Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Tuesday Things - Part 1

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

From National Review, if elected president, former Vice President Biden won't stop the far left.

From FrontpageMag, an alleged "right-wing extremist" who wanted to kill Biden turns out to be a supporter of Senator Socialism (I-VT).

From Townhall, the media already accuse SCOTUS Justice Amy Coney Barrett of making her first mistake.

From The Washington Free Beacon, TV anchor Rachel Maddow laments the lack of senatorial questioning about Barrett's faith.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Kamala Harris's liberalism "is no laughing matter".

From The Federalist, the Hunter Biden scandal reveals the corruption and condescension in corporate media.

From American Thinker, "when Democrats hate what they vote for".

From CNS News, Kanye West understands the evils of abortion against blacks.

From LifeZette, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) demands that Democrats expand the Supreme Court after the confirmation of new Justice Barrett.

From NewsBusters, CNN whites about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) "gloating" over Barrett's confirmation.  (See, I said that there would be reaction to her confirmation.)

From Canada Free Press, the media ignore Democrat efforts to steal the election.

From CBC News, despite being convicted of crimes, only seven police officers in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 10 years are fired at disciplinary tribunals.

From Global News, the Buffalo Party receives the third-largest share of votes in the provincial election in Saskatchewan.

From CTV News, according to a poll, Canadians might be "skittish" about future increases in immigration.

From TeleSUR, a committee of the Bolivian parliament recommends prosecuting political leader Jeanine Añez.

From Morocco World News, Scottish adventurer Alice Morrison finds dinosaur footprints in southeastern Morocco.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a suicide bomber blows himself up in İskenderun, Turkey, reportedly killing no one but himself.

From Turkish Minute, Amnesty International calls on Turkey to decriminalize dissent after mass arrests.

From Rûdaw, authorities in northeastern Syria impose a 10-day partial coronavirus lockdown due to a spike in new cases.

From ArmenPress, Azerbaijani subversive groups reportedly try to enter the Artsakh subregion of Askeran.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus's health ministry orders 200,000 rapid coronavirus tests.

From The Syrian Observer, talks between Kurdish parties in Syria come to a dead end.

From Arutz Sheva, knessetcritter Ayelet Shaked explains why her party Yamina will not join a government that includes the party Joint Arab List.

From The Times Of Israel, the 100 times U.S. President Trump supported Israel.

From The Jerusalem Post, the IAF needs to replace its heavy-lift helicopters.

From YNetNews, according to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Hezbollah is not Israel's problem, but Lebanon's.

From the Egypt Independent, just when you thought it was safe to swim in a nature reserve in the Sinai.

From Egypt Today, 11,075 cases of encroachment on Nile canals are referred to Egypt's military for prosecution.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia is upbeat on resolving its dam dispute with Egypt and Sudan.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia condemns the Mohammed cartoons.

From The New Arab, jailed Saudi Arabian women's rights activist Loujain Al-Hathloul starts a hunger strike to protest the conditions of her detention.

From Radio Farda, a tree trunk carved into the likeness of the late Iranian singer Mohammed Reza Shajarian is cut down.

From IranWire, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei sheds crocodile tears for U.S. police brutality victim George Floyd but has nothing to say of such victims in his own country.

From Dawn, at least eight people are killed and over 100 others are injured in an explosion at a madrassa in Peshawar, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, the Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan is sealed for 10 days after five coronavirus cases are discovered there.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan reaffirms his support for self-determination in Kashmir.

From Khaama Press, Afghanistan's Counter Narcotic Police arrest at least six people for alleged drug trafficking and other charges.

From The Hans India, Indian sabhacritter Sakshi Maharaj (BJP-Uttar Pradesh) opines that Muslims should start burning their dead instead of burying them.  (The two parts of the Indian legislature are the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha.  A sabhacritter is thus the Indian equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.)

From the Hindustan Times, police arrest a street robber who had spent three years stealing jewelry from the elderly.

From ANI, a man-eating tiger which had killed eight people is captured in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India.

From India Today, India's Ministry of Home Affairs declares 18 Pakistanis as terrorists.

From the Dhaka Tribune, how a 14-year-old bride died about a month after her marriage.

From the Daily Mirror, according to Sri Lanka's Government Medical Officers' Association, aggressive testing for the coronavirus should be given priority.

From the Colombo Page, a quarantine curfew is imposed in four police areas in Sri Lanka.

From Maldives Insider, things are getting spooky at the Lilly Beach Resort and Spa in the Maldive Islands.

From The Jakarta Post, a teacher in East Jakarta, Indonesia draws ire for alleged discrimination against non-Muslim students.

From The Straits Times, Hong Kong drafts a law that would require some people to take a coronavirus test.

From the Borneo Post, according to Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz, Malaysia's budget will not be politicized.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to health director-general Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, Malaysia should avoid having elections due to an increase in coronavirus cases.

From Vietnam Plus, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung recommends that vulnerable areas of Vietnam be evacuated as Storm Molave approaches.

From The Mainchi, the Japanese government approves a bill to offer free coronavirus vaccines.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.N. rewards atrocities by the Iranian government.

From The Stream, "why should Christians support private property?"  (This reminds me of a line from the song Signs by the Five Man Electrical Band, which asks, "what gives you the right to put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in?"  My answer would be, "because I worked to pay the mortgage on this place, you idiot.")

From The Daily Signal, the climate scientists whom the social media censors don't want you to know about.

From The American Conservative, the populist radio talk show host who "was Trump before Trump".

From SmallBizDaily, three ways to make your business grow stronger after a recession.

From Sino Daily, the U.S. approves a $2.4 billion sale of coastal defense systems to Taiwan.

From Space Daily, NASA plans to commercialize near-Earth communication satellites.

From Fox News, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh urges residents to get tested for the coronavirus due to a recent spike in cases.

From Breitbart, veterans call senatorial candidate Cal Cunningham (D-NC) a "hypocrite" for touting his military service while under investigation by the Army Reserve.  (I've generally regarded politicians as being hypocrites, the difference between one and the next being a matter of degree.)

And from WPVI-TV, to have some customers during the coronavirus pandemic, a theater in Chicago rents out screens.

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