Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Wednesday Wanderings

On a warm sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) refuses to hold interviews with white journalists.

From FrontpageMag, dethroned Republican royalty needs to get out of the way.

From Townhall, right-wing journalist Ben Shapiro reveals a "shocking" phone call between the IDF and a Palestinian man in Gaza.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a legislative group linked to Hunter Biden works with a Chinese Communist Party front group.  (Imagine the outcry if a group linked to Donald Trump the Younger were linked to a Russian government front group.)

From the Washington Examiner, according to their chief, almost 20 percent of Seattle's police officers have left the force in the past 18 months.

From The Federalist, when America's Founding Fathers thought that revolution was justified.

From American Thinker, President Biden has problems with American pipelines, but not with a Russia pipeline.

From CNS News, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) calls for a boycott of the 2022 winter Olympics in China.

From LifeZette, Democrats show their double standards on rioting.

From NewsBusters, Little League baseball players are indoctrinated with critical race theory.

From Canada Free Press, why does the Moderna coronavirus vaccine include SM-102?

From Global News, the Canadian province of Ontario will resume non-urgent procedures as coronavirus numbers decrease.

From TeleSUR, Peru's Public Prosecutor's Office urges justice for the victims of forced sterilization.

From The Conservative Woman, never have so many people become blinded to the truth.

From the Evening Standard, an unscheduled stop brings Queen Elizabeth (the ship) back home.

From the Irish Examiner, Aer Lingus's decision to close its base at Shannon Airport is expected to negatively impact the Irish region of Munster.  (In 1997, I flew to Ireland on an Aer Lingus flight which landed at Shannon Airport.)

From The Brussels Times, the manhunt continues for an armed Belgian soldier who allegedly made threats against a virologist.  (If you read Flemish, read related stories at VRT NWS, De Standaard and HBVL.)

From Dutch News, the Dutch health ministry misplaces €5 billion.

From Free West Media, the Green Youth in Germany wants children to be permitted to vote.

From Euractiv, Germany bans groups linked to Hezbollah and conducts several raids.

From Hungary Today, an "incredibly bright" bolide meteor is seen over Hungary.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Időkép and Sok Színű.)

From Sputnik International, the lower house of the Russian parliament unanimously backs Russia's withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty.

From The Sofia Globe, new car registrations in Bulgaria from January to April went up 18 percent from a year earlier.

From Ekathimerini, foreign residents seeking coronavirus vaccination in Greece face red tape.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bulgaria's caretaker government makes "sweeping" changes to the country's election mechanism.

From Balkan Insight, the Bosnian Missing Persons Institute, identifies three more victims of the Srebrenica massacre.

From Malta Today, according to an owner of a ship, the Maltese government paid "three or four times" to have migrants pushed back to Libya.

From Italy24News, some medical news from in and around Rome.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, graffiti saying "Allah akbar" is spray-painted on two mosques in Graz, Austria.

From RFI, residents of Paris enjoy returning to museums.

From Free West Media, the French also return to outdoor dining areas, despite the rain.

From ReMix, locals in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta attack Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's motorcade.

From The North Africa Post, only 430,000 travelers visited Morocco during the first quarter of 2021.

From Turkish Minute, a teacher fired after the after the coup in Turkey in 2016 is detained after criticizing the Turkish government.  (What is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From The Times Of Israel, four rockets are reportedly fired from Lebanon into Israel, with no resulting casualties.

From Egypt Today, Presidents Abdel el-Sisi (Egypt) and Macky Sall (Senegal) hold a dam meeting.

From The New Arab, Lebanon's acting foreign minister steps down over his remarks about Gulf Arabs and ISIS.

From IranWire, a reporter is fired for reporting on his brother being tortured.

From The Express Tribune, thousands of people rally in Karachi, Pakistan to support the Palestinians.

From The Afghanistan Times, Afghan government forces send 251 Taliban terrorists to their virgins.

From ANI, a woman over 100 years old receives the first dose of a coronavirus vaccination in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

From the Daily Mirror, the New Year coronavirus cluster in Sri Lanka has infected over 50,000 people.

From 13News, suspected Islamic extremists attack a Christian baptism party in Burkina Faso, killing 15 people.

From The Straits Times, a steakhouse in Singapore is fined $14,000 for holding a Halloween dinner with 75 people.

From the Borneo Post, the Enhanced Movement Control Order is lifted at 11 places in the Malaysian state of Sarawak.

From Vietnam Plus, police in the Vietnamese province of Thanh Hoa bust a drug trafficking ring.

From Gatestone Institute, the hate Israel season reopens in Turkey.

From The Stream, for the benefit of Prince Harry, here's an explanation of America's First Amendment.

From The Daily Signal, President Biden's border policy is a boon to Mexican drug cartels and an assault on American communities.

From SmallBizDaily, keeping up with this year's social media trends.

From Space War, forced sterilization and shrinking population in the Chinese region of Xinjiang.

From The American Conservative, critical race theory faces a battle in suburbs.

From KTLA, a pro-Palestinian mob allegedly attacks two Jews at a restaurant in Beverly Grove, California.  (via The Blaze)

From ABC News, an 11-year-old girl fights off a would-be kidnapper in Pensacola, Florida.  (via The Blaze)

From the Daily Caller, an army captain is suspended for bragging on Twitter about his friend's assets.

From The Daily Wire, politicians and media outlets give biased reports about the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

From Newsmax, former President Trump calls New York's "criminal probe" a "political witch hunt".  (Trump himself wrote the article.)

From ABC7, a homeless man is charged with arson in connection with a 1,158-acre brush fire in Pacific Palisades, California.  (via Breitbart)

From Breitbart, during the 2020 Democratic primary campaign, Jill Biden became furious at then-Senator Kamala Harris (D-Cal).

From the New York Post, what is the cryptocurrency Dogecoin?

And from ET Canada, according to a study, about one third of all Asia-Pacific movie characters are portrayed by one particular actor.

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