Friday, November 19, 2021

Rittenhouse Is Acquitted And Other Stories

Kyle Rittenhouse, who dared to defend himself from rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2020, when he was 17, has been acquitted of all charges against him.

Read more at Axios, KSTP, the Star Advertiser, NBC News and the Press Herald.

In other things going on:

From National Review, no Democrat congresscritter who voted for President Biden's multi-trillion-dollar spending plan is a moderate.

From FrontpageMag, President Xi (China) spanks President Biden (U.S.) in their video call.

From Townhall, relocating the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management out west was not based on racism but on true conservation.  (The article uses the abbreviation "BLM".  I decided to use the full name of the agency so as not to confuse it with the other BLM.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, as Biden undergoes a colonoscopy, Vice President Harris becomes the least popular acting President since Nixon.

From the Washington Examiner, congresscritter Jared Golden (D-ME) is the only Democrat to vote against Biden's spending bill.

From The Federalist, video from a whistleblower shows election officials in Delaware County, Pennsylvania destroying evidence.

From American Thinker, almost "a decade of woke misrule" has elapsed from George Zimmerman to Kyle Rittenhouse.

From CNS News, the American Cancer Society does not recommend routine colonoscopies for people as old as Biden.

From LifeZette, is America now a nation of disparate tribes.

From the eponymous site of Brew Berquist, a Republican wins an upset victory in deep-blue Columbia, South Carolina.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, state attorneys general plan to investigate the effect of Instagram on children.

From Canada Free Press, how to stay grounded while resisting the "Great Reset".

From Global News, the nursing school at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada allocates 40 seats for black and Mi'kmaw students.

From TeleSUR, Fujimori-era Peruvian official Vladimiro Montesinos is sentenced to 17 years in prison in connection with the kidnapping of an El País journalist.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how rare are the "rare" injuries from coronavirus vaccines?

From Snouts in the Trough, why are U.K. politicians and media so [bleep]ing stupid?

From the Evening Standard, nine Insulate Britain activists jailed for violating court injunctions are ordered to pay half of the legal costs for the U.K.'s National Highways.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Ireland's health chief, masks should be worn in outdoor congregated settings.

From The Brussels Times, the Belgian Flemish socialist party Vooruit is allowed to keep its name.

From Dutch News, why are coronavirus cases spiking in the Netherlands even though most people are vaccinated?

From Euractiv, socialists in Denmark and Sweden fight against a minimum wage directive.

From EuroNews, Poland confirms that a migrant camp on the Belarusian side of the border has been cleared.

From ReMix, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński tells CNN host Christiane Amanpour that the migrants on the Belarusian border are "not defenseless refugees".

From Hungary Today, details of Hungary's reintroduced indoor mask-wearing requirements.

From Sputnik International, the Russian Foreign Ministry slams an initiative by some U.S. congresscritters to end recognition of Putin as Russia's president after his current term ends.

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria's Central Election Commission announces the seat distribution for the country's upcoming parliamentary elections.

From Ekathimerini, according to Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, Turkey is the "common denominator" of troubles in that area.

From Balkan Insight, as another coronavirus wave strikes the Balkans, the number of infections drops in Kosovo.

From The Slovenia Times, according to Slovenian Education Minister Simona Kustec, criticism against her is intended to silence her as a woman.

From Malta Today, a court acquits residents of Marsaskala, Malta of illegally hanging banners.

From Italy24News, high levels of volcanic gas on the Italian island of Vulcano keeps tourists away.

From RFI, the French National Assembly approves a bill to provide compensation to the "harki" fighters who fought alongside France during the Algerian war of independence.

From Free West Media, Brazil requires McDonald's to have separate toilets for different gender categories.

From The North Africa Post, two airports in the Western Sahara will be upgraded.

From Turkish Minute, Turkish rights activists Dr. Şeymhus Gökalp is acquitted of terrorism charge.

From The Times Of Israel, according to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Israel will start vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 against the coronavirus.

From Egypt Today, Egypt will host the 12th COMESA summit at its New Administrative Capital.

From The New Arab, Turkey releases Syrian singer Omar Souleyman.

From IranWire, farmers and others protest in Isfahan, Iran as the Zayanderud River dries up.

From The Express Tribune, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Shehbaz Sharif promises not to let Prime Minister Imran Khan "establish his monarchy" in Pakistan.

From The Afghanistan Times, the Taliban claims to have destroyed an ISIS-K hideout.

From the Hindustan Times, three Indian parliamentcritters offer to resign their ministerial posts ahead of a cabinet reshuffle.

From New Age, customs officials at Bangladesh's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport detain two men who allegedly carried gold bars.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka will roll out a third dose of coronavirus vaccine for people above 20 years old who have comorbidities.

From The Straits Times, a large buried rock shows the size of an 1860s estate in Singapore.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysians are urged to register at only one private health facility for coronavirus booster shots.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hails children participating in a drawing contest.

From Gatestone Institute, will the Iranian mullahs obtain major concessions from U.S. President Biden and the E.U.?

From The Stream, justice wins over mob rule in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

From The Daily Signal, 10 more examples of defensive gun use that undercut the logic behind New York's gun laws.

From Space War, after Russia shoots its own satellite, the Pentagon wants to make its space assets "more difficult to find".

From The American Conservative, Kyle Rittenhouse deserves more than just the acquittal he received earlier today.

From Fox News, Dr. Anthony Fauci was reportedly spotted without a mask at an indoor party in D.C.

From The Western Journal, the media won't like what the judge in the Rittenhouse trial told the jury after the verdict.

From Bizpac Review, reaction to the Rittenhouse verdict pours in.

From The Daily Wire, Biden gives his reaction to the Rittenhouse verdict.

From the Daily Caller, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model, the "Build Back Better" bill will cost about $4,6 trillion.

From Breitbart, former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) agrees with the Rittenhouse verdict.

From Newsmax, former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke had to "hold back tears" after learning of the Rittenhouse verdict.

And from the New York Post, in Africa, the coronavirus pandemic results in a baby boom - among elephants.

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