Friday, September 4, 2020

Friday Phenomena - Part 1

On the first Friday of September, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why the riots in Minneapolis will have economic aftereffects for decades.

From FrontpageMag, California is "exhibit A" in voter fraud.

From Townhall, employment in the U.S. rebounds in August.

From The Washington Free Beacon, black clergymen condemn Nike and the NBA for tolerating slave labor in China while supporting BLM.

From the Washington Examiner, a man suspected of killing a Trump supporter in Portland, Oregon makes his last mistake.

From The Federalist, over 50 questions that the media won't ask former Vice President Biden or his campaign.

From American Thinker, beauty parlor owners hang blow dryers and curling irons from a tree near Speaker Pelosi's (D-Cal) home.

From CNS News, Biden claims to have grown up in a neighborhood where everyone either became a firefighter or a priest.

From LifeZette, Republicans hire lawyers to deal with expected Democrat ballot fraud.

From NewsBusters, ABC and NBC won't call the above-mentioned man who killed a Trump supporter "left-wing".

From Canada Free Press, ignore the media and vote in person.

From CBC News, employment in Canada rebounds in August.

From Global News, 60 firefighters from the Canadian province of Quebec fight wildfires in the American state of California.

From CTV News, a U.S. boater is fined, and his vessel is removed, for entering Canada without reporting to the Canada Border Services Agency.  (In other words, he entered Canada without being checked, thus becoming an illegal alien, and was subsequently deported.)

From TeleSUR, two socialist countries strengthen their alliance.

From Morocco World News, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Moulay Hafid Elalamy, Morocco can become the "world's most competitive automobile hub".

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to the Turkish government, the Greek government is avoiding dialogue to solve the crisis in the eastern Mediterranean.

From Turkish Minute, according to a professor, Ankara has become "Turkey's Wuhan".

From Rûdaw, a large fire on Mount Goizah in the Iraqi province of Sulaimani is brought under control.

From Panorama, the Armenian National Assembly passes a quarantine bill.  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, the Cypriot parliament passes an asylum bill.

From The Syrian Observer, Syrians returning home will have to pay a fee.

From Arutz Sheva, Kosovo will recognize Israel and Serbia will move its embassy to Jerusalem.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu decries "false allegations" that he secretly allowed the sale of F-35 jets to the UAE.

From The Jerusalem Post, IDF troops again help police enforce Israel's coronavirus lockdown.

From YNetNews, Israel prepares for upcoming High Holidays without international visitors.

From the Egypt Independent, the Coptic Orthodox Church confirms that none of its churches have been illegally built on state-owned land.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel El Sisi inspects construction sites east of Cairo.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia allows basic food items to enter without any duty.

From Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian authorities foil an attempt to smuggle over 16 million amphetamine pills into the country.

From The New Arab, a month after the explosion in Beirut, rescue workers detect a pulse signal.

From Radio Farda, Vice President Mohammad Baqer Nobakht laments that Iran can't sell its oil.

From IranWire, according to a government report, inflation in parts of Iran reaches up to 34.8 percent.

From Dawn, at least four people are injured by an explosion outside a mosque in Quetta, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, schools in the Pakistani province of Sindh are likely to reopen in phases.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan refuses to accept the resignation of his special assistant Lt. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa.

From Khaama Press, a U.N. special representative stresses the need for women to be included in upcoming Intra-Afghan dialogues.

From The Hans India, according to Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Ayodhya will be a "solar city".

From the Hindustan Times, according to a group of activists, police are framing people who protested against India's Citizenship Act.

From ANI, nine people are arrested for hunting deer in Bhubaneswar, India.

From India Today, China builds two new airstrips at its Hotan airbase, near the Indian territory of Ladakh.

From the Dhaka Tribune, 50 people are injured by an exploding air compressor at a mosque in Fatullah, Bangladesh.

From the Daily Mirror, pollutants from an oil tanker on fire are not expected to threaten the Sri Lankan or Indian coasts.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy starts towing the blazing oil tanker to the "deep sea".

From Maldives Insider, you can get engaged or married underwater at the resort Cocoon Maldives.

From The Jakarta Post, since June, over 139,000 people in Jakarta have been penalized for not wearing face masks.

From The Straits Times, parliamentcritter Ong Ye Kung explains why the median wage in the financial sector for Singaporeans is lower than those of foreigners or permanent residents.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia is not in a hurry to purchase a coronavirus vaccine.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Malaysian politician Redzuan Yusof, the country will not extradite Uighurs to China.

From Vietnam Plus, Da Nang, Vietnam will loosen its social distancing requirements starting tomorrow.

From The Mainichi, in central Japan, your sushi might be delivered by a bodybuilder.

From Gatestone Institute, "the real Palestinian tragedy".

From The Stream, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) shows how to cripple a state for its own "good".

From The American Conservative, "civil liberties training" at the FBI is a "farce".

From Breitbart, ProFa rioters in Portland pay homage to the man who killed a Trump supporter.

From The Daily Wire, President Trump oversees the historic agreement between Serbia and Kosovo.

From the Daily Caller, three unions sue Michigan over its new labor laws.

From the New York Post, former Vice President Biden criticizes the current economic recovery as being "K-shaped".

And from Fox News, a World War II-era truck mechanic converts her estate in Norfolk, England into a drive-in theater.

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