Monday, May 24, 2021

Monday Mania

On a cool rainy Monday, here are some of the manic things going on:

From National Review, about 2 million Americans are getting coronavirus vaccine shots every day.

From FrontpageMag, critical race theory in American classrooms.

From Townhall, another development fuels speculation that the coronavirus was leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China.

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Biden's nominee to head ICE once partnered with a Chinese government propaganda ministry.

From the Washington Examiner, the Supreme Court sends three climate change cases back to lower courts after ruling in favor of oil companies.

From The Federalist, how the corporate media launders opinion to attack people and facts.

From American Thinker, the curious case of the Capitol rioter who was paid $35,000 each by two media networks.

From CNS News, according to Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R), the amount of fentanyl that was seized at the southern border was enough to kill everyone in the state of New York.

From LifeZette, the NYPD plans to step up patrols in Jewish neighborhoods due to the rise in anti-Semitic attacks.

From NewsBusters, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr demands an end to the "free ride" for Big Tech.

From Canada Free Press, Biden pretends that "every thing he does aids the cosmos".

From CBC News, schools in Montreal, Canada will close because a bridge is closed.

From TeleSUR, Barbados is on track to transition from a parliamentary constitutional monarchy to a republic.

From The Conservative Woman, why the left hates Israel.

From Snouts in the Trough, the author of SitT wants us to call him "captain foresight".

From the Express, demonstrators in the U.K. protest against Queen Elizabeth (the ship).

From the (Irish) Independent, with Ireland being ahead of its coronavirus "best case scenario", the country's cabinet prepares to discuss easing restrictions.

From VRT NWS, the Brussels North railroad station is evacuated after a tip about a fugitive Belgian soldier.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands starts vaccinating homeless people against the coronavirus.

From Deutsche Welle, Jews and Muslims find common ground in Marburg, Germany.

From Polskie Radio, unions plan to protest in response to the E.U.'s top court tells Poland to stop operating the Turów lignite coal mine.

From ReMix, according to Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, the "Polish Deal" might become impossible if the coronavirus pandemic isn't defeated.  (Yes, he has the same last name as the Unabomber, other than the accent mark over the "n".)

From Radio Prague, hotels and schools reopen in the Czech Republic.

From The Slovak Spectator, some places to see in Slovakia's Veľká Fatra mountain range.

From Daily News Hungary, the latest developments for railway lines in Budapest, including possibly another tunnel under the Danube.

From Russia Today, Russia's government is in talks to create labor "super-camps" for convicts, but its insists that it would not be a new gulag.

From EuroNews, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Belarus will face "severe consequences" for diverting a plane to Minsk and arresting a journalist on board.

From Euractiv, E.U. leaders meet to discuss Belarus's "state terrorism".

From Romania-Insider, some streets in Bucharest become pedestrian zones on weekends.

From Novinite, today is a "day of Slavonic letters and literature".

From the Greek Reporter, a look at the Greek island of Syros.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the prime minister of Montenegro pays an official two-day visit to Bosnia and Hercegovina.

From Balkan Insight, Presidents Stevo Pendarovski (North Macedonia) and Rumen Radev (Bulgaria) salute Saints Cyril and Methodius.

From Total Croatia News, a historical trails project is presented for Dubrovnik, Croatia.  (Dubrovnik was one of the places I visited on my 2007 trip to Croatia.)

From Total Slovenia News, according to a survey made in 2020, young people in Slovenia are more active and independent, but have poorer mental health.

From the Malta Independent, Malta reaches its coronavirus herd immunity target.

From ANSA, according to the chief prosecutor in Verbania, Italy, the emergency brake system failed in the cable car which fell to the ground, killing 14 people.

From SwissInfo, American and Russian national security advisors meet in Geneva, Switzerland.

From France24, according to France's Europe minister, the Italian group that won the Eurovision song contest could be disqualified for alleged drug use.

From El País, coronavirus case numbers and ICU patient numbers fall in Spain.

From Free West Media, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez presents a plan, developed by universities and NGOs, to turn Spain into a socialist utopia.

From The Portugal News, coronavirus testing ramps up in Lisbon.

From Morocco World News, according to Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, the Spanish exclave of Ceuta "has always been Moroccan land".

From The North Africa Post, Tunisia and France will hold their third joint High Council of Cooperation in June.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkey detains a top ISIS suspect wanted by the U.S.

From DuvaR, a Turkish minister is under fire for saying that an increase in violence against women is "tolerable".

From Rûdaw, the Syrian Democratic Forces announce the arrest of 24 suspected members of ISIS.

From Armenpress, as Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan meets with Iranian Minister of Roads Mohammed Eslami, corridor-related issues have never been nor will be discussed by Armenia.

From In-Cyprus, Cypriot Defense Minister Charalambos Petrides visits the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.

From The Syrian Observer, an Iranian consulate is opened in Aleppo, Syria.

From The961, Lebanese authorities shut down a store and a restaurant for allegedly selling rotting meat.

From Arutz Sheva, knessetcritter May Golan (Likud) is removed from the Knesset chamber after holding up a Chumash burned in a fire at a synagogue in Lod, Israel.  (According to the article, a Chumash is the five books of Moses.)

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian officials deny the presence of the Indian coronavirus variant in Egypt.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia responds to a U.S. move to limit visas.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Arab Coalition hands a Houthi child soldier over to the Yemeni government.

From The New Arab, Jordanian King Abdullah II calls for a long term truce in Gaza.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iran and the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agree to extend their inspection deal by one month.

From Dawn, national security advisors Dr. Moeed Yusuf (Pakistan) and Jake Sullivan (U.S.) meet in Geneva, Switzerland.

From Khaama Press, in the province of Nangarhar, Afghan forces send eight Taliban terrorists to their virgins, while a female suicide bomber in the province of Faryab experiences premature detonation.

From The Hans India, the Indian state of Maharashtra offers free treatment for black fungus.

From the Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh prepares for the cyclone Yaas.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka extends its coronavirus travel restrictions until June 7th.

From Coconuts Jakarta, a girl expelled from school in Bengkulu, Indonesia for a TikTok video mocking Palestinians is readmitted.

From The Jakarta Post, ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets with her lawyers for the first time.

From Free Malaysia Today, two passenger trains in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia collide head-on.

From The Mainichi, cabinet advisor Yoichi Takahashi resigns after suggesting that the coronavirus pandemic in Japan is a "ripple".

From Gatestone Institute, the Palestinian voices which U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken won't hear.

From The Stream, why Hamas leadership is fatal for the dreams of the Palestinians.

From CBS New York, a Brooklyn man faces hate crime charges for allegedly destroying a crucifix and setting fire to a yeshiva and a synagogue.

From The American Conservative, why is Microsoft CEO Bill Gates buying so much land?

From BizPac Review, the owner of a 9/11-themed bar remains defiant.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, former President Obama's fingerprints are all over the Biden administration.  (via LifeZette)

From the Daily Caller, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer's (D) administration rescinds the coronavirus rule that she broke this past weekend.

From BBC News, more on the diversion of a passenger plane to Minsk, Belarus.  (via The Daily Wire)

From Fox News, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) announces lottery prizes for adults and scholarships for teenagers who get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From The Daily Wire, United Airlines announces free flights for vaccinated passengers.

From Breitbart, the White House cautions Americans about believing that the coronavirus leaked from a lab.

From Newsmax, according to New York's Mr. Bill, the city's schools will reopen to in-person attendance in the fall.

And from The Babylon Bee, congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) proposes a drastic solution to the problem of anti-Semitism.

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