Friday, May 13, 2022

Stories For Friday The 13th

On the allegedly unluckiest date of the year, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the mysterious case of senatorial candidate Kathy Barnette (R-PA).

From FrontpageMag, how Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used a tax-exempt foundation to help candidate Joe Biden to win the 2020 presidential election, and got away with it.

From Townhall, your tax dollars are helping congressional staffers to stay fit.

From The Washington Free Beacon, how pro-abortion activists are planning to subvert state laws.

From the Washington Examiner, the migration crisis has gotten worse, despite President Biden's the "root causes" of illegal immigration.  (I have a device which can show the president one contributing cause of illegal immigration.  It's called a mirror.)

From The Federalist, the House counsel who subpoenaed congresscritter Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) for the January 6th Inquisition Committee is under fire for alleged conflicts of interest.

From American Thinker, Democrats have a reason for touting the alleged economic benefits of abortion.

From CNS News, Washington, D.C. spends lots of money on education, with poor results.

From LifeZette, Dinesh D'Souza's movie 2000 Mules forges ahead despite media suppression.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, Democrats didn't listen to Mr. Bill, so they won't listen to his old advisor James Carville, either.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, NBC rediscovers the border crisis.

From Canada Free Press, is the U.S. ready to follow Canada down the no-sovereignty rabbit hole?

From TeleSUR, the U.S. Coast Guard intercepts a boat carrying 207 migrants, mostly from Haiti, near the Turks and Caicos Islands.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the climate fearmongers are "blowing in the wind".

From Snouts in the Trough, a reader asks about why there is a high crime rate among black Americans.

From Free West Media, Dutch parliamentcritter Pepijn van Houwelingen bemoans the true nature of the E.U.'s "red" coronavirus recovery funds.

From ReMix, according to Polish europarliamentcritter Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, removing the E.U.'s unanimity rule would be a "big mistake" and would lead toward a federal Europe.

From EuroNews, according to a report, Sweden joining NATO would "deter the threat of military conflict in northern Europe".

From Euractiv, with Sweden and Finland possibly joining NATO, Estonia sees a chance to close security gaps in the Baltic area.

From Russia Today, Russia plans to stop sending electricity to Finland.

From Sputnik International, according to Russian Envoy to the U.N. Vasily Nebenzia, Russia has sent the U.N. Security Council evidence of U.S. bio-activities in Ukraine.

From The Moscow Times, Ukraine starts its first war crimes trial, against Russian Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin.

From Romania-Insider, Romania extends the deadline for its census.

From Novinite, Russia expels another Bulgarian embassy worker.

From The Sofia Globe, according to Finance Minister Assen Vassilev, Bulgaria has spent 16 million leva on Ukrainian refugees.

From Radio Bulgaria, over 2,400 Ukrainian refugees have started working in Bulgaria.

From the Greek Reporter, rare photos show the first excavations on the Greek island of Delos.

From Ekathimerini, Energy Ministers Kostas Skrekas (Greece) and Belinda Balluku (Albania) discuss accelerating electrical connection between Greece and Albania.

From the Greek City Times, a fisherman from the Greek island of Crete catches a shark weighing 200 kilos.

From Balkan Insight, Bosnia and Hercegovina indicts two former policemen for the murder of 22 civilians in September 1992.

From Total Croatia News, the Croatian passes legislation to adopt the euro.

From Total Slovenia News, Slovenia designates May 17th as the Memorial Day for the victims of communism.

From The Slovenia Times, passenger traffic at the Ljubljana, Slovenia airport continues to recover.

From The Malta Independent, Malta's Nationalist Party gives St. Julian, Malta Mayor Albert Buttigieg 24 hours to substantiate his claims that he was not invited to press conferences and debates.  (The article does not state whether the mayor is related to the American transportation secretary.)

From Malta Today, Malta prohibits excavation and demolition works in touristic areas this summer.

From ANSA, would anyone like some pork chops?

From SwissInfo, the war in Ukraine has become a windfall for Switzerland's arms industry.

From France24, French baker Stéphane Ravacley, who went on a hunger strike to stop the deportation of his apprentice from Guinea, decides to run for parliamentcritter.

From RFI, a Frenchman is the world's only breeder of four-leaf clovers.

From El País, the autopsy of an 18-year-old woman killed near Monterrey, Mexico shows that she was sexually abused and murdered.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese government approves a price cap for natural gas.

From The North Africa Post, the French company Colas Rail wins a €15 million contract to build low-voltage systems for two tramway lines in Casablanca, Morocco.

From The New Arab, Syrians living in parts of Lebanon will be "locked in their homes" during the upcoming Lebanese elections.

From OpIndia, a man in Siliguri, West Bengal, India is arrested for allegedly raping, abducting and trafficking 15 women.

From Sahara Reporters, an Islamic preacher in Sokoto, Nigeria urges Muslims to kill blasphemers.

From Gatestone Institute, the U.K. introduces a new plan to tackle illegal immigration.

From The Stream, what must be said of the media blackout of the aforementioned film 2000 Mules.

From The Daily Signal, another coronavirus spending bill would pour more gasoline on the inflation fire.

From The American Conservative, the case of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is worthy of being a Greek tragedy.

From The Western Journal, after thanking the efficacy of coronavirus vaccine, TV host Stephen Colbert catches the virus for the second time.

From BizPac Review, Justice Sam Alito reluctantly gives an update on the status of the Supreme Court.

From The Daily Wire, podcaster Joe Rogan points out that Chicago Mayor Laurie Lightfoot has "the most violent city in this country".

From the Daily Caller, the concerned parent group Moms For Liberty calls Attorney General Merrick Garland a "terrorist" after a report confirms that they were targeted by the FBI.

From the New York Post, a possible cause of sudden infant death syndrome is identified.

Form Breitbart, according to a poll, about a quarter of Americans wrongly believe that overturning Roe v. Wade would outlaw abortion nationwide.

From Newsmax, President Biden comes out in support of Sweden and Finland joining NATO.

And from The U.S. Sun, a 28-year-old woman has "grandma hands".  (via the New York Post)

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