Thursday, March 17, 2022

Links For Saint Patrick's Day

As we celebrate the feast of St. Patrick (whose name wasn't Patrick) by pretending for one day (for those not actually Irish) to be Irish (which the man not named Patrick wasn't), here are some things going on:

From National Review, The New York Times suddenly learns that the investigations of Hunter Biden's laptop and corruption are real.

From FrontpageMag, former President Trump reveals what kept Russian President Putin from invading Ukraine on his watch.  (Of the last four U.S. administrations, Trump's was the only one during which Russia did not invade any other country.  This goes back to the second term of President Bush the Younger, who was in office during Russia's invasion of Georgia in 2008.)

From Townhall, the New York Post was banned from Twitter for reporting the story which The New York Times now confirms.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a video shows then-senatorial candidate Raphael Warnock (D-GA) calling for the U.S. to move away from fossil fuels.

From the Washington Examiner, left-wing congresscritters press President Biden declare an emergency to restrict fossil fuels.

From The Federalist, the media have lied before to drag the U.S. into war, so don't think that they won't do so again.

From American Thinker, the real reason for Islamic hate.

From CNS News, gun-control advocate Biden sends a variety of guns to Ukrainian civilians.

From the Objectivist, a news anchor humiliates Vice President Harris.  (via LifeZette)

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, a Russian lawmaker want Alaska back from the United States.  (I could suppose that due to Biden's apparent preference for foreign oil over American oil, giving Alaska back to Russia could increase its oil production.  The story comes via LifeZette.)

From NewsBusters, the media blames everyone except Biden for high gasoline prices.

From Canada Free Press, "America is worth dying for".

From TeleSUR, the Honduran Supreme Court allows the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the U.S. on drug trafficking and weapons charges.

From TCW Defending Freedom, if there is a right to have an abortion, why is there no right to not go through with an abortion?

From Free West MediaDonegal, Ireland takes in a Ukrainian refugee family who don't appear to resemble Slavs.

From ReMix, while Poland's leadership on NATO's eastern flank is undisputed, its allies don't always agree on everything.

From Russia Today, an alleged "cheerleader" of NATO wars is spotted in Odessa, Ukraine.

From Sputnik International, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova slams German and Italian for alleged fake news about Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the Donbass region.

From The Moscow Times, citizens of Central Asian countries present in Russia are pressured to join its war in Ukraine.

From Euractiv, the Russian military is reportedly getting bogged down in Ukraine.

From Romania-Insider, a bridge between Romania and Ukraine is lined with children's toys.

From EuroNews, deaf Ukrainian refugees find safety in a Romanian shelter.

From Novinite, Bulgaria's requirement for coronavirus "green certificates" will be dropped on March 21st.

From The Sofia Globe, according to Burgaria's Border Police, about 90,000 Ukrainians have entered the country, with about 42,000 staying.

From Radio Bulgaria, President Rumen Radev (Bulgaria) invites President Andrzej Duda (Poland) to visit Bulgaria.

From the Greek Reporter, scientists find evidence that the first hominins lived in what is now northern Greece.

From Ekathimerini, according to diplomatic sources, Greek Consul General Manolis Androulakis has fled Mariupol, Ukraine and is moving westward.

From the Greek City Times, on today's date in 1821, the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire started in the town of Mani.

From Balkan Insight, activists protest after the Kosovo parliament votes against establishing same-sex unions.

From Total Croatia News, according to Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković, radars in Romania and Hungary did not recognize the recently-crashed drone as a threat.

From Total Slovenia News, tests on wastewater in Slovenia show the use of various drugs.

From The Slovenia Times, the Slovenian parliament passes a new environmental protection act.

From The Malta Independent, the local council of St. Julian, Malta declines to issue any permits for St. Patrick's Day activities.

From Malta Today, Malta plans to have up to 65 megawatts of electricity generated by solar facilities and bird choppers by 2030.

From ANSA, Prime Minister Mario Draghi announces the end of Italy's coronavirus agenda.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland will stay neutral unless it's attacked.

From France24, French President Emmanuel Macron unveils his reelection manifesto.

From RFI, French trade unions call for a strike to demand salary and pension increases.

From El País, fentanyl is both produced and consumed in Mexico.

From The Portugal News, Portugal sends new ambassadors to the U.S. and Venezuela.

From The North Africa Post, civil society activists and NGOs denounce Polisario for its use of child soldiers and Algeria for abuses in the Tindouf camps.

From The New Arab, two more mass graves found in Syria add to the evidence of war crimes committed by President Bashar al-Assad.

From OpIndia, a Hindu Kashmiri woman recalls the brutalities her family faced in 1990.

From Gatestone Institute, it's better to have no deal with Iran than to have a bad one.

From The Stream, censorship is not scientific.

From The Daily Signal, 10 realities about Ukraine.

From The American Conservative, some lessons in restraint from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

From Axios, Biden administration officials reportedly fear a "mass migration event" at the southern border if the U.S. ends its coronavirus policies.  (via The Western Journal)

From The Western Journal, Democrat congresscritters block a bill that would restart the Keystone XL pipeline make the U.S. independent from Russian oil.

From BizPac Review, TV host Whoopi Goldberg and a former Trump official have a meltdown over Russia.  (I liked Goldberg better when she played Guinan on Star Trek: The Next Generation.)

From The Daily Wire, WNBA player Brittney Griner's detention in Russia is reportedly extended until May 19th.

From the Daily Caller, an Appeals court reinstates a White House climate policy.

From Breitbart, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (R) points out that gun control laws don't stop criminals from committing gun crime.  (This is basically what we on the right have been saying for decades.)

From Newsmax, alumni of Senator Bernie Sanders's (I-VT) presidential campaign start pushing congresscritter Ro Khaana to run if President Biden decides against seeking reelection.

And from the New York Post, an employee learns the hard way that trying to live where you work is not a good idea.

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