Friday, August 6, 2021

Friday Phenomena

As the warm sunny weather continues on a Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden's actions should be too much even for Chief Justice Roberts.

From FrontpageMag, what is really fueling the arson campaign against Canadian churches.

From Townhall, the Biden administration has ignored calls for help in dealing with the border crisis from a Democrat judge in Texas.

From The Washington Free Beacon, more on the Biden administration's double coronavirus standards.

From the Washington Examiner, according to former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, his old bass former President Trump will run in 2024.

From The Federalist, Democrats pass off their dereliction of duty at the border as "infrastructure".

From American Thinker, months after leaving office, Trump still lives rent-free in Democrat heads.

From CNS News, the infrastructure bill will not be read in its entirety by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), nor by Senator Steve Daines (D-MT), nor by Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA), nor by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA).  (Once again, it's a bipartisan non-effort.)

From LifeZette, the homeless are taking over Seattle.

From NewsBusters, Facebook shuts down a left-wing project.

From Canada Free Press, it's policy instead of personality that should count.

From CBC News, Canada defeats Sweden to win the Olympic gold medal in women's soccer.

From TeleSUR, Bolivia celebrates the 196th anniversary of its independence.

From TCW Defending Freedom, beware "the climate scaremongers", which will be continued.

From Snouts in the Trough, does the world still envy the British police?

From the Express, RAF jets are scrambled in response to an "unidentified aircraft" approaches an "area of interest".

From the (Irish) Independent, you can receive Communion and Confirmation in Ireland, but you can't dance.

From VRT NWS, seven fully vaccinated people at a care home in Nossegem, Belgium die from the Colombian variant of the coronavirus.  (Isn't it now considered racist to identify a coronavirus variant by the country where it emerges?)

From the NL Times, after a ruling by the Council of State about a bird chopper array in Delfzijl, Netherlands, the construction of 25 others is uncertain.

From Deutsche Welle, German prosecutors start an investigation against the head of the Ahrweiler district for possible negligent homicide over recent floods in the area.

From the CPH Post, the sole survivor of a rare side effect from the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine speaks out.

From Polskie Radio, Polish race walker Dawid Tomala wins the Olympic gold medal in the 50-kilometer walk.

From Radio Prague, five million people in the Czech Republic have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From The Slovak Spectator, a news digest, including the first hydrogen-powered bus in Slovakia.

From Daily News Hungary, despite restrictions in western Europe, Hungary prepares for the biggest ever celebrations of August 20th.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Portfolio.)

From ReMix, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko orders his country's borders to be closed.

From Russia Today, according to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. Crimea has always been Russian land.

From EuroNews, a court in Moscow gives Russian dissident Oleg Navalny a suspended sentence.

From Euractiv, thirteen years after invading, Russia still occupies 20 percent of Georgia.

From Romania-Insider, a county in Western Romania decides to set up its own airline.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Profit.)

From Novinite, when in Bulgaria, look out for grannies, elections and bears.

From the Greek Reporter, why pistachios from the Greek island of Aegina are the world's best.  (I've been to Aegina, but did not eat any pistachios there.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the delta variant will become the dominant coronavirus strain in Montenegro.

From Balkan Insight, a former detainee recalls detention camps in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From Total Croatia News, when in Croatia, don't leave your towels at pools or on the beach.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik and a related story at 24sata.)

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenian climber Janja Garnbret wins the Olympic gold medal in women's combined sports climbing.

From The Malta Independent, two Turkish mothers jailed in Malta for passport offenses walk out of court after their time served is converted to a suspended sentence.

From ANSA, the Italian Olympic men's team wins the 4x100 meter sprint relay, which adds to Italy's national record medal total.

From Free West Media, Italian politician Matteo Malvini opposes migration and the health pass.

From SwissInfo, climate demonstrators target the Swiss National Bank's investment in fossil fuels.

From France24, a chef in Paris turns her restaurant into a farmers market.

From El País, the bunkers around the Strait of Gibraltar that dictator Francisco Franco never used.  (Yes, Franco is still dead.)

From The Portugal News, over 170 firefighters fight two fires in Loulé, Portugal.

From Morocco World News, Morocco leads Africa's coronavirus vaccination drive.

From The North Africa Post, former Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi makes his first public appearance since being sacked.

From Hürriyet Daily News, six people in the Turkish province of Muğla are arrested for allegedly starting fires.

From Rûdaw, hundreds of volunteers help firefighters in Turkey.

From Armenpress, Azerbaijani servicemen reportedly deliberately set fires on privately owned land near Yeraskh, Armenia.

From In-Cyprus, fires break out in the Cypriot districts of Nicosia and Paphos.

From The Syrian Observer, the coronavirus declines in Syria.

From The961, Hezbollah personnel kick Druze farmers from streets in Sidon, Lebanon.

From Arutz Sheva, an incendiary balloon launched from the Gaza Strip causes a fire at a house in Israel.

From the Egypt Independent, the Egyptian Meteorological Society warns of heavy rains in Sudan and southern Egypt.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia's Ministry of Finance revises its tariff book to protect the country's manufacturing sector.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia's Court of Appeal upholds the acquittal of defendants in the case of the crashing crane at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.

From The New Arab, Hezbollah claims responsibility for rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, G7 countries condemn the attack on an oil tanker in the Arabian Sea and blame it on Iran.

From Dawn, the top leaders of an alliance of Pakistani religious and political parties and organizations refuses to condemn the attack on a Hindu temple in Rahim Yar Khan, Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, the head of the Afghan government's media and information center is assassinated.

From The Hans India, several hundred homes in the Krishna riverbed are flooded.

From the Dhaka Tribune, are Bangladeshi exports going to too few markets?  (I'm pretty sure that I've seen some at Walmart.)

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka will change its way of treating coronavirus infections starting Monday.

From The Jakarta Post, no more coronavirus milestones.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to watchdogs, Malaysian voters need to show who's boss.

From The Mainichi, a man stabs multiple passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey and the West are drifting farther apart.

From The Stream, the Capitol riot was deplorable, but not a coup.

From The Daily Signal, the fundamental advantage which China lacks.

From The American Conservative, it's time to pass the National Security Powers Act.

From The Western Journal, families of victims of 9/11 tell President Biden to stay away from their memorial events.

From Bizpac Review, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the infrastructure bill will add $256 billion to the deficit over 10 years.

From The Daily Wire, Biden claims that 350 million Americans have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, which is more than the total U.S. population.

From the Daily Caller, the U.S. Coast Guard intercepts $1.4 billion worth of drugs.

From the New York Post, 42 Democratic county chairs in New York call for Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) to resign.

From Breitbart, according to Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark), illegal aliens commit "rape" and "murder" because Biden won't secure the border.

From Newsmax, the White House announces that 50 percent of Americans have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.

And from the Genesius Times, Dr. Fauci orders a drone strike against Senator Rand Paul (R-KY).

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