Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Tuesday Things - Part 1

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

From National Review, an open letter calls for the withdrawal of the Pulitzer Prize awarded to the "1619 Project".

From FrontpageMag, a pictorial history of white women being enslaved.

From Townhall, the White House physician gives some good news on President Trump's health.

From The Washington Free Beacon, coronavirus shutdowns on college campuses in swing states might hurt Democratic candidates.

From the Washington Examiner, the DHS calls white supremacists the "most persistent and lethal threat" among domestic extremists.  (While I am no fan of white supremacists, I can't seem to remember the last time any of them burnt a building, looted a store, killed someone trying to protect a store, or pulled down a statue.  If anyone knows of any such instances, please point them out in a comment, preferably including a link.)

From The Federalist, in their response to Trump's "don't be afraid" Tweet, the left shows how much they want fear.

From American Thinker, is the BLM organization "communism in blackface"?

From CNS News, five takeaways from a 2015 statemen by Supreme Court Justices Thomas and Alito on "gay marriage" and Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis.

From LifeZette, former Vice President Biden's gaffes keep on coming as he visits Florida.

From NewsBusters, the big three networks ignore the Tax Foundation's "scathing" report on Biden.

From Canada Free Press, Trump shows some love while the media shows hate.

From CBC News, Health Canada approves a coronavirus antigen test that gives results in 20 minutes.

From Global News, what the parties are promising in the Saskatchewan provincial elections.

From CTV News, to help reduce its backlog, the Canadian province of Ontario is sending some of its coronavirus tests to the U.S.

From TeleSUR, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei recovers from the coronavirus.

From The Portugal News, Portuguese sales of port wine drop 40 percent due to fewer tourists in the country.

From El País, over 5.2 people in Spain are under movement restrictions due to the coronavirus.

From France24, the coronavirus intrudes and inspires as the fashion world gathers in Paris.

From RFI, hundreds of people are evacuated due to flooding in southern France.

From Free West Media, the identity of the Charlie Hebdo knife attacker becomes uncertain.

From SwissInfo, the Swiss drug authority Swissmedic starts evaluating AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine.

From ANSA, the Italian cabinet approves new security measures.

From ReMix, the judicial "witch hunt" against former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini may help his election chances.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela and new Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech clash during their first meeting.

From Malta Today, Grech takes his seat in the Maltese parliament.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia announces new coronavirus restrictions.

From Total Croatia News, a monument to 19 fallen Croatian soldiers is erected in the town of Pakrac.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the European Commission cautions Bosnia and Herzegovina for "slow development".

From Balkan Insight, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić observes a minute of silence for victims of the Kosovo war.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek extreme right group Golden Dawn faces a verdict at a criminal trial of 69 of its its members.

From the Greek Reporter, decoding the ancient Minoan writing system Linear A.

From Novinite, the European Parliament will vote on a resolution on Bulgaria this coming Thursday.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Tourism Minister Mariana Nikolova and U.K. Ambassador Rob Dixon discuss lifting travel restrictions between the two countries.

From Radio Bulgaria, three Bulgarian badminton players will be given PCR coronavirus tests before entering a tournament in Denmark.

From Romania-Insider, theaters, cinemas and restaurants will again close in Bucharest due to the coronavirus.

From Russia Today, SpaceX founder Elon Musk praises the Russian Space Agency for planning to develop reusable booster rockets, and offers some advice.

From Sputnik International, a passenger plane make an emergency landing at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport.

From The Moscow Times, dissident Alexey Navalny hopes to return to Russia within "months".

From the Hungary Journal, the European Court of Justice rules that Hungary's law on higher education violates E.U. laws.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian parliament approves a large wage increase for doctors.

From Hungary Today, Hungary has all the natural gas that it can store.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From About Hungary, the Hungarian manufacturer Grapoila wins multiple starts at the Great Taste Awards.

From EuroNews, the E.U.'s highest court rules against changes to Hungarian law that forced the George Soros-back Central European University to leave the country.

From The Slovak Spectator, when in Slovakia, go take a hike.

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs selects February 4th as the Day of Czechs Abroad.  (Presidential ex-wife Ivana Trump and her kids Donald the Younger, Eric, and Ivanka might want to take note.)

From Radio Poland, according to Health Minister Adam Niedzielski, anyone in Poland disobeying coronavirus rules "will be severely punished".

From the CPH Post, the Danish parliament opens for business.

From Deutsche Welle, Berlin imposes strict night-time coronavirus measures due to a spike in cases.

From the NL Times, a man wielding a large knife is shot at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.

From Dutch News, Dutch hospitals run out of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir.  (The article links to a story in Financieele Dagblad, which is behind a paywall.)

From VRT NWS, Ghent University is looking for 2,000 human "guinea pigs" for evaluating potential coronavirus vaccines.

From The Brussels Times, in the Belgian area of West Flanders, masks will be required for people who visit cemeteries.

From Euractiv, pressure mounts on E.U. countries to meet their plastic recycling goals.

From the Express, the U.K. House of Commons passes a strict coronavirus rule, saving Prime Minister Boris Johnson from an "embarrassing rebellion".

From the Evening Standard, the minimum age for a U.K. state pension rises to 66.

From the (U.K.) Independent, Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon gives the parliamentcritter who broke coronavirus travel restrictions a new nickname.

From the (Irish) Independent, according to Irish Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, a "circuit break" coronavirus lockdown cannot be ruled out.

From the Irish Examiner, many Irish publicans face being forced to close back down.

From The Conservative Woman, what should be taught during the U.K.'s Black History Month.

From The Stream, there is no Catholic case for former Vice President Biden.

From The Daily Signal, her rulings show that SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett takes limits on court jurisdiction seriously.

From WPVI-TV, five questions about tomorrow's vice presidential debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal).

From Breitbart, President Trump ends negotiations with Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) over another coronavirus relief bill until after the election.

From Fox News, the signs and symptoms that might come from throat cancer.

From The Daily Wire, Stormy Daniels attacks First Lady Melania Trump.

From the New York Post, a Long Island man who survived the coronavirus meets the woman whose donated plasma saved his life.

And from The Oklahoman, two former detention officers and their supervisor are charged with cruelty for allegedly forcing inmates to listen to the children's song Baby Shark.  (via the New York Post)

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