Saturday, June 13, 2020

Saturday Stories - Part 1

On a sunny Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Senate puts on its collusion theater.

From Townhall, why the credibility of coronavirus experts "is in smoldering ruins".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a case about police reform goes to the Supreme Court.

From the Washington Examiner, a famous general opposed building monuments to the Confederacy.

From The Federalist, "space exploration is back", which might lead to mining on asteroids.

From American Thinker, lawlessness and double standards about stereotyping.

From LifeZette, Republicans select Jacksonville, Florida as the site for this year's convention.

From NewsBusters, CNN misleads on the racial statistics of people killed by police.

From Canada Free Press, if Democrats want to remove statues, here are a few suggestions for them.

From CBC News, healing walks take place in the Canadian province of New Brunswick in memory of an indigenous woman killed by police.

From Global News, the provincial government of Ontario increases the number of people allowed to attend weddings and funerals.

From TeleSUR, the coronavirus pandemic hinders the search for missing persons in Mexico.

From The Portugal News, Portugal records the greatest decrease in traffic deaths in the E.U. from 2010 to 2019.

From El País, authorities in Barcelona, Spain redirect beachgoers due to their large number.

From France24, France's culture minister "slams" a decision to pull Gone With The Wind from a cinema in Paris.

From RFI, violent storms hit France, washing away cars on the island of Corsica.

From SwissInfo, how the coronavirus pandemic hits the homeless in Switzerland.

From the Malta Independent, churches in Malta resume holding Mass today, under coronavirus-related restrictions.

From Malta Today, a man in Mosta, Malta is charged for allegedly possessing over 5 kilos of cannabis.

From Total Slovenia News, anti-government protesters in Slovenia get off their bikes and protest on foot.

From Total Croatia News, face masks might become mandatory in Croatia.

From Ekathimerini, despite the risks, Greek islands are "keen" to reopen for tourism.

From the Greek Reporter, all museums in Greece will reopen on June 15th.

From Novinite, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov inspects highway construction.

From The Sofia Globe, Health Minister Kiril Ananiev lifts the quarantine requirement for Dutch visitors to Bulgaria.

From Radio BulgariaKardzhali, Bulgaria passes Sofia in migration population growth.

From Russia Today, according to the vice governor of St. Petersburg, Russia, his city had lighter coronavirus restrictions than Moscow did because its people are "more educated".

From Sputnik International, two people are killed in the crash of a Yak-52 light airplane in the Russian region of Samara.

From The Moscow Times, the number of coronavirus cases in Russia surpasses 520,000.

From Daily News Hungary, a look at the "Hungarian Jurassic Park".  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Sokszínű Vidék.)

From Hungary Today, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, the Hungarian government maintains its support for Hungarians in the Ukrainian region of Transcarpathia.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From The Slovak Spectator, a new bike route connects Slovakia with the Czech Republic.

From Polskie Radio, 11 candidates run for the Polish presidency.

From EuroNews, Polish President Andrzej Duda calls LGBT "ideology" more destructive than communism.

From Voice Of Europe, a Swedish parliamentcritter accuses the Swedish government of promoting anti-Swedish racism.  (If you read Swedish, read the story at Fria Tider.)

From the CPH Post, finding startup funding in the coronavirus era.

From Deutsche Welle, does "race" have a place in the German constitution?

From the NL Times, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte points out, in response to vandalism against statues, that "you cannot get rid of history".

From Dutch News, over 571,000 mink are killed in an effort to eradicate the coronavirus from 13 fur farms in the Netherlands.

From VRT NWS, human remains at least 20 years old are found in Limburg, Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, what is the problem with Belgian king Leopold II?

From the Express, BLM protesters, "far-right" protesters and police run into each other in London.  (If you object to vandalism against statues, that might make you "far-right".)

From the Evening Standard, Queen Elizabeth makes her first public appearance since the U.K.'s coronavirus lockdown at her official birthday celebration.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to an article written by current U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in 2002, colonialism in Africa should not have ended.

From the (Irish) Independent, the alleged leader of an organized crime gang will be extradited from Ireland to the U.K. next week, to face manslaughter charges for the deaths of 39 people in a truck.

From the Irish Examiner, Fine Gael members in Donegal, Ireland urge their party to not join Fianna Fáil and the Greens to form a coalition government.

From The Conservative Woman, why does the media still believe lockdown nonsense coming from Neil Ferguson?

From The Stream, "why do we kill each other?"

From Conservative Daily News, it's about civilization, not privilege.

From Fox News, an op-ed in The New York Times tries to clarify what "defund the police" means.

From The Daily Wire, the four horsemen of the American apocalypse.

From the New York Post, former Vice President Joe Biden angers BLM activists by considering a former cop as his running mate.

From BizPac Review, a blackface skit by Howard Stern is unearthed.

And from the Genesius Times, protesters pull down a statue of Michael Jackson after finding pictures of him wearing blackface.

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