Monday, March 1, 2021

Stories For The Start Of March

As we all start Marching, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Republicans in Michigan call for an investigation of Governor Gretchen Whitmer's (D) nursing home policy.

From FrontpageMag, Presidents Reagan and Trump have been defenders of America.

From Townhall, migrants from outside the Americas are heading toward President Biden's new border.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Chinese-American held hostage in Iran attributes his detention in that country to the money given to it by the Obama administration.

From the Washington Examiner, lawmakers from border districts urge Biden to reopen the borders with Mexico and Canada.  (He appears to have already opened them to would-be illegal aliens, so why not also open them to law-abiding citizens of Mexico, Canada and the U.S.?)

From The Federalist, no, Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis) did not promote any "conspiracy theory" about the Capitol riot being pre-planned.

From American Thinker, former President Trump defines "Trumpism".

From CNS News, 42 congresscritters ask Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) to remove the razor wire fencing around the Capitol building, but she gives no response.

From LifeZette, in Texas, Biden has some trouble speaking.

From NewsBusters, the media shamelessly cover up New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's (D) nursing home scandal.

From Canada Free Press, large numbers of flu cases are re-labeled at coronavirus cases.

From Global News, a suspect in an arson against a synagogue in Montreal is found not criminally responsible.

From TeleSUR, ten people are injured when a float crashes at a protest against Haitian President Jovenel Moise.

From The Conservative Woman, there is no vaccine to protect the British from Lord Deben.

From the Evening Standard, U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock hails coronavirus vaccines as the number of elderly people hospitalized drops 80 percent.

From the Irish Examiner, Fine Gael dáilcritters warn the Irish government that "the public has been lost".  (Ireland's legislature is known as the Dáil, which means "assembly".  Thus, a dáilcritter is the Irish equivalent of a U.S. congresscritter.  Similarly, Poland has sejmcritters, Russia has dumacritters, India has sabhacritters, Israel has knessetcritters and many countries have parliamentcritters.)

From The Brussels Times, according to Walloon Health Minister Christie Morreale, Belgium's coronavirus vaccination campaign "needs to be reset".

From Dutch News, six Dutch party leaders hold a televised debate, but cameos by ordinary voters steal the show.

From Free West Media, a German Green party politician supports a ban on single-family homes while living in one.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, migrants in Germany increasingly target homeless and handicapped people for attacks.

From the CPH Post, radioactive dust from the Sahara reaches Denmark.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian coronavirus-skeptic vlogger György Gődény and his followers demonstrate against coronavirus restrictions in Budapest.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Telex.)

From Russia Today, according to a poll, most Russians believe that the coronavirus is a bioweapon.

From Euractiv, Russian dissident Alexey Navalny will serve his prison sentence in the Moscow suburb of Pokrov.

From Romania Insider, the Romanian public will be able to register for coronavirus vaccination starting in mid-March.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Digi24.)

From Ekathimerini, hospitals in the Greek region of Attica struggle with rising coronavirus admissions.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Stabilization and Association Council between Albania and the E.U. holds its 11th meeting.

From Balkan Insight, Albanian opposition parties unite to oppose Prime Minister Edi Rama in the country's elections coming in April.

From Malta Today, a suspicious package from the U.K. intercepted in Malta was for the birds.

From ANSA, the Mausoleum of Augustus, built by the first Roman emperor, reopens to the public.

From ReMix, did former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini his electorate by joining the new government led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi?

From RFI, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is convicted on charges of corruption and abuse of office and faces a year in prison.

From EuroNews, the above mentioned radioactive dust from the Sahara reaches France, whose nuclear testing in its former colony of Algeria may have created it.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish student is indicted for allegedly supporting protests at Boğaziçi University in İstanbul on social media.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From Armenpress, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan organizes a rally at Republican Square in Yerevan, Armenia.

From The Syrian Observer, a Russian helicopter makes an emergency landing in the Syrian region of Hassakeh due to technical difficulties.

From The Times Of Israel, Israel's High Court rules that converts to the Conservative and Reform sects of Judaism must be regarded as Jews for citizenship purposes.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel El-Sisi orders the postponing of the enforcement of a new real estate registration law.

From The New Arab, despite security and coronavirus concerns, Pope Francis still plans to visit Iraq.

From IranWire, a translator and a film maker receive long prison sentences in Iran.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Supreme Court upholds a planned secret ballot in the country's senatorial elections.

From British Pakistani Christians, a 16-year-old boy in Pakistan convicted of blasphemy is released on bail.

From ANI, protesters demanding that a road be widened clash with police in Gairsain, Uttarakhand, India.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan politician Ruwan Wijewardene warns against quarrying limestone near the Victoria Dam.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian province of Bali starts drive-through coronavirus vaccinations for hospitality workers.

From The Straits Times, according to Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore will not be intimidated into approving any particular coronavirus vaccine.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's number of new coronavirus cases falls to the lowest level since January 5th.

From Vietnam Plus, Hanoi will allow restaurants to reopen starting tomorrow under "certain requirements".

From Gatestone Institute, President Biden's emergencies.

From The Stream, what congresscritter Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) doesn't understand about poverty.

From The Daily Signal, what Star Parker thinks of reparations.

From SmallBizDaily, keeping coronavirus stress out of communication with your customers.

From CBS Philly, prosecutors in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania determine that a policeman was justified in killing a man wielding "a samurai-type sword".  (This would be the reverse of the situation described in the song China Grove, in which "the sheriff and his buddies" used samurai swords.)

From the New York Post, Mr. and Mrs. President Trump received coronavirus vaccinations before leaving the White House.

From Fox News, a laid-off pipeline worker claims that the Biden administration has taken away his livelihood.

And from The Babylon Bee, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) assures the public that he has always kept his mask on while sexually harassing women.

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