Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Tuesday Links

On a cool cloudy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, despite his talk of "unity", President Biden seems to have no gratitude for anything positive inherited from former President Trump.

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats besiege federalism.

From Townhall, Biden's border czar admits that the Mexican drug cartels and human smugglers are adapting faster than we are.

From The Washington Free Beacon and the "be careful what you ask for" department, the ACLU asks the Supreme Court to end male-only military draft registration.

From the Washington Examiner, why we haven't seen any photos from inside the federal migrant holding facilities.

From The Federalist, the Democrats cannot legitimately claim that the migrant crisis is Trump's fault.

From American Thinker, say "hi" to President Cloward and Vice President Piven.

From CNS News, congresscritter Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) suggests that Biden brings Air Force 1 to the southern border.

From LifeZette, Trump criticizes The Washington Post for now-corrected story accusing him of tampering with the Georgia elections.

From NewsBusters, a CNN reporters presses the Biden White House on the border situation.

From Canada Free Press, if ProFa is not real, who burnt those businesses to the ground?

From Global News, Canada allows the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to be used on people aged 65 and up.

From TeleSUR, in protest of increased gas prices and tolls, truck drivers block highways in Peru.

From The Conservative Woman, stories about coronavirus variants cannot be used to keep people oppressed.

From Snouts in the Trough, the author of SitT chooses the subject of his next book.

From the Evening Standard, according to Welsh Secretary Simon Hart, asylum seekers will be moved out of military barracks in Wales.

From the Irish Examiner, Taoiseach Micheál Martin urges the Irish people to avoid gathering for St. Patrick's Day.

From The Brussels Times, virologist Marc Van Ranst explains Belgium's decision to continue using the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine.

From Dutch News, Dutch Home Affairs Minister Kajsa Ollongren changes the rules for counting postal votes.

From EuroNews, will Dutch voters choose change during the current pandemic?

From ReMix, Slovakia's government crisis deepens as the Freedom and Solidarity party asks for the resignation of Prime Minister Igor Matovič.

From Hungary Today, despite coronavirus closures, Hungarians did not stay home.  (If you read Hungarian, read a related story at Portfolio.)

From Euractiv, Hungary and Poland win a court case against the European Commission about turnover taxes.

From Sputnik International, Twitter is given a month to comply with Russian law or get banned.

From The Sofia Globe, 27 of Bulgaria's 28 districts are coronavirus "red zones".

From Ekathimerini, Pantheion University calls for a return to classroom teaching and learning.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša attends a meeting on coronavirus vaccines in Vienna.

From Balkan Insight, Bosnia and Herzegovina signs an agreement with Turkey to construct a highway from Sarajevo, B&H to Belgrade, Serbia.

From Malta Today, Malta's two fishing coops disagree on a renewable tuna quota for small boats.

From RFI, a new coronavirus variant is identified in the French region of Brittany.

From Free West Media, illegal migrants on the Spanish island of Tenerife turn violent.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco takes part in the U.S. military exercise Obangame Express.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish jewelers are irked at plans to require them to deposit 500 grams of gold with state-run banks as a "security".

From The Times Of Israel and the "Jews in space" department, Israel will launch three satellites into earth orbit, each of which will use one gram of fuel per day.

From Egypt Today, Palestinian factions sign a "pact of honor" in Cairo, Egypt.

From The New Arab, Libya's Government of National Accord hands power over to the new Government of National Unity.

From IranWire, the Iranian Bowling Billiards and Boules Federation "panics" as an Iranian plays snooker against an Israeli.

From Pakistan Today, the Sindh provincial cabinet decides to engage private hospitals and labs for mass coronavirus vaccination.

From India Today, according to a report by IQAir, New Delhi, India is the world's most polluted capital city.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka's ambassador to Myanmar decides to quit after just two weeks on the job.

From Gatestone Institute, yes, the Houthi rebels in Yemen are terrorists, and backed by Iran.

From The Straits Times, 20 more anti-coup protesters are killed in Myanmar.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia reports 1,063 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily number so far this year.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese officials hail their country's cooperation with Russia on national defense and security.

From The Stream, how to keep "progressives" from taking us to the end of Western civilization.

From Space War, the U.S. and Japan warn China about "coercion and destabilising behaviour".  (My spellchecker doesn't like the British spelling of those last two words, but to quote the article accurately, I must spell them that way.)

From The American Conservative, no, the U.S. should not intervene on behalf of rebels in Syria.

From The Daily Signal, former President Trump, not current President Biden, deserves credit for the progress against the coronavirus.

From the New York Post, JetBlue considers moving some jobs from New York City to Florida.

From Newsmax, the reboot of the platform Parler is cast as a fight for free speech.

From Breitbart, according to Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), the border situation is a crisis, both humanitarian and of national security.

From The Daily Wire, Moderna starts administering its coronavirus vaccine to children.

From Fox News, the Hubble Space Telescope's science operations and camera are back online after a "software error".

And from the Genesius Times, lobotomies and other ways to celebrate the first anniversary of "15 days to flatten the curve".

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