Thursday, December 10, 2020

Thursday Links

On a cool sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, three Democrats are having a bad week.

From FrontpageMag, Democrats added only seven percent more ICU beds in California in eight months, and now shut the state down due to a shortage of ICU beds.

From Townhall, but, there's no vote fraud, is there?

From The Washington Free Beacon, the Department of Education establishes a free speech hotline.

From the Washington Examiner, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) admits having no concerns about congresscritter Eric Swalwell (D-Cal).

From The Federalist, the Pilgrims venture into the unknown.

From American Thinker, the time for talking with the far left is long gone.

From CNS News, Pelosi wants taxpayer-funded abortions.

From LifeZette, former Obama advisor David Axelrod calls Republicans who support President Trump's claims of election fraud "cowards".

From NewsBusters, networks parrot talking points from Hunter Biden's defense team.

From Canada Free Press, the cunning discrimination by the coronavirus.

From CBC News, the Canadian province of Alberta plans legislation to ban dangerous offenders from changing their names.

From The Conservative Woman, the U.K.'s lockdown fight goes on.

From the Evening Standard, Prime Minister Boris "the Spider" Johnson tells the U.K. to prepare for a no-deal Brexit.

From the Irish Examiner, the Irish public is urged to "be realistic" about this Christmas.

From The Brussels Times, a note from British King Charles II to the city of Bruges might not save Belgium's fishing industry.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands expels two Russian diplomats suspected of spying.

From CPH Post, no one has faced punishment for a train crash on the Storebæltsbroen that killed eight people last year.

From EuroNews, how has Finland's coalition government, headed by five female party leaders, fared in is first year?

From Radio Prague, the Czech Republic extends its coronavirus state of emergency to December 23rd.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovaks miss visiting the sea.

From Hungary Today, the Terminator campaigns for gyms in Hungary to reopen with precautions.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Telex.)

From ReMix, according to a poll, a large majority of Hungarians reject George Soros's proposal that the E.U. sanction Hungary.

From Russia Today, the Russian navy is expected to participate in drills hosted by Pakistan in 2021, which could also include some NATO countries.

From Free West Media, two Russian sociologists are released from captivity in Libya.

From Romania-Insider, Bucharest is expected to host the E.U.'s new cybersecurity center.

From The Sofia Globe, according to Health Minister Kostadin Angelov, about 47 percent of Bulgarian medical personnel want to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From Ekathimerini, according to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, where problems are, Turkey is.

From Balkan Insight, Romanian liberals want Finance Minister Florin Citu to head the country's next government.

From Malta Today, why former Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will dominate the headlines but not the elections.

From RFI, France will replace its coronavirus lockdown with nightly curfews, but will keep venues closed for three more weeks.

From Turkish Minute, thousands of businesses in the Turkish cities of İstanbul and Ankara will halt operations due to coronavirus measures.

From Euractiv, Turkish President Erdoğan calls for a change in leadership in Armenia.  (I wouldn't be surprised if more than a few Armenians want Turkey to have different leaders.)

From The Jerusalem Post, Israel and Morocco normalize their relations.

From Egypt Today, President Abdel El Sisi calls for financial incentives for Egyptians willing to replace their old cars with new ones that can run on either gasoline or natural gas.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, according to U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, there is no proof that Eritrean troops have been fighting in Ethiopian during the conflict in the region of Tigray.

From The New Arab, before there is any public memorial to the explosion four months ago, Beirut has to heal.

From IranWire, President Rouhani gives the green light for Iran to purchase a coronavirus vaccine.

From ANI, according to Home Minister Amit Shah, India's new parliament building will be a symbol of the country's self-reliance.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's health ministry issues new dietary guidelines.

From the Blitz, fantasies about Islam.

From The Straits Times, Singapore and the U.K. sign a trade deal.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian Health Minister Dr. Adham Baba is ordered into quarantine due to close contact with a person who had the coronavirus.

From Vietnam Plus, 150 pieces of unexploded ordinance are diffused in the Vietnamese province of Quang Tri.

From Gatestone Institute, does China have military bases in the Caribbean?

From The Stream, do the lives of black slaves matter?

From The Daily Signal, five reasons why more stimulus checks aren't the answer to the economic fallout from the coronavirus.

From HistoryNet, a historical look at the Army-Navy football rivalry.

From CBS Philly, four members of a drug trafficking gang face federal charges in the shooting death of a Philadelphia police sergeant.

From The Daily Wire, actor Kumail Nanjiani calls "traditional masculinity" a disease.

And from Fox News, a portable toilet company presents "The Jingle Johns".

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