Monday, July 13, 2020

Monday Links - Part 1

After taking it easy for the weekend, I find that it's time to put up some full-size posts.  On a warm sunny Monday, here are some more things going on:

From National Review, a U.S. district judge blocks federal executions hours before the first one in 17 years was supposed to be carried out.

From FrontpageMag, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance goes after President Trump while giving Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein and BLM rioters a pass.

From Townhall, the left-wing mob has scalped the Washington Redskins.

From The Washington Free Beacon, liberal groups backed by George Soros raked in tens of millions from the Paycheck Protection Program.

From the Washington Examiner, the renaming of the Redskins is a win for corporate America and the media elite.

From The Federalist, how hospitals refusing to prepare for a pandemic messed things up for Americans.

From American Thinker, is the story about a man dying from the coronavirus admitting that he thought that the virus was a hoax itself a hoax?

From CNS News, my governor believes that there should have been a "national testing strategy" for the coronavirus.

From LifeZette, according to congresscritter Maxine Waters (D-Cal), policing is racist and Trump and his supporters don't want black Americans to have any power.  (If I had my way, left-wingers would have no power, no matter what their race.)

From NewsBusters, the journalists on Good Morning America won't say "Redskins".

From Canada Free Press, violence by BLM isn't too different from the storming of the Bastille in Paris in 1789.

From CBC News, according to a statistical expert, the high rate of police-related deaths in the Canadian territory of Nunavut is "obviously worth looking into".

From Global News, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada's coronavirus-related wage subsidy could be extended to December.

From CTV News, for the first time ever, the RCMP arrests a Quebecer for allegedly advocating genocide.

From TeleSUR, Cuba plans to make its own lung ventilators for coronavirus patients.

From Morocco World News, Morocco isolates the city of Tangier after a surge in coronavirus cases in some of its neighborhoods.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the mayor of Istanbul supports the conversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque "as long as it benefits Turkey".

From Turkish Minute, Turkey is reportedly close to a post-Brexit trade deal with the U.K.

From Rûdaw, the Tigris River in Iraq is flowing at half of its normal amount due to some Turkish dam filling.

From Panorama, Armenia extends its state of emergency due to the coronavirus for the fourth time.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, everyone traveling to Cyprus should have a Cyprus Flight Pass.

From The Syrian Observer, two members of a militia operating in the Qalamoun area near Damascus are killed in the Syrian region of Raqqa.

From Arutz Sheva, after a protest tent is dismantled outside the Israeli prime minister's house, opposition leader Yair Lapid points out that the house really belongs to the people of Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, five things to know for today about another possible coronavirus lockdown in Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli research center locates 28 new missile launch sites operated by Hezbollah.

From YNetNews, the Israeli government approves a rescue plan for the country's economy.

From the Egypt Independent, according to an African Union official, there will soon be a dam agreement.

From Egypt Today, according to Pope Tawadros II, Coptic churches in Cairo and Alexandria will remain closed until September 3rd.

From the Saudi Gazette, forces of the Arab Coalition destroy two missiles and six drones targeting Saudi Arabia launched by the Houthi militia in Yemen.

From The New Arab, Lebanese activists form a coalition to defend free speech.

From Radio Farda, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's "Islamic kindness" has become anything but.

From IranWire, Iranian journalist Mohammad Mosaed is given a Committee to Protect Journalists International Press Freedom Award.

From Dawn, cable television and internet services are interrupted by a "token strike" by their operators in Karachi, Pakistan.

From The Express TribunePakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari launches another round of criticism at Prime Minister Imran Khan.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan will allow meat markets to operate from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. ahead of the observance of Eidul Azha.

From Khaama Press, the "paradoxical deal" between the U.S., the Taliban, and the Afghan government.

From The Hans India, a large explosion goes off at the Visakha Solvents Limited plant in Visakhapatnam, India.

From the Hindustan Times, an opinion column offers "five truths" about India's migrant workers crisis.

From ANI, according to Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, a "narrative of lies" is tearing India apart.

From India Today, more on the chemical plant fire in Visakhapatnam, India.

From the Dhaka Tribune, private hospitals in Bangladesh are charging people arbitrarily for coronavirus treatment.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka naval commander Vice Admiral Piyal De Silva announces his retirement.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy arrests four illegal migrants trying to reach the island country from India.

From Maldives Insider, a coronavirus test center is inaugurated at the Maafaru Airport on the Maldivian atoll of Noonu.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia and Australia plan to conduct a worker exchange program.

From The Straits Times, Singapore deports and bans 12 foreigners for not obeying coronavirus-related safe distancing measures.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian Dewan Rakyat removes its speaker, and installs a new one.

From Free Malaysia Today, Chinese religious groups in Malaysia meet to deal with threats to their shrines.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam and France shore up their people-to-people exchanges on the eve of Bastille Day.

From The Mainichi, meteor fragments from a fireball that lit up the sky over Tokyo are found in Narashino, Japan.

From Gatestone Institute, may the door not hit the WHO on its way out.

From The Stream, blacks and Jews were both enslaved minorities.

From TMZ, the body of actress Naya Rivera is recovered from Lake Piru in Ventura County, California.  (via the Daily Caller)

From CBS Chicago, at least 64 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, 11 of them fatally.  (via the Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, a BLM protester in New York City gets to feel some electricity.

From Fox News, according to journalist Andy McCarthy, left-wing reaction to President Trump's commutation of Roger Stone's sentence was "remarkable".

From Breitbart, Wikipedia editors smear right-wing radio host Mark Levin.

From SmallBizDaily, Massachusetts begins Phase 3 of its loosening of coronavirus restrictions.

From Military History Matters, the wreck of the USS Nevada is found near Pearl Harbor.

And from The Babylon Bee, when it comes to rising crime in New York City, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) smells a rat.

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