Monday, February 8, 2021

Monday Mania

Including the start of former President Trump's second impeachment trial, here are some manic things going on:

From National Review, Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) decides that he has had enough for one lifetime.

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats find their Reichstag fire.

From Townhall, challenging election results is not a threat to democracy when done by Democrats.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Biden's the DOJ's civil rights chief opposed enforcing civil rights laws against blacks who allegedly violated them.

From the Washington Examiner, Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union reach a tentative agreement to reopen classrooms.

From The Federalist, former President Trump's defense team decries the impeachment as "political theater".

From American Thinker, if the 2020 presidential election was legit, why are Democrats acting so guilty?

From CNS News, canceling the Keystone XL pipeline will increase carbon dioxide emissions.  (The article's title omits "dioxide" after "carbon", but does include the formula "CO2".)

From LifeZette, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) point out the hypocrisy of impeaching Trump while ignoring alleged incitement to violence by three Democrats.

From NewsBusters, CNN legal analyst Ben Ginsberg reveals his fantasy about Trump and his supporters.

From Canada Free Press, Democrats are not really impeaching but criminalizing Trump.

From CBC News, a polar vortex brings record low temperatures to Canada's prairie provinces.

From TeleSUR, Mexico and Canada agree to continue their seasonal worker program.

From The Conservative Woman, U.K. newspapers don't dare bite the hand that feeds them.

From the Evening Standard, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is confident about all the coronavirus vaccines used in the U.K.

From the (Irish) Independent, according to Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronan Glynn, Ireland has passed the worst of the coronavirus disease.

From VRT NWS, global warming makes commuting difficult for Belgians.

From the NL Times, global warming strikes the Netherlands.

From the CPH Post, hundreds of cars cross unchecked between Denmark and Germany at night.

From Free West Media, the Swedish media underreports hate crimes against Christian churches.  (If you read Swedish, read a related story at Sveriges Riksdag.)

From EuroNews, Germany, Poland and Sweden show Russia that expelling diplomats is a two-way street.

From Polskie Radio, global warning strikes Poland.

From ReMix, an attempt to transform pro-abortion protests in Poland into an "anti-government social movement" fails dismally.

From Radio Prague, the director of the Jewish Museum in Prague slams a statement by Czech labor minister Jana Maláčová comparing the coronavirus pandemic to World War II.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia prolongs its coronavirus curfew.

From Daily News Hungary, the Budapest city government prepares a package to reopen the city's hospitality industry.

From Russia Today, the founder of the Russian party Yabloko criticizes dissident Alexey Navalny.  (The party's name resembles the Polish word jabłko, which means "apple".)

From Romania-Insider, according to Prime Minister Florin Citu, Romania will try to produce a coronavirus domestically.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Digi24 and a related story at Ziarul Financiar.)

From Novinite, Bulgarian Vice Prime Minister Tomislav Donchev tests positive for the coronavirus.

From the Greek Reporter, Greek actor George Kimoulis is booted from the Athens and Epidaurus festival.  (Epidaurus is the site of an ancient theatre.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bosnia and Herzegovina is granted a new loan for the recovery of small and medium-sized businesses.

From Balkan Insight, the Romanian Orthodox Church is urged to change its baptismal ritual after a baby drowns.

From Total Slovenia News, today's headlines in Slovenia.

From Malta Today, scientists study threats to the habitat of Maltese crabs.

From ANSA, Italian Prime Minister-designate Mario Draghi starts a second round of talks for forming a new government.

From France24, heavy flooding strikes southwestern France as Paris goes on flood alert.

From El País, the Spanish "far right" party Vox gains ground ahead of elections in the region of Catalonia.

From The Portugal News, President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will discuss extending Portugal's coronavirus lockdown.

From Euractiv, sales of electric vehicles jump to above 10 percent in the E.U.'s market.

From Turkish Minute, the Turkish pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party launches the "justice for everyone" campaign.

From Rûdaw, Pope Francis plans to hold mass in Erbil, Iraq.

From Armenpress, Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan and Georgian Ambassador to Armenia Giorgi Saganelidze discuss a transport corridor between the Persian Gulf and the Black Sea.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus receives 7,200 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.

From The Syrian Observer, the new 5,000-pound banknote sends prices rising and the Syrian pound falling.

From The Times Of Israel, the Israeli cabinet is likely to approves a partial reopening of schools starting this coming Thursday.

From Egypt Today, President Abdel al-Sisi tours Egypt's New Administrative Capital to observe the progress in its construction.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Airlines is allowed to carry Kenyan flowers to Europe.

From The New Arab, ISIS terrorists ambush and kill 26 fighters aligned with the Syrian government.

From IranWire, the sentencing of eight Baha'is to prison in Iran sets a dismal legal precident.

From The Express Tribune, according to Shah Mahmood Qureshi, foreign elements are patronizing terrorism in Pakistan using land in Afghanistan.

From the Hindustan Times, studies suggest that glacial retreat will accelerate in the Himalayas.

From the Daily Mirror, according to former Sports Minister Harin Fernando, Sri Lankan politics needs a complete revamp.

From Coconuts Bali, an Indonesian actress is warned that posing in a bikini might corrupt her daughter.

From The Straits Times, as martial law is imposed, the leader of Myanmar's junta promises new elections.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's plantation sector may be allowed to hire foreign workers once the threat from the coronavirus is contained.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnam completes the first phase of human trials for a homegrown coronavirus vaccine.

From Gatestone Institute, if you thought that the 2020 elections were crazy, you ain't seen nothing yet.

From The Stream, President Trump's impeachment trial, "the sequel".

From The Daily Signal, the left's lack of civility has a long history.

From SmallBizDaily, 16 ways to communicate kindly at work.

From The American Conservative, what President Biden can learn from President John Quincy Adams.

From Newsmax, the Congressional Budget Office estimates mixed results from a $15 per hour minimum wage.

From the New York Post, law enforcement reportedly failed to act on intelligence received ahead of the Capitol building riot.  (The article includes a link to a story in The Wall Street Journal, which requires subscription if you want to read it.)

From Fox News, coronavirus-era hypocrisy goes on display over gatherings for the Super Bowl and for celebrating Joe Biden's electoral victory.

From The Daily Wire, what conservatives can learn about liberty from the #MeToo movement.

From Breitbart, imagine the fun of sleeping on a David Hogg pillow with a gun under it.

And from The Babylon Bee, a list of the Chicago Teachers Union's nine demands.

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