Saturday, December 5, 2020

Saturday Stuff

On a pretty cold Saturday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, a federal judge orders the Trump administration to fully reinstate DACA.

From Townhall, according to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, the Trump campaign doesn't need judges.

From The Washington Free Beacon, things we'll miss after President Trump steps down.

From the Washington Examiner, Trump and Congress will face off next week over a defense policy bill.

From The Federalist, USA Today uses left-wing college kids to censor media that they don't like.

From American Thinker, Democrat defense of a video allegedly showing vote fraud in Georgia doesn't hold water.

From LifeZette, like it or not, "sometimes the bad guys win".

From NewsBusters, reporters treat presumptive president-elect Biden to another easy press conference.

From Canada Free Press, is violent revolution inevitable, as President John F. Kennedy once warned?

From Global News, the Canadian province of Quebec reports over 2,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time since the start of the pandemic.

From TeleSUR, Cuba tests a potential coronavirus vaccine.

From The Conservative Woman, things can only get worse if the U.K. sticks with the Tories.

From Free West Media, the British army "declares war" on coronavirus vaccine opponents.

From the (U.K.) Independent, what issues are holding up the Brexit deal between the U.K. and the E.U.?

From EuroNews, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, "three critical issues" stand in the way of a Brexit deal.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish shoppers are expected to spend about €160,000 per minute during the Christmas season.

From VRT NWS, police in Hasselt, Belgium try to figure out who is responsible for fallow deer wandering in the district of Kuringen.

From the NL Times, the head imam of the Blue Mosque in Amsterdam announces his departure, but it's not because of recent threats.

From Deutsche Welle, Germany's Constitutional Court upholds a ban on an anti-lockdown protest in the city of Bremen.

From Polskie Radio, Polish farmers block traffic in Warsaw.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian opposition Democratic Coalition calls on Prime Minister Orban to not veto the E.U.'s budget.

From Sputnik International, a monolith is found in Russia, which appears to be a publicity stunt.

From Radio Bulgaria, anti-government protests in Sofia, Bulgaria reach their 150th day.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece plans to start coronavirus vaccinations in January.

From Total Croatia News, a volunteer from Hvar, Croatia tries to help poor children in Tanzania.

From Total Slovenia News, some background to Slovenia Prime Minister Janes Janša's visit it Israel.

From the Malta Independent, Maltese President George Vella reiterates the importance of correctly using the Maltese language.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland will produce the world's first space "garbage truck".  (The article's picture and video somehow remind me of the James Bond film You Only Live Twice.)

From France24, for the second straight weekend, a protest in Paris against France's new security law devolves into violence.

From The Portugal News, a researcher calls on the Portuguese people to not be afraid of the coronavirus vaccine.

From Morocco World News, six souvenirs unique to Morocco.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey imposes a nationwide weekend coronavirus curfew.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkish President Erdoğan's "new charm offensive".

From Rûdaw, a tree planting campaign starts in Iraqi Kurdistan.

From ArmenPress, Armenian opposition prime ministerial candidate Vazgen Manukyan presents his roadmap for solving the situation in Armenia and Artsakh.

From In-Cyprus, a multinational aeronautic exercise involving the Cypriot military will conclude this coming Monday.

From The Jerusalem Post, according to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, another round of elections in Israel is "all but certain".

From the Egypt Independent, a magnitude-5.4 earthquake is felt in Cairo and Nile Delta cities in Egypt.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal lauds Kuwaiti and American efforts to end the Gulf crisis.

From The New Arab, according to Prince Faisal, Saudi Arabia's allies are "on board" with finding a resolution to the dispute with Qatar.

From Radio Farda, Iran's Supreme Court will review the cases of three men sentenced to death over links to anti-government protests.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will not grant NRO to opposition parties.

From Samaa, two policemen and shot dead in a mosque in Mingora, Pakistan.

From AsiaNews, a Christian girl in Rawalpindi, Pakistan is murdered allegedly for not marrying a Muslim man.

From the Hindustan Times, Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate construction on a rapid transit system for Agra, India.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh's National Emergency Service, known as 999, has prevented 3,685 child marriages in 2020.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan navy extends relief to communities hit by Cyclone Burevi.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesia's government greenlights several coronavirus vaccines.

From Free Malaysia Today, floods worsen in the Malaysian states of Kelantan and Pahang.

From The Mainichi, flyers criticizing same-sex marriage were placed in mailboxes in Akita, Japan during September.

From The Stream, the role of the Church during a pandemic.

From The American Conservative, a writer remembers the good priests he grew up with.

From Fox News, the LAPD opposes further defunding.  (Read more about the proposed budget cuts at Fox 11.)

From The Daily Wire, demonstrators return to the home of Los Angeles County's public health director's home to protest coronavirus restrictions.

From the Daily Caller, President Trump demands a "list" of Republican congresscritters who say that former Vice President Biden won the presidential election.

From Breitbart, Georgia Democratic senatorial candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff will campaign with congresscritter Hank Johnson (D-GA), who called Israeli settlers "termites".  (That name sounds familiar.  Where have I heard of Hank Johnson before?  Oh yes, he was the guy who was once worried about the island of Guam tipping over.)

And from the New York Post, the "wild" history of the band Kiss, and how they almost never made it out of the New York City borough of Queens.

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