Monday, April 19, 2021

Monday Links

On a mild partly sunny Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signs an "anti-riot" bill into law.

From FrontpageMag, fascism has come to America.

From Townhall, the true history of the coronavirus with respect to freedom.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), who wants rent to be canceled, has made lots of money from renting properties.

From the Washington Examiner, when it comes to inflammatory rhetoric and conspiracies, congresscritter Maxine Waters (D-Cal) is the House's worst.

From The Federalist, conservatives should fight against coronavirus databases.

From American Thinker, President Biden's Achilles heel in calling for new gun laws is in his own family.

From CNS News, according to Governor DeSantis, Biden has failed dealing with illegal immigration and the rule of law.

From LifeZette, congresscritter Waters faces calls for her expulsion due to her "dangerous rhetoric".

From NewsBusters and the "cry me a river" department, hosts on CNN complain that chyrons on Fox News are too mean to Biden.

From Canada Free Press, is it time for Ontario provincial Premier Doug Ford to step down?  (The article's picture might be regarded as dartboard-worthy by people on both sides of the Great Lakes.)

From Global News, the Listuguj First Nation, who live in the province of Quebec, sign a five-year fisheries treaty with the Canadian government.

From TeleSUR, Cuba gets a new leader, who is not related to the Castro brothers.

From The Conservative Woman, some of us miss paper tickets.

From Snouts in the Trough, Pakistanis in Birmingham, England deal with birth defects and infant mortality.  (The article has yesterday's date, but I did not see it yesterday.  It is called the "Monday - Thursday blog", so it might be intended for today.)

From the Express, according to an author, Prince Harry is still angry at his family even after Prince Philip's funeral.

From CornwallLive, a Muslim convert in Helston, England is tasered after threatening to attack Jews.  (via the Jewish Press)

From Euractiv, a study debunks the stereotype of U.K. Brexit supporters.

From the (Irish) Independent, a man who came to Ireland to seek asylum is convicted of sexually assaulting a woman.

From VRT NWS, 250 fines for violating coronavirus rules are imposed on young people partying in Knokke-Heist, Belgium.

From the NL Times, an animal welfare organization protests in Amsterdam against illegal dog trading.

From Deutsche Welle, Annalena Baerbock is the Green Party's candidate to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the German state of Hesse warns teachers against using Mohammed cartoons.

From the CPH Post, the Indian "double mutant" coronavirus variant is found in Denmark.

From Polskie Radio, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz, Poland's expulsion of three Russian diplomats is a response to Russia's "aggressive" policy.

From Radio Prague, according to Czech Interior Minister Jan Hamáček, Russia's response to the expulsion of 18 members of their embassy staff was stronger than expected.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak officials support the Czech Republic's diplomatic action against Russia.

From About Hungary, Hungarian President János Áder sets up a charity for coronavirus orphans.

From ReMix, according to Justice Minister Judit Varga, Hungary has shown that there is an effective solution to the migration crisis.

From Russia Today, according to Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the explosions in 2014 at an arms depot in Vrbětice were not "state terrorism", but the incident is still blamed on Russians.

From Free West Media, Russia urges illegal migrants to get out.

From EuroNews, jailed Russian dissident Alexei Navalny will be transferred to a hospital.

From Romania-Insider, the conflict between Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu and former health minister Vlad Voiculescu continues.

From Novinite, political consultations convened by Romanian President Rumen Radev have been completed.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the E.U. warns against border restructuring.

From Balkan Insight, the Montenegrin government and the Serbian Orthodox Church plan to sign an agreement.

From Total Croatia News, new property owners in Zagreb, Croatia face different rules for earthquake reconstruction.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Total Slovenia News, Croatian Prime Minister Janez Janša denies promoting a breakup of Bosnia and Herzegovina along ethnic lines.

From the Malta Independent, according to BirdLife Malta, over 50 protected birds have been shot this year in Malta.

From ANSA, as protesters block a highway near Florence, Italy, one of them get hit by a car.

From SwissInfo, women make up a parliamentary majority in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, the first such female majority in Swiss history.

From France24, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet loves "to be out there in space".

From El País, remote workers relocate to Spain's Canary Islands.

From The Portugal News, Portugal's Madeira Islands prepares to ease its coronavirus lockdown.

From Morocco World News, evidence is found for a prehistoric settlement in Morocco's Anti-Atlas Mountains.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisia closes a consulate in Tripoli, Italy due to the coronavirus.

From Hürriyet Daily News, over 140,000 businesses in Turkey are inspected for compliance with coronavirus measures.

From Rûdaw, the Iraqi government plans to close down the country's last two camps for internally displaced persons.

From Armenpress, Armenian party leader Edmon Marukyan has some harsh words for Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

From In-Cyprus, according to health advisor Constantinos Tsioutis, the time between receiving the two doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine will be reduced.

From The Syrian Observer, the dismissed governor of Syria's Central Bank become President Bashar al-Assad's scapegoat.

From The Times Of Israel, in a blow to Prime Minister Netanyahu, an opposition group is given control of a key Knesset panel.

From the Egypt Independent, two thousand people visit Royal Mummies Hall at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization on its opening day.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia calls on member of the U.N. Security Council to urge Egypt and Sudan to respect African Union-led dam talks.

From the Saudi Gazette, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia has no traffic fatalities.

From The New Arab, Kuwait pledges to give 100 Rohingya girls in Bangladesh four-year college scholarships.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad Hosseinzadeh Hejazi dies from a heart attack.

From The Express Tribune, 14 Buddhist monks from Sri Lanka arrive in Pakistan for a religious pilgrimage.

From AP News, a radical Islamist party releases 11 police hostages in Lahore, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, an attack by Taliban terrorists is rebuffed in the Afghan province of Baghlan.

From India Today, India's Defence Research and Development Organisation develops a supplemental oxygen delivery system for coronavirus patients.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh report its highest single-day number of coronavirus deaths.

From the Colombo Page, the Archbishop of Colombo requests two minutes of silence to commemorate the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks.

From The Jakarta Post, Indonesians deal with "a pandemic of fear and misinformation".

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia designates the Convent Bukit Nanas a "national treasure".

From The Mainichi, people suffering the flu in Japan are only 1/1000th of their normal number.

From Gatestone Institute, context is important in four police-related deaths.

From The Stream, a warning from 1947 about people who say "follow the science".

From The American Conservative, a look at "woke capitalism from the inside".

From SmallBizDaily, keeping track of teenager spending.

From WPVI-TV, according to the D.C. medical examiner's office, Capitol Brian Sicknick die of natural causes.

From The Daily Wire, the four times when congresscritter Maxine Waters condoned political harassment or violence.

From Breitbart, right-wing commentator Victor Davis Hanson recommends fighting cancel culture by boycotting woke corporations.

From Newsmax, President Biden finally admits that the situation at the southern border is a "crisis".

From the New York Post, is the creature whose name I have culturally appropriated a myth or a murderer?

And from TechCrunch, the NASA helicopter Ingenuity makes the first-ever extraterrestrial flight in the very thin Martian atmosphere.

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