Saturday, September 19, 2020

Saturday Stuff

On was sunny and windy Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, there is a constitutional standard for filling a Supreme Court vacancy during an election year.

From Townhall, American leftists have an "epic meltdown" over Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.

From The Washington Free Beacon, California state legislator and Christy Smith (D) abstains from voting on controversial matters while running for congress.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump says that he will nominate a replacement for Justice Ginsburg.

From The Federalist, why aren't we allowed to talk about George Soros's activities?

From American Thinker, the left threatens more thuggery if Trump nominates a replacement for Ginsburg.

From LifeZette, former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign can't handle the schedule.

From NewsBusters, a comparison of coverage by The Washington Post on the deaths of two Supreme Court justices.

From Canada Free Press, the contribution to the 2020 election by Fox News and Bill Gates.

From Global News, why is Canada having a shortage of canned soda?

From The Mainichi, over 150 stone tools about 36,000 years old are found at the Ueno ruins in Kyotango, Japan.

From Vietnam Plus, District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam offers rice in return for recyclable waste.

From Free Malaysia Today, another coronavirus cluster is detected in the Malaysian state of Sabah.

From The Straits Times, some restaurant patrons in Singapore still flout coronavirus rules despite a government crackdown.

From The Jakarta Post, a woman in the Indonesian province of North Sumatra is arrested for allegedly defaming the country's flag, president and vice president.

From Maldives Insider, at Reethi Faru Resort in the Maldive Islands, you can have breakfast in the pool.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for tea factory owners to avoid tarnishing the "Ceylon Tea" brand.

From the Dhaka Tribune, scientists detect the coronavirus in wastewater in Bangladesh.

From the Hindustan Times, India's National Investigation Agency busts an al Qaeda terror cell and arrests nine people.

From Khaama Press, in the province of Kunduz, three Afghan soldiers are killed in a Taliban attack.

From Dawn, the leader of the banned group Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan for allegedly inciting people at a rally.

From Radio Farda, all of Iran is under a coronavirus red alert.

From The New Arab, protests against President Abdel El-Sisi start ahead of planned demonstrations in Suez, Egypt.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia pledges $100 million to the U.N. and the WHO for projects against the coronavirus.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian prosecutors charge 24 people with terrorism offenses.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt will allow several types of events to resume this coming Monday.

From The Times Of Israel, according to an opinion column, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is playing a misguided waiting game.

From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, it's a Jewish New Year in Israel and a new era in the Middle East.

From In-Cyprus, man is arrested for allegedly stealing the bag of a woman at a restaurant in Paphos, Cyprus.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey summons Greek Ambassador Michael-Christos Diamessis over a "despicable" newspaper headline about President Erdoğan.

From Free West Media, according to General Khalifa Haftar, oil production and exporting has resumed in Libya.

From Morocco World News, young Moroccans look back to their Moorish history.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announces the hiring of 1,500 assistants for schools.

From France24, France's Esquelbecq Castle remains open for European Heritage Days, despite other events being canceled.

From SwissInfo, warring parties in Yemen travel to Geneva, Switzerland to start talks on prisoner releases.

From the Malta Independent, a security guard at Malta's Safi Detention Centre is charged with attempted murder against a migrant.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia makes masks mandatory outdoors if distancing is not possible.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian postal service adds 20 more electric vehicles to its fleet.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Novi List.)

From Balkan Insight, the Zagreb Pride March is held in spite of the coronavirus panic.  (If you read Croatian, read a related story at Jutarnji List.)

From the Greek Reporter, 9,000 refugees and migrants are moved to a new camp on the Greek island of Lesvos.

From ReMix, Greece goes on a "military spending spree" due to rising tensions with Turkey.

From Radio Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian chief health inspector Angel Kunchev, schools are the places with the lowest risk of transmitting the coronavirus.

From Russia Today, according to a Russian health watchdog, 99 percent of coronavirus cases in Russia come from two strains out of thousands in the world.

From EuroNews, more than 200 people are arrested at a women's march in Minsk, Belarus.

From Daily News Hungary, where you can taste the most famous wine from around Hungary's Lake Balaton.

From The Slovak Spectator, a visit to Devín Castle, the most popular monument in Bratislava, Slovakia.

From Radio Prague, according to Czech interior minister Jan Hamáček, postponing the reintroduction of mandatory face masks was a "fatal error".

From Polskie Radio, Poland reports a daily high for new coronavirus cases.

From the CPH Post, in Denmark, "the summer is over".

From Deutsche Welle, Islam still faces obstacles in becoming part of Germany.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands reports its largest number of daily new coronavirus cases since May 11th.

From The Brussels Times, cyclists in Brussels risk losing their bike insurance.

From the Express, thousands of people stage an anti-lockdown protest at London's Trafalgar Square, with 32 of them getting arrested.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish gardaí will target popular getaway spots to prevent a mass exodus from Dublin.

From The Conservative, the view from the U.K.'s crow's nest.

From Gatestone Institute, where is the international community on Iran's missile violations?

From The Stream, four key moments from President Trump's speech on history and critical race theory.

From The American Conservative, the moral roots of America's foreign policy crisis.

From CNN, authorities intercept a package containing ricin mailed to Trump at the White House.  (via the Daily Caller)

From Breitbart, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says that he backs Trump in any effort to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Justice Ginsburg.

From the Daily Caller, Ginsburg's alma mater Cornell University mourns her death.

From The Daily Wire, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issues a statement on Ginsburg's death.

From the New York Post, Ginsburg is mourned in her native Brooklyn.

And from Fox News, according to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), Ginsburg will get her own statue.

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