Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Wednesday Wanderings

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

From National Review, candidate Mayra Flores (R-TX) is projected to win a special election to replace resigned congresscritter Filemón Vela (D), making her the first Mexican-born congresswoman.

From FrontpageMag, white Hollywood actors love to denounce themselves for imaginary sins.

From Townhall, due to Bidenflation, Americans get shocked by their electric bills.

From The Washington Free Beacon, no, America is not producing more oil under President Biden than under then-President Trump.

From the Washington Examiner, five takeaways from last night's Republican primary elections (and from the aforementioned special election in Texas).

From The Federalist, even with softball questions from the media, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre isn't swinging the bat.

From American Thinker, a video showing Trump predicting Biden's presidency.

From CNS News, Republican Senators ask Attorney General Merrick Garland what the DOJ is doing to protect pro-life people and organizations.

From LifeZette, hosts on The View claim that a Democrat ticket of current Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg could win the 2024 presidential election.

From Red Voice Media, a rumble breaks out at a popular brunch spot near Howard University in Washington, D.C., and includes mooning and a flying chair.  (No, this did not involve former basketball coach Bobby Knight.  The story comes via LifeZette.)

From NewsBusters, The Washington Post whines that the current energy crisis is not causing a "green revolution".

From Canada Free Press, former First Lady Michelle Obama crowns herself the "queen of the mail-in ballot".

From TeleSUR, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani receives Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

From TCW Defending Freedom, a plan from the party Reform UK would steer Britain away from the rocks.

From Free West Media, to protect the G7 summit, Germany closes its borders.

From EuroNews, Canada and Europe will share their first mutual land border on Hans Island near Greenland, which is Danish territory.

From Euractiv, from Romania, French President Emmanuel Macron sends messages to Russia and Ukraine.

From ReMix, the U.K. hints at leaving the European Court of Human Rights after it overrules domestic courts in relation to the deportation of illegal migrants to Rwanda.

From Balkan Insight, vandals destroy about 700 stone markers at the Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan King Mohammed VI proposes the creation of an African Institute for Lifelong Learning.

From The New Arab, according to some human rights advocates and U.S. legislators, Biden's visit to Saudi Arabia is a "betrayal" and a "big mistake".

From Dawn, the Pakistani Senate weighs in on whether former President Pervez Musharraf should be allowed to return to Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune and the "I like turtles" department, sea turtles along the Pakistani coast face a variety of threats.

From Pakistan Today, according to Inter-Services Public Relations Director-General Major General Babar Iftikhar, the Pakistani army has no objection to a judicial probe into alleged "foreign conspiracy".  (That has to be the longest personal title I've ever recounted, and my spellchecker doesn't even have any problem with "Iftikhar".)

From The Hans India, according to sabhacritter Sudhanshu Trivedi, the Indian party Congress is resorting to violence to "hide" its alleged corruption.

From the Hindustan Times, a vaccine-derived polio virus is detected in the sewage waters of Kolkata, India.

From ANI, the Indian army will not compromise its educational and physical standards.

From India Today, who will be the next president of India?

From the Dhaka Tribune, Brazil wants to supply Bangladesh with more cotton.

From New Age, Dhaka, Bangladesh is not ready for traffic pressure, even with the opening of the new Padma Bridge.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa emphasizes the need to decentralize all public services.

From the Daily Mail, farmers "fume" at a land reclamation project in Mirihana, Sri Lanka.

From Raajje, all teams competing in the Western Asian Junior Chess Championship arrive in the Maldive Islands.

From The Straits Times, a Tweet from a Singapore-based hedge fund fuels speculation about its possible losses.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Indonesia reportedly records a trade surplus for the 25th consecutive month.

From Free Malaysia Today, after six years of study, a visually impaired Malaysian mother of seven earns her PhD.

From the Borneo Post, an Indian man reported missing seven years ago is found in Sibu, Malaysia, married to a local woman.

From Vietnam Plus, over 50,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam get a second coronavirus vaccine booster shot.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan rejects communist China's claims over the Taiwan Strait.

From The Mainichi, Japan prepares for its upcoming House of Councilors elections.  (The House of Councilors is the upper house of the Japanese legislature.)

From Gatestone Institute, U.S. President Biden's policy toward China funds its military, supports slavery, and achieves nothing.

From The Stream, according to Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute, the sexual revolution was just as violent and coercive as the revolutions in Russia and Nazi Germany.

From The Daily Signal, the military should not draft our daughters, or anyone else.

From Space War, Turkey wants written responses from Sweden and Finland to its objections to their bids to join NATO.

From The American Conservative, a statement of the principles of national conservatism.

From The Western Journal, U.S. retail sales unexpectedly decrease in May.

From BizPac Review, on inflation, Biden gets "nailed" while Republican trust is reportedly at an all-time high.

From The Daily Wire, look who just caught the coronavirus.

From the Daily Caller, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee laugh after congresscritter Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claims that the January 6th Inquisition Committee doesn't engage in partisan politics.

From Breitbart, the campaign to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announces that it has the necessary number of signatures.

From Newsmax, the Federal Reserve raises a key interest rate by 0.75 percent.

And from the New York Post, if your mobile business gets parking tickets in New York City, it would be a good idea to pay them.

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