Friday, May 20, 2022

Friday Phenomena

On a warm mostly sunny Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Elon Musk "forcefully" denies the recent allegation of sexual harassment.  (Someone on Twitter noted how the allegation conveniently appeared just after he announced that he would start voting Republican.  More on that below.)

From FrontpageMag, President Biden blames the Russians for high gas prices, but the facts point to him.

From Townhall, Biden goes hidin'.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the FDA sidelines its own vaccine advisors to approve coronavirus boosters for children.

From the Washington Examiner, according to financial statements, BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors doled out $8 million of the group's money for a mansion in Canada.  (I don't call them "Big Luxurious Mansions" for nothing.)

From The Federalist, a reluctant witness in the trial of former Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Michael Sussmann "devastates" claims made by his defense team.

From American Thinkers, do pro-abortionists have any idea about what crisis pregnancy centers do?

From CNS News, Vice President Harris condemns Oklahoma's new abortion law.

From LifeZette, the left hits Musk after he announces that he will vote Republican.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) calls for a media censorship board to fight against domestic terrorists.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, the former Minister of Truth is a Biden donor.

From Canada Free Press, using binary code to draw pictures for space aliens.

From TeleSUR, a Salvadorian woman in jail for "abortion suspicion" is released.

From TCW Defending Freedom, why won't U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson "do whatever it takes" now?

From Free West Media, the U.S. disinformation board is shut down due to (drum roll. please) disinformation.

From EuroNews, Russia plans to build 12 new military bases in response to Finland and Sweden possibly joining NATO.

From Euractiv, monkeypox cases are reported in 7 E.U. countries.

From ReMix, as more migrants arrive in Italy, League party leader Matteo Salvini points out that he is still on trial for defending the country's borders.

From Balkan Insight, fugitive former North Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski is found guilty of flattening his opponent's building.

From Morocco World News, Morocco exports $12 billion worth of goods in 7 years.

From The North Africa Post, Algerian President Abdelmedjid Tebboune visits Turkey and returns with empty promises.

From the Libyan Express, Libyan Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha confers by phone with U.K. Ambassador to Libya Caroline Hurndall.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish President Erdoğan, the West should designate the YPG as a terrorist organization.

From Turkish Minute, two Turkish journalists allege that they have received death threats due to their reporting.

From Rûdaw, Turkish forces shell villages in the Syrian province of Hasaka.

From Armenpress, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan receives Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda for an official visit.

From Public Radio Of Armenia, according to Pashinyan, Artsakh is not just a territory but a people who dignity should be respected.

From In-Cyprus, Cyprus denied entry to 440 third-country nationals.

From The Syrian Observer, according to the Syrian Network for Human Rights, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is essentially a dictator.

From North Press Agency, residents of the Syrian region of Idlib protest against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

From The961, Lebanese parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri doesn't mind a non-Shiite holding his office.

From Arutz Sheva, the IDF exposes a Hezbollah weapons smuggling route.

From The Times Of Israel, knessetcritter Sami Abou Shahadeh (Joint List) submits a bill to dissolve the Knesset.

From The Jerusalem Post, a man is arrested at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport is arrested for allegedly having 10 liters of a rape drug.

From YNetNews, what Israel and other countries can learn from the war in Ukraine.

From the Egypt Independent, what to know about traveling to Egypt during the coronavirus era.

From Egypt Today, shipping through the Suez Canal increased by 10 percent during the first five months of 2022 as compared to the same period a year ago.

From the Sudan Tribune, according to acting Foreign Minister Ali al-Sadiq, Sudan does not target UNITAMS.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, Ethiopian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Lencho Bati top Saudi chambers official Ajlan Abdulaziz discuss ways strengthen trade between their two countries.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia sends $3.2 million in humanitarian aid to the Philippines.

From The New Arab, hashish grows abundantly in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyaccording to Human Rights Watch, the Iranian government is again trying to suppress dissent and detain protesters.

From IranWire, the father-in-law of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi demands that people take action against women not wearing the hijab.

From Iran International, Iran's intelligence minister accuses detained members of a teachers union of having "ties with terrorist groups".

From Khaama Press, the Taliban bans the export of wheat due to concerns about food security.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, former National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib apologizes for his failures in the previous government of Afghanistan.

From The Telegraph, the Taliban tells female TV presenters to cover their faces while on air.  (This site is from India, and should not be confused with the British site having the same name.)

From Gatestone Institute, China starts the next world crisis by "gobbling up" Sri Lanka.

From The Daily Signal, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas's six-point plant for border security is "delusional".

From ITR Economics, the top five reasons for the Great Depression of the 2030s.

From The American Conservative, cemeteries remind us that religion is important.

From The Western Journal, according to a witness against then-President Trump at his first impeachment trial, Russian President Putin Waited for President Biden to take office before invading Ukraine because he thought that Trump was stupid.

From BizPac Review, over two dozen senior staffers at the Biden White House are reportedly saddled with student loan debt.

From The Daily Wire, 26-year-old rapper Doja Cat decides to "quit the vape" after undergoing throat surgery.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, only 2 in 10 American adults think that the U.S. is going in the right direction under Biden.

From Breitbart, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has its worst streak of weekly losses since 1932.

From Newsmax, former Alaska Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin (R) will join Georgia gubernatorial candidate and former Senator David Perdue (R).

And from the New York Post and the "you have been warned" department, New York's Mr. Bill (D) wants to be a congresscritter.

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