Thursday, May 6, 2021

Thursday Things

On a mostly sunny but cool Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the U.S. is hitting a "vaccination wall", so let's reopen everything.

From FrontpageMag, the new administration leverages violence for political gain.

From Townhall, the left goes nuts over the new election law signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R).

From The Washington Free Beacon, at least six Democrat congresscritters were penalized for failing to pay property taxes on time in D.C.

From the Washington Examiner, President Biden's new policy on migration causes a backlash among Central American leaders.

From The Federalist, critical race theory, based in Marxism, illuminates the Democrat plan to end honest elections.

From American Thinker, whatever happened to the flu?

From CNS News, California gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner comes out in favor of the wall, police and ICE.

From LifeZette, congresscritter Adam Schiff (D-Cal) accuses former President Trump of endangering "our democracy".

From NewsBusters, pro-life champion Lila Rose publishes her first book.

From Canada Free Press, will we be allowed to dance?

From CBC News, loggers and blockaders have an altercation on Canada's Vancouver Island.

From TeleSUR, 100 people are injured and 39 others are injured in Pereira, Colombia.

From The Conservative Woman, Britons can vote against lockdowns and vaccine passports.

From the Evening Standard, Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon exchanges barbs with independent parliamentary candidate Jayda Fransen.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Irish chief medical officer Dr. Tony Holohan, it's time to start planning for summer.

From The Brussels Times, according to Belgian Interior Affairs Minister Annelies Verlinden, it's too early to set a date for reopening indoor hospitality.

From Dutch News, Dutch scientists train bees to sniff out the coronavirus.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at the site of Wageningen University & Research.)

From About Hungary, an interview with Hungarian Prime Minister Orban.

From Sputnik International, Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov (Russia) and Ara Ayvazyan (Armenia - acting) will meet in Yerevan, Armenia to discuss Nagorno-Karabakh.

From Romania-Insider, coronavirus vaccination "marathons" will take place this weekend in the Romanian cities of Bucharest and Sibiu.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Agerpres.)

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria sets a record of 32,482 doses of coronavirus vaccines administered in a single day.

From Ekathimerini, there are no public transportation services in Athens today due to a strike.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the natural gas supply in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is "very unstable".  (This federation is not the overall country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but one of two entities that make up the country, the other being the Republika Srpska.  Because its people are mainly Bosniak Muslims and Croats, the federation is sometimes called the Croat-Muslim Federation or the Muslim-Croat Federation.)

From Balkan Insight, the Albanian Constitutional Court upholds the right to protest without first getting permission from police.

From Malta Today, the Maltese government unveils its staged coronavirus reopening plan.

From Italy24News, Italian center-right parliamentcritters block the filing of a text on assisted suicide.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, at the trial of three alleged jihadists in Linz, Austria, a professor of Islamic religious studies makes some statements about Islam.  (If you read German, read the story at OÖNachrichten.)

From RFI, President Macron opens coronavirus vaccine access to all adults in France.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco recalls its ambassador to Germany due to a spat over Western Sahara.

From Turkish Minute, according to a survey, 53.2 percent of Turks disagree with the Turkish government's policy on the Chinese treatment of the Uyghurs.

From The Syrian Observer, is the Biden administration easing U.S. sanctions on Syrian President Assad?

From The Times Of Israel, Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid hopes to build a coalition government that will heal Israel's internal strife.

From Egypt Today, Egypt closes numerous parks, including the Giza Zoo, due to the coronavirus.

From The New Arab, conjoined twins from Yemen arrive in Saudi Arabia for separation surgery.

From IranWire, Iran's Guardian Council bypasses the country's parliament to change election rules.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan will go to Saudi Arabia for a three-day official visit.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, Afghan special forces take over a NATO base in the province of Balkh.

From the Hindustan Times, an Indian minister's convoy in the state of West Bengal is attacked.

From the Daily Mirror, the first Russian coronavirus vaccine may become the main one used in Sri Lanka.

From 7News, a group of women in Kazan, Russia spark outrage by filming a workout video in front of a mosque.

From Yahoo News, a Muslim parent in Sheffield, England refuses to send his children to school after a teacher mistakenly shows an image of the prophet Mohammed.

From The Straits Times, couples in Singapore scramble to come up with backup plans for their weddings due to coronavirus restrictions.

From the Borneo Post, a policeman is found dead from gunshot wounds in a house in Sibu, Malaysia.

From Vietnam Plus, the 2021 Top Thai Brands expo kicks off in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

From Gatestone Institute, who benefits from what's happening at America's southern border?

From The Stream, unemployment benefits in the U.S. have created a labor shortage.

From The Daily Signal, despite the surge in migrants, the number of deportations by ICE plummets under President Biden.  (From what I gather, this is pretty much what he and his fellow left-wingers want.)

From SmallBizDaily, yes, we can reopen our offices, but must be methodical about it.

From the Los Angeles Times, the California bullet train isn't creating jobs as some have claimed.  (via The Daily Wire)

From the Daily Caller, the boyfriend of a Chinese national who died in prison pleads guilty to deleting evidence connecting them to human trafficking.

From The Daily Wire, proof that the Biden administration is discriminating against white people.

From NPR, Twitter releases a feature that detects "mean" Tweets before they are sent.  (via Breitbart)

And from the New York Post, a home in California gets trashed by a gang - of condors.

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