Friday, March 4, 2022

Friday Phenomena For March 4th

On a sunny but cold Friday on the one day of the year whose date sounds like a complete sentence, here are some things going on:

From National Review, what Russian President Putin can't have, he is determined to destroy.

From FrontpageMag, will President Biden give Putin what he really wants?

From Townhall, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) tells liberals what bullying really is.

From The Washington Free Beacon, hope and half-measures for Ukraine is not a strategy.

From the Washington Examiner, Russia faces a possible default on its debt due to its invasion of Ukraine.

From The Federalist, the Biden administration released a suspected terrorist into the U.S. after he illegally crossed the border from Mexico into Texas.

From American Thinker, about those alleged "neo-Nazis" fighting Ukraine.

From CNS News, according to information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, government employment in the U.S. grew by 24,000 in this past February.

From LifeZette, "does the West have the will to win in Ukraine?"

From Red Voice Media, according to General Michael Flynn, only the U.S. can defeat Putin.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, NBC ignores a "dangerous" and "scary" Russian law that criminalizes accurate reporting on the war in Ukraine.  (What is this "freedom of the press" you speak of?)

From Canada Free Press, Biden bizarrely restores the Iran nuclear deal.

From CBC News, veterans of the Canadian armed forces explain why they are fighting for Ukraine.

From Global News, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Europe to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

From CTV News, gas prices in the area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada surpass $2 per liter.

From TeleSUR, President Nicolás Maduro claims that Venezuela is ready to provide oil stability to the world.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the coronavirus vaccine-damaged ballroom dancer that the news ignored.

From the Express, a Ukrainian-born millionaire is found hanged in his mansion in the English county of Surrey.

From the Evening Standard, the British grocery chain Sainsbury changes the name of its Chicken Kiev.

From the (U.K.) Independent, according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the U.K. is "bolstering" its sanctions against Russia with "new powers".

From the (Irish) Independent, Irish President Michael Higgins and his wife Sabina test positive for the coronavirus.

From the Irish Examiner, according to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Ireland must "reflect" on its neutrality due to the Russian invasion Ukraine.

From VRT NWS, a woman convicted of physical abuse is allowed to run a daycare center in Schoten, Belgium.  (The article uses the word "crèche", which is borrowed from French.)

From The Brussels Times, two lions from a wildlife sanctuary in Kyiv, Ukraine will be sheltered in a conservation center in Brussels.

From the NL Times, the Netherlands prepares 50,000 spaces for Ukrainian refugees.

From Dutch News, several companies in the Netherlands which have links to Russia condemn its invasion of Ukraine.

From Deutsche Welle, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urges Putin to end the hostilities in Ukraine.

From Free West Media, German public broadcaster ARD uses Open Society for its news reporting from Ukraine.

From the CPH Post, Danish broadcasters are organizing a "Live Aid"-style event to support Ukraine.

From Polskie Radio, the Polish foundation Happy Kids helps Ukrainian children.  (The foundation's Polish name might be Wesołe Dzieci, according to my limited knowledge of Polish.)

From ReMix, Poland plans to spend at least 3 percent of its GDP on defense.

From Radio Prague, people in Wenceslas Square in Prague, Czech Republic cheer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with people in other European cities.

From The Slovak Spectator, people in Bratislava, Slovakia also cheer Zelensky.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary suspends the Russian outlets Russia Today and Sputnik.

From Hungary Today, the Hungarian people's willingness to help people at the border fleeing Ukraine is reportedly "overwhelming".  (If you read German, read the story at Ungarn Heute.)

From About Hungary, according to Foreign Minister Szijjarto, Hungary has rescued diplomats from South Africa and Nigeria and other civilians from Kyiv.

From EuroNews, NATO rejects a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

From Euractiv, the war in Ukraine sends gasoline prices upward.

From Balkan Insight, Montenegro's foreign ministry expels a Russian diplomats.

From Gatestone Institute, to punish Russia, Ukraine should join the E.U.

From The North Africa Post, three Moroccan provinces are selected to legally grow cannabis.

From The New Arab, a large pro-Putin billboard is removed in the Baghdad neighborhood of Al-Jadriya.

From Union Of Catholic Asia News, Pakistani activists and Catholic priests reject "another Islamic body".

From Palestinian Media Watch, a daughter of a terrorist murderer proclaims that in all of Palestine, "not a single Jew will remain".

From The Stream, the war in Ukraine has a demographic dimension, and other matters.

From HistoryNet, how George Patton IV lived up to the legacy of his father General George Patton.

From The Daily Signal, the right way to sanction Russia on energy.

From The American Conservative, the causes of the war in Ukraine.

From The Western Journal, an NBC reporter makes a preposterous claim about Russia and the Keystone XL pipeline.

From BizPac Review, the Supreme Court reinstates the death penalty against terrorist Dzhokar Tsarnaev, which could put President Biden in a bind.

From The Daily Wire, as the average price of gasoline in the U.S. jumps 11 cents overnight, the price in California goes about $5 per gallon.

From the Daily Caller, the U.S. embassy in Ukraine calls Russia's shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant a "war crime".

From Breitbart, the war in Ukraine causes the price of bread in the U.K. to rise.

From Newsmax, Mr. Bill's foundation reconvenes its global initiative to address the "steep" challenges facing the world.

And from the New York Post, when riding an SUV, please do so on the inside thereof.

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