Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Tuesday Things

As the weather turns more mild on a Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, it's time to remove the National Guard from Capitol Hill.

From FrontpageMag, the second Trump impeachment, like the Russia hoax, was a false pretext.

From Townhall, Axios covers for Vice President Harris after she lies about then-President Trump's coronavirus vaccine distribution plan.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senior partners at a firm hired to "review" the Lincoln project scandal have been among its donors.

From the Washington Examiner, what's behind the massive power outages in Texas?

From The Federalist, an immigrant from China explains why she likes singing the National Anthem at sporting events.

From American Thinker, more on the power outages in Texas.

From CNS News, congresscritter Michael Waltz (R-FL) gives Capitol Hill a new name.

From LifeZette, after the impeach trial, Democrats go into disarray.

From NewsBusters, the hateful items allowed by Amazon.

From Canada Free Press, former President Obama works on the next power grab.

From Global News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unveils his latest gun control measures.

From TeleSUR, indigenous Ecuadorians march to demand a vote recount.  (Apparently, objecting to the results of an election is okay for some people.)

From The Conservative Woman, the lies and blunders of former President Trump's accusers.  (Normally, I like to use TCW for stories from the U.K., but none of their columns for today seemed as interesting as this one.)

From the Evening Standard, travelers quarantined at a hotel in Scotland are allowed to leave after one day.

From the Irish Examiner, the Irish cabinet is confused over whether schools will reopen on March 1st.

From The Brussels Times, a burglar in Ghent, Belgium gets some instant karma.  (If you read Flemish, read the story at Nieuwsblad.)

From Dutch News, a court in The Hague rules against the Dutch government's coronavirus curfew.

From ReMix, violence by migrants against train staff could result in the cancelation of service to some Swedish towns.

From Hungary Today, Hungary and Poland sign a pact for military cooperation.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Magyar Hírlap.)

From Sputnik International, Siberian scientists start studying mummified animal remains in search of paleoviruses.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria reportedly wants to start mass coronavirus vaccination in March.

From Ekathimerini, more global warming is expected for Athens, Greece.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to North Macedonian Foreign Minister Bujar Osmani, the Action Plan with Bulgaria is 99 percent agreed on.

From Balkan Insight, Bosniak parties plan to boycott elections in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina due to alleged fraud.

From Malta Today, Maltese educators will start being vaccinated against the coronavirus by the end of February.

From Free West Media, a referendum in Switzerland will decide whether to make public the nationality and origin of people who break the law.

From RFI, a court tells the mayor of Perpignan, France to close the museums that he opened.

From EuroNews, the French parliament passes a bill intended to crack down on Islamic radicalism.

From Euractiv, the next generation of AI in the E.U.

From Turkish Minute, a former teacher in prison for links to the Gülen movement dies from the coronavirus weeks before his release date.

From The Times Of Israel, the Israeli cabinet votes on a classified humanitarian issue related to Syria.

From Egypt Today, an Egyptian man is arrested for allegedly trying to ride his donkey from Cairo to Aswan.

From The New Arab, the Syrian government is reportedly confiscating and selling land belonging to displaced people.

From The Express Tribune, the Pakistani government decides to not renew former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's passport.

From Union of Catholic Asia News, Islamic clerics call for an investigation into blasphemy cases after police raid a shoe store in northwestern Pakistan.

From the Hindustan Times, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, small farmers are already benefiting from India's new farm laws.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan navy will not be withdrawn from the port of Hambantota.

From The Straits Times, Myanmar police file another charge against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's Movement Control Order is extended until March 4th in three states and the capital of Kuala Lumpur.

From Vietnam Plus, traffic accidents decrease in Vietnam during the week-long Tet holiday.

From Gatestone Institute, what real education would mean for the Palestinians.

From The Stream, the questions we should be asking about coronavirus restrictions.

From HistoryNet, remembering the Battle of Iwo Jima on its 76th anniversary.

From Space Daily, evidence is found in Australia of a magnetic pole reversal that occurred 41,000 years ago.

From Fox News, according to a study, coronavirus lockdowns led to an increase in alcohol use.

From AP News, authorities in Belarus raid the homes of journalists and activists.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?  The story comes via The Daily Wire.)

From The Daily Wire, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem defends Mount Rushmore.

From Newsmax, according to former Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, the power outages in Texas were "avoidable".

And from the New York Post, in Amsterdam, a scantily clad skater learns the hard way about thin ice.

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