Monday, December 21, 2020

Stories For The Winter Solstice

Today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, and will feature a Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn.  Meanwhile down here on earth, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is removed from the U.S. Capitol building.

From FrontpageMag, the media saves President-elect Biden, just as it once saved President Obama.

From Townhall, congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) "rips" the CDC for its "immoral" coronavirus vaccine strategy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the U.S. charges a Libyan man in connection with the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

From the Washington Examiner, President Trump makes an executive order encouraging a classical style for new federal government buildings.

From The Federalist, 400 years ago today, the Pilgrims landed at what is now called Plymouth Rock.

From American Thinker, is China committing genocide against the Muslim Uighurs?  (It seems that the same people who railed against Trump's three-month travel moratorium, wrongly characterized as a "Muslim ban", have gone Sgt. Schulz about what China is doing to these Muslims.)

From CNS News, China still claims that the coronavirus came from elsewhere.

From LifeZette, federal lawmakers brag about their coronavirus relief bill, but should really be ashamed.

From NewsBusters, an Axios reporter ignores Senator Sheldon Whitehouse's (D-RI) hypocrisy on special interests.  (A "special interest" is any interest that a given politician disagrees with.)

From Canada Free Press, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) gets a coronavirus vaccine and a photo op.

From TeleSUR, according to President Jair Bolsonaro, there is no rush for coronavirus vaccination in Brazil.

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K. will have coronavirus passports.

From Free West Media, the man who attacked two policemen in Bollène, France was following a "de-radicalization" program.

From EuroNews, according to U.K. Prime Minister Johnson, the U.K. and France will soon allow cross-channel traffic.

From Euractiv, the leaders of six Hungarian opposition parties agree to join forces against Prime Minister Orban in 2022.

From ReMix, Hungary and Poland have a victory against globalism.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Nemzet.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina holds elections for the first time in 12 years.

From Balkan Insight, Bosnian authorities promise to convert the open-air Lipa migrant camp into a reception center.

From Rûdaw, Iraq signs a deal to purchase 1.5 million doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.

From The New Arab, Lebanon's parliament passes a bill to criminalize sexual harassment.

From TimesNowNews, a man in the Indian state of Bihar stabs himself to death inside a mosque.

From OpIndia, according to Islamic cleric Zakir Naik, saying "Merry Christmas" is "shirk".

From RAIR Foundation USA, according to French journalist Eric Zemmour, it's time to stop saying that violence has nothing to do with Islam.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U. needs to stand up for the human rights that it proclaims.

From The Stream, since when are all these things seen after the election acceptable?

From ITR Economics, what effect would a capital gains tax increase have on the stock market?

From The American Conservative, the incoming Biden administration will face a legitimacy crisis.

From The Daily Wire, according to Surgeon General Jerome Adams, black Americans might distrust coronavirus vaccines due to past medical racism.

From Breitbart, pro-Israel left-wing congresscritter-elect Ritchie Torres (D-NY) will not join the "Squad".

From NBC News, Kilauea volcano erupts at Halemaumau crater after a series of weak earthquakes.  (via Breitbart)

From Fox News, according to former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Hailey, Americans should "wake up" and realize that China wants to "dominate" the world.

And from The Babylon Bee, congress agrees to a coronavirus stimulus bill that will give everyone a coupon for $5 off at Applebee's.

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