Monday, June 13, 2022

Monday Mania

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

From National Review, the current inflation is not "transitory".

From FrontpageMag, the Democrats have politicized gun control.

From Townhall, at the end of 2021, the Biden administration predicted that gas would be $2.88 per gallon this year.

From The Washington Free Beacon, Senator Raphael Warnock (R-GA) blames his brother's drug conviction on systemic racism, but court records show otherwise.

From the Washington Examiner, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) accuses his left-wing critics of "having a spasm".

From The Federalist, President Biden tells the world that foreign leaders have near-total control of the U.S. economy.

From American Thinker, why poll numbers for Democrats are even worse than you might think.

From CNS News, congresscritter AOC (D-NY) wants more young Democrats in congress.  (Are you sitting down?  I hope so, because this next admission will be shocking.  You see, I pretty much agree with AOC.  In my opinion, too, congress needs more young people and fewer people in their 70s and 80s, who should be enjoying their retirement instead of clinging to power.  My only difference with her is that being on the right, I'd prefer more young Republicans.)

From NewsBusters, does CNN remember its prediction of "below $3 a gallon" gas?

From Canada Free Press, the newly transitioned Fox News is no surprise.

From TeleSUR, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador starts a national strike against the government of President Guillermo Lasso, including blocking highways in several provinces.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the nannies are everywhere.

From Snouts in the Trough, who is World Economic Forum figure Klaus Schwab?

From EuroNews, the U.K. publishes controversial legislation that would change the Northern Ireland Protocol.

From ReMix, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki warns Russian President Putin that if he attacks, he'll be facing "40 million Poles" defending their homeland.

From Russia Today, according to a watchdog, the risk of nuclear arms use is the highest in decades.

From Sputnik International, according to a report, Russia could shut down a large section of the U.S. power grid.

From The Moscow Times, Ukrainian forces are pushed back from the industrial city of Severodonetsk.

From Romania-Insider, a pride of lions rescued from Odessa, Ukraine finds a new home in Târgu Mureş, Romania.  (Hey, it's "Pride Month", isn't it?)

From Novinite, former Bulgarian Minister of Sports Radostin Vassilev and six other parliamentcritters leave the party "There is Such a People".

From The Sofia Globe, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov welcomes the "great courage" of the parliamentcritters who left the "There is Such a People" party.

From Radio Bulgaria, according to Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, politicians should not forget their responsibility toward citizens.

From the Greek Reporter, scientists recreate Cleopatra's favorite perfume.

From Ekathimerini, the Greek government responds to comments by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

From the Greek City Times, traveling vlogger Lucy Tranos illustrates the "Instagram vs Reality" of visiting the Greek island of Santorini.  (I was there while on a cruise in 2006.)

From Balkan Insight, three members of the Bosnian Serb Chetnik organization Ravna Gora Movement face retrials for allegedly inciting ethnic hatred.

From Total Croatia News, an Information Day is organized for the Mirine archaeological site in Osimalj, Croatia.  (If you read Croatian, read the story at Morski.)

From Total Slovenia News, the first of seven tunnels planned for a railroad line between the Slovenian cites of Koper and Divača breaks through.

From The Malta Independent, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo bans sunbeds from the beach at the Blue Lagoon in Comino, Malta, but allows them on the quay.

From Malta Today, the Maltese government adds two streets to the area in the capital city of Valletta where music may be played outdoors until 1:00 a.m.

From ANSA, the House of Ceres and the skeleton of a horse will reopen to visitors at the ancient Italian site of Pompeii.

From SwissInfo, a wolf-dog hybrid is shot in the Rhine Valley in eastern Switzerland.

From France24, President Emmanuel Macron calls for an increase in France's defense budget.

From RFI, France produces electricity from offshore bird choppers for the first time.

From Free West Media, Macron struggles to keep his party's majority in the French parliament.

From El País, Mexican political advisor Daniel Picazo is lynched and burned alive after people in the village of Papatlazolco mistake him for a child kidnapper.

From The Portugal News, tourism in Portugal is expected to return to its pre-coronavirus levels in 2023.

From Euractiv, according to NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg, Turkey's objections to Finland and Sweden joining the alliance are "legitimate".

From The North Africa Post, Algeria diplomatically paints itself into a corner as a party to the conflict in the region of Sahara.

From The New Arab, the Gaza strip is an archaeological gold mine.

From NationNews, British Muslims may lose out on making pilgrimages to Mecca after the Saudi Arabian government switches to requiring online booking.  (From what I can gather, this site is based in Jamaica.)

From OpIndia, Islamists oppose the construction of a Buddhist monastery in Kargil, Ladakh, India.

From The Pioneer, the Taliban's online popularity is waning.

From Swarajya, a Palestinian cleric calls for "jihad" against "cow-worshipper Hindus".  (The last four stories come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, nuclear strategy as a war against expertise.

From The Stream, there can't be "common sense" gun laws when we can't trust the politicians who would create them.

From CheckYourFact, Speaker spouse Paul Pelosi's DUI charges are still pending.

From Fox Business, due to spare capacity, Texas is able to withstand electrical demand during a merciless heat wave.

From The Daily Signal, here's another "big lie" about former President Trump.

From The American Conservative, is Russia being hurt by any of the sanctions imposed on it?

From The Western Journal, the anti-gun crowd gets a lesson in what happens when bad guys have guns and good guys don't.

From BizPac Review, a rapper who was arrested for having a gun and ammo outside the Governor's Ball in New York City is reportedly released after charges are dropped.  (What good are gun laws if we don't prosecute the people suspected of violating them?)

From The Daily Wire, congresscritter Kevin McCarthy (R-Cal) accuses Democrats of stalling a security bill for protecting the Supreme Court justices.

From the Daily Caller, many Democrats reportedly hope that President Biden will not run for reelection in 2024.  (The article cites a story in The New York Times, which is behind a paywall.)

From the New York Post, actor Neil Patrick Harris plays a villain in the 60th anniversary episode of Doctor Who.

From Breitbart, the gun control agreement between 20 Senators adds an "investigative period" to some background checks.

From Newsmax, the Department of Education gives a $1 million grant to the Uvalde, Texas school district.

And from The Babylon Bee, 10 things even worse than taking your kids to see drag queens.

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