Thursday, August 4, 2022

Thursday Tidings

Now that I'm back from my trip to southeastern Virginia, here are some things going on:

From National Review, are Minneapolis Democrats sane enough to get rid of congresscritter Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and replace her with primary challenger Don Samuels?

From FrontpageMag, black nationalist protest groups and maybe ProFa colluded with Russians.

From Townhall, according to an opinion column, the theme park Sesame Place should not be confused with Jim Crow.

From The Washington Free Beacon, a Harvard professor is cleared of sexual misconduct accusations, but some students and other professors want his classes canceled anyway.

From the Washington Examiner, four Kentucky police officers are federally charged in connection with the death of Breonna Taylor.

From The Federalist, how governments were willing to restrict behavior in response to the coronavirus but not to monkeypox.

From American Thinker, how to restore confidence in our elections.

From CNS News, in connection to about 1,000 reported threats to election workers in the 2020 cycle, the DOJ has issued only five indictments.

From LifeZette, parents in Iowa fight back against political correctness in schools.

From the eponymous site of Rob Maness, chilling details emerge about the car crash that killed Representative Jackie Walorski (R-IN).  (via LifeZette)

From NewsBusters, The View announces the hiring of two new fake conservative co-hosts.

From Canada Free Press, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's travel ban in based on spite, not science.

From TeleSUR, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador proposes a five-year worldwide truce to work for development.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the BBC believes whatever China tells them.

From Snouts in the Trough, are U.K. politicians painting themselves into a corner?  (This article came out yesterday, but since I didn't post any links yesterday, I'll let the date slide.)

From Free West Media, due to a ruling by the European Court of Justice, Italy can no longer control ships carrying migrants.

From EuroNews, a Russian court sentences American basketball player Brittney Griner to nine years in prison.

From Euractiv, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz raises the possibility of keeping more nuclear power plants running to fill a gap left by the decreasing gas supply from Russia.

From ReMix, according to former Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, the U.S. might be prioritizing China as its main threat and thus neglecting Europe.

From Balkan Insight, when hiking in Montenegro, please stay on the trails.

From The North Africa Post, Morocco is set to meet its goals in renewable energy.

From The New Arab, more silos collapse at the port of Beirut, Lebanon on the second anniversary of the explosion that killed over 200 people.

From Allah's Willing Executioners, a fight in Essen, Germany involving up to 400 members of Arab families was triggered by a dispute over a parking space.  (If you read German, read the story at Junge Freiheit.)

From The Hindu, India's National Investigation Agency arrests two more people in connection with the murder of a pharmacist Umesh Kolhe.

From Gatestone Institute, the E.U. makes a last-ditch effort to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.

From The Stream, why are gasoline prices falling, and does the Biden administration deserve any credit?

From The Daily Signal, some terrorist takedowns are more unifying than others.

From Space War, the U.S. Senate votes to ratify NATO membership for Sweden and Finland.

From ITR Economics, yes, it's a recession.

From The American Conservative, tax-exempt critics of California's government risk losing that status.  (As I asked earlier, what is this "freedom of speech" you speak of?)

From The Western Journal, the aforementioned Brittney Griner's prison cell won't be "cushy".

From BizPac Review, right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson keeps mispronouncing Vice President Harris's first name.

From The Daily Wire, former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez is arrested for alleged bribery.  (According to Wiki, she is both a Republican and a member of the New Progressive Party.)

From the Daily Caller, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) suspends State Attorney Andrew Warren for refusing to some state laws, including a ban on sex-change surgery for minors.

From the New York Post and the "cry them a river" department, yacht owners complain about "stubbornly high" diesel prices.

From Breitbart, according to a survey, President Biden's approval ratings in several categories are lower than those of then-President Trump just before he left office.

From Newsmax, China fires live missiles near Taiwan after U.S. Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) leaves the island.

And from the Genesius Times, the Russian court trying Brittney Griner rejects her race card.

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