Thursday, May 12, 2022

Thursday Things

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

From National Review, President Biden must reject the left-wing intimidation game.

From FrontpageMag, there's more in a slogan than you might think.

From Townhall, contrary to claims by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, "safe smoking kits" have indeed included crack pipes.

From The Washington Free Beacon, crack pipes in "safe smoking kits" are found in five cities.

From the Washington Examiner, entire "pallets" of baby formula, of which the U.S. is having a shortage, are found at migrant holding facilities.

From The Federalist, new owner Elon Musk can use the 1st Amendment to make Twitter again open to free speech.

From American Thinker, the real insurrection is brewing on the left.

From CNS News, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) asks about when a child is a child.

From the eponymous site of Drew Berquist, a Democrat pro-abortion bill is destroyed by Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV).  (via LifeZette)

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, our old president is really very young.  (via LifeZette)

From Red Voice Media, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) and whistleblowers reveal targeting of parents who stand up for their kids by the FBI and the DOJ.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, five times when Big Tech propped up Roe v. Wade by silencing pro-lifers.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defines "dignity" to encompass assisted suicide for the poor.

From CBC News, Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada orders its residents to leave due to a second surge of floodwaters and ice.

From Global News, according to Ontario Power Generation, the black chimney smoke from the Lennox Generating Station is not of concern to public safety.  (The black smoke would include soot, a form of carbon.  Thus, the chimney is making actual carbon emissions, not just carbon dioxide emissions.)

From CTV News, National Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh is harassed after a campaign stop in support of candidate Jen Deck in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

From TeleSUR, Argentina's Foreign Affairs Ministry asks the U.S. to invite all countries in the Americans to the Summit of the Americas.

From TCW Defending Freedom, bigoted councilors deplatform leading scientists.

From the Express, Conservative parliamentcritter Liam Fox demands an investigation of the Bank of England.

From the Evening Standard, London police fine over 100 people for their involvement in "partygate".

From the (U.K.) Independent, trees across the English county of Dorset have been poisoned in an alleged deliberate attempt to kill them.

From the (Irish) Independent, a former garda superintendent pleads guilty to having over €13,000 worth of cannabis in his home in North Dublin, Ireland.

From the Irish Examiner, the Irish college Coláiste Mumhan in County Cork, Ireland will stay closed for the third straight year.

From VRT NWS, in Brasschaat, Belgium, snake, a snake, oh it's a snake.

From The Brussels Times, Belgium is threatened by supply shortages in multiple areas.

From the NL Times, public transportation workers go on strike in Overijssel, Brabant, Netherlands.

From Dutch News, according to Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Netherlands is ready to stop buying oil from Russia.

From Deutsche Welle, police in Essen, Germany launch a terrorism investigation against a 16-year-old student.

From Free West Media, the price of diesel fuel in Germany could reach €3 per liter.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a mosque in the German state of Bavaria is named after World War II-era SS Sturmbannführer Husein Dozo.  (If you read German, read the story at PINews.)

From the CPH Post, "The Comedy Store" is coming to Copenhagen, Denmark.

From EuroNews, what happens next if Sweden and Finland ask to join NATO?

From Polskie Radio, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Piotr Wawrzyk slams "provocation" by Russian envoy Sergiy Andreev.  (My spellchecker objects to "Wawrzyk" and "Sergiy", but not to "Piotr" and "Andreev".)

From ReMix, according to an opinion column, Poland's economic problems will not be fixed if it adopts the euro.

From Radio Prague, Viktoria Plzeň become the Czech soccer league champions.  (The Czech city of Plzeň, also known by its German name Pilsen, is where Pilsner beer originally comes from.)

From The Slovak Spectator, experiencing homesickness in Slovakia.

From Daily News Hungary, will bathing in Hungary's Lake Balaton become impossible in 10 to 15 years?  (My trip to Hungary in 2000 included a visit to a winery on the shore of Lake Balaton.  If you read Hungarian, read the story at InfoStart.)

From Hungary Today, some potential new ministries and ministers for Hungarian Prime Minister Orban's new government.

From About Hungary, according to Hungarian Ambassador to Ukraine István Íjgyártó, Hungary will not prevent Ukraine from joining the E.U.

From Euractiv, members of the European Parliament's environmental committee vote to ban new cars powered by fossil fuel starting in 2035.

From Balkan Insight, new member North Macedonia hosts a large NATO military drill.

From The North Africa Post, more countries support Morocco's autonomy plan for the region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, how fighting in the Iraqi province of Sinjar is displacing the area's Yazidis.

From OpIndia, an alleged murderer in Hyderabad, India reportedly used spyware to track his victim.

From Gatestone Institute, the badly needed EastMed pipeline, which would transport natural gas between Israel, Cyprus and Greece, awaits approval.

From The Stream, "first China came for the Uyghurs, and the Vatican said nothing".

From The Daily Signal, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) rightly tells protesters to stay away from the homes and families of Supreme Court justices.

From Space War, Russia "definitely" regards Finland's possible admission to NATO as a threat.  (Does anyone in Russia consider that its actions toward Ukraine might drive some neutral countries into the arms of NATO?)

From The American Conservative, the U.S. could learn a lesson from 20th-century statesman Henry Cabot Lodge.

From The Western Journal, congresscritter Kat Cammack (R-FL) alleges that the Biden administration is shipping large quantities of baby formula to the southern border.

From BizPac Review, left-wingers "bury another norm".

From The Daily Wire, Virginia Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears (R) challenges President Biden to protect the homes of Supreme Court justices.

From the Daily Caller, according to a poll, most Americans want abortion laws to be decided by voters and their elected representatives.

From the New York Post, New York City Mayor Eric Adams creates a task force to address the problems with the Rikers Island prison.

From Breitbart, actor Alec Baldwin calls for the removal of Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) from office.  (Baldwin does not appear to realize that if Manchin leaves office, Governor Jim Justice, who is a Republican, will likely appoint a Republican take Manchin's place, thus giving the Republican Party a 51st Senator.  As the saying goes, Baldwin should be careful what he wishes for.)

From Newsmax, congresscritter Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) proposes a bill that would require the CDC to include abortions in its count of childhood deaths.

And from WJBQ, just when you thought it was safe to go swimming along the New England coast.

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