Thursday, September 23, 2021

Thursday Links

Now that I'm back home, here are some things going on:

From National Review, President Biden's failure at Del Rio, Texas.

From FrontpageMag, 10 percent of Biden's foreign aid to Afghanistan will go to the Taliban.

From Townhall, former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) offers a solution for Biden's border crisis.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Republican congresscritters try to block U.S. cash from going to Iran.

From the Washington Examiner, why the media tend to ignore black victims of murder.

From The Federalist, how "old friend in high places" plotted the Trump-Russia collision hoax.

From American Thinker, Biden brings back the "catch and release" approach to dealing with illegal immigration.

From CNS News, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki, the Border Patrol in Del Rio, Texas will no longer use horses.  (I'm thinking that dirt bikes might be a viable alternative.)

From LifeZette, the reason why Biden and the Democrats want open borders is their desire for power.

From NewsBusters, networks ignore climate czar John Kerry's "disgraceful" response to China's treatment of its Uyghurs.  (I'm amazed how China can put Muslims into detention camps without being accused of Islamophobia.)

From Canada Free Press, is Brian Laundrie, person of interest in his girlfriend's death, somewhere in the Caribbean?

From CBC News, a customer allegedly gives threats and verbal abuse to restaurant employees seeking proof of vaccination in Rockland, Ontario, Canada.

From TeleSUR, striking cargo carriers in Panama block the Balboa port and the Colon Free Zone.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon needs to answer a question.

From the Express, Brexit Britain holds a trump card over post-Merkel Germany.

From the (Irish) Independent, a hockey game breaks out at a funeral in Headford, Ireland.

From VRT NWS, the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ieper, Belgium starts new research into American soldiers in World War I.  (My tour group visited Ieper and the Waregem cemetery, mentioned in the article, in 2005.)

From the NL Times, a Dutch court rules that a father cannot forbid his 12-year-old son from getting a coronavirus vaccination.

From Deutsche Welle, German parties make their pledges on climate change.

From EuroNews, how Chancellor Angela Merkel has shaped Germany and Europe.

From Euractiv, who's next in Germany after Merkel?

From the CPH Post, commuters in Denmark are asked to leave work early due to high winds.

From Free West Media, Norway decides that the coronavirus is no worse than the ordinary flu.

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish official Stanisław Żaryn, Russia intends to stop Poland from becoming energy independent.

From Radio Prague, the ancient "singing linden" in the village of Telecí is voted the Czech Tree of the Year.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia needs a network of hydrogen stations for cars.

From Daily News Hungary, the Hungarian government claims to have been successful in integrating the Roma.

From Russia Today, what was the inspiration for the Perm State University massacre?

From Romania Insider, according to Prime Minister Florin Cîţu, political turmoil will not affect Romania's fiscal policy.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Economica.)

From Novinite, Bulgaria reports 850 new coronavirus cases, but none yet from the mu variant.

From the Greek Reporter, the "Eva" algorithm may have helped stop the spread of the coronavirus in Greece.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Bosnia and Herzegovina dismisses its chief prosecutor.

From Balkan Insight, the Albanian Parliament goes online to curb the coronavirus, but the opposition cries foul.

From Total Croatia News, Croatia will open its first cannabis museum in the capital city of Zagreb.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Jutarnji List.)

From The Malta Independent, Maltese opposition leader Bernard Grech objects to Prime Minister Adrian Delia's show of force at an Independence Day rally.

From ANSA, a plan for criminal justice reform in Italy gets its final approval.

From SwissInfo, why Swiss agricultural researchers are boycotting the U.N. food systems summit.

From France24, a Paris court upholds the life sentence given to Venezuelan leftist terrorist "Carlos the Jackal" for a grenade attack on a drug store in 1974.

From El País, Spanish King Felipe IV and Queen Letizia visit victims of the volcanic eruption on the island of Palma in the Canary Island.

From The Portugal News, a Portuguese court starts trying a tax fraud case which has 145 defendants.

From ReMix, after the French and German elections, European bureaucrats plan to introduce "repackaged" mandatory migrant quotas.

From Morocco World News, the port in Tangier, Morocco is the best container port in Africa.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan and American armed forces personnel complete training on disaster response and explosive hazards.

From the Libyan Express, Libyan military leader Khalifa Haftar "temporarily" leaves his military post to run in elections scheduled from December 24th.

From Hürriyet Daily News, the Turkish defense ministry denies reports that five generals have resigned.

From Rûdaw, gold vendors in Baghdad, Iraq embrace the city's relative security.

From Armenpress, at a U.N. ministerial meeting, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan urges pressure on the Azerbaijani government to ensure people's rights in the region of Nagorno Karabakh.

From In-Cyprus, a coffee shop in Engomi, Cyprus is fined 16,000 euros for not requesting a SafePass.

From The Syrian Observer, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad discusses cooperation with his counterparts from Cuba and Kazakhstan.

From The961, two Lebanese inventors win gold medals at iCAN 2021.

From Arutz Sheva, Israel Prison Service head Katy Perry refuses to be a "scapegoat" for the escape of six terrorists from the Gilboa prison.  (This Katy Perry should not be confused with the American singer of the same name.)

From the Egypt Independent, Saudi Arabia supports efforts to peaceably end the dam crisis between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia takes action against 7,344 people who allegedly violated its residency laws.

From The New Arab, Tunisian President Kais Saied draws outrage by suspending constitutional rule.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, an unnamed U.S. official expresses his impatience with Iran's lack of movement toward nuclear talks, and worries about its "plan B".

From Dawn, Pakistan Foreign Minister Mahmood Qureshi holds his first meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which focuses on Afghanistan.

From Khaama Press, the U.N. Security Council asks the Taliban to form an inclusive government for Afghanistan.

From the Hindustan Times, in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, workers stand up for the "right to sit".

From the Dhaka Tribune, according to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh is shocked at global inaction on the repatriation of Rohingyas.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan doctors urge parents to get their kids vaccinated against the coronavirus while not falling prey to myths and superstitions.

From Raajje, Maldivian President Mohamed Solih urges world leaders to ease debt burdens and provide technical assistance to vulnerable nations.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan doesn't mean that the war is over.

From The Jakarta Post, the Indonesian people's sea-faring ancestors.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to the executive director of Sisters In Islam, NGOs must dispel the idea that human rights is a Western agenda.

From The Mainichi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga goes to the U.S. for a "Quad summit".

From The Stream, Special Counsel John Durham's indictment of lawyer Michael Sussmann tells us a lot more.

From The Daily Signal, what happened when a grad student at Bowling Green protested the school's coronavirus vaccine mandate.

From The American Conservative, according to congresscritter Warren Davidson (R-OH), Congress should not authorize the NDAA until senior military officials are held accountable and replaced.  (Davidson is the writer of the article.)

From The Western Journal, President Biden's approval ratings hit another low.

From BizPac Review, The New York Times is pummeled for claiming that gerrymandering is a long-time Republican practice.

From The Daily Wire, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) secures a supply of antibodies for treatment of the coronavirus despite Biden's attempt to block them from the state.

From the Daily Caller, Republican congresscritters introduce a bill to place new reporting requirements on legislation that would affect the national debt.

From Breitbart, the aforementioned NDAA bill contains a provision that would allow military courts to restrain military personnel from possessing or receiving firearms.

From Newsmax, according to a Rasmussen poll, former President Trump would be a "shoo-in" over either Biden or Vice President Harris if an election were held today.

And from the New York Times, two gorillas in the Bronx Zoo might deserve the names Bill and Monica.

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