Friday, October 28, 2022

Friday Phenomena

On a cool cloudy Friday, here are some things going on:

From National Review, new Twitter CEO Elon Musk plans to reverse lifetime bans for users who were kicked off the platform for various speech infractions.

From FrontpageMag, the two baseball teams in the World Series include black players, but not the right kind.

From Townhall, the Pennsylvania legislature moves to impeach a soft on crime district attorney whom senatorial candidate John Fetter(wo)man (D-PA) endorsed.

From The Washington Free Beacon, as Elon Musk takes over Twitter, "the bird is freed".

From the Washington Examiner, Fetterman's wife claims that swimming in America is racist.  (I suppose that she could be called "the real Fetterwoman".)

From The Federalist, Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter is the first accountability Big Tech censors will face for their meddling in the 2020 elections.

From American Thinker, CNN blames the alleged climate crisis on - believe it or not - cats and dogs.

From CNS News, on reading and math, Catholic schools keep outperforming public schools.

From NewsBusters, left-wing politics goes to the toilet.

From Canada Free Press, Democrats look for a miracle in the midterm elections in an 11th-hour appearance by former President Obama.

From TeleSUR, candidate and former President Lula da Silva is expected to get 53 percent of the vote in the second round of Brazil's presidential election.

From TCW Defending Freedom, reality catches up to electric vehicles.

From Snouts in the Trough, could food shortages in Somalia be caused by something other than drought?

From Free West Media, education in Germany is seen a decline like never before.

From EuroNews, new U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asks French President Emmanuel Macron for help with migrants crossing the English Channel.

From Euractiv, France plans to plant a billion trees by 2030.  (If you read French, you can read the story at the French version of Euractiv.)

From ReMix, Poland removes four Soviet-era monuments to World War II Red Army soldiers.

From Balkan Insight, a Bosnian police chief faces suspension for threatening a journalist.

From The North Africa Post, the U.N. Security Council deals to new blow to Algeria and the group Polisario.

From The New Arab, the Iraqi parliament approves a new government after a year of deadlock between pro-Iran factions and supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

From Dawn, two suspects are held after two cellular company workers are found lynched in Karachi, Pakistan.

From The Express Tribune, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan claims that his party's criticism of Pakistan's military establishment is "constructive".

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanks the U.S. for its additional humanitarian aid to Pakistan's flood victims.

From The Hans India, some new brands of cars will be launched in India next month.

From the Hindustan Times, according to India's Enforcement Directorate, a letter sent by the Chief Minister of the state of Kerala to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about a gold-smuggling case was a cover-up.

From ANI, a police team in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir, India busts a human trafficking operation and rescues 14 women.

From India Today, the Indian federal government will set up panels to hear complaints over social media content moderation.

From the Dhaka Tribune, after a 22-day ban on fishing, fishermen in Barisal, Bangladesh get ready to resume their activity.

From New Age, the Bangladesh Open University’s Laboratory School organizes a cultural program for children.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan farmers will be offered 50-kilo bags of urea at 10,000 rupees each.

From the Daily Mirror, Sri Lankan hoteliers warn that they won't tolerate protests that will affect tourism.

From Raajje, Maldivian police find "copious" amounts of drugs on the island of Hoandedhdhoo.

From CounterPunch, the ḥijāb is used as Islamist propaganda.

From Free Malaysia Today, public college students in Malaysia are given 5 days leave to vote.

From the Borneo Post, the Malaysian state of Sabah allocates 47 million ringit non-Muslim schools.

From The Straits Times, two Singaporean men are arrested in Thailand are arrested for alleged drug trafficking, illegal entry, and illegal gun possession.

From Tempo(dot)Co, Indonesia extends its contract to sell natural gas to Singapore.

From Vietnam Plus, according to Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, Vietnam is making its utmost efforts to tackle unregulated fishing.

From the Taipei Times, Taiwan's Constitutional Court rules that the Siraya and other Pingpu groups have the right to be recognized as "indigenous".

From The Mainichi, the Higo Bank and the Tsuruya Department Store in Kumamoto, Japan start to phase out their female-only uniforms.

From Gatestone Institute, is Turkey really a NATO ally?

From The Stream, overselling "green energy" has a high cost.

From the Post Millennial, Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cal), is violently attacking in their home.

From Space War, Japan is looking into buying U.S.-made Tomahawk missiles.

From The Daily Signal, according to a report, the Biden administration knows that it policies increase energy costs for Americans.

From The American Conservative, it's "time to talk to Russia".

From The Western Journal, more on Elon Musk's first Tweet as CEO of Twitter.

From BizPac Review, Arizona gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs (D) refuses to apologize for trying to link a burglary at her headquarters to her rival Kari Lake (R).

From The Daily Wire, the man who allegedly broke into the Pelosi house reportedly asked for the speaker.

From the Daily Caller, core inflation increases for the second straight month in September.

From the New York Post, the alleged burglar at the Pelosi home is identified.

From Breitbart, according to a survey, the American people disapprove of President Biden's handling of multiple of issues.

From Newsmax, rolling blackouts are reinstated in Ukraine.

From Politico, fewer young Americans vote early this year.  (via Newsmax)

And from People, football player Tom Brady and model Gisele Bündchen file for divorce.  (via Newsmax)

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