Monday, October 19, 2020

Monday Mania - Part 1

On another manic Monday in October, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Women's March only respects women who agree with them.

From FrontpageMag, racism, cancel culture and hypocrisy raise their heads at Harvard.

From Townhall, could the pollsters be missing something that could benefit President Trump.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a report, former Vice President Biden's economic policy will eliminate two million jobs.

From the Washington Examiner, voters in Biden's "second home" of Pennsylvania aren't sold on him.

From The Federalist, the Constitution can handle the madness of the 2020 election.

From American Thinker, in 2016, the Electoral College prevented three counties from choosing the president.

From CNS News, according to Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller, Biden must answer some "simple questions" about corruption at the next presidential debate.

From LifeZette, actress Kirstie Alley fires back after being attacked for supporting Trump.

From NewsBusters, left-wingers in Hollywood "pounce on" Kirstie Alley and John Voight.

From CBC News, a sabre once used by a U.K. loyalist in the American Revolution is returned to a Canadian descendant of its owner, due to the curiosity of his 12-year-old Chilean grandson.

From Global News, an air tanker fleet based in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada goes to help fight forest fires in the U.S.

From CTV News, how one region in the Canadian Province of Ontario has prevented any deaths from the coronavirus.

From TeleSUR, protests rise up as dialogue fails in Puerto Rico.

From Morocco World News, Casablanca, Morocco gets to "play it again, Sam" on its coronavirus lockdown measures.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan proposes "substantial" education reforms.

From Turkish Minute, a former Turkish general dies of congestive heart failure after four years in prison following the 2016 attempted coup.

From Rûdaw, two camps for internally displaced persons in Abu Ghraib, Iraq are closed down after their residents return home.

From ArmenPress, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan both announce their readiness to meet in Moscow.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and new Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar plan to meet at the U.N. premises in Nicosia.

From The Syrian Observer, stealing and looting greatly increase in the Syria province of Daraa.

From Arutz Sheva, knessetcritter Aleyet Shaked tells Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that he's "in no position to preach".

From The Times Of Israel, an economic delegation from the UAE visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and gets insulted Palestinians.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel gives its potential coronavirus vaccine a name.

From YNetNews, according to Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman, the IDF is not adequately trained to deal with chemical or biological warfare.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt starts working on a new bird chopper power plant.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly inspects the Saqqara archaeological site.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia launches a campaign to remove water hyacinths from Lake Tana.

From the Saudi Gazette, according to Minister of Health Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, Saudi Arabia will secure a coronavirus vaccine only after its safety is ensured.

From The New Arab, ISIS calls its fighters to strike "Saudi economic interests" and the Gulf states.

From Radio Farda, Iran and Ukraine start a new round of talks over Flight 752, mistakenly downed after taking off in Tehran.

From IranWire, Iraqi authorities seize a record haul of drugs being smuggled in from Iran.

From Dawn, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warns of a "second spike" in coronavirus cases in cities with high levels of pollution.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz dares authorities to arrest her.

From Pakistan Today, Captain Safdar Awan is arrested for alleged "slogan-mongering" inside a mausoleum.  (He is Maryam Nawaz's husband.)

From Khaama Press, Afghan National Police personnel foil a terror attack involving explosive carried on a rickshaw and arrest one suspect in the province of Laghman.

From The Hans India, violent clashes break out at the border between the Indian states of Assam and Mizoram.

From the Hindustan Times, the India state of Odisha drafts a law that would regulate the activities of the 11th century Lingaraj temple in the city of Bhubaneswar.

From ANI, a law student writes the Bhagavad Gita on 4,042 grains of rice.  (The Bhagavad Gita is a section of the epic poem Mahabharata, consisting mainly of a conversation between the warrior Arjuna and his charioteer Krishna, who is a divine incarnation.)

From India Today, according to a government panel, about half of India's population is likely to have been infected with the coronavirus by February of 2021.

From the Dhaka Tribune, left-wing students in Bangladesh announce a nationwide blockade to protest an attack against their march against rape.

From the Daily Mirror, 14 more people who attended a wedding at a church in Kuliyapitiya, Sri Lanka test positive for the coronavirus.

From the Colombo Page, the proposed 20th Amendment to the Sri Lankan Constitution is given three amendments.

From Maldives Insider, fly to a private island in the Maldives on a luxury jet.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesian President Joko Widodo calls for caution over a possible coronavirus spike that could occur during upcoming national holidays.

From The Straits Times, tours involving walking, cycling or kayaking in Singapore will be allowed to have up to 20 people starting on November 1st.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin returns to office after a 14-day self-quarantine.

From Free Malaysia Today, the state government of Selangor allocates money for drones to be used for monitoring river pollution.

From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese government allocates 5,000 tonnes of rice to five flood-stricken provinces.

From The Mainichi, Yogi tries to find a pic-a-nic basket at a mall in Kaga, Japan.

From Gatestone Institute, who should be held responsible for Islam's "crisis"?

From The Stream, when it comes to trusting computer models, Dr. Anthony Fauci should listen to his earlier self.

From The Daily Signal, election interference from the tech companies has gone too far.

From The American Conservative, "revisiting hydroxychloroquine".

From The Daily Wire, according to an opinion article, those who told us that we needed to shut down until there is a coronavirus vaccine now say that we can't trust the vaccine.

From Fox News, opposing protest groups "go head-to-head" in Boston.

From Breitbart, according to former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, President Trump talks about her mother "all the time".

From Fox11 Los Angeles, a ballot drop box is set on fire in Los Angeles County.  (via Fox News)

And from The Babylon Bee, Twitter censors the droid R2-D2 for sharing allegedly stolen Death Star plans.

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