Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Tuesday Things

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

From National Review, the recount in Georgia catches a bunch of previously uncounted votes for President Trump.

From FrontpageMag, the 2020 election has not been good for Jews.

From Townhall, law professor and Democrat Jonathan Turley warns about "anti-free speech zealots" on the Biden transition team.

From The Washington Free Beacon, former Vice President Biden urges Congress to pass Speaker Pelosi's (D-Cal) coronavirus relief bill.

From the Washington Examiner, more on the recount in Georgia.

From The Federalist, Americans are in big trouble if we can't trust our elections.

From American Thinker, Biden, Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) can't get themselves to denounce violence by BLM and ProFa.

From CNS News, Biden wants Americans to limit our Thanksgiving gatherings.

From LifeZette, Democrat congresscritters point fingers over their losses in the House.

From NewsBusters, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) criticizes Big Tech for "mistakes" that always seem to target conservatives.

From Canada Free Press, journalist Tucker Carlson outs Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plans for a "great reset".

From Global News, the Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal has structures that may be leaned on.

From The Conservative Woman, Prince Charles should keep his "Hans" off the U.K.'s history.

From the Evening Standard, what will happen after the end of England's coronavirus lockdown?

From Euractiv, the U.K. and Canada give the first Media Freedom Award to Belarusian journalists.

From the Irish Examiner, the Irish government backs down over a plan to fine people for drinking outside.

From The Brussels Times, according to experts, there is little change of bars and restaurants in Belgium reopening during the rest of this year.

From Dutch News, according to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, it's too early to say what coronavirus options for Christmas will be.

From Daily News Hungary, Budapest celebrates its 147th birthday.  (If you read Hungarian, read more at Turul.)

From ReMix, Hungary makes a veto against blackmail.

From Sputnik International, according to a poll, four out of five people aware of Russia's first coronavirus vaccine already use it.

From Radio Bulgaria, for the time being, Bulgaria blocks E.U. membership talks with North Macedonia.

From Ekathimerini, police in Athens detain over 100 people during illegal gatherings.

From EuroNews, Bosnian authorities detain a former Serb policeman accused of killing 44 Bosniak and Croat civilians at a camp in Omarska, Bosnia during the Balkan wars.

From Malta Today, coronavirus sceptics in Malta want face mask requirements removed, and accuse Superintendent Charmaine Gauci of wrongly imposing harsh restrictions.  (Does "Gauci" rhyme with "Fauci"?)

From RFI, French police evacuate over 2,000 migrants from a camp in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris.

From Free West Media, thousands of French Catholics demonstrate against a ban on public masses.

From The Times Of Israel, the Palestinian Authority reestablishes its ties with Israel.

From Egypt Today, Instagram launches a campaign against online bullying in Egypt.

From The New Arab, the U.S. denies Russian reports of a troop withdrawal from Syria.

From Radio Farda, Iranian politicians "trade barbs" as the country's economy continues to suffer.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani region of Azad Jammu and Kashmir starts a 15-day coronavirus lockdown.

From The Hans India, police in Delhi arrest two suspected terrorists from the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan cabinet endorses a proposal to allow 560 Sri Lankan Airlines employees to retire during the next three years.

From Coconuts Jakarta, I tawt I taw a putty tat wearing a hijab.

From the Borneo Post, a Malaysian parliamentcritter wants more soldiers on the border with Indonesia to discourage illegal entry.

From Gatestone Institute, was the U.S. presidential election stolen?

From The Stream, contesting election results in court is not the end of democracy.

From The Daily Signal, forgiving student loans is a regressive policy that hurts the working class.

From Space War, Canada resumes extradition hearings on Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

From Alpha News, an anti-pipeline activist compares a pipeline replacement project in Minnesota to Auschwitz.  (via the Daily Caller)

From Fox News, NestlĂ© changes the names of two candies sold in Australia.  (via The Daily Wire)

From Breitbart, congresscritter Ted Budd (R-NC) points out how left-wing politicians want freedom for themselves, but not for people in general.

And from CheckYourFact, no, the U.S. Army did not seize a Dominion Voting Systems server in Germany.  (This allegation has appeared on Twitter, along with a map showing President Trump carrying California and Minnesota and winning 410 electoral votes, which was allegedly made showing data from this server.  I would regard any assertion that Trump won those two states as being worthy of not only many grains of salt, but maybe also a consultation with Mrs. Lot.)

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