Thursday, May 14, 2020

Thursday Links - Part 1

On a cloudy mild Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, some straight talk is needed about teenage girls and "trans" athletes.

From FrontpageMag, religious freedom in the U.S. may depend on one small bakery.

From Townhall, the problem is not Dr. Fauci but the people who regard him as an oracle.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a U.S. judge asks a former judge for advice on whether retired General Michael Flynn should be held in contempt of court.

From the Washington Examiner, the judge in Flynn's case is destroying his own reputation.

From The Federalist, the U.S. Constitution does not give the judiciary power to second-guess prosecutorial decisions.

From American Thinker, extreme coronavirus lockdowns finally run into the Constitution.

From CNS News, President Trump calls Speaker Pelosi's (D-Cal) $3 trillion coronavirus bill "dead on arrival".

From LifeZette, a policeman might be fired for encouraging his fellow policemen to honor the Constitution.

From NewsBusters, the networks yawn as a Republican wins a House seat in California.

From Canada Free Press, the real reasons for the coronavirus lockdowns.

From CBC News, Canadian national parks and historic sites will partially reopen on June 1st, but will not allow camping.

From Global News, whether Canadians may visit their family and friends as the country's coronavirus lockdowns ease depends on where they live.

From CTV News, representatives of Canadian federal and provincial governments and Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs will sign an agreement reached during anti-pipeline protests.

From TeleSUR, according to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil is headed for disaster.

From Morocco World News, recoveries from the coronavirus exceed new active cases in Morocco.

From Hürriyet Daily News, face masks become mandatory in ten Turkish cities.

From Turkish Minute, Turkey reports 143,114 total coronavirus cases and 3,952 deaths.

From Rûdaw, according to the Pentagon, ISIS is "regrouping and reforming" in Iraq but "not making a comeback" in Syria.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus suspends its plan to replace old cars with new electric ones due to the coronavirus pandemic.

From The Syrian Observer, the group Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham arrests religious leaders and displaced people in the Syrian region of Idleb.

From Arutz Sheva, according to leaders of the Israeli party Yamina, Prime Minister Netanyahu has discarded sovereignty.

From The Times Of Israel, Netanyahu permits Israel's education system to reopen.

From The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu appoints a haredi woman from Beit Shemesh to be Israel's diaspora affairs minister.

From YNetNews, an Israeli soldier is hurt in a ramming attack near an IDF checkpoint in the West Bank.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's health ministry sets rules for "coexistence" with the coronavirus.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian Defense Minister Mohamed Zaki inaugurates a new frigate in Alexandria.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission urges police in Addis Ababa to stop "arbitrary" arrests of people for not wearing face masks.

From the Saudi Gazette, work resumes on Saudi Arabia's third expansion of the Grande Mosque in Mecca.

From The New Arab, for the first time, reformist Saudi cleric Salman al-Awdah speaks from inside prison.

From Radio Farda, almost all goods smuggled into Iran reportedly come through legal ports.

From IranWire, why do female dentistry students in Iran need consent from their husbands?

From Dawn, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tells his foreign counterparts that the coronvirus is not growing exponentially in Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, according to Prime Minister Imran Khan, smuggling and hoarding pose a threat to food security in Pakistan, and an abusive husband gets his just desserts.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani government and opposition parties remain at odds over coronavirus measures.

From Khaama PressPresident Mohammad Ashraf Ghani tells Afghan commandos to "unsheath their swords".

From The Hans India, the Indian state of West Bengal arranges 105 more trains to take stranded migrant workers home.

From the Hindustan Times, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discusses the global response to the coronavirus with U.S. businessman Bill Gates.

From ANI, the state government of Haryana assures that people in essential services will be allowed to go to Delhi.

From India Today, a video of Muslims praying in a road during India's coronavirus lockdown is fake news.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh prepares for a different Eid-ul-Fitr prayer this year due to the coronavirus.

From the Daily Mirror, employers in Sri Lanka pledge to not lay off employees.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa three months worth of his salary to a coronavirus health care fund.

From Maldives Insider, LUX* Resorts & Hotels offers free stays to Maldivian health care workers.

From The Jakarta Post, volunteers call for the Indonesian government to release all of its coronavirus-related data.

From The Straits Times, South Korean plans to reopen its schools even as a new coronavirus cluster grows.

From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's health director-general, reopening the country's borders is a low priority.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sarawak bans inter-district travel during the upcoming celebrations of Hari Raya and Gawai.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam urges "parties" to not further complicate the situation in the East Sea.

From The Mainichi, face masks designed by Japanese Ainu become popular during the coronavirus crisis.

From Gatestone Institute, how the E.U. is betraying Europe by capitulating to China.

From The Stream, how many African and Asian children are the left willing to starve in order to defeat President Trump?

From ZDNet, a powerful Android malware stays hidden for years as it infects tens of thousands of smartphones.  (via Neowin)

From BizPac Review, law professor Jonathan Turley expresses his concerns about the Flynn case.

From Fox News, President Trump weighs in on the unmasking of officials who worked for his predecessor.  (via The Daily Wire)

From the New York Post, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman is "optimistic" that the MLB will play this year.

From WPVI-TV, Delaware will reopen its beaches and community pools on May 22nd.

And from Twitchy, actor Nick Searcy has some advice for former congresscritter Katie Hill (D-Cal).

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