Monday, August 31, 2020

Stories For The End Of August - Part 1

Here on a cloudy Monday at the end of August are some things going on:

From National Review, you can't be pro-life without opposing abortion.

From FrontpageMag, violence condoned by Democrats takes a life in Portland, Oregon.

From Townhall, blaming left-wing violence on President Trump is ridiculous.

From The Washington Free Beacon, in 1975, then-Senator Joe Biden (D-Del) opposed allowing Vietnam War refugees into the U.S.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Donald Trump the Younger, would-be Vice President Kamala Harris will be in charge in a Biden administration.

From The Federalist, the face of the Democratic Party is not former Vice President Biden, but the looting and rioting mob.

From American Thinker, the one statistic that should frighten the Democrats.

From CNS News, according to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, "most of Donald Trump's America is peaceful".

From LifeZette, CNN calls the riots in Kenoshi, Wisconsin "peaceful".

From NewsBusters, Spanish-language media don't mentioned "Antifa" in their coverage of the Portland murder.

From Canada Free Press, the "desperado Dem" cling to a state of denial.  (In other words, with apologies to Glenn Frey and Don Henley, the're not coming to their senses.)

From CBC News, the Canadian government signs deals to secure up to 114 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine from two U.S. drug companies.

From Global News, Prime Minister is "deeply disappointed" after demonstrators topple a statue of John A. Macdonald, who was Canada's first prime minister.

From CTV News, the Canadian province of Alberta "quietly" removes physical distancing rules for its school classrooms.

From TeleSUR, two Mexican political parties collect signatures to request a referendum which could result in three ex-presidents being tried for alleged corruption.

From Morocco World News, Morocco conducts trials of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, while Algeria decides to purchase the Russian one.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey criticizes Russia for inviting the YPG to talks in Moscow.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish-backed factions in Syria clash with each other.

From Rûdaw, a Yezidi woman is smuggled across Syria to be reunited with her family in Duhok, Iraq.

From Panorama, Armenian sappers remove land mines from 33,143 square meters in Syria during August.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus decides on new regulations for protests.

From The Syrian Observer, eight Syrian Democratic Forces troops are killed in two attacks by ISIS.

From Arutz Sheva, Prime Minister Netanyahu address the Israeli people on "the start of a new era".

From The Times Of Israel, according to Netanyahu, a delegation from Abu Dhabi has been invited to Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, Arabs in Israel prefer to keep schools closed due to a spike in coronavirus cases.

From YNetNews, Israeli deaths from the coronavirus double in a month.

From the Egypt Independent, in the region of North Sinai, Egyptian forces send 77 terrorists to their virgins.

From Egypt Today, Egypt's Malawi National Museum is set to be reopened tomorrow.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia seeks an explanation for a cut in American aid.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Arab Parliament condemns a drone attack by Houthi rebels in Yemen against Saudi Arabia's Abha Airport.

From The New Arab, angry "protesters" set fire to a TV station in Baghdad, Iraq for allegedly broadcasting festive music on Ashura, a day of mourning for Shia Muslims.  (Apparently, in both the U.S. and Iraq, people who burn buildings can be called "protesters" instead of "rioters".)

From Radio Farda, Iranian activists condemn prison sentences given to the signers of the "77 Statement".

From IranWire, Iranian officials blame travels and superstitions as coronavirus cases spike.

From Dawn, residents of Karachi, Pakistan protest in front of the city's Containment Board Clifton, but their concerns are unresolved.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warns against trying to ignite the "flames of secularism" during Ashura.

From Pakistan Today, most Pakistanis observe Ashura "with due solemnity".

From Khaama Press, an airstrike by Afghan security forces in the province of Faryab sends 11 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From The Hans India, former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee passes away at age 84 at a military hospital in Delhi.

From the Hindustan Times, a look at Mukherjee's political career.

From ANI, construction of a bridge in the Shopian district in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir is "in full swing".

From India Today, the Indian state of West Bengal allows bars to reopen and restaurants to serve alcohol.

From the Dhaka Tribune, according to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, history will expose the perpetrators of the August 15th, 1975 massacre.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's water supply will be restricted due to a drought.

From the Colombo Page, two Russian warships make a business call at the Sri Lankan port of Hambantota.

From Maldives Insider, manta ray season is underway at Baa Atoll in the Maldive Islands.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia has seen 1,928 disasters so far in 2020.

From The Straits Times, 90 residents and staff at a Singaporean old age home are tested for the coronavirus after a former worker tests positive, but they all test negative.

From the Borneo Post, on Malaysia's National Day, the king grants 13 early pardons.

From Free Malaysia Today, the first-ever Malaysian woman elected to office does not regard the coronavirus pandemic as "all doom and gloom".

From Vietnam Plus, a U.S. plant quarantine expert is expected to arrive in Vietnam on September 2nd, but must be quarantined himself.

From The Mainichi, after a shoebill bird dies of old age at a zoo in Ito, Japan, an autopsy shows that the zoo had been misgendering her.

From Gatestone Institute, "should the U.S. still try to accommodate China?"

From The Stream, former Governor Mike Huckabee (R-Ark) responds to "a thoughtful letter" from a left-leaning reader named Karen.

From The Daily Signal, the 1776 Initiative offers an alternative to the 1619 Project.

From Space War, India accuses China of carrying out new "provocative" movements along their disputed border in the Himalayas.

From Breitbart, former Vice President Biden accuses President Trump of "stroking" violence in U.S. cities.

From the Daily Caller, three examples of the media saying everything is fine as a fire burns in the background.

From Fox News, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tells Democratic mayors to secure their streets.

From WPVI-TV, two months after recovering from the coronavirus, a woman in Houston gives birth to a healthy baby girl.

From the New York Post, singers Loretta Lynn and Kid Rock "get married", sort of, last weekend.

And from The Roanoke Times, a building where yours truly once lived will soon be no more.

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