Saturday, January 23, 2021

Links For A Cold Saturday

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

From National Review, the consequences of global citizenship rhetoric are not benign.

From Townhall, rural America should prepare for President Biden's proposed new tax.

From the Washington Examiner, five former junior White House staffers set up former President Trump's office at Mar-a-Lago.

From The Federalist, podcaster Kmele Foster undermines the argument for prioritizing coronavirus vaccine distribution by race.

From American Thinker, the awful lessons from the last five years.

From CNS News, Larry King goes to the broadcast booth in the sky.

From LifeZette, Republican lawmakers back a tough anti-riot bill.

From NewsBusters, podcaster Joe Rogan smacks down Big Tech censorship.

From Canada Free Press, the Democrats have been denying reality for four years.

From TeleSUR, Brazilians march calling for President Jair Bolsonaro's impeachment.

From The Conservative Woman, former U.K. shadow attorney general Shami Charkrabarti rolls out the F-word.

From the Express, European parliamentcritters get angry after the U.K. island of Jersey bans French fishing vessels from its waters.

From the (Irish) Independent, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, schools in Ireland will not fully reopen before St. Patrick's Day.

From The Brussels Times, a Belgian reformist movement calls for a maximum income tax of 33 percent.

From Dutch News, the Netherlands will have to rethink its coronavirus vaccine strategy due to delays with the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.

From Deutsche Welle, Germans want more dogs and cats.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, 200 people are allowed to worship at a mosque in Röthenbach, Germany, but only 70 are allowed to worship in a church.  (If you read German, read the story at NordBayern.)

From Polskie Radio, Poland is ready to accept a Pole in a coma from the U.K.

From Radio Prague, about 200 people protest the detention of dissident Alexey Navalny in front of the Russian embassy in Prague.

From Daily News Hungary, caterers in Hungary intend to reopen even with a coronavirus lockdown in effect.

From Russia Today, police in Moscow detain Navalny supporters protesting to demand his release.

From EuroNews, over 2,600 pro-Navalny protesters are arrested in Russia.

From Novinite, a unit at the Kozloduy nuclear reactor in northwestern Bulgaria resumes operation.

From the Greek Reporter, British travelers hope to visit the Greek island of Crete after Europe's coronavirus lockdown is lifted.

From Total Croatia News, Zagreb, Croatia is among the top three European capitals having the cleanest tourist accommodations.

From Total Slovenia News, the Slovenian women's ski jumping team wins the World Cup team event.

From the Malta Independent, Malta establishes Reuse Centres for discarded objects.

From SwissInfo, childcare workers want priority for coronavirus vaccination.

From RFI, politicians, police and others become "fork gangsters" in Paris by illegally eating at restaurants.  (Coronavirus restrictions are apparently only for the little people.)

From Free West Media, the E.U. ignores its own rules on political neutrality.

From Morocco World News, photos from Morocco without tourists in 2020.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, the Turkish navy will be strong with five major projects coming in the next five years.

From Rûdaw, tourists return to the Habbaniyah resort in Iraq.

From Arutz Sheva, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is expect to demand the closure of Ben Gurion Airport.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt will reportedly start vaccinating medical personnel against the coronavirus starting tomorrow.

From the Saudi Gazette, the organization KSrelief provides medical services at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.

From The New Arab, according to Saudi TV, a missile or a drone was intercepted over the city of Riyadh.

From IranWire, an Iranian transgender woman has a difficult road.

From The Express Tribune, China promises to "speed up" the export of its coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, according to Afghani First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, the Taliban is indoctrinating children to commit violent acts.

From India Today, Indian army soldiers carry a woman and her newborn child through heavy snowfall in the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka will receive 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from India.

From RAIR Foundation USA, protests and riots break out in Tunisia.

From The Straits Times, the Hong Kong government puts the district of Jordan under lockdown for mandatory coronavirus testing.

From the Borneo Post, a seven-year-old Malaysian boy with leukemia gets a ride in a police car.

From Vietnam Plus, border guards in the Vietnamese province of Soc Trang give national flags and portraits of the late President Ho Chi Minh to fishermen in the district of Tran De.

From Gatestone Institute, French schools undergo a religious transformation.

From The Stream, after speaking about "unity", President Biden signs a divisive executive order.

From Breitbart, Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) points out the consequences of canceling the Keystone XL pipeline.

From Fox News, Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) is criticized for prioritizing teachers over the elderly for coronavirus vaccinations.

From Fox 5, over 5,000 National Guard troops will stay in D.C. through mid-March.  (via The Daily Wire)

From the New York Post, homeowners in the Hamptons go NIMBY about bird-choppers.

And from Africa Explained, Tanzania embezzles €27 million from the E.U. and declares itself to be free of the coronavirus.

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