Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Wednesday Wanderings - Part 1

Now that I have returned from wandering in a forest like a good Sasquatch, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Democrat congresscritters make a mockery of Attorney General Barr's "hearing".

From FrontpageMag, the problem is not Islamophobia, but Islamophilia.

From Townhall, one Democrat congresscritter from Pennsylvania couldn't even remember the point on which she was questioning Barr.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) donates to a candidate challenging congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in the Democratic primary.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an opinion column, Barr is right in that we should all oppose armed mobs.

From The Federalist, getting rid of police or President Trump will only cause more rioting.

From American Thinker, we're sick of being lectured to.

From CNS News, the USDA warns against planting seeds sent from China in unsolicited packages.

From LifeZette, a Democrat city councilwoman in Portland Oregon tries to fine the federal government for protecting a federal courthouse.

From NewsBusters, CNN host Alisyn Camerota fumes after a black Trump supporter calls out former Vice President Biden's racist comments.

From Canada Free Press, be sure to wear your face mask on election day.

From CBC News, even without the coronavirus, the outlook for Canada's oil sands will keep getting dimmer.

From Global News, Canucks and Yanks will be flying over Toronto tomorrow.

From CTV News, drivers in the Canadian province of British Columbia get hassled if they have U.S. license plates.  (I once drove my Maryland-plated car to Montreal without any problems, but that was a while back.)

From TeleSUR, the E.U. sends medical equipment to Ecuador and El Salvador to help their fight against the coronavirus.

From The Mainichi, a court in Hiroshima, Japan rules that healthcare benefits should be extended to people exposed to radioactive "black rain" after the 1945 U.S. atomic bomb attack.

From Vietnam Plus, the oil and gas company PetroVietnam fulfills its plans to increase its reserves ahead of schedule.

From the Boreno Post, according to Malaysia's health director-general, the country's Movement Control Order will be re-enforced if local coronavirus transmission escalates.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Sarawak postpones the reopening of over 200 schools due to coronavirus concerns.

From The Straits Times, China denies harboring fugitive financier Jho Low, wanted by both Malaysia and the U.S.

From The Jakarta Post, according to Indonesia's education ministry, 79 cities and regencies are violating the country's protocols for school reopening.

From the Dhaka Tribune, a bomb explodes at a police station in the Pallabi area of Dhaka, injuring five people.

From the Daily Mirror, according to a former Sri Lankan intelligence director, the mastermind of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attack who authorities think it was.

From the Colombo Page, China donates 50,000 face masks to the Sri Lankan drivers of three-wheeled vehicles.

From Maldives Insider, the resort company Universal Enterprises donates two PCR coronavirus tests to the Maldivian government.

From The Hans India, India issues guidelines for reopening metro rails, schools and cinemas.

From the Hindustan Times, Barauni, Andhra Pradesh, India celebrates "Diwali" as India's new French-made fighter jets arrive, since it is the ancestral town of one of the pilots.

From ANI, two people are detained Cachar, Assam, India for allegedly possessing exotic animals.

From India Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets India's new jets with a Tweet in Sanskrit.

From Dawn, an elderly accused of blasphemy is gunned down in a court in Peshawar Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, according to power minister Omar Ayub, the city of Karachi is being provided with the least expensive electricity in Pakistan.

From Radio Farda, following an uproar, Iran reverses a decision to give public lands around Damavand Mountain to a religious endowment.

From IranWire, an Iranian woman whom you should know is school headmistress Tuba Azmudeh.

From The New Arab, a journalist is detained in Algeria's latest crackdown on speech.  (What are these "freedoms of speech and the press" you speak of?)

From the Saudi Gazette, the Hajj begins are pilgrims converge on the tent city of Mina in Saudi Arabia.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Ethiopian opposition hold talks about security, peace and the new dam.

From the Egypt Independent, what will be the world's largest spinning factory will open in Egypt in 2021.

From Egypt Today, according to Egypt's foreign ministry, President Abdel El Sisi's dam remarks indicate that he expects to reach a fair deal with Sudan and Ethiopia.

From Arutz Sheva, according to an op-ed, the Arch of Titus in Rome, built to commemorate his destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, should stand.

From The Time Of Israel, the IDF tries hard not to embarrass Hezbollah.

From The Jerusalem Post, Prime Minister Netanyahu tells world leaders that Israel intends to conduct mass testing for the coronavirus.

From YNetNews, Israelis protest in front of Netanyahu's Jerusalem residence by reading Tisha B'Av prayers.

From The Syrian Observer, disputes between the governorates of Daraa and Suweida prevent crops from being harvested in al-Qrayya, Syria.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus announces a mass coronavirus testing program.

From Panorama, according to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the coronavirus situation in Armenia has improved.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From Rûdaw, a wildfire that burned parts of the Iraqi province of Sulaimani for four days is put out.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish parliament passes a law to regulate content on social media.

From Turkish Minute, six more Turkish parliamentcritters test positive for the coronavirus.

From Morocco World News, seven ways to make the Eid al Adha holiday special and exciting despite the coronavirus pandemic.

From Gatestone Institute, Palestinians happily accept funds from the West, but still vote for jihad.

From The Stream, why are former gays and former transgenders regarded as such threats?

From Space Daily, a report on the state of the space industrial base.

From The Daily Signal, according to the leader of the House Republican Study Committee, congress is "now spending our grandchildren's future".

From the Daily Caller, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) comes out against the Republican coronavirus stimulus package.

From The Daily Wire, Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) and acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf dispute whether federal agents are leaving Portland.

From Breitbart, the U.S. economy has suffered greatly due to the coronavirus pandemic, but not as badly as media headlines suggest.

From the New York Post, Attorney General Barr will be tested after coming into contact with congresscritter Louie Gomert (R-TX) who recently contracted the coronavirus.

From WPVI-TV, the warning period for speeding on Roosevelt Boulevard in Philadelphia is about to expire.

And from CheckYourFact, a section of border wall in Texas was blown over, but not by Hurricane Hanna.

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