Thursday, February 17, 2022

Thursday Tidings

On a cool cloudy Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Russia expels an American diplomat at the U.S. embassy in Moscow.

From FrontpageMag, even if Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not the biological son of the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, he is his ideological son.

From Townhall, shenanigans from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) could bring about a government shutdown.

From The Washington Free Beacon, meet the Democrat congressional candidate who invited the Chinese Communist Party into his community's classrooms in California.

From the Washington Examiner, a businessman from Texas has been in a Chinese prison for 9 years on dubious charges.

From The Federalist, Trudeau does not want a peaceful end to the Freedom Convoy protests, but wants violence.

From American Thinker, myths about the Great Depression and President Franklin Roosevelt's programs.

From CNS News, according to the Census Bureau, a record 69.4 percent of Americans who voted in the 2020 election did not vote in person on election day.

From LifeZette, the Russian hoax scandal has Democrats terrified, as it should.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, Democrats are silent on the Russia collusion hoax and on an Iranian attempt to help then-candidate Biden against then-President Trump.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, The Washington Post "slimes" Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

From Canada Free Press, how Canadian politics was influenced by U.S. President Obama.

From TeleSUR, the rains and mudslides in Petropolis, Brazil have claimed 104 lives.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the threat to coronary health in young men is now undeniable, but the coronavirus vaccinations will continue.

From Free West Media, the German Insurance Association warns about possible a total power blackout.

From ReMix, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki visits the construction site of a wall being built along the border with Belarus, and calls the border "sacred".

From Russia Today, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko tells NATO to "calm down".  (His last name reminds me of the Polish word gruszka, which means "pear".)

From Sputnik International, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, U.S. President Biden's statement that Russia could soon invade Ukraine escalates tensions.

From The Moscow Times, according to a document presented to American officials, Russia will be "forced to respond" if the U.S. does not engage with its security demands.

From EuroNews, Russia issues 720,000 fast-track passports for separatist-held parts of Ukraine.

From Euractiv, what if Russian President Putin wins without firing a shot?

From Romania-Insider, according to Romanian Transport Minister Sorin Grindeanu, a single combined ticket will be made available for use on Bucharest's subway, overground public transport, and the train to the city's airport.

From Novinite, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola launches a lawsuit against europarliamentcritter Angel Djambazki of Bulgaria for allegedly making a Nazi salute.

From The Sofia Globe, between 100 and 150 American military personnel are expected to arrive in Bulgaria for a joint training exercise.

From Radio Bulgaria, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov and Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi meet to discuss dialogue with North Macedonia.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece launches an official protest against Turkey over statements by Turkish officials questioning the sovereignty of Greece over its Aegean islands.

From Ekathimerini, according to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece supports Ukraine's territorial integrity.

From the Greek City Times, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, statements about Greek islands by Turkish President Erdoğan are "provocative" and "ahistorical".

From Balkan Insight, Kosovo dedicates its Independence Monument in the capital city of Prishtina to women's empowerment.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković calls on Bosnia and Hercegovina's Croat and Bosniak leaders agree on a fair election law.

From Total Slovenia News, the Slovenian company PharmaHemp is building Europe's hemp products factory in Komenda, Slovenia.

From The Slovenia Times, Slovenian, healthcare and social care staff go on strike.

From The Malta Independent, according to Transport Malta chairman Joe Bugeja, the route for the Malta Marathon favored by its organizers is "not compliant with today's realities.

From Malta Today, according to Maltese Health Minister Chris Fearne, there will be no need for a fourth shot of coronavirus vaccine for this winter.

From ANSA, Italy's Constitutional Court rejects a petition for legalizing growing cannabis for personal use.

From SwissInfo, artificial snow is used at the Winter Olympics in China and in many Swiss ski resorts.

From France24, President Emmanuel Macron announces the withdrawal of French troops from Mali.

From RFI, Macron denies that the withdrawal means that France's mission in Mali was a failure.

From El País, families of a Spanish fishing crew whose ship sank in Canadians waters await news of their loved ones.

From The Portugal News, a magnitude-5.0 earthquake is felt on the Portuguese island of Madeira.

From The North Africa Post, the Libyan central bank is under international pressure to cut off funding to the country's cabinet, led by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh.

From The New Arab, Lebanon awards a contract for operating the container terminal in the port of Beirut, thus angering families of the victims of the explosion in 2020.

From Michael Smith News, Australia lists Hamas and seven other groups as terror organizations.

From OpIndia, millions of Muslim women are at risk due to FGM.

From Gatestone Institute, the leaders of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad urge Palestinians to wage jihad against Israel.

From The Stream, due to late night flights by "Biden Air", the border crisis reaches your children's middle school.

From The Daily Signal, the media goes after people who donate to the Canadian truckers.

From Space War, according to U.K. Defence Minister Ben Wallace, NATO is "deadly serious" in its response to the threat from Russia.

From The American Conservative, the protest by the Canadian truckers leads to a battle in a "war of the worlds".

From The Western Journal, according to a poll, even Californians are fed up with President Biden.

From BizPac Review and the "flying pigs" department, conservatives and congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) appear to agree on something.

From The Daily Wire, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk accuses the Securities and Exchange Commission of trying to "chill" his free speech.

From the Daily Caller, congresscritter Sean Maloney (D-NY) recalls his trip on "really pure" ecstasy.

From Breitbart, former President Trump endorses congressional candidate Monica De La Cruz (R-TX).

From Newsmax, according to a poll, over two thirds of Americans believe that the accusations regarding Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign are "very important".

And from the New York Post, when in South Africa, beware the black rhinoceros.

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