Thursday, August 26, 2021

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, according to a poll, large numbers of Americans think that President Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan was handled "badly".

From FrontpageMag, we've misunderstood Islam for 40 years.

From Townhall, four U.S. Marines are killed in suicide bombings near the Kabul airport.

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to a poll, American support for Taiwan is at a historic high.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the Taliban can't be trusted.

From The Federalist, Kenosha, Wisconsin is a liability for Democrats because they lit the flame and watched it burn.

From American Thinker, why the left hates automobiles, and it's not the carbon dioxide they produce.

From CNS News, most American voters don't trust the media's reporting on Afghanistan and say that the situation is actually much worse.

From LifeZette, according to congresscritter Michael McCaul (R-TX), the number of Americans still in Afghanistan is still higher than admitted by the Biden administration.

From NewsBusters, a book for "3-6" year old children teaches that transgenderism is normal and common.

From Canada Free Press, Americans must stand against Biden's tyranny or liberty will be extinguished.

From CTV News, Canada ends its mission in Afghanistan.

From TeleSUR, Guatemala assists Central American migrants who were deported from the U.S.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why the U.K.'s "grim milestone" of 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus is nonsense.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to new official figures, the U.K. returned 13 Afghans during the past year and denied asylum to 400 others.

From Euractiv, the news website Politico will soon no longer be American-owned.

From About Hungary, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Hungary's evacuation in Afghanistan is "nearing its end".

From The Moscow Times, if you're in northern Norway and must relieve yourself, don't aim toward Russia.

From Radio Bulgaria, truck drivers block a bridge over the Danube near Vidin, Bulgaria.

From the Greek City Times, Greek islands that may be reached from Athens in less than an hour and a half.  (I visited three of them in 1999.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, according to Prime Minister Edi Rama, Albania can shelter 4,000 Afghan refugees.

From Balkan Insight, justice for war crimes committed during the Balkan wars of the 1990s is thwarted by the deaths of aging suspects.

From EuroNews, an Afghan recently arriving in Italy claims that the Taliban would have killed him.

From Free West Media, illegal migrants in Europe have become "a jackpot for dozens of non-profit organizations".

From The New Arab, Morocco plans to supply 4 percent of the world's hydrogen.

From The Jerusalem Post, as the Taliban rises, the alliance between the U.S. and Israel becomes "more critical than ever".

From The New Arab, Syrian government forces launch rockets and artillery at the city of Daraa Al-Balad.

From Iran International, Iran's new cabinet takes office.

From Pakistan Today, according to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan's economy improved during his three years in office.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, residents of the Afghan province of Nangarhar urge the Taliban to allow banks to resume their operations.  (So far it appears that Pajhwok Afghan News is still being allowed to carry out its operations.)

From the Hindustan Times, Indian health secretary Rajesh Bhushan warns that the second wave of the coronavirus is not over.

From Gatestone Institute, Europe braces for a flood of migrants from Afghanistan.

From The Stream, no, the things going on today do not indicate that the end is near.

From Space War, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and Chief of Space Operations General Jay Raymond stress the importance of space and the Space Force's success.

From The American Conservative, teddy bears and many other things can kill your kid.

From The Daily Signal, concerning women in Afghanistan, where are America's "feminists"?

From BizPac Review, how USAID imposes the worst of the U.S. onto foreign countries.

From The Western Journal, as Afghanistan burns, President Biden keeps pushing to close GITMO.

From The Daily Wire, calls for Biden's resignation grow after 12 U.S. military personnel are killed in terror attacks near the Kabul airport.

From the Daily Caller, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) calls on Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) to bring Congress back into session before August 31st.

From the New York Post, nine members of an MS-13 subset are charged in connection to a spate of killings in California.

From Breitbart, Hollywood celebrities rush to save California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) from recall.

From Newsmax, former President Trump claims that he would never have allowed the chaos in Afghanistan to happen.

And from the Genesius Times, First Lady Jill Biden is arrested for alleged elder abuse.

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