Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Wednesday Wanderings

On a warm partly cloudy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, according to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Taliban government in Afghanistan is not inclusive.

From FrontpageMag, in response to an ISIS terrorist stabbing 7 people in a New Zealand shopping mall, some businesses ban scissors.  (No, this is not satire.)

From Townhall, two questions about refugees from Afghanistan.

From The Washington Free Beacon, climate czar John Kerry is reduced to using Zoom as China rolls out the red carpet for the Taliban.

From the Washington Examiner, sitting on death row, the Fort Hood shooter writes a congratulatory letter to the Taliban.

From The Federalist, the left has made it clear that there are no civilians in the fight for life.

From American Thinker, how to prepare and how not to prepare for the coronavirus.

From CNS News, a problem on 9/11/2001 that still hasn't been fixed.

From LifeZette, the Taliban hunt down Americans in Afghanistan.

From NewsBusters, a gay teacher in Missouri resigns over a gay pride flag.

From Canada Free Press, how the pandemic illusion is built.

From CBC News, as Canada opens its borders to fully vaccinated travelers, are there risks?

From TeleSUR, Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion.

From TCW Defending Freedom, hydrogen power is "just more hot air".

From Snouts in the Trough, has the Wuhan lab leak "smoking gun" been found?

From the Evening Standard, U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel tells her French counterpart Gerald Darmanin that her people "expect to see results" about migrants crossing the English Channel.

From the Irish Examiner, Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin expresses confidence in Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney despite Sinn Féin calling for his resignation.

From The Brussels Times, the number of French-speaking Belgians admitted to medical schools exceeds the government's quota.  (If you read Flemish, read the story at De Standaard.)

From Dutch News, the Dutch Coast Guard rescues a woman floating 11 kilometers off the Dutch coast.

From ReMix, the Polish army moves 4,000 of its soldiers from west to east.

From Hungary Today, according to Prime Ministers Orban (Hungary) and Brnabic (Serbia), their countries will protect Europe from migration waves.

From Free West Media, a teacher in Tamasi, Hungary promises better grades to vaccinated students.

From Sputnik International, Russian Emergency Minister Yevgeny Zinichev tragically dies saving the life of a cameraman during drills in the Arctic.

From The Sofia Globe, thousands of restaurant owners and workers in the capital city of Sofia protest Bulgaria's latest coronavirus measures.

From Ekathimerini, the untouched Greek Aegean island of Polyaigos.

From Euractiv, Greece tells Serbia that it has not changed its position on Kosovo.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, the Croatian government seeks solutions for overdrafts on the bank accounts of Croatian citizens.

From Balkan Insight, Serbian opposition leader Dragan Djilas rejects electoral reforms proposed by the E.U.

From The Slovenia Times, the statue of Austrian Field Marshal Josef Radetzky returns to Tivoli Park in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

From Malta Today, according to Maltese parliamentcritter Kevin Cutajar, Gozitans should decide whether a tunnel will connect the islands of Gozo and Malta.

From Italy24News, Italian departments are invaded by the no vax.

From RFI, the French republic seeks solace and reconciliation at the trial of defendants linked to the 2015 Bataclan terror attack.

From EuroNews, some Bataclan defendants complain about conditions in custody.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the Bataclan terrorists also allegedly considered targeting a "Catholic Youth" organization.  (If you read French, read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From Sky News, one Bataclan defendant calls himself "a soldier of Islamic state".

From The North Africa Post, the U.S. donates a 30-bed negative pressure isolation unit to Morocco.

From Turkish Minute, the Turkish government dismisses 53 deputy governors and district governors due to alleged Gülen links.

From The Times Of Israel, demonstrations and riots break out in the West Bank and Jerusalem in solidarity with the six Palestinians who escaped from Israel's Gilboa Prison.

From Egypt Today, Egypt hopes to export gas to Jordan, which will be used to generate electricity to be sent into Lebanon.

From The New Arab, Moroccans go to the polls to elect a new parliament under a controversial new law.

From IranWire, an Iranian radio presenter loses his job after criticizing the expulsion of a professor from Islamic Azad University.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan expresses concern over the "massive arms build-up" in its neighborhood.  (As far as I can tell, this concern does not extend to the large amount of American weapons now in the hands of the Taliban.)

From the Hindustan Times, the Indian government signs a ceasefire agreement with an insurgent group in the state of Nagaland.

From New Age, Bangladesh will not reopen schools and colleges in flooded areas for the time being.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan health experts advise women to delay pregnancy by a year if possible.

From The Straits Times, when in Singapore, please do not insult the police officers.

From the Borneo Post, 14 more places in Malaysia are placed under the country's enhanced movement control order.

From Vietnam Plus, according to Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, vaccine diplomacy is very important and urgent.

From Gatestone Institute, why U.S. President Biden's aid will not bring peace to the Palestinians.

From The Stream, "no, the pro-life movement is not about controlling women".

From The Daily Signal, Biden's failure in Afghanistan leaves the U.S. just as vulnerable as it was on 9/11.

From Space Daily, Sikorsky-Boeing delivers a proposal for future long-range assault aircraft to the U.S. Army.

From The American Conservative, in praise of those who know what they don't know.

From The Western Journal, a memorial to the 13 service members killed by a suicide attack in Afghanistan along a California freeway is vandalized.

From BizPac Review, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is vindicated as Dr. Fauci is reported to the DOJ for alleged lying.

From The Daily Wire, Dr. Fauci appears on CNN and MSNBC, but is never asked about damning coronavirus documents.

From the Daily Caller, the number of detained illegal aliens decreases as ICE hardly ever arrests anyone.

From Breitbart, former President Trump will return - to provide ringside commentary at a boxing match.

From Newsmax, former Trump officials are told to resign from military advisory boards, to which one says "no".

And from the New York Post, a baby gets some revenge on the priest who baptized him.

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