Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Wednesday Whatnot

On a sunny but cold Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, SCOTUS Justice Stephen Breyer decides to call it a career.

From FrontpageMag, a teenager in Florida converts to Islam and allegedly murders another teenager.

From Townhall, will President Biden nominate Vice President Harris to replace Justice Beyer?  (If so, and if the Senate confirms her, he will then have to nominate a new vice president.)

From The Washington Free Beacon, Justice Breyer's Man of the Year award for 2021 is revoked.

From the Washington Examiner, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) promises a quick confirmation of Biden's Supreme Court nominee.

From The Federalist, six new revelations from John Durham's spygate investigation.

From American Thinker, if you believe some or all of these things, "you might be a liberal".

From CNS News, in the 2000 case of Stenberg v. Carhart, Justice Breyer claimed that partial-birth abortion was a constitutional right.

From NewsBusters, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) deconstructs Biden's "voting rights" agenda.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian convoy truckers need to beware of road hazards

From TeleSUR, violence forces about 2,000 people to relocated to Cali City, Colombia.

From TCW Defending Freedom, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is "greasing the wheels" for an amnesty for illegal aliens.

From Snouts in the Trough, is the U.K. having a "Greek tragedy"?

From EuroNews, Prime Minister Johnson is again urged to resign.

From Free West Media, German Bundestagcritters are somehow more immune to the coronavirus than other citizens are.

From ReMix, Poland starts building a wall on its border with Belarus, which will cost about €350 million.

From Russia Today, the brother of jailed Russian dissident Alexey Navalny is wanted by police.

From Sputnik International, Russia receives a written American response to its security guarantees proposal.

From The Moscow Times, the U.S. embassy in Ukraine tells American citizens to "consider departing now".

From Romania-Insider, the Romanian government endorses a new "cap and subsidy" scheme for energy prices.  (If you read Romanian, read a related story at Economedia.)

From Novinite, where does Bulgaria stand in the situation between Russia, Ukraine, and NATO?

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgaria calls for Russia and Ukraine to deescalate, and will form a new military battalion.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria is not yet considering evacuating its diplomats from Ukraine.

From the Greek Reporter, according to a Greek scientist, the heavy snow in Greece is due to climate change.

From Ekathimerini, schools, courts and other services in the Greek region of Attica and on the island of Crete will stay closed through this coming Friday.

From the Greek City Times, pictures from snowbound Athens.

From Balkan Insight, the investigation of six men in Velika Kladusa, Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1994 has been investigated for 17 years, but so far, no charges have been filed.

From Total Croatia News, a new cycling information center in the Croatian county of Međimurje includes a unique lookout tower.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at HrTurizam.)

From Total Slovenia News, according to Slovenian Health Minister Janez Poklukar, coronavirus restrictions are still necessary as cases of the omicron variant are still rising.

From The Slovenia Times, according to Slovenia's central bank, the coronavirus epidemic is currently having only a small economic impact.

From The Malta Independent, according to opposition leader Bernard Grech, Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela is unable to take decisions and is "led by others".  (Sounds like what U.S. conservatives and Republicans have said about President Biden.)

From Malta Today, Grech accuses Abela of being afraid of former Prime Minister Joseph Muscat.

From ANSA, after three ballots, Italy still has not chosen a new president (or to reelect President Sergio Matterella).

From Italy24News, Italy's coronavirus rules for schools are a mess.

From Euractiv, more on Italy's presidential election (or lack thereof).

From SwissInfo, the Swiss government will not send any officials to the Winter Olympics in Beijing.

From France24, the U.S. and NATO respond to Russian demands as Russian and Ukrainian negotiators meet in Paris.

From RFI, France's highest administrative court reverses a government ban on selling and consuming raw CBD flowers and leaves.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a man of "North African" descent is arrested after allegedly threatening people with a knife in a basilica in Blois, France.  (If you read French read the story at Valeurs Actuelles.)

From El País, a controversial hotel project in the Spanish natural park of Cabo de Gata is a step closer to going forward.

From The Portugal News, relocating to the Portuguese region of Algarve in a post-coronavirus world.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco's Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation arrests two suspects allegedly affiliated with ISIS.

From The New Arab, the Syrian Democratic Forces say that they have taken the Ghwayran prison from ISIS and have secured the hostages held there.

From Malay Mail, the Selangor Islamic Religious Council loses its appeal to reinstate the conversion of five young children to Islam in 2015.  (Selangor is a state in Malaysia.)

From Union of Catholic Asian News, terrorists have reportedly been "infiltrating Islamic schools" in Indonesia.

From Gatestone Institute, call the Houthi rebels in Yemen what they are - foreign terrorists.

From The Stream, a response to the pro-abortion "scoffers".

From The Daily Signal, the Texas heartbeat abortion law not only "beats strongly" but also inspires other states to consider passing similar laws.

From The American Conservative, President Biden's energy policies leave the U.S. and Europe vulnerable to Russian aggression.

From The Western Journal, a video appears to show Ashli Babbitt trying to stop violence by another person involved in the Capitol riot before she was fatally shot.

From BizPac Review, the CDC is concerned about exposure to lab monkeys.

From The Daily Wire, Spotify decides to keep Joe Rogan and boot Neil Young.

From the Daily Caller, three black women other than Vice President Harris whom Biden could nominate to the Supreme Court.

From the New York Post, as Justice Stephen Breyer announces his retirement from the Supreme Court, the Senate gets ready for a fight.

From Breitbart, according to a new book, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) softened her criticisms of the Chinese communist government as her husband and son scored business deals in China.

From Newsmax, the Federal Reserve plans to raise rates to curb inflation, possibly as soon as this coming March.

And from the Genesius Times, Neil Young is put on a career ventilator as fans hold a vigil for his Spotify sales.

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