Monday, October 11, 2021

Stories For (Observed) Columbus Day

As the U.S. observes Columbus Day, here are some things going on:

From National Review, left-wing activists reportedly plan to harass Senator Kirsten Sinema (D-AZ) while she runs in the Boston Marathon.

From FrontpageMag, last November's presidential election was "rigged", according to a British journalist.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, "there are a lot of Brandons".

From The Washington Free Beacon, according to documents, a Nebraska Board of Education official secretly got a member of Friends of Planned Parenthood onto a curriculum advisory team.

From the Washington Examiner, a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House is vandalized during a protest against a pipeline that runs through land owned by Native Americans.  (Jackson is understandably not popular with Native Americans.)

From The Federalist, oil starts flowing through the pipeline being protested against.

From American Thinker, on Indigenous Peoples' Day, let's remember how the indigenous peoples of Europe were conquered and enslaved by people from outside Europe.

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Steve Scalise (R-LA), President Biden's policies are responsible for last month's disappointing job numbers.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, comedian Dave Chappelle draws the anger of the left.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, a look at the "Pandora Papers".

From Canada Free Press, global elites flirt with a new version of Marxism.

From CTV News, the Canadian province of Saskatchewan restricts family visitations at ICUs.

From TeleSUR, Salvadorans participate in an "inverse caravan".

From TCW Defending Freedom, how the coronavirus was used to hypnotize the world.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K. getting more wind from its politicians than from nature?  (As what the British would call a "bloody Yank", I would point out that if so, the U.K. would not be alone.)

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to the chief of the U.K.'s cyber-security chief, spies are after the country's coronavirus secrets.

From Euractiv, Poles pin their hopes on European People's Party president Donald Tusk to prevent Poland from leaving the E.U.

From About Hungary, according to Justice Minister Judit Varga, the E.U.'s institutions must respect national identities.

From The Moscow Times, children of reindeer herders Russia's far north spend the summer at work and play.  (I would say that they are an indigenous people.)

From EuroNews, former European Commissioner and Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Cioloş is given the task of forming a new government for Romania.  (His first name is appropriate because most of modern Romania corresponds to an ancient region named Dacia.)

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian road construction companies call for the resignation of Minister of Regional Development Violeta Komitova.

From the Greek City Times, Greece observes the anniversary of the liberation of the city of Kozani from the Ottoman Empire.  (The Ottomans were one of the people from outside of Europe to colonize and enslave indigenous Europeans.)

From Independent Balkan News Agency, consultations between the Romanian parties PNL, PSD and USR with President Klaus Iohannis are completed.

From Balkan Insight, Balkan countries promise to avoid energy shortages and price increases.

From Free West Media, new evidence showing harmful effects of coronavirus vaccines is shown to the International Criminal Court.

From ReMix, according to an opinion column, while the left-wing media celebrate the resignation of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, is right-wing credentials are questionable.

From The North Africa Post, according to new Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden, the new government's top priority is combatting corruption.

From The Jerusalem Post, Israeli border police and Palestinians clash in Jerusalem.

From The New Arab, the Sadrist Movement celebrates early signs of a strong showing in Iraq's parliamentary elections.

From Iran International, excessive underground water extraction sinks land near the historic Iranian city of Esfahan.

From Pakistan Today, police in Karachi, Pakistan arrest two most-wanted suspects.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, no bounty has been offered for a bodyguard of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

From The Hans India, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has never had a more decisive government.  (Even more so than those of the Maurya and Mughal Empires?)

From ABC News, where "A" stands for "Australian", a man from Sydney, Australia is given seven years in prison for preparing a terror attack.

From Gatestone Institute, what does U.S. President Biden's health have to do with the future of Taiwan?

From The Stream, why Columbus day is worthy of being celebrated and defended.

From The American Conservative, have we actually reached "peak Trump"?

From The Daily Signal, a podcast discusses the legacy of Christopher Columbus.

From The Western Journal, a 14-year news anchor in Biloxi, Mississippi is fired for refusing to get a coronavirus vaccine.

From BizPac Review, Biden becomes the first U.S. president to mark "Indigenous Peoples' Day".

From The Daily Wire, Southwest Airlines cancels hundreds of more flights.

From the Daily Caller, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh can't put his finger on why there's a shortage of labor.

From the New York Post, $100 million of border wall materials are reportedly rusting away in Texas.

From Breitbart, according to congresscritter Michelle Steel (R-Cal), Biden ignored her request to declare a state of emergency over the recent oil spill in California.

From Newsmax, election workers in Fulton County, Georgia are accused of shredding paper voter registration applications.

And from The Babylon Bee, the statue of Columbus in Columbus, Ohio is replaced by one of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

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