Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Tuesday Tidings

On a cool cloudy Tuesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts confirms that the leaked opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is authentic.  (The leak occurred yesterday evening, and got a lot of reaction on Twitter.)

From FrontpageMag, why Western Christians should learn from non-Western Christians in the coronavirus era.

From Townhall, after the leaked SCOTUS opinion, Democrats rediscover what a woman is.

From The Washington Free Beacon, the ban on new gas stoves from New York's Mr. Bill was intended to help minorities and the environment, but according to experts, will backfire.

From the Washington Examiner, Justice Roberts orders an investigation into the leak.

From The Federalist, the far left will stop at nothing to kill babies.

From American Thinker, former President Obama's attempt to manipulate free speech.

From CNS News, according to Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the leak is a "toxic stunt" by the "radical left".

From LifeZette, the Supreme Court leak will backfire.

From the eponymous site of Steve Gruber, the message war over Roe v. Wade is just beginning.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, NBC goes nuts over the "bombshell" news about the leaked abortion draft decision.

From Canada Free Press, Dr. Deborah Birx is back for round two of coronavirus fearmongering.

From TeleSUR, on Press Freedom Day, Mexicans remember eight journalists who have been murdered this year.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the E.U.'s designs on Northern Ireland threaten its peace.

From Snouts in the Trough, the "Ministries of Truth" in the U.S., the U.K., and the E.U.

From Free West Media, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock tries to prepare the public for nuclear war.

From Russia Today and maybe the "hypocrisy" department, President Putin (Russia) asks President Macron (France) to help stop alleged Ukrainian "war crimes".

From Sputnik International, Russian forces find an alleged torture chamber and a booby-trapped legless body near Kherson, Ukraine.

From The Moscow Times, Russian forces relaunched their attack on a steel mill in Mariupol, Ukraine.

From Euractiv, Russia's foreign ministry accuses Israel of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine.

From EuroNews, how dependent is the E.U. on Russian oil?

From ReMix, according to German Economy Minister Robert Habeck, some E.U. countries can't afford to boycott Russian oil.

From Romania Insider, the Romanian Ministry of Transport allocates €1 billion for hydrogen-powered trains.  (If you read Romanian, read the story at Economica(dot)net.)

From Novinite, according to Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, Russia's economic blackmail will not succeed.

From The Sofia Globe, due to a decline in its coronavirus morbidity rate, Bulgaria has been reclassified as a green zone.

From Radio Bulgaria, construction begins on a liquefied natural gas terminal near Alexandroupolis, Greece, in which Bulgaria has a 20 percent stake.

From the Greek Reporter, British actor Stephen Fry makes a "ground-breaking" proposal for the Parthenon Marbles, how housed in the U.K.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek government plans to introduce a price ceiling for electricity.

From the Greek City Times, everything you want to know about the Parthenon Marbles, and are not afraid to ask.

From Balkan Insight, according to the watchdog Reporters Without Borders, media freedom is still a major concern in the Balkans.

From Total Croatia News, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković accuses President Zoran Milanović and the Bridge party of having a hypocritical policy towards Croats in Bosnia and Hercegovina.

From Total Slovenia News, three Slovenian parties start talks on forming a coalition government.

From The Slovenia Times, a group of 20 Ukrainian orphans are on their way to Slovenia.

From The Malta Independent, Malta will soon launch a Beverage Container Refund Scheme.

From Malta Today, the media house of Malta's Labour Party is €10 million in the red.

From ANSA, according to Italian President Sergio Mattarella, press freedom is a gauge of a country's democracy.

From SwissInfo, according to an opinion column, press freedom is "more important than ever".

From France24, French left-wing parties are "a few steps" away from forming an alliance that would force President Emmanuel Macron to share power with them during his new term in office.

From RFI, Macron will be inaugurated for his second term at Élysée Palace in Paris.  (The article does not use the acute accent over the capital "E" in "Élysée", but the accent appears in other sources, such as Wiki.  Since the first "E" is pronounced like a long "a" in English, the accent appears to be correct.)

From El País, Pegasus spyware has become a deepening scandal in Europe.

From The Portugal News, the Portuguese are concerned about hospital waiting times.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI congratulates mountaineer Bouchra Baibanou for raising the Moroccan flag atop Annapurna in the Himalayas.  (Annapurna is the 10th highest mountain in the world at 26,545 feet above sea level, and is known for being difficult and dangerous to climb.  Thus, anyone who can get to the top and wave their country's flag deserves this blog's "badass" label.)

From The New Arab, Tunisian President Kais Saied's mental health is mocked by his former chief of staff Nadia Akacha.  (He shouldn't feel bad.  Many of us Americans do the same with our president.)

From The Times Of India, Islamists riot and clash with police in Jodhpur, India.  (via OpIndia)

From OpIndia, thieves in Ghaziabad, India "celebrate Eid" by stealing mobile phones.  (If you read Hindi, read the story at Jagran.)

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U.'s border protection system has become a travel agency for migrants.

From The Stream, what are the implications if Roe v. Wade is overturned?

From The Daily Signal, what to know about the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion.

From The American Conservative, states fight back against submitting themselves to ESG report cards.

From The Western Journal, according to a poll, support for Republicans soars among blacks and Hispanics.

From BizPac Review, a Chinese state media outlet asks if NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom is a CIA asset.

From The Daily Wire, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas doesn't like the new Disinformation Governance Board being called the "Ministry of Truth".

From the Daily Caller, alleged ProFa members attack a rally for Oregon gubernatorial candidate Stan Pulliam (R).

From the New York Post, actress Whoopi Goldberg "explodes" over the Supreme Court's abortion debate.

From Breitbart, the leak of the draft Supreme Court decision may be a criminal offense.

From Newsmax, the CDC still recommends that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses.

And from the Genesius Times, dozens of people protest against an attack on women's rights despite not being able to define what a "women" are.

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