Monday, July 27, 2020

Monday Mania - Part 1

On the last manic Monday of July, here are some things going on:

From National Review, big news institutions and the rising anti-journalism.

From FrontpageMag, the victims of black violence, both black and white, matter too.

From Townhall, the radio host who supported the Seattle CHAZ changes his views after rioters trash his apartment.

From The Washington Free Beacon, leftist billionaire George Soros spends a record $50 million on the 2020 election.  (Wasn't McCain-Feingold supposed to prevent that sort of thing?)

From the Washington Examiner, the biotech company Moderna starts trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine.

From The Federalist, how to disprove the six worst myths of the "1619 Project".

From American Thinker, former Vice President Biden left Scranton, Pennsylvania a long time ago.

From CNS News, one former NFL player and coach has some harsh words for people who disrespect the national anthem.

From LifeZette, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts does not appear to be a big fan of religious liberty.

From NewsBusters, Newsweek publishes an op-ed blasting media hostility toward hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the coronavirus.

From Canada Free Press, a book outlined the 45 goals of communism in 1958.

From CBC News, three Canadian women start making a coronavirus memorial blanket and urge others to join their effort.

From Global News, Canada's liquefied natural gas industry could reportedly create nearly 100,000 jobs in the province of British Columbia.

From CTV News, hundreds gather at a park in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to demand a public inquiry into the mass shooting which occurred this past April.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela postpones its registration deadline for a special election.

From Morocco World News, one in four Moroccans reportedly fought with a family member during the country's coronavirus lockdown.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish President Erdoğan, the reversion of the Hagia Sophia to a mosque has pleased believers of every religion.

From Turkish Minute, today is Turkish businessman Osman Kavala's 1000th day of pre-trial detention.  (What is this "right to a speedy trial" you speak of?)

From Rûdaw, Yezidis in the Syrian region of Afrin "live in constant fear".

From Panorama, the Armenian ministry of defense inspects the country's combat bases.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, firefights control a blaze near Amargeti, Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, a large increase in new coronavirus cases pushes the Syrian government to tell citizens to celebrate Eid al-Adha at home.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Hezbollah "is playing with fire".

From The Times Of Israel, Hezbollah denies carrying out an attack on the Israel-Lebanon border.

From The Jerusalem Post, the IDF thwarts a Hezbollah cell's attempt to infiltrate into Israel across the border from Lebanon.

From YNetNews, according to Syrian television, homes in southern Lebanon were hit by IDF shelling, including a shell that did not explode.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt prepares for a new round of dam negotiations.

From Egypt Today, restorers add the final touches to a hanging obelisk at the Grand Egyptian Museum.

From the Saudi Gazette, a Malaysian woman receives a birthday present - an opportunity to go on the Hajj.

From The New Arab, Turkey's ruling party rejects calls to bring back the caliphate.  (The most recent version of the caliphate was the Ottoman Empire.)

From Radio Farda, after 11 months in prison, an Iranian rights activist is allowed to speak via phone to her son.

From IranWire, a look at the foreign policy of Iran's last shah.

From Dawn, the Pakistani government orders an investigation of and actions against an alleged "sugar cartel".

From The Express Tribune, Islamabad, Pakistan gets its first electric vehicle charging station.

From Pakistan Today, the Pakistani province of Punjab goes into a smart lockdown while reporting no deaths from the coronavirus for the first time in two months.

From Khaama Press, in the province of Logar, Afghan security forces send at least six Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From The Hans India, India registers its largest 1-day increase in new coronavirus cases.

From the Hindustan Times, five sites in India are ready for human trials of the potential coronavirus vaccine developed in the U.K.

From ANI, the Shiite Muslim community in the Indian territory of Ladakh reportedly enjoy religious freedom.

From India Today, the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka each report over 100,000 coronavirus cases.  (The Indian number lakh equals 100,000.)

From the Dhaka Tribune, according to a health director general, the coronavirus infection rate is decreasing in Bangaldesh.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka establishes two hotline numbers to inform the authorities about crime.

From the Colombo Page, the U.S. helps Sri Lankan apparel makers export personal protective equipment - to the U.S.

From Maldives Insider, a British CEO takes charge of the company running airports in the Maldive Islands.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia teams up with multiple producers to develop coronavirus vaccines.

From The Straits Times, Falun Gong members in Hong Kong fear China's new security law.

From the Borneo Post, almost 500,000 Malaysians start filing their census data online.

From Free Malaysia Today, female leaders in the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak are urged to demand that schoolchildren are taught about how the country was formed.

From Vietnam Plus, the State Audit of Vietnam proposes to audit water resource in the Mekong River basin.

From The Mainichi, Nagoya, Japan will keep umbrellas lost on its public transportation system for a shorter period of time.

From Gatestone Institute, the priorities of Muslim "scholars" with respect to the Palestinians during the coronavirus crisis.

From The Stream, I don't think that the word "peaceful" means what you think it means.

From Middle East Eye, Turkey is accused of deporting Uighur Muslims back to China via other countries.  (via Turkish Minute)

From The Daily Wire, in response to Minneapolis, Minnesota defunding its police, its residents start armed patrols of their own neighborhoods.  (The article cites The Wall Street Journal, which is behind a paywall.)

From Breitbart, according to a doctor, 99.8 percent of people who contract the coronavirus get through it "with little to no progressive or significant disease".

From WPVI-TV, the coronavirus reportedly inspires a new set of consumer scams.

From Fox News, Attorney General William Barr will appear before the House Judiciary Committee.

From the New York Post, just when you thought it was safe to return to the beach on Long Island.

And from The Babylon Bee, Major League Baseball security guards are unable to tackle a virtual streaker.

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