Thursday, March 11, 2021

Thursday Links

On a warm sunny Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, in the coronavirus "relief" bill, a large amount of money is given to the states - on one condition.

From FrontpageMag, President Biden's border policies have resulted in the "spiraling tsunami" that former President Trump predicted.

From Townhall, Biden plans to sign the coronavirus "relief" bill a day earlier than previously planned.

From The Washington Free Beacon and possibly the "conflict of interest" department, the wife of HHS secretarial nominee Xavier Becerra sits on the board of an advocacy group that pushed his nomination.

From the Washington Examiner, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) votes to advance Becerra's nomination anyway.

From The Federalist, the courts repeatedly refused to consider the merits of the cases filed on behalf of Trump's campaign.

From American Thinker, the "two forgotten wrongs" in the case of George Floyd.

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), what's happening at the border "is a created crisis".

From LifeZette, according to Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the allegations against Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) must be "carefully looked at".

From NewsBusters, how TV news helped Biden sell his coronavirus spending bill.

From Canada Free Press, CNN and Fox News are starting to sound alike.

From CTV News, a Canadian court stays the deportation order against a Colombian-born mother of a young child.

From TeleSUR, Venezuelan President Maduro signs a decree to recycle scrap metal.

From The Conservative Woman, like the BBC, ITV wants to change how the British think.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the U.K. government prioritizes the homeless along with high-risk adults for coronavirus vaccination.

From Leading Britain's Conversation, according to Mayor Sadiq Khan, the streets of London, U.K. are not safe "for women or for girls".  (via The Daily Wire)

From Free West Media, a Syrian migrant allegedly stabs a teacher in a German language school in Mölln, Germany.

From ReMix, Polish MEP Zbigniew Kuźmiuk condemns false claims about "LGBT-free zones" in Poland.  (If you read Polish better than yours truly does, read the story at Do Rzeczy.)

From About Hungary, according to State Secretary Zoltán Kovács, Hungary's coronavirus vaccination program is among the most successful in Europe.

From The Moscow Times, according to a poll, support for Russia's governing party has dropped to a level previously seen before the annexation of Crimea.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria sees a spike in its coronavirus death rate.

From the Greek City Times, two Afghan migrants are each sentenced to five years for setting a fire that destroyed the Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesvos.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Karl Erjavec steps down as leader of the Pensioner's Party in Slovenia.

From Balkan Insight, the European Court of Human Rights fines the Montenegrin special police unit SAJ for mishandling protests in 2015.

From Euractiv, the Spanish pharmaceutical company Zendal is reportedly interested in producing the first Russian coronavirus vaccination.

From EuroNews, places that have some interesting, to say the least, names.

From The Jerusalem Post, 10 things to know about the "jittery" peace between Israel and Jordan.

From The New Arab, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu cancels his trip to the UAE after Jordan blocks its airspace.  (Yes, the peace between Israel and Jordan appears to be "jittery".)

From Palestinian Media Watch, the Palestinian Authorities increases the salaries given to the two men who killed the Fogel family in 2011.

From Dawn, Pakistan records over 2,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time since January.

From the Hindustan Times, several districts in the Indian state of Maharashtra announce new coronavirus curbs.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkish President Erdoğan's war on peace.

From The Stream, would you take a vaccine based on the experiments done by Dr, Josef Mengele?

From The American Conservative, President Biden should withdrawn U.S. military forces from Iraq.

From Fox News, using a "controlled environment", the NCAA goes ahead with its conference basketball tournaments.

From Newsmax, the general who heads the National Guard pushes back on the Pentagon's decision to keep NG troops at the Capitol building.

From Breitbart, according to Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal), the coronavirus "relief" bill is "on the par with the Affordable Care Act".  (Considering that both were, or will be, shoved up America's wazoo, I pretty much agree with her.)

From The Daily Wire, the latest sexual misconduct accusation against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) is referred to police.  (The article links to a story in The New York Times, but you have to subscribe in order to read it.)

And from the New York Post, a "massive computer hack" disrupts beer production at Molson Coors.

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