Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Wednesday Wanderings - Part 1

On a sunny and mild Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Seattle City Council votes to cut police funding and jobs, thus overriding Mayor Jenny Durkan's (D) veto.

From FrontpageMag, mask fanatics abandon science so they can control your life.

From Townhall, moderate Democrats could revolt against Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) by forcing a vote on coronavirus relief.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) opposes calls from his fellow Democrats to pack the Supreme Court.

From the Washington Examiner, of the three Louisville, Kentucky policemen involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor, one is charged with wanton endangerment.

From The Federalist, norms started getting shattered with the fanatical devotion by Democrats to Roe v. Wade.

From American Thinker, will former Vice President Biden survive the first presidential debate?

From CNS News, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her opinions against the rights to life and liberty.

From LifeZette, a report comes out on Hunter Biden's dealings with the Ukrainian gas company Burisma.

From NewsBusters, congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) wants an investigation in to former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's involvement in Florida politics.

From Canada Free Press, "the people president" versus the paper presidential candidate.

From CBC News, the second coronavirus wave in the Canadian province of Quebec presents daunting new challenges.

From Global News, for $248,000 you can get a slightly used donut shop in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

From CTV News, post-tropical storm Teddy makes landfall in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

From TeleSUR, Mexico's government files complaints against 70 officials for alleged tax evasion.

From Morocco World News, three Moroccan cities join UNESCO's Global Network of Learning Cities.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey prepares for diplomacy to diffuse tensions in the eastern Mediterranean.

From Turkish Minute, six Turkish lawyers are arrested on charges of "filing criminal complaints of torture" and "contacting human rights defenders".  (These things are against the law?)

From Rûdaw, U.K. relatives of victims of the ISIS "Beatles" feel relief as their trial approaches.

From Armenian News, according to the leader of the party Prosperous Armenia, the country is "on the brink of a gorge".  (via The Armenian Reporter)

From In-Cyprus, new coronavirus measures go into effect tomorrow in Larnaca, Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, two Franciscan friars die from the coronavirus in Aleppo, Syria.

From Arutz Sheva, a new illegal Palestinian school in the Jordan Valley "springs up overnight".

From The Times Of Israel, talks between Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gantz on new coronavirus measures "devolve into finger-pointing".

From The Jerusalem Post, according to a survey, most Israelis are not planning to attend a synagogue on Yom Kippur.

From YNetNews, Israel's chief rabbi will support the closing of synagogues on Yom Kippur.

From Israel Today, Palestinian explain why they haven't been sincere about peace with Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, speaking to the U.N. General Assembly, President Abdel al-Sisi explains Egypt's dam concerns.

From Egypt Today, when in Egypt, please do not eat your cell phone.  (For that matter, it is also advisable to avoid eating your cell phone outside of Egypt, too.)

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia is allowed to start preparing for the country's next election.

From the Saudi Gazette, for Muslims wishing to go on an Umrah, there will soon be an app for that.

From The New Arab, Iraqi activists plan protests on the one-year anniversary of their movement.

From Radio Farda, a play in Tehran gets banned due to a cat.

From IranWire, discrimination against Mandaeans in Iran starts at birth.

From Dawn, a court in Islamabad rejects former Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's motion to dismiss three charges against him.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani army joins campaigns to plant trees and to fight polio.

From Pakistan Today, opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif accuses Prime Minister Imran Khan and Punjab provincial Chief Minister Usman Buzdar of being the "real culprits" in Pakistan's sugar scandal.

From Khaama Press, according to Afghan leader Abdullah Abdullah, some released Taliban prisoners have returned to the battlefield.

From The Hans India, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate the Atal Tunnel on October 3rd.

From the Hindustan Times, India is prepared for a long haul involving disengagement but won't yield an inch in the territory of Ladakh.

From ANI, parts of Mumbai get waterlogged.

From India Today, a tram library will be inaugurated in Kolkata tomorrow.  (The tram library would not be very different from the bookmobiles here in the U.S.)

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladeshi authorities arrest three suspected human traffickers for allegedly sending migrant workers to Brunei.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan cabinet approves a proposal by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa to conduct a census in 2021.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan authorities arrest three people who allegedly made a lot of money from drug trafficking.

From Maldives Insider, the resort Kandima Maldives launches a contest in which a year-long stay is the grand prize.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia's National Standardization Agency issues a standard for cloth face masks.

From The Straits Times, more people in Singapore will be allowed to return to the workplace starting on September 28th.

From the Borneo Post, fewer people are disobeying Malaysia's Recovery Movement Control Order.

From Free Malaysia Today, a debt collector convicted of drug trafficking is spared the death penalty.

From Vietnam Plus, the last coronavirus patient in Da Nang, Vietnam is released from the hospital.

From The Mainichi, the world's smallest Rubik's Cube is unveiled in Japan.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkish President Erdoğan has a soft spot for Hamas.

From The Stream, Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) "shocks", former Vice President Biden sleeps, and Big Ten football fans reward President Trump.

From The Daily Signal, Trump plans to make an executive order to protect babies who survive an abortion.

From SmallBizDaily, some guidelines for small and medium-sized businesses.

From the Daily Caller, according to Governor Gavin Newsom (D), California will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035.

From WPVI-TV, what we know about the officer charged in the death of Breonna Taylor.

From Breitbart, according to Attorney General William Barr, Operation Legend has resulting in 3,500 people being charged with federal crimes.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, the topics have been selected for the first presidential debate.  (via LifeZette)

From the New York Post, an ad uses strippers to encourage people to vote.

And from Fox News, Seattle hires a former pimp to be its "street czar".  (via The Daily Wire)

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