Friday, November 20, 2020

Friday Fuss

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

From National Review, beware the central bankers.

From FrontpageMag, Democrat governors either want to catch the coronavirus or don't believe in the lockdowns they impose on their constituents.

From Townhall, a black police chief in Virginia is fired after investigating and prosecuting mob violence.

From The Washington Free Beacon, conservative groups get out their ground game in the Georgia Senate runoffs.

From the Washington Examiner, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) downplays her party's losses in the congressional elections.

From The Federalist, our political leaders look down on us.

From American Thinker, here comes the kraken.

From CNS News, California Governor Gavin Newsome (D) orders everyone to stay home, except for Hollywood.

From LifeZette, Senator (R-UT) and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney is dismissive of President Trump's claims of voter fraud.

From NewsBusters, according to Michael Moore, presumptive president-elect Biden "will sign on to socialism".

From Canada Free Press, Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Jenna Ellis put on a "blistering press conference for the ages".

From Global News, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau warns Canadians to reduce their contacts.

From TeleSUR, according to UNICEF, Central America faces a health crisis due to recent hurricanes.

From The Conservative Woman, "don't let the doom-mongers cancel your Christmas".

From the Evening Standard, Health Secretary Matt Hancock reveals that coronavirus vaccination could begin in the U.K. as early a December.

From the Irish Examiner, coronavirus cases rise in 46 areas of Ireland despite lockdowns.

From The Brussels Times, according to Belgium's crisis center, the second wave of the coronavirus "seems to be less deadly".

From Dutch News, 19 threatening letters containing white powder have been sent to addresses in the Netherlands.

From the CPH Post, the Danish government extends its coronavirus gathering rules.

From ReMix, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are one the way to easing their coronavirus restrictions.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto recovers from the coronavirus.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Index.)

From EuroNews, do Hungarian's approve of their government's veto of the E.U.'s budget?

From Sputnik International, phase three of clinical trials show Russia's first coronavirus vaccine to be "highly effective".

From The Sofia Globe, five employees of Sveti Georgi Hospital in Plovdiv, Bulgaria will be fired for leaving two patients, who later died, on the hospital's stairs.

From Ekathimerini, a fight among Pakistanis results in a stabbing death in Piraeus, Greece.

From Euractiv, war and peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From Malta Today, migrants admit guilt in a riot at Malta's Hal Far refugee center.

From RFI, according to French health authorities, the country has "likely passed" the peak of the second coronavirus wave.

From Free West Media, protests against new strict coronavirus measures erupt across Europe.

From Turkish Minute, 22 people in Turkey are arrested on corruption charges.

From Rûdaw, according to a U.S. general, the Iraqi government wants a continued American presence.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus gets a record amount of rain over 24 hours.

From The Jerusalem Post, a paraglider from Turkey lands in Lebanon.

From the Egypt Independent, a minor earthquake hits near Egypt's New Administrative Capital.

From the Saudi Gazette, daily new coronavirus cases in Saudi Arabia continue to decrease.

From The New Arab, more than 60,000 political prisoners have been arrested in Egypt since 2013.

From The Express Tribune, the Competition Commission of Pakistan raids the offices of two leading cement companies.

From AP News, tech companies threaten to leave Pakistan after the government gives authorities the power to censor content.

From Tolo News, Taliban terrorists stage attacks in 50 districts in Afghanistan after signing a peace deal with the U.S.

From The Hans India, city authorities in Mumbai order schools to stay closed until December 31st.

From the Daily Excelsior, Indian security forces diffuse an IED near a mosque in the Kulgam district in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

From the Dhaka Tribune, construction of the Karnaphuli Tunnel in Bangladesh gains momentum.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa inaugurates a National Tree Planting Program.

From Vice, a Malaysian rapper faces police inquiries for a film about racism.

From The Straits Times, Hong Kong faces another coronavirus wave, but will keep its travel bubble with Singapore.

From the Borneo Post, foreign spouses will be allowed into Malaysia with permission from its Immigration Department.

From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnam Mountain Marathon will start in the province of Lao Cai this weekend.

From Gatestone Institute, the cancel culture goes after President Trump's campaign lawyers.

From The Stream, the left goes after free speech.

From Space War, the U.S. Air Force restores caps to its tuition assistance preparatory course funding.

From Breitbart, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) wins an Emmy on his use of television to inform about the coronavirus pandemic.

From The Washington Post, tax dollars from yours truly and his fellow Marylanders got wasted on South Korean coronavirus tests that weren't used.  (via the Daily Caller)

From BizPac Review, Pennsylvania Republican state legislators sound off after members of Dominion cancel their scheduled appearance at a hearing.  (via The Daily Wire)

And from TMZ, a man prevents a puppy from becoming alligator food.

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