Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Stories For The End Of August

As the year 2020 reaches its two-thirds mark on a warm cloudy Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, why President Biden gets away with saying offensive things, including some based on racial stereotypes.

From FrontpageMag, former Attorney General William Barr is all-in with the FBI raid on former President Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago.

From Townhall, the Department of Justice's latest purported "smoking gun" just makes them look worse.

From The Washington Free Beacon, federal law enforcement officials identify nearly 30,000 people holding Mexican passports who have Middle Eastern names.  (According to Wiki, there are about 2,000 Muslims in Mexico, including about 650 in the state of Chiapas.  For some to have names originating in the Middle East would be no surprise.)

From the Washington Examiner, a new law in New York state will require concealed carry permit applicants to submit their social media accounts.

From The Federalist, emails show librarians in Collinsville and Glen Carbon, Illinois trying to recruit drag performers to perform for children.

From American Thinker, Democrats falsely claim that then-President Obama was tough on Russia and Trump was soft on Russian President Putin.  (As the article points out, Russia invaded Crimea, then Ukrainian territory on Obama's watch, but did not invade anyone on Trump's watch.  Let's also not forget that Russia invaded Georgia on Bush the Younger's watch.)

From CNS News, in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Biden talks about "tough neighborhoods" and being the "only white guy" working as a lifeguard.

From LifeZette, Biden accidentally makes the case that U.S. citizens need more than just guns.

From Red Voice Media, when in New York City, please do not slap the police officers.  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, according to BYU police, there is no evidence that a fan yelled out racial slurs at Duke volleyball player Rachel Richardson.

From Canada Free Press, Biden transitions from decrepit to sinister.

From TeleSUR, according to an expert, restored ties between Venezuela and Colombia would go against the interest of the U.S.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the U.K.'s coronavirus lockdowns were not an attempt to protect its National Health Service, but a coup by "lying liberty thief" Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

From Snouts in the Trough, are the recent floods in Pakistan really the worst in its history?

From Free West Media, Identitarian activists occupy the Nord Stream 2 pipeline terminal in Lubmin, Germany.

From EuroNews, Ukrainian forces shell "Russian supply ferries" on the Dnipro River.

From Euractiv, most of E.U. countries are failing to deliver on the bloc's child poverty plan.

From ReMix, at the Notting Hill Carnival in London, 74 police officers are assaulted, six people are stabbed, 209 people are arrested, 441 knives are confiscated, and one person in murdered.

From Balkan Insight, Serbia tells Kosovo that their deal over ID cards does not mean that Kosovo's independence is recognized.

From The North Africa Post, Algeria sends highly toxic dates to Mauritania.

From The New Arab, according to a U.N. official, Libya is under a "fragile calm", but a risk of violence remains.

From 1945, Iran starts sending drones to Russia, possibly to be used in the invasion of Ukraine.

From Persecution(dot)org, in Nigeria, Fulani herdsmen gun down a Christian woman as she was cleaning her church.

From Gatestone Institute, China tortures dissidents in psychiatric hospitals.

From The Stream, the huge difference between forgiveness through the cross and student loan debt "forgiveness".

From The American Conservative, the U.S. military continues its self-castration.

From The Daily Signal, when it comes to student loan debt, more government spending is the problem, not the solution.

From The Western Journal, a bird chopper in Oregon becomes a major hazard to nearby residents.

From BizPac Review, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson exposes the fatal flaw that makes electric vehicles a "disaster" for the environment and the energy grid.

From The Daily Wire, Biden's student loan "forgiveness" would be a giveaway for doctors, lawyers, and grads with dubious degrees.

From the Daily Caller, the U.S. Army grounds all of its Chinook heavy-lifting helicopters after some of them have engine fires.

From Breitbart, according to a poll, Biden's net approval rating dropped seven points in one week.

From Newsmax, senatorial candidate John Fetterman (D-PA) calls on Biden to legalize marijuana at the federal level.

And from the New York Post, Kylie Jenner is rich, but these seven young billionaires are even richer.

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