Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Tuesday Tidings

On President Trump's last full day in office, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the problems with left-wing fantasies of restricting speech.

From FrontpageMag, what President-elect Biden's immigration policies would do to America.

From Townhall, "why the left has to suppress free speech".

From The Washington Free Beacon, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo determines that China is committing crimes against humanity by oppressing the Uighurs.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) doesn't appreciate Capitol rioters going through his desk.

From The Federalist, eight strategies for the right during the Biden years.

From American Thinker, Biden's upcoming unjust actions on immigration.

From CNS News, congresscritter Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is "deeply troubled" by the apparent initial plans from the Biden administration.

From LifeZette, according to active Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, there is no intel suggesting any "insider" threat to the Biden inauguration.

From NewsBusters, violent products sold through Amazon.

From Canada Free Press, it's not yet goodbye to America.

From Global News, Canada will not receive any vaccines from Pfizer this month.

From TeleSUR, La Soufriere volcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent is becoming more active.

From The Conservative Woman, the degeneracy of sacrificing children on the coronavirus altar.

From the Evening Standard, according to his press secretary, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not take afternoon naps.

From EuroNews, with U.S. President Trump about to step down, the Trump baby blimp is retired to the Museum of London.  (I still say that it's nowhere as cool as Pink Floyd's pig balloon.)

From the Irish Examiner, a petition is started calling for immigrant healthcare workers to be fast-tracked for Irish citizenship.

From VRT NWS, efforts to decease the pigeon population in Leuven, Belgium have been successful.

From the NL Times, new coronavirus measures will be announced in the Netherlands tomorrow.

From ReMix, according to the new leader of the German party CDU, the E.U. needs Hungary and Poland.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Mandiner.)

From Hungary Today, 75 years ago today, Hungary started deporting ethnic Germans.

From Euractiv, Hungary raises concerns about alleged "shadow banning".

From Sputnik International, according to a watchdog, the Russian coronavirus vaccine EpiVacCorona has 100 percent efficacy.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Health Minister Kostadin Angelov presents an electronic coronavirus vaccination certificate.

From Ekathimerini, according to Greek official Alexandra Sdoukou, Greece is making strides in green energy.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, unrest grows in Romania's governing party PNL.

From Balkan Insight, the European Court of Human Rights rules that Romania was wrong to deny two transgenders recognition for their new identities because they hadn't undergone surgery.

From Total Slovenia News, authorities in Ljubljana, Slovenia evict squatters from an abandoned bicycle factory.

From Malta Today, according to a survey, the Maltese are the most eager people in Europe to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From Free West Media, a Swiss referendum could stop government-imposed coronavirus restrictions.

From RFI, France sticks to its coronavirus plans in a race between vaccines and the new more contagious strain of the virus.

From Turkish Minute, authorities in İstanbul, Turkey seek to detain a journalist for a Tweet mourning a woman killed by ISIS.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The Times Of Israel, the government of Israel extends its coronavirus lockdown until January 31st due to rising infection rates.

From Egypt Today, a delegation of foreign journalists, human rights activists and religious clerics reflect on their visit to Egypt's Torah Prison.

From The New Arab, an female Egyptian chef is arrested for allegedly serving desserts shaped like private parts.

From Radio Farda, according to the sister of a victim of the Flight 757 crash, money can't bring their loved ones back.

From Pakistan Today, the Election Commission of Pakistan responds to allegations from the party PDM.

From the Hindustan Times, nine Indian states and territories are doing well distributing coronavirus vaccines.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka will establish four new Courts of Appeal.

From Bare Naked Islam, according to a Muslim pundit on MSNBC, "MAGA terrorists" are more dangerous than al Qaeda because they have Fox News.

From The Straits Times, a new coronavirus cluster is found in Singapore.

From the Borneo Post, according to senior minister Ismail Sabri, all of Malaysia except the state of Sarawak is under a Movement Control Order due to increasing coronavirus cases.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam expects to earn the equivalent of U.S. $14.5 billion from forestry exports in 2021.

From Gatestone Institute, the detrimental effects of nuclear mythology.

From The Stream, the U.S. is in a battle for truth.

From HistoryNet, a Navy ship will be named after Marine who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War.

From The Daily Signal, the Trump administration made foster children a priority, and so should the Biden administration.

From Breitbart, according to the U.K. government, empty store shelves are caused by coronavirus lockdowns, not Brexit.

From CBS Philly, New Jersey's homeland security director discusses the state's plans for dealing with extremism ahead of Inauguration Day.

From AP News, the Capitol rioter who stole Speaker Pelosi's (D-Cal) laptop is arrested, but the laptop itself hasn't been found.  (via The Daily Wire)

From Newsmax, the large caravan of Honduran migrants largely dissolves in Guatemala, with only "small groups" continuing northward.

From Fox News, four men in North Carolina are arrested after a dead body is found in their car.

From WABC-TV, President-elect Biden chooses Pennsylvania's health secretary as an assistant federal health secretary, who would be the first open transgender to be confirmed by the Senate.

From the New York Post, a young Dutch woman person creates a gender-neutral deck of cards.

And from YouTube, President Trump's farewell address.

No comments:

Post a Comment