Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Stuff For The End Of May

On a very warm Tuesday at the end of the "merry, merry month of May", here are some things going on:

From National Review, some things that might actually help stop mass shootings.

From FrontpageMag, will he ever be able to put the lie about then-President Trump and Charlottesville, Virginia to rest?

From Townhall, podcaster Joe Rogan's remark on gun control will certainly infuriate liberals.

From The Washington Free Beacon, while President Biden touts a "historic recovery", the U.S. heads toward recession.

From the Washington Examiner, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger (R) wins his primary against an opponent endorsed by Trump with the help of Democrat crossover vote.

From The Federalist, the gun control goals of Democrats can always be discerned based on which tragedies they exploit.

From American Thinker, some people don't know much about guns.

From CNS News, according to congresscritter Byron Donald (R-FL), the president has no legal authority to void contracts.

From LifeZette, Dolph Lundgren, who played Rocky's opponent in Rocky IV, honors America.

From NewsBusters, Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) declares war on the Ministry of Truth.

From Canada Free Press, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is reminiscent of Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union.

From CBC News, the Canadian federal government gives the province of British Columbia permission to decriminalize small amounts of certain drugs.

From Global News, the cabinet of Canadian province of Saskatchewan is reshuffled, resulting in its first ever female justice minister.

From CTV News, Canada extends its coronavirus border restrictions for another month.

From TeleSUR, Salvadorans plan to march in protest against President Nayib Bukele.

From TCW Defending Freedom, money and monkeypox.  (Again we see that the "k" in "monkeypox" is silent.)

From the Express, U.K. Prime Minister Boris "the Spider" Johnson could be facing a no-confidence vote.

From the Evening Standard, a map of London's new Elizabeth line.

From the (U.K.) Independent, the English city of Bradford is crowned the U.K. "City of Culture 2025".

From the (Irish) Independent, Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yuri Filatov accuses Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin of trying to "shift the blame" for energy and food crises onto Russia.  (Sound like the  "Putin's price hike" alleged by U.S. President Biden.)

From the Irish Examiner, according to Martin, new oil sanctions on Russia could mean "rocky territory ahead" for Irish consumers.

From The Brussels Times, a man who allegedly drove his vehicle into a crowd in Strépy-Bracquegnies, Belgium this past March, killing six people, is placed under house arrest.  (Did he get the idea from what happened in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA?  If you read French, read about the incident at 7SUR7 and RTL.)

From the NL Times, a planned strike at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport is canceled as airport management and a union reach a deal.

From Dutch News, inflation in the Netherlands decreases to 10.2 percent.  (If you read Dutch, read the story at CBS, which should not be confused with the American company with the same acronym.)

From Deutsche Welle, the German government calls a climate activist's criticism of Chancellor Olaf Scholz "absurd".

From the CPH Post, more men in Denmark are taking paternity leave.

From Polskie Radio, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki praises E.U. unity as its leaders agree to a partial ban on imported Russian oil.

From ReMix, Poland has the largest natural gas storage rate in Europe.

From Radio Prague, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala praises the E.U.'s agreement on an embargo of Russian oil.

From The Slovak Spectator, an extension planned for a tram line in Bratislava, Slovakia is stopped by inflation.

From Daily News Hungary, where to find free beaches on Hungary's Lake Balaton.

From Hungary Today, according to foreign press, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban "got a lot" out of the E.U. agreement to embargo Russian oil.

From About Hungary, according to President Katalin Novák, Hungarians stand with the innocent victims of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

From Balkan Insight, Bulgarian parliamentcritters become more skeptical about adopting the euro.

From Free West Media, the fast-food chain McDonald's will offer "rainbow sticks" during the upcoming "Pride Month".  (In my not too humble opinion, when it comes to the seven deadly sins, of which pride is one, Mickey D's should stick to gluttony.)

From EuroNews, more on the E.U. agreement on Russian oil.

From Euractiv, according to an E.U. committee, glyphosate does not cause cancer.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisian President Kais Saied expels members of the Venice Commission after it criticized his plans to hold a referendum on a new constitution.

From The New Arab, Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri is reelected for his seventh term, despite opposition.  (This guy is even older than his U.S. counterpart.)

From Jewish News Syndicate, Democrat congresscritters demand that the U.S. investigates Israel's alleged role in the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

From MalayMail, Malaysian celebrity preacher Da'i Syed is acquitted of two "unnatural sex" offenses.

From OpIndia, Islamists fume over a video of students performing a "burqa dance".

From NDTV, terrorists kill a female Hindu teacher in Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India.  (The last four links come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, a nuclear-armed Iran is not an "acceptable risk".  (The article's original title emphasizes "not".)

From The Stream, the early Church was not in favor of abortion.

From The Daily Signal, San Francisco schools remove the word "chief" from its job titles due to racism concerns.

From Space War, the Philippine government summons the Chinese ambassador over alleged "harassment" in the South China Sea.

From The American Conservative, of mental hospitals and mass shooters.

From The Western Journal, the investigation of the leaked draft decision from the Supreme Court reaches an unprecedented level.

From BizPac Review, some schools reinstate mask requirements as the number of coronavirus cases rises, but do the masks actually protect the students?

From The Daily Wire, Biden does not support "hardening schools" in order to protect against mass shooters.

From the Daily Caller, according to CBP Chief Raul Ortiz, over the Memorial Day weekend, Border Patrol officers caught over 1,000 illegal migrants, nearly 50 pounds of drugs, and two sex offenders.

From the New York Post, a man dies and a woman is rescued after they tried to climb over a fence between Tijuana, Mexico and San Diego, California.

From Breitbart, the Uvalde, Texas shooter passed a background check, so why do left-wingers think that more background checks would have made a difference?

From Newsmax, the National Hurricane Center advises Floridians to watch out for the remnants of Hurricane Agatha, which recently struck Mexico from its Pacific side.

And from The Babylon Bee, after hearing that her husband was arrested for DUI, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) puts on her angry eyebrows.

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