Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Wednesday Wanderings

On the day when the presidential election is certified by congress, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Vice President Pence states that he does not have "the unilateral authority" to determine which electoral votes should be counted.

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election, says a former horse-race fixer.

From Townhall, Republicans objecting to the electoral vote certification remind Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) of her words from 2004.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Trump sanctions eight Chinese apps over data security concerns.

From the Washington Examiner, the case for Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) and the other GOP objectors.

From The Federalist, the Republican objectors have a point.

From American Thinker, are there vanishing votes in Georgia?

From CNS News, Trump recognizes the danger from ProFa.

From LifeZette, even while reports from the Georgia senatorial runoffs are not yet final, liberals already urge Justice Stephen Breyer to retire from the Supreme Court.

From NewsBusters, YouTube bans and then unbans the British channel talkRADIO.

From Canada Free Press, Pelosi claims to be "always praying for Trump".

From TeleSUR, the school year in Nicaragua will begin on February 1st.

From The Conservative Woman, coronavirus lockdown skeptics who accept vaccines hand the U.K. government a free gift.

From Free West Media, fake coronavirus vaccines are sold on the dark web.

From EuroNews, Romania will introduce a law banning "hate speech" against the Roma.  (I use quotes around "hate speech" because its definition can be subjective.  Will complaints about begging by the Roma, which I personally experienced during my travels in Europe, be called "hate speech"?)

From Euractiv, thousands of people in Romania and Bulgaria defy the coronavirus and celebrate the feast of the Epiphany.

From ReMix, could the crisis within Italy's left-wing coalition lead to a right-wing anti-immigration government?

From The New Arab, women's rights activists call for a boycott of the Saudi-hosted Dakar Rally.

From Gatestone Institute, optimism for normalization between Israel and Turkey is premature.

From Khaosod, police and Islamic authorities combine to back sharia in the Thai province of Yala.

From The Stream, some questions before "the election show".

From Space Daily, China gears up for at least 40 launches in 2021.

From Sino Daily, Chinese authorities arrest 50 opposition activists in Hong Kong.

From Military History Matters, the problems with the Dutch-built Swedish naval ship Vasa.

From CBS Evening News, a threat to fly a plane into the U.S. Capitol building allegedly in revenge for the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani is under investigation.  (via The Daily Wire)

From The Daily Wire, a woman is shot on the Capitol grounds, while protesters enter the Senate building.

From Breitbart, police use tear gas after protesters breach the Capitol building.

From the New York Post, President Trump urges protesters at the Capitol to "stay peaceful".

And from Veranda, thanks to the coronavirus, believe it or not, the U.S. has a new national park.

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