Monday, May 9, 2022

Monday Mania

As the sun returns on a Monday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, vandals set fire and write graffiti at the headquarters of a pro-life group in Wisconsin.

From FrontpageMag, a harrowing look at left-wing rage.

From Townhall, the media start covering up for the pro-abortion vandals in Wisconsin.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Utah was warned that race-based rationing of coronavirus drugs was illegal, but did it anyway.

From the Washington Examiner, BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors reportedly hosted at least two personal parties at the group's Big Luxurious Mansion in Los Angeles.

From The Federalist, three things Republicans should do if they (as expected) retake Congress later this year.

From American Thinker, in then-President Trump's cabinet, there was a snake, a snake, oh it's a snake.

From CNS News, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) wants the leaked SCOTUS opinion on abortion to be "softened".

From LifeZette, Democrats have gone too woke, says on of Mr. Bill's former advisors.

From NewsBusters, CNN reporter Laura Jarrett has no problem with protests outside the homes of right-leaning Supreme Court justices.  (She is the daughter of Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett.)

From Canada Free Press, the real threat of violence is from the left.

From TeleSUR, a new riot at Bella Vista jail in Santo Domingo City, Ecuador results in unknown numbers of people killed and wounded.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K. is worth defending, so the British can take pride in being patriots.

From Snouts in the Trough, have any of the U.K.'s ruler understood the concept of "resources powershift".

From Free West Media, thousands of "green" rental bicycles in Cologne, Germany are destroyed after a challenge on TikTok.

From Russia Today, Russian Ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreyev is doused with a red liquid at a wreath-laying ceremony in Warsaw.

From Euractiv, the Russian embassy in Warsaw, Poland cancels its Victory Day march.

From Sputnik International, in his speech on Victory Day, President Putin claims that Russia preemptively repelled aggression by Ukraine.

From The Moscow Times, anti-war activists in Russia stage "guerilla" protests on Victory Day.

From Romania-Insider, U.S. First Lady Jill Biden visits Romania and praises Romanians for their support for displaced Ukrainians.

From ReMix, Jill Biden also visits Ukraine, but her presidential husband does not.

From Novinite, Russian and Soviet flags are seen in Sofia, Bulgaria on the occasion of Victory Day.

From The Sofia Globe, according to a quarterly survey, consumer confidence in Bulgaria has declined since January.

From Radio Bulgaria, the Bulgarian National Radio Children's Choir performs the Anthem of Europe as a musical message sent by the State Cultural Institute on the occasion of the Day of Europe.  (The Day of Europe appears to the Bulgarian equivalent of Victory Day.  The anthem is based on Beethoven's Ode To Joy, with lyrics by German poet Friedrich Schiller.)

From EuroNews, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic still resist the E.U.'s ban on Russian oil.

From the Greek Reporter, why does the Greek island of Mykonos have so many churches and chapels?

From Ekathimerini, the "great resignation" comes to Greece.

From the Greek City Times, Greece reopens its embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine.

From Balkan Insight, Serbia and the Bosnian unit of Republika Srpska salute Russia on Victory Day.

From Total Croatia News, according to the mayor of Karlovac, Croatia, observing Victory Over Fascism Day is to honor the victims, not the victors.

From Total Slovenia News, Ljubljana, Slovenian Mayor Zoran Janković declares his intention to run for a fifth term.

From The Slovenia Times, a ceremony to observe the 500th anniversary of the death of Jurij Slatkonja, who founded the Vienna Boys' Choir, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, where he had been provost.  (More recently, Novo Mesto is the birthplace of former U.S. First Lady Melania Trump.)

From The Malta Independent, Malta's agriculture ministry plans to provide financial assistance to stabilize grain prices.

From Malta Today, Health Minister Chris Fearne tables the first reading of a bill to reform Malta's laws in in-vitro fertilization.

From ANSA, two more monumental statues are discovered at the archaeological site of Mont'e Prama Nuragic in Cabras, Italy.

From SwissInfo, two female Afghan soccer players exiled in Switzerland fight to keep their sports dreams alive.

From France24, a French appeals court upholds but shortens the sentence imposed on former Prime Minister François Fillon for embezzlement.

From RFI, French President Emmanuel Macron proposes the creation of a "European political community" beyond the scope of the E.U.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Algerian who was detained in GITMO for eight years stands trial in Paris, France for alleged jihadist propaganda.  (If you read French, read the story at Sud Ouest and FDeSouche.)

From El País, why the victory on May 9th, 1945 ended one war and started another.  (The article explains why Russia celebrates Victory Day on May 9th, while Western allies do so on May 8th.)

From The Portugal News, Europe's largest floating solar power plant is located in Portugal, on Alqueva Reservoir.

From The North Africa Post, human rights activists and civil society organizations point out repression in Algeria.

From The New Arab, Amnesty International slams Saudi Arabia's travel bans on human rights activists.

From AP News, an alleged Islamic extremist accused of rape and torture in Timbuktu, Mali whips out the "just following orders" excuse.

From Digital Journal, more violence breaks out after Israeli authorities arrest Palestinian alleged axe murderers.

From OpIndia, according to a former Muslim from the state of Kerala, Muslims are "taught to hate other communities and not to join the Indian army".

From Swarajya, even Europeans are realizing that the two-nation theory comes from Islam.  (The last four links and the story from AWE above come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, which China accelerates its nuclear buildup and the modernization of it military, President Biden leads the U.S. to defeat.

From The Stream, have you seen the documentary film 2000 Mules?

From The Daily Signal, the responsibility for student loan debt is with the students themselves.

From The American Conservative, the president has the power to withdraw from treaties.

From The Western Journal, the new owner of Twitter starts off the week with 8 words that could make liberals melt down.

From BizPac Review, the January 6th Inquisition Committee abandons its effort to obtain 14,000 pages of documents from a former Trump lawyer.  (I refrain from calling the J6 Committee a "kangaroo court" because that would be unfair - to kangaroos.)

From The Daily Wire, a professor at Georgetown University is slammed for claiming that some more aggressive tactics are justified "when the mob is right".

From the Daily Caller, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough criticizes Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and the Democrats for allegedly failing to pass a bill that would protect abortion.

From the New York Post, golfer Paige Spiranac drives her fans crazy with a Mothers Day post on Twitter.

From The Hill, President Biden condemns that attack on the pro-life center in Wisconsin.  (via the New York Post)

From Breitbart, New York Mets hitting coach Eric Chavez claims that Major League Baseball is using juiced balls, but only for nationally televised games.

From Newsmax, the Republican primary phase of the Nebraska gubernatorial race is going down to the wire.

And from The Babylon Bee, abortion doctors say that if Roe v. Wade is overturned, they will move to somewhere more welcoming of abortion, such as North Korea.

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