Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Tuesday Things - Part 1

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

From National Review, American policing heads toward a crisis.

From FrontpageMag, how Democrats brought American cities to the middle ages.

From Townhall, President Trump gets some good news from the Miami area.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to former Vice President Biden's former White House stenographer, he's "not the same Joe Biden".

From the Washington Examiner, the article by The Atlantic accusing Trump insulted U.S. soldiers gets more on-the-record denials.

From The Federalist, how kritarchy leaves the U.S. with an unrecognizable constitution.

From American Thinker, how many of the rioters come from wealthy families?

From CNS News, according to the CDC, coronavirus deaths in the U.S. declined in August after rising in July.

From LifeZette, a very rich leader of the party of the rich wishes America a "happy Labor Day".

From NewsBusters, networks don't hold Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) accountable for her "anti-vaccine quackery".

From Canada Free Press, Trump supporters prevail against BLM with music.

From CBC News, a man from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada faces charges for allegedly harassing a cougar.

From Global News, according to Amnesty International, Canada is failing to bring accused war criminals to justice.

From CTV News, the Canadian province of Ontario is forced to delay its reopening plans due to a spike in coronavirus cases.

From TeleSUR, 70,000 Haitians return home from the Dominican Republic due to the coronavirus and the resulting lack of employment opportunities.

From The Conservative Woman, freedom of speech in the U.K. should be legally protected.

From Snouts in the Trough, according to Sky News, global warming is "total bollox".

From the Express, Britain's most noted World War II-era truck mechanic and her husband will leave their estate in Balmoral, but won't yet return to Buckingham Palace.

From the Evening Standard, weekly deaths from the coronavirus in England and Wales drop to their lowest numbers since March.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland reports 307 new coronavirus cases, 182 of them in Dublin.

From the Irish Examiner, the spike in coronavirus cases in Ireland cast doubts over the reopening of pubs in Dublin and Limerick.

From VRT NWS, 10,000 students in Belgium are unable to start the academic year.

From The Brussels Times, a strike will not stop Ab InBev from delivering its beer.

From the NL Times, at least two people press charges against Dutch rapper Akwasi over Tweets he made in 2011 and 2012 about blackface folk character Zwarte Piet.

From Dutch News, the Netherlands reports 5,400 new coronavirus cases in a week.

From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Angela Merkel praises the "key role" of health workers.

From Free West Media, left-wing German politicians make excuses for left-wing violence in the city of Leipzig.

From Euractiv, the relative economic weakness of eastern German states becomes a strength during the coronavirus crisis.

From ReMix, a migrant from Syria is convicted of setting his own store on fire in an insurance fraud scheme, the fire being initially blamed by police on right-wing activists.

From the CPH Post, companies and municipalities in Denmark send their workers home due to mounting coronavirus cases.

From Polskie Radio, a conference is held in tribute to Polish World War II military leader General Władysław Anders on the 50th anniversary of his death.

From Radio Prague, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš tells the local WHO branch to "keep quiet".

From The Slovak Spectator, most of Slovakia's new coronavirus cases in August were young people.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's chief medical officers orders a ban on visits to social care homes.

From Hungary Today, the latest on restrictions on entering Hungary.

From About Hungary, according to House Speaker László Kövér, Hungarian universities must serve as strong institutions of the country's sovereignty.

From Russia Today, Russian military historian Andrei Zhukov is convicted of treason and sentenced to 12 and half years in prison in a secretive trial.

From Sputnik International, the second batch of Russian's coronavirus vaccine is being produced.

From The Moscow Times, candidates in Siberia backed by Russian dissident Alexey Navalny are attacked with a "foul-smelling chemical".

From Novinite and the "I'll drink to that" department, Bulgaria has the second cheapest alcohol in the E.U.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria reports 4,280 coronavirus cases and one more death.

From Radio Bulgaria, protests against the Bulgarian government continue for the 62nd day.

From Ekathimerini, Greece's Migration Ministry will stop the transfer of migrants from the camp in Moria on island of Lesvos to Victoria Square in Athens.

From the Greek Reporter, a Greek organic olive oil producer has won 203 international awards.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, "we achieved great things in Washington".

From Balkan Insight, Montenegro allows "patriotic" protesters to ignore its coronavirus rules.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia gets a very large visitor.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz climb to the top of Mount Triglav, the highest point in Slovenia.

From the Malta Independent, Malta gets a new attorney general, who shares her family name with an American mayor who recently ran for president.

From Malta Today, a migrant on board the Maersk Etienne sends a message in a bottle.

From ANSA, Saracena, Italy names a street after a man who saves hundreds of Italians from a junta in Argentina.

From SwissInfo, Swiss voters will have the final say on initiatives to protect biodiversity and landscape.

From France24, the French economy has bounced back after the lifting of coronavirus restrictions.

From RFI, Paris's Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens a crypt in honor of author Victor Hugo and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.

From EuroNews, the European Parliament cancels this month's travel to Strasbourg, France because the city has been designated a coronavirus "red zone".  (The European Parliament meets most of the time in Brussels, but spends a few days each month in Strasbourg.)

From El País, a lifeguard in northern Spain is arrested for allegedly surfing after testing positive for the coronavirus.

From The Portugal News, Prime Minister António Costa warns that Portugal is about to enter "a critical phase" with respect to the coronavirus.

From The Stream, whether insurance covers it or not, damage from rioting and looting is disastrous.

From The Daily Signal, under siege from jihadists, Christians in western Africa pray for a miracle.

From Space War, two Australian journalists get out of China fearing being arrested on national security charges.

From the Daily Caller, President Trump will sign an executive order banning oil drilling off the Florida coast until 2032, extending the current ban by 10 years.

From the New York Post, the "entire command staff" of the Rochester, New York police department announces their retirement amid protests over the death of Daniel Prude.

From The New York Times, the coronavirus crisis has been bad for teeth.  (via Fox News)

From CheckYourFact, no, Hank Williams Jr. did not write any statement about leaving things that offend you alone on Facebook.

From NJ(dot)com, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority wants no American flags on any overpass.  (via the New York Post)

And from The Guardian, an entire article written by a robot, who assures us that is has no desire to wipe us out.  (The story comes via the Daily Caller.  While some people might wish to welcome our new robot overlords, others may want to keep some NaCl handy while reading the article.)

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