Monday, May 3, 2021

Links For A Rainy Monday

As some light rain falls on the first Monday in May, here are some things going on:

From National Review, The Washington Post fact-checker decides to stop recording lies from President Biden.

From FrontpageMag, are free and fair elections in America really possible?

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, we conservatives need to go reproduce ourselves.

From The Washington Free Beacon, congresscritter Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) spent lots of money on travel while telling his constituents to "stay home".

From the Washington Examiner, according to right-wing columnist Byron York, Biden does not have a mandate to remake America.

From The Federalist, according to their own standards, the Democrats have practiced "systemic racism" be closing schools.

From American Thinker, according to Naomi Wolf, coronavirus passports could lead to fascism.

From CNS News, according to Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Biden's spending plan will hit everyone in the wallet.

From LifeZette, opponents of having Critical Race Theory in schools score a big victory in Southlake, Texas.

From NewsBusters, NBC reports on several crises without mentioning Biden even once.

From Canada Free Press, who broke the justice system in the U.S.?

From Global News, the provincial government of Ontario received warnings for months about the state of long-term care before the second coronavirus wave hit.

From TeleSUR, Colombian Finance Minister Alberto Carrasquilla resigns.

From The Conservative Woman, every reason to doubt reassurances from coronavirus vaccine makers.

From the Evening Standard, the U.K. reports 1,649 new coronavirus cases, but just one new death.

From the Daily Mail, Iranian agents allegedly pose as Scottish separatists in an attempt to undermine and election.

From the Irish Examiner, Ireland reports 453 new coronavirus cases, and no new deaths.

From The Brussels Times, fairground culture is recognized as an intangible heritage in Brussels.

From Dutch News, fifteen people are arrested as 12,000 soccer fans defy coronavirus rules to celebrate the Ajax team's Eredevisie title.

From Free West Media, the Netherlands strips six binational Moroccan-Dutch jihadists of their Dutch citizenship.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a Muslim family in Koblenz, Germany fake an allegation that their daughter was raped in order to avoid deportation.  (If you read German, read the story at Bild.)

From EuroNews, Denmark discontinues using the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine due to concerns about its side effects.

From About Hungary, according to Minister for Family Affairs Katalin Novák, the Hungarian government is working to offer women more opportunities.

From Sputnik International, according to Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko, Belarus is still receiving oil from Russia despite U.S. sanctions.

From ReMix, Russia bans eight people, from E.U. countries or the E.U. itself, from entering.

From The Sofia Globe, according to soon-to-be-former Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria's next round of elections will not produce a new government.

From Ekathimerini, restaurants and cafes in Greece reopen for outdoor service.  (During my trips to Greece and Italy, I ate outdoors more times than I can remember.  The warm Mediterranean climate makes that sort of thing very common.)

From Euractiv, fake news in Serbia allegedly spreads via state-backed media.

From Balkan Insight, according to a survey, high school students are still divided over Croatia's history.  (Come to think of it, I ate outdoors a few times during my trip there, too.)

From Malta Today, in a joint effort between two ministries, Malta donates 20 oxygen concentrators to a hospital in New Delhi, India.

From ANSA, according to Senator Andrea Ostellari (Lega Nord), the League party has drafted an alternative homophobia bill.

From RFI, despite coronavirus-related closures, France's economy bounces back.

From El País, coronavirus deaths in Spain for April fall to their lowest monthly level since last September.

From U.S. News & World Report, a church in Barcelona, Spain opens its outdoor cloisters for Muslims to eat Ramadan dinners.

From The North Africa Post, European Parliament members object to Spain's decision to take in Polisario leader Ibrahim Ghali, wanted for alleged rape and other crimes.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish police officer jailed for Gülen links dies of cancer after being released.

From DuvaR, police in the Turkish province of Gaziantep break up a prayer gathering at a mosque.

From Armenpress, Azerbaijan is reportedly distorting the Church of the Holy Savior Ghazanchetsots in the city of Shushi in the region of Artsakh.

From The Times Of Israel, Palestinians burn a vehicle thought to have been used in a shooting attack before the IDF seize it.

From Egypt Today, Sudan is reportedly ready to serve Ethiopia with a dam suit.

From The New Arab, how weapons from South Africa are involved in war crimes in Yemen.

From IranWire, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif apologies for controversial remarks after being rebuked by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

From The Express Tribune, according to Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Pakistani army "greatly values" its ties with China.

From the Afghanistan Times, medical equipment smugglers in Afghanistan get 20 years in prison.

From ANI, five people are arrested or detained in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh for allegedly smuggling gold.  (OK, we get it.  When in South Asia, don't try to smuggle anything.)

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan Army Commander General Shavendra Silva claims that pictures of his niece's wedding are fake news.

From Bol News, a Russian bellydancer sparks fury by posting pictures from a photoshoot outside a mosque in Al Meena, Egypt.

From The Straits Times, a leisure park run by children of former Indonesian President Suharto is at the center of a legal controversy.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysian Hajj pilgrims will receive two types of coronavirus vaccines approved by Saudi Arabia.

From Vietnam Plus, the Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City will suspend non-essential services due to the coronavirus.

From Gatestone Institute, China is attempting to break up the "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance.

From The Stream, how media witch-hunters turned Mark Judge into a sin-eater.

From The Daily Signal, fact-checking President Biden's six claims about the crisis at the southern border.

From HistoryNet, how the first Chinese-American officer in the Marine Corps saved 8,000 lives at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.

From The American Conservative, we should not forget that Russia is still a "thug state".

From Space War, the top diplomat of the Philippines tells the Chinese to "get the [bleep] out" of disputed waters.

From Breitbart, 52 migrants are found in stash houses in Texas near the Mexican border.

From WSET, a two-year-old boy kidnapped from a church in Ripplemead, Virginia is found safe.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz is "disappointed" that Attorney General Merrick Garland approved a warrant to search Rudy Giuliani's home.

From the New York Post, a migrant boat capsize near San Diego took place two days after a warning about human smuggling was put out by the CPB.

From Newsmax, the CIA is slammed for a "too woke" recruitment video.

And from The Babylon Bee, the White House introduces a new First Cat named Chairman Meow.

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