Thursday, September 24, 2020

Thursday Things - Part 1

On a cool cloudy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a just decision by a grand jury not to indict policemen for homicide in the death of Breonna Taylor.

From FrontpageMag, BLM, ProFa and the communist strategy to destroy the U.S.

From Townhall, where is former Vice President Biden's SCOTUS nominee list?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a CNN pundit Kentucky's attorney general "Uncle Tom".

From the Washington Examiner, left-wingers are outraged after Biden condemns violence in Louisville.

From The Federalist, why the only people empowered by BLM are racist white leftists.

From American Thinker, the truth about Breonna Taylor's death finally comes out.

From CNS News, congresscritter Rashinda Tlaib (D-Mich) votes against a motion to protect Jewish students, but believes that anti-Semitism in the U.S. is growing under President Trump.

From LifeZette, Trump and Biden battle for the midwest.

From NewsBusters, ABC pushes a fake claim that Judge Amy Coney Barrett belonged to a Christian group that inspired The Handmaid's Tale.

From Canada Free Press, even billionaires and millionaires each have only one vote.

From CBC News, the Canadian province of Ontario rolls out a coronavirus testing and contact-tracing plan.

From Global News, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia introduces a "modern" driver's license class to lure companies like Uber and Lyft.

From CTV News, the Canadian Supreme Court will hear a case involving the theft of maple syrup.

From TeleSUR, Ecuador's National Court of Justice orders the arrest of former President Rafael Correa.

From The Conservative Woman, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has become a "phoney libertarian".

From Snouts in the Trough, watch out for "experts" and their hockey sticks.

From the Express, when dealing with the E.U.'s demands over its fisheries, the U.K. has an example to follow from Canada in the 1990s.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. has its highest number of daily new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to road haulage groups, a plan to require British truck drivers to obtain permits to enter the county of Kent is "pointless".

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish gardaí seize 50 kilos of she-don't-lie in a container of fruit coming from South America.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin, it's too early to lift restrictions in Dublin, and the next ten days will be critical.

From VRT NWS, the universities of Antwerp, Ghent and Hasselt ask their students not to follow relaxations in the Belgian government's coronavirus regulations.

From The Brussels Times, according to Prime Minister Sophie Wilmès, Belgium will very likely introduce more coronavirus restrictions.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands breaks its record for new coronavirus cases for the forth strait day.

From Dutch News, the Dutch are divided on the new E.U. migration pact.

From Deutsche Welle, the Conference of German Catholic bishops announce new plans to compensate victims of abuse by priests.

From the CPH Post, Danish health authorities reject reports that the coronavirus can be airborne.

From Polskie Radio, the lead of the governing party Law and Justice is likely to take a position in the Polish government.

From ReMix, a firm in Lublin, Poland claims to have produced the world's first effective coronavirus treatment.

From Radio Prague, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš tells E.C. President Ursula von der Leyen that it would be "unrealistic" for the Czech Republic to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions to 55 percent below 1990 levels in 10 years.

From The Slovak Spectator, a free guided tour of Bratislava, Slovakia will be offered this coming Sunday.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungarian and Romanian police inspect a truck at their common border and find 21 migrants hidden inside.  (As I keep pointing out, migrants are not merely migrating, but are being smuggled.)

From Hungary Today, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban is against the new E.U. migration pact despite its lack of mandatory quotas.

From About Hungary, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, "Hungary has a vested interest in restoring good relations with Ukraine".

From Russia Today, bailiffs in Moscow seize an apartment belonging to dissident Alexey Navalny.

From Sputnik International, Russia will supply the anti-coronavirus drug Avifavir to 17 countries.

From The Moscow Times, Russia's second potential coronavirus vaccine is reportedly less than a month from state approval.

From Romania-Insider, Ford launches its first performance SUV in Europe, made in Craiova, Romania.

From Novinite, Bulgaria's National Board of Tourism reports a "most difficult summer season.

From The Sofia Globe, according to the International Press Institute, police violence and press restrictions in Bulgaria raise red flags.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov claims to have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that he did not tolerate spies.

From Ekathimerini, an illegal hostel for smuggled migrants is busted in Athens.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek anti-terrorism police find a cache of weapons and arrest three suspects in Athens.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Montenegro will be included in the "motorways of the sea" maritime corridors network.

From Balkan Insight, North Macedonian prosecutors seek a prison term for former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski in connection with a mob attack in Skopje in 2013.

From Total Croatia News, a look at the 2020 Holy Sunday pilgrimage in Ludbreg, Croatia as compared to a year earlier.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia extends its furlough scheme for all businesses until the end of the year.

From the Malta Independent, 139 birds have been found shot by BirdLife Malta.

From Malta Today, 21,499 paid members of the Nationalist Party are eligible to vote in its leadership election.

From ANSA, the migrant rescue ship Alan Kurdi is allowed to take shelter near the Italian island of Sardinia and could be allowed to dock if conditions get worse.

From SwissInfo, a court in Renens, Switzerland convict 12 climate activists on appeal for trespassing.

From France24, the city of Marseille gets angry over the French government's orders to close its bars and restaurant.

From RFI, France records its highest daily total of new coronavirus cases.

From El País, the Spanish government will consider requests for clemency filed on behalf of Catalan separatists in prison.

From The Portugal News, the number of unemployment benefit recipients in Portugal increases by 39 percent.

From EuroNews, what is the E.U.'s new pact on migration and asylum?

From Euractiv, three Visegrad countries reject the new E.U. migration pact.

From The Stream, how abortion has poisoned politics, and everything else.

From The Daily Signal, a look at possible SCOTUS nominee Judge Barbara Lagoa, from someone who has known her for 20 years.

From WPVI-TV, more about Judge Lagoa.

From Fox News, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows outlines what President Trump is looking for in a SCOTUS pick.

From the New York Post, the International Space Station makes an emergency maneuver to avoid orbiting debris.

And the Gazeta Express, if you're in Kosovo, you might get to see Lake Trump.

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