Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Tuesday Things

On a cloudy and relatively cool Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to a report by the New York state attorney general, Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) allegedly sexually harassed "multiple" women.

From FrontpageMag, illegal aliens convicted of homicide return to the U.S. after being deported.

From Townhall, a teachers union boss launches a "fact-challenged" attack on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R).

From The Washington Free Beacon, President Biden's nominee for U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts faces growing opposition.

From the Washington Examiner, multiple people, including a police officer, are shot outside the Pentagon.

From The Federalist, a guide to long-term strategy for parents opposed to critical race theory in schools.

From American Thinker, a Republican congresscritter finally says what needed to be said about the border situation.  (As I write this, the first paragraph of the article puts a "D" behind his name, but he is indeed a Republican.)

From CNS News, the number of migrants encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in July was the highest in 20 years.

From LifeZette, congresscritter Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) calls out Biden's "hypocrisy" for defending former President Obama's birthday party.

From NewsBusters, does the media remember that Biden said that Cuomo should resign if the charges against him are trueUPDATE: From Yahoo News, Biden calls for Cuomo to resign.

From Canada Free Press, a writer who believes that the coronavirus does not exist explains why people are dying.  (Disclaimer:  Yours truly does believe that there is indeed a coronavirus going around, and thus does not agree with the writer's premise.  By posting this story, I'm indulging him.)

From Global News, a pilot emerges uninjured after his plane crashes into a bean field in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada.

From TeleSUR, 97 percent of Mexicans who were hospitalized with the coronavirus were not vaccinated.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s post-truth prime minister is leading the country to post-freedom.

From the Evening Standard, coronavirus vaccines will be given out at the Heaven nightclub in London.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish actress Siobhán McSweeney explains why everyone should visit Northern Ireland.

From The Brussels Times, a dozen farmers protest milk prices by showing up at a supermarket in Ronse, Belgium with their tractors.

From Dutch News, the number of positive coronavirus tests in the Netherlands decreases by 44 percent in a week.

From Free West Media, a German pathologist sounds the alarm on people who died after receiving a coronavirus vaccine.

From EuroNews, an 84-year-old German man is fined for having World War II-era weapons including a tank.

From Hungary Today, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban meets U.S. right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson.  (If you read Hungarian, read the story at Origo.)

From Sputnik International, a court in Moscow sentences lawyer Lyubov Sobol to a year and a half of "restricted freedom".

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian minority parties are briefed on ITN leader Slavi Trifonov's proposed cabinet.

From Ekathimerini, a wildfire engulfs houses in a suburb of Athens.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Montenegro and Albania open a new border crossing.

From Balkan Insight, why Bosnia and Hercegovina need a law against denying genocide.

From Euractiv, the World Jewish Congress compares Srebrenica genocide denial to Nazi propaganda.

From The Slovenian Times, Slovenia's beer industry is on the rise.

From Malta Today, yesterday, Malta used more electricity than ever before.

From Italy24News, a response to allegations that Italian Olympic gold medal winner Marcell Jacobs was involved in doping.

From ReMix, League Party leader Matteo Salvini calls on the Italian government to not allow migrants to land in Italy.

From RFI, the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe re-enters a coronavirus lockdown due to a spike in cases.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, over 20 percent of first names in France are of Muslin origin.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan soldiers participate in a drill in Israel.

From Turkish Minute, according to a Turkish opposition lawmaker, Turkey's broadcasting watchdog is threatening to punish TV stations if they report on the country's wildfires.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The Times Of Israel, a Palestinian holding American citizenship is convicted of murdering a Jewish student in the West Bank.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry delivers a message from President Abdel el-Sisi (Egypt) to President Kais Saied (Tunisia).

From The New Arab, according to Human Rights Watch, some Lebanese officials "could be guilty of homicide" in connection with the Beirut port explosion.

From IranWire, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei's office uses "found footage" to take a parting shot at outgoing President Hassan Rouhani.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan vaccinates over 1 million people against the coronavirus in a single day.

From The Afghanistan Times, Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar calls for documenting war crimes in Afghanistan.

From ANI, India has vaccinated 480 million people against the coronavirus.  (The article uses the term "48 crore".  In the Indian numbering system a "crore" equals 10 million.  Thus, "48 crore" is 480 million.  I believe that this would be about one third of India's population.)

From New Age, Bangladesh extends its coronavirus restrictions until August 10th.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan police make two more arrests in connection to the alleged sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old girl.

From The Guardian, thousands of Yazidi woman kidnapped by ISIS as sex slaves are still unaccounted for.

From The Straits Times, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears with a bandage on the back of his head.

From the Borneo Post, 17 more localities in the Malaysian state of Sarawak go under an Enhanced Movement Control Order.

From Vietnam Plus, the port of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam stops receiving cargo due to a backlog of containers.

From Gatestone Institute, the "violations" that the U.N. Security Council doesn't care about.

From The Stream, the best way to enslave Americans is to take their guns.

From Space War, "ultraconservative" Ebrahim Raisi is inaugurated as president of Iran.

From HistoryNet, what has historically qualified as a legitimate military target.

From The Daily Signal, how 100 years of humiliation left its mark on Chinese ambitions and aspirations.

From The American Conservative, what Cuban protesters can learn from the Polish Solidarity protesters.  (The Polish translation of the Spanish phrase Cuba libre is Kuba wolna.)

From The Western Journal, just a few of the porcine items in the "infrastructure" bill.

From BizPac Review, right-wing commentator Leo Terrell shreds TV host Joy Behar for using the race card to defend Vice President Harris.

From The Daily Wire, the office of the aforementioned Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) unveils a plan to transfer money from the responsible to the irresponsible.

From the Daily Caller, one of Cuomo's accusers doesn't want an apology, but wants him to be impeached.

From the New York Post, according to New York mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa (R), it's time to "get rid of Cuomo".

From Breitbart, the infrastructure bill doesn't go far enough for far-left Democrat congresscritters.

From Newsmax, all of New York's congresscritters call on Cuomo to resign.

And from Sports Illustrated, Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Victor Robles gets a six-legged hat ornament.

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