Friday, October 30, 2020

Friday Fuss - Part 1

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

From National Review, former Vice President Biden's tax plan.

From FrontpageMag, what really happened in Europe during the early stages of World War II.

From Townhall, businesses in Washington, D.C. prepare for the worst on election day.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a coronavirus "dark winter" could be on the way.

From the Washington Examiner, First Lady Melania Trump points out how those who accuse the president of being anti-gay are wrong.

From The Federalist, electing Joe Biden president won't change the populist era inaugurated by President Trump.

From American Thinker, Democrats have big plans for America whether they win or lose.

From CNS News, Media Research Center President Brent Bozell urges conservatives to share the Hunter Biden story that the media are trying to cover up.  (MRC is the publisher of CNS News and NewsBusters.)

From LifeZette, Hunter Biden and some of his associates are under an active investigation.

From NewsBusters, MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle is "outraged" that Fox News is covering the Hunter Biden story.

From Canada Free Press, Biden's goal for America comes from his former boss.

From CBC News, the Canadian government plans to bring in 1.2 million immigrants in the next three years.

From Global News, according to Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam, Canadians must reduce their contacts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

From CTV News, Ontario provincial Premier Doug Ford wants to reopen businesses and ease restrictions in some coronavirus hot spots.

From TeleSUR, El Salvador's Supreme Court of Justice closes criminal proceedings in connection with a massacre of six priests and two women during the country's civil war.

From The Conservative Woman, resist the coronavirus-fascist regime.

From the Express, a parliamentcritter from the Scottish National Party proposes a "Plan B" for Scottish independence, which is shot down by his own party.

From the Evening Standard, according to the Office for National Statistics, the coronavirus is surging among older school children in the U.K.

From the (U.K.) Independent, a pride of peacocks in Henfield, England will be rehomed instead of being "humanely dispatched", largely due to the efforts of a woman named "Bird".

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin does not believe that schools will be disrupted as an industrial strike looms.

From the Irish Examiner, Halloween may not be celebrated "in the traditional sense" in Ireland, but the ancient festival of Samhain will be observed with a spectacle.

From VRT NWS, "Superman" cleans windows at a home for mentally handicapped people in Landen, Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium decides to go back into a strict coronavirus lockdown.

From the NL Times, Dutch universities have more students than ever.

From Dutch News, six Dutch cities and towns including Rotterdam plan to ban fireworks for this coming New Year's.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at NOS.)

From Deutsche Welle, how the German military helps fight the coronavirus pandemic.

From Euractiv, a bilateral agreement allows Germany to import more hydrogen from Australia.

From the CPH Post, the leader of the party Nye Borderlige wants to print the Mohammed cartoons in Danish newspapers.

From Polskie Radio, cemeteries in Poland will be closed on All Saints' Day due to a surge in coronavirus cases.

From Radio Prague, the lower house of the Czech Parliament votes to extend the country's coronavirus state of emergency until November 20th.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia prepares to launch nationwide coronavirus tests, but faces a shortage of health care staff.

From The Hungary Journal, according to Prime Minister Orban, Hungarian "must wear face masks".

From Daily News Hungary, instead of waiting for a bus, a Hungarian man steals one.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at RTL Híradó.)

From Hungary Today, also according to Orban, Hungary could receive its first coroanvirus vaccines in late December.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, Orban sends a letter of condolences to French President Emmanuel Macron after the attack in Nice, France.

From ReMix, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto tells Europe to "wake up" and defend itself against terrorism.

From Russia Today, a teenager in the Russia republic of Tatarshan throws Molotov cocktails, shouts "Allahu akbar!", attacks a policeman with a knife, and is shot dead.

From Sputnik International, safe hydrogen storage tanks are being developed in Russia.

From The Moscow Times, protesters gather outside the French embassy in Moscow and stage a picket against French President Macron.

From Romania-Insider, according to Mayor Nicuşor Dan, Bucharest will not hold a Christmas market this year.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at News(dot)Ro.)

From Novinite, Sofia, Bulgaria puts a curfew on restaurants and bars.

From The Sofia Globe, new coronavirus restrictions in Bulgaria result in events being postponed or changes.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria "urgently" needs more plasma donors to help treat coronavirus patients.

From Ekathimerini, two teenagers are killed on the Greek island of Samos when a wall collapses from an earthquake in the eastern Aegean Sea.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece offers Turkey assistance in the city of Smyrna, which has been damaged by the earthquake.

From EuroNews, more on the earthquake in the Aegean Sea, which has killed people in Greece and Turkey.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, more on the earthquake in the eastern Aegean Sea.

From Balkan Insight, Interpol calls for the arrest of a Bosnian Serb wartime policeman allegedly involved in killing civilian prisoners in the Sanski Most area in 1992.

From Total Croatia News, the Vukovar Tower opens with a spectacular ceremony.

From Total Slovenia News, according to Prime Minister Janez Janša, Slovenia's coronavirus restrictions will continue during next week.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela rules out early elections and says nothing about any cabinet reshuffle.

From Malta Today, Malta has become a hotspot for "ghost banking".

From ANSA, Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese rejects calls to resign over the Nice, France attacker having entered Europe through the island of Lampedusa.

From Free West Media, lax Italian immigration laws allowed the Nice, France attacker to roam free.  (If you read Italian, read a related story at Il Giornale.)

From SwissInfo, public support for the Swiss government less even while supporting its anti-coronavirus measures.

From France24, what is known a day after the attack in Nice, France.

From RFI, France deploys 7,000 more security personnel to schools and religious sites.

From El País, a guide to coronavirus restrictions in Spain's regions under the country's new state of alarm.

From The Portugal News, Portugal clamps down on the coronavirus.

From The Stream, an archbishop's letter to President Trump.

From The Daily Signal, a federal appeals court orders Minnesota to separate mail-in ballots that arrive after election day.

From Space War, what is the impact of Chinese sanctions on U.S. arms producers?

From TMZ, a vandal destroys Trump's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and then turns himself in.  (via Fox News)

From The Daily Wire, actress Kirstie Alley criticizes CNN's coronavirus coverage.

From CBS Philly, a Pennsylvania election official expects ballots in the state to "overwhelmingly" be counted by Friday of next week.

From Breitbart, former Vice President Biden has a "brain freeze" while speaking in Dallas, Pennsylvania.

From Fox News, Philadelphia announces a weekend curfew and will release recordings of the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. next Wednesday.

And from AP News, a pregnant woman in Florida doesn't let the onset of labor stop her from voting.

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