Friday, October 9, 2020

Friday Phenomena - Part 1

On a sunny Friday which would have been the 80th birthday of John Lennon, here are some things going on:

From National Review, former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State/Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton still can't let go.

From FrontpageMag, one example of how BLM doesn't really care about black lives.

From Townhall, when do we tell the thugs "enough"?

From The Washington Free Beacon, immigration seems to have disappeared as an issue.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump fires back after Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) blames him for the kidnapping plot against her.

From The Federalist, a writer who did not vote for Trump in 2016 would "crawl over broken glass" to vote for him this year.

From American Thinker, BLM rioters trash stores in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin after a black police officer is not charged for fatally shooting an armed black teenager.

From CNS News, according to Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal), Trump is "in an altered state".

From LifeZette, could Vice President Pence be a viable presidential candidate in 2024?

From NewsBusters, CBS has no problem with Whitmer's smear of Trump.

From Canada Free Press, Pelosi goes "coup-coup".

From CBC News, Newfoundland and Labrador provincial Assemblywoman doesn't like being called "schoolgirl".

From Global News, according to Health Canada, Canadians must reduce their contacts with each other.

From CTV News, according to a poll, indigenous, minority and young Canadians are less likely to have a positive view of police.

From TeleSUR, Chilean lawmakers accuses Interior Minister Victor Perez of negligence.

From Morocco World News, Morocco prepares for a national coronavirus vaccination campaign.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a Turkish court approves two indictments resulting from an investigation of the 2016 coup attempt.

From Turkish Minute, the Kurdish-majority Turkish town of Nusaybin has been under restricted internet access since last October.

From Gatestone Institute, the conflict in the Caucasus brings out Turkish President Erdoğan's "Ottoman ambitions".

From Rûdaw, the Iraqi and Kurdish regional governments reach a "historic" agreement over the district of Shingal in the province of Nineveh.

From ArmenPress, according to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, recognition of Nagorno Karabakh's independence is necessary to prevent the threat of genocide.

From In-Cyprus, according to a U.S. embassy spokesman, the opening of the area of Varosha in Famagusta, North Cyprus is counterproductive.

From The Syrian Observer, the Syrian government raises unsubsidized gasoline prices.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel's defense establishment suspects that fires in Judea and Samaria resulted from arson by Palestinian Arabs.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu considers asking for international help as wildfires breakout across the country.

From The Jerusalem Post, more on the fires in Israel.

From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, "Israel is not becoming a dictatorship".

From the Egypt Independent, the Coptic Church faces changes and questions after the ouster of a priest.

From Egypt Today, senior citizens in Alexandria, Egypt get to ride public transportation for free.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, a turboprop aircraft crashes while spraying anti-locust pesticides in the Ethiopian state of Oromia.

From the Saudi Gazette, the daily number of new coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia continues to drop.

From The New Arab, the European Parliament urges the E.U. to boycott the G20 summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in November.

From Radio Farda, the International Federation for Human Rights condemns Iran's use of the death penalty.

From IranWire, Iran lifts its ban on the name, image and recordings of musician Mohammad Reza Shajarian only after his death.

From Dawn, the Peshawar High Court orders the repatriation of 10 Afghan children smuggled into Pakistan by the Taliban.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan threatens to throw opposition protesters into jail if they break the law.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau recommends having Interpol arrest former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

From Khaama Press, Afghan Security Forces repulse a Taliban attack in the province of Faryab.

From The Hans India, India successfully test-fires a "Rudram" anti-radiation missile.

From the Hindustan Times, the pulling of a Sikh man's turban at a march in Kolkata, India causes outrage.

From ANI, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police recover a 5-kilogram IED in a jungle in the state of Chhattisgarh.

From India Today, the West Bengal state police claim that none of them pulled the turban off a Sikh man, but urged him to put it on.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladeshi government decides to start a survey of canals in Dhaka.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka allows wine and liquor shops to open but keeps pubs, bar, casinos and night clubs closed.

From the Colombo Page, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wants to bring about development in Sri Lanka similar to that in China.  (Does that mean that he wants more coal-fired power plants and air pollution?)

From Maldives Insider, coronavirus insurance is available for people visiting the Maldive Islands.

From The Jakarta Post, the Jakarta Environment Agency cleans up 398 tons of waste after protests against Indonesia's new Job Creation Law.

From The Straits Times, how Singapore helped with U.S. President Trump's coronavirus treatment.

From the Borneo Post, police in Klang, Malaysia set up roadblocks and close roads to implement the country's Conditional Movement Control Order.

From Free Malaysia Today, all schools in the Malaysian state of Sabah are closed for two weeks.

From Vietnam Plus, the U.S.-Vietnam business summit starts in Hanoi.

From The Mainichi, Japanese fishing industry representatives oppose the release of radioactively polluted war from the Fukushima power plant into the sea.

From The Stream, what if former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal) win?

From Space Daily, the German company Exolaunch and SpaceX sign a long-term agreement for multiple rideshare missions.

From HistoryNet, the evolution of the Air Force's AC-130.

From The Daily Signal, the coronavirus might be reawakening virtues.

From The American Conservative, transgenderism is "not just a tattoo", but an attack on "our fundamental humanity".

From Breitbart, Trump is "very disappointed" that the results of the "Obamagate" investigation won't be released until after the election.

From Fox News, the White House plans to host "fall garden tours" this year, despite health concerns.

From the New York Post, the best places for picking apples and seeing fall foliage outside New York City.

And from CNN, Yelp allows customers to point out racist behavior from businesses.

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