Monday, August 8, 2022

Monday Mania For 8/8

On a sunny Monday on the eighth of August, here are some things going on:

From National Review, Americans are right to be afraid of the IRS.

From FrontpageMag, the police powers of 87,000 new tax officials.

From Townhall, according to ABC panelists, Vice President Harris is not President Biden's "heir apparent" if he doesn't run for reelection.

From The Washington Free Beacon, senatorial candidate Val Demmings (D-FL) says that she would never abolish the police, two years after praising a group of activists who wanted police to be abolished.

From the Washington Examiner, expected future inflation decreases as the Fed plans more rate hikes.

From The Federalist, criminalizing opposition to the government is how the republic ends.

From American Thinker, if former President Trump is irrelevant, why is he still so influential?

From CNS News, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the "Inflation Reduction Act" would do little to live up to its name.

From LifeZette, the White House is not happy with Indiana's new abortion law.

From NewsBusters, a YMCA in Washington state bans a member for complaining about a man being present in a bathroom used by girls.

From Canada Free Press, Greenpeace Canada supports Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's against his country's farmers.

From CBC News, passengers bound for Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada get to sleep on the floor of the Pearson Airport in Toronto, Ontario.

From Global News, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada cancels 75 bus trips due to a staff shortage.

From CTV News, a Canadian parliamentary committee scrutinizes the RCMP's use of spyware.

From TeleSUR, during his inaugural address, new Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces tax reform.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the clash with the lockdowners, including the Tories, the Socialist Worker Party, and Extinction Rebellion.

From Snouts in the Trough, world hunger could be solved today, but the enviro-fascists won't allow it.

From the Express, a cliff in the English county of Devon collapses onto the beach below it.

From the Evening Standard, according to prime ministerial candidate Liz Truss, if London does well, so does Britain.

From ReMix, according to a leaked military report, 4 out of every 10 migrants entering the U.K. across the English Channel are from Albania, which hasn't been involved in a war for 25 year.

From Balkan Insight, anonymous accounts on TikTok are used to advertise to Albanians seeking to enter the U.K.

From the (Irish) Independent, a woman in Ireland's County Cork is charged with making false statements and reports to gardaí.  (In Ireland, a police officer is a garda.  Plural police officers are gardaí.)

From VRT NWS, the production of chocolate has resumed at the Barry Callebaut factory in Wieze, Belgium.

From The Brussels Times, when in Belgium, please leave the diabetes drugs for those who actually need them.

From the NL Times, sending packages through the mail in the Netherlands is gonna cost ya a little bit more.

From Dutch Newspolice investigate a swastika flag hung from a bridge in Stroe, Netherlands.

From Deutsche Welle, industry in Germany is threatened by low water levels on the Rhine River.

From International Affairs, Iran urges Germany to take action after the alleged desecration of the Koran in front of an Islamic center in the city of Hamburg.

From the CPH Post, a new test center for Empire State-sized bird choppers could be located in the Danish region of North Jutland.

From Polskie Radio, according to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, the war in Ukraine "has exposed the truth about Europe".

From Radio Prague, archaeologists in Nový Jičín, Czech Republic discover a well-preserved medieval kitchen.

From The Slovak Spectator, Slovak Cardinal Jozef Tomko dies in Rome at age 98.

From Daily News Hungary, Hungary's Constitutional Court will decide whether a recent government decree to allow tree-chopping will stand.

From Hungary Today, illegal migrants are injured after their alleged smuggler drives into a ditch near Budapest, Hungary.

From About Hungary, according to Agriculture Minister István Nagy, firewood production in Hungary is still sustainable.

From Free West Media, Chinese military exercise around Taiwan amount to a blockade.

From EuroNews, the Spanish government eases up a little bit on its air conditioning rules.

From Euractiv, it's been 14 years since Russia invaded Georgia.  (This invasion gave rise to some bad jokes, such as "Will they burn down Atlanta?" and "Have they captured Newt Gingrich?")

From The North Africa Post, young Moroccan leaders are immersed into the U.N. system.

From The New Arab, Iranian military exports are reportedly killed in an explosion in Sana'a, Yemen.

From RAIR Foundation USA, an Algerian man is arrested for allegedly raping an American woman in a restaurant bathroom in Paris.

From DuvaR, the Turkish Directorate of Religious Affairs continues to spend at record levels.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, an Afghan man in the Swiss Canton of Vaud tells his girlfriend to wear the chador or he would kill her.  (If you read German, read the story at 20 Minutes.)

From OpIndia, the British newspaper The Economist draws ire for stating that women in Arab countries are "fatter".

From Palestinian Media Watch, Israel warns civilians in Gaza to flee to safety before striking a terrorist target.  (The last five articles and the one from International Affairs above come via The Religion Of Peace.)

From Gatestone Institute, the real new hoaxes in the U.S.?

From The Stream, "an educated answer" about why Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) went to Taiwan.

From The Daily Signal, the affordable housing crisis should be blamed on the government, not on investors.

From Space Daily, what are the chances that space debris could damage property or hit a person?

From The American Conservative, the tyranny of "current thingism".

From The Western Journal, Trump roasts Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for getting "played like a fiddle" by the Democrats on the vote for the "Inflation Reduction Act".

From BizPac Review, billionaire Elon Musk quickly exposes President Biden's hypocrisy in calling for the release of basketball player Brittney Griner from Russia.

From The Daily Wire, shocking details emerge about actress Anne Heche's car crash.

From Reuters, the Biden administration plans to send even more money to Ukraine.  (via The Daily Wire)

From the Daily Caller, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) slams Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) for sending the border to his city.

From the New York Post, while visiting flood-stricken Kentucky, President Biden makes a strange comment about the "inflation" bill.

From Breitbart, Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveils the Biden administration's strategy for Africa, recycling old platitudes.

From Newsmax, Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

And from The Babylon Bee, a White House insider confirms that while Biden was in isolation due to the coronavirus, his dog Major has been running the country.

No comments:

Post a Comment