Thursday, September 16, 2021

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, raising the debt ceiling will not solve our spending problem.

From FrontpageMag, the Taliban's sharia police have returned, and they're angry.

From Townhall, President Biden's "budget" bill contains a massive amnesty for illegal aliens.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) uses debunked claims against his Republican opponent.

From the Washington Examiner, according to an inspector general, the DHS is putting its staff and border town at risk by not screening migrants for the coronavirus.

From The Federalist, what a competent Republican opposition would do.

From American Thinker, treating yourself for the coronavirus with cheap drugs.

From CNS News, more Russians, Haitians, Turks and Indians (of the South Asian kind) are apprehended at the southern border.

From LifeZette, the Abraham accords, created under then-President Trump, are a "raging success".

From NewsBusters, the media have little to say about the crisis at the southern border.

From Canada Free Press, the power-hungry "la la land of Blinken, Stinkin' and Nod".

From CBC News, how Canada's main federal parties plan to tax the rich.

From TeleSUR, Bolivians support judicial reforms proposed by President Luis Arce.

From TCW Defending Freedom, Australia's coronavirus concentration camps.

From the Express, England's 10 most dangerous places to live.

From the (Irish) Independent, Ireland's National Public Health Emergency Team gives the green light to further relax the country's coronavirus restrictions.

From VRT NWS, details on the coronavirus pass in Brussels, Belgium.

From the NL Times, the number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus in the Netherlands is at its lowest in 52 days.

From Deutsche Welle, police in Hagen, Germany arrest four people over a threat to a synagogue.

From the CPH Post, the Danish government unveils its recommendations for handling the coronavirus in the future.

From Polskie Radio, the Polish city of Świnoujście dredges an underwater tunnel.  (The tunnel is under the river Świna, whose name should not be confused with the Polish word świnia, which means "pig".)

From ReMix, the European Parliament gives Poland and Hungary yet another ultimatum over LGBTQ rights.

From Radio Prague, Czech President Miloš Zeman goes to the hospital, but no life-threatening illnesses are found.

From The Slovak Spectator, professor Jozef Šuvada will become the first Slovak to sit on the WHO's executive board.

From Daily News Hungary, will the Hungarian government differentiate between the vaccinated and the unvaccinated?

From Russia Today, according to President Putin, dozens of Russian government staffers have tested positive for the coronavirus.

From Romania-Insider, 46 paintings stolen this past March in Belgium are found in Bucharest, Romania.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at AgerPres.)

From Novinite, the European Commission wants Bulgaria to present a plan to close its coal-fired power plants.

From Euractiv, the European Commission admits not doing enough to fight corruption in Bulgaria.

From the Greek Reporter, the Greek parliament passes a new law on pet ownership.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Romania's political crisis continues.

From Balkan Insight, despite the expiration of their agreement to recognize each others car license plates, Kosovo is still allowing Serbian vehicles to enter.

From Total Croatia News, meet Croatia's Krka National Park.  (Yours truly did in 2007.)

From Total Slovenian News, Slovenia requires a coronavirus pass to attend gatherings of 50 or more people.

From The Malta Independent, Heritage Malta voices its concerns about a proposed solar farm that would be built near the archaeological site of Ta' Ħaġrat.

From ANSA, the Italian government tries to avert energy price increases.

From Free West Media, the sudden death of a 20-year-old Italian volleyball player and the ensuing conspiracy of silence.

From SwissInfo, the coronavirus pandemic exposes educational equalities, even in Switzerland.

From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurates the "Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped", by the late artist Christo.

From EuroNews, France suspends 3,000 health workers for not getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.

From El País, scientists warn that the Teneguía volcano, on La Palma in the Canary Islands, could soon erupt.

From The Portugal News, several associations representing Portugal's livestock sector put out a manifesto against the government's new regulations on food in schools.

From The Morocco News, police near Rabat, Morocco fire warning shots at a knife-wielding criminal.

From The North Africa Post, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor denounces the detention of Moroccan migrants in Libya without legal justification.

From the Libyan Express, forces loyal to Libyan leader Khalifa Haftar clash with Chadian rebels in southern Libya.

From Hürriyet Daily News, a replica of an obelisk found at the Turkish archaeological site of Göbeklitepe will be exhibited at the U.N. headquarters in New York City.

From Rûdaw, the International Conference of the Stolen Money Recovery convenes in Baghdad, Iraq.

From Armenpress, construction of alternative roads in the Armenian province of Syunik is expected to be completed in 2022.

From In-Cyprus, the royal iconostatis doors of the Agios Anastasios church are returned from Turkish-occupied North Cyprus to the Church of Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, airstrikes from unidentified drones kill three pro-Iran fighters in the Syrian province of Deir-ez-Zor.

From The961, a fuel shipment from Iraq is unloaded in Lebanon to ease its electricity shortage.

From Arutz Sheva, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Ne'ilah Yom Kippur service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt welcomes a dam statement from the U.N. Security Council.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopia schedules its grade 12 national exam for the second week in November.

From the Saudi Gazette, the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council slams the Houthi rebels of Yemen for targeting Saudi Arabia.

From The New Arab, Hezbollah starts bringing Iranian fuel into Lebanon via Syria.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Iranian authorities approve the use of the U.S.-made Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.

From Dawn, Prime Minister Imran Khan orders a facelift for old tourist resorts in Pakistan.

From Khaama Press, according to U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, the people of Afghanistan caused the situation that they're now in.

From ANI, Haryana state Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar briefs Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on protests by farmers.

From the Dhaka Tribune, vaccine equity, the Rohingya crisis, and climate change are at the top of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's U.N. General Assembly agenda.

From the Colombo Page, the Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo responds to a claim by Sri Lankan Buddhist leader Galagodaaththe Gnanasara Thero of another possible terror attack.

From Raajje, Maldivian authorities give former President Abdulla Yameen a written warning for violating the terms of his house arrest.

From The Kashmir Walla, an Australian man is sentenced to jail for his plan to travel to Kashmir and "engage in hostile activities".

From the Nordic Monitor, a Turkish private military contractor praises the Taliban for their asymmetrical warfare and cheers their sharia.

From RTL, Afghan musicians are forced to abandon their instruments.

From OpIndia, in the Indian state of Telangana, five Muslim men abduct a Hindu man for traveling on a bike with a Muslim woman.  (The last four links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From The Jakarta Post, a retired Boeing 737 is placed on cliff near the Nyang Nyang beach on the Indonesian island of Bali in an effort to attract tourists.

From Free Malaysia Today, Malaysian police - 2, wanted foreign criminals - 0.

From The Mainichi, Typhoon Chanthu heads toward Japan.

From Gatestone Institute, China's Belt and Road Initiative has been bad for human rights.

From The Stream, we're now all political prisoners in the D.C. open-air Gulag.

From Space War, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand will continue banning Australian nuclear-powered submarines from its waters.

From The American Conservative, "first they came for the infants".

From The Daily Signal, congresscritter AOC's (D-NY) fashion statement at the Met gala is a reminder to oppose socialism.

From The Western Journal, an ISIS leader responsible for the deaths of four Americans is no longer sharing our oxygen.

From BizPac Review, some companies and business groups that are pushing back against President Biden's coronavirus vaccine mandates.

From The Daily Wire, Amazon temporarily suspends advertising for a book criticizing BLM.

From the Daily Caller, Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) demands answers about a study on natural coronavirus immunity.

From Breitbart, President Biden forgets the name of Australia's prime minister.

From Newsmax, happy 112th birthday to America's oldest World War II veteran.

And from the New York Post, a fast food joint in Bolivia literally gives a woman the finger.

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