Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Wednesday Wanderings - Part 1

Now that I've wandered through a forest like a good Sasquatch should, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Senator (D-Cal) and vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris is not a moderate.

From FrontpageMag, the inner totalitarianism of the left is now out in the open.

From Townhall, some questions and answers about the Biden/Harris ticket.

From The Washington Free Beacon, looters in Chicago attack a charity.

From the Washington Examiner, the Multnomah County, Washington district attorney will only prosecute rioters for property damage, theft, use of force or threats.

From The Federalist, this election cycle will be haunted by a ghost from Alaska.

From American Thinker, former Vice President Biden's choice of Kamala Harris says a lot, and none of it good.

From CNS News, Harris does not want babies to be slaughtered, except for the preborn.

From LifeZette, Hollywood elites greatly approve Biden's choice of Harris.

From NewsBusters, editors of Wikipedia battle to define Harris's ethnic identity.

From Canada Free Press, when did the Democrats tell Biden that Harris would be his running mate?

From CBC News, a look at the school reopening plan for the Canadian province of Quebec.

From Global News, the Montreal city council considers banning police from using chock holds or neck restraints.

From CTV News, does Harris have any fond memories of her time in Montreal?

From TeleSUR, rescuers continue their efforts to safe four trapped coal miners in Colombia.

From Morocco World News, Moroccan authorities plan to establish neighborhood coronavirus referral centers.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Turkey wants to resolve its problems with Greece with dialogue.

From Turkish Minute, the leader of the Turkish party İYİ declines an offer to join the political alliance which includes President Erdoğan's governing Justice and Development Party.

From Rûdaw, Iraq's foreign ministry summons Turkey's ambassador after a Turkish drone strike kills three Iraqi military personnel.

From Panorama, Armenia plans to reopen museums and libraries.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, a company in Cyprus charters an airplane to deliver aid to Lebanon.

From The Syrian Observer, dozens of people stage a protest in Daraa, Syria demanding the release of detainees.

From Arutz Sheva, incendiary balloons launched from the Gaza Strip start 12 fires in southern Israel.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel's defense ministry claims to have fended off an attempted hack from North Korea.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to an Australian scholar, the geography of Galilee supports the historicity of Solomon's kingdom.

From YNetNews, Israel closes some of its coronavirus testing centers due to lack of demand.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt's antiquities ministry develops means for translating materials for people with special needs.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed discusses medical cooperation with her South Sudanese counterpart Elizabeth Achuei and tour medical centers in Juba, South Sudan.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Italy allocates funds for four archaeological missions in Ethiopia.

From the Saudi Gazette, a Saudi Arabian woman seeks to file a suit to prevent her husband from marrying a fourth wife.

From The New Arab, Kuwait reportedly plans to deport 360,000 migrant workers.

From Radio Farda, according to Deputy Health Minister Iraj Hirirchi, the coronavirus is contaminating people in Iran at a much higher rate than earlier.

From IranWire, a social media campaign is launched to oppose the jailing of Baha'is in Iran.

From Dawn, monsoon floods expose the blockages of drains in Karachi, Pakistan and the blockages in politics.

From The Express Tribune, police arrest 12 suspects after a grenade attack in Karachi.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party leader Maryam Nawaz and others are charged with "thuggery" in Lahore, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, an explosion in Farah, Afghanistan kills 4 policemen and injures 22 civilians.

From The Hans India, according to the chief minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, the nomination of Kamala Harris for U.S. vice president is a "moment of pride for Indians".

From the Hindustan Times, Hindus support a proposed mosque complex near Ayodhya, India.

From ANI, India's Border Security Force seizes 36 smuggled birds.

From India Today, according to the Karnataka state government, riots in the city of Bangaluru were planned.

From The Free Press Journal, a minister in the state government of Kerala gets in trouble for allegedly using a diplomatic bag to transport copies of the Koran.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the flood situation in the Ganges basin in Bangladesh improves as the death toll reaches 202.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan navy seizes 6,381 kilos of turmeric found on a trawler and takes four people into custody.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan authorities find 4,960 narcotics pills hidden in an unclaimed shipment of apparel from the Netherlands at an air freight center.

From Maldives Insider, the Maldive Islands installs a coronavirus sampling center in the town of Hulhumale for travelers to get tested before returning home.

From Naija News, human rights groups complain after a Sharia Court in the Nigerian state of Kano sentences a musician to death for blaspheming the prophet Mohammed.

From The Unshackled, a man is interrogated by Australian police for offending ISIS.

From Gatestone Institute, the Iranian mullahs and Hezbollah and their involvement in drug smuggling.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian health authorities demand that the satellite cities of Jakarta increase their coronavirus testing capacity.

From The Straits Times, the Singapore navy will be the task group commander for the world's largest international maritime exercise.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian police will not compromise with gangsters who threaten whistleblowers.

From Free Malaysia Today, former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad reveals the name of his new political party.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requests that ministries and localities create strategies to deal with the coronavirus.

From The Mainichi, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe come under criticism for using almost the same speech in A-bomb commemorations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From The Stream, the "Philadelphia Statement" defends free speech against cancel culture.

From The Political Insider, remember when congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) shredded Senator Kamala Harris's record on criminal justice?  (via LifeZette)

From the New York Post, a military helicopter is hit by a bullet while flying over northern Virginia.

From Space Daily, the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin successfully test a hypersonic weapon.

From Space War, the U.S. Space Force releases its first doctrine, a definition of "space power".

From The Daily Signal, according to a commentary article, voter fraud is more likely to influence the upcoming elections than foreign meddling.

From The Daily Wire, President Trump fires back at Bill Maher's "eulogy".

From the Daily Caller, Marc Thiessen calls the Biden-Harris ticket "a Trojan horse" to bring socialism into the White House.

From Fox News, a former Las Vegas police chief calls a decision against prosecuting most of the protesters in Portland, Oregon "complete surrender".

And from The Peedmont, the Virginia Department of Transportation announces plans to aimlessly move construction equipment from one side of Interstate 495 to the other.

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