Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Wednesday Whatnot - Part 1

On a Wednesday that's too warm for most Octobers, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how President Trump should approach the last debate.

From FrontpageMag, the dangers that come from politicizing history.

From Townhall, according to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) has not been actually been negotiating a new coronavirus relief bill.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the media's futile efforts to suppress information.  (I have long had the opinion that the left-wing media bias that we right-wingers complain about is not found in what the media say, but in what they don't say.)

From the Washington Examiner, former Vice President Biden's perceived centrism probably won't hold if he is elected president.

From The Federalist, Trump's greatest accomplishments are some things that he did not do.

From American Thinker, despite the claims from some of its members, ProFa is not "tired, hungry, and poor".

From CNS News, in 2019, Americans payed more in taxes than they spent on food, clothing, health care, and entertainment combined.

From LifeZette, the far left is at war against us, but are we at war against them?

From NewsBusters, when Biden answers a question about his son Hunter, NBC shows only 14 seconds of it.

From Canada Free Press, the "October surprise" is really the "laptop surprise".

From CBC News, indigenous artists in northern Canada raise money to support Mi'kmaw fishermen in the province of Nova Scotia.

From Global News, as bars are closed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada due to the coronavirus, "ridiculous amounts" of beer go to waste.

From CTV News, Canada's New Democratic Party say that they will vote against having a snap election.

From TeleSUR, according to President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil will not buy Chinese coronavirus vaccines.

From Morocco World News, Morocco's military spending in its 2021 budget can reach the equivalent of U.S. $12 billion.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish party İYİ is "shaken" by claims that its İstanbul provincial chairman is a member of FETÖ, the group blamed for the 2016 coup attempt.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish court arrests a Jordanian for allegedly spying for the UAE.

From Rûdaw, Iraqi police discover a mass grave in the province of Kirkuk containing the bodies of 50 people killed by ISIS.

From ArmenPress, according to Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, a solution to the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh is possible if Turkey stays out of it.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus's Environmental Authority calls for the demolition of a pedestrian path above the Peyia sea caves.

From The Syrian Observer, the Russian air force wipes out a convoy of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham vehicles in the Syrian region of Idleb.

From Arutz Sheva, Prime Minister Netayahu will propose a new strategy for exiting Israel's coronavirus lockdown.

From The Times Of Israel, charges of reckless manslaughter are recommended for an Israeli policeman who fatally shot an autistic Palestinian.

From The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu faces a scandal over Israel's purchase of expensive submarines from a company connected to his cousin.  (What I want to know is, were any of the submarines yellow?)

From YNetNews, Israel's coronavirus cabinet fails to agree on the next step for a strategy to exit the country's lockdown.

From the Egypt Independent, the Central Park in Egypt's New Administrative Capital will be one of the largest in the world.

From Egypt Today, the eighth three-way summit is held between the heads of state of Egypt, Greece and Cyprus.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia repatriates 132 migrants back from Beirut, Lebanon.

From the Saudi Gazette, 99 female military personnel will be appointed to provide security to female visitors to the Rawdah Sharif in the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia.

From The New Arab, Egyptians debate the casting of actress Gal Gadot, who is not Egyptian, to portray the queen Cleopatra, who ruled in Egypt but was not ethnically Egyptian.

From Radio Farda, a court in Tehran upholds the prison sentence given to a brother of women's rights activist.

From IranWire, is Iran really one of the world's top radar manufacturers?

From Dawn, at least five people are killed and 20 others injured by a bomb explosion in a building in Karachi, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, according to information minister Shibli Faraz, Pakistan's opposition is "playing with fire".

From Pakistan Today, a policeman in Lahore, Pakistan goes on leave after an audio clip is found on which he allegedly abuses a woman.

From Khaama Press, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani introduces 24 ministers to the Pakistani parliament.

From The Hans India, India returns a Chinese soldier captured in the territory of Ladakh.

From the Hindustan Times, images of India's Ajanta caves and the Bhagwad Gita are deposited at the Arctic World Archive on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.  (The latter's title is also spelled Bhagavad Gita.)

From ANI, a Maoist is arrested after being caught transporting explosives in the Indian state of Telangana.

From India Today, the Indian state of Assam's forest department seizes a railroad locomotive because it killed two wild elephants.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh has seen a decline in acid attacks, but has yet to fully implement punishments for the attackers.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan Minister Vasudeva Nanayakkara calls for an amendment to the 20th Amendment to the country's Constitution forbidding dual citizens from being elected to parliament.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka and India successfully conclude a joint naval exercise.

From Maldives Insider, a resort in the Maldive Islands sets up a coral nursery to help regenerate damages areas of reef.

From International Quran News Agency, the Dar-al-Fatwa of Egypt calls for the prosecution of a comedian who allegedly insulted Quran reciters.

From Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authority appears to have a duplicitous attitude toward normalization with Israel.

From The Jakarta Post, seven social media managers are arrested in connection with protests against Indonesia's Job Creation Law.

From The Straits Times, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha prepares to lift the state of emergency declared in Bangkok.

From the Borneo Post, police in Malaysia reject applications for interstate travel from men claiming to be "weekend husbands".

From Free Malaysia Today, eight new coronavirus clusters are identified in the Malaysian states of Sabah, Labuan and Selangor.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam and Japan reach a short-term travel agreement.

From The Mainichi, the Japanese government plans to make the recycling of plastics mandatory for large corporations.

From Gatestone Institute, the Vatican fails to condemn religious persecution by the communist Chinese government.

From The Stream, America is drowning in lies from the left.

From The Daily Signal, according to polls, Judge Amy Coney Barrett has ore support than President Trump's two other SCOTUS nominees.

From The American Conservative, how to fix America health care.

From Space War, why the Chinese government may want Trump to stay in the White House.

From the Catholic League, Pope Francis talks about civil unions for gays.

And from WPVI-TV, former President Obama goes to Philadelphia to hold a rally for former Vice President Biden.

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