Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Wednesday Whatnot

On a warm partly sunny Wednesday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, on abortion, Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) is a mess.

From FrontpageMag, "the secret curriculum" in America's schools.

From Townhall, why did President Biden just make a last-minute trip to Delaware?

From The Washington Free Beacon, journalists tout the "good news" of 8.3 percent inflation as the stock market plunges.

From the Washington Examiner, according to Special Counsel John Durham, an alleged source for the anti-Trump Steele Dossier was a paid FBI informant.

From The Federalist, more on the paid FBI informant and seven other takeaways from Durham's latest filing.

From American Thinker, Republican Senators and congresscritters focus on the wrong issues.

From CNS News, Biden phones unions and rail companies to avert a freight rail strike.

From LifeZette, while visiting a Hardee's, pro-Trump businessman Mike Lindell's phone is taken by FBI agents.

From NewsBusters, California dreamin' could turn into a nightmare.

From Canada Free Press, if Disney is "woke", then I want to stay asleep.

From TeleSUR, a journalist who reported police brutality in Guatemala is released.

From TCW Defending Freedom, the Mao-style climate cultists must be prevented from launching a "Great Leap Backwards".  (Meanwhile, Mao's country, communist China, leads the world in manmade carbon dioxide emissions.)

From Snouts in the Trough, the "caravan of light" is heading toward Europe.

From Free West Media, the migrant party Nyans wins big in Sweden.

From EuroNews, a four-party right-wing bloc wins Sweden's elections.

From Euractiv, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's annual speech is dominated by the E.U.'s response to Russia's war in Ukraine, but falls short on policy vision.

From ReMix, an Afghan migrant convicted of raping a girl in Neustrelitz, Germany is allowed to stay in the country.

From Balkan Insight, Serbian far-rightists prepare to protest against EuroPride, even though its and their events are both banned.

From Morocco World NewsMorocco’s Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies installs the country's first carbon-free hydrogen system.

From The North Africa Post, Kenya rescinds its recognition of the Sahrawi Republic in the region of Western Sahara.

From the Libyan Express, deputy Libyan Presidential Council head Abdullah al-Lafi and German Ambassador to Libya Michael Ohnmacht discuss the completion of Libya's constitution.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to Turkish Environment Minister Murat Kurum, over 225,000 people have applied to live in a new housing project.

From Turkish Minute, according to an opposition lawmaker, 305 minors appeared in court in 2021 on charges of insulting President Erdoğan.  (If insulting the president were a crime in the U.S., half of us would be in jail for insulting Trump and the other half for insulting Biden.)

From Rûdaw, according to Iran's interior minister, over 3 million Iranian pilgrims have entered Iraq to attend the Arbaeen pilgrimage in the holy city of Karbala.

From Armenpress, according to Artsakh President Arayik Harutyunyan, Artsakh cannot and must not be part of Azerbaijan.  (Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh, has been a de facto part of Azerbaijan since Azerbaijan was part of the U.S.S.R.)

From Public Radio Of Armenia, Freedom House condemns ongoing attacks by Azerbaijani forces against Armenia.

From In-Cyprus, two sea turtles are released back into the Mediterranean after being nursed back to health in Cyprus.

From The Syrian Observer, Syrian parliamentcritter Boutros Morjaneh tells a Russian newspaper that Syria is ready to restore relations with Turkey - under two conditions.

From North Press Agency, farmers in northeastern Syria fear being shot by Turkish border guards.

From The961, Lebanese University student Ghosoun Al-Bahri makes a wound-healing ointment from pomegranate peel.

From Arutz Sheva, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has no regrets about the government he formed.

From The Times Of Israel, Israeli coronavirus czar Salman Zarka reports a rise in infections and warns of a new wave for this coming winter.

From The Jerusalem Post, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu selects fellow Israeli politicians for his Likud list.

From YNetNews, according to Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Palestinian Authority involvement in the killing of an IDF major is a sign of escalation.

From the Egypt Independent, Egyptian President Abdel al-Sisi and Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad attend the signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding between their countries.

From the Sudan Tribune, Sudanese civil society groups call on the U.N.'s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to condemn human rights violations in Sudan.

From the Ethiopian Monitor, MultiChoice Talent Factory's investment in developing talent in Africa is paying off.

From the Saudi Gazette, Saudi Arabia announces its AI ethics principles for public consultation at the Global AI Summit.

From The New Arab, at least 10 people are trapped in a collapsed building in Amman, Jordan.

From RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, families of prisoners on death row in Iran protest against their pending executions.

From IranWire, Iranian LGBT blogger Zahra Sedighi-Hamedani, in her own words as she sits on death row.

From Iran International, with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei out of public view, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has the "final say" on a nuclear deal.

From Khaama Press, according to the Taliban Ministry of Finance, 125 cartons of opium disguised as raisins were seized at Kabul International Airport.

From Pajhwok Afghan News, according to Deputy Economy Minister Abdul Latif Nazari, peace in Afghanistan is in the region's interest.

From the Afghanistan Times, the U.S. announces that it will transfer $3.5 billion in Afghan central bank assets to a new Swiss-based trust.

From Gatestone Institute, Iran and Russia are a new alliance.

From The Stream, the false shadow of what Democrats call "domestic extremism".

From The Daily Signal, California's power grid emergency shows how its energy policy gamble is a bad bet.

From Space War, in his first since before the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Kazakhstan.  (Is Borat there to greet him?)

From Sino Daily, according to the Taiwanese government, Miss Taiwan will not be allowed to wave the Taiwanese flag at a trade event in Malaysia.

From The American Conservative, Hungary has heat while Europe shivers.

From The Western Journal, Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal) has a (Governor) Jeb Bush (R-FL) moment.

From BizPac Review, does the Biden administration have a plan to deal with the impending rail workers strike?

From The Daily Wire, rail workers reject a deal proposed by their leaders.

From the Daily Caller, National Conservatives hope to remake the Republican Party.

From CNN, as the rail worker strike looms, Amtrak cancels its long-distance trains.  (via the Daily Caller)

From the New York Post, in its next installment of the Captain America movie series, Disney will introduce an Israeli superhero, which is bound to irk Arabs.

From Breitbart, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) warns of a "Marxist agenda" within the Democratic Party.

From Newsmax, according to a study, physical and sexual violence has increased in California since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

And from the Genesius Times, former special prosecutor Ken Starr finally has information that will lead to former First Lady/Senator (D-NY)/Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's arrest.

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