Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Wednesday Whatnot - Part 1

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

From National Review and the "irony" department, Mr. Bill chastises the Donald for his behavior in the Oval Office.

From FrontpageMag, the Democratic convention nominates former Vice President Biden for the presidency.

From Townhall, former Senator (D-MA)/Secretary of State John Kerry lies about the Iran deal in his DNC speech.

From The Washington Free Beacon, 60 percent of police drones in the U.S. are made in China.

From the Washington Examiner, do the Democrats hear what they are saying at the DNC?

From The Federalist, where BLM rioters got the idea that looting is "reparations".

From American Thinker, in President Trump's "dog-whistle politics", Democrats are the dogs.

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Liz Cheney (R-WY), Biden, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) advocate "the quicksand of socialism".  (This is why I like to refer to Sanders as "Senator Socialism".)

From LifeZette, congressional candidate and former Navy SEAL Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis) gets some support from the man who sent Osama bin Laden to his virgins.

From NewsBusters, media networks protect Dr. Jill Biden from questions about alleged cheating.

From Canada Free Press, lies told by AOC and former First Lady Michelle Obama come back to haunt Democrats before their convention is over.

From CBC News, Canadian federal prosecutors are told to avoid pressing drug possession charges where possible.

From Global News, Canadian Tory parliamentcritters accuse Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of engaging in a "cover-up" of the WE charity scandal.

From CTV News, a man in Montreal gets a life sentence for killing his unborn child while stabbing his wife.

From TeleSUR, Venezuela honors Cuban doctors for helping to fight the coronavirus.

From The Conservative Woman, remembering the heroes of what Winston Churchill called the "most dangerous moment" of World War II, which happened in what is now Sri Lanka.

From Snouts in the Trough, those lying U.S. Democrats have some short memories.

From WestMonster, according to a poll, support for Scottish independence reaches a record high of 55 percent.

From the Express, according to a "best prime minister" poll, the incumbent Boris Johnson extends his lead over Labour Party leader Keir Starmer.

From the Evening Standard, a British student who won an Orwell Youth Prize for her story about an algorithm sees her English grade reduced by an algorithm.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a 16-year-old migrant from Sudan drowns in the English Channel trying to reach the U.K.

From the (Irish) Independent, a look at Ireland's new coronavirus restrictions.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish church leaders recommend wearing face masks during services.

From VRT NWS, new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations decrease in Belgium, but deaths increase.

From The Brussels Times, in Ghent, Belgium, when you gotta go, you gotta go.

From the NL Times, at least 10 people are arrested after unrest in the Dutch cities of Rotterdam and Utrecht.

From Dutch News, the Dutch online retailer Bol(dot)com bans depictions of the folk character Zwarte Piet.

From Deutsche Welle, a man who caused a series of crashes on a highway in Berlin is suspected to have had an "Islamist" motive.

From the CPH Post, four Greenpeace activists take over a Danish oil platform in the North Sea.

From Polskie Radio, the president of the Visegrad countries call on Belarusian authorities to respect human rights.

From EuroNews, Poland will give money to "LGBT free" towns denied funding by the E.U.

From Radio Prague, face masks will be mandatory at hair dressers and polling stations in the Czech Republic.

From The Slovak Spectator, the mountian Sivý Vrch in Slovakia's Western Tatras looks like the back of a stegosaurus.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's Socialist Party calls for the establishment of an independent health ministry.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian politician Előd Novák is arrested for removing a rainbow flag from a local government building.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at 24HU.)

From About Hungary, according to prime ministerial spokesman Gergely Gulyás, Hungary is in better shape than Europe.

From Russia Today, according to a professor in Moscow, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine will someday reunite.

From Sputnik International, Russian scientists find million-year-old fossils of mammoths and cave lions in the Siberian region of Tyumen.

From The Moscow Times, Russia criticizes alleged foreign interference in Belarus, but rules out military assistance.  (If you read Russian, read a related story at RBC.)

From Euractiv, as E.U. leaders discuss Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko orders police to put down protests in Minsk.

From Novinite, the Bulgarian government allocates money to modernize the Vidin-Botevgrad road.

From The Sofia Globe, a fortified Hellenistic site is found on Cape Chiroza, on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.

From Radio Bulgaria, protests against Bulgaria's government continue for the 42nd straight day, including the blocking of three intersections in Sofia.

From Ekathimerini, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calls on Turkey to stop its "provocations" in the eastern Mediterranean.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek authorities place new coronavirus restrictions on the island of Mykonos and the region of Halkidiki.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Bosnian canton of Una-Sana bans the transport and introduction of migrants.

From Balkan Insight, tensions of migrants and refugees build at the border between Bosnia and Croatia.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian region of Gorski Kotar has had zero coronavirus infections since the pandemic began.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik and Dnevnik Nova.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian police catch 257 illegal migrants and seven people smugglers in one night.

From the Malta Independent, doctors in Malta plan a one-hour strike for tomorrow, against "political and unscientific" interference.

From Malta Today, Malta's Broadcasting Authority will not broadcast questions from journalists during coronavirus-related press conferences.

From ANSA, an Italian court rejects an appeal by disco owners to keep their places open.  (This is a follow up to yesterday's link from ANSA.)

From ReMix, Italy's left-wing government sees a 150 percent increase in landings by illegal migrants as compared to last year.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland offers its mediation services to Mali after a military coup.

From Free West Media, Boncourt, Switzerland closes its border with France after an increase in burglaries.

From France24, Toulouse become the first city in France to require face masks outdoors.

From RFI, 36 people are arrested for alleged violence at a gathering of soccer fans in Paris.

From El País, Madrid, Spain and the surrounding region have yet to announce any plan for reopening schools.

From The Portugal News, a harp seal is spotted in the Azores.

From The Stream, the Democrats are again seceding from the Union.

From Space War, Airbus will build a satellite for Arabsat.

From Fox News, according to congressional candidate Kimberly Klacik (R-MD), Democrats keep her "at arm's length" on inner city issues.

From The Daily Wire, a deputy editor for The New York Times scolds the above-mentioned man who sent Osama bin Laden to his virgins for not wearing a mask.

From Breitbart, CBS falsely claims that Donald Trump the Younger appeared in a "promotion" for a rifle company owned by a member of a "polygamous sect".

From the New York Post, a very rare white killer whale is seen near Alaska.  (Natives have a name for him, and it's not "Moby Dick".)

And from the Daily Caller, never underestimate the agility of black bears.

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