Thursday, September 8, 2022

Thursday Tidings

On a partly cloudy and relatively cool Thursday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, the Democrats aren't acting as if the MAGA Republicans are a threat to the republic.

From FrontpageMag, there's "no free speech at Yale".

From Townhall, now that the queen has passed, here's what happens next for the British monarchy.

From The Washington Free Beacon, climate czar John Kerry has emitted 300 times the amount of carbon dioxide as the average American.

From the Washington Examiner, a look at the U.K.'s "London Bridge" plan for the queen's death.

From The Federalist, the Republicans were right in that the DHS threatened national security by failing to vet people evacuated from Afghanistan.

From American Thinker, how President Biden gets its wrong.

From CNS News, according to a poll, 56 percent of Americans say that inflation is "causing financial hardship".

From LifeZette, new Prime Minister Liz Truss reverses the U.K.'s ban on fracking.

From NewsBusters, media networks omit an important detail about the murder of a Las Vegas reporter.

From TeleSUR, students protest in Santiago, Chile to demand improvements in education.

From TCW Defending Freedom, no matter what their defenders might say, pedophiles are perverts.

From Snouts in the Trough, GB News bans a 30-second ad from SitT, and why.

From Free West Media, ahead of Italy's elections, conservative politicians focus on sanctions against Russia.

From EuroNews, Queen Elizabeth II lived "a live of service, dedication and duty".

From Euractiv, according to modelling carried out by a Dutch consultancy, almost a third of fossil fuels used for transportation could be replaced by biofuels.  (If I'm not mistaken, compounds in biofuels contain carbon atoms, which means that when burned, they produce carbon dioxide.  However, as noted below, the organisms used to make biofuel absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.)

From ReMix, according to a report, Hungary has the lowest natural gas prices in Europe.

From Balkan Insight, relatives of ethnic Croat victims of the 1993 massacre at Grabovica, Bosnia and Herzegovina are losing their hope of getting justice.

From The North Africa Post, in preparations for the upcoming Arab League summit, the Moroccan government agrees to receive an envoy from Algeria.

From The New Arab, the Greek energy company Energean expects production from the Karish gas field, claimed by both Israel and Lebanon, to start "within weeks".

From Pajhwok Afghan News, drivers complain about disorder and the expectation to pay bribes at the border between Afghanistan and Iran.  (PAN had no stories pertinent to Afghanistan yesterday that didn't require subscribing in order to read, so I postponed linking anything from them until today.)

From Dawn, the Islamabad High Court will indict former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan for contempt after finding a previous response "unsatisfactory".

From The Express Tribune, the U.S. will operate a humanitarian air bridge to provide relief to flood victims in Pakistan.

From Pakistan Today, according Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, his predecessor Imran Khan is "out to undermine Pakistan".  (Sounds like what U.S. President Biden and his administration have said about former President Trump and the MAGA Republicans.)

From The Hans India, the Indian Supreme Court rules that comparisons of turbans worn by Sikhs and hijabs worn by Muslim girls "will be improper".

From the Hindustan Times, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi renames a stretch of road formerly called the Kingway or Rajpath, these old names being a symbol of "slavery" from British rule.

From ANI, the Indian government imposes a 20 percent export duty on non-basmati rice.

From India Today, Indian and Chinese army troops start to disengage in the Gogra-Hotsprings area of the Indian territory of Ladakh, some of which is also claimed by China.

From OpIndia, how waqf boards have become the third largest land owners in India.

From RepublicWorld, the grave of a terrorist involved in the Mumbai attacks is decorated with LEDs and marble.

From the Dhaka Tribune, the Bangladeshi government is reportedly working to phase out single-use plastics in its coastal areas.

From New Age, Bangladesh reports 275 people being hospitalized for dengue in a 24-hour period.

From the Colombo Page, President Ranil Wickremesinghe advises his fellow government officials to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Sri Lanka's independence with pride.

From the Daily Mirror, the shipping company MSG Group adjusts its routes to help save Sri Lankan blue whales.

From Raajje, according President Ibrahim Solih, the top priority of Maldivian soldiers should be protecting citizens.

From News(dot)com(dot)au, members of a family who had come from Afghanistan to Australia plead not guilty to the attempted murder of their daughter over her relationship with a Sri Lankan Christian man.

From The Straits Times, Indonesian President Joko Widodo signs an agreement with Singapore to realign the flight information regions of the two countries.

From Tempo(dot)Co, as global oil prices drop, the Indonesian government is urged to cancel a planned increase in fuel prices.

From Free Malaysia Today, a political scientist calls for Malaysia's Dewan Rakyat to sit for 100-day sessions.

From the Borneo Post, a project will be launched to turn water villages in the Malaysian state of Sabah into tourist attractions.

From Vietnam Plus, Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives ambassadors from the U.K., Norway, Denmark and the Czech Republic.

From the Taipei Times, a U.S. congressional delegation visits Taiwan in a show of support.

From The Mainichi, tour boats powered by biofuel will start operating in Tokyo, which will be net zero because of the carbon dioxide absorbed by the organisms used to produce it.

From Gatestone Institute, what Iran's terrorist proxies will do with concessions and money from the U.S.

From The Stream, watch and learn as the left show us who they are.

From The Daily Signal, the way to prevent another 9/11 is to show strength in the face of threats.

From ITR Economics, don't just watch the GDP, but also watch your individual markets.

From The American Conservative, the U.K. checks the advance of transgender ideology, which offers lessons for the U.S.

From The Western Journal, President Biden and former President Trump release statements on the death of Queen Elizabeth, with a difference.

From BizPac Review, the left won't like right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson's rant about the Democrats running stroke-impaired John Fetterman (D-PA) for Senator.

From The Daily Wire, Zions Bank pulls its sponsorship from the Boise Pride Festival due to its scheduled drag performance by kids.

From the Daily Caller, the movie The Woman King, about an all-female military force serving the African kingdom of Dahomey, omits the kingdom's involvement in the slave trade.

From the New York Post, a historical look at the first two British kings named Charles.

From Breitbart, despite Chicago's claim to be a sanctuary city, Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) starts sending illegal aliens bused from Texas to nearby suburbs.

From Newsmax, the Department of Justice appeals the court ruling that calls for a special master to review documents seized from Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago.

And from Deadline, "out of respect" for the death of Queen Elizabeth, the British TV series The Crown will pause its filming.  (via the New York Post)

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