Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Tuesday Links

As the sunny but cold weather continues on a Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why some of us can't let go of the coronavirus.

From FrontpageNews, two factions of President Biden's base go to war over his impending Supreme Court nomination.

From Townhall, former congresscritter Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) points out the biggest threat to American democracy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Mandella Barnes (D-WI) claims to not support the policies of a far-left group, but still takes their money.

From the Washington Examiner, the producer price index comes in at a near-record 9.7 percent for January.

From The Federalist, systemic voting problems in Pennsylvania during the 2020 election were even more extensive than previously thought.

From American Thinker, how Vice President Pence fell short in January 6th, 2021.

From CNS News, Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears (R) gavels the Virginia Senate to order, using her own high-heel shoe.

From LifeZette, Russian President Putin's bluff is working.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau uses the Emergency Act to freeze the accounts of the Freedom Convoy truckers.  (via LifeZette)

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg "continues to be an epic failure".  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, economist Paul Krugman condemns the Canadian truckers after downplaying violence by BLM and ProFa.

From Canada Free Press, "beware liberals bearing gifts".

From TeleSUR, the Chilean Constituent Convention starts its first plenary session.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a physiotherapy student at York St. John University is told to get vaccinated against the coronavirus or he won't be allowed to finish his studies.

From Free West Media, the untimely death of French biologist and virologist Luc Montagnier.

From EuroNews, the U.K.'s Prince Andrew reaches a settlement with his accuser.

From Euractiv, Russia claims to have pulled back some of its forces near Ukraine.

From ReMix, the Spanish right-wing party Vox wins 13 parliamentary seats in the region of Castile and León.

From Balkan Insight, the Bulgarian government moved towards removing the country's chief prosecutor.

From The North Africa Post, the return of the pro-democracy movement Hirak haunts the Algerian government.

From The New Arab, Saudi Arabia backs American efforts to "prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons".

From Dawn, according to Pakistani President Dr. Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan will consult with Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa "when the time comes".  (My spellchecker has no problem with the Prime Minister's name, objects to both the President's first and last names, and objects to "Bajwa" but not to "Qamar".)

From The Express Tribune, a Sikh trader is shot after resisting a robbery attempt in Peshawar, Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistan's Intelligence Bureau suspends five of its officials for allegedly torturing a detained suspect.

From The Hans India, a female Maoist surrenders to police in Kakinada, India.

From the Hindustan Times, India prepares for its turn as president of the G20, which starts this coming December 1st.

From ANI, police in the Indian state of Odisha arrest a man for allegedly deceiving 14 women to marry him while posing as a senior government official.

From India Today, a madrasa teacher in the Indian state of Kerala is arrested for allegedly abusing children.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladeshi government honors 654 female freedom fighters for their actions in the country's war of independence in 1971.

From New Age, the Bangladeshi government raises the prices of electricity, water and gas.

From the Colombo Page, the Human Rights Committee of Sri Lanka advocates the abolition of the country's Prevention of Terrorism Act.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan government is accused of trying to introduce "white van culture".

From Raajee, Maldivian President Mohamed Solih will tour six islands in the Lhaviyani atoll this week.

From The Straits Times, the Malaysian parliament votes to refer opposition leaders Pritam Singh and Faisal Manap to the country's Public Prosecutor.

From Free Malaysia Today, a Malaysian single mother asks why she can't see her twin daughters, who converted to Islam, but a mufti can.

From the Borneo Post, Malaysia Prime Minister Ismail Sabri makes an official visit Brunei and has an audience with its sultan.

Form Vietnam Plus, the Standing Committee of Vietnam's National Assembly supplementing the copyright laws pertaining to the country's flag, emblem and national anthem.

From The Mainichi, 17-year-old snowboarder Kokomo Murase becomes the youngest Japanese woman to win a medal in the Winter Olympics.

From Gatestone Institute, the Biden administration kills a gas pipeline that would have run from Israel to Europe.

From The Stream, if a report proves that former President Trump was right about being spied upon, does it make a sound?

From The Daily Signal, the founders of BLM aren't corrupt, but capitalist.

From The American Conservative, the Nazis whom the left-wing globalists ignore.

From The Western Journal, senatorial candidate Dave McCormick (R-PA) runs a "let's go, Brandon" ad during the Super Bowl.

From BizPac Review, a BLM activist is arrested for allegedly trying to assassinate Louisville, Kentucky mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg (D).

From The Daily Wire, while the aforementioned President Putin states that he doesn't want war, Ukraine will believe it when they see Russia's withdrawal.

From the Daily Caller, Republican Senators place some obstacles to the passing of a short-term bill to keep the federal government operating.

From the Reuters, Ukraine's defense ministry and two state-linked banks are hit by cyberattacks.  (via the New York Post)

From News(dot)com(dot)au, four years after their wardrobe malfunction, French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron win the gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics.  (via the New York Post.)

From the New York Post, a federal jury in Manhattan, New York finds that The New York Times did not defame former Alaska Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (R).

From Breitbart, politicians in the U.S. and elsewhere condemn the Canadian government's use of anti-terrorism laws against the peaceful protests of its own citizens.

From Newsmax, according to Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), former President Trump's handling of his administration's records is "not a crime".

And from The Babylon Bee, in response to the Freedom Convoy truckers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reorganizes Canada into the first Galactic Empire.

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