Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Stories For Veterans Day

Here on Veterans Day, thank you for your service, all of you who have served in the U.S. armed forces.  To paraphrase a certain poem, it's the soldier, sailor, airman and Marine who preserves the right to free speech that bloggers such as myself exercise.  Here on a rainy Veterans Day are some things going on:

From National Review, Georgia announces a full hand recount of the presidential vote.

From FrontpageMag, three things to do in the meantime.

From Townhall, the call for "unity" really means "shut up".

From The Washington Free Beacon, why a nomination of a congresscritter to a Biden cabinet could create problems for Democrats.

From the Washington Examiner, San Francisco forbids the construction of new buildings that use natural gas, starting next June.

From The Federalist, Democrats pushed mail-in voting already knowing that it could produce fraud.

From American Thinker, the creator of Dilbert believes that President Trump can win.

From CNS News, the number of female Republican pro-life congresscritters is now at 16, and there could be up to three more.

From LifeZette, the Rule of Law was on the ballot this year and did not lose, but was stolen.

From NewsBusters, CNN damns Trump if he does and damns him if he doesn't.

From Canada Free Press, the president who really won the 2020 U.S. election.

From CTV News, on Remembrance Day, the Canadian military's aid in the fight against the coronavirus is acknowledged.

From TeleSUR, Peruvians go "takin' it to the streets".

From The Conservative Woman, on an Armistice Day under coronavirus lockdown, "let us lose liberty no more".

From Snouts in the Trough, are Democrats turning the U.S. into a banana republic?

From the (U.K.) Independent, the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion is criticized over its Remembrance Day cenotaph stunt.

From the (Irish) Independent, a Latvian truck driver working in Ireland gets a eight-year sentence for agreeing to transport 36 kilos of she-don't-lie.

From VRT NWS, Ieper, Belgium observes Armistice Day at the Menin Gate.  (The Menin Gate is a war memorial built by the U.K. to honor the 54,396 British and Commonwealth soldiers who died in the area during World War I but whose bodies have never been found or identified.)

From Dutch News, police in Limburg, Netherlands search for marijuana and find chicory.

From the CPH Post, a Jewish-Muslim biker club guards the Vestre Kirkegård cemetery in Copenhagen.

From Deutsche Welle, according to a study, there is police racism and brutality in Germany.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a teacher in Berlin is threatened with decapitation by an 11-year-old boy.

From Polskie Radio, police and "hooligans" clash at an Independence Day march in Warsaw.  (Poland became independent on 11/11/1918, the day on which World War I ended.)

From Radio Prague, according to experts, a coronavirus vaccine could be available in the Czech Republic next April.

From Hungary Today, according to Prime Minister Orban, Hungary's army will help monitor its coronavirus curfew.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Hirado.)

From Sputnik International, Defense Ministers Sergei Shoigu (Russia) and Hulusi Akar (Turkey) sign a memorandum to establish a joint center to control the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh.

From Euractiv, Russian peacekeepers go to Nagorno-Karabakh.

From Romania-Insider, Yogi and Boo Boo make a brief visit.

From The Sofia Globe, a Remembrance Day ceremony is held in Sofia Central Cemetery.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek government imposes a nationwide coronavirus curfew.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Frontex Management Board holds a meeting over alleged migrant pushbacks.

From Total Slovenia News, the Slovenian government adopts its sixth coronavirus package.

From EuroNews, Italy's financial police issue arrest warrants for six people in connection with the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa.

From ReMix, as the coronavirus pandemic worsens, Italy won't reinstate its maritime blockade.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Hírlap.)

From SwissInfo, Switzerland envisions a system for transporting cargo under ground.

From RFI, President Macron honors France's unknown soldier.

From Turkish Minute, more people in Turkey face legal action for criticizing their government.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Rûdaw, according to a Peshmerga commander, 10 ISIS terrorists near Makhmour, Iraq have been sent to their virgins.

From ArmenPress, according to U.N. experts, all mercenaries in and around Nagorno-Karabakh should be withdrawn.

From In-Cyprus, over 1400 kilos of garbage is collected on beaches in Lanarca, Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, health workers in the Syrian region of Idleb fear that opposition-held areas could become coronavirus hotbeds.

From The Times Of Israel, the Israeli government is expected to consider imposing coronavirus curfews.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hold a joint press conference.

From the Saudi Gazette, two people are injured in an attack at the Khawajaat Cemetery in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

From The New Arab, Sudan braces for a possible influx of refugees from the Ethiopian region of Tigray.

From IranWire, the Iranian regime has become "a spider caught in its own web".

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan's Federal Investigative Agency issues a list of its 1,210 most wanted terrorists.

From The Hans India, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has moved from "tax terrorism" to "tax transparency".

From the Dhaka Tribune, the threat of dengue fever looms large in Bangladesh.

From the Daily Mirror, buses are prohibited from entering and leaving Sri Lanka's Western Province until November 15th.

From BCFocus, ISIS terrorists behead 50 people in Mozambique.

From Gatestone Institute, why the Muslim Brotherhood has made a reappearance.

From the Borneo Post, the Sabah State Assembly will meet for two days later this month.

From The Stream, presumptive president-elect Joe Biden's agenda includes big government power grabs.

From The American Conservative, it's not your father's Republican Party.

From The Daily Wire, Ticketmaster plans to require a negative coronavirus test or a vaccine to attend events.

From the Daily Caller, "what's at stake for Republicans in the Georgia senate races".

From Breitbart, according to Deputy Secretary of the Interior Katharine MacGregor, veterans and gold star families could receive free lifetime passes to America's national parks.

And from Breaking Burgh, Biden appoints Nelson Muntz to lead his transition team.

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