Monday, March 7, 2022

Monday Mania

On the first Monday of March, which is cloudy but warm, I resume my normal style of blogging, which is to inform you of some things going on.  So here they are:

From National Review, so much for then-candidate Biden's campaign promise to make Saudi Arabia a "pariah".

From FrontpageMag, President Biden works with Russia on a new nuke deal with Iran.  (Would that be a type of Russian collusion?)

From Townhall, why has Russia's 40-mile-long convoy near Kyiv not moved for several days?

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Russian commander captured by Ukrainian forces apologizes for this county's invasion of Ukraine.

From the Washington Examiner, how Russia turned the letter Z into a symbol supporting its invasion of Ukraine.

From The Federalist, Special Counsel John Durham demolishes arguments by a Russia hoax figure attempting to get charges against him dropped.

From American Thinker, how technology has (so far) saved Ukraine.

From CNS News, the U.S. and European allies are in "active talks" about banning the import of Russian oil.

From LifeZette, the Ukrainians can win a guerilla war.

From NewsBusters, network morning shows claim that increasing oil production will take some time, so we should buy electric cars.

From Canada Free Press, will the Supreme Court crack down on the Environmental Protection Agency?

From TeleSUR, 300 migrants from Haiti arrive in Florida.

From TCW Defending Freedom, "women and children first" returns, without any complaints from feminists.

From Free West Media, the Hungarian government bans grain exports.

From EuroNews, according to Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița, Moldova faces a humanitarian crisis as refugees from Ukraine pour in.

From Euractiv, Germany signs the initial contract to build its first terminal for liquefied natural gas.

From ReMix, the Polish people find shelter for 800,000 Ukrainian refugees in their homes, boarding houses, and student dormitories, thus obviating the need to build refugee camps.

From Russia Today, Russia makes new claims about alleged U.S.-funded biolabs in Ukraine.

From Sputnik International, according to a Russian negotiator, Ukraine assures that humanitarian corridors will start working.

From The Moscow Times, a Russian gymnast faces disciplinary action after wearing the letter Z on his uniform.  (I can imagine the character Niedermeyer, in Animal House and in the video for Twisted Sister's We're Not Gonna Take It, yelling "What's that?  The letter Z?  On your Uniform?!?!")

From Romania-Insider, Ukrainians find refuge in Romania, while French troops arrive there.

From Novinite, Bulgaria makes Russia's "unfriendly countries" list.  (The article includes a link to a Russian source, but it can't be reached.)

From The Sofia Globe, the Centre for Ukrainian Refugees in Varna, Bulgaria calls for help.

From Radio Bulgaria, over two thirds of the Ukrainian refugees in Bulgaria are only passing through.

From the Greek Reporter, Greece hits back at accusations from Russia about "unacceptable" rhetoric.

From Ekathimerini, Greece successfully evacuates 34 people from Odessa, Ukraine.

From Balkan Insightactivists claim that Montenegro has not yet put any restrictions on Russia other than a ban on flights.

From Total Croatia News, what's next for the Russian-owned villas lining Croatia's Adriatic coast?  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Poslovni Dnevnik.)

From Total Slovenia News, go hiking between mountain huts in Slovenia.

From The Slovenia Times, the charity Slovenian Caritas sends its first shipment of aid to Ukraine.

From The Malta Independent, Maltese politicians such as Prime Minister Robert Abela and opposition leader Bernard Grech will participate in a debate at the Malta University Debating Union.

From Malta Today, 178 candidates run for election in Malta, but only 42 of them are women.

From ANSA, the replica of Michaelangelo's David in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy is draped in black as a sign of morning people killed in the war in Ukraine.

From SwissInfo, Switzerland allocates 5,000 places in its asylum centers for Ukrainian refugees.

From France24, 12 candidates qualify to run in France's presidential election.

From RFI, thousands of people on the French island of Corsica rally in support of independence militant and convicted murdered Yvan Colonna, who was injured by a fellow inmate.

From El País, some questions and answers about no-fly zones.

From The Portugal News, 95 percent of Portugal is experiencing a severe or extreme drought.

From The North Africa Post, according to the French army, a senior al-Qaeda leader from Algeria was been killed in Mali.

From The New Arab, the Syrian opposition is working to stop the country from rejoining the Arab League.

From DuvaR, the movie Bergen, about a Turkish singer who was murdered by her ex-husband in 1989, is canceled in Kozan, Turkey.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkey's war crimes.

From The Stream, if former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is illegitimate, why isn't U.S. President Biden?

From The Daily Signal, after a naval veteran defied coronavirus mandates, D.C. bureaucrats closed down his pub.

From The American Conservative, enough with the zero-sum democracy.

From The Western Journal, did Biden send officials to ask Venezuela for oil?

From BizPac Review, armed intruders try to pass a checkpoint at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland around the time Vice President Harris was leaving the base.

From The Daily Wire, Democrats in Florida chant "Gay! Gay! Gay!" in response to a bill that doesn't ban anyone from saying "gay".

From the Daily Caller, 1,100 people evacuate their homes due to three wildfires in the Florida panhandle.

From the New York Post, about 100 parents and children protest in front of City Hall in New York City against continued mask mandates for kids up to four years old.

From Breitbart, Democrats find their midterm strategy, which is to save Democrat governors.

From Jewish Insider, Ukrainian President Zelensky compares Russian President Putin's actions to those of the Nazis.  (via Newsmax)

From Newsmax, according to Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon, the attempt by the U.S. and European countries to renegotiate the Iranian nuclear deal is "shameful".

And from The Babylon Bee, according to media outlets, the recent spike in myocarditis might be linked to the war in Ukraine.

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