Thursday, August 13, 2020

Thursday Things - Part 1

On a rainy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Democrats wage war on the Constitution and tradition.

From FrontpageMag, government had the purpose of protecting life and property, until the modern Democrats came along.

From Townhall, one lie from Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) is worse than all the rest.

From The Washington Free Beacon, as speaker of Maine's House of Representatives, senatorial candidate Sara Gideon (D) opposed bills to outlaw FGM.

From the Washington Examiner, for the first time in 20 weeks, jobless claims fall to below a million.

From The Federalist, why Harris's stealth radicalism is worse than the open radicalism of the Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Democrats.

From American Thinker, what is right-wing columnist George Will's problem with President Trump?

From CNS News, look who contributed to Kamala Harris's campaigns for California attorney general.

From LifeZette, Vice President Pence is eager to debate Senator Harris.

From NewsBusters, the media go Sgt. Schulz on the murder of 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant.

From Canada Free Press, Harris is the anti-Christian and anti-American choice.

From CBC News, starting in September, McDonald's Canada will again use only domestic beef.

From Global News, what to know about Canada's recall of onions produced in the U.S.  (It seems that Mickey D's and other restaurants in Canada need to use only domestic onions along with beef.)

From CTV News, according to the mayor of Red Lake, Ontario, Canada, an uncontrolled forest fire is pushing toward the town.

From TeleSUR, the Bolivian congress sets October 18th as the deadline for holding elections.

From The Conservative Woman, at an English pub, you might be able to "eat, drink, and say a prayer".

From Snouts in the Trough, more apparent hate for blacks by BLM.

From WestMonster, illegal migrants cross the English Channel and arrive in Dover, England for the 10th day in a row.  (I had pretty much forgotten about this site until some of their videos started showing up on YouTube.)

From the Express, British musician Nick Cave calls out the cancel-culturists.

From the Evening Standard, the earthquake in England's Sussex coast that wasn't.

From the Independent, explosions and a fire break out near an airfield in the English county of Suffolk.

From the (Irish) Independent, according to Bus Éireann, its school buses will operate as normal and carry the usual number of pupils.

From the Irish Examiner, two women who went missing while paddleboarding in Galway Bay are rescued 16 hours later by a fishing vessel.

From VRT NWS, Brussels Airport will open a mobile coronavirus testing center in September.

From The Brussels Times, three appeals against the strict coronavirus measures in the Belgian province of Antwerp are rejected.

From the NL Times, the Dutch intensive care association NVIC warns of a second coronavirus wave in September.

From Dutch News, officials in Amsterdam hand out 2,411 fines for illegal dumping.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at Het Parool.)

From Deutsche Welle, will Germany pay only €10 million for its genocide in Namibia?  (Modern Namibia was once the German colony of South West Africa, which was turned over to South Africa after the end of World War I.)

From the CPH Post, the Danish parliament does not reach an agreement on Phase 4 of the reopening from its coronavirus lockdown.

From ReMix, the Swedish government is reluctant to admit that there's any connection between immigration and violent crime.

From Polskie Radio, the presidents of Poland, Lithuanian, Latvia and Estonia call for deescalation in Belarus.

From Radio Prague, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomáš Petříček summons Belarusian Ambassador Valery Kurkyukov to voice disagreement with Belarus's crackdown against protesters.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak children might have to wear masks in school.

From Daily News Hungary, a students alliance in the Visegrád Group will be officially formed by the end of 2020.

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian government has not yet taken a stand on events in Belarus.

From About Hungary, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart Chingiz Aidarbekov.

From Russia Today, the developer of Russia's coronavirus vaccine claims that it will protect for at least two years.

From Sputnik International, according to its governor, the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego is interested in Russia's coronavirus vaccine.

From The Moscow Times, workers at several factories in Belarus strike against police violence.  (If you read Belarusian, read the story at Tut.)

From EuroNews, protesters detained in Belarus have reportedly been beaten before, during and after their arrests.

From Euractiv, Belarus starts releasing some of the detained protesters.

From Romania-Insider, Romania's industry showed signs of recovery during June.  (This site has been putting most of their articles behind a paywall, but not this one today.)

From Novinite, an attempted extraordinary sitting of the Bulgarian parliament fails due to a lack of quorum.

From The Sofia Globe, active coronavirus cases in Bulgaria fall below 5,000.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria gets a new political party.

From Ekathimerini, forged travel documents proliferate in western Greece and on the Ionian islands.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek cheese, including feta, is removed from U.S. import duties.

From Balkan Insight, Serbia faces possible civil strike after its imitation elections.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian political platform We Can! calls for the post-earthquake reconstruction of Zagreb to be organized by a single institution.

From Total Slovenia News, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša meet the press on the island of Bled.

From the Malta Independent, two Sudanese men are arrested in Malta over two separate alleged thefts, the respective victims being from Mali and Eritrea.

From Malta Today, Malta's armed forces will protect Maltese lampuki fishermen from Tunisian poachers.

From ANSA, the Italian party League suspends two parliamentcritters in a coronavirus self-employment benefit case.

From SwissInfo, a new study by paleogeneticists at the University of Zurich sheds light on the origin of syphilis.

From France24, France will bolster its military presence in the Mediterranean in response to Turkish gas exploration in disputed waters.

From RFI, the French territory of Guadeloupe reports 50 new coronavirus cases in two days.

From Free West Media, seven shootings have been reported in Grenoble, France since the end of June.

From El País, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez refuses to disclose the location of king emeritus Juan Carlos.

From The Portugal News, the Tapas Route in the Portuguese region of Algarve will return in September.

From The Stream, a look at Senator and vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris's past stances on police issues.

From the Daily Beast, a white member of NOW tries to pass herself off as Asian.  (via MSN and American Thinker)

From the Daily Caller, the media covers for Harris's flip flops.

From Fox News, musician Meredith Brooks criticizes Harris for one recent flip-flop.

From the New York Post, Harris reportedly owes over a $1 million in bills from her presidential campaign.

From The Daily Signal, the creator of the 1619 Project now insists that it's not really history.

From Breitbart, President Trump provides a list of his administration's accomplishments.

From WPVI-TV, former Vice President Biden calls for a nationwide face mask mandate.

From SmallBizDaily, how can women in the workplace combat ageism?

And from CheckYourFact, no, Bill Gates and Ghislaine Maxwell are not related.

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