Monday, October 18, 2021

Monday Mania

On a cool and windy Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how unions have worsened supply chain problems.

From FrontpageMag, saying "Ngo" to ProFa.

From Townhall, to deal with the supply chain crisis, President Biden appoints a maritime administrator with no experience in shipping.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a mob rampages through downtown Portland, Oregon.

From the Washington Examiner, the Supreme Court sides with police in a case involving qualified immunity.

From The Federalist, according to Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D), schools should not tell parents about children who are "gender fluid".  (Gender fluidity does exist - in science fiction.)

From American Thinker, the supply chain crisis brings some blessings in disguise.

From CNS News, according to Dr. Alveda King, CRT won't stop racism, but the Texas abortion law might be able to.

From LifeZette, Los Angeles removes a statue of Saint Junipero Serra from a park, as the Catholic Church and Latino groups go Sgt. Schulz.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, parents in Loudoun County, Virginia win against their politically correct school board.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, how the media treated the recently departed General Colin Powell back when he was in the administration of President Bush the Younger.

From Canada Free Press, RINOs should realize that they will be punished after they leave office.  (The italicized emphasis on "after" is in the article's title.)

From Global News, for the first time, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nations government in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

From TeleSUR, people in the Dominican Republic are requested to present their vaccination papers.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the futile gesture of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's rush to net zero carbon dioxide emissions.

From the Express Tribune, passengers on the London Underground defend a woman from abuse.

From the Irish Examiner, the Irish Seanad will consider a bill to ban speech about abortion within 100 meters of any abortion provider.  (The article refers to members of the Seanad as "senators", implying that the Seanad is the equivalent of the U.S. or Canadian Senate.)

From The Brussels Times, if you shoot video footage at the Université Libre du Bruxelles, please keep your actors clothed.

From Dutch News, Dutch hospitals are again under strain as three patients are moved from Zwolle to Rotterdam.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at De Stentor.)

From Euractiv, the likely new coalition German government wants more E.U. sovereignty and a ban on cars that use fossil fuel.  (In other words, they would be solidly on the left.)

From Reuters, according to police, the people who were killed in an attack in Kongsberg, Norway died from being stabbed, not from being shot with arrows.

From Hungary Today, who is Péter Márki-Zay, winner of the Hungarian opposition's primary election?

From ReMix, while the West loses churches, Hungary builds more of them.

From Sputnik International, former spy Christopher Steele still believes that then-candidate Donald Trump colluded with Russia, even though his dossier has been discredited.

From The Sofia Globe, according to Bulgaria's Transport Ministry, rescue workers have started to unload the chemical fertilizer cargo from the stranded ship Vera Su.

From Ekathimerini, a former fire chief will be tried for allegedly trying to cover up responsibility for a fire in Mati, Greece which caused the deaths of 102 people.

From Independent Balkan News Agency, Romanian Prime Minister-designate Dacian Cioloş sets out a list of ministerial candidates.

From Balkan Insight, the Kosovo governing party Vetevendosje loses ground in municipal elections.

From The Slovenia Times, according to the newspaper Delo, trust of police among Slovenians has decreased.

From Malta Today, Armed Forces Malta intercepts two Tunisian fishing vessels within the Maltese conservation zone.

From Italy24News, 18 members of Italy's Democratic Party are elected to the Rome city council.

From Free West Media, police break up a protest against coronavirus passes by dockworkers in Trieste, Italy.

From RFI, according to French magistrates unions, President Emmanuel Macron's bid to reform France's justice system is a load of "froth".

From Allah's Willing Executioners, the French newspaper Le Monde calls a man who lost a daughter in the Bataclan terror attack in Paris a "hateful father".  (If you read French, read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From EuroNews, Portuguese authorities seize 5.2 metric tons of she-don't-lie from a Spanish-flagged yacht in the Atlantic Ocean.

From The North Africa Post, 103 Algerians trying to reach Spain are intercepted in 24 hours.

From Turkish Minute, according to a poll, about half of Turkish voters believe that President Erdoğan will not win any more presidential elections.

From The Times Of Israel, according to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, "ideological heirs" of the man who assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin are now serving in the Knesset.

From Egypt Today, Egyptian President Abdel El-Sisi inspects domestically-produced armored vehicles.

From The New Arab, traveling in Yemen has become quite risky.

From IranWire, Iranians share their experiences of being violently arrested by the "morality police".

From The Express Tribune, a policeman is killed and 13 other people are injured by an IED explosion at the gate of Balochistan University in Quetta, Pakistan.

From the Afghanistan Times, the Taliban downplay the threat from ISIS in Afghanistan.

From the Hindustan Times, India and Israel intend to resume negotiations for a free trade agreement and complete the pact in 2022.

From New Age, a Bangladeshi government body formed to investigate the placing of a copy of the Koran on an idol of a Hindu deity gets 15 more days to complete its work.

From the Daily Mirror, according to Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardane, Sri Lanka will have to keep its coronavirus restrictions in place for the rest of this year.

From The Straits Times, 8 coroner inquiries are reopened in Singapore over allegations of forgery by an investigating officer.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia's most recent Standard Operating Procedures allow for up to 350 people for certain indoor events.

From Vietnam Plus, waterway transport service resumes in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam after a four-month hiatus.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.S. should defend Taiwan or give it the means to defend itself.

From The Stream, an explanation of those "Trump lost" billboards.

From The Daily Signal, on the energy crisis, President Biden is begging others to save him from himself.

From The American Conservative, liberal journalists turn against the First Amendment.

From The Western Journal, right-wing journalist Dan Bongino punishes a sponsor who bowed to a ProFa mob.

From BizPac Review, even after a $64 million upgrade, the White House fence is beached by two small boys.

From The Daily Wire, 17 state Attorneys General condemn the DOJ's targeting of parents at school board meetings.

From WRAL, longtime congresscritter David Price (D-NC) announces his retirement. (via the Daily Caller)

From the Daily Caller, the DOJ files an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to overturn the Texas abortion law.

From the New York Post, New York City's Public Design Commission votes to remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from the City Council chamber.

From Breitbart, employees of Southwest Airlines gather at the company's headquarters in Dallas, Texas to protest against its coronavirus vaccine mandate, with some "Let's Go, Brandon" cheers breaking out.

From Newsmax, according to congresscritter James Comer (R-KY), the Biden has no plan for dealing with the supply chain crisis.

And from The Babylon Bee, a flamethrower crew arrives to disinfect Mr. Bill's recent hospital room.

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