Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Tuesday Links - Part 1

On a warm sunny Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) has an amnesty plan, given to her by Republicans.

From FrontpageMag, Harris's threat to American democracy.

From Townhall, former First Lady Michelle Obama gets fact-checked about who put kids in cages.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to former congresscritter and Governor John Kasich (R-OH), "we'll have to see" if former Vice President Biden veers toward the left.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) defends his family name.

From The Federalist, on the first day of the Democratic convention, a night of outreach to Republicans and moderates falls flat.

From American Thinker, the left's logic about history.

From CNS News, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) imagines two of his colleagues in a potential Biden cabinet.

From LifeZette, on the first night of their convention, Democrats come across as "socialist robots".

From NewsBusters, the media networks go nuts for Mrs. Obama's speech.

From Canada Free Press, the first night of the Democratic convention is former President Obama's "socialist agenda on steroids".

From CBC News, Canada gets its first female finance minister.

From Global News, if you're in Barrie, Ontario, Canada this weekend, you can get pork ribs in a drive-through manner.

From CTV News, Prime Minister Justin Trudean will reshuffle his cabinet and prorogue the Canadian parliament.

From TeleSUR, 98 percent of Mexican children will be able to study from home due to an agreement between the government and television stations.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's gold reserves are the 3rd largest in the Maghreb and 11th in the Arab World.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Libya, Turkey and Qatar sign a deal to strengthen Libya's army.

From Rûdaw, an IED kills a Russian general in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor.

From Armenian News, an Armenian human rights activist calls for revising the country's voter register.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, next year, drivers licenses in Cyprus will indicate if the driver is an organ donor.

From The Syrian Observer, numbers of coronavirus cases are climbing in Syria's autonomous regions.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel's response to incendiary balloons will be the same as to rockets.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel and Sudan have been talking toward a peace deal.

From The Jerusalem Post, does Israel need a coronavirus lockdown, and when?

From YNetNews, Israel's coronavirus czar opposes a lockdown, but wants restrictions on holidays.

From the Egypt Independent, police in Cairo, Egypt arrest two people for allegedly beating a horse to death.  (Perhaps they didn't realize the "beating a dead horse" is just an expression.)

From Egypt Today, Egypt raises ticket prices on the Cairo Metro.  (This sort of thing has seemed to be rather frequent in the D.C. area Metro.)

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia gets a new mayor.

From the Saudi Gazette, six Pakistanis are arrested for allegedly forgery in the Saudi Arabian region of Qassim.

From The New Arab, in response to the Israel-UAE peace deal, Palestine will boycott the 2020 Dubai Expo.

From Radio Farda, an Iranian dissident is sentenced to jail, lashes and exile for being present in front of a court house during the trial of another dissident.

From IranWire, according to 1979-1981 U.S. embassy hostage crisis survivor Barry Rosen, "no-one is a guest in Iran".

From Dawn, Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz 1 - the NAB 0.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistan approves Phase III trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterates his resolve to keep fighting against organized crime.

From Khaama Press, according to an Afghan presidential spokesman, the Taliban needs to resume releasing its detainees.

From The Hans India, a court in Delhi directs the city's police to keep providing security for a witness in a case stemming from anti-Sikh riots in 1984.

From the Hindustan Times, India tests a record 899,000 for the coronavirus in one day.

From ANI, four people including Indian customs officers are arrested for alleged bribery.

From India Today, India's National Investigative Agency arrests an ophthalmologist based in the city of Bengaluru for alleged ties to ISIS.

From the Dhaka Tribune, according to Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, Bangladesh will explore all of its options on a coronavirus vaccine.

From the Daily Mirror, due to problems with a coal-fired power plant, Sri Lanka will experience one-hour power outages for four straight days.

From the Colombo Page, two seats in Sri Lanka's new parliament will stay vacant.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands tries to entice Russian tourists on with ads on a top Russian TV channel.

From Sahara Reporters, a sharia judge in the Nigerian state of Yobe falsifies his age three times to avoid retirement.

From The Jakarta Post, Jakarta prepares for a possible upcoming baby boom.

From The Straits Times, Singapore reports 100 new coronavirus cases, including two that were imported.

From the Borneo Post, according to Malaysia's security minister, states are not allowed to supersede the federal government on coronavirus regulations.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia's palm oil producers start to rethink their reliance on foreign workers.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam request Malaysia to investigate the death of a Vietnamese fisherman.

From The Mainichi, skeletal remains of over 1,500 people from Japan's Edo and Meiji periods are found near a railroad station in the city of Osaka.

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinians have officially joined the Iran-led anti-peace group.

From The Stream, in order for the church to fully awaken, does there need to be a "President Kamala Harris"?

From Space War, the U.S. and South Korea start joint military drills which were delayed due to the coronavirus.

From The Daily Wire, a judge blocks Idaho's law against transgender athletes competing in women's school sports.

From Fox News, Portland, Oregon police identify the suspect in an attack on a truck driver.

From the Daily Caller, a pipefitters union endorses former Vice President Biden, even though he opposes the Keystone XL Pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline.

From the New York Post, the Republican convention's speakers will include Governor Kristi Noem (SD), Kentucky high school grad Nick Sandmann, and the St. Louis armed property defenders.

From CheckYourFact, no, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) does not seek to eliminate beef.

And from The Babylon Bee, President Trump keeps ProFa rioters busy with decoy statues.

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