Thursday, June 18, 2020

Thursday Things - Part 1

On a warm sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, SCOTUS sides with illegal aliens.

From FrontpageMag, America is getting Jonestowned.

From Townhall, despite what the media might say, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's (R) coronavirus policies are working well, but watch the data.

From The Washington Free Beacon, do any proposed alternatives to police actually work?

From the Washington Examiner, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) plans to remove the congressional portraits of four of her predecessors because they joined the Confederacy.

From The Federalist, due to the disparate treatment they gave to BLM protests, the people in charge have lost their moral authority to order any new lockdowns.

From American Thinker, how to defeat the "woke".

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Devin Nunes (R-Cal), the Democrats learned in 2016 that having 90 percent of the media on their side wasn't enough.

From LifeZette, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) and the "noose" that wasn't.

From NewsBusters, coronavirus hypocrisy from the media.

From Canada Free Press, BLM is a "modern totalitarian revolution".  (Full disclosure:  I met the article's author in person during a trip to California.)

From CBC News, a look at the candidates for the leadership of Canada's Conservative Party.

From Global News, the New Brunswick provincial legislature votes down a mandatory vaccination bill.

From CTV News, police in Ontario make the province's largest-ever seizure of fentanyl.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Maduro condemns U.S. President Trump's alleged plans to invade Venezuela.

From The Conservative Woman, the real problem that U.K. soccer player Marcus Rashford should address.

From Euractiv, the U.K. plans to fund the development of hydrogen-powered trains.

From Politicalite, the statue of Winston Churchill in London is freed from its "grey prison".  (via Voice Of Europe)

From the Express, two new coronavirus hotspots emerge in the U.K.

From the Evening Standard, a chicken processing plant in Wales is closed down after 58 of its personnel contract the coronavirus.

From the (U.K.) Independent, U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will take a knee for only two people.

From the (Irish) Independent, in their talks with the Green party to form a coalition government for Ireland, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael block a proposal to legalize drugs.

From the Irish Examiner, the third garda in seven years is shot dead while on duty.

From VRT NWS, the Belgian city of Ghent decides to remove its bust of King Leopold II.

From The Brussels Times, according to a spokesperson for Brussels Airlines, Belgians are not afraid to fly this summer.

From the NL Times, the director of a Tony's Chocolonely store is arrested for BLM vandalism.

From Dutch News, according to its councillors, the Dutch province of Friesland doesn't want any wolves.

From Deutsche Welle, according to German federal prosecutors, Russia ordered the assassination of a Georgian man in Berlin last year.

From EuroNews, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warns of a "permanent deep rift" within Europe over its coronavirus response.

From the CPH Post, a roundup of business-related news in Denmark, including the country's plans to have all its electricity generated by renewables in 2027.

From Voice Of Europe, the Kurdish migrant who killed his Swedish girlfriend and cut up her body is found guilty.

From Polskie Radio, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Oświęcim, Poland will reopen on July 1st under "new sanitary requirements".

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic's requirement to wear face masks indoors will end on July 1st.

From The Slovak Spectator, activists save more than 500 ground squirrels from rains and floods in Slovakia's Muránska Planina National Park.

From the Hungary Journal, the Court of Justice of the European Union rules against Hungary's law on NGOs.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto underlines the importance of preventing new waves of migration due to the coronavirus.

From Hungary Today, Hungary makes entry easier for citizens of the E.U., Serbia, Switzerland and other countries.

From About Hungary, according to Szijjarto, it's time to reboot the economies of Hungary and Serbia.

From Russia Today, Russian scientists test a potential coronavirus vaccine on 18 volunteers.

From Sputnik International, a mass grave believed to contain the remains of victims of Nazi Germany is found near the Russian village of Moglino.

From The Moscow Times, the E.U. extends its sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Crimea for another year.

From Romania-Insider, a hospital for coronavirus patients funded by donations is completed in Bucharest.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at HotNews.)

From Novinite, Bulgaria abolishes its quarantine requirement for people arriving from Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Andorra, Monacco and the Vatican.

From The Sofia Globe, seven tons of personal protective equipment arrive in Bulgaria, with the E.U. paying the cost for its transport.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria is elected to the U.N.'s Economic and Social Council.

From Ekathimerini, according to an opinion column, it will only be a matter of time before the Greek cabinet is reshuffled.

From the Greek Reporter, a lockdown is imposed in Echinos, Greece after a spike in coronavirus cases.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meet in Belgrade.

From Balkan Insight, Montenegrin police are accused of using excessive force while arresting the mayor and councillors of the town of Budva.

From Total Croatia News, the MaNaBu movement, to educate about the dangers of cigarette butts, kicks off in Zagreb.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia's Lake Bled has some "amazing" wedding venues.

From the Malta Independent, 49 migrants, including two pregnant women, are reportedly in distress within Malta's "Search and Rescue Zone".

From Malta Today, should the statue of Britain's Queen Victoria be removed from in front of Malta's national library?

From ANSA, an official from the WHO "blasts" the celebrations in Naples after Napoli won the Italian Cup final.

From SwissInfo, the book Swisstory wins a children's literature award.

From France24, the three women running for mayor of Paris have different campaign strategies.

From RFI, French "far-right" leader Marine Le Pen may file a complaint over being excluded from a World War II commemoration.

From Free West Media, the riots in Dijon, France are out of control.

From El País, the Spanish region of Catalonia will enter its "new normality" after lifting its coronavirus state of alarm.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese government advises the Portuguese people against leaving Europe.

From The Stream, "the catastrophe of fatherless America".

From The Daily Signal, what can we learn from the riots of 1968 and 2020?

From BizPac Review, the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia seems to think that tasers are deadly weapons only when used by cops.

From the Daily Caller, TV networks are reportedly using a private investigation firm to search their stars' social media posts for racism.

From Conservative Daily News, who's side is Dr. Anthony Fauci on?

From ZeroHedge, pirates in the Gulf of Mexico threaten oil shipments.

From The Hill, the makers of Mrs. Butterworth syrup are reviewing their brand and packaging.

And from the New York Post, in Hoboken, New Jersey, the "pizza squirrel" takes his slice up a telephone pole.

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