Saturday, September 5, 2020

Saturday Stuff

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

From National Review, on listening and the BLM movement.

From Townhall, President Trump bans critical race theory from federal agencies.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a doctor from Puerto Rico runs against a freshman Democrat congresscritter in Florida.

From the Washington Examiner, rival groups of protesters demonstrate ahead of the Kentucky Derby.

From The Federalist, despite Democrats intensely fighting his judicial picks, Trump has been very successful in appointing them.

From American Thinker, the Democrats have a plan to steal the presidency.  (The article has a good line about ham.)

From LifeZette and the "are you sitting down?" department, according to Judge Andrew Napolitano, there could be a President Pelosi next January.

From NewsBusters, celebrities show off their anti-Trump paranoia.

From CBC News, this year might actually be good for Canadian wine.

From TeleSUR, three people are killed in a massacre in El Tambo, Colombia.

From The Mainichi, employees at a store in Tokyo wear very realistic smiley masks.

From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese army celebrates its 75th anniversary.

From Free Malaysia Today, the Malaysian state of Penang cancels its dragon boat and Chingay festivals.

From The Straits Times, three new coronavirus clusters are found in dormitories in Singapore.

From The Jakarta Post, police in Jakarta are criticized for raiding a private party attended by gay men.

From Maldives Insider, Mirihi Island Resort in the Maldive Islands offers free coronavirus tests to its guests.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan government plans to develop 100,000 kilometers of roads.

From the Dhaka Tribune, about 150 people have been injured in Bangladesh during the last five years from exploding air conditioners.

From the Hindustan Times, a bomb hoax causes panic in Mehgaon, Madhya Pradesh, India.

From Khaama Press, in the province of Herat, Afghan security forces send 25 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From Radio Farda, according to Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami, Iran will "export more defense products" after the U.N. arms embargo is lifted.

From The New Arab, hopes fade for finding survivors in the rubble from the blast in Beirut.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Arab coalition destroys a drone carrying explosives launched by the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

From the Egypt Independent, an Egyptian-Chinese consortium wins the bid to construct the first high-speed electric railroad in Egypt.

From The Times Of Israel, police and protesters clash as the latter march toward the resident of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

From YNetNews, pharmaceutical residue is found in Israeli waters, both in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

From In-Cyprus, a boat carrying 51 migrants lands in Famagusta, Cyprus.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi security forces detain 13 people in Baghdad and Basra for allegedly illegally possessing weapons.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey and Turkish Cyprus will start a five-day military drill on September 6th.

From Morocco World News, Morocco is ready to have an important role in a possible peace agreement in Libya.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran claims that "American soil is now within reach of Iranian bombs".

From The Portugal News, Portugal excepts humanitarian firefighter associations from VAT on materials bought for combating the coronavirus.

From France24, Facebook stops a Frenchman from livestreaming his own death.

From SwissInfo, hundreds of Swiss people demonstrate against their government's coronavirus restrictions.

From the Malta Independent, a month after rescuing migrants, an oil tanker off Malta still awaits being allowed to enter a port.

From Total Slovenia News, Polish politician Donald Tusk visits Slovenia.

From Total Croatia News, a Malinois Belgian Shepherd finds a wanted man in Split, Croatia.

From the Greek Reporter, firefighters battle a wildfire on the Greek island of Kefalonia.

From Novinite, protesters in Bulgaria make new blockades and bring out their toys.

From Russia Today, according to the developer of Russia's coronavirus vaccine, it is effective against any dose of the virus.

From Hungary Today, Hungary exempts business trips from its border closure and will recognize coronavirus tests from Schengen countries.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia confirms 226 new coronavirus cases.

From Radio Prague, historian Markéta Křížová discusses Czech history and colonialism.

From Polskie Radio, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki plans to meet with Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

From Free West Media, some immigrant criminals in Sweden start very young.

From the CPH Post, the Australian football team Copenhagen Barracudas are "back in business".

From Deutsche Welle, locals in Solingen, Germany pay their respects to five children allegedly killed by their mother.

From ReMix, how true is the claim by The Guardian that German Chancellor Merkel's migrant gamble in 2015 "paid off"?

From the NL Times, explosions go off early in the morning in Amsterdam, and in Utrecht, Netherlands, the latter killing one person.

From The Brussels Times, the statue Manneken-Pis in Brussels is given a healthcare worker's outfit in honor of hospital workers fighting the coronabvirus.

From EuroNews, according to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Extinction Rebellion's blockade of two printing plants is "completely unacceptable".

From the Evening Standard, 20 Extinction Rebellion protest organizers face fines of £10,000.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish pub owners warn that overly strict coronavirus guidelines on "wet pubs" won't be acceptable.

From The Conservative Woman, the misguided mission of the migrant rescue boat supported by the British graffiti artist known as Banksy.

From The Stream, no, Jesus did not teach the separation of faith and politics.

From Breitbart, the German NGO Sea-Watch demands that Italy take in migrants more quickly.

From The American Conservative, the forgotten child sex-trafficking scandal.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) would not trust President Trump about any quickly approved coronavirus vaccine.

From WPVI-TV, a man in Mississippi accused of murder, for which he has served 22 years in prison, will not have to endure a seventh trial.

From Fox News, for a virtual show-and-tell, a second grader in Illinois shows off her mother's rum.

And from the New York Post, Trump gets some support from a Swiss woman who once had an ominous relative.

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