Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Wednesday Wanderings

On a sunny but rather cold Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Democrat congresscritters nominate Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal) for another term as Speaker of the House.

From FrontpageMag, the 2020 presidential election was really rigged in 2018.

From Townhall, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) now complains that the process of introducing a coronavirus vaccine is moving too "fast".

From The Washington Free Beacon, presumptive president-elect Biden's drug team does not include pro-legalization leftists.

From the Washington Examiner, Pelosi promises to step aside from leadership positions in 2022.

From The Federalist, in Nevada, an illegal cash-for-votes scheme hides in plain sight.

From American Thinker, a look at the vote counting codes in Michigan and Wisconsin.

From CNS News, according to Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Facebook, Twitter and Google pose the worst threat to free speech.

From LifeZette, what just happened with the votes in Wayne County, Michigan?

From NewsBusters, right-wing journalist Tucker Carlson calls Big Tech a "censorship cartel".

From Canada Free Press, did members of U.S. President Obama's campaign team use Dominion Voting to steal the Canadian election in 2015?

From CTV News, over 800 charges are expected as police in Toronto, Canada dismantle a criminal gang allegedly responsible for murder and public shootings.

From TeleSUR, over 200 Venezuelans return from Panama.

From The Conservative Woman, more disasters await from U.K. Prime Minister Boris "the Spider" Johnson.  (As far as I know, nobody in the U.K. calls Johnson "Boris the Spider", after the song by The Who, but I still like to use that term.)

From the (U.K.) Independent, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is placed under lockdown in Belmarsh prison after a coronavirus outbreak is detected in his cell block.

From RAIR Foundation USA, Dutch politician Geert Wilders slams Prime Minister Mark Rutte for importing Islam into the Netherlands.

From the Hungary Journal, the Hungarian government confirms its E.U. budget veto.

From ReMix, President Andrzej Duda refuses to back down from Poland's E.U. budget veto.

From EuroNews, Prime Ministers Mateusz Morawiecki (Poland) and Viktor Orban (Hungary) step up their attacks in the E.U. over a debate on the rule of law.

From The Moscow Times, a pair of slippers purchased in St. Petersburg, Russia contains a note allegedly from a Uyghur in a Chinese jail.

From The Sofia Globe, the Bulgarian government considers making face masks mandatory for students in the fifth through 12th grades.

From Euractiv, Bulgaria sets out its conditions for unblocking North Macedonia's path to E.U. membership.

From Free West Media, two Catholic schools in Bouscat, France go on high alert after being targeted by jihadist threats.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish mob boss allegedly threatens opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu for criticizing the government for releasing him.

From International Quran News Agency, Turkey seeks the extradition of a man who allegedly tore pages from a copy of the Koran.

From Rûdaw, after almost 30 years, the Arar border crossing between Iraq and Saudi Arabia reopens.

From In-Cyprus, according to an assistant pharmacology professor at the University of Cyprus, coronavirus vaccinations could begin in Cyprus in February of 2021.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, it's "the beginning of the end of the coronavirus".

From YNetNews, Israel will reopen its zoos, and will reopen restaurants in "tourist hubs".

From the Egypt Independent, according to Al-Azhar, Islam bans the marriage of Muslim women to non-Muslim men, but according to one professor, no text in the sharia makes that ban.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, arrest warrants are issued for 76 Ethiopian military officers on charges of treason for allegedly aiding rebels.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia establishes severe penalties for misusing the Internet to spread extremist and terrorist ideas or promoting terrorist groups.

From The New Arab, Bahrain's foreign minister arrives in Israel for his first official visit.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Afghanistan tomorrow.

From Union of Asia Catholic News, the missing minorities in Pakistani school textbooks.

From Khaama Press, wedding halls and public places will be closed in Afghanistan due to a second wave of the coronavirus.

From ANI, when in Delhi, India, keep your mask on, even inside your personal vehicle.

From the Dhaka Tribune, does Bangladesh need more coronavirus testing?

From the Colombo Page, on the first anniversary of his taking office, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa calls for unity?

From The Jakarta Post, 11 Indonesian soldiers face trial for allegedly torturing a man who later died.

From Free Malaysia Today, a Malaysian man is quarantine over a wedding dinner which he did not attend.

From The Mainichi, a Finnish Santa Claus's visit to Japan is canceled this year due to the coronavirus.

From Gatestone Institute, President Trump's only road to reelection.  (The article was written by Alan Dershowitz, who was on Trump's impeachment defense team.)

From The Stream, "what American schools should teach about race, racism and slavery".

From The Daily Signal, as Georgia recounts its presidential vote, here are four things about Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R).

From Military History Matters, a wreck off the Norwegian coast is confirmed to be the German warship Karlsruhe.

From Space War, a U.S. naval ship shoots down an ICBM outside the earth's atmosphere.

From Fox News, Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont) tests positive for coronavirus antibodies after receiving Pfizer's vaccine.

From the Daily Caller, the U.S. drops money laundering and human trafficking charges against a former Mexican secretary of defense.

From Breitbart, Pennsylvania tightens its coronavirus mask requirements, even in private homes.

From The Daily Wire, Moderna's efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine got a monetary boost from musician Dolly Parton.

And from The Peedmont, a vote recount shows that Virginia was not carried by former Vice President Biden - or by President Trump.

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