Thursday, February 24, 2022

Thursday Links

As cool rainy weather returns on a Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, how secure are the eastern members of NATO feeling today?

From FrontpageMag, Russia invades Ukraine.

From Townhall, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) has a "preferred choice" for the Supreme Court.

From The Washington Free Beacon, looking back at the media outrage when then-presidential candidate Mitt Romney (R) called Russia our biggest foe.

From the Washington Examiner, over 150 high-ranking Russian officials condemn their country's invasion of Ukraine.

From The Federalist, Republican congresscritters demand information about American funding of migrant shelters in Mexico.

From American Thinker, who is to blame for high gasoline prices?

From CNS News, congresscritter Elise Stefanik (R-NY) points out how "the world is less safe" after just one year into the Biden presidency.

From LifeZette, congresscritter Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) has a new Contract With America.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, yes, election cheating via phone is coming.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, a longtime NBA referee is fired for not getting a coronavirus vaccination due to his religious beliefs.

From Canada Free Press, is Russian President Putin influenced by Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros or by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche?

From TeleSUR, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon allegedly hindered the investigation of a fire which claimed the lives of 49 children.

From TCW Defending Freedom, NATO, Russia and Ukraine, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.

From Free West Mediadue to coronavirus vaccination requirements, some Italian parliamentcritters will not be allowed to enter their building.

From EuroNews, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

From Euractiv, why attempts at diplomacy from Western leaders failed.

From ReMix, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki calls for an immediate response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

From Balkan Insight, Balkan countries evacuate their citizens from Ukraine.

From Morocco World News, Morocco allows fans back into soccer stadiums.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan and Mauritanian employers discuss means to promote economic and trade relations.

From Hürriyet Daily News, Turkish President Erdoğan calls for Russia to stop its "unlawful operation" in Ukraine.

From Turkish Minute, a Turkish ship is hit by a bomb near Odessa, Ukraine, but no casualties are reported.

From Rûdaw, Iraq's Kurdistan Region plans to hold parliamentary elections on this coming October 1st.

From Armenpress, Armenia and France will hold a forum in Paris in the near future.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, no casualties are reported among Armenians in Ukraine.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus's Foreign Minister urges all Cypriots in Ukraine to contact your country's embassy.

From The Syrian Observer, the price of medicine will increase in government-held areas of Syria.

From The961, Lebanese authorities foil attempted suicide attacks by ISIS terrorists in Beirut.

From Arutz Sheva, according to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, "Israel will help Ukraine's citizens as much as possible".

From The Times Of Israel, Israelis prepare aid packages and relief teams for Ukraine, to help refugees and Ukrainian Jews.

From The Jerusalem Post, what do Israelis who once lived in the Soviet bloc think of the Russia-Ukraine war?

From YNetNews, in his first public comment, Naftali Bennett does not condemn Russia.

From AhlulBayt News Agency, according to the secretary-general of Hezbollah, the Israeli regime is "temporary".

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian Journalist Ibrahim Eissa states that he did not deny the story of the prophet Mohammed's night journey.

From Egypt Today, how will the Russian invasion of Ukraine affect Egypt and the global economy?

From the Sudan Tribune, the deputy head of Sudan's Sovereign Council supports Putin's decision to recognize the two Ukrainian separatist regions.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, the African Union expresses extreme concerns over the "dangerous situation" in Ukraine.

From the Saudi Gazette, 11 women from Saudi Arabia prepare for the world and Asian snooker championships.

From The New Arab, the Iraqi foreign ministry is working to evacuate Iraqi students from Ukraine.

From RadioFreeEurope/Radio Liberty, chief Iranian negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani returns to Tehran and expresses "optimism" about nuclear talks.

From IranWire, Iranian Baha'i citizen Saba Sefidi is released from Evin Prison on the equivalent of $355,000 bail.

From Iran International, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine raises controversy.

From Pajhwok Afghan NewsAfghan Deputy Prime Minister Adbul Salam Hanafi calls on the Qatari government to support Afghanistan's education sector.

From NDTV, a Pakistani-American man is sentenced to death for beheading his girlfriend at his home in Islamabad, Pakistan.

From the Afghanistan Times, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets with female entrepreneurs in Kabul.

From The Daily Campus, according to an opinion column, the University of Connecticut should oppose hate against Shiite Muslims.  (This site appears to be UConn's official newspaper.)

From Linda Ikeji's Blog, a woman in Rigasa, Nigeria sues her father in a sharia court for forcing her into three marriages.

From the Blitz, according to an editorial, the hijab and the burqa symbolize the subjugation of Muslim women.

From The Diplomat, silence over rapes allegedly committed by Islamist terrorists in the Kashmir Valley, which is in the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  (The last four articles, and those from AhlulBayt News Agency and NDTV above, all come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, the plans of the Pakistani Taliban.

From The Stream, Democrats build a wall around the Capitol building to keep out the truckers from the American "Freedom Convoy".  (It's the same wall that was built in January 2021 to keep right-wing extremists - who never showed up - away from President Biden's inauguration.)

From The Daily Signal, is U.S.-born Chinese Olympic medalist Eileen Gu a "communist-certified millionaire?

From Space War, China claims to be "closely watching" the situation after Russia attacks Ukraine.

From The American Conservative, sadly, the paleocons are right again, this time about Russia.

From Clash Daily, "the fact-checkers who weren't".

From The Western Journal, Russian forces reach the former Chernobyl power plant.

From BizPac Review, conservative writer John Hayward lays bare the illusion of "benevolent authoritarianism" and the "great reset".

From The Daily Wire, Biden orders 7,000 more U.S. troops to Europe as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine.

From the Daily Caller, a Russian journalist denies that her country is invading Ukraine, as video of tanks plays behind her.

From the New York Post, the U.S. orders the Russian embassy's number 2 diplomat to get out.

From Breitbart, the Canadian parliament considers legislation that would penalize citizens for merely intending to post "hate speech" online.  (George Orwell called.  He wants his 1984 back.)

And from Newsmax, thousands of Ukrainian refugees start arriving in neighboring countries.

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