), the Bill of Rights guarantees a freedom to worship.

From Reason, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) wants to stop the government from spying on internet searches.

From Breitbart, British left-wingers organize a "boo for Boris" two minutes of hate.

From the New York Post, a man in Georgia blames coronavirus-induced "stress" for his alleged razor attacks against women.

From Sp!ked, universities press "the self-destruct button".

From Fox News, a look at the lockdown fitness fad "prosecco Pilates".

And from Twitchyone-term former congresscritter Joe Walsh's (R-IL) latest anti-Trump Tweet doesn't go over very well.  (This guy should just walk away.  He seems to be living a life of illusion.  Oh wait, wrong Joe Walsh.  Never mind.)

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