Thursday, September 29, 2022

Thursday Tidings

On a cool mostly sunny Thursday where I live, as Tropical Storm Ian heads toward South Carolina, here are some things going on:

From National Review, states sue to stop President Biden's student loan "forgiveness" program.

From FrontpageMag, Pope Francis puts Mother Earth above pregnant mothers.

From Townhall, Biden regards the right-wing victory in Italy as a "threat to democracy".

From The Washington Free Beacon, a left-wing lawyer who pleads guilty to firebombing a police car begs for mercy.

From the Washington Examiner, if the coronavirus is really over, Biden needs to stop abusing his powers.

From The Federalist, The Washington Post finally learns what a recession is, but offers seven reasons why one can be good for you.

From American Thinker, the Biden administration wages war on the domestic energy sector.

From CNS News, new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni denounces billionaire activist George Soros.

From LifeZette, according to Lee Country, Florida Sheriff Carmine Marceno, Hurricane Ian has killed hundreds of people.

From NewsBusters, the woke mob comes after Nebraska Cornhuskers punter Brian Buschini for supporting Italy's new prime minister.

From Canada Free Press, an open letter to the Republican leadership, if there is any.

From TeleSUR, President Nicolas Maduro calls for Venezuela to expand its export capacity.

From TCW Defending Freedom, how "green" power insanity will cause blackouts in Europe.

From EuroNews, according to former German Chancellor Merkel, Russia President Putin's words should be taken seriously.

From Euractiv, authorities in Montenegro investigate Montenegrins and Russians on suspicion of spying.

From ReMix, just before elections in the state of Lower Saxony, German police raid the Berlin office of the party AfD.

From Balkan Insight, Moldova will penalize its citizens who fight alongside Russia in its war in Ukraine with the loss of Moldovan citizenship.

From The North Africa Post, Moroccan authorities arrest a member of ISIS in the city of Casablanca, with the help of U.S. intelligence services.  (As the saying goes, play it again, Sam.)

From The New Arab, with its parliament dissolved, Kuwait will have elections today.

From Dawn, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif wants Pakistan to have better relations with the U.S.

From The Express Tribune, farmers in Islamabad, Pakistan protest against high fuel and fertilizer prices.

From Pakistan Today, the Islamabad High Court overturns the conviction of Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz and her husband retired Captain Safdar Awan in the Avenfield House case.  (My spellchecker has no problem with their names, but objects to "Avenfield".)

From The Hans India, the Durga temple in Vijayawada, India needs more facilities.

From the Hindustan Times, explosions go off on two buses in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

From ANI, according to Assam state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, India's "Gandhi family are expired drugs".

From India Today, India starts trials for phrase 2 of its highway project for electric vehicles.

From OpIndia, a 20-year-old Hindu man in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is beheaded, allegedly for having a relationship with a Muslim girl.

From the Dhaka Tribune, according to Bangladeshi Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina "is a pioneer of women empowerment".  (The Jatiya Sangsad is Bangladesh's parliament, which consists of one chamber.)

From New Age, according to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, no one will be allowed to cross Bangladesh's border.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan exports in August of this year were worth $1.2 billion.

From the Daily Mirror, the Sri Lankan government will ease import restrictions on some goods.

From Raajje, more guesthouses in the Maldive Islands resume operation.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Jakarta, Indonesia aspires to become a climate-resilient city by 2030.

From The Straits Times, an American man who allegedly made a false bomb threat while on a Singapore Airlines flight is formally charged.

From Free Malaysia Today, a Malaysian woman wins her appeal in a human trafficking case.

From the Borneo Post, a Malaysian police corporal is jailed and fined for "corruptly" asking money from a woman.

From Vietnam Plus, one communist country stands united with another.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan will ends its coronavirus quarantine mandate on October 13th.

From The Mainichi, a Ukrainian woman plays the bandura, a folk instrument, after a meeting of the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly in Yokohama, Japan.

From Gatestone Institute, Turkish President Erdoğan threatens Greece.

From The Stream, Planned Avoidance Of Parenthood has a new revenue stream, but it's not a new direction.

From The Daily Signal, neither the White House nor the common man can evade data indicating a recession.

From The American Conservative, double-speak about teenage girls getting "top surgery".

From The Western Journal, Vice President Harris gets the Koreas mixed up, which the White House tries to hide.

From BizPac Review, the director of NOAA's National Hurricane Center repeatedly shuts down CNN host Don Lemon's attempts to blame Hurricane Ian on climate change.

From The Daily Wire, the National Hurricane Center warns that Tropical Storm Ian could become a hurricane again.

From the Daily Caller, NATO official calls what happened to the Nord Stream gas pipelines "sabotage".

From the New York Post, some Russians being drafted to fight in Ukraine have gray hair and wrinkles.

From Breitbart, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launches a campaign against "wokeism" in the U.S. military.

From Newsmax, congresscritter Jim Jordan (R-OH) opposes three bills that would reduce the power of Big Tech.

From Today, the official cause of Queen Elizabeth II's death is revealed.  (via Newsmax)

And from SFGate, a herd of cows in Brevörde, Germany adopts a wild piglet.

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