Thursday, May 19, 2022

Thursday Links

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

From National Review, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report, Republican-leaning states were undercounted in 2020.

From FrontpageMag, 12 signs that you might be an "Ultra-MAGA Republican".

From Townhall, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) "destroys" Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on increasing gas prices.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the partisan warriors whom President Biden wants to rewrite the criminal sentencing guidelines.

From the Washington Examiner, despite accusations that Georgia's new voting law is "Jim Crow", early voting numbers in primary elections are soaring.

From The Federalist, how U.S. climate extremists are helping Russia and President Putin.

From American Thinker, yes, let's talk about foreign interference in U.S. elections.

From CNS News, according to Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Democrats are finding "new ways to go soft on crime".

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, is former President Trump acting or not?  (via LifeZette)

From Red Voice Media, the real reasons why the Ministry of Truth was canceled, which you won't learn from CNN or MSNBC.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, Elon Musk comes out against ESG ratings.

From Canada Free Press, Biden should wake up and hear the cries of parents who are running out of baby formula.

From TeleSUR, left-wing Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro is welcomed in the city of Bucaramanga.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the coronavirus fearmongers are back.

From Snouts in the Trough, the site's owner hopes that he doesn't get pregnant and needs an abortion.

From ReMix, a security guard at a refugee center in Meßstetten, Germany is arrested for allegedly sexually abusing two Ukrainian girls.  (If you read German, read the story at Südwestrundfunk.)

From Allah's Willing Executioners, according to a German prosecutor, when a perpetrator of violence shouts "Allahu akbar!", it does not necessarily indicate an Islamist background.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From Russia Today, according to Russia's Defense Ministry, more Ukrainians have surrendered in the city of Mariupol.

From Sputnik International, former U.S. President Bush the Younger tells pranksters why the West broke its promise to Russia not to expand NATO eastward.

From The Moscow Times, McDonald's agrees to sell its restaurants in Russia to a Siberian oil magnate.  (If you read Russian, read the story at Vedomosti.)

From EuroNews, Ukrainian forces try to retake the city of Kherson.

From Euractiv, europarliamentcritters back a one-year suspension of tariffs and quotas on goods from Ukraine.

From Romania-Insider, the European Fair of Castles will be held this month at Corvin Castle in Romania.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at AgerPres.)

From Novinite, the Bulgarian party Vazrazhdane calls for the removal of bars put on the doors of the country's parliament building.

From The Sofia Globe, according to the Bulgarian Hotel and Restaurant Association, increasing the VAT on beer and wine will force restaurants into bankruptcy.

From Radio Bulgaria, the European Parliament calls for reconciliation between Bulgaria and North Macedonia.

From the Greek Reporter, why ancient Greek male statues have small packages.

From Ekathimerini, Turkey lashes out at statements made by Greek officials commemorating the Pontian genocide.

From the Greek City Times, the Greek region of Attica offers Ukrainian refugees free public transportation for 90 days.  (The area has a namesake town in New York state, which has its own "bloody history".)

From Balkan Insight, Albanian authorities announce the mass arrest of notorious gang leaders.

From Total Croatia News, traveling to the Croatian island of Korčula and the city of Vela Luka.  (My tour group in 2007 passed through Vela Luka, which is on the west side of the island, and also visited the city Korčula, near the island's east end.  We were told that vela luka means "big port".)

From Total Slovenia News, the new Slovenian coalition government aims for unity and consensus, with Prime Minister Robert Golob making the final decisions.

From The Slovenia Times, Slovenian farmers hail the choice of Irena Šinko as the new agriculture minister.

From The Malta Independent, the European Commission refers Malta to the European Court of Justice for taxing imported used cars more than domestically purchased used cars.

From Malta Today, the Maltese government invests €4 million to produce robots which are expected to be able to predict medicine shortages and traffic jams.  (This would be just one step in the development of our eventual robot overlords.)

From ANSA, Italian politicians Matteo Salvini and Giuseppe Conte come out against sending more arms to Ukraine.

From SwissInfo, what is Switzerland doing to gather evidence of war crimes in Ukraine?

From France24, new French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne is the daughter of a Jew living in Poland who survived Auschwitz.

From RFI, eleven members of the French ultra-right group Patriot Vengeance are arrested for allegedly planning violent attacks.

From El País, former executives of the Mexican state-owned company Federal Electricity Commission prepare their legal defense in a corruption probe.

From The Portugal News, according to Mayor Carlos Moedas, Lisbon, Portugal needs a new airport.

From The North Africa Post, Tunisia will host the Phoenix Express 2022 military exercise.

From The New Arab, hundreds of Palestinians under indefinite detention could go on a hunger strike.

From Jewish Insider, a federal judge in Illinois rejects a motion from American Muslims for Palestine to dismiss a case against groups who allegedly provided funds to Hamas.

From Bianet, leaflets urging the stoning of LGBTI+ people are distributed in Eskişehir, Turkey.

From Gatestone Institute, about "China's master plan to destroy America".  (I would tell the Chinese "don't bother, we're doing that ourselves".)

From The Stream, voters nominate pro-life candidates in primaries in Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Idaho.

From Space War, North Korea is "ready for" another nuclear test as U.S. President Biden is expected in Seoul, South Korea.

From The Daily Signal, the latest cases of election fraud show the need for vigilance and action.

From The American Conservative, the Republicans should create a counter-elite.

From The Western Journal, a Russian gymnast is harshly penalized for a single letter on his outfit.

From The Daily Wire, new White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre finds a defender at Fox News.

From the Daily Caller, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin can't provide a single example of any conviction for fentanyl dealing secured by this office.

From the New York Post, at the PGA Championship, Tiger Woods tells a cameraman to "back off".  (Did he also call him a "boogaloo"?)

From Newsmax, Wood's opening round at the PGA starts out well, but eventually "turns sour".

From Breitbart, U.S. and Mexican authorities start a joint security operation centered on Eagle Pass, Texas.

And from BizPac Review, oops!

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