Monday, February 22, 2021

Monday Mania

On a Monday on which snow and graupel have turned to rain, here are some things going on:

From National Review, who would want to harass Catholic nuns?

From FrontpageMag, President Biden cripples enforcement of immigration law.

From Townhall, Justices Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch dissent from the Supreme Court's decision not to hear two election cases involving Pennsylvania.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal), who claims to be against gerrymandering, funnels money to a Democrat gerrymandering group.

From the Washington Examiner, despite Democrat control of the Senate, Biden's cabinet is still mostly empty.

From The Federalist, by offering amnesty to illegal aliens currently in the U.S., Democrats set up a huge immigration crisis.

From American Thinker, New York's Mr. Bill's attempt to get at former President Trump by shutting skating rinks managed by the Trump organization blows up in his face.

From CNS News, the U.N. Human Rights Council shows its selective concern.

From LifeZette, White House press secretary Jen Psaki won't answer if Biden still thinks that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) is still the "gold standard for leadership".

From NewsBusters, YouTube censors a Newsmax interview with Trump.

From Canada Free Press, a Biden administration official denied a request from Texas to fire up more fossil fuel electric generators.

From CBC News, a fireball is seen over central Canada.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan troops find a spy selling information to Colombia.

From The Conservative Woman, should Prince Harry and Meghan Markle be called nothing more than "Mr." and "Mrs."?

From the Express, the U.K. House of Commons considers requiring proof of coronavirus vaccination in order for people to enter pubs.

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish gardaí will continue highly visible patrols around beauty spots.

From VRT NWS, about a third of the people invited to receive a coronavirus vaccination at a center in Veurne, Belgium don't show up.

From Euractiv, Belgian Catholics contest a 15-person limit for attending services at the "cavernous" Brussels basilica.

From the NL Times, hundreds of people illegally party at Vondelpark in Amsterdam.

From Deutsche Welle, day care centers and elementary schools reopen in 10 German states.

From Free West Media, ProFa attacks an AfD candidate in Schorndorf, Germany.

From the CPH Post, dust from the Sahara arrives in Denmark.

From EuroNews, Sweden charges a man with selling industrial information to a Russian diplomat.

From Polskie Radio, Polish customs authorities confiscate 1.8 million packs of cigarettes.

From Radio Prague, the Czech government approves two variants of a new electoral law.

From The Slovak Spectator, go swinging in Oščadnica, Slovakia.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian parliament passes a law to extend the country's coronavirus measures.

From ReMix, pro-family policies in Hungary have almost doubled the country's marriage rate.

From Russia Today, according to Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, civil servants should not weigh more than 100 kilograms.

From Romania-Insider, Romania's Iasi Airport will be expanded.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Economica.)

From Novinite, what will change when eco-stickers are required for vehicles in Bulgaria?

From the Greek Reporter, protesters clash with police in Thessaloniki, Greece over an education bill.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, miners in Romania continue their strike.

From Balkan Insight, hospitals in Kosovo take in patients from Albania.

From Total Croatia News, tips for visiting Dubrovnik, Croatia in 2021.  (Yours truly went there in 2007.)

From Total Slovenia News, how to safely hike in Slovenia.

From the Malta Independent, a U.N. report connects Malta with an operation to supply weapons to Libyan rebel commander Khalifa Hifter.

From ANSA, Italy's ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and a Carabiniere are killed in an attack on a World Food Programme convoy.

From SwissInfo, a Swiss parliamentary committee will discuss a possible effort to decolonize the country's museums.

From France24, Europeans go on coronavirus breaks.

From El País, Spain's governing coalition endures internal strife.

From The Portugal News, when in Portugal, don't use your phone while driving.

From Morocco World News, the Polisario Front marches children in a military parade.

From Hürriyet Daily News, people in Turkey continue to violate the country's coronavirus curfew.

From Rûdaw, the Kurdistan Region criticizes the Iraqi government's rapid push to close camps for displaced people.

From Armenpress, Armenian and Artsakh representatives meet to discuss emergency prevention.

From In-Cyprus, Limassol, Cyprus gets a dog park.

From The Syrian Observer, a coronavirus vaccination drive will soon start in the Syrian region of Idleb.

From The Jerusalem Post, witness testimony in the trial of Prime Minister Netanyahu will start after Israel's next elections.

From the Egypt Independent, the Egyptian health ministry warns of a third wave of the coronavirus.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the U.S. stops former President Trump's dam aid freeze.

From the Saudi Gazette, more women in Saudi Arabia are joining the country's civil service.

From The New Arab, the view from Gaza on the Palestinian elections.

From IranWire, tales of forbidden love between Muslims and Zoroastrians in Iran.

From Dawn, Baloch protesters end their sit-in in Islamabad, Pakistan after Prime Minister Imran Khan agrees to meet them.

From NBC News, four women who ran empowerment workshops in Pakistan are killed while passing through the town of Mirali.

From Khaama Press, negotiators for the Afghan government and the Taliban meet in Doha, Qatar.

From ANI, India's Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully launches a VL-SRSAM missile.

From OpIndia and the "you can't make this up" department, an online petition requests that Islamabad, Pakistan change its name to Islamagood.

From the Dhaka Tribune, local pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh push for the production of generic coronavirus vaccines.

From the Colombo Page, the Sri Lankan committee to study the report on the Easter Sunday terror attacks is given a "wide ranging mandate".

From Coconuts KL, according to Malaysian parliamentcritter Mukhriz Mahathir, a government statement that polygamy is for sexually active men is a reason why Islam is misunderstood.

From The Jakarta Post, the Bank Mandiri distributes aid to flood victims in the greater Jakarta area.

From Free Malaysia Today, a Malayan tiger is found with gunshot wounds and is taken for treatment.

From The Mainichi, a court rules against welfare cuts in the Japanese prefecture of Osaka.

From Gatestone Institute, why Iran considers U.S. President Biden to be weak.

From The Stream, don't hold your breath waiting to learn the full story of the Capitol breach.

From The Daily Signal, the appointment of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to Secretary of Health and Human Services is a threat to crisis pregnancy centers.

From The American Conservative, the looming insurgency in Ethiopia.

From Newsmax, the White House calls for a moment of silence to mark 500,000 coronavirus-related deaths.

From The Daily Wire, according to an opinion column, the problem with the coronavirus wasn't Dr. Fauci, but the politicians "hiding behind him", and Senator Ted Cruz's (R-TX) home is besieged by protesters and a mariachi band.

From the New York Post, TV host Meghan McCain is no fan of Dr. Fauci.

And from The Babylon Bee, National Beverage Corporation's LaCroix division tells its employees to be more white.

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